Dorothy's Forbidden Tome

The man who was tripped was stunned. He had already checked the terrain on the road. Logically speaking, it was impossible to make such a mistake. He looked back.

What I saw later was the body that should have died in the center of the room. Brandon, who was killed by his own throwing knife at the beginning, was holding his feet tightly at this moment. When Langdon was beside him, he was tripped by Brandon who suddenly cheated on his body.

'what happened?Isn't this guy dead? ! '

The young man was surprised, but the two corpse puppets standing there didn't give him time to express his surprise. Instead, he fired two shots and hit him who was lying on the ground, killing him directly.

All the intruders died, and for a moment, the whole room returned to calm, while Nephness, who witnessed the whole scene, sat on the ground, staring at all this with wide eyes and mouth wide open, until she saw those who saved her life. Her men put away their pistols.And the man she should have confirmed dead walked up to him and spoke, and then spoke.

"Miss Boyle, this place is not suitable for staying for a long time. I think the police will arrive here soon. Before we get caught up in trouble, I think we should leave by the back door and find a safe place to sit down and talk slowly. .

"I think this time, both of us can be honest."

Speaking of which, Brandon stretched out his blood-stained hand towards Nephness, who was sitting on the ground in panic. Facing Brandon, Nephness swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said slowly: .

"You, aren't you already dead?"

Listening to Nephness's words, Brandon replied with a slight smile.

"Ah... death, yes, I am dead, but in this hidden world, sometimes death is far from the end.

"You don't know enough about the inside of this world, Miss Boyle, maybe... we can help you."

Chapter 180 Eighth Society

Outside the east gate of Wangli Shengguan University, Lusha Town.

In the afternoon, a sudden gunshot broke the tranquility of this green town. The students and residents who were disturbed by the gunshot called the police in panic. The children of powerful families are a typical high-end community in Tivian, so the police did not dare to neglect. After receiving the call, they immediately gathered in front of the house at No. 23 in Lusha Town, where the gunshots came out.

The police who arrived quickly entered the house on No. 23, but to their surprise, there was no one in the house where the gunshots were erupting. Not only was there no one, they didn't even see a dead body. Only a little blood.

Just as the police and the onlookers gathered on the 23rd, in a coffee shop at the other end of the green town, the parties to the 23rd case, Nephness and Brandon, were sitting face to face in a private room , sitting across a table facing each other. Among them, Brandon, who had already changed his clothes, was sipping tea with a calm expression, while Nephness looked at the man in front of her with a nervous and uneasy expression.

"No need to be nervous, Miss Boyle. If the body cannot be found, these policemen are too lazy to file a serious investigation with just a few gunshots. We will be concealed enough when we withdraw, don't worry." Brandon smiled and said Nephness in front of her said that, but the expression on Nephness's face was not much relaxed because of this.

However, Nephness's reaction like this is also natural. The person who confirmed the death with her own eyes is now sitting in front of her like a normal person, singing and chatting with her.

"That...Mr. Brandon, are you...the Extraordinary in the rumors?" After getting used to it for a while, Nephness asked Brandon, and Brandon spoke slowly. nodded.

"Barely count..."

'Sure enough, it's an Extraordinary... So among the Extraordinary, are there any existences that have the ability to bring the dead back to life?And he said that we... and so many people before, are they really a secret association?A secret association from outside the school...' Nephness thought in her heart.

Nephness thought that before, she treated the other party as an ordinary person and kept reminding him, thinking about the other party's safety, but the other party was a real Extraordinary. Now thinking about the scene at that time, she felt a little awkward.

"Then, the lost and found you posted..."

"That was originally the bait I wanted to use to attract people who might have secret associations in the school, but I didn't expect this bait to be too successful. It not only attracted you, but also attracted those rude guys." Then, Brandon took a sip of tea, then looked at Nephness and said.

"Let's put it this way, I, or we are looking for some kind of extraordinary mystery that exists in the Guanda King's Campus, so we need to get in touch with the associations in it. We originally thought that we would have a good communication after attracting them. Yes, but I didn't expect such an accident to happen. There seems to be a complicated situation that we don't understand in the hidden world of the school.

"So, Miss Boyle, can you tell us about the current secret situation in the school in detail? Maybe we can help you then."

Brandon said solemnly to Nephness, listening to Brandon's words, Nephness was taken aback for a moment, and then seemed a little hesitant, but after thinking that the other party had saved her, and might be the one she had encountered so far. After reaching a turning point in the predicament, she still nodded in answer.

"It's ok...you saved me. As a reward, I will try my best to tell you what I know. Although it is not much, I hope it can be useful to you.

"When it comes to the secrets in the Holy Crown University, one has to mention an organization, and that is the Society of Secret Knowledge."

