K-type Mage

The uninvited guests sat on the sofa with a refreshing and friendly smile on their faces.Those brown pupils looked clear and bright, with an undisguised vitality——

But the person he was watching looked away and lowered his head in a humble gesture.

There was a moment of silence in the air.

Danger.

For the first time, the god of trickery in Asgard felt the emptiness and horror of facing the endless abyss.Even facing the Titans of the Eternal Clan, they didn't have such a feeling.

He blinked slowly, sweat dripping from his forehead.

"If it's to pass the time, I'd be happy, sir." The polite and not overly obsequious respect flowed from his words and deeds, and the god of lies with a silver tongue put away his usual ridicule and contempt, and used a way to make his family He said with eyes wide open in shock.

"You really know the times, the little prince of Asgard." [Yuen] still had such a sincere smile on his face, and said as if he was satisfied with Loki's reaction, but his posture was still contemptuous. Poured down on the sofa, lazily did not look over for a moment, full of arrogant arrogance contrary to his expression.

The little prince of Asgard trembled unavoidably with the hand placed by his side, and he didn't even clenched his teeth. His expression was still full of respect and calm, and he said, "Thank you for the compliment, sir."

"Shen also said such things to me." [Yuen] said, thoughtfully, "I'm actually quite looking forward to seeing him bowing his head to me. But now he always resists me with no false words. .”

——Of course, his collapsed appearance must also be an unparalleled scenery.

Nyarlathotep thought so.

Humans after all.

But now that they have come to this point, he puts the expectation of the other party in the first place.

Loki: "..."

At this moment, he couldn't help but want to praise his brazenness, if the identity of the other party was really that evil god.

——I'm afraid it wasn't a deceit full of enthusiasm and deep malice.

In Asgard, he once made a judgment on the relationship between You En and Yuan Shen, and at this time he more deeply agreed with this point of view.

...It's really incomprehensible evil taste. He judged from the other party's words that Yuan Shen already knew the truth, so he couldn't help complaining silently.

Forget about the guy named Yuanshen, in Asgard he showed a genuine dislike and dislike for his ex-best friend, but it was you who showed intimacy and enthusiasm, as if there was no more love left.

Is it fun to mislead people?Loki reflected on himself deeply. He often played pranks in Asgard, especially his brother. It was really interesting to play tricks on him, but he really didn’t understand. Watching others make wrong guesses about the relationship—…

Well, it seems that you can be proud of playing with others in your hands.

"It's really interesting, isn't it? Human feelings and thoughts sometimes perform behaviors that surprise even the gods." As if knowing his thoughts, [Yuen] said de'e lightly, with a smile in his tone, "In my case In the eyes, deepness is like this."

...Ah, the other party did mention toys and gems before, did they mean Yuanshen?

"Yes." Loki falsely applauded, "Cheating and playing tricks are much more interesting than pure fighting."

He didn't quite understand what the other party wanted to do when he came in front of him. It was impossible for him to really talk.It's a bit bad to think about it, because the other party doesn't seem to have a good temper.

"It seems that we have some common language in these matters." The other party smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, I think you will be happy to serve me, right?"

"...my pleasure." Loki said humbly.

***

"What's the purpose of this ceremony?" Jason asked a little confused.

On the altar in the center of the lake, the forest ranger who has been sucked of life force or deprived of time is old and weak, panting heavily, standing there tremblingly, as if he could fall down at any time .

Even though he was confused and wary of this weird ritual, it didn't stop Jason from taking a step forward subconsciously after seeing this scene - in the previous brief relationship, the caregiver's generosity was impressive.But he quickly reacted and asked the above question to the Thorn Bird.

The thorn bird flying beside him raised one wing and patted his shoulder tenderly, and said softly, "This is a dangerous forest, and "Black Forest" is just a common name passed on by people. "

"——Its real name is the Forest of Eternal Silence."

"Except for those plants with low-level intelligence, no living things can survive here. And it expands outward, so people need to take care of it."

Jason: "—that wild boar?"

"Didn't I say it? It's just energy in essence. The Forest of Eternal Silence will absorb the vitality of creatures and simulate it again inside. The forest ranger makes a contract with the forest itself. On special full moon nights, he will perform rituals to offer All life force."

The old forest guard on the altar staggered to the edge, and he didn't know whether he took the initiative or made a mistake. The next second Jason didn't pay attention, he fell into the calm lake.

Jason didn't see the splashes and sounds that are often made when objects fall into the water. The lake was like a black hole that swallowed everything, completely submerging the old forest ranger, and he didn't know where he sank.

