I Forged the Myth of the Old Ones

Lu Jian asked the mage girl in a low voice.

"Unfortunately, magic is not such a convenient thing. Magic involving the spiritual realm is generally forbidden."

Shia replied, and before Lu Jian felt that magic was such an inconvenient thing again, she walked forward and picked up the fainted man.

It's hard to describe how this girl, who was only as tall as Lu Jian's shoulders, lifted up this man who was taller than Lu Jian, but she did it, as easy and unbelievable as stuffing an elephant into a refrigerator.

"However, magic is not needed to make him tell the truth."

Shia casually grabbed the unfinished tea from the table next to him, splashed it on the other person's face, and then slapped him.

A slap with a metal glove fell on the man's face, causing his body to twitch, and then he slowly woke up.

He looked blankly at the girl in front of him who was shorter than him but was holding himself up, muttering something.

"Why are you attacking us?"

Shia asked seriously.

"All will die, all will die, all will surrender to His embrace, the real horror is yet to come, devotion, devotion, devotion, I must make a devotion, ah, the Supreme One"

The man had obviously fallen into madness, speaking incoherently, and the words he spoke were not in complete sentences.

"speak English."

Shia raised her fist and punched him in the face. It can be seen that the face suddenly deformed, a few teeth spit out from the man's mouth, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just want, I want to make you suffer less, and die quickly while you can still die, otherwise, otherwise"

The man became painful and said in a begging voice, but the words were still illogical.

"Do you have any last words? Or does your family need our help to take care of it? Mr. Sheriff, where does his family live, can you take us to see them later?"

Shia asked blankly.

The man finally showed an expression of extreme fear, his voice was hoarse and he whimpered, and then he touched his chest.

"It's all true in the book, it's true, I know, I told you, I told you, don't kill me, don't kill me"

Without further ado, Shia punched the man again, causing him to pass out completely. She dropped the man, fumbled in his chest, and quickly found a book.

"It seems that this is the culprit, huh?"

Shia turned around, only to see a few people including the sheriff staring at her, a little hesitant to speak.

"Brother, what did you say she was doing?"

Drizzt was dumbfounded.

===217. Drizzt Detective Agency===

The police carried the man away, and Shia put the book on the table.

Lu Jian felt that the cover looked familiar. It was a man in a suit working at his desk, but beside him, all kinds of ugly and abstract monsters surrounded him. The whole picture showed a strong sense of incongruity, which seemed extremely crazy .

The title of the book can be seen through the translation of the quiet place, it is called "Shadow of Horror". Looking back at the picture on the cover, you will find that these monsters all came out of the shadow of that person.

Lu Jian subconsciously looked at his own shadow, and there was nothing but darkness inside.

"This is the book from the ancient capital."

Drizzt picked up the book.

"All the bookstores in the waste capital sell them, and there are even manuscripts in many places. Whether it is people from the upper class or the helpers in the store, as long as they are literate, they will like the story of this author, even if they are illiterate. It doesn't matter, the storyteller outside the teahouse is also telling his story."

He pointed to the storyteller standing at the door of the unaffected teahouse on the opposite side, wearing a long gown and mandarin jacket, holding a folding fan and wearing sunglasses.

Gathered in front of him were some porters, workers, and children, who were listening to the storyteller's narration with great interest.

"Ancient capital?"

Shia was obviously hearing this name for the first time.

"This is a writer, I've heard of it before."

Lu Jian had heard of the name of the ancient capital during his previous mission to the abandoned capital, and knew that he was a writer who liked to write horror and romantic stories, and he seemed to often hang out with married women.

Could it be that he is the writer he is looking for this time?

"Yes, the ancient capital is actually missing."

Drizzt's expression looked a bit bitter.

"Actually, my former colleague received an entrustment to find traces of the ancient capital, but at that time I thought it was just someone's husband found out that he was wearing a cuckold and wanted to seek revenge from the ancient capital, but today, I received an entrustment from the publishing house, He was looking for the ancient capital, he disappeared two weeks ago, and there has been no news of him so far."

After leaving the teahouse, Drizzt led the way, and the three walked to a corner of the street.

Lu Yi listened to Drizzt's words while observing the surroundings.

This place is just like what he saw at that time. You can see the signboards of various shops. Most of the people walking on the road are dressed in old, tattered and disheveled clothes, while the people in the rickshaw are wearing suits and leather shoes, cheongsams and long skirts, which are completely different. two societies.

The main road in the center is flat, but the alleys are full of stench. In some areas, the cries of vendors are loud and noisy, like a vegetable market. In some areas, there are only antiques, jades, bookstores and the like. Higher shops, quiet and depressing.

The three of them soon came to a small two-story building. The first floor was a small teahouse, and there were more ordinary civilians sitting in it. Walking up the stairs to the second floor, Lu Juan saw the sign saying "Detective Drizzt" Office" signboard.

Pushing open the door, Lu Yi first heard a lazy meow.

The fat orange cat didn't feel vigilant when it saw strangers, it only glanced at Lu Jian and Shia, and fell asleep again without moving its tail.

"This is the landlord's cat. For some reason, he likes to sleep with me."

Drizzt took off his coat and hat, and put the pipe on the shelf on the table.

His desk is messy, filled with various formats of documents, files, and scattered photos. There are bookshelves on the wall next to the desk, and there are also piles of files on it.

There is an old sofa in the living room on the second floor. The orange cat sleeps in the center of the sofa. There are some leftover food on the coffee table, a half-drunk wine bottle, and more gadgets of unknown purpose.

There were no beds on this floor, just an unmade quilt next to the sofa, on which Drizzt seemed to be sleeping.

