Liu Xing frowned and said, "Yes, I did come across such paper today. Is there anything wrong with this kind of paper?"
Zhutori nodded and replied seriously: "The paper you encountered is actually a charm left by an ancient civilization. I saw this kind of charm before I became a god - there was a charm at that time.
The farmer dug out a small box in the farmland. This small box contained more than a dozen such charms. Although the farmer did not know what these charms did, he knew that these unknown and suspected antiquities were handed over.
Giving it to the lord would bring benefits, so the farmer gave the box to the local lord, and the lord also gave the farmer a lot of benefits."
"In the end, within two days, the lord and his family suddenly died suddenly. So the lord's men thought of the farmer and thought that the farmer had poisoned the items he presented. So the lord's men hurriedly led people to arrest them.
After arresting the farmer, they found that the farmer turned into a half-man, half-cow monster, completely lost his mind, and was attacking all surrounding creatures indiscriminately; but fortunately, the farmer-turned-monster did not
It was not too powerful, so the warriors who wanted to avenge the lord killed it easily, and the monster turned into black smoke and flew away after death."
"At that time, I was about to become a god, so I was studying with Konohana Kaiyehime, a god from the island nation who was still on earth. The place of practice was on Mount Fuji, not far from the farmer's home, so I and I
My master noticed a strange magic fluctuation occurred there at the first time, but my master and I didn't pay too much attention to it, because magic fluctuations of this level often occur. Although the form of this magic fluctuation is a bit strange,
In our opinion, the impact was minimal, so we felt that local ordinary people should be able to handle it on their own. As a result, we missed the opportunity to deal with this crisis as soon as possible."
"Liu Xing, you should also know that at that time, there was a lot of interaction between us ancient gods and ordinary humans, so many ordinary people would come to pray to us when they encountered problems, and I wanted to accumulate faith at that time.
Therefore, I often responded to the reasonable requests of some believers, so not long after I heard something from my believers, that is, a large-scale plague occurred in the area where the farmer was located, and a large number of people died in a short period of time.
He died suddenly within a certain period of time; I remembered the strange magic fluctuation at that time, so I told my master about it, and the two of us went to the local area to understand the situation, and then we determined that this so-called plague was actually a
Terrible toxin!"
"Before Liu Xing and your generation of humans were born, there were many civilizations on the earth, including the ancient civilizations you are familiar with, the snake civilization, the deep diver civilization, etc. However, most civilizations were short-lived and soon
It disappeared in the long river of history, but because the existence of civilization will give birth to their own gods, some information of these civilizations did not disappear completely, but spread among the circles of us earth gods, and my
Master Muhuakai Yeji is a god of a civilization that has perished, so she knows that the source of this poison comes from a civilization that was destroyed by the snake people."
"Because this civilization emerged next to a Snake People city, it has always had friction with the Snake People. However, this civilization has also learned some poison-using skills from the Snake People, and the way they use poison is rather strange, so
A kind of ink is made from toxins, and then this ink is used to write on a specific paper to form a spell. Depending on the way of writing, the toxins will also show different effects, which is some poisoning.
Those who were poisoned would die suddenly, and some poisoned people were caused by mutation; after that civilization was destroyed by the snake people, the snake people were very interested in their way of using poison, so the remaining talismans were taken back by the snake people.
After conducting research, these talismans finally spread to all parts of the world following the footsteps of the snake people."
After listening to Zhutori's words, Liu Xing immediately checked the situation of his character card and found that there was nothing abnormal on his character card.
Could it be that Taketori made a mistake? Or did the toxins disappear along with the spell?
But at this moment, the kp ghost who had been silent stood up and said: "Congratulations to the player Liu Xing for triggering the hidden side mission - The Past of the Ancient God with the help of NPC Zhutori. Please ask NPC Zhutori for the specific task content.
, but here I will give you a friendly reminder. Whether you can get contribution points from this side task depends on your choice... By the way, because you triggered this side task, Liu Xing, you can now view what was originally hidden.
special status."
Liu Xing frowned and immediately checked his character card again.
As a result, Liu Xing saw an extra note in the name column of his character card.
Fatal Curse (Weakened Version): An unknown curse from an ancient civilization. If this condition is not lifted within 5d10 days, the HP of this character card will directly return to zero.
PS: When the fatal curse is triggered or the character card dies due to other reasons, the fatal curse will infect all creatures within a radius of five meters.
5d10=29.
Liu Xing couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the end. Fortunately, his luck was pretty good. This deceiving curse will not happen until nearly a month later... Wait!
Liu Xing suddenly remembered a question, that is, Zhang Jingxu and Zhang Wenbing should also have received a curse!
If they are unlucky, they may only have a few days to resolve the curse crisis.
But then again, this hidden side mission seems a bit remarkable from the name.
You must know that in the relevant settings of the Cthulhu Mythos, the ancient gods are comparable to or even slightly superior to the Old Ones. After all, many of the Old Ones were sealed by the ancient gods.
Of course, life is still at stake now.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing immediately said flatteringly: "Master Zhutori, how can I lift this curse now?"
When Zhutori saw Liu Xing bowing to him, he smiled with satisfaction and said: "Now you finally know how powerful this great god is, right? In fact, it is not difficult to get rid of this curse. After all, it is just a special toxin."
That’s all, and my master and I researched antidotes for this toxin back then to quell the so-called plague, and there are still some antidotes left.”
"So Lord Zhutori, you want me to find those antidotes?" Liu Xing immediately answered.
Zhutori nodded and said with a teachable look: "Yes, although I still remember the formula of the antidote, many of the ingredients in the formula are difficult to find now, because some of the ingredients are only available to my master.
