Chapter 6: The Curse of the Dark Tide
"That's what it feels like to walk underwater...... It's amazing. ”
This waterway is made entirely of water, and the vast green ocean fills the whole world.
The water still existed, and the fish monster guards on the side were floating, but Li Ming and Dagon were stepping on the ground.
Li Ming could even feel the feeling of his clothes floating along the current, but he didn't feel any resistance that should be underwater, and his breathing was not hindered in the slightest, probably using some special ability to open up such an underwater pathway.
No wonder those people were so sure.
Without the key to open the underwater passage, ordinary people would not have any possibility of escaping even if they shattered the water wall.
Although Li Ming doesn't know the way, it's okay, the fish monster guards the way.
"Those people should have a place to hide their cards, right? Take us there. ”
Li Ming glanced at the fish monster, as if the fish monster was a spy he had already arranged within the cultists.
The fish monster also obeys orders, although it is not very smart, but it can clearly understand what Li Ming means.
I don't know how the cultists will react when they see their scout guards jump back......
After walking along the underwater path for a while, Li Ming came to a room made of coral reefs and boulders, and a winding marble path stretched out.
Good guys, it is worthy of being a place to hide cards, and this Nima decoration has become luxurious.
In this card room, more than a dozen treasure chests were sorted out, and the types of cards stored in each box were written on them.
Li Ming's gaze swept over the signs above the treasure chests.
It feels a lot like those RPGs when they dig through treasure chests.
"Summoning Card...... Mantra Card ...... Footcard ......"
"Yes, it's well organized, let me be well."
He stepped forward and decisively opened the treasure chest of material cards, and the first card placed on it was directly a blue quality material card!
"I'm super, it's a blue card when I come up, take it!"
"Uh, green card...... But this category can barely be used, take it. ”
"Tsk, how can there be a broken quality card, it's a big bundle of five cents on the black market, and it's useless to use it to pad the table legs......"
Li Ming really wanted to pack all the cards and take them away, but some cards were really useless and still occupied a place.
So I picked and chosen, and chose some materials that could be slightly related to the Cthulhu Mythos worldview.
As for the rest of the material cards, let's talk about it when we run away, and maybe we can sell a few meals for a few meals.
After selecting the material cards, Li Ming came to the incantation card and easily fished out all the useful cards in it.
Spell cards are a large category with many branches under them, which are triggered instantaneously and are very useful.
The only flaw is that it is not used up, and it will directly extract the user's mental power when it is used.
However, because there is no threshold for use and its instantaneous mechanism, it can be regarded as a necessary good card for home travel and self-protection.
Like any healing card, enchantment card, and guardian card, they basically belong to this category.
As for summon cards......
This thing recognizes the owner, not that it can be summoned casually and used directly, so Li Ming simply picked a few high-quality ones to bring on his body.
"Very good, very good, very rewarding."
If Li Ming is asked to describe it, it is probably ......
When you come, your sleeves are breezy, and when you go, you are rich and oily.
By the way, Li Ming, who had not yet classified the entire set of cards on the side, also brought them directly to him, and these cards seemed to have a system but not much, probably the cards of his cellmate and former cellmates who had never met.
Not only these, Li Ming also saw a big ..... Snakeskin bags?
"Are cultists so down-to-earth......
Li Ming opened the snakeskin bag and found that all the mobile phones were in it, and some of them were broken.
"These guys aren't planning to sell their phones by the pound, are they?"
Good guys, sell the valuable ones on your body, use the material cards yourself, and sacrifice them, this group of cultists are really here to squeeze out the sacrifices!
But now, Li Ming can only thank them for sorting out.
Not only these, but in this card room, Li Ming also found a book, and the words on it were particularly dazzling-
The Curse of the Dark Tide, The Gaze of Ensul Zebel
Pinching the horse, what a ghost name.
But speaking of which......
"I remember that the Cthulhu Mythos also seems to have various mythological texts, such as the Book of Ebon, the Book of Necrons, the King in Yellow, and so on."
"People who watch it are basically going to drop a wave of SAN, and there are not a few who are crazy, well......"
Li Ming smiled, and then directly picked up this "Curse of the Dark Tide" and flipped it up.
The reason why the mythological texts under the Cthulhu Mythos worldview can drive many people into madness is because they reveal the essence of this universe, and all the brilliant achievements of human civilization are insignificant.
In that era when science was in its infancy and superstition had been shattered, it was natural to cause a great collapse of reason.
But this worldview is completely different, three-year-old children know that there are evil gods in this world, so they won't lose SAN when they read this book.
After reading a little extensively, Li Ming probably has a basic understanding of the evil god that this cult believes in.
This cult is called the "Ensul Blood Brotherhood".
And the evil gods they believe in......
The Lord of the Dark Tides, also known as the Lord of the Abyss, known as Nsur Zebel, is an evil god who lives at the bottom of the sea.
The above description of this Lord of the Dark Tide is extremely exaggerated, but judging from Li Ming's years of experience in mythological research, most of them are the rhetoric of believers.
Like what can change the way the universe works, the stars shift when they appear, and so on......
It describes some of the rituals of Ensul Zebel, whose followers could sacrifice to the living in exchange for power.
According to the account of this book "The Curse of the Dark Tide", his current location should be the bottom of a huge lake surrounded by mountain villages, which are a cult gathering place.
If they run out alone, I'm afraid they won't be their opponents.
"Although Dagon's combat effectiveness is expected, those sixteen materials were made up temporarily...... The current Dagon is not the strongest. ”
"In that case, even if they summon Dagon, they may not be their opponents."
Although Li Ming is very confident in the system of the Cthulhu Mythos, he will not make a big gon and think that he is invincible in the world.
It's also a cult lair, and it also believes in an indigenous evil god in this world, although it may be a little worse, but it's still safe.
But.
The book also records that the water dungeon here is not just for itself, but for a very large area.
Each area is about offerings!
Other words......
Li Ming closed the book in his hand and thought thoughtfully.
Simply take all the cards here and give them to the "sacrifices" who are locked up in the water prison.
Well.
In this way, it can be regarded as a chance of improving a little bit.
Thinking about this, Li Ming simply directly piggybacked those complete sets of card sets.
That's when it happened.
Outside the water prison, there was a faint sound of footsteps......