Sitting on the couch with nothing to do, I began to count the white jade bricks used to build the castle.

After counting the ceiling, count the four walls, count the floor, count the floor, get up and go to the corridor to continue counting.

When I counted to the thousandth and fourteen hundredth yuan, a familiar voice sounded behind me: "Mr. An Xiaoyi, the high priest has come to you to talk." ”

Finally woke up?

I rubbed my neck and walked into the small room again.

The room was still dark, and the Eye of Light had been put away by the High Priest.

At this moment, she was sitting at the table, quietly in a daze.

"Why don't you wait a little longer?" I muttered, intending to quit.

"Come here, child," the high priest's gentle voice sounded, "Come here." ”

I walked over and sat down across from her again, and in the dim light, I saw that her face was still a little pale: "Don't you take a break anymore?" ”

"No," the High Priest smiled, "I just haven't been so focused on one thing for a long time, and I'm a little tired at first, but now I'm much better." ”

"That's good, that's good."

After a deep sigh, I said, "May I ask the high priest, what are the names of these ghost talismans on my arms?" ”

"They're not ghost talismans," the high priest smiled, "they're a kind of rune. ”

"Runes?"

"A rune is a symbol of power," she explains, "and each of these runes has a power to be reckoned with on its own. ”

"Take it out alone?" Glancing at my left arm, I said, "That means that now that they are linked, their power is restricted, and they won't be released so easily, right?" ”

"On the contrary," said the High Priest, "it is precisely because they are linked together that the fluctuations of the power they contain become more frequent. ”

"Really?" I wondered, "Why didn't I feel it?" ”

"You don't feel it because by chance, you happen to match this power, it identifies with you and merges with you."

"That is, the ghost painting on my arm...... Runes, it's harmless to me, huh? ”

"Yes, completely harmless."

The words of the High Priest reassured me, and I was about to enjoy this rare relaxation, when the High Priest added: "Although they are harmless to you, that does not mean that they are also harmless to those around you. ”

When I heard this, a small heart immediately hung high: "You mean that it will threaten my family?" ”

The High Priest stared at me and said slowly, "You don't have to worry too much, they won't affect your family's minds. ”

When the high priest said what I was thinking, I was relieved.

She continued, "But you shouldn't forget what you saw when you first came into this world. ”

In my mind, I immediately remembered the tragic scene at the beginning: ruins and broken walls, broken limbs and broken flesh, villages that were destroyed in an instant, beautiful things that were shattered in an instant, familiar faces stained with blood, and familiar scenery turned into ruins.

"No...... Don't" I gasped and shuddered unconsciously, and at the same time, I closed my eyes hard, trying to dispel the cruel image in my mind.

"So," the High Priest said slowly, "you have to learn how to control the power of these runes, and only if you know how to control them, will they listen to you and become like a family member." ”

"Control...... Just control, is it? ”

I felt like I had grabbed a life-saving straw.

"If it's you, just learn how to control it," the High Priest smiled.

"If it's me......" I pondered the sentence slowly, and suddenly realized the problem: "What if it was someone else?" ”

"Then it depends on whether the rune approves of that person," the high priest said, "If you don't approve and want to impose control, the only way to go is to be destroyed." ”

"Destroyed? Destroyed by runes? ”

She nodded.

Hearing this, I couldn't help but swallow my saliva, and secretly rejoiced: Fortunately, Rune had a good relationship with me and recognized me.

Later, I asked the High Priestess for advice on how to control the runes, but she refused.

No, perhaps it is not appropriate to use the word rejection, but powerlessness.

Yes, there is nothing she can do, because, she doesn't know how to control the runes.

"Hundreds of years ago, there was a person like you who came here, and he also had such runes on his body, but it was far less numerous than you," the high priest said, "That person also met with me, but unlike you, he came to me on his own initiative. ”

"And the result?" I couldn't help but ask, "Did you say the same thing to him?" ”

"Yes," said the High Priest, "but his situation is different from yours, and the runes on his body do not recognize him, so he is dead." ”

“...... How did he die? I thought about it for a while, and then asked a different question: "How is the state of death?" ”

The High Priest said, "His body was torn to pieces in an instant, leaving only a complete head. ”

"That'...... What about the heads? ”

"Heads?" The high priest said, "Of course it's buried, otherwise what's going to happen?" ”

"No, nothing," I smirked.

Well, I confess lying, and the moment she talks about the head, I am reminded of the favorite thing the priests do in the Azure Planet movies – collect skulls and bones and make them into ornaments.

However, in fact, the High Priest of Zephyr is clearly very different from the image in the Azure Planet movies - although they both like to live in a small dark room.

"May I ask the High Priestess, does this story you told me have anything to do with the method of mastering runes?"

"It's okay," said the High Priest.

I couldn't help but be ashamed: "Then you still tell me?" ”

"Just talking about the past," the High Priest smiled, "You don't have to worry too much. ”

Can I not mind!

The man you spoke of in a similar situation to me, he died! He's dead!! He's dead!!!

Do you know how much of an impact that has been on me?

This is tantamount to telling me that before I came, the success rate of those who had runes and had complete control of them was zero!

"By the way, High Priest, did that person leave any tips or records about this?"

The High Priest pondered for a moment and said, "Yes." ”

Oh thank God, there's no end to it......

“...... But those things were wiped out with that explosion. ”

A basin of ice water poured down and completely cooled my whole body.

, is there any mistake, what kind of trouble do you want to make without any lessons learned?

You said that I should be in control, where should I start!

Also, where can I make sure that I won't be blown up to the point of being reduced to a single head!

I was still alive and kicking, but after experiencing the high priest's repeated verbal blows, I was instantly disheartened and sat down in a chair like a salted fish.

(End of chapter)