My master has left the earth for many years now, and I also lost contact with her after being possessed."
"Where are the antidotes?" Liu Xing asked anxiously.
Taketori chuckled and asked, "What do you think?"
After Liu Xing was stunned for a moment, his eyes lit up and he said: "Is it Mount Fuji?"
"Yes, after my master and I solved the so-called plague, there were still some spells left in the local area for prevention, so we placed part of the antidote in the shrine dedicated to us, and the other part in the
In my and my master’s cave.” Taketori condensed a small bamboo leaf and said to Liu Xing: “I don’t know if the antidotes placed in the shrine have been used up, so you should go directly to my and my master’s cave.
It’s better to find it, and there are many good things in it that are very practical for you humans. You can also use them to deal with the public factions. Anyway, my master and I won’t have any use for them.”
Liu Xing took the bamboo leaf and nodded, and suddenly asked curiously: "By the way, Lord Zhutori, why did you leave the earth after you became a god?"
This is a question Liu Xing has always wanted to ask.
Taketori sighed and said helplessly: "This problem is actually very simple, that is, the earth is not a good place for us ancient gods, because we ancient gods all originated from the earth, so and as an invasion
The Old Gods who were the original rulers were naturally on the opposite side. Although the first generation of ancient gods successfully sealed and expelled some Old Gods at the beginning, this was only a temporary solution rather than a permanent cure, because those Old Gods did not
Real death, so many of the first-generation ancient gods simply left the earth, and only a small number of ancient gods chose to continue fighting against the Old Ones."
"Although there were many alien races of mythical creatures later on the earth, some native civilizations of the earth were still born. These civilizations also supported the second generation of ancient gods. However, there was a huge gap between these second generation ancient gods and the first generation of ancient gods.
The gap is so large that the second-generation ancient gods cannot even defeat some clones of the old rulers. Therefore, these second-generation ancient gods either died on the battlefield or left the earth after their own civilization was destroyed.
However, there are still some ancient gods who chose to stay on Earth, including my master Muhuakai Yeji, and some gods you may be familiar with Liu Xing."
"Then there are the third-generation ancient gods like me. There is still a gap between the strength of our group of ancient gods and the second-generation ancient gods, because our group of ancient gods are basically born from human beliefs and imaginations.
, so it is equivalent to a large group of people sharing a seemingly big cake. As a result, everyone gets not much. But fortunately, with the guidance of the first generation ancient god and the second generation ancient god, we, the third generation ancient god,
The three generations of ancient gods were not so weak that they could not even defeat some powerful mythical creatures; but more than a thousand years ago, the first generation of ancient gods who stayed on the earth discovered that some of the seals of the old rulers had become loose.
!”
"After a final investigation, the first-generation ancient gods determined that it was only a matter of time before the old rulers broke the seal. And because 99% of the first- and second-generation ancient gods who left the earth have lost contact,
So there are only two choices left for us ancient gods. The first is to stay on the earth and face the wrath of the unsealed old rulers. After fighting them for 300 rounds, our souls will be exhausted; the second is to leave directly.
Earth; Liu Xing, you should have guessed what happened next. Except for a small number of ancient gods who chose to stay in Dreamland to monitor the earth, most of the other ancient gods chose to leave the earth, including me and my
master."
Liu Xing nodded and could only sigh that it was so.
It seems that the Cthulhu Running Game Hall has added some settings about the ancient gods.
In the original setting of the Cthulhu Mythos, the Ancient Gods were a group of gods who were in the opposite camp to the Old Ones, and the basis for the division of these Ancient Gods was actually a bit embarrassing.
Because metaphorically speaking, if the Cthulhu Mythos is a big tree, then the trunk part is the work of the master of craftsmanship, while the branches and leaves are a series of works by other authors.
Therefore, at the beginning, the Cthulhu Mythology had not yet formed a complete system, so many gods created by other authors were thrown into the Old Gods, that is, the branch of the Ancient Gods.
However, after Dres, another important figure in the Cthulhu mythology, gained the right to speak, he shaped the ancient gods into gods that were completely opposed to the Old Ones and were friendly to humans.
Of course, like the "elemental system" created by Derleth, Derleth's "ancient theism" has also been rejected by many fans of the Cthulhu mythology because it is very un-Cthulhu.
By the way, many of the ancient gods created by authors are secondary creations based on some gods in real life. For example, the most famous ancient god among the ancient gods, Nodens, the king of the dreamland abyss, is Celtic.
The mythical god of hunting and healing, this may be why Derleth believes that the ancient gods will side with humans.
Obviously, the Cthulhu Run Game Hall recognized Derleth's idea, or wanted to let players see a glimmer of hope, so they made such a setting, and also created a batch of original creations like Bamboo
Take such a god.
"By the way, the shrine you are talking about, Taketori, should be Asama Shrine, right?" Liu Xing said suddenly.
Taketori nodded and said, "Yes, that's the Asama Shrine."
Speaking of the shrines of Mount Fuji, we have to mention Sengen Shrine, because Sengen Shrine can be said to be the most famous and richest shrine in the island country.
The reason is simple. Part of the ownership of Mount Fuji is in the hands of Sengen Shrine.
That’s right, the top part of Mount Fuji, the island nation’s sacred mountain, is actually private property!
Tokugawa Ieyasu must be mentioned in all this, because it was he who assigned Mount Fuji to Sengen Shrine. Later, although the island country officials wanted to nationalize Mount Fuji, after nearly a hundred years of negotiations, the ownership of the top part of Mount Fuji was lost.