The Beginning of Evil
Cass was an experienced [Crusader].
Upon hearing Han Dong's alarm, the matter of the wooden door opening was irreversible, and Cass closed his eyes in the first instant.
It only felt like a cold wind brushed his body.
Immediately taking advantage of his Crusader physique, he continuously retreated and kicked at the door.
Boom! The study door closed again.
Cass closed his eyes in time to see nothing.
"What's going on? What was just outside the door?"
Coslin responded evenly, "Ghost! Like the description on the bounty, the woman hidden under the white cloth has twig-like tentacles on the surface of her body."
"What's going on? What about the study?"
When Cass looked back at his teammates, he noticed that the formerly dilapidated study was 'restored'!
Restored to a kind of study look that a mansion should have.
"Is it to say that 'Night' will restore the mansion? Or, does the moonlight illuminate its original appearance?"
While his teammates were surprised and considering how to deal with the ghost outside the door.
Han Dong had picked up a special diary on his desk and read it carefully, which contained the secrets of the 'Baker family'.
Han Dong skimmed over the trivia and read on some of the important points.
The notes were written by [Marcellus Baker] writing.
It reads as follows.
March 17.
I heard from old Henry today that a good quality batch of 'new stuff' has arrived in the commonwealth.
It's just as well that I am tired of playing with the slaves at home, so it's time for some new flavors.
It's just that needing to go to a filthy, stinking place like the Commoners' Quarter myself makes me a little uncomfortable, so I hope old Henry won't lie to me.
(The process of buying a slave, about 800 words)
Without a slave as he could see, old Henry's 'channel' was obviously not working and there was no need to continue contact with him in the future.
But there was one item on display at the end of the auction that intrigued me.
A book with special magical powers.
It was said to be something that a civilian who wasn't afraid to die had picked up from the abandoned sewer system, and after that civilian sold the book to the auction at a normal price, he died violently at home the same day.
The starting price of the book was as high as 300 copper coins.
I believed in my vision, and this was the only way for me to get back on the path of knighthood, even if I had to shake the family funds to buy it.
If I could learn the special magic recorded in this book, I would be able to go back to the [Library] and continue my path of knighthood.
I asked the butler to send money over, bought the book and immediately rushed back home.
No one should know that I participated in this commoner's auction as I was using a false identity.
March 18th.
Unbelievably, the contents of this book are far beyond my imagination, and with my 'Trainee Knight' wisdom, I can only understand the first chapter at most.
But that's enough, as long as I can execute Chapter 1 perfectly, I'll gain endless magical power! When I return to the [Library] faculty, the teachers who expelled me in the past will definitely regret their foolish actions back then.
The living sacrifice has to be prepared slowly, and there's only one chance.
I have to conduct a 'small mock experiment' at home first, and if I can succeed, then I can execute my great plan in detail.
It's just as well, isn't this old woman at home a living sacrifice?
I wanted to kill her long ago, but this family was built because of me, the great 'trainee knight', and she and her old father were just giving me a little start-up money.
After being expelled from the academy, she looked at me every day as if she was looking at trash.
I can't wait to make this old woman dead.
March 19.
I'm a little late in writing this, but I have to give a record of the fun things that happened today.
It was so much fun, the experiment worked, and I gained power!
Furthermore, I actually created a 'Pollution Body' through the arcane spells I learned in the Knight Academy in conjunction with the contents of the first chapter of the book.
A kind of pollutant body that was completely harmless to me!
Yes, I'm gifted and I can perfectly activate the magic written in the books!
After I drained the old woman of her life energy, I also transformed her into a pollutant through a formation.
You can try what I tell you later in the first chapter, and try to insert a little more into her body, and turn her into a powerful contaminated body that will guard the mansion, stopping and killing anyone who enters my house and tries to interfere with the sacrifice ceremony.
If this all actually works.
I might, I might be able to become a 'king'.
March 20th.
It was a fun day today too!
I stuffed my whole family into this old woman and made her into a very powerful 'pet'.
It was heartbreaking for my young son, but it couldn't be helped.
What surprised me the most was that the refining site was located in the back garden, and when I drove the Evil Formation, I didn't expect that even the hundred-year-old sycamore tree had merged in with it.
It was truly incredible! This magic book has the power to manipulate the lives of all things.
The plan starts tomorrow, take this opportunity to draw the policemen to my door! With the way I am now, it's easy to manipulate these soft-skinned guys.
Create a murderous plan, I guess.
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The contents of the diary end here.
The contents of this diary are a clear explanation of what happened in the Baker household.
The mastermind of the conspiracy is the head of the house, Baker Marcellus.
As for the 'ghost' floating in the mansion, it is a product of pollution created by him using his wife as the main subject, and then fusing his entire family with a sycamore tree.
But the point that Han Dong cared about and was most concerned about was not this.
Rather, it was the book that this family owner had bought back at great expense.
"The 'magic book' that was auctioned back from the commoners' area, picked up by a certain commoner in a long-abandoned sewer pipe? There's more to it than that, there's something very wrong with this book.
It is true that the tests of the Royal Knight Academy may have some problems, but the students are treated fairly enough, and as long as they meet the school's requirements, they will be able to study and grow within the departments.
Baker Marcellus, expelled from the academy. Marcellus, who was denied talent and strength, was able to gain such great power through a book.
This shows that it wasn't that he was gifted.
Rather, the magic book deliberately granted him powerful evil powers, intentionally using this Baker Master to contaminate the interior of the Holy City.
Finding the book, we might be able to implicate the guy behind the book."
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"Friend Andeva! What have you got?"
Cass' question interrupted Han Dong's thoughts.
"Well, we already know the secret of the Baker family, but first we have to take care of the 'contaminant' that's lingering outside the door.
According to the book's description, the 'specter' itself fused with the Baker family and a hundred-year-old sycamore tree in the backyard.
The method of refinement involved 'eyes', which Senior Coslin had already seen.
You must be careful with eye contact when fighting."
Cass looked surprised, "In just three minutes, you've read the entire diary, Andeva? And take down key points?"
Han Dong explained, "Omitting irrelevant information, there's not much really useful information, and reading a book is also about efficiency and method, Captain Cass, you'll make the battle plan."
"Alright."
Cass nodded, deliberately throwing Han Dong an ulterior glance.