Real Game: I Exposed the Old Ones

In the dark sea, an island is looming.

This is Devil's Reef.

The most notorious place in the town of Innsmouth.

The water near Devil's Reef is fast, dense with undercurrents, and full of rocks. If you are not careful, the boat will be destroyed and people will die.

The fishermen in the small town would never fish in a place like this.

Because of the secluded and inaccessible place, Captain Obaid chose to hold the 'summoning ceremony' here.

The content of the ‘summoning ritual’ is very simple.

Throw the metal statue with mysterious power into the sea, recite obscure spells, and wander around the seabed, and terrifying fish-man monsters will appear almost everywhere.

These guys who call themselves deep divers will take away the sacrifice and leave gold as reward.

In addition to living people, the ‘sacrifice’ can also be replaced by metal fragments.

As for these things, Captain Obaid collected several large boxes and stacked them neatly on the ship.

This is roughly the process.

Zhu was watching with cold eyes.

The flow of time in the illusion is meaningless.

Almost in the blink of an eye, several years passed.

During this period, Captain Marsh refined the gold obtained from trade with the islanders and sold it to Innsmouth, gaining a lot of wealth.

But on another voyage to the island, Captain Obaid found that the islanders with whom he was trading were massacred by residents of other islands.

Unwilling to lose his source of wealth, Captain Obaid felt cruel and decided to come on his own.

Fortunately, in previous transactions, he purchased several metal statues from the islanders' leaders that could be used to summon fish-man monsters.

Captain, I have a bad feeling, we are making a deal with the underwater devil.

God has taught us that those who look directly into the abyss will be swallowed up by the abyss.

The burly man with unique red hair advised worriedly.

[Matt Elliott, First Officer of the Queen of Sumatra, a devout Puritan is also my loyal companion. 】

[But many times, I feel upset by his stupid thinking. Perhaps loyalty is the only reason why I didn't abandon him. 】

These thoughts flashed through my mind.

Ignoring the restless Matt.

Captain Obeid's whole mind was absorbed by the object in his hands.

This is a piece of gold jewelry with exquisite workmanship and high quality.

Under the lights on the ship, the gold jewelry shines with extraordinary luster.

Matt, what's that I'm holding?

Gold, my captain.

Do you like this thing?

this

Matt was speechless.

Captain Obaid's words were bewitching: What about the devil?

We're just making a trade, and these charming little things are the reward, and the benefits are real.

And if you think about it carefully, what is the difference between these guys who call themselves deep divers and us?

It's just that we live on land and they live in the sea.

As he spoke, Captain Obaid arrived at Devil's Reef.

With the assistance of the crew, the offerings were transported to the designated area.

The ceremony begins!

Captain Obeid threw the metal statue into the water.

Gululu~!

Gululu~!

The sea surface is like soup with effervescent tablets added, with dense and continuous bubbles constantly appearing.

Upon seeing this, Captain Obaid loudly recited an obscure and crazy incantation.

As the mantra was chanted repeatedly, several 'deep divers' emerged from the sea.

This is the first time Shang has faced such a terrifying monster.

Despite psychological preparation in advance, Captain Obaid inevitably fell into madness.

He felt like his head was buzzing, as if he was at the bottom of the sea, with terrible pressure coming from all directions, and his vision was covered by a layer of sea water, making it blurry.

Gold! Lovely gold!

This thought echoed in my mind repeatedly.

Relying on his crazy and intense obsession with gold, Captain Obaid forced his way out of madness.

He opened his eyes wide and shouted: I want to exchange. I want to use 'sacrifice' in exchange for gold!

The leading deep diver looked at Captain Obaid thoughtfully: Deal!

Boxes of metal fragments were tossed haphazardly into the sea by deep divers.

Then they returned to the bottom of the sea, took an equal amount of gold, and filled the empty boxes.

Boxes of gold were neatly stacked in the cabin.

The lid of the box was open, and under the light, the entire cabin turned into a sea of ​​yellow and orange.

Captain Obaid's eyes sparkled with obsession.

The gold obtained in this exchange was longer than what he had accumulated in previous years!

At the end of the transaction, the deep diver who had returned to the sea suddenly poked his head out: Humans, this is the last time we use these metals to trade, we no longer need this thing.

We need living youth as sacrifices and to reproduce with humans.

If not, this will be the last time we see each other.

Captain Obaid hesitated: This

The Deep Diver came ashore again and handed him a metal statue: Take it, I believe you will use it again.

As the deep divers say.

Captain Obaid quickly gathered the ‘sacrifice’ and conducted a second transaction.

Doom has officially arrived for the small town of Innsmouth.

With the third and fourth sacrifices.

Captain Obaid is getting crazier!

In order to meet the requirements of the Deep Ones, he founded the Dagon Cult and gained wealth by worshiping the father god Dagon and the mother god Hydra.

Rebels were put to death, other churches in Innsmouth were closed and renovated, and Dagonism became the only local religion.

More and more deep divers are entering the town of Innsmouth.

The aboriginal people in the town only need to provide sufficient sacrifices, bloody playthings and residences in the town, and they can live in harmony with the deep divers.

Under Captain Obeid, Innsmouth slipped completely into the abyss.

The illusion is still evolving rapidly.

The last scene Zhu Zheng saw was the awarding ceremony.

After this investiture ceremony, Captain Obaid will leave Innsmouth and return to the deep sea.

The old Captain Obaid knelt devoutly in front of the statue of Dagon.

Several deep diver elders awarded him special medals in order to thank him for his contribution to the deep divers.

Along with the medals, there are several sandalwood boxes.

One of the sandalwood boxes contained a golden statue of Dagon and a parchment scroll.

…

Consciousness returns here.

Zhu Zheng sighed softly and opened his eyes.

Still in his room, still maintaining the posture of studying the parchment.

Recalling what he saw and heard in the illusion, Zhu Zheng sighed deeply.

Obaid Marsh is a well-deserved role model for cultists!

Throughout his life, he worked tirelessly to contact the deep divers and founded a religion for them. He also worked hard to accumulate wealth for decades.

This is really not something ordinary people can do.

At this time, his thoughts were flowing and his eyes fell on the parchment scroll.

At this point he already knew the true purpose of this thing.

In addition to recording Obaid's deeds, it is also a secret curse!

A secret spell that can summon Dagon to come!