……

In the [-]-year school history of Wangli Shengguan University, in fact, there has always been this secret association, which is the Secret Knowledge Society.

It is said that when early Guan students explored the campus, they accidentally discovered some extraordinary secrets hidden in the school. In order to study this secret, some students secretly formed an association, which is the Secret Knowledge Society. the origin.

The Secret Knowledge Society is said to be a secret association, but it is just a gathering of mystery lovers. However, most of the students of the Holy Crown University are from rich families. With sufficient financial support, they can always truly learn about extraordinary documents and Items, in the long-term development and research, they gradually came into contact with the truly extraordinary.

Generally speaking, the Secret Knowledge Society is a group of ordinary young people who are interested in mystery, full of curiosity, and well-to-do. They gather together to study mystery, and even seek extraordinary organizations.

Such a mysterious association, mainly composed of students, has been banned several times by the school and visited by relevant departments even though it has caused many accidents, large and small, due to the study of mystery in the past few decades.

But because most of its members have backgrounds, even though the association is banned, there is no way to severely punish the members.Therefore, it usually revives soon after it was banned. After going back and forth several times, the school also acquiesced in its existence, and began to focus on guiding the research direction of the secret knowledge society. After experiencing many accidents, the secret knowledge society also found With a relatively safe research method, the frequency of severe accidents began to decrease until today.

Today's Secret Knowledge Society is still the only student society in the Holy Crown University that studies mysteries. It has a history of several decades, but because there is no ancient inheritance, there is no profound and powerful secret biography.The things they study are quite complicated, and they don't pursue some kind of spirituality or a certain god like other serious societies, but they do research on everything, but the level is very low.The experienced seniors in the club will lead the club members to avoid some dangerous operations.

Moreover, because some accomplished seniors will continue to graduate and leave school, the level of the club has always been limited. It is very rare for people who have truly stepped into the extraordinary. Most of the members stay at the stage of mysterious lovers. There is not much coercive power in itself, and you are very free to leave or stay.Occasionally there will be a true Extraordinary in the club, but they will leave after graduation.

To put it bluntly, the Secret Knowledge Society is a mysterious association in the form of a student interest club. Although it will continue to cause some small accidents, it does not cause much harm.

As for Nephness, she is a member of the Secret Society. She and her friends are occult enthusiasts, so she joined the Secret Society a long time ago, and began to study the true and the false with other like-minded people. , Some mysticism.

……

"So, your Secret Knowledge Society is essentially a occult interest class? There aren't even two Extraordinary people in it?"

Listening to Nephness's words, Dorothy manipulated Brandon to conclude and ask, and Nephness nodded affirmatively.

"Yes, the former Secret Knowledge Society feels like it is not much different from clubs such as football clubs... For true Extraordinary, it is said that only a few former presidents have successfully become Extraordinary, and many members I still don't believe that there is really extraordinary power in this world.

"However, more than half a year ago, everything changed. At that time, a newcomer came to the Secret Knowledge Society, a newcomer with the code name 'Thorn Velvet'.

"He is an Extraordinary. Before he joined the Secret Knowledge Society, he was a real Extraordinary. After he joined the Secret Knowledge Society, he directly took it into his own hands."

Chapter 180 Nine Thorns

"Prickly wool? Does your hobby association still use a code name for its usual gatherings?"

Hearing the name, Dorothy manipulated Brandon to ask Nephness, who nodded in response.

"Well... It is said that there was a president who said that the members of the real secret society all have code names, so from him onwards, the secret society has followed this example, usually wearing masks and referring to them by code names at gatherings. But the fact In addition to being a bit novel at the beginning, everyone soon found this method very troublesome, and because they all went to school together, everyone knew who was who even if they wore a mask, so this rule did not actually follow. Follow carefully.

"But Thorn is different. From the time he joined the club, whenever he showed up, he must wear a mask and dress very tightly. Although he is also a student at the school, no one has ever known his real name. We can only use the code name. call him."

After listening to Nephness's words, Brandon thought for a while, and then continued.

"Then, go ahead and talk about the velvet thing."

"Yeah." Nephness nodded, and then continued to speak.

……

Thorn joined the Secret Knowledge Society more than half a year ago, and he showed an extraordinary level of occultism just after he joined, which is completely different from the hobbyists in the original society.

Thorn not only has a high level of occultism, but is also willing to give pointers, so he quickly became the focus of the academy, and in a short time has a high status in the academy, and more importantly, he is still in the academy. In front of the students, he showed his truly extraordinary ability and showed his identity as a truly extraordinary person, which made many students in the academy respect him.

After that, the thorns who joined the academy frequently guided the students to learn about mystic knowledge and showed their abilities. This made the thorns who were just newcomers get higher and higher status, and gained the support of more and more members of the society. What's more, At the same time, Surong also took out his precious collection of occult books and lent them to the students in the academy to circulate and watch.

