The Marquis of Canglan's fiefdom and the Marquis's residence.
Fourth floor, library, secret door room.
Passing the dark steps, Hodge entered a magical film and came to the interior of this mysterious library.
Different from Hodge's original idea, there are not many occult books here. At a glance, there are only five brown-red bookshelves with scattered books, probably hundreds of them.
"It seems that the occult books here only have the most basic parts. This should be the place where my father plans to let me study alone after I become Sequence 9."
Hotch looked at the books on the brown-red bookshelf and murmured.
Hodge was quite in awe of his father, a marquis.
When he first came across time, Hodge quietly inquired about the fortune history of Marquis Bach.
Alone, he came to the Salom Empire from an unknown town to join the army. He made many military exploits and was promoted from a soldier to a noble. Even after the war, he was personally commended by the king, awarded a gold ribbon, and received the title of Marquis.
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This legendary life directly killed the protagonist of today's widely circulated best-selling novel.
If it weren't for the Marquis of the Empire, and the novelist wouldn't dare write about it, I'm afraid that the novel with the Marquis of Bach as the protagonist would have become popular in the Salom Empire.
When Hodge learned about this past event, he almost thought that his cheap father was also a time traveler?
However, something happened later that made Hodge give up this idea.
"Let's look for relevant records first..."
Hodge gathered his thoughts and turned his attention to the bookshelf on the far left. Starting from the middle, the books above were "The Composition of Potions", "Encyclopedia of Basic Potions", "Details of Common Special Materials", "Basic Teaching of Pharmacists from Scratch"...
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Hodge glanced at the lines, briefly skipped them, and murmured: "It seems that the first bookshelf contains books related to the magician path. Many of these books will probably be very useful after he becomes a Sequence 9 pharmacist."
Looking at the clearly organized order of these books, Hodge felt a little warm in his heart, and he understood even more the good intentions of Marquis Bach.
Hotch looked towards the second bookshelf.
"The Code of Chivalry", "The Basics of Knight's Control of Vitality", "Introduction to Special Weapons", "The Dangers of Madness"...
"Books of the Knight's Path."
Hodge immediately made a judgment. There were many books among them. When they were arranged, there were obvious gaps. It was obvious that someone had taken them away.
"It seems that some of these books are not suitable for the newly promoted Sequence 9."
Huo Qi believed that his father would not harm him. The reason why he took away the corresponding books must be because he was afraid that he would be too ambitious and learn higher-order knowledge in advance, which would lead to an unstable mood.
Hotch didn't care. Anyway, this time he entered the secret door room not to read these books. He quickly looked at the third bookshelf.
"Occultism and Minority Language"
"The Origin of Species and Ancient Myths"
"Occult Language"
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"Um?"
After seeing these books, Hodge's eyes suddenly lit up, and he reached out his hand without hesitation and took down the first book.
"Occultism and Minority Language"
This is a heavy and thick book, one finger long in thickness, with a dark red background. The text on the cover is an ancient text that does not communicate with the forces of nature - Raymond script.
Hodge turned to the first page, and a line of small dark red words came into view.
"Welcome, spy, welcome to the world of occultism..."
Hotch looked at this line of small blood-red words and instantly got goosebumps all over his body, as if he had half-stepped into some mysterious world.
Hotch took a deep breath and turned to the second page.
Still no directory.
The second line of small red letters came into view.
"Occult Rule No. 1: Give up foolish curiosity."
Hodge continued to turn the pages, and the small red letters disappeared, and lines of black text appeared, describing some events in the occult.
"In the Latizis Mountains in Horner County, there once lived a group of aboriginal people. They worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. They lived in peace and harmony until one day, the scarlet blood moon came and the moonlight shone on the spring water.
, shining red light. According to ancient legends, the red light of the blood moon represents ominousness, and the indigenous people did not dare to go out. Until one day, an outsider walked to the spring and took away a bowl of spring water."
"The next day, the entire village died suddenly, and the spring water taken away by outsiders turned into a steady stream of blood after dawn..."
"Doval County..."
"Shandila County..."
Looking at the strange and bizarre folklore above, Huo Qi's face gradually turned pale. In a trance, he seemed to see the scene of himself being swallowed by a blood cup. It was horrifying and evil!
"Hoo, ho..."
Hotch gasped for air, forcing himself to look away from the book and calming down his emotions.
Since the blood cup did not show hostility towards him, after using it successfully twice, Hodge gradually relaxed his vigilance towards the blood cup. However, these folklore-like stories once again touched Hodge's heartstrings.
It became tense.
"Even if it has not shown any malice, it is still a dangerous and terrifying sealed object. You must always be vigilant. When it is not in use, you must put it back into the consciousness space and cannot carry it with you to prevent accidents."
"When using it, you should always pay attention to whether there are any abnormal changes. If so, replace it immediately and take back the blood cup."
Hodge silently formulated the next rules of use in his mind, intending to strictly implement them in accordance with the rules in the future.
"Curiosity killed the cat..."
Scenes appeared in Hodge's mind unconsciously.
The strange black mist, the mottled ancient gate, the eerie and horrifying patterns, the bone wine glass that continuously oozes blood, the mutated giant O'Neill...
"In this world full of crazy and evil things, curiosity beyond one's own realm may be the most terrifying curse and pollution..." Such an idea silently came to Hodge's mind.
What is the nature of O'Neal's mutation?
Isn't it because it was contaminated by the giant statue of the Juting Sect?
The reason why he was contaminated was because in order to be promoted to Sequence 6, before the potion was fully digested, he coveted power and power that did not belong to his own level. In the end, he was unable to control the potion in his body and mutated into a monster.
"The road must be walked step by step, and the meal must be eaten one bite at a time. This is the truth!"
"Even if you want to investigate your own specialness, you must first improve your realm."
Hodge suddenly lost interest in exploring the special characters and symbols on the mottled door.
In other words, now he doesn't dare to explore it at all.
The text symbols above were obviously not something that could be explored at his level.
It is very possible that if he really understands the meaning of the text symbols, he himself may go crazy, or turn into a monster, or directly disintegrate into a mutated and writhing piece of flesh.
"This is not a simple Western fantasy world!"
Hotch sighed deeply and raised his hand to flip through the book, skipping the occult content and turning the page directly to the minority language section.
The incomplete language of elves, the incomplete language of giants, the incomplete language of dragons, the incomplete language of phoenixes, the incomplete language of vampires, the incomplete language of werewolves...
"Hey, wait, this is..."
Based on the comparison between the above translation and the ancient text, Hodge suddenly discovered something.