Chapter 313: Language! (Medium)
At the back of the hill at the end of Forest Hill Park, in a very secluded narrow cave, Schiller bent down and slipped through the entrance to the somewhat narrow cave, but the inside suddenly opened up.
It was a naturally formed cave at the foot of the mountain, but by this time the natural appearance of it had been somewhat modified, with a tool table and shelves on the left hand side, and a mess of instruments on the right hand side, and a light bulb hanging on the top of the small cave, and spotlights for lighting next to it.
Peter, who was walking in front, took off his hood and introduced to a few people: "I don't know when it started, I had this idea, I think it should be good to find a cave as my base, this is indeed a good place, not far from my home, so that I can change my clothes at any time, and it is very hidden." ”
"Indeed." Steve nodded, he looked up around the cave and said, "But I think you need to strengthen the structure here, the mountains in New York are not that strong." ”
"That's the next step." Peter said as he helped Steve subdue the black sleeping bag he was dragging, which was still struggling, and black smoke was coming out from time to time.
Strange crossed his waist, stood behind several people, stared at the sleeping bag and said, "This thing is a little too weak." ”
"It doesn't seem to be made to fight." Steve threw the sleeping bag on the ground, then frowned and said, "Just now, Peter and I didn't use any 30% of the strength, and its arm broke." ”
Steve unzipped the sleeping bag, revealing a blackened skeleton inside, Steve held the skeleton's neck with one hand, grabbed one of his ribs with the other and pulled it, and when he broke it, it made a crisp sound, and Peter shivered.
After Strange and Schiller arrive at the location where Peter found the skeleton, Steve goes down to help Peter, and together they subdue the skeleton, while Strange opens a portal and travels back to Kama Taj with a book related to necromancy.
Schiller also walked over and studied the contents of the book with Strange, facing an unfamiliar field, none of the four of them had much research, Schiller and Strange chose to start with theory, while Steve and Peter's plan was to experiment directly.
Schiller discovered that the book in Strange's hand contained many cases of necromancers, and that the mages of Kama Taj had stopped many of these evil necromancers from trying to infest villages and towns, and had come up with a set of ways to deal with them.
Schiller read the book for a while, then joined the experimental group, looked at the skeleton and said, "Let me see...... Adult female, about 50 years old, with a history of childbirth, the cause of death should be abdominal trauma, initially suspected to be a car accident, the dominant hand is the right hand, and should have been engaged in light physical labor, possibly a cleaner, or a kitchen assistant......"
Steve opened his mouth, he really wanted to ask Schiller what he was saying, but at this point, the atmosphere in the lonely cave was weird enough, and there was no need for a few more horror stories to set off the atmosphere.
"We have to collect more information about the dead as a sample before we can determine what the necromancer's goal is, and since Peter encountered the skeleton twice in the Forest Hill Cemetery, the mysterious necromancer's next target may still be here, and you may need to stay here for ......," Schiller concluded.
"No problem, the supplies in this base are quite sufficient, even if they are not enough, I can buy them, the only thing that worries me is that my uncle and aunt live around here, and my aunt was scared by the ghost fire last time......" Peter said with some hesitation.
The last thing he wanted was for his family to be injured, and Steve crouched on the ground, turned to look at Peter, who was also half-crouching, and said, "So, you just need to guard the source of the danger, and there won't be a second cemetery nearby for him to do these supernatural events." ”
So, Steve and Peter stayed in the base to continue to guard the necromancer who might do it again, while Schiller and Strange returned to the Arkham Sanatorium, and when the two came out of the portal, Schiller turned his head and asked Strange, "What do you think?" ”
"I'm afraid this is more troublesome than I thought." Strange's face was a little serious, and he said, "First of all, I can be sure that this power itself has necromantic properties, that is, the source of power must be related to death. ”
"Once you get into this concept, it gets especially tricky, and more importantly, I just tried to use the power of white magic to dispel this power of death, but maybe my time to learn magic is too short......"
Strange looked at his hand, a white light suddenly appeared in his hand, and he said, "This is the 'White Magic Fury' most commonly used by new mages, from the ancient starry spirits on the edge of the eternal ruins, this power requires a very small price, almost negligible, but again, it is relatively weak, but the advantage is that it is easier to control......"
"When I used this power to dispel that dark power, I found that it didn't work at all, so I changed to another power......"
A brighter white light appeared in Strange's hand, surrounded by some flying leaves, and he said, "This is the power of light of the World Tree closer to us, although I don't know why this power is weaker than usual, it represents the power of light of the Living and Reborn World Tree, which should be able to dispel the power of darkness and death......
"But it didn't work out, right?"
