Chapter 290 Skull Bowl
After placing the boxes on the table one by one, the old man turned around and closed the door. He took out a string of very ancient-looking hanging ornaments from the metal cabinet next to the door and hung it on the door.
This string of hanging ornaments is similar to the bone ornaments made by some primitive tribes. There is nothing special about it. However, after the hanging ornaments were hung on the door, Leo opened his spiritual eyes and saw a burst of golden light waves shining from the hanging ornaments.
, enveloped the entire room, and what surprised Leo even more was that he could feel the unique power aura of the giant golden deer in the black forest from the golden light waves.
"This string of hanging ornaments..." Leo pointed to the hanging ornaments curiously and asked.
The old man responded truthfully: "This is a gift from an old friend. Lord Crow said that this thing is made from the remains of a certain god and can block some bad forces." After that, he walked to the table.
, opened the three boxes one by one, and said: "These three items were found from an ancient tribal ruins by a treasure hunting team that has been walking in the wilderness of Mozang continent all year round. There are obvious traces of the early Wakanha tribal civilization on them.
It’s just that the tribe’s ruins existed much earlier than the emergence of the Wakanha civilization, so these three items should be the products of ancient civilization.”
When the old man opened the box and took out the three items one by one and placed them in front of Leo, Leo could no longer listen to what the old man said, because the moment the box was opened, he felt
A strong feeling of hunger came from the stomach.
This feeling of hunger was so strong that it even affected Leo's mind, leaving him with no other thoughts in his mind. Only the thought of getting these three things always surrounded his brain, driving out all other thoughts.
However, Leo's willpower played a very strong role at this time, allowing him to control the distracting thoughts in his mind, not to be affected by the reaction of the chaotic stomach, and to maintain a calm state to check the three items in front of him.
These three items are three very common skull bowls. After a war, tribes in the Moissanite continent will sacrifice their bravest warriors to the gods, and then make the warriors’ heads into skull bowls, which are specially enshrined in the
In the tribal temple.
Skull bowls like these were considered evil by the pioneers during the early pioneering period of the Moissanite continent, and they were burned immediately after they were found. However, few skull bowls from the Wakanha civilization that were first destroyed by the pioneers have been preserved.
Come down.
However, with the archaeological theories about various civilizations in the Moissanite continent, coupled with the collection craze of the rich and nobles, the skull bowl, which was considered an evil object, has become a popular collection. Almost most of them are related to the civilization of the Moissanite continent.
Similar items can be seen at auctions, but these skull bowls are from small tribes and are much less valuable.
It is precisely because of the huge profits of this thing that some unscrupulous people have begun to focus on counterfeiting. They use real skulls and find experts to carve symbols with the characteristics of the Wakanha civilization, then make them old and send them to other places.
sell.
At the beginning, this thing was very popular. No one would tell whether it was genuine or not. It would almost always be bought at a high price if it went to auction. However, as a large number of such counterfeit goods were circulated, some people soon realized that something was wrong. In addition, there was no
People can 100% identify the skull bowls of the Wakanha civilization. In the end, no matter whether they are authentic or fake, all the skull bowls of the Wakanha civilization have no market. Most of them are sent to ordinary craft stores for sale as crafts.
Naturally, the skull bowl in front of me cannot be compared with those fakes, not even the real Wakanha skull bowl, because these three skulls made into bowls are not ordinary, they all come from the evolution of life levels.
to powerful beings that are close to Omega-level advanced creatures. In a sense, they can all be regarded as gods.
In the Moissan continent, the skull bowls of various tribes are made with different techniques. The most common one is to carve the entire skull with patterns and inlay gems and gold to make it look extremely luxurious. And now the three skulls Leo sees
The bowl is obviously different. The maker only took the top cover of the skull, and did not carve anything on the skull. He just wrapped it with a layer of gold. On the gold surface, there were gems inlaid with some symbols of the early Wakanha civilization.
Characteristic pattern.