……

"Mystery collection?"

After hearing certain key words, Dorothy controlled Brandon to speak in doubt, while Nephness explained.

"Well...according to what Thornton said, these are precious books that allow us to see deeper mysteries and even seek the extraordinary. There are a set of eight books. He borrowed these books for us to study. There are really many books in it. We are very interested in the occult knowledge. After reading it, I want to continue reading it. No... To be precise, I really want to read another book, and the more I read, the more I want to continue reading...

"To be honest, those members who have read a few books, their desire for new books is a little too intense, to the point of frightening."

Nephness finished speaking with concern. Listening to her words, Dorothy in the distance frowned slightly. She knew what this phenomenon was. It was obviously a poison infection.

The eight books are all esoteric, highly diluted into eight esoteric ones, the one called Thorn, who wants to use the knowledge of poison to corrupt the esoteric society.

"Did the members of the academy have some strange mental symptoms after reading those books, and the more they read, the worse they became?" Dorothy controlled Brandon and said, hearing Brandon's words, Nephness was slightly taken aback.

"Ah... yes, that's right, it's true, as you said, those who read the book will feel more and more indifferent and unreasonable... Everyone who is usually very easy to get along with seems to have become a little bit violent Every now and then, he would hit people because of some quarrels, which is usually impossible.

"The most important thing is that the more they read books, the more they respect the quills, to the point of admiration later on. There have been members who have not read the book because they complained about the quills during the assembly, and then they were punished. It's really scary for several people to fight together..."

Nephness said with lingering fear, while Dorothy thought silently in her heart.

' Make people brutal and worship someone's drug sense? '

……

Afterwards, relying on his own ability, knowledge and collection of books, Shanrong gained an unparalleled position in the society. Under half-forced conditions, almost all the people in the society had read his books, and were more or less influenced by him. He felt admiration.Then, Xiangrong, a newcomer who joined the society for less than two months, naturally let the old president step aside, and became the president of the society himself.

After becoming the leader of the society, Thorn Velvet began to drastically transform the society, promulgating a large number of rules and regulations, establishing levels, organizing regular meetings, and turning it from a loose hobby class into a well-organized association.

Afterwards, the velvet began to make the members of the society do various things, such as covering a large number of people from other schools entering the campus.For example, after showing members a few mysterious symbols, let them search the campus to find traces of these symbols.Such as helping to carry knives or even guns into the school.For example, forced to donate to the society.For example, using the collection of books as a medium to secretly lure others into the society.Many of them are against school rules.

So far, the nature of the Society of Secret Knowledge has completely changed, and it has become a tool used by the velvet to carry out a certain purpose, but most of those members have read his books and become his admirers. But there are exceptions. For example, there were two male classmates who resisted the semi-forced reading behavior and refused to recognize the changes in the club. Threatening to expose the violation of school rules by the current club.

Then, the two disappeared the next day without a trace. No one knew where they went. After the police came to investigate, they couldn't find any clues. When they disappeared, they were all silent, and no one provided clues to the police.Someone once wanted to report secretly, but in the end it was the same result.

It was also at this time that Nephness truly realized the danger of the velvet.

……

"At that time, I finally realized that the velvet was using us as a tool. After completely controlling the academy, he tore off the disguise and revealed his true nature. He became more and more violent. He often fought with many People outside the school had contacts and brought them in. He trusted those people outside the school more than us.

"For those of us members of the original society, the more we read the eight books, the closer we can get to the velvet, and at least four books can gain his trust. Unfortunately, I was once a member of the society. Because my friend couldn't resist the temptation of those books, he has read five books so far, and became a fanatical admirer of the velvet, but because of this, he got close to him and learned more secrets of the velvet.

"It was through my friend's diary that I found out the real name of the organization that the velvet belongs to. It's called the Nest of Eight Points. They seem to be looking for something at King's Campus..."

After finishing speaking, Nephness took a sip of tea, and then took a deep breath, her expression full of helplessness. Seeing her like this, Brandon asked.

"Your friends and the original club have been messed up like that by the velvet, and some of your companions have even disappeared. Is this why you want to rebel against the Nest of Eight Points?"

"It's almost... because of the thorns, I am very uncomfortable in the academy. Because of the lessons learned before, I neither dare to quit the society nor dare to report it. I live in fear every day, so I want to get more or less do something.

"I saw Mr. Brandon's lost and found in the school newspaper. The eye symbol on the lost property you described is almost exactly the same as the one that the velvet once let us look for all over the campus, so I thought you The thing he picked up was exactly what Suede wanted.

"I don't want to let the wish of the velvet come true, so I came up with the idea of ​​taking the things back first, but what I didn't expect was that you, Mr. Brandon, are also an Extraordinary, and there is also a secret association behind you. Lost and found is a game you set up, and I jumped in with the velvet people."

