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Chapter 316 Honest and Reliable Atal

"Why do you think I'm playing tricks on you?"

Facing Zhu Jue's duties, Atar asked suspiciously.

"Is not it?"

The palm of his hand remained on the hilt of the sword, and a cold light shone in his eyes.

"Of course not, I asked for your opinion in advance."

Spreading his hands and shrugging his shoulders, the old man with a beard and gray hair is full of innocence,
"Didn't you take out the statue of the cat outside the town of Ultha before?"

"I took it, what's the problem?"

"It was an item belonging to an old god whose symbol of belief was cats. Taking it out in front of cats is equivalent to admitting that you have a connection with that god and trying to communicate with them. That's why my friend found you."

He picked up a piece of pumpkin pie and stuffed it into his mouth, took a sip of wine, pointed to the black cat next to him and said,
"He knew I was in trouble, so he wanted to save me. This gem is a reward. You didn't return it after you got it, which means you agreed to help. You don't think it was given away for nothing, do you?"

Atar's explanation was well-founded, and Zhu Jue didn't know how to refute it for a while.

The pie in the sky is obviously not his turn yet.

He took out the statue, no one forced him to put the gem into his pocket, and it was he who followed the black cat to the tower on his own initiative.

Thinking about it this way, he was still rushing to rescue Atar?

"I don't even know what this statue does!"

He grabbed the flagon sent by the gentleman, raised his neck and drank it all, then grabbed the pumpkin pie and gnawed off half of it, Feng Ling also took a big bite, which made Atal's heart ache.

Now that the matter has happened, it is useless to entangle it. It is better to think about how to make up for your loss.

Wait, is there a loss?

After thinking about it, Zhu Jue just came out and said a few words during the whole process, and then got a gem in vain, and now he can drink a lot of moonshine wine and pumpkin pie.

As for the rift with the gentleman.

does he care

"What exactly is the "Nakt Manuscript" that the gentleman mentioned earlier?"

Zhu Jue, who was in a better mood after thinking it through, quickly shifted his attention to other things. Of course, he wanted to know what it was that made the gentleman miss him so much.

"An ancient book that has been preserved here since a long time ago. It records the unknowable content of mortals. It's not that it is so precious, but that even if I put it in front of you, you will not be able to understand its meaning. Instead, it will be swallowed up by some horrible power that comes with the turning of the pages. Poor Sir Nelson thinks he can resist and draw greater strength from it, but this is only his imagination in my opinion. If He gets the Codex Nacket, and there can only be one tragic end."

Atar did not shy away from talking about the ancient book, perhaps because he was worried that Zhu Jue would have the same idea as the gentleman. He emphasized the serious consequences that ordinary people might have after reading the ancient book.

"So can this book make people stronger?"

Zhu Jue, who owns "The Book of Dekian", is quite concerned about this. He read part of it before entering the dreamland, but he didn't gain anything except dizziness.

"Maybe, maybe not. I haven't read the "Manuscript of Nacket", and I am completely unfamiliar with its contents, so how can I answer you?"

Speaking of which, Rao's body posture was still a bit sloppy, but Atar's expression became serious, his eyes looked directly at Zhu Jue, and he said,

"Please believe me, if you know what kind of horror is hidden in it, you will definitely regret opening it, and no matter what kind of regret it is at that time, it will be useless, those that cannot be discussed in words, in the obscure shadow Flashing creatures or other existences are not something we can easily face!"

Although only marginally mentioning something in this regard, the candle flames on the first floor of the tower began to flicker.

Zhu Jue frowned, he was vaguely aware of something.

"Whether you believe it or not, I have seen many of the existences you mentioned. I have fought them and defeated some of them. Have you been patronized by them?"

For a moment just now, there was a special reaction in Zhu Jue's perception, which caught his attention, and he asked in a deep voice after a little thought.

"Did you actually fight those disgusting monsters?
"You do not believe?"

Zhu Jue held the wine glass in front of him, and the frost covered the glass in an instant, freezing some of the remaining wine in it. He raised his hand and poured the ice cubes into his mouth, chewing them with crunching sounds.

"Magic is a bit interesting. I think I tried to learn it myself, but unfortunately I don't have this talent, but now I think it's a good thing."

Seeing the strength shown by Zhu Jue, Atar was not very excited, but looked at the wine glass in surprise.

"Good thing?"