"That's right, this means that this kind of power is not low, and it is not something that a new mage can deal with, although I inherited some of the power of white magic from my teacher Gu Yi from Emperor Weishan, but I did not use it lightly."
Strange frowned, he sat down on the couch, and said, "Once two opposite attributes, but the same powerful forces collide together, it may cause very large fluctuations, Peter and Steve do not have magic resistance, and may not be able to withstand the impact." ”
"Then ...... you are going to do?"
"Well, after all, I'm the heir of the Supreme Mage, I can't watch an unknown force wreak havoc on my territory and do nothing, I think we have to go to that cemetery again, find another test subject, and find a safe enough place to do the experiment......"
Schiller thought for a moment, but still didn't argue with Strange's use of the word "we."
He turned his head to look at the umbrella that was next to his desk, it was the new umbrella he had taken from the DC world.
In order to get a strong, undamaged, non-replaceable umbrella, Schiller felt the need to make the cursed fetus trapped in the umbrella a little more powerful and let it protect his umbrella.
While it is unknown what exactly the relationship between the Dark Death and the Curse is, it sounds like their attributes are similar and may be able to be fused.
So, Schiller and Strange went to the Forest Hill Cemetery again, and Strange enchanted a compass, and they followed the place where the compass pointed, trying to find a place where the dark energy was most intense.
The cemetery environment in the United States is good, and the same is true of the Forest Hill Cemetery, which itself is part of the Forest Hill Park, and on weekends or holidays, there will even be many people who come to the cemetery for a walk or rest on the lawn, but the enchanted compass gradually leaves the cemetery with the two of them and walks deeper into the forest.
"It's not surprising, the necromancer needs a place to hide, and there's no way he's going to build a house in the park, so he should be hiding in the forest." Strange speculated.
After speaking, he looked back at the umbrella in Schiller's hand, and asked with some confusion: "The snow has stopped, what are you doing with the umbrella?" ”
Schiller took the umbrella and pushed away the weeds around him, and the road was unimpeded, but Strange could only take a step, allowing the weeds to scratch his expensive trouser legs and leather shoes, Schiller spread his hand to him, Strange pouted, turned and continued walking.
"It's possible that he's hiding in the forest, don't you think we're going a little too far?" After walking for about 20 minutes, Schiller stopped Strange and said.
"This must be far beyond your mage's casting distance, right? He couldn't have hid in the forest so far away and cast spells on the cemetery. ”
"I think it's close." Strange held up the enchanted compass in his hand, and Schiller saw that the needle of the compass was shaking, as if affected by an invisible mysterious force.
Suddenly, the hands stopped, and both Schiller and Frank turned their heads to look in that direction, where there was a dense wood, and the dense foliage obscured all the light in the night, making it impossible to see what was behind it.
Strange's fingers shimmered, and he wiped it on his own eyes, and with a flash of light, his pupils turned into beast-like vertical pupils, apparently, he had borrowed the power of night vision from the mysterious presence of some beast incarnate.
Schiller, on the other hand, gave up vision, the invisible gray haze factor drifted away, and the whole world became an incomparably clear diorama in his mind, which was much more accurate than just seeing with his eyes.
Strange and Schiller continued their walk into the woods, but after leaving the trail, it became a little difficult to move forward, and after a short stretch of the road, the two of them walked for more than ten minutes.
It wasn't until he had completely entered the woods that Strange, who had been the first to enter, let out an exclamation, and Schiller bent down to avoid the branches overhead, and when he walked in, he saw a scorched earth in the middle of the woods surrounded by tall trees, where a special mark had been left there, somewhat like a miniature version of the magic circle.
Strange stopped at the edge of the land and did not rush forward, and under Schiller's gaze, he reached into his pocket without haste, and then pulled out the ...... Cell phone.
"Hey, Holy of Holies of Holies of Holies? Yes, it's me, Stephen, I have a pattern here, it seems to have been left by some Daedric who wields the power of death and darkness, and you broadcast it to the Daedric Network in the universal frequency band, and see if anyone knows who left it? ”
The operator on the other end quickly replied: "The picture has been received, the cosmic signal has been sent, there is no response at the moment, and it is expected that it may take about ten minutes to wait......"
After Strange hung up the phone, he turned to Schiller proudly, "We can't just help them, right?" ”
"Part of the power intercepted by the last invasion of Nar was poured into the magic array under the Holy of Holies by the Ancient One, this magic array can send magic broadcasts to the universe, the principle is similar to human broadcasts, but magic is more convenient, we don't need to use any signal towers or base stations......"
"So far, this feature has only been used to convene a meeting of the demon gods or settle some neighborhood disputes, but Nick told me that he was interested in developing an entertainment radio show for the whole universe, and he found a few morally tested directors and screenwriters in prison to raise the schedule soon......"
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