Chapter 2 Visitors on a Snowy Night

With hope, he quickly pulled out the book and impatiently turned the first page, with the name "Ronin Austin" written on it.

(February 1, light snow, Friday)

(The weather was pretty bad, the town of Crow ushered in the first snow of the year, and the children's teaching work was going well, but someone in the town was sick today, fortunately it was just a simple cold, I held a simple healing magic ritual for him, and by the way, he used some potion, and he should be fine tomorrow.) “

It turns out that this place is called Red Crow Town, and according to the content, this guy is a local teacher, and he also treats people part-time, so he should be a witch doctor.

"Quack cures a serious illness?"

Li Tong remembered the lines of a certain character in a certain game, smiled, and continued to check.

(February 14, Cloudy Friday)

(Damn it, my joints hurt a bit, but I was able to tolerate it.) Rensad told me today that he had a strange dream last night and saw something terrible, he became restless, and his memory was a little lost, and he always forgot something suddenly, such as forgetting to wear glasses when he came here today, he used to have a good memory, not like this, maybe because of age. Hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow...... )

It looks like this guy is terrible, the diary jumped directly to the fourteenth, and the content of the diary is very boring, but for the sake of the ritual that the magic ritual lacks, he can only continue to read patiently, Li Tong stretched his waist and continued to turn the page.

(February 15, cloudy weather, Saturday)

(The bad weather continues, and Rensad is here again, and he finds a slate outside the town with some symbols on it, and we agree that there is some kind of power symbol, and we'll figure it out.) )

(Tuesday, February 18)

(What a big discovery, the slate was so exciting that it took us three days to unravel the meaning of half of it, and there was indeed some mysterious power hidden, but unfortunately Lenzard's memory seemed to be getting worse and worse, and he occasionally said strange things that were puzzling...... By the way, I also started to have some strange dreams, and in my dreams I would see strange figures, and those vague and strange figures seemed to want to communicate with me...... )

(Thursday, February 30)

(There is only a little left...... As long as we unravel the remaining bits of content, we will be able to fully understand the source of the mysterious powers, and we may be able to achieve new things by using them, but Rensad has a strange disease, and he is not only forgetful, but sometimes he seems to be a changed person, and he becomes grumpy, and says some strange things, and I advise him to go to the doctor, but he insists on clarifying the contents of the tablet, hoping that the day will be soon. )

(May 7, Cloudy Thursday)

(Damn, my hair is about to fall out but the last secret of the slate has not been solved, there is still a lot to do, there are some strange phenomena on my arm, and so is Lenzard, he became lethargic and I started to have the same nightmares as him, maybe it all has something to do with the slate, as members of the Order Church, we decided to ask the headquarters for help and send the slate to the Order Church headquarters to have a look.) )

I got a new identity, this guy is a member of a church called "Order Church".

(Wednesday, September 30)

(The news from the headquarters of the Order Church has finally returned, the slate does have some mysterious powers, and at the same time they have sent the news, the content of the slate does contain some mysterious powers, the mysterious power will awaken people, and the failure of research will be cursed by the mysterious power, we have no way out, the disease phenomenon that appeared on me and Rensad is the precursor to the curse, which is the source of the fall.) )

There are some water stains on the paper, put your fingers in your mouth to get wet, wipe the water stains on the paper and then put it in your mouth, it is a little salty, obviously tears.

Read on.

(Friday, November 27)

(I'm in a terrible situation, and so is Rensad, but I haven't made any progress in my research, but I've found a mysterious magical ritual that will allow us to leave this place forever and avoid the curse, and I've done the same amount of preparation to hopefully have enough time...... )

(Tuesday, December 22)

(It's frustrating, the materials for the magic ritual are missing a part, but I can't wait any longer, I can only take risks, I'll launch later today, my friend Rensad, sorry, I don't want to abandon you, but the ritual can only satisfy one person...... )

The diary came to an abrupt end!

Looking at the blank page, Li Tong sketched out some important information based on what he had just read.

Ronin Austin has brought some curses to himself because of the study of the power on a certain slate, and only by completely unraveling the contents of the slate and mastering the mysterious power can the curse be eliminated, but the curse spreads at a rate that is obviously faster than their research, so they can only find another way, trying to use some kind of magical ritual to leave this world and avoid the curse completely engulfing them.

However, there was an accident with his magic ritual, and he eventually brought Li Tong here.

In addition, you can also learn about this world, there are also years, months and days, which are no different from the real world, and today is December 22nd.

After confirming the trigger, he closed the journal he had read and fixed his eyes on the drawer on the left.

Locked with a rusty iron lock.

Glancing down at the keychain hanging from his belt, he had noticed it when he looked in the mirror earlier.

There are three keys in total, and I tried to open the lock and pull it out.

Inside the drawer lay a bag made of burlap, and nothing else.

Take the bag out and place it on the table to make a crisp sound. It's metal.

Untie the string from the mouth of the bag, and round and long strips of metal come into view.

Currency!

A normal person can see it at a glance.

Take out the round coin and the long coin and put it in the palm of your hand, the round coin is silvery-white, obviously silver, with a handful of scales engraved on it, and the long coin is golden yellow, it is gold, and a handful of scales are also engraved on it.

Count the quantities and put them back in your pocket and re-lock them in the drawer.

Li Tong breathed a long sigh of relief, closed the book and sat in his seat with a bitter face, judging from the diary information, there was no information on the page of the lost page of the magic ritual.

"Who can withstand this."

Sitting slumped in his chair, his gaze fell on the mirror placed on the table.

Brown hair, fair skin, with hands caressing cheeks.

"Is this what I look like after crossing over, I'm still handsome."

Narcissistically admiring for a while, his gaze flicked to the window obscured by the curtain, and froze slightly.

