Liu Xing frowned, and said, "That's right, I did encounter such paper today, is there anything wrong with this kind of paper?" ”

Taketori nodded, and replied seriously: "This kind of paper you came across is actually a kind of talisman left over from an ancient civilization, I have seen this kind of talisman when I was not really a god - at that time, there was a farmer who dug up a small box in the field, and this small box contained more than a dozen such charms; Although the farmer didn't know what the charms did, he knew that there was a benefit to being handed over to the lord for something of unknown origin and suspected antiquities, so the farmer gave the box to the local lord, and the lord gave the farmer a lot of benefits. ”

"As a result, within two days, the lord and his family died suddenly, so the lord's men remembered the farmer, and thought that the farmer had poisoned the goods he had offered, so the lord's men hurriedly led people to arrest the farmer, and found that the farmer had turned into a monster that was half man, half ox, and completely lost his mind, and was indiscriminately attacking all living things around him; But fortunately, this farmer-turned-monster is not too powerful, so the samurai who wanted to avenge the lord still killed it easily, and the monster turned into black smoke and drifted away directly after death. ”

"At that time, I was about to become a god, so I was studying with the god who still left on the earth in the island country, Kibana Kai Yahime, and the practice place was on Mt. Fuji, not far from the farmer's home, so my master and I immediately found out that there was a strange magic fluctuation there, but my master and I didn't pay too much attention to it, because magic fluctuations of this level often occur, although the form of this magic fluctuation is a little strange, but the impact is negligible in our opinion, So we felt that ordinary people in the local area should be able to deal with it on their own, and as a result, we delayed the opportunity to deal with this crisis in the first place. ”

"Liu Xing, you should also know that at that time, there was still a lot of interaction between our ancient gods and ordinary humans, so there were many ordinary people who would come to pray to us when they encountered problems, and I was trying to accumulate the power of faith, so I often responded to the reasonable requests of some believers, so I heard about one thing from my believers not long after, that is, there was a large-scale plague in the area where the farmer was, and a large number of people died suddenly in a short time; I remembered the strange wave of magic, so I told my master about it, and the two of us went to the area to find out, and then we determined that this so-called plague was actually a terrible toxin! ”

"Before the birth of your generation of human beings, Liu Xing, there were many civilizations on the earth, including the ancient civilization you are familiar with, the snake civilization, the deep diver civilization, etc., but most of the civilizations were short-lived and quickly disappeared in the long river of history, but because the existence of civilizations will give birth to their own gods, some information about these civilizations has not completely disappeared, but has been circulated in the circle of our earth gods, and my master Muhua Kai Yeji is a god who has perished civilization, so she knew that the source of this toxin came from a civilization that had been wiped out by the snake people. ”

"Because this civilization rose next to a snake people's city, it has always had friction with the snake people, but this civilization has also learned some skills from the snake people, and the way they use poison is more strange, that is, to use toxins to make an ink, and then use this ink to form a spell after writing on a specific piece of paper, and according to the different ways of writing, this toxin will also reflect different effects, which is why some poisoned people will die suddenly, and some poisoned people are the reason for mutation; And after that civilization was destroyed by the snake people, the snake people were very interested in their poisonous methods, so the remaining charms were brought back by the snake people for research, and finally these charms spread to all parts of the world with the footsteps of the snake people. ”

After listening to Taketori's words, Liu Xing immediately checked the situation of his character card and found that there was nothing abnormal on his character card.

Could it be that Taketori is mistaken? Or are the toxins gone along with the spell?

But at this moment, the kp ghost, who had been silent, stood up and said: "Congratulations to the player Liu Xing for triggering the hidden side quest with the help of NPC Taketori - The Past of the Ancient Gods, please ask NPC Taketori for specific task content, but here I give you a friendly reminder, whether this side quest can be contributed depends on your choice... By the way, because Liu Xing triggered this side quest, you can now check the special status that was originally hidden. ”

Liu Xing frowned, and immediately checked his character card again.

As a result, Liu Xing saw that there was an extra note in the name column of his character card.

Fatal Curse (Weakened): An unknown curse from an ancient civilization, if the status is not lifted within 5d10 days, the HP of this character card will be directly reduced to zero.

PS: When the Fatal Curse is triggered or the character card dies for other reasons, the Fatal Curse will infect all creatures within a 5-meter radius of the surrounding area.

5d10=29。

Liu Xing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the end, fortunately his luck was not bad, this curse of the pit father would only occur in nearly a month... Wait a minute!

Liu Xing suddenly remembered a question, that is, Zhang Jingxu and Zhang Wenbing should also receive a curse!

If they're unlucky, there's a good chance they'll only have a few days to resolve this cursed crisis on their own.

But then again, this hidden side quest seems a bit remarkable from the name.

You must know that in the relevant settings of the Cthulhu Mythos, the Old Gods can be compared to the Old Rulers, or even slightly higher, after all, many Old Rulers are sealed by the Old Gods.

Of course, it's still a matter of life.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing immediately said flatteringly: "Taketori God, then how can I lift this curse now?" ”

Seeing Liu Xing bowing his head to him, Taketori smiled with satisfaction and said, "Now you finally know how powerful this great god is, right?" In fact, it is not difficult to lift this curse, after all, it is just a special toxin after all, and my master and I have been researching an antidote for this toxin back then, to calm the so-called plague, and there are still some antidotes left. ”

"So Taketori Okami, what do you mean, let me go find those antidotes?" Liu Xing immediately replied.

