Dorothy's Forbidden Tome

Dorothy's Forbidden Tome Author: Angel Doom

In the steam of the Industrial Revolution, mystery surged.Esoteric religions and associations seek the extraordinary in the shadows, and the hidden gods overlook the common people from the dome.

Forbidden knowledge, sacrificial rituals, forgotten secret history...

Mysteries are everywhere, and Dorothy, who has traveled here by accident, finds that she must adhere to a principle if she wants to move forward in this increasingly outrageous world.

"knowledge is power."

What about forbidden knowledge?

"Nature is a stronger force!"

(This book is mysterious, and secret teachings see it)

Chapter 1 Knowledge

The night was dark and moonless, and the cool light rain was pattering down. The rain dripped on the soil and rocks on the river bank, washing away the blood stains on them, and a faint fishy smell permeated the air.

This is a deep canyon bottom, the rushing stream that splits the rocks is rushing in the center of the valley bottom, and the sound of swishing water keeps echoing in the valley.

On both sides of the deep valley, there are vertical cliffs on one side and steep slopes on the other side. Countless tough shrubs and grass trees struggle out from between the rock and mud. On the banks of the river it was a tragic scene.

The carriages of two or three carriages were overturned on the river bank, and the corpses of people and horses were scattered everywhere. The dripping blood flowed out from the terrible wounds, and was washed by the rain into the river beside, and the terror was frozen on the last face of the dead. .

At the scene of the tragedy of blood and rain, everything was silent, as if there was no trace of life, of course... it just seemed.

Near the bank of the river, in an overturned carriage that was held by the reins on the rocks and barely slipped into the river, a girl was leaning on the upright seat, eyes closed and silent.

The girl was about 13 years old, wearing a simple white and brown dress, cloth shoes and socks, not a wealthy dress, many parts of her body were stained with blood, her long silver hair fell neatly to her shoulders, in the dark There was even a slight silver light reflected in the surrounding environment, and the near side of the soft and soft cheek with closed eyes was stained red with blood. If you look closely, you can find that the blood is flowing from the forehead behind the bang on the right.

Like the surrounding environment, the silent girl seemed to be a part of this tragedy, until... her eyebrows trembled slightly at a certain moment.

I don't know how long it took, a faint breath came out from under the nose that should have been completely silent, and then accompanied by the rising and falling of the girl's chest again, the breath gradually strengthened.

"call………"

The girl's brows were tightly wrinkled, showing an expression of discomfort, and she raised one hand to touch her forehead on the right side.

'It hurts...so cold...did I have a nightmare?Or fell off the bed? '

The chaotic thoughts were churning in the girl's mind, and as the pain on her forehead obviously subsided, her thoughts became clearer and she thought about more things.

'Is it raining outside?Why is there still the sound of water?Is there no river near home?Did someone turn on the faucet early in the morning to wash the floor outside? '

Amid all the confusion, the girl slowly opened her eyes, revealing her red pupils. The dark environment made it difficult for her to see for a while. After getting used to it for a while, she was finally able to barely see the dark and narrow space. the scene in it.

After that, she immediately froze in place.

In the carriage, on the opposite side of the girl, there is another upright seat leaning against the dead body of a woman. The shattered glass from the window of the carriage stuck in the woman's throat, and the blood that was still flowing stained her body. The canvas dress was red, her eyes were wide open, and the panic expression before her death was conveyed to the girl's eyes undiminished.

"hiss……"

Seeing such a scene, the girl took a deep breath. The instinctive fear of dead bodies instantly filled her thoughts, and all other doubts and confusions were swept away.

All of a sudden, the frightened girl stood up immediately, but accidentally bumped into the top of the horizontal carriage with a "snap". She bowed her waist, covered her head and looked around. Only then did the girl realize that she was in such a in a small space.

Being in the same secret room with such a terrifying corpse, the girl couldn't help feeling even more frightened. She quickly stretched out her hand and groped around, trying to find a way out. After pushing it open, she quickly climbed out of the car.

'Depend on!How is this going?What the hell is this place?How could there be a corpse! ?Am I put in a haunted house while someone is asleep?Who is bored to do such pranks! '

While thinking like this in her heart, the girl struggled to climb out of the carriage, and when she came to the bank of the river where it was raining lightly, she couldn't help being stunned when she saw the tragic image in front of her.

There were more corpses, not only people, but also horses. The bloody smell in the air could not be washed away by the rain. The car behind me was not the only one that overturned. The gas lamp hanging on the front of the car was flickering with flames. To provide a faint light in the darkness in the rain, the wheels on the carriage are still turning, as if they were still running not so long ago.

"What the hell is this... a prank... the cost would be too high... Do I need to be so exaggerated for the sake of rectifying?"

In the rain, the girl looked at the scene in her eyes and muttered in amazement, panic and confusion arose in her heart, and then she shook her head vigorously, forcing herself to calm down.

"Don't panic... Calm down... Observe the situation first... Ugh!"

Just as the girl was trying to calm down, she felt a sudden stabbing pain in her head, and she couldn't help covering her forehead again.

