Extra-Dark Night 1

In the cold basement, an emaciated man lay on the ground, twitching slightly, and the torch glowed dimly, illuminating his pale face. Two men in black robes stood beside him, their shadows reflected on the ground by the beating light of the fire, dangling like ghosts.

"Say," said a deep male voice, "stop insisting, Nicholas, it's just a waste of our time. ”

"Please, I really...... I really don't know," said the man named Nicholas, sobbing, "I really don't know. ”

"Oh, that's a real disappointment for me." The shorter man added, "Looks like you need some reminders." ”

The other man drew his wand and pointed at the man on the ground, "Dig into the bones-"

Nicholas lay on the ground, convulsing in pain and screaming. The man with the wand looked at him, and he didn't mean to stop.

"I said... I say! Nicholas shouted with all his might.

The man stopped chanting, and Nicholas collapsed and gasped violently, "Yes, in America, a priest, that's all I know...... Please, leave me alone, please. ”

"Look, that's how nice." The shorter man said, glancing at the man next to him, and turned to leave.

The man raised his wand to the twitching Nicholas, "Avada suo." ”

Outside the basement, a black-robed man stood there, watching the morning sun rise below the horizon when another man stepped out of the passage behind him.

"It's all taken care of, Ibikos."

"Yes, Your Highness Sauron."

……

Howard, a senior federal agent in his Chinese New Year's Eve, served in the Marine Corps for ten years before joining the FBI, and was transferred to his current department a year ago because of his excellent and capable. Now he is doing well, with a high salary, and he usually has nothing to do, and only needs him to intervene when something serious and evil happens. He has a good friend, Billy, who is his former comrade-in-arms and his current partner; A gentle and virtuous wife and a beautiful and lovely little daughter.

Every Sunday, Howard would go to the chapel near his house to talk to Father Roel—a very nice man, with a white beard, a very thin man, but he was very spirited.

Howard had been feeling bad for the last few days, and his instincts on the battlefield were telling him that something was going to happen. It was another Sunday, and in the evening Howard went to church as usual to talk to Father Roel.

He pushed the door open, and the church hall was empty, except for Father Roel in the first row of chairs.

"Hi Father Roel, how was your day?" Howard said, his voice echoing through the empty hall in an eerie way.

"Oh, it's Howard, you're here." The priest said, turning his head.

"Father, are you sick?" Spark said worriedly, because he saw that the priest's face was very pale, haggard and frightening. Fire Howard sat down next to the priest, "Do you want to go to the hospital?" ”

The priest shook his head, his face calm, "It's getting dark, I can feel it, they see me, they'll find it soon." ”

Howard instinctively realized that something was wrong.

"They, who are they? Did you see anything so that someone threatened you? Howard asked, recalling if there had been any recent cases in the area.

"Forget it, kid." The priest shook his head and said. "I'm sorry, Howard, I'm not feeling well today and can't listen to you." The priest trembled and pulled out a tattered pamphlet from his bosom, a Bible. "Keep it."

"Well, then, I'm taking my leave." Seeing that the priest didn't want to say more, Howard got up and walked towards the door.

"Howard!" Behind him, the priest said, "Darkness is coming, do not be afraid. ”

……

Howard returned home, and his wife and daughter went to a friend's birthday party and haven't come back yet. Howard sat down on the TV and sat down on the couch. Rummaging through his phone in his coat pocket, he found a book - the one the priest had given him just now, and carried it in his pocket.

Howard flipped through the Bible casually—the black cover was very shabby, the words on it were a little blurred, the pages inside were a little yellowed, and the text was in a strange font that looked more like handwriting.

There was a sound of the door opening, it was his wife and daughter.

Howard kissed his wife and picked up his daughter again.

"Dad, I just saw a beautiful big bird, black, like a peacock with a long tail." Daughter Miranda said with her arms around his neck.

"Oh, yes." Howard smiled and said, "Where?" ”

"Outside, I showed my mother, but she couldn't see it."

"Well, that's because you're a little angel."

"Alright, put her down." His wife, Catherine, said, "Miranda, go wash your hands." I'm going to cook, my dear, and do me a favor, okay? ”

"Come, dear."

In the evening, after dinner, my daughter went to bed early—the two of them were exhausted from the daytime party. Howard sat in his study and continued to look at the Bible for a long time, but found no valuable information, it was just an ordinary Bible. Howard recalled Father Roel's expression in the afternoon, felt a little uneasy, thought about it for a while, and decided to go to the church. He crept down the stairs, only to find Catherine still sitting in the living room.

"Why don't you sleep yet, dear." Howard stepped forward and hugged her.

"Where are you going so late?" Catherine asked.

Howard hesitated for a moment and decided to tell the truth. "I went to Father Roel in the afternoon, he seems to be in some trouble, I don't feel at ease, I want to go and see him."

"Then be careful, go early and come back early."

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon." Howard kissed her, then put on his coat and went out.

……

The clouds in the sky were so thick that even the moonlight obscured them.

In the hall of the church, Father Roel stands under the iconostasis, bowing his head and praying the Bible with devotion to it. He turned around, and two men in black robes were standing in the middle of the hall, one of them squatting with a large black bird on his shoulder.

"This place is really hard to find, you are Father Roel, introduce yourself, my name is Sauron, and this one next to me is Epikos."

Father Roel looked angrily at the two men in front of him, and he held the cross on his chest tightly in his hand without the slightest fear.