"I haven't seen the full picture of Crow Town yet."

Thinking of this, he stood up and leaned forward, opened the corner of the curtain, and the faint candlelight penetrated the glass window, and he could vaguely see the white snowflakes falling outside the window, but the street scene was blurred.

"It's snowing......"

Gently lifted the curtain more, leaned his head up, and pressed his eyes to the glass, and his vision was much clearer.

Under the candlelight, there was a white expanse in front of the window, and the snow was falling, and there was no human figure in sight.

Through the flying snow, you can faintly see the outline of the building 30 meters away.

The buildings are lined up along the street, low as hills, and occasionally interspersed with thin and tall buildings with sharp pin-and-needle ridges, like lightning rods.

"It should be Gothic architecture......"

This architectural style is widely used in Europe.

Li Tong muttered to himself, and suddenly a black shadow quickly came into view, and the sudden situation made him feel excited, leaned back, and stumbled down the chair behind him.

"Boom"

There was a crisp sound from the chair that had fallen to the ground.

Li Tong looked quite embarrassed, his face was pale, and his lips trembled.

After a few moments, there was a slight tapping sound after the curtain had been re-closed.

"Knock knock."

This was followed by human voices.

"Is anyone there?"

Someone outside the window!

I haven't come into contact with other beings in this world, so it's obviously not good to pretend that no one is there, and the candlelight from the window just now and the sound of knocking down a chair in horror betrayed me.

But if you open the door rashly, who knows if the people who appear outside at this time are in danger, and they are in a dilemma for a while.

A clear sound of footsteps was heard outside the window, and it seemed to be moving away.

Finally don't have to be embarrassed about whether to open the door, Li Tong breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly there was another knock on the door, and another human voice.

"Austin, please open the door if you're here."

It turned out that the other party moved to the door and called out his name, so it should be an acquaintance, don't worry about safety, Li Tong took the illuminated candle and slowly walked around to the outhouse, and accidentally kicked the crucible scattered on the ground, making a crisp sound.

Just in case, he found a pitch-black burning stick hidden behind his back in the corner, and when he reached the door, he swallowed a mouthful of spit and reached for the wooden deadbolt.

"Bang"

There was a crisp sound, the door was slammed open, and someone rushed in after him, fell and fell to the ground, quite embarrassed.

Li Tong looked at the person lying in front of him and subconsciously retreated, until his back was against the corner of the table with a foreign object, and he was a little relieved.

"Uh, I'm sorry, you're okay."

The man got up, a thick layer of snow fell on the floor from a black cloak, and continued to pat the remaining snow on his body, stomping his feet so that the snow on his boots made of leather also fell on them, and muttered in his mouth.

"Damn the snow, it almost disoriented, but luckily I have a good sense of direction."

He then rushed to the burning stove and removed the black cloak from his head, revealing his face and placing his hands on the burning stove.

"Don't be stunned, if you have hot water, let's get some water."

Li Tong was observing the faces of the visitors, the face was thin and old, full of wrinkles, like the bark of an old tree, with a back bent, about one meter six, and the age should be seventy years old.

After hearing the order, he hurriedly set up the burning stick hidden in his back in the corner of the table, such an old man should not be able to pose a threat to his safety, and he still has this confidence.

Turning around and looking for a cup of water and a kettle, he thought about the identity of the person who came.

"Could it be the journal mentioning Rensad? That's the only one I can think of at the moment...... No, according to the diary, Rensad was so close to him that he could never have made it look like this. ”

Find the water cup from the cabinet where the reagent bottles are placed, pour a cup of hot water, and hand it to the other party, and inquire about the identity of the other party.

"Who are you?"

The visitor glanced back at the open door.

"If you don't want to attend my funeral, close the door, damn the snow."

The cold wind blew in, mixed with some snowflakes.

Li Tong realized this, shivered, quickly closed the door, returned to the person who came, picked up firewood from the stove and threw it into the stove, and fiddled with it a few times.

The visitor drank a few sips of hot water, his face returned to ruddy, holding the hot water cup in both hands, and staring at the young man on the side.

"Flash Plains Order Church."

Li Tong remembered the contents of the diary, this person was a colleague of the Order Church.

The man placed the cup on the edge of the stove and pulled the rolled paper tube from the black cloak...... No, to be precise, it was the skin of some kind of beast, and a little bit of fur could be seen on it, and the skin of the beast was unfolded, and his expression became solemn.

"The slate you and Lenzard sent caused trouble, and many people in the Order Church headquarters have also had conjectures and mental illness because they have seen the slate, so I can only see if you have any surprises to find."

It seems that they are also plagued by the content of the "slate".

I suddenly remembered that when I admired my face in the mirror, I didn't notice anything unusual, including the loss of hair recorded in my diary, and now my hair is very thick.

"Could it be that the passage has avoided the precursor of the curse of the mysterious power of the stone tablet?"

Li Tong couldn't help touching his hair, secretly glad that although his conjecture was not necessarily correct, at least he had not changed much at present.

"When I entered the door, I found that your health was not affected in the slightest, Austin, you must have been pleasantly surprised to find that now the fate of the Church of Order is in the hands of you and Rensad, you are a faithful believer in the Church of Order, and you will definitely not refuse this request, right?"

The visitor looked at the young man who was deep in thought, lowered his voice, and looked expectant.

Looking at the expectant looks of the visitors, Li Tong smiled helplessly in his heart.

"I'd love to share it, but I'm just shit lucky."

But the other party will not believe it, after all, his appearance has not been affected by the study of the content of the slate, and he will not believe it if he is the other party, and a name comes to mind when he is embarrassed.

"Rensad, he was able to provide some useful information there, and most of our research results were with him."