After leaving the kitchen, Duanmu Huai and the others came to the library on the right side of the second floor, which was also empty, and it seemed to be very calm, except for the scattered papers on the table, there seemed to be nothing special.

"Alright, let's investigate here."

"Huh? Do you want us to read all the books here? ”

Hearing Duanmu Huai's order, Lorena was surprised, and Duanmu Huai rolled her eyes.

"Of course there's no need to be so troublesome......... We just need to look for any records, such as diaries or handwritten notes, and of course, you can also look at what books are placed here and judge whether the owner of the place is mentally sound. Oh, and if you come across a cabinet or drawer that won't be opened, just call me. ”

Although she didn't quite understand what Duanmu Huai meant, Lorena nodded obediently and searched around, and Duanmu Huai also came to the desk, and then opened the drawer. He then rummaged through it a few times before finding a diary......... Well, no surprises.

It can be seen that the owner of this house is most likely gone.

People who write diaries in this world either have problems and plan to write last words, or they have ghosts in their hearts who want to vent, or they plan to describe some intrigues and tricks in detail in their diaries————— after all, who writes diaries in serious people!

Sure enough, in the diary, Duanmu Huai found some clues and records.

At the beginning of the diary, it was just some daily trivial matters, and it can be seen that his distant relative was very fond of art, especially paintings, and he was digging everywhere to find a second Picasso......... Therefore, he also spent a lot of effort to acquire a bunch of oil paintings.

It's normal so far, it's not a big deal.

However, when Duanmu Huai turned to the middle, the contents of it became a little weird.

While attending an art exhibition, the distant relative overheard a group of artists discussing a group of artists called "Cliff. Pete", he also seems to be a painter, but his paintings never seem to be appreciated. According to these artists, the one called "Cliff. Pete's paintings are both morbid and frightening, and the mere look at them makes one feel indescribably ugly and uncomfortable.

If someone else had changed, the rumor would have been over, but this distant relative was obviously different, and he was keenly aware that the man named Cliff. Pete's man may have been a gifted painter. And the reason why these artists could not accept his work was because these artists were too conformist, which means that the man named Cliff was probably a master who started his own genre!

If you can cooperate with him, then maybe you can really dig up a second Picasso!

Well......... Picasso was afraid that he was going to jump out of the coffin board when he heard it.

Anyway, after that, distant relatives became interested in the man named Cliff, and he also inquired about the other person's address, and then went to the man's residence. He met with him and identified himself, saying that he wanted to see Cliff's paintings, and if he could, he would even be willing to hold an exhibition for them.

Naturally, Cliff welcomed his distant relatives with great hospitality, and the distant relatives finally saw the paintings he had painted, which were "uncomfortable, full of curses and depravity, disgusting and ugly."

And his feelings are also thoroughly displayed in the diary.

"I never imagined that I would be able to see such absurd and frightening paintings, although I always thought that painting was about showing what the painter saw and thought. But the thoughts in the mind of this man named Cliff are like demons in the abyss of hell, and his painting style is extremely absurd, but surprisingly realistic. It looks like a creature that only exists in the delusion, but it really seems to exist in the real world, and just looking at his paintings, I can feel the stench of the monsters in the paintings, and the sound of their sharp nails rubbing against the stone slabs..............."

Cliff's paintings shocked his distant relatives and indeed gave him what the artists called "ugly and disgusting evil", and if he ran away from it, it might be the end of the matter.

It's a pity that this distant relative has to be iron——— although he acknowledges that these paintings are ugly and disgusting, but it is no longer 1900, but 2000, in this era of death rock, heavy metal and other non-mainstream popularity, this kind of curious paintings are more attractive and hype in the eyes of distant relatives.

It's like the boss of a music company, he doesn't necessarily appreciate the death rock of the dead, but at least he knows that it will attract the audience to make money, and that's enough.

He suppressed his discomfort and began to praise Cliff's paintings, and said that he would like to hold a special exhibition of his paintings so that he could make a name for himself.