These patterns that look more like decorations that are characteristic of the Wakanha civilization are actually very simple. According to the analysis method given by Dio, Leo can easily see that this is a variant of the Gamorean language, and it is also
It is not a variant of the basic root, but a variant of the complete Turing root.
This is the first time Leo has seen variant text of the Turing root. The Turing magic arrays he has seen before are all variants of the basic root. Even the stone ball that seals the Eye of Truth contains three-dimensional characters.
The radicals are also just the basic radicals used.
It's a pity that the gold inlaid items on the outside of these three skull bowls were damaged for unknown reasons, and the damage was very serious. Except for a few places where traces of Gamorei variant writing could be barely discerned, the rest of the parts were damaged.
Has been completely damaged.
Although Leo could not restore the surviving variant text to the Turing root in a short period of time, and it was impossible to deduce the original appearance of this gold and gemstone shell from so few clues, he could still guess the original appearance of the shell at that time.
People should not create this shell for decoration, but to confine the power of the skull bowl or the three skulls themselves.
The power of these three skulls was not very powerful, but it was very strange. The moment they were taken out of the box, Leo felt someone speaking incomprehensible words in his ears.
It is not correct to say that it is in the ears, because even if the ears are plugged, the sound will not disappear, but will always surround the heart, as if the sound is directly transmitted into the soul.
For ordinary people, this kind of voice has an inexplicable appeal, and people can't help but be immersed in it. Even if they can't hear what the voice says, they can still feel an inexplicable crazy emotion.
In it, people can't help but fall into madness.
It's a pity that this kind of crazy murmur, which is extremely fatal to ordinary people and even weak-willed psykers, is just some boring noise to Leo, who has the will of a ninth-level psyker, and will not bring any harm to him.
to any trouble and harm.
The shop owner didn't know this. He had seen people go crazy because of this thing. That kind of madness is irreversible, and there will be some mutations after going crazy. Even if there is no mutation, the power will become extremely large, so he
The moment he took out the bowl, he was already ready to subdue Leo at any time.
However, Leo's performance was somewhat beyond the old man's expectations. Apart from being stunned when he first saw the skull bowl, he never showed any abnormal behavior. Instead, he collected the items like an ordinary collector.
Pick up the three bowls and put them in front of your eyes to appreciate them again and again.
"The thing is very good." Leo put down the skull bowl in his hand and asked the old man: "But how do you know this thing belongs to an outside god?"
"I don't understand these things, but when this thing was put into storage, Master Crow came to see it. He said that this was a skull bowl specially used to sacrifice to foreign gods, and the skulls used to make the bowl were not ordinary. They were used by foreign gods.
After being eroded by the power of gods, the human skulls mutated, and some of the power of foreign gods remained in the skulls."
"Did Master Crow say which outer god this bowl belongs to?" Leo couldn't help but ask.
"I told you that this Outer God is..." The old man was about to tell Leo, but the words did not come out. He just opened his mouth, then showed a troubled expression on his face and said, "I may be too old.
Sorry, I can’t seem to remember the name of this foreign god?”
"Can't remember?" Leo frowned, looked at the old man thoughtfully, and said, "Is it just that I can't remember the name of the Outer God, or is it that I can't remember everything related to this Outer God?
Already."
The old man could be considered an experienced person, and he quickly understood the meaning of Leo's words. With a slightly panicked look on his face, he answered truthfully: "I can't remember anything related to this foreign god. I only remember this."
The three bowls are associated with an alien god."
"Interesting phenomenon!" Leo showed an interested look on his face. He picked up the skull bowl again, looked at it in front of his eyes, and tentatively used spiritual energy to stimulate the alien power contained in the bowl.
Leo knew very well that the reason why the old man's memory disappeared was for two reasons. One reason was that the power of the bowl itself was erasing the old man's memory. However, judging from the old man's performance, he seemed to have an ability to deal with extraordinary things.
The ability of force insulation, so the possibility of this reason is not very high.
Leo believes that the most likely reason is that the world of Velen rejects this alien god. The power of the entire world is erasing the traces of this alien god left in the world of Velen, including the memory of this alien god. Although this reason sounds very strange.