"Okay, now we can sort out the task information."

Drizzt picked up a bottle of wine on the coffee table, and looked at the two of them questioningly. Both Lu Jian and Xi Ya shook their heads, and he poured the wine into the cloudy glass by himself, and drank it down in one gulp.

"Gudu is a writer. He became famous about 17 years ago. He is good at writing horror stories, which are scary. The horror stories he wrote are very popular with the upper class, so the books of the publishing house are very popular. He wrote I wrote several books and made a lot of money.”

Drizzt put down his glass, came to his desk, randomly pulled out two files, and handed them to Lu Yi and Shia.

"Some noble ladies, you know, are either widows whose husbands died early and inherited a large amount of inheritance, or husbands who have been in the romantic field all year round and have taken care of several mistresses outside. Of course, there are also some who simply don't like themselves. Husband, married purely for family reasons."

"These noble ladies are obsessed with the ancient capital, so they naturally became interested in this writer. Sometimes they hold some poetry salons and invite scholars to participate. The ancient capital is one of them. After the salon is over, other people disperse. The ancient capital sometimes will spend the night at their home."

He smiled and poured another half a glass of wine. This time he didn't drink directly, but sat on the sofa and stroked the sleeping orange cat beside him.

"Over time, the reputation of the ancient capital has become strange, and sometimes, some of his female readers are willing to exchange their bodies for a night with him, but this guy is indeed amazing. He is very energetic, and sometimes he can go to three houses in one night."

"Three?"

Shia tilted her head in confusion.

"Ahem, in short, because his works are quite popular, the rich people in the ruined capital can't openly harm him, but some curious masters even specially invite the ancient capital to his home to create with his wife, but, His behavior will always cause some dissatisfaction, and the publishing house feels that it is possible that some master took action against the ancient capital because he was wearing a hat, killing him or hiding him."

Seeing that Shia didn't seem to understand, Drizzt changed the subject again.

"I think our mission this time is to find the ancient capital."

"Since it's a mission, then the ancient capital should not be dead, maybe it was just kidnapped, um, wait a minute, what happened to that person just now, is there anything special about that book?"

Naturally, Lu Jian had never read the books of the ancient capital, so he asked a question.

"The book itself is an ordinary book, nothing special, just this"

Drizzt took out a book from his bookshelf, it was "Shadow of Terror", and it was brand new, like a new book that had just been bought and hadn't been read yet.

"I'm not interested in these things and haven't read them before, but for the sake of investigation, I found a copy from the publishing house. I read another copy last night. I can only say that there is a certain reason for the ancient capital to become famous. Since the man said This book is the reason he attacked us, so maybe we can see what's written in it."

Drizzt opened it.

===218. "Shadow of Terror"===

The story of Shadow of Terror is very simple. The protagonist is an ordinary employee who works in a soap company and lives a monotonous life. But one day, he always feels that someone is watching him secretly. There was a change, he met a nice girl and fell in love with her, but the voyeuristic gaze always followed him, making the protagonist nervous, and had many quarrels with his lover, boss, and friends.

Later, not only the gaze, but the protagonist also heard strange voices, and he could always see some strange things in the corner of his vision, and he became eccentric and lonely.

Then, one night, the protagonist finally discovers the source of his gaze, which is his own shadow, and there are monsters hidden in his shadow, and these monsters are not only in his own shadow, but also in the shadows of other people.

When he was walking under the sun and the shadow covered his lover, monsters came out of the lover's body. The protagonist felt extremely frightened, and he stayed away from everyone, but there were more and more monsters in the shadow.

Finally, one day, his friend found the protagonist. The protagonist has fallen into extreme madness at this time. Finally, he takes up the gun and kills the monster emerging from the shadow of the friend. The bullet also penetrates the friend's body. , after killing his friend and the monsters on his friends, the protagonist gradually understands everything, he goes to the street and shoots at all the monsters in the shadows, and finally, after killing his girlfriend, the protagonist is shot dead by the police.

The most commendable thing about this book is actually the ending. Everyone thinks that the protagonist is just delusional and hallucinated. After the so-called monster does not exist at all, in the shadow left by the protagonist's body, a tentacle is quietly pulled away, making people I feel terrified.

Moreover, the author's detailed description makes people feel empathetic, as if there is some monster in his own shadow.

Darkness and shadows are the fears that human beings have existed since ancient times, and it is even more frightening to be exaggerated by the author.

"This looks a little overwhelming."

Drizzt took a deep breath, he put the book down, and suddenly, behind him, a soft crash sounded from the shadow.

His heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly looked over.

The fat orange cat didn't know when it woke up. It was jumping off the sofa and made that sound when it landed.

"The words in this book make people feel uncomfortable."

Shia was not as suspicious as Drizzt, but frowned.

"So just now that man read this book and fell into a similar situation as the protagonist, thinking that there are monsters in reality, so he took a gun and prepared to attack other people?"

Lu Jian got up and hugged the orange cat. The orange cat struggled reluctantly, but finally Lu Jian pinched the back of fate's neck and calmed down.

He tugged at the corners of the cat's mouth and rubbed its stomach. The orange cat looked so unlovable that it could only let Lu Jian ravage it.

"I was stunned after reading the book."

Drizzt commented, but he still has some lingering fears.

After reading this book, I don’t know if it’s because the things inside are too real, or because of other reasons, Drizzt always has a subtle sense of fear, afraid of seeing some monsters coming out from the shadow of Lu Lian or Shia .

"But if it's a mission in a quiet place, maybe behind this writer called Ancient Capital, there really is an influence of extraordinary power."