I saw the dark universe open my mouth wide

The black planet rolls in its mouth in a daze

They keep moving around in the horror they have never noticed

No one knows these horrors, no luster, no name.

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Time: April 29, 1935.

Location: United States of America, capital of Rhode Island, Providence.

Tomorrow is the so-called Walpergis Night, which has been dark and ominous May Day since ancient times.

Some Central and Northern European countries and some Scandinavian settlements in the United States lit bonfires to celebrate the arrival of spring. But interestingly, in the Middle Ages, some Christians believed that on this day the devil and witches would gather together to have fun, so this festival is also an alternative to the Devil's Carnival.

"I'm really starting to prepare to go?! Isn't this guy really afraid of death? The human with the fish lips..."

The beautiful girl with silver hair and blue eyes monitored the target near Brown University campus through the vertical snake-like jade, and said with a pout. The scene reflected in the snake jade is the ancient mansion that faces the east-facing hill behind the John Sea Library, built of marble, surrounded by a verdant courtyard leading to College Road.

To be precise, Naiako was watching Robert Black who lived in that Georgia-era Founder House.

If this young man had no surprises, he would probably be the protagonist of this scene world, or at least the human protagonist in this plot. This guy is a writer and artist, dedicated to the legendary mysterious taboo knowledge, and is obsessed with research and creation in the fields of mythology, dreams, horror and superstition, and is eager to pursue the scenes and effects of those bizarre ghosts.

However, in a world with the orthodox Cthulhu mythological background, ruins, scrolls, antiquities and even archaeologists are all disaster-level existences, especially the latter. Once they become interested in those ambiguous secrets and spells from ancient times that have always been passed down through the long river of time, they are basically equivalent to stepping into their own grave with half of their feet.

You should know that this is a world that is tangible with ancient taboos. The abyss between the stars is lurking in the abyss between the stars. It is not a world where mystical research cannot find evidence to prove that the existence of things is very conscious. It traces back to the age of human beings when they are young, and even the legendary dark age before human beings, evil things that are older than human beings and more profound than the known universe already exist.

So Naiyako couldn't tell what she was feeling. During this period, she was watching the guy being monitored, step by step towards the abyss of self-destruction.

Robert Black's study is a large room located in the northwest direction.

One side of the room overlooks the front garden of the mansion, and the window to the west faces the edge of the cliff in the mountains, which just overlooks a magnificent landscape below. It would be fine if he only admires the endless roofs of the lowland towns and the magnificent sunset burning in the sky behind them.

After all, no one stipulates that you cannot see the scenery outside at home, right?

But what was so bad was that he noticed that on the distant horizon was a purple hillside in the vast countryside. About two miles away, the ghostly hills of Federal Hill stood, with roofs and spires standing on the hill. When the sun set, the strange streets and maze-like gables in the town, and the shiny hills surrounded by spires in the distance, all strongly stimulated the young man's fantasy.

He felt that it was an untouchable ghost world located behind the misty smoke and dust.

At the beginning, the young man felt that if he tried to find that place or walked into it in person, it would disappear into that dream. So in order to preserve his fantasy, he endured his desire to explore.

But for several months he had been looking at the ominous building from afar, the longer he looked, the more he imagined it, until finally, his interest in the building became stronger and stronger.

By the time of spring, the young man gradually became extremely anxious. He began to sit in front of the west-facing window more and more frequently, staring at the hill in the distance and the black spire that frowns even birds avoid.

Gradually, the branches of the garden began to grow slender and elegant tender leaves, and the whole world was filled with new and beautiful scenery. But Blake's anxiety not only did not weaken, but became stronger. It was at this time that he had the idea of ​​adventure for the first time.

If nothing unexpected happens next, the young man will probably set out to explore the unknown journey this evening. He originally planned to act again tomorrow night, but he could no longer bear it. As a result, he changed his course of action and caught Naiyako and the others off guard.

To be honest, if it weren't for the main mission to get the shining folk remedy of the 30hedron, and there was a side mission to protect Robert Black from death, Nayako actually had no interest in stopping an ordinary person from seeking death. After all, the most people in this world are people, and so many people die due to accidents at all times, and they can't even save them.

So what else can I do to seek death?

But since it is a mission limited, they cannot ignore it in terms of rewards and punishments. If this guy really summons the Night Demon, they will lose all their initiative, and then they want to find a shining folk remedy, the Three Eighthedron, from the church entrenched in the Night Demon, is tantamount to seeking death.

