Chapter 7: The Tower of the Damned
In the forest, sunlight is scattered in tiny beams, and trees several meters high are arranged in groups, so that there is no end in sight.
From Camilla's mouth, Louis learned that the name of this forest is "Ancient Forest", and that many ancient and mysterious creatures were born, and it is the birthplace of everything.
After a short encounter, Louis also learned more about the magical power of this world from Camilla's mouth.
"Where are we going?" Louis followed Camilla, a little confused.
Camilla smiled back, "A few more steps to see Cerberus's lair." β
"Didn't you say you were going to take me to the Tower of the Damned to get the Book of the Damned, why did you go to the Cerberus's lair? And the 30-meter-high tower didn't see it......"
"The gate to the Tower of the Damned is in the Cerberus's lair, and the Tower of the Damned is upside down, so hell if you can see it."
Louis then realized that the Tower of the Curse was built underground, about thirty meters deep.
At this moment, in front of Louie's line of sight, a monster was chewing its prey unhurriedly, strange birds were hovering rapidly in the air, and there was a terrifying roar in the depths of the forest.
"It's a goo-gu pig, the meat is edible, the fur can be used as a cold protection material, and its teeth are popular as decorations. In the air is the large-mouthed bat, which always likes to fly to places with high sonic intensity. As for the depths of the forest, there are many unknown monsters, I don't think you want to know them......" Camilla explained to Louie.
Louis muttered, "The monsters in the forest seem to be restless today......"
Hearing this, Camilla pursed her lips and smiled, "It's not because you eliminated the most powerful hellhounds and white snakes in this forest, and the monsters that don't have the control of the forest overlord will naturally be restless." β
Louis secretly said, what is so powerful about the Cerberus, it can make so many people jealous, and the feeling it gives itself is that the meat is tender......
Camilla led Louis to a large tree, which was as thick as ten people hugging each other, and in the middle of the hole there were weeds and rotten leaves half a meter high, and no one seemed to have cleaned them.
"This is the Cerberus's lair, it is covered with powerful spells, I will wait for you outside, the entrance to the Tower of Damned is inside, you should be careful."
After Camilla's advice, Louis stepped in alone.
The space in the tree hole was not small, and the bones and rotten flesh of various monsters were scattered on the ground, and a bloody rancid smell suppressed the people who were breathless.
The rich smell of blood was also filled with powerful magic, and Louis could feel the violence and danger of this magic, but fortunately, this magic power did not harm him.
With a keen eye, Louis discovered a passage into the underground under a stone monument.
When the stele was removed, a wave spread inside, and Louie's body just touched the twisted underground entrance below, and a sudden powerful suction force burst out instantly, sucking Louie's figure in.
Louis was also a little distracted by this suction, and was completely defenseless.
When the dizziness and dazzling feeling disappeared, he realized that he was already in a fifty-square-meter underground cave.
As the thick gray mist slowly drifted out towards the exit above, the space in the area as far as his vision could see was slightly distorted.
"Presumably this is the so-called Book of the Damned." Louis looked at an old book on the stone table, probably as thick as a copy of Les MisΓ©rables.
When Louis was about to step forward, the gray mist around him fluctuated, and then a pretty figure slowly walked out, and when Louis saw the face of the figure, his heart was shocked.
"Mother?" Louis looked at the beautiful woman in a daze, and the familiar face and temperament were the mother who had disappeared for more than three hundred years-Scarlett.
With her golden wavy hair and French romance, and her turquoise blue outfits, Scarlett hasn't changed her fun outfit for so many years.
Scarlett's eyebrows twitched, and she smiled, "Why is this expression?" The last time I saw you look like that was during the Black Death. β
"Why are you here?" Suppressing the restlessness in his heart, a sense of confusion suddenly appeared.
"Don't you forget that I'm a powerful witch and there's a coveted book of curses, so how can I not be impressed?"
"However, this is not the world of Earth......
"You underestimate my power too much, to be precise, this place is connected to our world, and the owner of this cursed book is also a person from our world......
The corners of Louie's mouth twitched slightly, "Are you here just for this cursed book?" β
Scarlett shook her head and walked slowly towards Louie. "I want to get back together with you......"
"Now in front of my eyes, what is this? I remember when you were a kid and you almost traded me for three pigs. Three-headed, I was very cute when I was a kid, and I could juggle, at least five pigs! Louis shook off Scarlett's jade hand that wanted to touch his cheek, and immediately roared.
Scarlett looked at Louie affectionately, "So what, whose childhood do you think was happy again?" In my childhood memories, my mother would burn me with cigarette butts, and no one cared, let alone a name. β
"Hehe, speaking of names, you gave me a foreign name Jack at the beginning, and almost 100 million candidates for the name Jack can be found in the world, which is still very annoying."
"I admit that I was a terrible mother, and I always regretted it. But you're very imposing now, and you're about to be promoted to the Demon King of Trading at the Crossroads, and I've always known that my son was destined for great things! β
Louie's muscles tensed, and he shook suddenly. "Really? Oh, I remember you said that I would die in some gutter, drowning in my own vomit, and in the end no one collected my body, even the bones would be fed to the dogs. β
It seems that after countless rehearsals for this meeting, Scarlett has prepared all kinds of rhetoric: "I'm just motivating you, I want you to do better and look higher." Obviously, this worked! β
Speaking of this, she asked again, "I'm curious, how did you die?" β
Louie frowned, "That's not the point, the point is, you hate me a lot." β
As the words fell, Louie's mind instantly regressed, and a strong hatred and hatred appeared in his heart.
"I remember that thunderstorm night, and you said you would be back soon and that you would not abandon me. But it wasn't until the dawn of the next morning that I realized how stupid my idea was. I should have found out that you regarded me as a burden, and you hated my birth from the bottom of your heart, and you took advantage of that opportunity to disappear, and I became an orphan as you wished......"