Chapter Twenty-Three: Steady as I Am

"Do you know the Nightmare Shard?"

Salvatore also sat opposite Annan with a cup of black tea in his hand.

His eyes, which were always sleepy and had thick bags under his eyes caused by staying up late, opened slightly, and he whispered, "It is said, it is just said...... It is likely that the ban on foreign trade activities in the port of Frozen Water was not due to the intensification of conflicts with the Duchy of Winter in the north.

"It's because the Frozen Water Harbor is cursed."

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Let's be specific. ”

Annan's heart jumped, and he asked, "What kind of curse?" Who is the curse? ”

If he said that a certain place was cursed, he would not have believed it before. But he had also learned before that the extraordinary powers of this world were made up of curses, and he had even seen the fate of those who suffered from the curse.

So, it's not impossible to say that a region is cursed......

"It's a false god," Salvatore lowered his voice as well, as if he was worried about disturbing something, "the real god ......"

"The ...... of the Gods"

Annan repeated the word, his heart skipping a beat.

Although he doesn't know the gap between the false god and the righteous god, or what the difference is, he has not yet entered the ranks, and he is involved in this kind of big guy, which always makes him a little flustered.

Fuck you, why!

I just found a casual vest to transition, and it was involved in such a troublesome matter?

"Specifically, as long as someone reads or silently recites the name of the false god within the confines of the frozen water harbor, they will be dragged into a nightmare."

Salvatore said slowly: "I don't tell you about his priesthood, but I am afraid that you will unconsciously think of this name, and you will not be able to hold back yourself and subconsciously pronounce it.

"It's a set of locks made up of multiple nightmare fragments, and its interlocking characteristic is 're-enactment'. That is, if you die from this nightmare, you lose all the memories from the nightmare and start from scratch.

"Nightmares in the shallow are fine. But if you unconsciously fall into a deep nightmare, the mortality rate will rise suddenly...... After all, you don't know how many times you've repeated the same mistake. It's easy to get caught up in a cycle of infinite death. Until you are completely corrupted by the curse and turn into a runaway monster. ”

The young mayor took a deep breath.

His expression was very serious: "The church of the Silver Sir sent people here to cleanse the nightmare here.

"Because this nightmare can't accommodate more than one person to enter. No matter how many people the church sends, there will only be one of them in their nightmares. In order to prevent someone from dying in a nightmare and becoming the nourishment of the nightmare, the church sent only one person.

"He is Priest Louis. He was only a priest of the most ordinary kind, not even a priest. But he is actually a surrogate of the Silver Hand and has a wealth of experience in purifying nightmares.

"He has to perform at least three hundred effective purifications in the nightmare to weaken the whole nightmare and cut off the chain. So the main purpose of his coming here was not to encourage trade or to heal people's injuries. His duty is to constantly enter the shallow nightmares and escape as soon as he completes the purification...... It is very dangerous work. ”

Salvatore said this, yawned, took a sip of black tea in his cup, and emphatically said: "And I will come here to keep this secret from being revealed." On the one hand, it is responsible for the safety of people's lives; On the other hand, it is also so that the priest of Louis will not find that the nightmare here is getting stronger and stronger after a period of desperate purification......"

…… That is, was Priest Louis sent to farm copies?

Salvatore didn't see it, and Annan's expression became slightly strange.

He was still agonizing about it.

If players come to Frozen Water Harbor and there are no dungeons for them to farm, will the energetic players make a fuss......

After all, there are really few people here, and there are no monsters outside that they can kill. And Annan can't be sure if the NPC can give the player some tasks or something.

If players are allowed to enter the game, but can only do some farm work, fishing, building houses and so on, then this misty continent might as well be renamed "Longing for Life Simulator".

It's good now.

Annan plans to throw the players away if they are energetic.

Shake M can be cultivated......

However, Annan was very curious about another matter, and even wary:

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Senior, why are you telling me about it? ”

"Because we don't need two mayors in Frozen Water. The main person in charge of purifying the nightmare is Priest Louis, and I don't have the Holy Light, and I can't use spells in the nightmare, so what can I do when I go in. To put it mildly, my duty was to write a letter to the royal capital asking for support after Priest Louis lost control or died. ”

Salvatore said with a smile, and it could be seen that he was in a good mood: "In other words, after you take over this job, Lord Lord...... I'm going back to the Black Tower and advanced to Silver. ”

Annan suddenly chuckled in his heart.

…… You're not going to fucking slip away, are you?

Comparing his heart to his heart, Annan suddenly began to wonder if Salvatore had discovered some great danger, so he looked for an opportunity to escape......

Seeing that Annan seemed a little unhappy, Salvatore immediately said: "I am not going to leave immediately. You can always come and read my books before I leave...... If you don't understand, you can always tell me. After all, I was the chief back then, and I was a prefect, so it's still no problem to teach you. ”

That's pretty much it.

Hearing this, Annan's face became much better.

He's not really Don Juan Gerainte anyway. If there is really a big problem that cannot be solved, if it really can't be solved, it will run away......

Compared with the risks of the future, the benefits that can be obtained now are the most real.

On top of that, he was finally able to see some booksβ€”hoping to make up for the common sense of the world here in Salvatore.

Relying on acting skills to communicate with people, Annan is also very tired.

So Annan quickly responded.

"Do you have any plans for the future?"

Annan then asked.

Looking at Annan's expectant and enthusiastic gaze, Salvatore coughed lightly and twisted his head away a little unnaturally.

"I'm supposed to be in the Black Tower for a long time...... I want to work directly in the Black Tower, as a professor and teach, and I can do some research when I have time, which is quite comfortable. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Annan and sighed softly: "Of course, if the situation in the royal capital continues to be chaotic, I estimate that the Black Tower will not be comfortable for too long."

"As soon as war breaks out......"

He didn't say anything after that, but Annan didn't ask either.

The inheritance of the royal family, the problems of the upper echelons of the Duchy of Winter, and the pseudo-god who has set his sights on Frozen Water Harbor......

It's all intertwined. The deeper Annan went, the more he felt that he was weak.

"The next advanced ceremony may have to trouble you, senior."

Annan stood up and said to Salvatore seriously.

Salvatore nodded slowly.

His tired eyes opened slightly, and he warned, "You go read a book first and adjust your state." The advanced ritual needs to be carried out in a nightmare, so I'll go to Louis first and ask for some information, and summarize a few points of that nightmare for you.

"Don't do anything superfluous. If you fall into a deep nightmare, no one can save you – you know? ”

"No problem."

Annan nodded and replied very affirmatively: "I definitely won't be cheap." ”

Others say that he is as stable as a defense tower, and he must be a very stable person.

Annan's evaluation of himself has always been very forceful.