"Oh, don't be so strict." "We're here for one purpose, we're looking for the Doomsday Codex, and we've found you by asking around. I guess, you should know its whereabouts. ”

"I don't know what you're talking about, you're not welcome here, please leave." Father Roel said angrily.

"Don't do that, dear priest, we don't have much time to waste here, and we don't want to go to extremes that would lead to trouble." Ibikos said, smiling, but his tone sounded dangerous.

"This is God's room, and you who are immersed in darkness are not welcome here."

"Father, don't test my patience." Sauron's tone turned cold.

"I am a servant of God, I will not give in, I will not fear darkness, I will not fear tribulation, I will look to the light to which he means."

"Enough!" Sauron said fiercely. The sound echoed in the hall, shaking the glass windows, and on the candle in front of the icon, the originally bright yellow flame instantly turned into a raging black flame.

Sauron approached the priest, his eyes staring at him coldly, and there was no trace of emotion in his golden pupils. With a wave of Sauron's hand, the priest seemed to be strangled by an invisible hand around his neck and lifted him into the air, kicking his hands and feet in vain, his face blue as he drank and gasped.

"To be honest, I really don't like it." Sauron said, "Epikos, give him a potion of spitting." ”

The priest fell from the air and fell to the ground, and Ipicos took a small bottle from his bosom and poured the potion into the priest's mouth. Soon, the priest's eyes became misty.

"Now, sue me, where is the Codex?" Sauron asked.

"I don't know, I don't remember where it went." The priest said in a calm tone.

"Damn, he's the same as Nicholas, the truth potion doesn't work. We can only let him speak out. Ibikos said with a frown.

"We don't have that much time, and those idiots will soon find out that they can't do anything to us, but it's going to be trouble." Sauron said. He drew his wand and placed it on the priest's head, "Looks like we need some special means. ”

Sauron didn't chant the incantation, but the priest screamed, and a silver smoky silk was pulled out of the priest's head with the end of the wand. Soon the priest stopped howling, and he collapsed to the ground, his eyes wide and lifeless.

With a bang, the door of the church was slammed open, "Stand there and don't move, just get up!" You bastards, or I'll shoot. A man stood at the entrance of the gate, pistol in both hands, aimed at Sauron.

Howard was stunned, and as soon as he reached the door of the church, he heard the priest's screams, so he immediately slammed the door open and rushed in, and saw two men dressed in black with their backs to him, as if they had just done something to the priest, and now the priest was lying there, motionless. When he slowly approached, he could see their appearance clearly, both of them were thin, and one of them had a big black bird-like thing squatting on his shoulder, he couldn't see their faces, but from the back, the two people were probably two young people.

"Now, turn around slowly, remember slowly." Howard said as he walked up behind the two.

One person turned around and showed the face of a handsome big boy, and it was clear that it was a minor. He looked at Howard curiously, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Howard guessed that they might be some thugs who had been bumped into by the priest while doing some shady tricks, so they had come to trouble him, but what he saw soon overturned his suspicions. The other man turned, it was a small child, who didn't look much older than his daughter, but it was the man's eyes that sent chills down his whole body—golden pupils standing like snakes, staring at him with a cold smile on his face, making Howard feel as if he were immersed in cold water.

Howard subconsciously fired, but it seemed useless, Sauron did not fall or retreat, the bullet seemed to pass through a cloud of smoke, and then he reached out and waved at the detective, Howard flew out as if he had been hit by a car, landed in the row of seats, and fainted.

"Don't you kill him?"

"There's no need, let's go."

The two men disappeared in an instant, leaving only the priest who had stopped breathing and the detective whose fate was unknown.

……

When Howard woke up, he saw the white ceiling and walls, he was lying in the hospital room, and Catherine was lying on his bedside asleep. Sensing him move, she woke up, her eyes a little swollen, apparently crying.

"I'm in the hospital, oh, my head hurts, what's going on." Howard asked weakly.

"That night, you said you were going to church, and I waited for you for a long time and didn't come back, so I called the police. When the police arrive at the church, they find that the door is open, the priest has stopped breathing, and you are lying unconscious in the chair, with blood oozing from the corners of your mouth. Catherine cried again as she spoke, "I'm terrified, you've been in a coma, and you haven't woken up until today, and you've been in a coma for two whole days. ”

Howard gently hugged Catherine into his arms and patted her on the back comfortingly.

"Howard, what the hell is going on?" After the doctor left, Catherine asked.

Howard thought back to that night and thought of those terrible eyes, and couldn't help but feel a little chill. He hesitated for a long time, he realized that this matter was definitely not suitable for publication, but in the end he decided to tell the truth. He shook Catherine's hand and said earnestly, "Honey, do you believe me?" ”

"Yes, of course I believe you."

Howard looked her in the eye and said sternly, "I saw the devil." ”

Catherine's face turned pale, "Honey, this joke is not funny. ”

Howard shook his head, and he carefully told his wife about what had happened in the church, and she looked surprised, but still believed him.

"Listen to me, my dear, you take Miranda to your mother's house in Los Angeles, the sooner you leave, the better." He said sternly.

"Honey, is there going to be something going on, you mean, they may come back." Catherine looked nervous.

"It's hard to say, but just in case."

Catherine hesitated for a long time, "Alright then, I'll go and get ready to go to my mother's in a moment." Then, as if suddenly, she remembered something, "By the way, my cousin." ”

"Cousin, what cousin?" Howard was puzzled.

"Nolund, you've seen it, you've seen it at my mother's house."

Howard raised an eyebrow, "It's that nervous-looking guy, oh my god, you don't think he can help, do you?" ”

Two days later, Howard was discharged from the hospital.