I saw the dark universe open its mouth

The black planet rolled blankly in its mouth—

They spin in horrors they've never noticed

These horrors are unknown, lusterless, nameless.

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Date: April 29, 1935.

Location: Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.

Tomorrow is the so-called Walperges Night, the night of May Day, which has been dark and ominous since ancient times.

Some Scandinavian settlements in Central and Northern Europe and the United States light bonfires at this time to celebrate the arrival of spring. Interestingly, however, there were also Christians in the Middle Ages who believed that the devil and witches would gather together to have fun on this day, so the festival was also synonymous with the Devil's Carnival.

"You're really getting ready to go?! Is this guy really not afraid of death? Human ...... of Fish Lips"

The silver-haired and blue-eyed beautiful girl pouted as she watched her target near the campus of Brown University through the snake-like pupil-like jade. The image inside the Serpent's Jade is the old mansion on the top of the hill behind the marble John Hays Library, surrounded by a verdant courtyard leading to College Road.

To be precise, Naiko was spying on Robert Black, who lived in the Georgian Boxy House.

If there is no accident, this young man is probably the protagonist of this scene world, or at least the human protagonist in this plot. This guy is a writer and painter who is dedicated to the mythical and forbidden knowledge of legends, and is fully immersed in the research and creation of myths, dreams, horror and superstition, and is eager to pursue the scenes and effects of those strange and ghostly -

However, in a world with an orthodox Cthulhu Mythos, ruins, scrolls, antiquities, and even archaeologists are all catastrophic beings, especially the latter, who are basically half-footed in their own graves when they become interested in the ambiguous secrets and spells of ancient times that have been circulating throughout the course of time.

You must know that this is a world where ancient taboos are entrenched, and there are unspeakable shadows lurking in the abyss between the stars, not a world where occult studies have no evidence of the existence of extraordinary things. Back in the days when the human race was still young, and even in the fabled Dark Ages before it, evil things that were older than humans and deeper than the known universe already existed.

So Naiako can't tell what kind of mood she is in, during this time, she just watched the guy being watched, step by step towards the abyss of self-destruction.

Robert Black's study is a large room located in the northwest direction.

One side of the room overlooks the front garden of the mansion, while the west window faces the edge of the mountain cliffs, just in time to overlook a magnificent landscape below. If he just condescended to admire the rolling rooftops of the lowland towns and the magnificent sunset burning in the sky behind them, it wouldn't be a problem.

After all, no one can't see the scenery outside in their own home, right?

Fatally, however, he noticed that on the distant horizon was a purple hillside in the middle of the open countryside, and about two miles away stood the ghostly hill of Federal Hill, with its huddled roofs and minarets. As the sun sets, the strange streets and labyrinthine gables of the town, and the glittering hills with minarets at the top, in the distance, strongly stimulate the young man's fantasies.

He felt that it was an untouchable ghost world behind the ethereal smoke.

At first, the young man felt that if he tried to find the place or go there himself, he would disappear into the dream. So in order to preserve his illusions, he resisted his desire to explore.

But for months, he had been looking at the ominous building from afar, and the longer he looked at it, the more he imagined it, until finally, he became more and more interested in it.

By the time of spring, the young man had become extremely restless. He began to sit more and more often in front of the west-facing window, staring at the hill in the distance and the black spire that was so worrisome that even the birds could not avoid.

Gradually, the branches of the garden began to grow slender and graceful leaves, and the whole world was filled with new beauty, but Blake's restlessness did not abate, but became more intense. It was at this time that he first had the idea of exploring.

If nothing happens, the young man will probably set out on a journey into the unknown this evening. Originally, he was scheduled to act again tomorrow night, but he couldn't bear it anymore, so he directly changed his course of action and caught Nayako and the others off guard.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the main quest 1 requires the sparkling home remedies to get hold of the octahedron and there is a side quest that requires the protection of Robert Black from death, Naiako actually has no interest in stopping an ordinary person from killing himself. After all, there are the most people in this world, and so many people die due to accidents every moment, and they can't be saved.

