Early morning.

Secluded and deserted suburbs of Columbus.

By the side of a river with crystal ice floe.

The High Priestess of Nail Head waved lightly at Aurora, who was dressed in black leather clothes, and an invisible suction exploded, and wisps of red mist flew into his palm.

The power of hell begins to shift.

Aurora's bloody hands grew smooth red skin, and the leather clothes, torture instruments, and many inhuman features on her body faded.

Half a minute later.

The red mist is drained.

Aurora White blinked her long eyelashes and woke up from her coma with a soft grunt,

"William, Adam? Am I in the 'Mind Cage', you are all illusions? ”

"It's not an illusion," William took off his coat and wrapped his wife's warm body tight, turning to look at Dean gratefully, "Mr. Kenny and the High Priest made an agreement to break your contract, and you are now a curse like me." ”

"The torture has stopped." Adam opened his hands and hugged his parents tightly, "The nightmare of hell is over, and our family will never be separated again!" ”

Dean looked at the three people who were hugging their heads and crying, bowed their heads slightly, and turned their eyes to the high priest opposite, a psychedelic light shot out of his pupils.

It was his turn to make good on his promise.

The cooled Phantom Abyss!

The high priest was shocked, and the pictures of the past welled up in his mind, and he unconsciously slowly closed his eyes, and the wax statue stood in place, motionless.

The pale and cold face swept through the emotions of joy, confusion, pain, and numbness, as if he was enjoying a movie with ups and downs in the plot alone.

For a full minute, Dean kept his promise and watched without making a move.

The High Priest awoke from a memory of the past, wiped a tear from the corner of his eye, and muttered a name in an imperceptible voice, "Elliot Spencer... Spencer..."

His gaze is momentarily sentimental like that of an artist.

But in the next second, the brilliance of humanity faded, and he regained his indifference and arrogance again, turned to Frankie Culus, who was paralyzed in a wheelchair like a stroke with wide eyes, and his steel pincer-like hands pressed his shoulders,

"Man, can't wait to start your journey to hell?"

"Hmm... No... Frankie's eyes were red with excitement, but he couldn't speak, and could only swing his neck frantically to express his true feelings.

"It's good to be happy. Don't worry, the soul-to-soul fun is yet to come, and the hell train will set off soon. The High Priest looked at William's family, "Restore the mourning box." ”

William and Adam hurriedly picked up the deformed Rubik's Cube in their arms and fiddled with it.

Click, click...

The Rubik's Cube of the spindle reverted to a cube inch by inch, and a large yellow arc of electricity was released from the slit, and the snake wrapped around the High Priest and the Frankie beside him.

"Lord Kenny, we'll meet again, and hopefully a fair deal can be reached then."

The high priest's expectant voice drifted to the surface of the river.

In the next second, the two figures split into dazzling purple lightning and flew into the Rubik's Cube.

The power of hell is swept away.

The wind and sun are beautiful in this world, the birds and beasts are singing in the trees, the clear river is flowing quietly, and everything is so beautiful and peaceful.

"Whew... Suck ..."

William's family breathed a long sigh of relief at the same time, and disbelief flashed on their faces,

The High Priest of Hell who had tormented them for twenty years just left?

"The matter is perfectly settled, and Nail Head will no longer take the initiative to trouble you, unless you foolishly open the box of mourning and summon him." Dean saw the three of them worried, and gently snatched the mystery box from the two of them into the fantasy space, "What are your plans next?" ”

"Plans for the future?"

William affectionately touched Aurora's nose and held her in his arms, "In the legal sense, Aurora has been dead for 20 years, and I died in the fire half a year ago... We don't have an official status, and Columbus can't stay any longer. ”

"America is so big, where can't I go?" An open-minded smile appeared on Adam's thin face, and he patted the black handbag containing gold bars and knives on the snow beside him, "We have money, and we don't need to be fixed in one place in the rest of our lives, we travel all over the world!" ”

"Not bad idea," Dean nodded as his gaze swept over the three of them, "There are two of you spellcasters, and one of you is a powerful supernatural source when they come together, and if you stay in one place for too long, the supernatural convergence law will quickly find you." ”

"No matter what the law of convergence." William said with a firm look in his eyes, "Death can't separate our family either. ”

"Hmm." Aurora enthusiastically hugged her husband's neck and kissed the corner of his mouth, "After twenty long years and endless hell torture, I now understand that family is the most important thing in this world." ”

"So when are you going to have another brother or sister for me?" Adam joked, "Make the house lively." ”

"We?" William slapped his son's chest with a straight face, "It's your turn to work hard, a stinky boy, find a suitable woman to marry as soon as possible, and let Aurora and I hold our grandchildren!" ”

"What kind of marriage, I'm hurt by love, I'm sorry for my ex-girlfriend, I haven't recovered from the previous paragraph."

