Pull the collar to cover your mouth and nose.

Ronald walked down to the cellar alone.

In front of him, the black mist that had been entangled unfolded down the stairs, and then spread layer by layer on the floor and walls, leaving every corner around him.

Ronald was sure that there were no living people in the cellar.

But judging by the way these cultists behave, there must be traps and the like.

At this time, the black fog covering every corner can help with reconnaissance.

The power of the mist-like 'rage' can also be of great use in reconnaissance.

Slowly, Ronald gradually descended the steps of the cellar entrance.

This passage is actually not very long, and it extends a distance of several meters underground.

By the time Ronald put his feet on the solid ground, less than ten seconds had passed.

When you go down here, the surroundings are different from the courtyard in the dark above.

Since the six cultists were still active here, the cellar was brightly lit, and there were basically no serious visual obstructions.

Then at first glance, Ronald saw the source of the smell of blood.

It was four men who had fallen to the ground.

Two of them were of moderate age, dressed with a special focus on warmth, and the expressions of fear and panic before they died were intact on their faces.

As for the other two......

The same brown coat, the same wide-brimmed hat.

In their dilated pupils, they could still see the incomprehension and confusion of being betrayed.

No doubt.

These are the other two investigators who acted together with the inner ghost who had already self-immolated and died above.

According to the instructions of the Investigation Bureau, it should be the action team of the three of them, who is responsible for cleaning up the cult warlocks in this neighborhood tonight.

It's a pity that these two people didn't expect to be a companion who works with them.

He was actually a member of the cult warlocks, and he took the initiative to sneak attack them!

“......”

"Ahh

Sighing, Ronald shook his head.

Died in a sneak attack by a cult warlock, and the bodies of the two coachmen and the two investigators all looked very ......

Very unseemly......

Turning his head to look elsewhere, Ronald beckoned.

The black mist that spread in the room immediately separated a part and lay on the corpses of the four people, and after a rough pull, it could be regarded as sorting out the remains of the deceased.

After a few seconds, Ronald felt a strange sensation transmitted by the black mist.

It was feedback that traces of the spell had been found on the bodies of the four people.

“......”

Sure enough, these cult warlocks placed the spell on the corpse.

Although it is not clear what the specifics are.

But Ronald can be sure that this thing is either a direct attack like a corpse explosion, or a slow-acting effect like a curse.

Anyway, it's not going to be a good thing!

Abandoning the four bodies that had been left untouched, he turned and continued to look around.

It's different from the cellar in the cult warlock's house that he went in during the day.

This place is like the stronghold of the cult warlock school, and the scale of the underground is much larger.

As soon as you walk down, you can see this hall, which has an area of more than 200 square meters. Around the long tables and benches in the center of the hall, barrels were piled up, and bulging sacks could be seen in the corners of the walls.

Ronald walked over and took a look.

The barrels and sacks were filled with consumables such as grain, and there was no connection to the mysterious side.

If you look at it purely in this case.

This cellar is, at best, an ordinary underground meeting place.

It's still a lot short of the cultist's secret base.

In deep thought, Ronald recalled the situation when he had found out the other party's position, and then walked to the corner on the right.

When the sin of 'rage' detects the fluctuations of human feelings, there are also people moving down this wall.

However, after getting closer, Ronald did not see the clue.

With the exception of the wooden stakes that support the cellar, here are the clean walls, and there is nothing special about it.

How should this unremarkable wall be opened?

It didn't take long for Ronald to make a decision.

In the past, he may have had to distinguish carefully like a character in a detective novel, and then he could find a way to open the secret door step by step.

But now it's different.

Directing the black fog to completely cover the surrounding walls, Ronald quickly found a way to open the secret door under the pervasive fog detection.

The switch is in the corner of the wall near the ground.

Between the dirt wall and the stakes, near the inside, there is a small groove about the size of three fingers.

After the black fog got in, even the internal structure was directly explored.

Simple pulley and lever power transfer, no special spell protection.

Half-crouched down, Ronald stretched out his fingers and pressed them down.

Click-

As soon as there was a bang, a crooked crack appeared in the wall.

It's like a secret door hidden in a corner.

In an environment like a basement, it's really hard to spot this thing without deliberately looking for it, especially when the door is opened at the corner of the wall and the gap between the stake.

Without saying a word, Ronald pushed open the secret door.

There are also lights in the back, but the atmosphere is very different from this side of the hall.

As soon as he opened the secret door, Ronald saw a cult altar set up on a stone pedestal.

It's still the familiar tentacles, octopus heads, and bat wings.

The statue of Cthulhu, the god of the Cthulhu mythos, sits quietly atop a altar lit by green candlelight.

The maker of the statue is extremely skilled, and the statue of this evil god is portrayed vividly, and as soon as you see this thing, the oppressive horror of the indescribable thing will come to you.

But at a glance, Ronald was a lot more relieved.

He traveled through many books he had read before, including novels about the Cthulhu worldview.

So he's well aware.

Under normal circumstances, look directly at a statue of Cthulhu to this extent.

Unless you have a big problem yourself, it will cause some kind of brain operation accident.

But the result?

Ronald is not sober now, and his fluent thinking has not been affected in any way.

Look directly at this statue of the evil god, and everything is fine.

Then the results are obvious.

These cult warlocks should have taken the original texts of Lovecraft's novels in this world and developed them on the basis of them.

It's just a school derived from the original canon, not those evil gods that make people crazy at a glance appear directly in this world.

Good news, great news!

After calming his mind, Ronald stepped into the room behind the secret door.

Immediately, everything around you came into view.