Who else thinks that being weak is a good thing?
"There are two people like this, they are keen to pursue the hidden mysteries of the world. The former is just an ordinary person. He came to the place where the gods live, which is a huge and steep mountain. There is no doubt that he failed. Climb up, and then return to a small town, completely turning back to a mortal; his friend, that is, the latter, is a powerful magician, and he also reached the foot of the mountain along the route provided by the former, luckily But he succeeded, but just when he excitedly wanted to tell the former the good news through letters, an indescribable destruction fell on his head, and he was dragged into the sky by some kind of force screaming. The faces of hundreds of people fell to the ground, no one could save him, no one dared to save him!"

Sipping the moonshine wine, Atar told a distant story, his vision was a little blurred, and he murmured in a low voice,

"Weakness binds people, all mortals need to do is pray, and being strong will make people lose their minds and eventually bring disaster."

"I thought the person who brought disaster and couldn't avoid it, if he died, it can only show that he is not strong enough."

Zhu Jue's answer was very blunt.

"You think you are stronger than him?"

Atal, who was a little depressed a second ago, turned around abruptly, his tone cold.

"I have never felt that I am weak. If one day I die at the hands of those monsters, it will prove that I am nothing more than that!"

Zhu Jue did not evade the gaze from Atar, this was from his heart.

"Haha~ I haven't seen a young man like you for a long time. Since you are so confident, why don't you do me a favor?"

Putting down the wine glass, regardless of Zhu Jue's response, Atar suddenly smiled, put his hands into his sleeves, and walked to the upper floor of the tower.

Surrounding the spiral staircase, the two stepped to the top of the tower.

It was originally a shrine decorated with colorful flowers, and there was an ivory-colored podium on the left, which may be where Atar would usually stay, but what appeared in Zhu Jue's eyes at this time was a mess.

The sacrificial platform in the center seemed to have been stepped on by something, and the gold and silver utensils placed on it were messy and overturned. The ivory podium was simply knocked over to the ground, and some broken petals were scattered on it.

"Do you know why I have been delaying the delivery of the ancient books? This is the reason. Although I didn't intend to hand over the ancient books, in fact, I can't do it now even if I change my mind. It was stolen before, and the thieves opened the ancient books here, and they brought in a terrifying monster, which destroyed the entire holy shrine and wiped out all traces of the thieves."

He stepped forward and tried to straighten the ivory-colored podium, but because of lack of strength, he could only groan there.

"You are the one in charge of the "Nakt Manuscript", don't you notice?"

Zhu Jue shook his head, stepped forward and grabbed a corner with one hand, and easily returned it to its original position.

"Of course I noticed it, but I didn't dare to go up at the time. I slept on the second floor. When the monster appeared, I ran to hide behind the pillars on the first floor. Cough cough, looking for opportunities to fight back. Later, I thought of a way to fight the monster, but it It's a shame to have fled."

"Didn't you try to block it?"

Regarding the behavior of the great elder who kept the "Nakt Manuscript" "decisively" discarding the ancient book when the thieves came to the tower, pretending to be asleep and then hiding to protect himself, Zhu Jue asked differently,
"Even if you ask someone in Wusha Town for help."

"The consequence of blocking is my death. The truth will be covered up. The town of Wusha will also be persecuted by horrible monsters. Things will go to the worse side. Now that I am alive and have found you, I choose to tell you this matter and I seek your help, so that not only the monsters in Ultha Town will be expelled, but also the whereabouts of the "Nakt Manuscript" will be tracked down, isn't that a good thing?"

It was the first time I met Zhu Jue who could express fear of death and shirking responsibility so freshly and refinedly that no one could find a single fault.

"Why do you think I will help you? This gem is the reward for saving you before."

"I have set foot in most parts of this world in my life. I have seen the Shantak flying over the Lengyuan, and I have also been to the Isle of Oreba in the southern ocean. I have seen the statues painted when the gods dance, and more As the expedition team passed through the passages full of 'death flames', they entered the underground world of fantasy and dreamland, and had contact with monsters that humans could not understand at all."

"Didn't you say that you have been living in Usa Town since you failed to climb the mountain?"

The former in the story told by Attar is clearly himself.

"Well, actually, I've only been to a few cities outside, and I've heard of them from travelers who passed through Ulthar."

Although it is embarrassing when someone exposes a lie, the old man's unreasonable and confident answer is also admirable.

"You are really an 'honest' elder!"

Zhu Jue squinted and said.

"Aren't you outsiders very 'honest'? I know what you are pursuing here after hiding your identity. It's nothing more than wanting to practice magic or other powerful powers. I can give you this opportunity. Don't you want to want?
Atar, who was still full of embarrassment just now, did not know when he returned to the unfathomable appearance when they first met, squinted his eyes, and asked with a smile.

(End of this chapter)