Chapter 42: The Mages Tell Stories
Marirus is able to dock 10,000-ton cruise ships, which shows that the port is not small and is an important supply station.
As a result, the harbor can only be regarded as a small town, which seems to have an indescribable prosperity without order......
Of course, the most common are the taverns and brothels, which are the favorite places for sailors who disembark from ships.
The small man led them to a long line of buildings that seemed to resemble a theater.
But when I saw that everyone in the queue was overjoyed, they seemed to be looking forward to what was inside, and even formed a line of two or three hundred people.
Only, what does this have to do with those horror books?
The little native was clearly a shrewd man among the natives, and perhaps he was of mixed blood, in short, a very mixed fellow.
This kind of person, if he is lucky and lives a little longer, can more or less make a career, and the life is much better than that of most of his comrades!
Just like now, he actually took Yin Shengzhi and the two of them into the back door.
The back door was obviously guarded as well, but after he sneaked a golden coin into someone, the guy guarding the back door let the three of them in.
At this time, the expression of the little native became a little strange, and said: "Wait a minute, what you see may be a little strange, I hope you don't make a fuss and make any noise......"
After Yin Shengzhi and the others agreed, the small man led them into a room where all the windows were sealed.
It was a classroom-like room, and it was actually full.
What surprised Yin Shengzhi was that there were actually a lot of mages here!
Each mage has a separate set of tables and chairs, which has a bit of an old-fashioned school flavor.
A candle was lit on each table, and the dim candlelight of the surrounding space was divided into light and dark, making the faces under the mages' cloaks even more unrealistic.
Yin Shengzhi immediately felt that he was in an ambush, so many mages were ambushed here to prepare to deal with him.
But Yin Shengzhi soon found that the situation was not the same, because these mages only glanced at him when he came in, and then lowered their heads, and no one paid attention to him again.
"What the hell?"
There were a total of eight mages, Yin Shengzhi counted them, and the others were ordinary people.
Ordinary people don't have the treatment of chairs, and they sit on small benches one by one, and sit in a circle around the room.
And the number of these ordinary people is about twenty-three.
Yin Sheng's heart suddenly moved, he didn't sit down like an ordinary person, but walked over directly, found an empty table and chair to sit on, and then lit a candle.
The little native looked very surprised and flustered, he didn't expect such a scene to happen, and seemed to want to greet Yin Shengzhi.
But he was grabbed by Louis, who was quick to shoot, and sat down on a small stool next to him.
"The number of people is almost here, and you can start ......"
An old voice said.
The door suddenly closed without wind, and the whole space became more and more closed and dark, as if it was isolated from the world.
"Then it starts with me......" said the old voice.
Yin Shengzhi raised his eyebrows, very curious, what spell were they going to perform? With such an atmosphere, would they summon a devil or a demon?
The light and shadow of the candle swayed in the darkness, making the faces of every mage, including Yin Shengzhi, very strange.
"Once upon a time there was a trainee priest who studied the art of becoming a priest in a monastery.
However, he was young and active, did not study well, did not follow the rules and precepts, and often ran out at night to drink......"
Yin Shengzhi's face became extremely wonderful at this time, he was actually telling a story?
A group of mages gathered to tell ghost stories?
"A drunken priest broke into a hut in the forest, where a witch lived......"
The story quickly developed in the direction of horror, Yin Shengzhi could see it, and all the mages listened very attentively.
And at this time, Yin Shengzhi actually saw a familiar face.
It was actually Master Amir, the ship-accompanying mage on the Silver Ocean, who was also sitting here, serious and attentive to the story at home.
They even picked up quill pens and paper and began to record by candlelight.
Under the flickering candlelight and dark atmosphere, a trace of strange horror seems to gradually arise.
At this time, Yin Shengzhi vaguely had some guesses.
He sniffed at the ink, which seemed to be specially concocted, with the smell of some mage potions.
There is also parchment, which is also specially treated......
The Baron asked the priest to keep a watch for his daughter, for that was her last words before she died.
But the priest recognized the beautiful woman in front of him, this corpse...... It was the witch he had killed...... It's a pity that no one believed his words.
The timid priest hid under the bed and fell asleep in a daze. However, in the middle of the night, when he was half asleep, he heard movement in the bed...... The witch has come back to life......"
The story gradually reached its climax, and everyone listened more and more attentively.
A terrifying atmosphere descended, swaying in the air.
It seems that these fears came from the stories told by the mage, and from the parchment that all the mages had written down.
And those ordinary people are obviously just the objects of listening to stories!
And apparently, they were all frightened.
Horror stories are scary or not, and the most important thing is the creation of a scary atmosphere.
If the atmosphere is good, a not-so-good horror story can scare people.
But if there is no atmosphere, no matter how terrifying the story is, it is difficult to scare people.
Of course, this also has to do with experience. For example, in another world, when the old version of Liaozhai was played, it scared people to death......
Listening to the memories of the old people, when they watched Liaozhai, many people were so scared that they didn't dare to go to the toilet alone at night.
Obviously, the terrifying atmosphere was undoubtedly in place, with the old mage's hoarse voice and a voice with a faint hint of spirit, these ordinary people quickly fell into the face and completely devoted themselves to the story, panicking and fearing with the plot of the story.
This also made the atmosphere of terror spread even more......
Yin Shengzhi gradually understood that this was how the Book of Horror was made.
At this time, a few ordinary people began to be unable to bear the fear and gasped for breath. Even the assistant coach Louis turned extremely pale at this time......
However, he was completely immersed in the story!