So what else can be done to seek death by yourself?

But since the task is limited, they can't ignore the past in terms of rewards and punishments. - If this guy really summons the night demon, they will lose all the initiative, and then try to find the shining square trioctahedron from the church entrenched in the night demon, which is tantamount to looking for death.

Even Naiako felt a hair in her heart after imagining it, she was just a Naiaratto Tipu Star, not the real Naiarathotep.

But it's easy to stop this guy's reckless behavior, just knock him out, or find a way to stop his actions, such as setting a fire to his house so that he can't set anything out today.

It's just that if they do this, then Nayako and the others will have to do it tonight, a day earlier, although it is not too hasty, but it also makes them not thoroughly prepared......

But it can only be like this, after all, this time it may be the legendary night demon, for the kind of horror that doesn't have much expressiveness, but it has always been indescribable, hurting and killing people invisibly, no one dares to say that they will be able to take all the situations into account and be fully prepared in all aspects.

"I always feel a little uneasy......

Whispering to herself, Naiko withdrew her gaze and looked out the window again.

The city is like a busy town, full of the old atmosphere of the twenties and thirties, and it makes people feel like they have returned to the last century. However, in fact, for them, it is indeed back to the last century, and it feels like a Chinese returning to the era of the Republic of China -

Looking at the vivid and vivid scenes around me, I was drunk with gold, but I always felt that these scenes seemed to have some yellowish colors and ancient flavors that only old photos would have.

However, there is more to the city than that, and Naiko also vaguely senses an inexplicable hint of evil.

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At sunset, the red glow in the sky seems to be burning.

Nayako left her room on time and walked across the street to the desolate and dilapidated square on the outskirts of the city. Only a handful of people stood in the square, and they were all acquaintances—

"Ah, sorry, sorry, the time estimate is a bit wrong, it's a few minutes late." The silver-haired girl stuck out her tongue and said in a cheerful tone, seeing her so happy, people didn't feel any sincere apologies from her words, and more often than the kind of routine apologies after maliciously arriving late.

The sword-wielding girl in the black sailor suit raised her eyebrows, and there seemed to be a glint of dissatisfaction in her purple eyes as perfect as pearls.

However, Yu Yan didn't care at all, waved her hand aggressively, and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's just three minutes late, it's normal...... But Nayako, are you ready for the things you said? ”

Naiako nodded lightly and said, "Of course it's ready, don't worry, although the time is a little tighter, but it's exactly one person-eh?" Is there another person who didn't come, there is one more here, could it be that I miscounted? She shook her little head with a confused look on her face.

The girl with long light purple hair and a quiet girl like everyone's lady smiled lightly and said, "Ayahime won't go with us this time, she will stay and take care of the backup plan...... In this case, even if we fail, we will not all be trapped in that church, but there is still some hope. ”

At this time, the gunman, who had been silent, scratched his forehead strangely: "What is this?" ”

Everyone looked at the items that Naiko had taken out, they were a few strange badges, the workmanship was exquisite, but it was brand new, the surface was smooth and flat, and there was no heavy feeling of history. The surface of the badge is a magic array composed of multiple strange arcane runes, and everyone can feel the flow of energy in it, indicating that this magic array has been activated.

The silver-haired and blue-eyed beautiful girl crossed her hands on her hips and said angrily: "These things are the artifacts necessary to save life in this world, the seal of the old gods!" Well, just call it the old seal. ”

"The sigil of the old gods? This thing is very new, not old at all, and this is clearly a badge. Yu Yan looked at the brand-new badge in her palm and subconsciously complained.

"I've heard of this, the seal of the old gods is just a name, as long as the mysterious pattern drawn and the spell activated with it are correct, and there is no limited form-" The gunslinger seemed to think of something, and suddenly said, "So an old seal can be a heavy badge, an amulet, or even a relief on the wall......"