Dean looked at this heartwarming scene and grinned, "Do you still study Paphers and Leviathans?" ”

"Of course, it's a lifelong career..."William exchanged glances with his wife and nodded, "As a spellman, if you want to survive for a long time, you must keep an eye on these two biggest threats at all times. ”

"Then let me introduce you to the first leg of your next journey." Dean took out a pen and paper from the space and wrote down the contact information of "Professor Aiden Tanner" and the address of "Alamo University of New Mexico", "You went to him, and he was introduced by Dean." ”

It turns out that this Lord Kenny's real name is Dean?

The three of them were stunned.

"We're already curses," Adam hesitated, "Would it be nice to get in touch with ordinary people?" ”

Dean smiled and opened his mouth to show two fangs, spitting out a bright red forked snake letter, "Aiden is not an ordinary person, he is a supernatural creature like me, and you are. ”

"And, together with us outliers, we've built a loose mutual aid organization to recruit allies with good personalities."

Dean picked up a pebble and threw it into the river, watching it disappear into view with endless water, "There is no compulsory obligation, the only two rules are not to kill innocents indiscriminately, harm ordinary people at will, any ally in trouble and trouble, other members lend a hand." ”

William's family looked at each other, their faces beaming with joy, "That sounds good." ”

As mantras who have struggled alone in the world for decades, deep down they have a longing for companionship.

"And you agreed?"

"We will remember your great kindness to our family for the rest of our lives," said William, with a serious face, "and if you have any orders, we will carry them out scrupulously, as long as they are not too mad." ”

Adam looked deeply at Dean and emphasized, "You have taken a huge risk in negotiating with the High Priest of Hell for us, and we will not be able to repay you for the rest of our lives. ”

Aurora nodded and hugged her husband and son tightly, looking into Dean's eyes with deep gratitude, as a former Hell Monk she deeply understood the horror of the High Priest, and this man snatched her back from the palm of the other's hand.

The strength is beyond imagination, and he never forces a weak person like them.

If you don't hold such a thick golden thigh, it's stupid.

"There's no need to say it so seriously." Dean said, "Inform me as soon as you find any new information about the Leviathan and Baphra, especially the Celent runes. By the way, William, help me write a letter of introduction, and I'm going to go to Maine to find Mrs. Carmody, who is studying Baver. ”

"No problem," William helped his wife to her feet and took the initiative to mention, "Actually, I still have some ordinary research materials left in the state university's library, and I can get them for you if I am interested." ”

"That's right on the road to relieve boredom."

"By the way, Dean," Adam couldn't help but ask, "what are you going to do with that Professor Otis?" ”

Dean thought of the bald broom-bearded man, this guy with his own serpent edict, which could never be betrayed, no need to think about it.

"He's back at State University and continues to help me with my research on the Séance."

After all, the séance is not only a form of summoning hell spells, but also some can summon other beings from other dimensions.

Maybe it will come in handy later.

"Alright, it's over, let's go back," Dean turned his head to look at the silhouette of the tall buildings in the distance, "rest for the day, and we'll set off together tomorrow morning." ”

……

A supernatural battle took place in Columbus, where thousands of people witnessed the paranormal event, and the landmark Saarinen Building, as well as several nearby buildings, were destroyed into rubble.

There is no doubt that such a huge movement must have alarmed the Special Operations Department, and they have probably already sent personnel to start a major clean-up operation.

Dean stopped relying on the past to find troubles, and just found a motel to live in in the suburbs far from the city.

With a bath towel draped around his waist, he took a picture in the bathroom mirror.

With a height of 1.83 meters, a knife-like 8-pack abs, angular deltoid muscles, rugged unicorn arms, and a tight and powerful inverted triangle.

The muscles are firm and shapely, but not too bulky.

With thick eyebrows, starry eyes, and a heroic face, after entering 1982, some stubble barely grew on his chin, and there was a hint of manliness on his face.

He grinned, his fine white teeth seemed to glow, sunny and handsome.

Smiling.