The Thorn Bird continued to explain to him, and the young voice of a child spoke the terrible truth calmly, like singing a nursery rhyme.

"The succession of the forest ranger must be voluntary. Before the arrival of a successor who can be recognized by the rules, he can only perform sacrifices repeatedly, so as to maintain the balance between the forest and the surrounding area."

Jason's back felt cold.

He looked at the bright and beautiful lake in front of him, as if carved out of gemstones, and saw in a trance the green Lazarus pool that he had climbed out of.

It is hard to imagine how many bones of forest rangers are deposited at the bottom of this lake, a soul, countless deaths, and dead bones that have sunk here.

□□Generally creepy.

"This is the ending he chose." Thorn Bird said calmly, looking away from the bright moon high in the sky, noticed the young man's dazed spirit beside him, and rubbed his feather tip comfortingly, "Don't be afraid, Jack. This is not the end for you, your journey is not over yet."

Jason, who was comforted, asked a question dryly, "What's your ending?"

Thorn Bird froze for a moment.

The young man with a pair of blue-green pupils turned his face away, looked at it as if resisting something, and repeated it with a stubborn attitude: "I'm asking you, what do you think your end is? Have you finished your journey? ?”

"Are you angry?" The surprised stagnation seemed to be an illusion, and the Thorn Bird approached slightly, without fear or guilt, and asked with a little bewilderment, "Jack, why are you angry?"

It answered Jason's questions, just like an elder who is willing to explain the doubts of the younger generation - the same is true when he gets along with Yuanshen.

"I'm with you, Jack," it said. "Even if we are tired, as long as the road is not blocked, we must go forward."

In this way, the guy who created the symbolic image of the thorn bird really knew the mystic.Jason thought with some sarcasm: he didn't think that the protagonist Thorn Bird, who was very similar to Yuan Shen, would be constructed by the other party himself.

So [You Guang] and [Yu En] did something in private without telling Yuan Shen.He came up with similar answers to real people.

"I hope you will do what you say," Jason said. "With you, [Jack's] goals will be achieved."

"Of course, you can give me all your trust." Thorn Bird said gently, "but please don't give me too much, it will make me feel sad and frightened. Dear Jack."

The sentence it said has a similar meaning to what Yuan Shen said.

Jason was silent for a while.

I really understand myself.he thinks.

"Do you want to continue watching?" Thorn Bird didn't wait for Jason's response, and asked, changing the subject, "The next reconstruction of the human body may make people have nightmares."

"Not interested." Jason shook his head, and then shifted his gaze to the lake. The milky white light spots that looked like plankton dancing in the air before hovered and converged in the center of the altar, as if they were about to condense into a human form.

He faintly felt nauseous.

It was clearly a dreamlike scene, but what was hidden was a cruel sacrifice.

He kind of wanted to get through the customs quickly.

………………

A nightmare is a combination of longing and fear.

Yuan Shen woke up from a deep sleep, time seemed to have passed tens of millions of years, and it seemed to be just a moment.

He is still in the cracks of the world.

Like a delicious dish.The ones who couldn't bear it had already been absorbed by him in the previous swarms, and the more patient and powerful beings went on to succeed, and some were playing the trick of praying mantis catching cicadas and orioles in the depths of the darkness, salivating and staring at this plate of delicacies .

The icy breath filled the whole body of the soul, bringing some kind of false physiological aversion—it doesn't matter psychologically.

Yuan Shen sighed softly.

Strange guys surrounded him, and his illusory, flowing cloud-like consciousness at the moment was very strong and elastic, tolerant, accepting, absorbing, or it was a bottomless pit and the fraudulent quicksand spread on it.

Once contacted with fanaticism, there is no escape.It can only get deeper and deeper.

It is good civilization to chew slowly when eating.

It's a pity that it can't be done now.

Yuan Shen thought this way casually and with some pity.

The consciousness of not being able to see the human origin gradually formed the appearance of a human youth with the rotation of the mind.

Creatures in the cracks of the world have no concept of human appearance.

So they don't know how... absurd the appearance of the consciousness at this moment is.

It seems that there are countless shadows flashing on Yuan Shen's appearance at this moment. The face is a strange "blank" that is clear when you look closely, but becomes blurred when you look away.

He can have countless faces.

No one can see his true face.

There is only a pair of dark eyes that are neither sad nor happy.

These are "concepts" and "rules" sublimated from experience.

Yuan Shen quickly understood what he looked like now.

"...Really." He looked at his hands helplessly, and turned his head to look at the earth where the projection was located.

"I haven't returned to the main body now, that's all."