This made Cliff very excited and happy, and he said that he was in fact painting a series of subjects, and his distant relatives promised that he would hold an exhibition for Cliff when the series of paintings was completed.

At this point, the matter came to an end, and as an art dealer, distant relatives naturally could not waste time on Cliff alone, so he sent someone to help Cliff, and he went home and began to prepare for the exhibition.

However, it didn't end there, but got weirder and weirder.

First of all, the clerk sent to Cliff by a distant relative lasted less than a day before he came back in fright, claiming that he "would never go to the desecrated heretic's house again." The distant relatives didn't care about this, after all, he also knew that the "power" of the other party's paintings was indeed not something that ordinary people could resist.

So a distant relative sent a younger, younger clerk who seemed to be a good fit for Cliff, to help Cliff.

This one is even more powerful, and there will be no shadow directly.

So when Cliff called to inform him that his painting was complete, distant relatives had to make a trip to see what he had painted.

"I can't put into words what I saw, the horrifying, blasphemous horror that I shudder to think about it now. I can't believe how any human being could paint that abominable madness and deformity that stenges of spirituality. For the first time, I began to wonder if I had made the right choice, and perhaps his colleagues were right, Cliff. Pete is indeed a madman, a demon, a messenger from hell. He brought spiritual indescribable curses and distortions to mankind through one picture after another............... Maybe I should change my mind..............."

It is clear that the visit shook the hearts of distant relatives so much that his handwriting trembled. Eventually, the distant relative did change his mind, and he planned to hold a small viewing party in his mansion first, like an internal preview before the official release of the movie, inviting his relatives and friends to come and visit Cliff. Pitt's paintings, and then decide whether or not to hold an official exhibition.

That's it for the diary.

And now, Duanmu Huai also knows the reason why the other party held a banquet to invite him.

But......... What is it that scares that distant relative like this?

I have to say that Duanmu Huai is still a little curious.

"Knight, what did you find?"

At this time, Lorena and the maid also ended the search, came to Duanmu Huai's side again, and asked curiously.

"Interesting stuff."

Facing the two of them, Duanmu Huai also smiled, and then told them the description in the diary, and after listening to Duanmu Huai's words, Lorena also frowned.

"So, that one is called Cliff. Pete's man is to blame for it all? ”

"For now, it's pretty much certain, but I'd like to see what kind of stuff he's drawing that scares people like that......... Oh, what did you find? ”

The maid shook her head at Duanmuhuai's inquiry, and Lorena spoke.

"I found some strange books in my bookcase..............."

According to Lorena, most of these bookcases are filled with art books, but in the more recent ones, there are things about myths and legends and legends and legends about demons.........

Well, it seems that after reading the man's words, distant relatives have also gone to investigate some things.

"Let's go, let's go see what the man named Cliff is drawing."

Duanmu Huai closed the diary and handed it to the maid.

"According to the diary, distant relatives converted the recreation room into a temporary painting gallery, well, right next to it."

Walking out of the study, Duanmu Huai looked at the door on the other side of the corridor, where was the entertainment room, according to the diary, distant relatives had converted it into a small exhibition room, so as long as you went to the entertainment room, you should be able to see what the hell was that scared the relatives of the art dealer.

However, at the moment when Duanmuhuai walked out of the study, the lights in the entire corridor suddenly became much dimmer, and at the same time, the shadows reflected by the corridor furniture seemed to come alive under the illumination of the lights. At this moment, the entire corridor began to twist and deform, and the squirming wooden floor and the low sound of jumping made one involuntarily think that this was not the dead place of an inorganic matter, but the internal organs of a living beast.

"Humph!"

Faced with the sudden scene, Lorena couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly stopped, and the maid also took a fighting posture, only Duanmu Huai glanced at the other party coldly, and then snorted coldly.

"Roll !!"

