Real Cthulhu Running Game

   Chapter 798 Sengen Shrine

   Liu Xing frowned and said, "Yes, I did come across this kind of paper today. Is there any problem with this kind of paper?"

Taketori nodded and replied seriously, "The kind of paper you encountered is actually a spell left over from an ancient civilization. I saw this kind of spell before I really became a god. At that time, there was a The farmer dug up a small box in the farmland, and this small box contained more than ten such charms; although the farmer did not know what the charms did, he knew that this unknown and suspected antiquities were handed in. You can get benefits by giving it to the lord, so the farmer gave the box to the local lord, and that lord also gave the farmer a lot of benefits."

"As a result, within two days, the lord and his family suddenly died suddenly, so the lord's subordinates thought of the farmer and thought that the farmer had poisoned the items he presented, so the lord's subordinates quickly took someone to arrest him. After arresting the farmer, it turned out that the farmer had turned into a half-human, half-cow monster, completely lost his mind, and was attacking all creatures around him indiscriminately; but the good thing was that this farmer-turned monster didn’t make any difference. It wasn't too powerful, so the warriors who wanted to avenge the lord killed it easily, and the monster turned into black smoke and drifted away after death."

"At that time, I was about to become a god, so I was studying with the **** of the island country, Muhua Kai Yeji, and the place of practice was on Mount Fuji, not far from the farmer's home, so I and I My master noticed that a strange magic fluctuation occurred there at the first time, but my master and I didn't care too much, because magic fluctuations of this level often occur, although the form of this magic fluctuation is a bit strange, but The impact is minimal in our opinion, so we feel that ordinary people in the area should be able to handle it on their own, and as a result, we delay the opportunity to deal with this crisis in the first place."

"Liu Xing, you should also know that there was a lot of interaction between us ancient gods and ordinary humans at that time, so many ordinary people came to pray to us when they encountered problems. so I often respond to reasonable requests from some believers, so I heard something from my believers not long after, that there was a large-scale plague in the area where the farmer was, and a large number of people died in a short period of time. Suddenly died within time; I remembered the strange magic wave 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 determined that this so-called plague was actually a kind of Terrible poison!"

"Before Liu Xing and your generation of human beings were born, there have been many civilizations on the earth, including the ancient civilization, the snake civilization, the deep diver civilization, etc. that you are familiar with, but most civilizations are short-lived and soon It disappeared in the long river of history, but because of the existence of civilization, its own gods will be born, so some information of these civilizations did not disappear completely, but spread in the circle of us, the gods of the earth, and mine The master Muhuakai Yeji is a **** of a civilization that has perished, so she knows that the source of this toxin comes from a civilization that was perished by the snake people."

"Because this civilization rose next to a snake-human city, it has always had friction with the snake-human race, but this civilization has also learned some poison skills from the snake-human race, and they use poison in a strange way, then It is to make a kind of ink with toxin, and then use this ink to write on a specific paper to form a spell, and according to the different writing methods, this toxin will also reflect different effects, which is some poisoning Those who are poisoned will die suddenly, and some poisoned people are the reason for the mutation; and after that civilization was destroyed by the snake people, the snake people were very interested in their poisoning methods, so those remaining spells were brought back by the snake people. Research, and finally these spells have spread to all parts of the world with the footsteps of the snake people."

   Liu Xing immediately checked the situation of his character card after listening to Taketori's words, and found that there was nothing unusual on his character card.

   Could it be that Taketori made a mistake? Or are those toxins also vanished with the spell?

However, at this moment, the kp ghost who had been silent all the time stood up and said: "Congratulations to the player Liu Xing for triggering the hidden side quest with the help of NPC Taketori - The Past of Ancient Gods, please ask NPC Taketori for the specific task content. , but here I will give you a friendly reminder, whether this side quest can get contribution depends on your choice... By the way, because Liu Xing, you triggered this side quest, so you can now view the original 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.

  Deadly Curse (Weakened Version): An unknown curse from an ancient civilization. If the status is not lifted within 5d10 days, the HP of the character card will be directly reset to zero.

  PS: When the fatal curse is triggered or the character card dies for other reasons, the fatal curse will infect all creatures within a five-meter radius.

  5d10=29.

   Liu Xing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw it at the end. Fortunately, his luck was not bad. This curse will not happen until nearly a month later. . . etc!

   Liu Xing suddenly remembered a question, that is, Zhang Jingxu and Zhang Wenbing should also be cursed!

   If they are unlucky, then the time for their party to solve this curse crisis is likely to be only a few days.

   But having said that, this hidden side quest seems a bit remarkable from the name.

   You must know that in the relevant settings of the Cthulhu mythology, the ancient gods can be on a par with, or even slightly higher than, the rulers of the old days. After all, many rulers of the old days were sealed by the ancient gods.

   Of course, life is still the most important thing.

  Thinking of this, Liu Xing immediately flattered and said, "God Taketor, then how can I lift this curse now?"