"So what's the use of this thing?" Isayama asked with a frown, she had been feeling a little depressed these days, because she didn't know anything about the Cthulhu Mythos, and she hadn't even heard of it, so she naturally didn't know how small the laws and concepts that humans knew and prescribed before those indescribable mysteries and horrors.

She just felt that everyone else looked like they were facing a great enemy, and it was a simple first-stage task, but it took half a month to prepare to complete it...... Such a sluggish rhythm made her feel very crazy, but she couldn't do anything but sulk secretly.

"Well, this thing I only knew in the game before.,It's usually a save item that appears in a dark corner.,It's probably the same as Resident Evil's typewriter.,But I guess this thing shouldn't have the function to let us read the file and start over.,And it shouldn't be able to restore the SAN value......"

The gunman pretended to be calm, "If my understanding is correct, this thing can be used in conjunction with spells to drive away certain clansmen - but the main role should be more to provide a false sense of security in the case of my lack of knowledge, and it can also provide a false sense of security for friends who lack knowledge." ”

Speaking of friends, he couldn't help coughing again, and his tone was even more strange: "Also, it can be used to judge whether an investigator is a good friend......

"What, it's a mess, brother, don't talk about it if you don't understand." The mage girl frowned and listened, but instead felt even more confused.

"Also, this can't be said nonsense, but this thing really doesn't have much effect." The gunman smiled helplessly, as if he had thought of something that made people laugh and cry.

"Well, yes, these old seals really don't have much effect......" Although Naiako seems to be a very embarrassed expression, it is actually more like an expression that is not embarrassed at all, and said lightly: "But in this scene, there is no more targeted prop than this thing, at least most of the family members will subconsciously avoid the place where this thing exists, and it can play a certain role in protection." ”

"Isn't that good? After all, it's not a high-level prop, it's just an item made by temporary processing, shouldn't it be satisfied with such an effect? Huang Quan asked suspiciously, these people's requirements are too high!

The gunner smiled bitterly and explained, "No, because these things are not lethal in themselves, and they cannot deal with either the evil gods or the clans, how can you say it...... It's like garlic is to vampires, or the analogy of disgusting points is like excrement is to humans, it's just something they don't like......"

But if you are forced to do it, you will still do what you should do, and you will just wash your hands after the big deal......

“…… And what about the ability to protect yourself? The black-haired girl was silent for a moment, and it seemed that the simple but disgusting metaphor had succeeded in making people disgusted, and a sincere look of disgust appeared on her face.

"In a sense, it's a pity, its protective ability can't be said to be none, but if it is made into a talisman, it can only protect the few square centimeters of skin and flesh under the talisman, and the part that is not covered by the old seal is still fragile."

"A few square meters...... Centimeter? ”

"Yes, at least as far as I know, if it were an investigator with an amulet around his neck, he would probably have only his cervical vertebrae intact when he died."

“……”

“……”

Now everyone is not calm.

However, just as Naiako said, this thing is always better than nothing, and it won't get in the way if you carry it on your body, and the critical moment may really depend on whether there is this thing, and a little slight difference may be the end of one life and one death. And this time, I didn't know the bad luck, and I couldn't use 'friends', so everyone gritted their teeth and put on the badge.

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Under the overcast sky, there are rows of brown rooftops scattered over the town, and a complex labyrinth of countless gloomy brown alleys seems to be forever stretching forward.

The crowd walked through the alleys, occasionally seeing the main entrance of a ruined church, or a crumbling spire, but it was no match for the target, the towering stone church, and it was not the place they were looking for. As it grew darker and darker, from evening to night, they had lost count of the blocks they had traversed, or the dirty dirt roads that climbed up the alleys.

Slowly, the surroundings seemed to become more and more strange, until finally, everyone reached another open-air square that had been weathered by wind and rain.

And at last they could see clearly the great tower that stood under the south-west sky, and the huge stone stack that stood gloomily at the end of an alley.