Immediately afterwards, she felt the thoughts in her head boil, and countless memories that did not belong to her all popped up, making her mentally chaotic.

"Huh... this is..."

Gritting her teeth, the girl stretched out her hand to support the carriage beside her, and tried her best to control herself not to faint. Just like that, while panting, the chaotic spirit gradually calmed down, the tingling pain in her head gradually disappeared, and the girl... Obtained a memory that did not belong to her, or in other words, the soul that dominated the girl's body at this time obtained the memory of this body.

"Huh...huh...feelings aren't pranks, are they...traveling...?"

Continuing to pant, the girl finally understood her situation.

The girl's soul at this time is a traveler from a modern world, and the girl who originally belonged to this world is named Dorothy.

According to Dorothy's memory, she was an ordinary girl living in a remote village. Her father, a hunter, died accidentally during a hunt. Her mother disappeared after her father died. She grew up with her only blood brother. Together they were adopted by the kind-hearted people in the village, Aunt Hannah, a relative of his father.

Except for her natural silver-white hair and red pupils, Dorothy is a beautiful and ordinary girl who grew up with her elder brother under the care of Aunt Hannah.

Because of her natural intelligence, Dorothy was sent to the church class in the town to learn characters, and even became one of the few literate people in the village when she was a teenager, so she often helped the villagers read and write letters.

Dorothy's brother is six years older than Dorothy. Since the land in the village was occupied to raise sheep, he followed the trend of other young people in the village to work as a worker in the city at the age of 16. This trip lasted three years. Not long ago, Dorothy’s elder brother wrote to Dorothy in the village, saying that he had found a good job in the city and could afford a decent house, so he wanted to Take Dorothy to live in the city.

Dorothy was very happy to receive the letter from her brother. She immediately said goodbye to the people in the village, packed up her things and got on the carriage to the city. But what she didn’t expect was that not long after she set off, the carriage team she was in encountered robbed by robbers.

On the river bank at the bottom of the valley, rubbing her temples, Dorothy looked at the steep slope aside while digesting the memories in her mind. In Dorothy's memory, the convoy she was in was overturned while being chased by robbers, and the entire convoy almost rolled down the slope. Seeing the situation in front of her, it seemed that no one survived...

In Dorothy's last terrified memory, what she heard was the shouts of robbers and the roars of wild beasts. Amidst the wailing of horses, the world in front of her eyes began to overturn, and finally the memory ended completely after a forehead pain.

"Phew... What a poor girl, she managed to go to the city to live a good life, but she didn't expect to encounter such a thing..."

With a sigh, Dorothy said with a sigh, and then her expression froze, and she suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Wait... girl?!"

Suddenly, Dorothy, who realized the seriousness of something, immediately stretched out her hand to test her body. After several attempts to no avail, her complexion became distorted.

"It's gone... Really gone... I'm Dorothy... Dorothy is a girl, me, I'm a girl!?"

For a moment, Dorothy stayed completely where she was, with a dull expression on her face, letting the light rain fall on her.

But at this moment, a voice from afar pulled her back to her senses.

"Hey! Found it! The car rolled over there!

"Boss! We found it!"

Dorothy couldn't help feeling tense when she heard a few unfamiliar languages ​​that she could understand from a distance. She turned her head and looked in the direction of the sound, only to see sporadic stars shining in the dark night on the distant river bank. The flames, those flames are swaying towards him.

It's the robbers!They found a place and touched it down, and they are searching this way along the river!

Realizing that something was wrong, Dorothy frowned immediately, and she didn't have the heart to worry about other problems. She quickly bent down and hid behind the carriage on one side.

"It's not good...the group of guys must have come down to find property...they are a group of vicious gangsters, they have to run quickly..."

While thinking, Dorothy observed the surrounding environment, trying to see where she could escape, but unfortunately, it seemed that because of the rain and flooding, the direction where Dorothy could escape had been blocked by the rushing water. Submerged, and the steep slope on the side is too steep, and it is impossible to climb up when it is wet and slippery in rainy days.

The only way out of here now is the direction where the flames flicker in the dark night, but that is also the way the robbers are looking for, if you escape from there, you will definitely run into the robbers.

'Damn... is it a dead end? '

Realizing the danger she was in now, Dorothy was anxious for a moment, and just as she was considering whether to play dead on the spot to see if she could fool the robber, a voice sounded out of nowhere in her head.

That was a strange voice that had no emotional fluctuations, could not distinguish between men and women, and seemed to be whispering from countless mouths.

"The soul integration is complete...the link has been established..."

"Sacrificing knowledge... bestowing knowledge..."

"what?"

Listening to the voice in her head, Dorothy was surprised for a while, then shook her head to calm down her thoughts.

'what the hell?What is this sound?Straight out of my head?Could it be that this is the... system that is often attached to time travel in the legend? ! '

Although she was a little confused by the sudden voice in her head, but in the face of a crisis, Dorothy quickly adjusted her thoughts, thinking about how to seize this possible opportunity to resolve the crisis.

If it is really a common system in time-traveling novels, then some time-traveling benefits must be given!Maybe it can be used to deal with these robbers!