With Duanmu Huai's roar, the next moment, rushing towards them, the dark tentacles fled backwards as if they had been hit by some stormy waves, and disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the twisted, weird corridor also returned to normal with a loud cry from Duanmu Huai.

"Whew............... Knight, is this .........? ”

"That's right, be careful."

Duanmu Huai nodded at Lorena, in this world, a simple monster or curse is actually not very powerful in itself. But it's another thing for the world to distort and change anytime, anywhere. Especially when investigating, perhaps because of these unspeakable existences, the barrier between reality and nightmares is getting weaker, which is why players often face similar situations when investigating in the field.

It's as if the whole world is beginning to flip upside down, to shape, to shape another side of the world that you can't understand.

At this time, the reality anchor is very important.........

This is also the biggest motivation for Duanmu Huai to participate in the linkage mission, after all, the reaction of subspace erosion is similar to this, and a reality anchor is enough to isolate any conspiracy and trickery of those evil gods who vainly try to affect reality through subspace.........

Then, Duanmu Huai walked through the corridor to the door of the recreation room, and at the same time, the black cat on his shoulder stared at the door and let out a low roar. Sensing the movement of the black cat, Duanmu Huai also picked his eyes, and then he suddenly pushed open the door and walked in!

"Bang!!"

The heavy wooden door was directly thrown open by Duanmu Huai, and the heavy impact on the wall made a screeching sound, and this sound also alarmed the monster lurking in the entertainment room at the moment. They jumped to their feet, their eyes widened in surprise, and they looked towards Duanmu Huai.

Ghouls again!

Looking at the three monsters in front of him who were also wearing tattered clothes, with legs like cow's hooves and dog heads, Duanmu Huai suddenly glared at them with angry eyes. And they also looked at Duanmu Huai and the others, opened their mouths and let out a sharp and angry roar!

The ghouls have seen you! 】

[Looking directly at you makes the ghouls feel an unparalleled pressure, their senses distorted, dominated by an unspeakable pain]

[Ghoul A failed to identify ——— fear! 】

[It bites its lip and restrains its trembling knees, feeling like an ant in front of you]

[Ghoul A loses 8 points of sanity!] 】

[Ghoul A falls into a coma! ] 】

[Ghoul B failed to perform fear identification ——— identification!] 】

[It can't believe that there is such a terrifying existence in this world! 】

[Ghoul B loses 9 sanity]

[Ghoul B is in a state of madness! ] 】

[Ghoul C failed to conduct fear identification ——— identification! ] 】

[Ghoul C can feel your aura of fear about to crush its soul]

[Ghoul C loses 8 points of sanity]

Ghoul C is struggling to get out of this terrible situation, and it can't attack!] 】

MMP, you're itching your broken system, aren't you!!

Looking at the system prompt that "can't wait" to jump out in front of him, Duanmu Huai's face turned dark, but now is not the time to complain, he rushed forward with an arrow step, and gave an order at the same time.

"Let's get on it!"

As soon as the words fell, Duanmu Huai rushed away from the tables, chairs and sofas in front of him, rushed directly to the crazy ghoul, grabbed its head, and then Duanmu Huai roared angrily, and his thick fingers suddenly pierced into the ghoul's head like a hammer, and then Duanmu Huai grabbed Ghoul B's head like holding a bowling ball, and smashed it directly at another ghoul who was squatting on the floor and trembling!

"Bang !!"

With Duanmu Huai's punch, the heads of the two ghouls slammed into each other, merging into one, turning into a pile of flesh and blood sauce. On the other side, Lorena also grabbed the Holy Text and rushed over, holding it high at the unconscious ghoul, and then slapping it down.

Poof!

With a soft sound, the ghoul was also completely purified by Lorena.

"Whew............... All right. ”

After cleaning up the three ghouls, Duanmu Huai stood up, shook the blood stains on his fist, and looked around.

"Let's see......... How disgusting is that man named Cliff? ”

(End of chapter)