Chapter 734: The Story of the Bloodborne Curse (Chapter 5K)
As players slowly explore the game, the story of "Bloodborne" is slowly unfolding in front of them.
Especially after the first batch of players reached the end of the game and successfully unlocked the DLC, the entire story of Bloodborne became a perfect puzzle for players.
In the beginning, the city of Yanan was just a remote town, and almost no one knew about it except for the local villagers.
But in fact, in the underground world of Yanan, this inconspicuous town area, there are a lot of ancient ruins hidden.
Barkingworth, who studied history and archaeology, is also located here.
Although William, even as the head of the Bierkins Academy, was nothing more than a tomb robber for these ancient ruins, the discovery of ancient ruins, that is, the Sumeric civilization that had disappeared into the long river of history, piqued the interest of Baierkins scholars.
Some words that are difficult for modern people to understand appear in the discovery of Sumerian civilization, which aroused the great interest of Baierkingworth scholars, and suddenly set off a craze for the study of Sumerian civilization in Baierkingworth College.
In particular, Sumerian texts record the 'inner eye' that allowed human beings to transcend evolution and reach the realm of 'gods'.
In subsequent research, through the excavation and study of the Sumeric civilization, blood therapy was created.
It is certain that the source of their research and knowledge must be related to the ancient gods, which can be seen from the clues that can be found on the first floor of Bailkinsworth, the pearl worm slug, and the ghost shell at the top.
The scholars of Bailkingworth began to study the ancient gods and the blood of the old gods, and since then the scholars who discovered the underground of Anan have made significant discoveries in legends and historical documents.
Many of them come from the rune craftsman Karil, who embodied the language of the ancient gods, which is where the runes of Karil come from.
And William is also proud of Karil's runes, as they don't rely on the power of the blood itself.
Because William was not in favor of using the blood of the old gods found in the tomb, although the discovery of the blood of the old gods made their dream of evolution a reality, according to research, it was found that there would be great hidden dangers, deformations, and the ensuing atrocities and deviations.
And that's just the beginning.
But on the other hand, Lawrence continued to unearth new discoveries as the tomb explored, and a new area called "Loren City" was discovered around the original Sumerian "Izzy" tomb group, which also belonged to the later Sumerian civilization, but it seems that it was destroyed by a disease called "beast plague" and was finally buried in the yellow sand.
This tomb also unearthed a large number of relics about the Sumerian civilization, the most important of which is the strange substance called "Blood of Adan", this bottle of sealed blood is located in the center of the Great Labyrinth of Loren City like the Holy Grail of Izzy, and it was observed that this blood also contains tiny parasites similar to the Holy Grail of Izzy, this parasite is shaped like a tiny tadpole and swims in the blood with a tail, the difference is that this parasite remains active since it was found in the tomb, and what makes Lawrence ecstatic is that The documents unearthed with it point out that Yadan, also known as "invisible Yadan", is a real ancient god, this god has no substance, only exists in the form of divine blood, and those who receive the blood of Yadan will be blessed by Yadan and give birth to the "son of God" at the right time.
The unearthing of the "Blood of Yadan" means that Lawrence has found a living ancient god, if according to Master William's reasoning, he only needs to find a way to let Yadan come into the world, and he can obtain the coveted "third umbilical cord" through the newborn Yadan, the ecstatic Lawrence did not bring the blood of Yadan back to the academy, he is tired of William's conservatism, he, as the best of the students, deeply feels that he should continue this research, he wants to promote the evolution of mankind.
Lawrence made his research public at the Academy, gathering a group of cadets who were willing to follow him to say goodbye to Master William.
The aged William knew that Lawrence, who had picked up the Old Gods, would also betray him, and after William reiterated to Lawrence, "Fear the blood of the Old Gods", Lawrence also left.
In fact, although Lawrence did not agree with William's philosophy, in the early days he did follow the credo of Bilkingworth and William: fear the blood of the old gods.
After leaving Bailkinsworth with the "Blood of Ardan" and a group of scholars, Lawrence did not immediately start using the "Blood of Ardan" but continued to study the "Blood of Ardan", and in his research Lawrence found that the "Blood of Ardan" is different, it can improve the blood function of humans, restore the health of people suffering from diseases, and make people with weak bodies stronger.
Based on this, Lawrence and a group of scholars founded an organization called "Healing Church", and the Healing Church also introduced a technology called "blood healing" to Yanan.
The birth of blood therapy immediately made Yanan, a town that no one cared about, famous, and the healing of diseases by transfusing the blood blessed by the gods became a unique medical treatment method in this town, and countless patients who had been ill for a long time came to beg to save their lives through miracles.
And Yanan has also undergone rapid changes, everything in the town has begun to become related to blood, blood collection devices, blood transfusion clinics, and even crazy derivatives such as blood cocktails, the rapidly expanding church town and Yadan Church above the old city, the city has developed rapidly because of blood therapy, and the healing church that has mastered the key to blood therapy technology has become Yanan's new master.