The previous cruel torture instruments of hell, the bloody scenes of torture, and the monks' hunting costumes created a slight reduction in the psychological pressure.

"You're so well fed," Shoal jumped out of the sink and flew onto Dean's shoulder, the copper plate body folded inward and stretched, "The battle between you and the High Priest has provided more strength and emotions than the last time you faced the Potala Spider Man, and the progress of skill condensation has reached fifteen percent." ”

Dean rubbed his cheeks with a handful of ice water from the faucet, his eyes showing surprise, "I remember when you first said that it would take tens or hundreds of years to condense skills?" ”

"You can't blame me for this, master, I didn't expect that there would be supernatural events and extraordinary creatures around you so frequently, the Potala spider-man, the High Priest of Nail Head, and at least the existence of the peak of the fifth level." The sixteen eyes of the shallow beach flashed with pride, "What a happy trouble." ”

"Oops!"

Dean slapped it into the sink and drank a stomach full of water.

"I have a question, although I haven't been in contact with the High Priest for long," Dean brushed his teeth with some toothpaste, "but I don't think he's entirely at the Leviathan's orders?" His final warning to me made me feel like betraying the Leviathan. ”

"It's not surprising that the lord of hell like Leviathan, unlike ordinary gods, attracts believers to take refuge and worship." The shallows floated comfortably in the pool, spitting bubbles, "He directly violently transforms the Chosen with divine power, depriving them of their human side and memories of the past, leaving only the cruel, painful, and tormenting side." ”

"Once the human side of the chosen one begins to revive, it is natural that there will be a sense of resistance."

"Then maybe I'll really work with the High Priest again?"

……

Wash in between.

Dean Spiritual Input System, Examining the Harvest, "William White's Secret Study":

You track down William White and find his son, Adam, and learn from Adam that William didn't really die in the fire.

You travel to The Ohio State University and get clues about the Séance and the Pentagram from Professor Otis.

You follow the information provided by the tattoo on the back of Adam's neck, find the horror house in the amusement park modeled after the "Leviathan Hell", and the clues left by William, and uncover William's secret - using the séance, to send humans through a journey to hell, from the dead to life, and thus save his terminally ill wife Aurora.

You have found Francie, the tycoon who kidnapped William in vain and tried to be reborn, and summoned William the Spell and Aurora the Friar of Hell in his mansion.

You learn from Aurora that the only way for the Hellmonks to restore their humanity is through the Leviathan's spokesman, the High Priest of Nailhead.

After a psychic torture, William and his son unravel the mourning box and summon the nail head.

You get into a big fight with Nail Head, kill three of his henchmen, and use the Illusion Abyss to affect his mind, and finally convince Nail Head and agree to a big increase in the progress of the deal.

Nail Head relieved Aurora of the Hellish Monks, reuniting their family of three as spellgrims, and their progress increased.

……

The progress of the event reached one hundred and seventy-five percent.

Withdraw rewards.

XP +180, Personal Level LVLV7 (320→500/1100)

Depending on your completion, you can choose two of the following special rewards, and one of them will be greatly improved.

A. Specialty - Spellcaster, transformed into a humanoid creature with a hint of Leviathan's infernal blood, mastering the ability to draw blood, skin grafting, etc.

B. Specialty - Hell Monk, transformed into a dependant of Leviathan, may be given according to status: immortality, summoning hell torture equipment, teleportation, invisibility, mind control, dream control, matter and energy control, gravity manipulation, space-time warping, and other powerful abilities. After transformation, your Will stat will be increased by 30%.

Your emotions and humanity will be greatly suppressed.

The senses of pain and pleasure will produce a radical reversal.

C. Specialty Upgrade: Your existing specialty "Cursed Body" is upgraded to "Master of Misery":

In addition to absorbing your own accumulated negative emotions such as resentment, unwillingness, pain, despair, and all kinds of negative emotions, you can also absorb the negative emotions such as pain, fear, and despair of other supernatural creatures, and convert them into free attribute points (no matter how many ordinary creatures there are, they cannot be transformed).

The stronger the target's mental and volitional attributes, the more attributes you gain from his pain.

D. Superpower - Gravity Manipulation: Consumes energy to create a special field to adjust the gravity of the target in a small area.

Increases this ability and slightly increases Willpower and Mental attributes

Note: Low levels can only affect the gravity on themselves.

Note: A low grade does not change the target mass or adjust the gravitational constant

Boost your rewards dramatically.