Taketori nodded, and said with a teachable look: "That's right, although I still remember the recipe for the antidote, but many of the ingredients in the recipe are difficult to find now, because some of the materials are magic elixirs that only my master can cultivate, and now my master has been away from the earth for many years, and I have lost contact with her after being possessed." ”

"And where are the antidotes?" Liu Xing asked anxiously.

Taketori smiled and asked rhetorically, "What do you think?" ”

Liu Xing was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up and said, "Is it Mount Fuji?" ”

"That's right, after my master and I solved the so-called plague, in order to prevent some charms left in the local area, we put part of the antidote in the shrine where we enshrined, and the other part in my and my master's cave." Taketori condensed a small bamboo leaf and gave it to Liu Xingdao: "I don't know if the antidote put in the shrine has been used up, so it's better for you to go directly to my master's cave to find it, and there are a lot of good things that are very practical for you humans, you can also use them to deal with the public faction, anyway, my master and I can't use it." ”

Liu Xing took the bamboo leaf and nodded, and suddenly asked curiously: "By the way, Taketori God, why did you leave the earth after becoming a god?" ”

This is a question that Liu Xing has always wanted to ask.

Taketori sighed and said helplessly: "This question is actually very simple, that is, the earth is not a good place for us ancient gods, because these ancient gods are all from the earth, so they are inherently opposite to the old rulers who are invaders, although at the beginning the first generation of ancient gods successfully sealed and exiled some of the old rulers, but this is all a palliative not a cure, because those old rulers did not really die, so there are many first generation of ancient gods who simply left the earth, Only a handful of the Old Gods chose to continue to fight with the Old Dominators. ”

"Later, although there were many alien mythical creatures on the earth, some of the earth's native civilizations were still born, and these civilizations also supported the second generation of ancient gods, but the gap between these second-generation ancient gods and the first generation of ancient gods was very large, so that the second-generation ancient gods couldn't even beat some of the clones of the old rulers, so these second-generation ancient gods either fell on the battlefield or left the earth after their civilization was destroyed, but there are still some ancient gods who chose to stay on the earth, Among them are my master, Muhua Kai Yaji, and some of the gods you may be familiar with. ”

"Then there is the third generation of ancient gods like me, the strength of our group of ancient gods and the second generation of ancient gods is still a little different, because our group of ancient gods are basically born from the belief and imagination of human beings, so it is equivalent to a large group of people sharing a cake that looks very big, and as a result, everyone does not get much, but fortunately, with the guidance of the first generation of ancient gods and the second generation of ancient gods, our third-generation ancient gods are not so weak that they can't even beat some powerful mythical creatures; But more than a thousand years ago, the first generation of ancient gods who remained on Earth found that some of the seals of the old rulers had been loosened! ”

"Finally, after some investigation, the first generation of the Old Gods determined that it was only a matter of time before those Old Rulers broke the seal, and then because ninety-nine percent of the first and second generations of Ancient Gods who left the Earth had lost contact, there were only two options left for us Ancient Gods, the first was to stay on Earth to face the wrath of those Old Rulers after the unsealing, and fight with them for three hundred rounds and then lose their souls; The second is to leave the earth directly; You should also guess what happened next, Liu Xing, except for a small number of ancient gods who chose to stay in the Dream Realm to monitor the earth, most of the other ancient gods chose to leave the earth, including me and my master. ”

Liu Xing nodded, and could only sigh that this was the case.

It seems that the Cthulhu Run game lobby has been added with some settings about the Old Gods.

In the original setting of the Cthulhu Mythos, the Old Gods were a group of gods who were in opposition to the Old Dominators, and the division of these Old Gods was actually a bit awkward.

Because if the Cthulhu Mythos is a big tree, then the main part is the work of the god of craftsmanship, and the branches and leaves are a series of works by other authors.

Therefore, at the beginning, the Cthulhu Mythos did not yet form a complete system, so many gods created by other authors were thrown into the old gods, that is, the branch of the old gods.

However, after another important figure in the Cthulhu Mythos, Dress, gained the right to speak, and the Old Gods were portrayed as gods who were completely opposed to the rulers of the past and friendly to humans.

Of course, like the "Elemental System" created by Dresser, Dresser's "Ancient Theism" has also been rejected by many Lovers of the Cthulhu Mythos, because it is very un"Cthulhu".

By the way, because many of the ancient gods created by authors are secondary creations based on some gods in real life, such as the most famous of the ancient gods, the king of the abyss of the dream realm, Nordens, is the god of hunting and medicine in Celtic mythology, which may be the reason why Dresser thinks that the old gods will stand on the side of humans.

Obviously, the Cthulhu Run game lobby recognized Dress's idea, or wanted players to see a glimmer of life, so they made this setting, and by the way, they also created a group of gods like Taketori.

"By the way, the shrine you said should be Asama Shrine, right?" Liu Xing said suddenly.

Taketori nodded and said, "That's right, it's that Asama Shrine." ”

When it comes to the shrines of Mt. Fuji, then we have to mention Asama Shrine, because Asama Shrine is arguably the most famous and wealthy shrine in the island country.

The reason is simple, part of the ownership of Mt. Fuji is in the hands of Asama Shrine.

That's right, the summit of Mt. Fuji, the sacred mountain of the island nation, is actually private property!

All this has to mention Tokugawa Ieyasu, because it was he who assigned Mt. Fuji to Asama Shrine, and after that, although the island country officials wanted to nationalize Mt. Fuji, after nearly 100 years of negotiations, the ownership of the summit part of Mt. Fuji was still divided to Asama Shrine.