Even after I imagined it, Nayako felt a sense of fuzzyness in her heart. She was just a Nayalatotip, not the real Nayalatotip.

However, it is easy to stop this guy from doing anything. Just knock him out, or find a way to do something to delay his actions, such as setting a fire to burn his house, making him unable to set off today.

But if they do this, then Naiyazi and the others will take action tonight, and the time is one day ahead of schedule. Although it is not very hasty, it also makes them not fully prepared...

But this is the only way. After all, what I am facing this time may be the legendary Night Demon. He is a terrifying existence that does not have much expressiveness, but is always indescribable, hurting people and killing lives invisibly. No one dares to say that he will definitely be able to take all the situation into consideration and be fully prepared in all aspects.

"I always feel a little uneasy..."

He muttered to himself softly, Naiyako took her gaze back and looked out the window again.

The city in the day is like a town, full of ancient atmospheres from the 20s and 30s, making people feel like they were back to the last century. However, in fact, for them, they did return to the last century, and it felt like a Chinese returned to the Republic of China era.

Looking at the vivid and vivid scenes around me, I was filled with lights and wine, but I always felt that these scenes seemed to be filled with some old photos, with yellow colors and ancient flavors.

However, this city is not the only one. Naiyako also vaguely felt a hint of unexplained evil.

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At sunset, the red glow in the sky seemed to be burning.

Naiyako left her room on time, walked through the street and arrived at the desolate and dilapidated square outside the city. Only a few people stood on the square, and they all knew people.

"Ah, sorry, sorry, the time is probably a bit wrong, it's a few minutes late." The silver-haired girl stuck out her tongue and said happily. Seeing her so happy, people didn't feel any sincere apology from her words, and more so were the malicious apology like routine after being late.

The girl holding the knife in the black sailor suit raised her eyebrows, and a trace of dissatisfaction seemed to flash in her purple eyes as perfect as a pearl.

However, Yu Yan didn't care at all. She waved her hand carelessly and said, "It's okay, it's only three minutes late. It's normal... But Naiyako, are you ready for the things you said?"

Naiyako nodded rashly and said, "Of course I'm ready, don't worry, although the time is a little tighter, but one person happens to be one? Is there another person here? There is one more here. Could it be that I've counted the wrong number?" She shook her little head, with a confused look on her face.

The girl with long light purple hair, quiet like a lady from a family, smiled gently and covered her mouth and said, "Aryu won't go with us this time. She will stay and take charge of the backup plan... In this case, even if we fail, we will not be trapped in that church directly, and at least there is still some hope."

At this time, the gunman, who had been silent, scratched his forehead strangely: "What is this?"

Everyone looked at the items taken out by Naiyako. They were several strange badges. The workmanship was exquisite, but they were brand new, with smooth and flat surfaces without the heavy feeling of history. The surface of the badge was a magic circle composed of multiple strange secret runes. Everyone could feel the energy flow in it, which indicates that the magic circle had been activated.

The beautiful girl with silver hair and blue eyes put her hands on her hips and said proudly: "These things are the necessary artifacts to save lives in this world, the seal of the old god! Well, just call it the old seal."

"The Seal of the Old God? This thing is very new, not old at all, and it is clearly a badge." Yu Yan subconsciously complained at the brand new badge in her palm.

"I have heard of this. The Seal of the Old God is just a name. As long as the mysterious pattern drawn and the spell that is activated is correct, there is no limited form." The gunman seemed to think of something and said suddenly, "So an old seal can be either a heavy badge, an amulet, or even a relief on the wall..."

"Then what is the use of this thing?" Isaiyama Huangquan asked with a frown. She had been feeling a little depressed these days because she didn't understand the Cthulhu myth at all, and she hadn't even heard of it. So naturally she didn't know how insignificant the laws and concepts that humans knew and prescribed were before those indescribable myths and horrors.

She just felt that everyone else was facing a great enemy. She had delayed a simple first phase task for half a month before she was ready to complete it... Such a slow pace made her feel very crazy, but she couldn't do anything and could only sulk in secret.

"Well, I just knew about this in the game before. It usually appears in the dark corners of archive props, probably the same as the Resident Evil typewriter. However, I guess this thing should not have the function of letting us read and resume, and it should not be able to restore the san value..."

The gunman pretended to be calm, "If my understanding is correct, this thing can be used in conjunction with magic to drive away certain clans, but its main function should be to provide false sense of security when he lacks knowledge, and also provide false sense of security for friends who lack knowledge."

Speaking of friends, he couldn't help coughing, his tone even more weird: "There is also something that can be used to judge whether a certain investigator is a good friend..."

