Josiah finished Hiri's barbecued meat and sat down with Hiri under the shade of the World Tree.
"If I remember correctly, 'Beauty and the Demon' has the word 'romance' on its label. So horror movies are movies that make people feel fear?"
Ciri looked up at the silvery white leaves drifting down from above, chatting with Josh about some unimportant topics as they passed the time.
"Hmm … Speaking of which …"
Josiah turned his head to look at the spellcaster lady sitting beside him. Perhaps it was because Hiri had recently read the 'Noland's Fashion Magazine' written by the Dark Elves.
Her attire gradually changed from the leather armor and spellcaster robes of the 'practical' faction to the style of a girl.
Today's outfit was shorts and white knee socks … Previously, Josiah was busy dealing with the High Elves and did not notice Hiri's outfit.
It was only now that Josiah noticed Hiri's outfit that could make a certain type of person commit a crime.
"What … What's wrong?"
The moment Hiri felt Josiah's gaze, she subconsciously covered the exposed skin between her knee socks and shorts.
She seemed to have not adapted to this girly style of dressing.
"Hiri, what do you consider a horror movie?"
Josiah cleared his throat and asked a more serious question.
Unlike the ghosts on Earth, which only existed in the imagination of humans, the undead in this world were real. There was even a profession called the Necromancer.
Most horror movies that Josiah knew used ghosts and ghosts to create a scary atmosphere.
"As for me …"
"Imagine a scene that makes you feel afraid," Josiah continued.
"When you get home at night, you find that the last bit of food in the kitchen has been eaten by a rat! The rat even ran away! "Hiri immediately replied.
In a sense … this was indeed a very scary scene for Hiri.
"What about the undead? Hiri, are you afraid of ghosts or skeletons? "
"I'm not afraid. I just think it's a little tricky. But other than necromancers who are necrophiles, there are still many people who are afraid of the undead, like my sister. When she was young, she couldn't even walk when she encountered a wandering soul. I was the one who brought her home."
Hiri ruthlessly revealed her sister's weakness to Josiah.
"How troublesome …"
This was not the word Josiah wanted to hear. After the undead had existed in this world, there were more ways to deal with them. Some high-level spellcasters might only fear the undead that were as' powerful 'as them.
"Looks like I can only take the psychological route."
"Psychology? Have you thought of the script yet? "
Hiri's eyes shone with a strange light. Josiah looked at Hiri's expression. If she had a tail, she would be wagging it happily.
"Not yet. I have to go back and check something today."
Josiah looked back at the World Tree behind him. During lunch, Josiah entered the World Tree's consciousness space again.
Before long, Josiah was dragged into the consciousness space of The Loyal Dog Hachi again. She seemed to know when Josiah would enter the consciousness space.
If Josiah wanted to build the server in peace, he would first have to chase her out.
… …
Noland, the Gray Cloaked Wizard's Tower
"You haven't moved out yet?"
Josiah walked into the Philosopher's Tower and saw the two nun writers, Shirley and Dinessa.
Now, they had become a maid and a bird breeder.
If Josiah remembered correctly, ever since the copyright of their novel was officially sold, they became the hottest authors in Noland.
The money they could earn in a month was enough to achieve Shirley's goal, which was to buy a manor in Noland.
"Dinessa said it's good to live here."
After seeing Josiah, Shirley's attitude was still not respectful at all.
"Ah … Mr. Josiah and Miss Hiri, do you need me to make you a cup of tea?"
On the other hand, Sister Dinessa's attitude towards Josiah was much more respectful. She hurriedly ran to Josiah, while Hiri, who stood behind Josiah, stared at the nun's swaying chest.
"It's just excess fat."
Josiah could faintly hear Hiri muttering softly.
"No need, continue with your work. I'm just here to look for the grey-clothed man to check some things."
Josiah silently glanced in front of Sister Dinessa. Perhaps because she was too impatient, when she stood up to greet Josiah, she didn't even have the time to close her Weave interface.
The translucent Weave interface clearly displayed Dinessa's words to Josiah. Although the words were reversed, Josiah could still faintly read some of the content that would make people blush and their hearts race.
"Oh!"
Dinessa seemed to also realize how shameful her words were, and silently retreated to the side with a red face.
Shirley immediately stood in front of Dinessa and said, "That old man just happens to be upstairs today. You can go up and find him yourself."
Under her guidance, Josiah brought Josiah to the grey-clothed man's wizard tower.
After spending about ten minutes greeting the countless owls resting in the tower, Josiah finally arrived at the top of the tower.
A powerful magic barrier had been set up at the top of the Gray Robed Elder's Mage Tower, but Josh was able to easily walk through it as a guest.
"I heard from the man in yellow that the high elves' city is about to fall?"
The grey-clothed man held a thick book in his hands. It was rare that he didn't go to the Hearthstone Tavern to play Go today.
"Assequero? The situation there is still stable, at least it's impossible for it to fall, "Josiah said.
"The elves' World Tree is related to the lifeline of this world. Is there anything I can help with?"
"Uh … Get the high elves to let go of their prejudice against humans? Alright … I'm here to ask something. "
Josiah took out a piece of paper. On it was the little girl's arm, and Josiah immediately noted down the strange symbols on her arm.
"Grey-Clothed man, do you have any impression of these symbols?"
Josiah had asked the high elves' World Tree before he came, and it directly confessed that it was very familiar with them, but had no memory of them.
Left with no other choice, Josiah could only seek help from these sages.
"This is …"
The grey-clothed man took the paper from Josiah, and then went to the bookshelf to pull out a thick ancient book and flipped it open.
The book was laid open on the table by the man in gray, and Josh walked up to it to read its contents. Although the words seemed to be in English, there were some differences between the two languages.
This was a manuscript, and the densely packed words were all handwritten.
"This is?"
"This book was found in the underground ruins of Noland."
The grey-clothed man took the paper in Josiah's hand and compared it with some of the patterns recorded in the book.
"Why do I feel like this is a blueprint for something?"
Hiri could not understand the contents at all, but some things could be understood just by looking at the blueprint.
"This record … is a method of making a magic-conducting doll," the grey-clothed man said.
"Magic-Conducting doll?"
Josh once again heard the little girl's distorted voice. No matter how he looked at it, it didn't sound like the voice of a human.
"I've only analyzed part of the contents of this book. The author's preface is' The only way to save oneself in the end of the world '."
"I feel like the amount of information has increased again."
Josiah flipped the book, and it was obvious that the book was not finished. Halfway through, the author's words became more and more distorted, and in the end, he could not even see the contents clearly. And on the last page … a whole line of words was written in huge font.
There was a sense of mournfulness and despair in these words.
"What does this mean?" Josiah looked at the grey-clothed man and asked.
"'We have failed'."
The grey-clothed man gave Josiah an answer.
"We have failed … Let's put this topic aside for now."
Josiah did not come here to obtain 'clues to save the world'. Josiah came here to confirm whether the horror film would be useful in banishing the little girl.
"Grey-Clothed man, do you know the place where the consciousness of all living beings in the world is gathered?"
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