The church is dilapidated, and the eerie building takes on a strange appearance under the night sky.

Surrounded by extremely dense and vigorous weeds, and deeper are tangled in rotten vegetation. The huge door is quite intact, tightly locked with a large lock, and the road leading from the gate to the building is completely obscured by lush vegetation. In the shade cast by the high black walls covered with ivy and the eaves where no birds roost, almost everyone vaguely perceived a trace of indescribable fear.

Only Nayako -

This beautiful girl with silver hair and blue eyes looked ahead, stunned for a while. She felt the throbbing of her heart, and she couldn't wait to rush across the wide heights supported by parapets, surrounded by iron railings, and overgrown with weeds, into the gloomy tower-shaped structure of desolation and decay—something that resonated with her and called for her to go.

The square with its ancient cobblestone floor is now empty, and there are only lights in the surrounding buildings, and there is not much noise, if it is not for the fact that no one in the vicinity dares to make a loud noise, it is probably that there is no one living here at all...... There is indeed an inexplicable oddity in this place.

However, no one was around, and everyone hid in the house as soon as it was dark, but it was very convenient for Nayako and his party.

They found a gap in the missing railing and climbed into the parapet, leaving no one to notice in the process.

In the deserted courtyard, their faces turned black at the same time, because the place where they settled was an area like the internal cemetery of a church, and some weathered and worn tombstones scattered around indicated that some dead people had been buried in this place. Naturally, they weren't afraid of cheating corpses or anything, if they were really just such a low-level enemy, they could solve it casually.

The problem is, this is not a good start!

The church has three doors that stand on the front, but they are very securely locked. Considering that although the gunner or any girl present, the strength attribute value can probably easily break into the door head-on, which can cause a lot of movement, so everyone tacitly discussed it and decided to find something easier to enter.

So, very quickly, the crowd found a breach in the back of the church, which led to the cellar.

After some trepidation and hard exploration, I finally entered the huge nave inside the church.

Woooo

Yu Yan waved her staff and quickly fired illumination spells in all directions, and white balls of light flew out in all directions, sticking to whatever they touched, and illuminating a large area nearby. The nave of the church was finally revealed before their eyes, but it was very strange and terrifying, the box benches, the altar, the funnel-shaped pulpit, and the sound board were covered with a mountain of dust, and long strands of huge cobwebs hung from the pointed arches of the corridor, and tightly wrapped around the Gothic columns.

"There is no life reaction detected for the time being," Yu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and the aura in her eyes flashed, "There is no dead breath either, it seems that we will not encounter enemies until we find that thing...... But it's not absolute, so be sure to keep your spirits up, I think it's very wrong here. ”

Asakami Fujino echoed softly, "The church is too big, and it's not easy to find it, but we don't lack time, so it's better not to separate...... And—" She stroked her long purple hair and glanced at the silver-haired girl who seemed to be distracted, "only Miss Nayako can handle that thing accurately, and a mistake in operation will cause more trouble." ”

The gunman looked around vigilantly, and took the responsibility of MT, and he said in a deep voice: "Then act together, don't scatter......"

"Ahem......" Huang Quan coughed lightly at this time and looked at the mage girl: "Yu Yan, do you have a way to determine a general direction?" ”

"Prophecy is very difficult to master, and I am only studying it part-time...... Not necessarily accurate. Yu Yan muttered in a low voice, and then pulled out a tarot card, "Let's draw three at will, but let's say it first, I haven't mastered this skill yet, and I may have given false predictions-"

Isayama Huangquan was full of action, and drew three tarot cards directly from her hand.

"I look at it, it looks like it's ...... The journey is smooth, but at the end of the day, you will meet unimaginable people or things, and as for the bad luck, you don't know very well, and you may meet ...... Hey? ”

Yu Yan was a little clumsy as she read the first two cards and what was shown, and she looked at the third card.

The pattern is a sphere of billions of light that gathers.