But contrary to Lawrence's expectations, blood therapy did not bring lasting benefits.
The object of blood therapy did achieve physical sublimation in a short period of time, but at the same time, it also had a strong flaw, that is, "bestiality", which Yanan became a place where monsters were rampant for a while.
Because of the "bestiality", the first hunter in history: Geman, as Lawrence's hair and friend, Geman helped Lawrence create a hunting workshop, training hunters to hunt monsters that have gone crazy due to bestiality.
But as time progressed, the beast became more and more serious, and the hunter workshop led by Geman was no longer enough to deal with this increasingly serious "beast disease", which had affected Lawrence's original intention to study the blood of the old gods to make humanity truly evolve.
So Lawrence temporarily put aside his research on the blood of the old gods and formed a new church hunter with his clergy, and Ludved was the first hunter in the church.
A new aspect emerged during Anan's hunting campaign - the Cain Hurst tribe, a group of several Cain Hirst who came to Anan in search of a strange blood, but it was not a notable claim for Anan, who was already known as the "Land of Blood Healing".
The weapons used by the Cainhurst were very peculiar, all of them exerted their power through blood, which was related to the special ability of the Cain Hurst, who were able to naturally regenerate their vitality in battle, and weapons such as the "Thousand Yin" were all designed based on this characteristic, with the exception of one person.
Mary, as a Cainhurst, did not have those nasty traits on her, and the beautiful Mary was like a white angel.
At the same time, during the hunt, Maria also met the first hunter German and became his disciple.
And the story that happened after this is a story that players have unearthed little by little through the DLC content of "Bloodborne" and many details in the feature game.
"Kos will give birth to the Son of God."
The arrival of a special news rekindled his hopes, Lawrence immediately gathered the armed forces of the Healing Church to prepare to attack the fishing village, and under Lawrence's mobilization, Geman and the hunter workshop also joined the "reconnaissance" operation of the fishing village, called the elimination of the fishing village's beasts, in fact, to capture the god son of Kos.
Hundreds of church hunters and workshop hunters entered the fishing village, and the hunters who tried to enter the beach were rejected by the villagers and their identities were revealed, and the hunters were attacked by angry villagers, followed by a massacre of the village by the church and hunters.
Hunters with red eyes and wielding huge blades roared through the storm, and the fishing village was soaked in blood overnight.
Maria, who participated in the hunt, thought that she was only helping to protect Man and the hunters from harm, but in the face of the investigation that turned into a massacre, Maria, who was standing in the torrential rain, was at a loss for what to do, and Maria let out the first cry of the fishing village in the silent rainstorm.
Shaped like a giant human slug, Kos sat quietly on the edge of the beach, and countless human-faced slugs crouched in front of the cave at the entrance of the beach to worship, and the hunters effortlessly cleaned up these slimy creatures known as the "family of the old gods" and came to the front of the god Kos.
The god Kos, who was about to give birth, faced the hunters with red eyes, emitting a dazzling arcane light, and huge lightning fell from the sky, dragging his bulging body, Kos and the hunters launched a fight to the death, and finally in the process of escaping to the ocean, Kos was hunted.
When Kos's body was washed ashore by the sea, Lawrence and his party finally saw the face of the Son of God.
The "orphan" of Kos died after crawling out with only a single cry.
However, after a lot of experimentation, Lawrence did not solve the shortcomings of blood therapy, which put Lawrence in a difficult situation.
But on the other hand, the church is experimenting with a large number of sick people.
This stems from a deal between Lawrence and Master William, as the Healing Church, Barkingworth, and the nobles of Cainhorst all learn a possible truth after discovering the labyrinth—humans can evolve into Old Gods!
And so the crazy plan began.
The massacre of the fishing village seemed like it was just an act of Lawrence and the Healing Church.
But from a series of clues in the game, you can find the tragedy of the fishing village, all of which are inseparable from William and Baierkingworth.
For example, the villagers of the fishing village who had their eyes gouged out, and the later experiments on patients who injected brain fluid into human brains, in fact, all contradict the original intention of the healing church itself, because Lawrence believed that the blood of the old gods was the key at the beginning, and this was the main reason why he turned away from William in the first place.
But none of the clues to the healing of the church have anything to do with blood.
On the contrary, he is closely related to the research direction of another person, and firmly believes that human beings are only unable to contact the secrets of the ancient gods because their horizons are not broad enough.
Including the in-game skull props speak for themselves.
While Lawrence was pursuing the possibility of evolution, on the other hand, within the healing church during this period, other ideas had already arisen in the hearts of the group of people who had followed Lawrence and left William.
'Fear of the Blood of the Old Gods'
The motto of Master William from the former Baier Waggins appeared in their minds.