After Nephness finished speaking, she fell silent and looked at Brandon in front of her. The matter had already said everything that should be said.

After listening to Nephness's words, Brandon nodded, and then spoke slowly.

"Very well, you have roughly explained the matter to me, and now I have some conclusions in my mind. Thank you for your own conscience, Miss Boyle, because of it, there is still a turning point in all this.

"However... there is one more thing that I am very confused about. I want to ask you. You said that all the members of the academy were half-forced to read the velvet books, and those who didn't read them disappeared. And you are also a member of the academy. Now here again, how did you resist the influence of that book?"

Chapter 190 Origin

"Hey...you said why I'm fine..."

Listening to this question, Nephness was slightly taken aback, and then she hesitated for a while and said.

"Regarding this issue, I actually felt very strange at the beginning. I obviously read at least two books, but I didn't feel any obvious abnormalities, or it was because I didn't feel any abnormalities that I felt that other readers People who have read books are becoming more and more abnormal.

"At first I thought I had something special about myself, so I was not affected by those books, but then I found out that I was wrong. I am not special. The reason why I am not affected by books is that something protects me."

Nephness said this, listening to her words, Dorothy frowned slightly, and then controlled Brandon to ask.

"Something is protecting you?"

"This is it……"

As she said that, Nephness began to search in her pocket. After searching for a while, she found a small towel. She put it on the table, opened it, and placed it on top of the towel. What is there is a pile of gold jewelry fragments, the main body is a broken gold fine gold chain and a broken pendant part.

"This is my family heirloom necklace, which was originally worn on my body all the time, but it suddenly broke into this shape inexplicably after I finished the second book, and then when I was reading the last content of the second book, I was shocked Feeling distinctly different, so I figured it must be the necklace that protected me from the contamination of those books."

Nephness said bluntly, hearing her words, Dorothy was curious for a while, and then used Brandon's perspective to carefully examine the pieces of gold ornaments on the towel.

There is nothing to see in the broken chain. The key is the broken pendant. Although it is broken, there are only two pieces. It is easy to restore its original appearance after a glance. It should be a relatively abstract pendant in the shape of an eagle's head.

"You said this is your family heirloom necklace, Miss Boyle, is there something special about your ancestors?" Brandon asked Nephness, and the other party answered after thinking about it.

"It's a special point... In fact, there are also, according to my father, my grandfather was a tomb robber. He was born in Priet, lived a life of wandering, and finally drifted to northern Ufiga, where he made his fortune by robbing cultural relics. , After accumulating enough wealth, I returned to my hometown of Priet, and then settled in Tivian, and used the money from the tomb robbery as an investment, leaving my father a rich family fortune.

"It is said that my grandma was also found by my grandpa in North Ufja. My appearance and skin color are a little different from those of the Prieters because of my grandma's blood. My name is also inherited from my grandma. Special people are different."

After Nephness finished speaking, Dorothy was slightly taken aback after hearing this, and then used Brandon to speak.

"If I remember well, you said you were studying archeology? Your grandfather was a tomb robber, and you came to university to study archaeology?"

"Well, there are still many cultural relics that my grandfather dug out from North Ufica in my home. I have been very interested in these cultural relics since I was a child. I want to know more about the stories behind them, so I came to university I chose to major in archaeology when I was a child. My grandfather once damaged and lost many cultural relics, and I think I can make up for it in the future.

"I think this necklace should also be a magical item that my grandfather found in North Ufiga, so it can protect me."

Nephness replied quite seriously, and after hearing her words, Dorothy also complained in her heart.

"Good guy, this grandpa's tomb robbery and granddaughter's archaeology are all handicrafts..."

Afterwards, Dorothy recalled the information about Uphega.

Ufiga Continent, also known as the Southern Continent, is located in the south of the main continent, separated by the Sea of ​​Wind and Fury.Ufiga is mainly divided into two parts, the north and the south, and the north Ufiga is also known as the hot sand continent. It is a vast and endless desert with scarce water and hot climate. There are only a few oases nourished by rivers and groundwater lakes where people can live. .

It is said that there are many relics of ancient civilizations in the vast desert of northern Ufiga, which has attracted countless tomb robbers to steal treasures. Many experts have concluded that there once existed a powerful empire that has been destroyed.

The current continent of Ufiga, like the new continent to the west, is being divided and colonized by the great powers of the main continent, including Priet.

'It seems that this string of necklaces was stolen by Nephness's grandfather from the ancient tomb of North Ufija, and it happened to have the function of defending against poison, so Nephness did not get caught because of this, but this The protection of the necklace is limited or there is not much spirituality inside. After resisting the two books of poison recognition, it was directly broken. '