Without even reading it carefully, Drizzt could tell what was written in the original manuscript of the novel.
It was nothing more than what they encountered after arriving in Beihan Town.
That's enough, Drizzt thought. That's enough.
"Where is the ancient capital? What is all this about? Stop playing tricks on me. I can't stand it anymore."
Trist took out a revolver, not the one he usually used, but the more powerful [Simulated Sunfire].
If necessary, Drizzt could just grind the church to ashes. By then, it wouldn't matter where the ancient capital was hidden, as it would be destroyed with one shot anyway.
The experiences during this period made him feel extremely tormented. It seemed as if everything he did was controlled by someone, and the way it was written by someone else made Trist extremely doubtful of himself.
"Don't worry, when you can see my Lord, you can see him immediately."
The priest's tone was calm. He looked at the pistol raised by Trist and spoke calmly.
"You will not kill me and destroy this church."
"What makes you say that?"
Trist had his finger on the trigger. Although he would not shoot immediately, it was not because he did not dare, but because if he fired now, the church might collapse and he and Lu Ban and the others might be injured.
"Because in the Book of my Lord you are not allowed to shoot."
The priest looked very pious, just like the martyred saints in ancient legends.
"Holy scriptures? Are you talking about these horror novels?"
Lu Ban took out "The Spider in the Corner" which he got from the hotel owner and waved it in front of the priest.
"These are the oracles of my Lord, the sacred words."
The priest replied.
"Then let's talk about your God. What kind of guy is he?"
Lu Ban walked forward a few steps and sat on the bench in the first row, like a believer listening to a sermon.
“He created the world, has all authority, is supreme, omniscient and omnipotent.”
The priest used all the common religious words, but he didn't convey any message.
"All this, like what happened outside, was done by him?"
Lu Ban asked.
"Even you and I are creations of my Lord."
The priest looked at Lu Ban.
"Me and you?"
Lu Ban found it interesting.
"I do have some insights into your Lord. He should be able to control the environment within a certain range, human cognition, and even monsters to some extent?"
"I do not deny your statement, for this is also something my Lord can make known to you."
The priest had no intention of discussing this with Lu Ban.
"Your statement is just like those of fortune tellers, who always speak in an ambiguous direction. If you guess right, it's divine prediction, and if you guess wrong, it's just fate."
Lu Ban said again.
"Let's not waste time talking to him. I feel like the ancient capital is in this church. We might as well get rid of him and then go find the ancient capital."
Drizzt was a little impatient.
Shia nodded in agreement.
"There is a space under this church, and there seems to be someone inside."
Hearing Xia's words, the priest suddenly took a half step back.
"Don't embarrass him, come down."
A voice came from the priest's mouth, but the tone and voice did not sound like that of a stubborn priest, but more like that of a bohemian young man.
The door behind the priest slowly opened, revealing a path leading downwards.
Lu Ban glanced at the priest; his expression became numb and indifferent, just like those guys in suits outside, but he didn't move at all, as if he had lost his soul.
The three of them looked at each other, with Lu Ban walking in front and going down the stairs.
After walking for only a short while, they arrived at a basement.
The basement was slightly dimmed with lights lit by unknown biological oils. In the huge space, there was another door. The door seemed to be made of bronze, and there were exotic words on the surface that could not be translated even in the Silent Land.
Boom——
Just as they arrived here, there was some kind of knocking sound from the other side of the door, and the whole basement shook slightly and some dust fell.
It was as if something imprisoned inside was trying to break free.
In front of the door, there is a desk with a lamp on it. There are a lot of manuscript paper, ink bottles, and several pens on it. Behind the desk, there is a person sitting.
I guess he is Gudu.
When Lu Ban saw that person, this thought came to his mind.
The man had neatly trimmed hair, a medium build, wore a pair of glasses, a sophisticated suit, and dust-free leather shoes. He held a pen in his hand, and it seemed that before Lu Ban and the others arrived, he was still thinking about how to end the story on the manuscript in front of him.
"Please wait a moment. It will be over in a little while."
His voice was very gentle, like that of a young university lecturer, with a sense of friendliness and confidence.
No wonder he is loved by noble ladies.
Lu Ban thought.
This kind of handsome and artistic young man is probably the favorite of those young aunts. Even an ignorant girl would be easily deceived if she met such a man.
During the waiting time, the door hit twice more, but the force was obviously much weaker, as if it was suppressed by something.
After a long time, just when Trist was becoming a little impatient, the man finally let out a long sigh and put down his pen.
“The ending is always the hardest to write. I’m almost there, but there are more important things to do right now.”
He smiled and then introduced himself.
"Hello, I'm Gudu."
The three of them were silent for a moment. It was not because of any shock or anything like that. Rather, in their vision, the cold and indifferent words of the system appeared on the wall of the basement.
[Task requirements: Find the missing novelist 1/1]
This is indeed an ancient capital.
As for the other task, witnessing the end of the story, I don’t know how to complete it.
Do I have to read the ending of the novel that Gu Du just wrote?
"Where exactly are we now?"
Lu Ban couldn't help but ask.
Of course, he could go directly to Gu Du to read the novel, the ending of "Mouth of a Madman" in which they were the protagonists, but Lu Ban's intuition told him that if it ended like this, the exploration level of the mission would definitely be very low and the benefits would not be enough.
Moreover, he had not yet found the fragments of Du Danping's melody and did not understand the full picture of the matter, so he asked.
“You are in the middle of a story.”
Gudu is outspoken.
"Like the priest standing above, he is a character in the story and has only one identity, so he is a priest. I added a pious character to him, so he is very pious, but he is just a priest, that's all."
"As for those guys outside, they are all passers-by in the story. Their names, family backgrounds, and personalities are irrelevant to the story. Therefore, even if they look different, they all look exactly the same."
He said simply, and looked at Lu Ban and the others.
"As for you, you are the protagonists of the story."