"Why do you think I'm playing tricks on you?"

Facing Zhu Jue's duties, Attar asked suspiciously.

"Isn't it?"

The palm of his hand did not leave the hilt of the sword, and his eyes flashed with a cold light.

"Of course not, I asked you in advance. ”

Spread out his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and the old man with gray hair and gray hair had an innocent face,

"Outside of Usa before, didn't you take out the statue of the cat?"

"I took it, what's the problem? ”

"It belongs to an old god who has a cat as a symbol of faith, and when you take it out in front of the cat, you admit that you have a connection with that god and try to communicate with them, and that's why my friend finds you. ”

Picked up a piece of pumpkin pie and stuffed it into his mouth, took a sip of wine, pointed to the black cat next to him and continued,

"He knew that I was in trouble, so he wanted to save me, and this gem is a reward, and you didn't return it after you got it, which means that you agreed to help...... You don't think it's for free, do you?"

Attar's explanation was reasonable, and Zhu Jue didn't know how to refute it for a while.

Pie-in-the-sky things obviously haven't happened to him yet.

He took out the statue, no one forced him to put the gem in his pocket, and he took the initiative to follow the black cat to the tower.

Thinking about it this way, or did he rush to save Attar?

"I didn't know what this statue was for...... Forget it!"

Grabbing the wine jug sent by the gentleman, he drank it with his neck up, and then grabbed the pumpkin pie and gnawed the bottom half, and the wind chime also took a big bite, and Attar felt a heartache when he saw it.

Since the matter has happened, no matter how hard you dwell on it, it is better to think about how to make up for your losses.

Wait a minute...... Is there a loss?

After thinking about it, Zhu Jue just came out and said two words during the whole process, and then he didn't say anything about a gem, and now he can drink a lot of extra moonshine and pumpkin pie.

As for the disagreement with the gentleman.

Does he care?

"What exactly is the Codex Nackert that the gentleman said before?"

After figuring it out, Zhu Jue's attention quickly shifted to other things, what could make the gentleman think so much, of course he wanted to know what it was.

"An ancient book that has been preserved here since a long time ago, and it contains content that is unknown to mortals...... It's not that it's precious, it's that even if I put it in front of you, you won't grasp the meaning, but will be swallowed up by some terrible force that comes with the turning of the pages, and poor Sir Nelson thinks he can resist it, and draw more power from it, but it seems to me that this is only his imagination, and if he gets the Codex Nackert, there will only be one end...... Tragic end. ”

Attar did not shy away from talking about the ancient book, perhaps because he was worried that Zhu Jue would have the same thoughts as a gentleman, and he emphasized the serious consequences that ordinary people may have after reading the ancient book.

"So can this book make people stronger?"

Zhu Jue, who owns the Book of Dekian, cares about this, and he has seen some of it before entering the Dream Realm, but he has not gained anything except for dizziness.

"Maybe, maybe not...... I have not read the Codex Nackert and am completely unfamiliar with its contents, so how can I answer you. ”

Speaking of which, Rao is body posture was still a little hanging, but Attar's expression became solemn, his eyes looked directly at Zhu Jue, and then said,

"Believe me, if you know what horror lies within, you'll regret opening it, and no matter how much you regret it at that point, it's useless, and the creatures that can't be discussed in words, the creatures that flash in the shadows of obscurity, or anything else, are not something that we can face at will!"

Although only a few things about this were mentioned in a side-by-side way, the candle flames on the first floor of the tower began to flutter.

Zhu Jue frowned, he vaguely sensed something.

"Believe it or not, I've seen quite a few of the kind of beings you speak of, I've fought them and defeated some of them...... Have you been patronized by them?"

For a moment just now, a special reaction appeared in Zhu Jue's perception, which caught his attention, and after a little thought, he asked in a deep voice.

"Did you really fight those disgusting monsters?

"You don't believe me?"

Zhu Jue held the wine glass in front of him, the frost covered the glass in an instant, freezing some of the remaining wine in it, raising his hand to pour the ice cube into his mouth, chewing and crunching.

"Magic, it's kind of interesting, I think I tried to learn it myself, but unfortunately I didn't have the talent, but I think it's a good thing now. ”

Seeing the power displayed by Zhu Jue, Attar was not very excited, but just glanced at the wine glass with some surprise.

"A good thing?"

Anyone else thinks that their weakness is a good thing?