Absurd, but Leo knows that similar things have never happened. In the knowledge of the web weavers, there have been examples of the world rejecting foreign gods, and there are also things like erasing memories. Unfortunately, there is too little relevant content.
, too few to be used as analytical data.
At this moment, Leo used psychic energy, nightmare power and other powers to try to stimulate the alien power contained in the skull, but in the end there was no response, as if this power had become a pool of stagnant water and could not be produced anymore.
Any waves and ripples.
However, when he used the gluttonous power generated by the chaotic stomach to test the skulls, the hunger in his stomach increased a bit, making him want to immediately bite these skull bowls into pieces and swallow them.
in.
Leo controlled his gluttonous desire and calmly put the bowls back into the box one by one, closed the box again, and then asked the old man: "I like the stuff very much, how much does it cost?"
The old man smiled and said: "Since you were introduced by Mr. Brown, naturally I cannot sell it to you at the original price. I think one hundred thousand Vinaya coins should be a suitable price."
"Only one hundred thousand? So cheap." Leo was stunned when he heard the price. According to his estimate, this thing would cost at least one million, and it was still a gold flange. He never thought it would be so cheap for only one hundred thousand Vinaya coins.
"These three skull bowls may be priceless treasures to you, but they are just three troubles to me," the old man explained: "If these things are placed here with me, they will not only occupy three inventory positions, but also occupy three inventory positions every once in a while.
It also requires an additional investment in storage costs. Being able to take action as soon as possible will not only solve my troubles, but also reduce my losses, so one hundred thousand Vinaya coins is a very appropriate price in my opinion."
Leo smiled and said, "You don't act like a businessman."
The old man shrugged indifferently and said, "I'm not a businessman in the first place."
"I want something." Leo took out his cash checkbook and was about to write down the numbers.
"Wait a minute." The old man suddenly stopped him and said, "We only accept Vinaya coins here. If it is a large transaction, you need to go to the bank of the General Chamber of Commerce to exchange a transaction voucher of equivalent value."
"Don't you think this is troublesome?" Leo frowned, closed the checkbook, and said.
"It's not too troublesome. In fact, you can directly exchange cash checks for Vinaya coins at the port, or you can exchange equivalent transaction coupons. It's just that it may be your first time here and you are not used to it." The old man explained:
"If you find it troublesome, I can ask someone in the store to take you to exchange it. There are several General Chamber of Commerce banks in the underground city, and you can exchange it there."
Leo knew very well that this was related to the belief in the goddess of commerce, so he didn't say anything more. He stood up and asked the old man to call the waiter in the store and lead him to a nearby bank to cash the check.
As the old man said, the bank opened by the General Chamber of Commerce has a very simple procedure for the exchange of Vinaya coins, and the exchange of one hundred thousand gold flanges was completed in less than three minutes.
However, when Leo returned to the antique store, he felt a little bad because of the people who had fainted all over the place in the store. He followed him into the inner room and found that the owner of the store had also fainted on the ground, and the three people wearing clothes on the table were
The skull bowl box has disappeared.
The sudden change caused the waiter who led Leo to exchange money to panic. He was stunned for a long time, not knowing what to do.
"Shouldn't you find someone?" Leo reminded him when he saw this situation.
"Looking for, looking for someone?" The waiter didn't respond for a while and asked: "Who are you looking for?"
Leo looked at the completely panicked waiter and said, "Of course we are looking for the Holy Blood Society. Isn't the power behind this shop the Holy Blood Society?"
"Ah! That's right!" After hearing the suggestion, the waiter ran out in panic, regardless of whether it was appropriate to leave a stranger in the store.
Leo ignored the waiter's performance. He turned to look at the shop owner lying on the ground, squatted down and briefly checked the other person's injuries.
Just after he finished the inspection, the waiter took Brown and several other people from the Holy Blood Society back to the store. When Brown saw Leo, his face immediately became a little weird, and he smiled bitterly and joked: "Leo
Chapter completed!