27. Twisted Realm
The specific effect of this new skill, Lloyd has personally experienced, or nine times in a row.
And every time I see the scene in front of me, the whispers I hear in my ears, and the temperature and atmosphere I feel on my skin, I am clearer and more real every time.
Lloyd couldn't help but recall the last time he encountered the evil ritual.
That was more than two hours ago, in the warehouse of a freight train station in Xicheng District, and as soon as Lloyd walked in, it was as if he was in a bloody purgatory.
He saw beneath his feet patches of bones and severed limbs, all twisted into indescribably strange shapes by some strange force, stretching endlessly, reaching the limits of his vision, like tangled lines, splicing together a huge pattern.
Lloyd felt like he was just a tiny drop of ink, and it was difficult to see the whole picture.
And under the bones and stumps and severed arms, there was a wasteland completely soaked in blood into a dark red, as if it was made of flesh and viscera, a little soft to step on, a little sticky, and as if it was still alive, slowly squirming and surging, making the whole picture in front of him constantly distort and change.
At the end of this scene, at the distance that seemed to be the edge of the sky, there stood a black thing, shrouded in a thick layer of black, towering into the clouds, connecting heaven and earth, like a majestic tower in the night, and like a sublime monument in the darkness.
Lloyd couldn't get a full view of it, maybe it was too dark, maybe it was too far away, maybe he couldn't see it at all......
In his ears, the originally low and thin whispers had turned into a high-pitched and loud ode, repeating those words in a strange rhythm and tone:
"Falling into ...... Abyssal ......"
"Touch...... Real ......"
"Hug...... Crazy ......"
"Grace...... Discord ......"
"Face to face...... Chaos ......"
Lloyd was under such a situation of seeing, hearing and feeling, and did not dare to delay at all, and hurriedly took advantage of the tingling sensation in his brain that had not affected his thoughts and reason, struck matches one by one, and threw them around.
With a crackling sound, an eerie scorch mark appeared at his feet.
Lloyd didn't have time to take a closer look, so he hurriedly reached out and touched it, waiting for those pitch-black lines to come to life, burrowing behind him like a nematode, and then mobilizing his spiritual power to wash it, until a hint from the panel came to his ears:
[Ding~Madness +500, Skill Fragment +1]
[Obtained enough skill fragments to unlock the skill - Warped Realm, LV2]
Then Lloyd's perception gradually returned to normal, and he returned to the ordinary freight warehouse.
In the distance, there was a milky cry:
"Meow meow!"
Then, the little milk cat squirmed towards him like a cute cat worm.
This little guy didn't come in with Lloyd, and kept hiding outside the warehouse.
Lloyd didn't blame it, this time the situation was really dangerous, when the last round of divination was carried out before, the matchstick danced directly like noodles, and there was an indescribable weird feeling.
Even if you are as optimistic as Lloyd, you can't interpret such an omen optimistically, so when you walk in, you are more prepared.
"Fortunately, the situation is still under control...... But it's time for us to go home. ”
Lloyd said to the kitten, put it in his pocket, and prepared to go home.
He didn't know if there were still tenth, eleventh, or even more such evil rituals, but it was obviously not within his power anymore.
When dealing with this ninth place, it is already full of dangers and dangers, and the rest should be left to the anonymous letter to solve.
This is what Lloyd experienced two hours ago, and it has been clearly written in the anonymous letter enough that it should attract the attention of the Holy Grace Court, right?
"There are still five points left unadded, let's add them first."
Lloyd muttered to himself, called out the panel, and then fell into a tangle and hesitation.
Through the first two points, his [Reason], [Spiritual Power], and [Cognition] have all reached 35 points, but [Inspiration] is still only 30 points, so according to the original plan, these five points at hand should be added to [Inspiration] to maintain the beauty of the bucket.
But after some careful consideration, Lloyd decided to add these five points to [reason].
【Ding~Add points to complete】
[User: Lloyd]
[Status: Normal]
[Madness Value: 266/1500, Cap: 4000]
[Rationality: 40]
[Spiritual Power: 35]
[Inspiration: 30]
[Cognition: 35]
[System: Twist LV1]
[Acquired skills: efficient learning; Explore; Divination LV3; Vertigo Resistance LV3; Precise dissection of LV3; Twisted Realm LV2]
"Ahem, this is definitely not my instigation, as a passionate and righteous young man, I will definitely not compromise with danger! It's not that I've given up on a bucket-like healthy body, it's just that the inspiration is enough for the time being, and I should put my attribute points into where I need it more......"
Lloyd explained to himself and looked at the skills he had so far.
Among them, this [Twisted Realm] is listed with other normal skills, and it looks really out of place......
It's not a formatting problem, it's that the four characters are written crookedly, and the font is distorted.
Not only here, but also the skill descriptions, as well as more detailed knowledge in his mind, are all in this crooked font, as if separated by a curtain of water, if you look at them for a long time, you will feel that they are constantly writhing, as if they have life, and they will jump up and bite people at any time.
Anyway, just looking at these explanatory texts, Lloyd felt that he, a righteous young man full of enthusiasm, was gradually drifting away on the road of villain, and he was no longer going astray, but going deeper......
As for the more specific use of this skill, it is a standard villain ability.
One is to turn on the skill, continue to consume spiritual power, and then form a circle of [distortion] fields around you, and the people in it will be distorted in terms of perception, reason, and cognition.
The other is to arrange an evil ritual, which requires the use of many psychic objects and various materials, one of which is particularly eye-catching-
Blood of a female cat who has just given birth to a kitten......
Lloyd didn't know exactly how it worked, and didn't know why such a cruel thing was needed, but he could probably guess why the kitten was lying on top of the box and wouldn't leave.
Anyway, he probably won't use this second function himself, and the first one probably won't either.
"Although there is no justice or evil in the power itself, it mainly depends on the person who uses it and the purpose, but how can we explain it to people and make people believe it?"
Listen to me!
You don't have to talk about any morality with demons like you, let's go together!
Explain this kind of thing...... It's hard......
Lloyd shook his head helplessly, and finally set his eyes on the 266 [Madness Points] that had accumulated so far.
"Speaking of which, I've heard the babbling before, and I feel a headache, but why isn't there a scattered [madness value] at 1 point and 1 point in the account?"
"Could it be that this evil ritual only distorts the perception and does not pollute the spirit?"
This discovery made Lloyd feel that his 'sense of villain' had decreased a lot all of a sudden?