Seeing Liu Xing bowing his head to him, Bamboo Tori said with a satisfied smile: "Now you finally know how powerful this Great God is? In fact, it is not difficult to lift this curse, after all, it is just a special toxin. That's all, and my master and I researched antidote for this toxin back then to quell the so-called plague, and there are still some antidote left."

   "So, God Bamboo, you mean, let me find those antidote?" Liu Xing replied immediately.

Taketori 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 hard to find now, because some of the ingredients are only my master. The magic medicine that can only be cultivated, and now my master has been away from the earth for many years, and I have lost contact with her after being possessed."

   "Where are those antidote?" Liu Xing asked anxiously.

   Taketori laughed and asked, "What do you think?"

   Liu Xing was stunned for a moment, before his eyes brightened: "Is it Mount Fuji?"

"That's right, after my master and I solved the so-called plague, in order to prevent some spells from being left in the local area, we put some of the antidote in the shrine dedicated to us, and the other in the shrine dedicated to us. My master and I's cave." Zhu Tori condensed a small bamboo leaf and gave it to Liu Xing: "I don't know if the antidote in the shrine has 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 that are very practical for you humans, you can also use them to deal with the public factions, anyway, my master and I can’t use them.”

   Liu Xing took the bamboo leaves and nodded, and suddenly asked curiously: "By the way, the great **** of bamboo, why did you leave the earth after you became a god?"

   This is a question that Liu Xing has always wanted to ask.

Bamboo sighed and said helplessly: "The 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 it is not a good place for us to invade. The old rulers of the people are inherently opposites. Although the first generation of ancient gods successfully sealed and exiled some of the old rulers at the beginning, this is only a temporary solution, because those old rulers did not The real death, so many first-generation ancient gods simply left the earth, and only a small number of ancient gods chose to continue to fight with the old rulers."

"Later, although there were many alien mythical creature races on the earth, some primitive civilizations of the earth were still born, and these civilizations also supported the second-generation ancient gods, but the relationship between these second-generation ancient gods and the first-generation ancient gods The gap is so large that the second-generation ancient gods can't even beat the clones of some old rulers, so these second-generation ancient gods either fell on the battlefield or left the earth after their civilization was destroyed. However, there are still some ancient gods who choose to stay on Earth, including my master Muhuakai Yeji, and some gods you may be familiar with Liu Xing."

"Then there is the third generation of ancient gods like me. There is still some gap between our group of ancient gods and the second generation of ancient gods, because our group of ancient gods are basically born from the belief and imagination of human beings. Yes, so it is equivalent to a large group of people sharing a cake that looks very big, and as a result, there are not many people who are divided, but fortunately, there are the guidance of the first generation of ancient gods and the second generation of ancient gods. The three generations of ancient gods are not so weak that they can't even beat some powerful mythical creatures; but more than a thousand years ago, the first generation of ancient gods who stayed on the earth found that the seals of some of the old rulers had been loosened. !"

"After some investigation, the first-generation ancient gods determined that it was only a matter of time before those old rulers broke the seal, and then 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 to face the wrath of the old rulers after the unblocking, and fight them for 300 rounds. Earth; you should also guess what happened next, Liu Xing, except for a few ancient gods who chose to stay in the dreamland to monitor the earth, most of the other ancient gods chose to leave the earth, including me and mine. master."

   Liu Xing nodded and could only sigh that it was so.

   It seems that the game hall of the Cthulhu running group has added some settings about the ancient gods.

   In the original setting of the Cthulhu mythology, the ancient gods were a group of gods who were in the opposite camp to the old rulers, and the basis for the division of these ancient gods was actually a bit awkward.

  Because in a metaphorical way, if the myth of Cthulhu is a big tree, then the trunk part is the work of the great **** of craftsmanship, and 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 all thrown into the old gods, that is, the branch of the ancient gods.

   However, after another important figure in the Cthulhu mythology, Dereth, gained the right to speak, he shaped the ancient gods as gods who were completely opposed to the old rulers and friendly to humans.

   Of course, like the "elemental system" created by Deres, Deres' "Ancient God" has also been denied by many fans of Cthulhu mythology, because it is very "Cthulhu".

By the way, because many ancient gods created by authors are secondary creations based on some gods in reality, for example, the most famous king of the ancient gods in the abyss of fantasy - Nordens, is Celtic The mythical **** of hunting and medicine, this may be the reason why Deres thinks the ancient gods will be on the side of mankind.

Obviously, the game hall of the Cthulhu running group approved the idea of ​​Dress, or wanted to let players see a chance of life, so they made such a setting, and by the way, they also created a batch of bamboo-like characters. Take such a god.

   "By the way, the shrine you are talking about should be Sengen Shrine, right?" Liu Xing said suddenly.

   Taketori nodded and said, "That's right, it's the Sengen Shrine."

   When it comes to the shrines of Mount Fuji, I 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 very simple, part of the ownership of Mount Fuji is in the hands of Sengen Shrine.

   That’s right, the sacred mountain of the island country, the summit of Mount Fuji is actually private property!

All of this has to be mentioned by Tokugawa Ieyasu, because he assigned Mount Fuji to the Sengen Shrine, and after that, 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 Still assigned to Asama Shrine.

   (end of this chapter)