"What, it's a mess, brother, don't say it if you don't understand." The mage girl frowned and felt even more confused after listening.

"Yes, this is indeed not something that can be said randomly, but this thing does not work much." The gunman smiled helplessly, as if he had thought of something that made people laugh and cry.

"Well, yes, these old prints do not have much effect..." Although Naiyako seemed to have a very embarrassed expression, she actually looked more like an expression that was not embarrassed at all. She said lightly: "But in this scene, there are no more targeted props than this thing. At least most of the clans will subconsciously avoid where this thing exists, and it can play a certain protective role."

"Isn't this already very good? After all, it's not a high-level prop, it's just a temporary item. Isn't it worth it to have such an effect?" Huang Quan asked in confusion. The requirements of these people are too high!

The gunman explained with a wry smile: "It's not like this, because these things themselves have no lethality, and they can neither deal with evil gods nor family members. How to say it... It's like garlic is like vampires, or a disgusting metaphor is like excrement for humans, but it's just something they don't like..."

But if you are forced into a hurry, those things will still do the same. At worst, you can just wash your hands afterwards...

"...Where is the protective ability?" The black-haired girl was silent for a moment. The simple and easy-to-understand but disgusting metaphor was successful and a sincere expression of disgust appeared on her face.

"In a sense, it is very regrettable. Its protective ability cannot be said to be lacking, but if it is made into a talisman, it can only protect the flesh of a few square centimeters under the talisman. The part that is not covered by the old seal is still fragile."

"How many squares...cm?"

"Yes, at least from the information I know, if it is an investigator with a talisman around his neck, then when he dies, only his cervical spine is still intact."

“…”

“…”

Everyone was no longer calm now.

However, just as Naiyako said, this thing is always better than nothing, and it won’t get in the way with it. At critical moments, it may really be a matter of whether there is this thing. A slight slight difference may be the end of one person’s life and one person’s death. And this time I don’t know the good or bad luck, and I can’t use the ‘friend’, so everyone still gritted their teeth and put the badge on.

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Under the cloudy sky, there are rows of continuous brown roofs on towns, forming a complex maze of countless gloomy brown alleys, as if they are extending forward forever.

Everyone walked through the streets and alleys, and occasionally saw the main entrance of a dilapidated church or a shaky spire, but it was nothing compared to the locked target, the towering stone church, and it was not the place they were looking for. As the sky became darker and darker, they had no idea how many blocks they had crossed straight through, or the dirty dirt roads that climbed up the alleys.

Slowly, the surroundings seemed to become more and more strange, until finally, everyone arrived at another open-air square that was blowing by wind and rain.

And finally, I clearly saw the huge tower standing under the sky in the southwest, and the huge stone pile standing at the end of a small alley.

The church is extremely dilapidated, and the gloomy and huge buildings show many wonderful and strange appearances under the night sky.

The surroundings are full of wild grasses growing very densely, and deeper are corrupt vegetation entangled together. The huge door is quite intact, locked tightly by the large hanging locks, and the road from the gate to the building is completely covered by lush vegetation. In the shade cast by the high black walls full of ivy and the eaves without birds, everyone basically vaguely noticed a trace of indescribable fear.

Only Nayako

The beautiful girl with silver hair and blue eyes looked ahead and was stunned for a moment of ecstasy. She felt the throbbing of her soul and couldn't wait to rush through the wall supported by the guardrail, with iron railings and a wide highland covered with wild grass, entering the desolate and decaying tower-shaped building, wherever there is something resonating with her, calling her to go.

The square with ancient pebbles as the ground is now empty, and there are only lights in the surrounding buildings, and there is not much noise. If people around them were not afraid to make loud noises, there would probably be no one living here... This place does have an unexplainable weirdness.

However, no one was nearby, and everyone hid in their homes as soon as it was dark, which greatly facilitated Naiyako and her group.

They found a gap missing from the railing and flipped into the guardrail. No one noticed it during the process.

In the abandoned courtyard, they turned dark at the same time, because the place where they settled was an area like a cemetery inside the church. Some tombstones that had been scattered around and had long been weathered and abrasive said that some dead people had buried in this place. They were naturally not afraid of corpses or something. If they were really just such a low-level enemy, they could solve it casually.

The problem is, such development is not a good start!

The church has three gates that stand on the front, but they are locked very firmly. Considering that although the Gunner or any girl present can easily break in front of the door, the noise will be caused by a lot of noise, everyone tacitly discussed and decided to find some places that are easier to enter.
To be continued...