"There were two men who were passionate about pursuing the hidden mysteries of the world, the former was just an ordinary man, who came to the place where the gods lived, it was a huge and steep mountain, and there is no doubt that he could not climb it, so he returned to a certain town and became mortal once and for all, and his friend, the latter, was a powerful magician, and he followed the route provided by the former to the foot of that mountain, and luckily he succeeded, but just as he was excitedly trying to tell the former the good news through his letters, unspeakable destruction befell him, and he screamed and was dragged up into the sky by some force, falling to the ground in front of hundreds of people, no one can save him...... No one dared to save him!"

Taking a sip of moonshine, Attar told a distant story, his vision a little blurred, and he muttered in a low voice,

"Weakness binds people, and all mortals need to do is pray, and being strong will make people lose their minds and eventually invite disaster. ”

"I thought that the person who caused disaster and couldn't avoid it, he died, which only shows that he is not strong enough. ”

Zhu Jue's answer was very polite.

"You think you're stronger than him?"

Attar, who had been a little depressed a second ago, turned around abruptly, and his tone was cold.

"I don't feel weak all the time, and if one day I die at the hands of those monsters, it proves that I'm nothing more than that!"

Zhu Jue did not shy away from the gaze from Attar, this is from the heart.

"Haha~ It's been a long time since I've seen a young man like you, since you're so confident, why don't you do me a favor?"

Putting down the wine glass, regardless of Zhu Jue's response, a smile suddenly appeared on Attar's face, and he rolled his hands into his sleeves and walked towards the upper floor of the tower.

Around the spiral staircase, the two stepped onto the very top floor of the tower.

It was originally a shrine decorated with colorful flowers, and there was an ivory podium on the left side, which may have been where Attar usually stayed, but what appeared in Zhu Jue's eyes at this time was a mess.

The central altar seemed to have been trampled by something, and the gold and silver objects placed on it were messily poured down, and the ivory-colored pulpit was simply knocked to the ground, and some broken petals were scattered on it.

"Do you know why I've been delaying the delivery of the ancient books, that's why, although I didn't plan to hand them over, but in fact I can't do it now even if I change my mind, the Codex Nakert was stolen three days ago, and the thieves opened the ancient books here, and summoned a terrible monster, which destroyed the entire shrine and wiped out all traces of the thieves. ”

He stepped forward and tried to straighten the ivory podium, but because of his lack of strength, he could only make a snorting sound there.

"You're the one who cares of the Codex Nackert, aren't you aware of it?"

Zhu Jue shook his head, stepped forward and grabbed a corner with one hand, easily returning it to its original position.

"Of course I noticed it, but I didn't dare to go up at the time, I slept on the second floor, and when the monster appeared, I ran behind the pillars on the first floor...... Ahem, looking for an opportunity to fight back, then I thought of a way to fight the monster, but it has fled, it's a pity. ”

"You didn't try to stop it?"

Regarding the behavior of the great elder who kept the "Codex Nackert" when the thieves came to this tower, "decisively" abandoned the ancient books, pretended to be asleep and then hid to protect himself, Zhu Jue asked differently,

"Even if you ask someone from Usa for help. ”

"The consequence of the obstruction is my death, the truth is covered up, the town of Usa will also be persecuted by the horror monsters, things will go to the worse side, now that I am alive and have found you, I choose to tell you about this and ask for your help, so that not only the monsters in the town of Usa will be expelled, but the whereabouts of the Codex Nakert will also be traced, isn't it a good thing?"

It is the first time I have met Zhu Jue, who can say that he is afraid of death and shirking responsibility so fresh and refined, that people can't find the slightest fault.

"Why do you think I'm going to help you, this gem is the reward for saving you before. ”

"I've traveled to most parts of this world in my life, seen the Shattak bird flying over the Cold Plains, traveled to the island of Oriba in the Southern Ocean, seen the statues painted when the gods danced, and followed the expedition through the passages of the 'Flame of Death' into the dreamlike underworld, where I had contact with monsters that humans could not understand......"

"Didn't you say you had been living in Usa since you failed to climb the mountain?"

The former in the story that Attar is talking about is clearly himself.

"Well, I've only been to a few cities out there, and I've heard from travelers who have passed through Usa. ”

Although it was embarrassing to be exposed when the lie was exposed, the old man's unreasonable and strong answer was also admirable.

"You're really an 'honest' Great Elder!"

Zhu Jue squinted and said.

"Aren't you outlanders also very 'honest', I know what you came here to pursue with your hidden identity, nothing more than to practice magic or some other powerful power, I can give you this opportunity, don't you want?

Attar, who was still embarrassed just now, didn't know when he would return to the unfathomable appearance he had when he first met, squinting his eyes and smiling and asking.