Thinking of this, Dorothy closed her eyes, and meditated in her heart as if praying, trying to communicate with the so-called "system".

'Whoever is the god who just spoke in my head...can you give me some strength? ! '

Dorothy thought so, and the voice quickly responded to Dorothy's sound again.

"Power...is knowledge...sacrificing the knowledge of this world...acquiring the knowledge of another world..."

Listening to the voice in her head, Dorothy couldn't help being taken aback, thinking that this power seems to need to be exchanged, and it needs to be exchanged for knowledge. What knowledge can I exchange?

Just as Dorothy finished thinking, the indifferent and strange voice answered immediately.

"Currently...the most valuable knowledge in this body...is language and writing..."

"Language and writing?"

Listening to the words of that voice, Dorothy thought that in the memory of her own body, Dorothy, a girl born in the countryside, was most proud of being able to read and write. This is what she taught intermittently. The result of hard work in the ecclesiastical class is the biggest difference between her and other children in the village. Literacy is a very precious thing in this low-level society with a high illiteracy rate.

The mastery of writing and language is naturally a kind of knowledge. Can the so-called "system" in my mind turn this knowledge into strength?

do not care!The situation is urgent now, so we can only try it first!

With this in mind, Dorothy thought silently in her heart.

'Give me the language and characters I have mastered...no matter what, give me the power to solve the current predicament! '

After silently reading, Dorothy began to wait in a panic, and after a while, the words of response appeared in her mind.

"Puritic, complete grammar, proficient in 3027 words, can read and write..."

"Use this as a deed...to redeem..."

Along with the words in her head, Dorothy felt her head swell, and then, a piece of information that did not belong to her previous life, nor to the original Dorothy, was injected into her brain.

This is also a language...

At this moment, in front of Dorothy's eyes, a section of mysterious and simple characters appeared in front of her out of thin air. These characters were vigorous, wild, sharp and majestic, as if some kind of giant beast turned its legs on the rock with its sharp claws.

"Dragon language, the way of roaring, 3 characters..."

Chapter 2 Dragon Roar

At the bottom of the valley in the dark night, the river is still rushing forward without stopping, the sound of flowing water resounds through the narrow and long space, and above the river bank, several lights are swaying forward.

On the dark river bank, there are four men walking forward with lanterns in the rain. Three of them are in the front, wearing coarse clothes and pants soaked in rainwater. They are all in their 30s and [-]s. They hold a gas lamp in one hand and knives and sticks in the other. , they are almost all stout, with tattoos on their rolled-up arms.

Behind the three of them is a much better-dressed man. He is wearing a dark red suit, black trousers, and a lined jacket. It was cold, holding an umbrella for himself in his hand.

Beside the man, there are two strange hounds on the left and right. They have almost no hair, no ears, and the dark red flesh is directly exposed. They are tall and thin, almost reaching the man's knees, but they are all skinny , showing a deformed appearance, not like normal dogs at all.

The man's name was Edric, and he was a bandit... No, to be precise, he should be the gang leader in the nearby town of Vulkan, known as "Ed the Strange Dog".

Ed is sinister and ruthless. He is the local snake in Vaukan Town. No one in the town is afraid of him. Relying on two strange hounds who don't know how to get here, Ed has reached a high position in the gang struggle. His two The only thing to blame is that the hound is as ferocious as a beast, and it seems that no matter how injured it is, it can't die, which makes his opponents and even his subordinates terrified.

Strictly speaking, Ed, as the gang leader, would not do such a blatant thing as directly attacking the convoy, but this time the attack was indeed due to some special circumstances.

He, needs to get something in that caravan.

"Boss, when they see the light, they will turn over in front!"

At this time, Ed's subordinate who was at the front looked forward a few times and reported back. After listening to his subordinate's report, Ed nodded, and then spoke coldly.

"Go on, I hope the target doesn't fall into the river..."

After that, Ed, his three men and his two hounds walked along the river bank, and soon they came to the overturned site of the carriage convoy.

The bodies of men and horses were scattered on the river bank together with the carriages. It was because of their pursuit that the convoy suffered such disaster.

Arriving at the scene of the accident, Ed glanced at the tragedy in front of him, and then spoke to his subordinates.

"Seperately look for it, remember, it's a white-haired girl around 13 years old, whether it's dead or alive, you have to find it, it's better to be alive..."

"Yes, boss!"

After Ed gave his orders, his three subordinates immediately separated and began to check the surrounding corpses and the situation in the overturned carriage, while Ed took advantage of the umbrella to stand in place with his hunting dog, supervising his subordinates .

Ed's men were checking the scene step by step. Since they were all gang members, they greedily picked up all kinds of property during the process, and even searched the body directly, taking away all valuables Seeing the situation of his subordinates in front of him, Ed scolded coldly.

"Don't worry about other things! Find the target first! If you don't want to be fed to the dog, be quick!"

Hearing Ed's scolding, the subordinates all stopped their search for corpses one after another. Some of them glanced at Ed behind with complaints, but after seeing the two weird hounds, they shook their heads in fear. Turned back.

They all knew that Ed was irresistible, or that his hound was irresistible.