At the end of the Middle Ages, the planet's supernatural forces saw their last resurgence in history - and while the growing Witchers and the Church made it harder for the Aliens and Wizards to survive, the growing disagreement between the Church and the Witchers also gave some of the smaller families and tantric schools that excelled at concealment a respite.According to Vivien's recollections, the 10th to 15th centuries AD were a period of redivision of the dark side of the world, during which the aftermath of the Age of Mythology had long since subsided, the more powerful aliens (including the Ancients) had died or hibernated, and after the decline of the aliens' rule, the Church and the Witchers began a series of arguments about the new order of the world.The Church represents the power of humanity itself, and although the Demon Hunters are theoretically biased towards "humans", they are still a different race from humans, so it is natural for the two sides to have a disagreement.The history of this disagreement doesn't matter, Hao Ren only felt it after seeing the banished lost town.The entire town has been completely wiped out by the dark arts, and the movement back then must have been insignificant, and Baptiste (the wizard Hao Ren and the wizard they were looking for) was able to succeed clearly by exploiting the war between the witchers and the church.Not only did he banish the town with his magic, but he even studied witchcraft under the noses of ordinary people - the ruined house was littered with traces of his magical experiments.Scattered at the end of the long table, all of them with a creepy texture and unsettling atmosphere, most of them were made of black goatskin or special paper soaked in grease, written in ink made of blood, and the contents were difficult and obscure, often with abstract and grotesque illustrations, and without Vivien helping Hao Ren to decipher them, he would hardly know what these ghostly talisman-like things were.The first spellbook he had seen before was a manuscript of various spatial phenomena and secret summoning rituals, and its author was clearly not Baptiste.The heavy book has a disgusting stench between the pages, a black-and-red cover depicting a twisted gate and an eye peering out through the door, and a D.R. inscription on the title page, presumably left by the author of the book.Baptiste should have read the book often, and he left a lot of notes and memos on the pages, and his handwriting was surprisingly neat.Based on these annotations, Hao Ren could see at a glance what this wizard was most concerned about: the method of opening the gate of purgatory, and the secret technique of using soul power to maintain the stability of the spatial passage.He found the most frequently read part of the book, the pages of which were badly worn and blackened, and in this seven-page chapter, the author of the Magic Book detailed the historical record of the Infernal Gates and his guesses of how to open them.Baptiste left almost more annotations than the text next to the pages, and Hao Ren read them one by one with curiosity: "......
The records of the gates of Purgatory in ancient times are not reliable enough, and the rulers of the world in that era were old gods, and they did not allow others to inherit too much knowledge, and this part of the content is better left alone......
"Auburn?
Master Moore's statement of the 'Ritual of the Seven Obsidian' does not correspond here, and the grease that makes obsidian produce its magic is perhaps more critical than the obsidian itself, according to my own experiments, Auburn?
Master Moore's views should be more credible.The information related to the experiment ......
"Unique insight, the nature of the purgatory gate is completely different from other doors to other dimensions, and the process of opening purgatory is naturally the same.Strictly speaking, our goal is not to 'open a door', but to attract Purgatory, and the collision of the two spaces will naturally create a rift, so the basis of the experiment is not the portal structure, but the summoning ritual......
The most important thing to do after connecting the two spaces is to ensure the stability of the passage and to identify the signs of a collapse of the passage.I have to at least allow time to go to the second level of Purgatory, and also think about how to rebuild the path back to the main material world from the other side of the door once the Purgatory Gate collapses prematurely.Master Fradkov's calculation formula is not precise enough, so the grass on his grave is already half a meter high, I should re-channel the data......"
Hao Ren muttered as he looked through these difficult records: "How does this feel like scientific research?"
Is he a wizard or a spacer?
”Vivien was holding up a black glass bottle and looked at it, and after hearing Hao Ren's words, she replied casually: "Wizards themselves are knowledgeable guys, and aside from their worldview, they want to throw them into ordinary people, and everyone can be called a real polymath." ”Hao Ren casually put the book back in its place: "This Baptiste seems to have been committed to opening the gates of purgatory since a long time ago, and all the information he left here is related to space magic.However, there is no mention of why he summoned the Blood King, or what the hell is going on in this Domir town.What are you studying?
What's good in this bottle?
”"It's sulfur spring water, a specialty of the purgatory space, although there is only half a bottle left," Vivien casually threw the small bottle to Hao Ren, "Coupled with the Purgatory Ripper specimen that Hethanna found before, this Baptiste must have successfully opened the purgatory door once, but his attempt to open the door this time should have failed, probably because the maintenance time was too short, and he only had time to bring out some materials from the first layer of purgatory, which obviously did not meet his initial expectations." ”At this time, Nangong Sanba walked over with a thick notebook and took Vivian's words: "You are right, he did open the door once, and the result made him very dissatisfied.He summoned the Blood King, probably to help stabilize the gate with the help of the power of the Ancients. ”Hao Ren pointed to the thick notebook in Nangong Sanba's hand: "What is that?"
Diary?
”"No, it's a record of a magical experiment, which just mentions the successful opening of the gates of Purgatory.The door to purgatory he opened for the first time lasted less than an hour, and he himself nearly died inside, with a lot of swearing and complaining in addition to the experiment log.According to the above statement, the reason for the early closure of the Purgatory Gate is that the energy is not enough, the surrounding environment is not stable enough, and the continuous rejection of Purgatory in the real world has caused the gate to collapse.He mentions the need to accumulate more mana to open the door, and interacts with the help of the ancient aliens......
I wondered if that was why he summoned the Blood King. ”"He wants to use the power of the evil spirit Vivien to open the purgatory passage?"
Hao Ren blinked, "But the crux of the matter is how did he know about this ritual - where did that red-haired evil spirit come from?"
”"I didn't say this," Nangong Sanba shrugged, "This place is too messy, I guess we'll have to toss around for a while." ”Hao Ren sighed and asked Vivian curiously: "What is the second layer of purgatory?"
This Baptiste is so obsessed with going over there. ”"Actually, no one knows," Vivien shook her head, "it's hard enough to move around the first floor of Purgatory, let alone go any further.Moreover, the connection between Purgatory and Earth is too unstable, and there is not enough time for people to go back and forth to the second floor, so no one knows what lies further down. ”Hao Ren touched his nose: "A place that I don't know at all, I really don't know what the attraction of this kind of place is......
Anyway, why do I keep smelling weird?
”"Looks like something is burned," Lily snorted and looked up from the clutter pile next to her, "I smell it too!"
”The others also looked up from their busyness at this time, and the strange smell in the air around them was so strong that everyone was aware of it.It was not just the smell of something burning, it was also mixed with a fishy smell and a slightly sour peculiar smell, Hao Ren raised his head to look for the source of the smell, but suddenly found that the fog outside had invaded the house at some point, and a layer of miserable white mist was wafting in from all the window cracks and door cracks, and the mist seemed to be alive while wriggling and filling the entire indoor space, looking so weird and weird."
It seems to be the smell of some kind of magic grease......," Nangong Sanba muttered as he subconsciously reached into his arms, "I feel wrong." ”Heatheren's first instinct was to look up at Hermerwin, who had brought everyone to this place, only to find that the man was sitting stiffly in the chair like a stone, and she stepped forward and tapped the other person's shoulder with the handle of her long whip: "Hey, this is ......"
Before she could finish speaking, Hermerwin quietly collapsed into a cloud of black ash.At the same time, a shrill sound came from outside the house.Hao Ren immediately shouted: "The situation is not right, all go out!"
”(To be continued.) )