E. Superpower - Mind Control: Use your will to forcibly subdue the target and make it obey you, which requires a will judgment.

Increases this ability and slightly increases the will attribute.

F. 2 free attribute points.

……

"The reward this time is not as good as the last time I dealt with the Potala spider people, and the supernatural hunters haven't learned much from their attributes, maybe because my attributes are too strong."

"There is no divinity point."

But Dean understood after a little thought that the high priest was subordinate to the Leviathan, and the divinity drawn from faith and desire naturally belonged to the Leviathan.

In addition, from the system's dizzying description of the Hellmonk's specialty, Dean deduced that the High Priest's true level should be stronger than that of the Potala Spider-Man, a level 6 creature who could easily destroy a city.

But after entering the human world, he was greatly suppressed, causing his strength to drop sharply to the peak of level 5, which was similar to himself.

Many powerful abilities cannot be used.

"Otherwise, the outcome of the battle between me and Nail Head is undecided."

"Don't take it lightly when you come into contact in the future."

As for the choice of rewards, Dean first ruled out the three options of A, B, and F for the alien body and attribute points, and chose from the CDE.

"Lock C."

Now that Dean's own attributes are not low, it is more difficult to absorb attributes through supernatural hunter kills.

So he needs an additional way to get attributes.

The former cursed body can only absorb his own negative emotions and convert them into attribute points, but the efficiency is extremely low, and a total of 0.5 attributes are converted.

However, this upgrade can draw attributes from the negative emotions of other supernatural creatures.

The efficiency is greatly improved, and it is suitable as a complementary approach.

"First use the Illusion Abyss skill to induce the target's negative emotions, and then absorb attributes through the Suffering Master, this set is simply frustrating, but I like it."

Moreover, the description clearly states that it is impossible to draw attributes from ordinary creatures, such as ordinary people.

Dean doesn't have to worry about being blinded by power and creating mass panic among ordinary people to harvest emotions.

"I just don't know how efficiently pain is transformed, so there has to be a supernatural creature to experiment with it."

Dean suddenly looked down at the shallows floating in the sink and spitting bubbles comfortably.

The latter suddenly stiffened, clearly felt the malice and joke in it, and his big eyes flickered, "Master, don't, don't look at me with such eyes, I'm afraid." ”

Dean shook his head and smiled, "Let you go this time." ”

"Next, choose from DE."

"Option E mind control coincides with the Snake Edict to a certain extent, and it is excluded."

"D, gravity manipulation, low-level can only be used on oneself, adjust gravity slightly, don't see much use for the time being..."

Even if Dean had multiplied his gravity tenfold, it would be nothing compared to the hundreds of tons of force he could burst onto.

"But if the level is higher, maybe you can upgrade gravity manipulation to gravitational manipulation and create anti-gravity fields and black holes? Well, the potential is endless, and it may not be inferior to skill in the late stage. ”

"It's decided, C, D."

……

Specialty: Cursed Body elevates to Misery Master.

Gain the skill - Gravity Manipulation Lv0.

……

Dean finally checked his condition,

Personal Level: Lv7 (500/1100)

Attribute:

Physique: 25.3

Power: 23.3

Sensitivity: 21.5

Perception: 22.5→23

Spirit: 26.8

Will: 26

Skill: 9/10→10/10

Skill Lv1 (2→6/200)

Shoot Lv5 (45/700)

Fighting LV5 (470→530/700)

Abyss Lv1 (2→14/200)

Call of the Underworld Lv0 (38→50/100)

Domain: Shadow of the Past lv4 (440→485/500)

Red Dragon Meditation Lv3 (105→117/400)

Field: Simulacrum Lv3 (32→36/300)

Fantasy Space lv1.

Gravity Manipulation Lv0 (0/100)

Specialties: Iron Man (Intermediate), Supernatural Hunter (Intermediate), Juggernaut of Affliction (Replaces Cursed Body), Mirror Shield, Omen, Forge, Lightning Reflex.

System Ability: God's Perspective Lv6, Soul Thin Hell Shuttle Lv2

Event: Eighty-two percent bloodline.

"Go back to Hawkins... Come back tomorrow morning," Dean said, taking off his towel and looking at the shallows, "help me guard the Williams next door." ”

"Yes, master."

In the next second, Dean pulled open a node and roamed through the void and slipped back to Catherine's bedroom.

(End of chapter)