Mr. Scott pointed to the painting that Shade put back into the safe in shock. Professor Katya shook her head:
"Calm down, Scott. Do you think a folklorist's job is to read documents in an office? Calm down, oh, Scott, you are a good boy, calm down!"
"Teacher, have you seen this kind of thing before?"
"I have seen scarier things. This is the first time I have brought you out to see the world. If you are still willing to learn from me, you will encounter more things sooner or later."
The young scholar had a horrified expression on his face. Professor Katya was slightly disappointed and said to Shade:
"Sir, judging from your expression, you should be more than just"
"Yes."
Shade took out the certificate and waved it in front of Professor Katya:
"MI6, we are tracking a batch of prohibited items. I am a leaked agent, and Miss Princes is my boss."
There is nothing wrong with this statement.
Professor Katya is obviously a person who has seen the world. After taking the certificate and taking a look at it, he knew it was true:
"Then it seems we are really in big trouble this time. Mr. Agent, what else is in the safe?"
"The land deeds and house deeds. It seems that except for this house, most of the houses in this entire lane belong to Mr. Jude. There are also some jewelry, banknotes, weird badges and seals."
The professor took the stone mark that Shade took out, looked at it, frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes widened:
"The Scarlet Secret Cult!"
"What?"
Shade asked in surprise. Mr. Scott, who was still in shock, was also confused, but Lecia thought about it and gave an explanation:
"The Scarlet Secret Cult is an ancient name, and the current official name is a cult group that believes in the evil god [Lord of the Scarlet Spiral]."
"Teacher, is Mr. Jude a cultist?"
The young man looked even more panicked. He only thought it was an ordinary academic investigation and did not expect to encounter such an exciting thing.
The professor was much calmer:
"Don't be so panicked. As a folklorist, you have to deal with this kind of people. Oh, read this book."
Professor Katja took the book he just took out of the safe from Shade. The black cover of the book said "Mystery of the Ocean". The whole book was as big as two pieces of ordinary letter paper put together, and was thicker than two pieces of ordinary red paper.
brick:
"I didn't expect that I could actually see this! Now, I suspect that Mr. Jude himself is one of the organizers of the cult. Gentlemen and ladies, look at this, this book is a banned book. When I was young, I assisted the church in carrying out
I have done some research and read the manuscript of this book. "Mystery of the Ocean" was the status symbol of the leaders of the Scarlet Secret Cult at that time. Some very terrifying things are recorded in ancient languages, even more terrifying than that painting.
Even ordinary people might go crazy just by looking at it."
This statement is somewhat like those books that can carry spiritual runes. But Shade did not ask for the book the professor was holding, but took out more letters from the safe.
Most of the letters were written in the common language of Delarion, a few were in Kasenric, and a very few were written in unknown strange scripts. He selected a few letters written in unknown languages and opened them. Those like
The conch-shaped characters were obviously not characters used by humans, but Shade understood it. After a few glances, he basically confirmed Professor Katja’s view:
"We must leave as soon as possible. Judging from the content of the letter, this ancient alley is the residence of the cult. The people who disappeared nearby were all taken away by them. This time, we are really unlucky. Maybe we really got into trouble.
It’s troublesome.”
He randomly grabbed a few letters and stuffed them into his pocket. The professor looked at the book in his hand with some reluctance, but the thing was too big, so he could only reluctantly give up.
Shade and Lesia are not very interested in this book. Although it is possible to obtain spiritual runes through reading, it is more likely to be contaminated by the knowledge of the evil god. Even Shade, who has the afterglow of divinity, does not dare to try this kind of book.
thing.
So I could only leave the book behind and prepare to leave.
"Scott, get ready to smash the windows."
The professor said, and he and Shade raised their guns and pointed at the closed door. The young scholar, who was traumatized by seeing the strange paintings, reacted, picked up a stool, and slammed it against the window.
Click~
Mr. Scott tried his best, but the glass did not move at all. Instead, the chair in his hand cracked with a loud noise.
The door was finally attracted by the abnormal sound in the room. Shade patted the professor on the shoulder, handed him his normal revolver, pushed Mr. Scott away, and punched the window.
Of course, Shade didn't want to use his body to fight against the special hard glass. Before his fist swung forward, the silver moonlight had already flown out.
At this moment, the door handle was turned from the outside, and then the door was pushed open.
Bang! Bang!
The professor calmly held two guns and fired. The male servant who tried to break in was immediately hit by his bullets. After screaming, he staggered to the floor.
While Mr. Scott's attention was also attracted to the door, Lecia quickly walked to Shade, pressed her hand on the glass that had been cracked, and pushed it gently, and the entire glass shattered into pieces.
Glass slag.
"Let's go!"
Shade shouted loudly, and more and more voices were heard in the dark corridor outside the door.
"You go first!"
The professor shouted that while holding the gun with both hands, he could still quickly use his thumb to press the firing pin of Shade's revolver.
The male servant who fell to the ground and was convulsing was clearly hit in the heart, but he survived and still struggled to stand up. His throat made a snoring sound, which was actually a language. He was calling for help. It seemed that just now
The maid was monitoring this place in the corridor and was the first to run over when he noticed something was wrong.
"you go first!"
Shade said to the princess, so the red-haired girl jumped through the window into the heavy rain outside without any scruples.
Bang bang bang~
The professor fired several times, causing the twitching male servant on the ground to twitch even more violently. But he was still not dead. The bullet holes in his body were smoking, and his face seemed to be melting, and he was changing in some ugly and terrifying direction.
:
"Mr. Scott, it's your turn! Jump!"
"But this is the second floor, I understand."
The young scholar was frightened by the sudden scene in front of him, but seeing that the weak lady dared to jump off the building, he screamed and jumped down too.
"Professor, it's our turn!"
Shade pulled Professor Katja over. The professor retreated while calmly shooting back, forcing the shadows in the corridor not to dare to enter the door.
The two came to the window. Shade dropped the frog's legs, and then pulled the professor to jump directly from the ground to the window sill. When he stepped lightly on the puddles on the road, not much water splashed under his feet.
He even had enough energy left to support Professor Katya's back so that the professor could land safely.
This caused Professor Katja to stand in the rain and look at his legs in surprise, wondering why he was so good today.
"Run this way! My people are a street away. We will be safe if we run out of here!"
Lecia said loudly in the rain. The rain was heavier than they thought. Now, whether it was a shooting or a bomb explosion, it was impossible to spread beyond a street.