On the other hand, in order to completely solve and make the blood healing and the blood of the ancient gods truly perfect, to achieve the effect that Lawrence has always wanted, so that human beings can evolve.
Lawrence and German embark on an expedition and together summon the Nameless Moon, the Moon Demon.
The people who met the Moon Demon with Lawrence and Geman, as well as their retinue, the Eastern Hunter, but unlike Lawrence and Geman, who were very useful to the Moon Demon, the Eastern Hunter was just a useless person, so he fell into madness.
Lawrence and German, on the other hand, are controlled by the Moon Demon.
These are also discovered by players through countless clues in the game.
For example, the Moon Demon descends from the sky, slowly reaching out to the player and hugging him.
Just as God created Adam in Genesis.
At the same time, the picture of the gentle hug after killing Lawrence can also clearly see that the Moon Demon is directly related to Lawrence.
Not to mention Geman, who created the Hunter's Dream as the caretaker of the Moon Demon.
And after the expedition, Lawrence, who directly promoted the sacrament and invoked the blood of the old gods, also behaved completely differently from his previous behavior.
You must know that even though he parted ways with Master William, although Lawrence was in blood therapy at the beginning, he was not crazy, and even remembered the motto of fear of the blood of the old gods.
However, after summoning the Moon Demon, Lawrence seemed to be a different person, which led to Lawrence becoming the first clergy monster, and a new beast plague broke out, and most of the upper echelons of the healing church were converted into monsters.
After Lawrence's death, the nobles of Cain Horst, who had been cooperating with the Healing Church, decided to give up their cooperation with the Healing Church and instead researched on their own, resulting in the emergence of the Filthy Bloodline, and then the Healing Church asked the Axe Men to clean up the Cain Horst nobles in the name of cleaning up the filth, and only the queen did not die.
At the same time, Maria of the Star Clock Tower also chose to 'commit suicide' in the torment of remorse and guilt, while German was captured by the Moon Demon and became the agent of the Hunter's Dream, and because of Maria's death, German made a puppet and dressed it as Maria, but in the end he realized that it was not Maria and threw it away.
It can be said that all these conspiracies originated from the Moon Demon, by guiding the hunters to kill other superiors, that is, the ancient gods.
At the same time, with the elimination of the Healing Church with the Sword and Axe Hands and the Beast Plague event, the Mansis sect that broke away from the Healing Church appeared, and they used even more crazy methods to pursue the secrets of the Old Gods, and the path of evolution, that is, to create the Old Gods,
The player takes on the role of the Outlander, who arrived at this point in time, and after being infused with the blood of the Dark, the Outlander entered the dream realm and was chosen to become the Hunter.
In order to learn about the origin of the dark blood, he went to the church, and then found out about the changes after nightfall, such as the clergy monster, the night of the hunt, and a series of things, and when the hunter went to the church to seek results to no avail, according to some clues he got went to Bailkinsworth.
There, secrets are slowly revealed, and Spider Rom hides rituals, summoning the Blood Moon Ritual of the Nameless Moon, the Children of Nightmares.
And in the process, I learned that if I want not to become a monster, I must prevent the ritual from continuing, because the ritual will cause the arrival of the ancient gods, the beginning of the curse, and the blurring of the boundary between humans and monsters, so in order to avoid turning into a monster, I will stop the ritual.
As for the last three endings.
The first ending: The hunter has grown into an existence that can pose a threat to the old gods at this moment, and in order to stabilize the Moon Demon, Geman sent the hunter out of the hunter's dream.
From the very beginning when he came to Yanan as a foreigner seeking a cure for his disease, he seemed to have accomplished his goal, and he only needed to give his 'life' to Geman, and he would be able to live happily without all this.
But he is already a hunter, and the purpose of the Moon Demon has been accomplished, Mei Gao's nurse has died, Mei Gao has fallen into the hands of the Moon Demon, and what will be the ending of the protagonist as a hunter in the near future?
As for the second ending, the protagonist who did not collect the three umbilical cords, after killing Geman, just like Geman and Lawrence at the beginning, he did not have the bewitchment of the Moon Demon, he became the new agent, just like Geman at the beginning.
As for the third ending, the hunter collects the three umbilical cords and kills German to face the Moon Demon, but at this moment the Hunter already has the ability to fight the Moon Demon.
After killing the Moon Demon, the hunter ushered in the evolution, and the evolution path that Baylkinsworth, Mansis, the Healing Church, Lawrence, and William had been waiting for was done by the hunters.
If you don't delve into the deeper meaning, such as a hunter or a hunter who has become an ancient god? Or maybe the juvenile ancient gods that appear are really hunters instead of moon demons who seem to have been killed?
On the surface, this looks like a good ending.
Of course, the only thing that's a little hard to accept is that the ancient god that evolved into it is a squid.