Chapter 53
"Locas!"
Mier jumped out of bed and rushed to the door!
If the Hound of Tindalos is right outside the door, then its target is either me or Rocas!
Rocas from another timeline is already dead, and Rocas from this timeline knows nothing. He has no reason to be killed by the Hound of Tindalos!
Miel opened the door and chanted the spell of the portal, intending to escape from here with Rocas.
Cthulhu made a "tsk" sound, and before he could completely open the door, he extended a black tentacle from his lower back, wrapped around his waist, rolled him behind him, and reached out to grasp the door handle for him, pulling the door open.
There was indeed a creature outside the door.
It has the body shape of a dog, but lacks the characteristics of a dog.
Beneath the twisted gray-black skeleton frame, countless balls of red light flickered, as if countless eyes were blinking, stained the dark corridor with a layer of blood.
If you look closely, you can see part of its terrifying mouthpart through the gaps in its outer skeleton.
The Hounds of Tindalos have sharp front paws, each finger shaped like a sickle.
But its entire lower body was hidden in the black fog and could not be seen clearly. Only its strong hind legs could be vaguely seen.
Or perhaps its lower body looks like this, a ball of black mist with constantly changing outlines.
The door opposite was closed, and the Hound of Tindalos turned its head towards Miel, who was protected by Cthulhu behind him.
Miel couldn't determine where the creature's eyes were or what they looked like, so he wasn't sure if he was making eye contact with it.
The only thing that is certain is that I no longer think it is "strange" to grow into a creature like this.
Being stared at by the Hounds of Tindalos felt like being stared at by a hungry wolf. Although he was afraid, he was not confused.
Cthulhu stood in front of Miel, looked at the Hound of Tindalos and said coldly: "There is no prey for you here, get out."
Perhaps out of habit, he spoke the common language, and Miel doubted whether the Hound of Tindalos could understand it.
Even if it understood, would it do it? It had torn apart one of Cthulhu's incarnations!
At this moment, the door opposite was pulled open, followed by Rocas's shouting: "Wait! Your target is me! Don't hurt my master!"
However, just as he finished shouting this, Ina grabbed the back of his neck and pressed him against the door frame.
Ina: "Wow! It's a puppy! So cute!"
Miel:?
cute……?
Miel was really afraid that this cute little dog would pop out its mouthpiece in the next second and stab Inai and Rocas through.
He forced himself to speak: "Inai, close the door! Neither you nor Rocas should come out, and don't let the priest come out!"
However, Inai ignored him, grabbed Rocas by the back of his collar, threw him to the priest behind him, and then walked out of the room and walked towards the monster in the corridor.
As she got closer, the monster in the corridor raised its sharp claws and then... took a step back.
Miel:?
Are you serious about taking a step back?
The red light within the Hound of Tindalos flickered, casting Ina's silhouette intermittently on the wall.
Although the body was that of a beautiful elf girl, the shadow on the wall had many more tentacles, and even the head had turned into a thick and long tentacle.
Miel watched silently, not knowing what expression to show or how to react.
But, it seems like he doesn't have to worry about anything?
"Little dog, let me meet your owner." Ina spoke, still with that innocent and lively tone, but the smile in his eyes was gone.
The Hound of Tindalos didn't respond, and it took another step back.
However, before Ina could take the next step, it pounced on Ina again, attacking her with its claws and mouthparts at the same time!
Miel watched in disbelief. Before he had time to worry about Inai, he saw the body of the Hound of Tindalos being torn apart by an invisible force, disintegrating into a ball of black mist and disappearing without a trace.
Miel: "...dead?"
Cthulhu: "No, dogs are immortal."
In fact, what Miel really wanted to ask was - what happened just now?
He didn't even see Ina make the move, he thought Ina would be torn apart, but in the end it was the attacking side that was torn apart.
Rocas was also stunned. Father Tyndall calmly pushed him aside, faced the direction where the Hound of Tindalos disappeared, and made the sign of the cross on his chest.
Tyndall: "May it rest in peace in its dreams."
Miel: ...Don’t send everything into your dreams!
The corridor was silent for a few seconds.
During these few seconds, no one spoke and no one moved.
Miel was still staring nervously at the place in the corridor where the Hound of Tindalos disappeared, and Cthulhu was still blocking his way.
On the other side, Rocas and Dindel were still standing facing the corridor, motionless.
Ina also stood quietly in the corridor.
After the Hound of Tindalos vanished, the red light faded and her shadow turned into a normal one.
Suddenly, she turned and looked behind her.
Almost at the moment she turned around, a voice came from the direction she was looking.
That was... the creaking sound of the wooden floor being stepped on, neither fast nor slow, coming from far away and gradually approaching - someone was walking towards them with elegant steps.
The footsteps stopped about three meters away from Ina.
Then, a neutral male voice sounded, giving people a gentle, soothing and elegant feeling: "I heard that someone wants to see me?"
Miel walked past Cthulhu carefully and tried to stick his head out of the door to see who was talking, but Cthulhu discovered his intention and rolled him back with his tentacles again.
A blue-purple light appeared in the corridor at some point.
The sound comes from the direction of the light source, or, is the light source itself.
"It's so lively," He said, "One, two, three, four... we can even have a Mahjong table."
Miel:?
What is sesame paste?
"You who know everything, why do you raise a group of dogs with such low IQ?" Ina just stood there, looking in the direction of the light source and asked.
"Because they are dogs," the other replied. "They are excellent hunting dogs. They never disappoint me."
Ina: "But they recognized the wrong prey."
The other party: "Are you really mistaken? I still have one of that child's arms. The connection between body and soul cannot be severed so easily."
Miel's eyes widened suddenly when he heard this.
He knew who the voice belonged to!
There was no way he could have forgotten the name of that magic, because it was it that caused Rocas in another timeline to lose his left arm.
——The Fist of Yog-Sothoth.
In another timeline, Rocas sacrificed his entire left arm using the ritual recorded in the Book of Sacrifice, borrowed power from Yog-Sothoth, and killed Bros.
At this moment, standing in Inai's field of vision, there was a certain existence emitting a blue-purple light. It was the key to the gate, the one who unites all things, the incarnation of Yog-Sothoth.
Yog-Sothoth's true self is outside of all worlds and time and space, so the only thing that appears here can be an incarnation.
Miel had some knowledge of Cthulhu mythology because there were books related to Cthulhu mythology in the Akunila family's study. He had read and studied them.
Although I don’t know all the gods, such as the nameless fog, and the god behind Father Tyndall who is related to spiders and dreams.
However, it is impossible for him not to know about the most famous Cthulhu and the three pillars of gods who are considered to be the most original.
The three pillars of gods are:
The mother of all things, the supreme mother goddess of darkness and abundance, the black goat of the forest who gave birth to countless offspring, Shub-Niggurath.
The Key to the Gate, the One to whom all things are one, the Omniscient One who sits at the Gate, Yog-Sothoth.
The creeping darkness, the creeping chaos, the thousand-faced god, Nyarlathotep.
Being able to face Yog-Sothoth, one of the Three Pillars, and talk to him on an equal footing...
Ina, who is it?
Mier already had the answer in his mind, but he didn't want to verify it.
He didn't want to know why both Ina and Naya had a "Nai" syllable in their names.
He didn't want to know what the relationship was between Inai and the dark-skinned man in Rocas's memory.
He didn't want to know who gave the "Book of Taboo" to Bross and gave the "Book of Sacrifice" to Rocas in another timeline, and eventually let both books fall into his hands.
At least, at this moment, Inai was his teammate, not his enemy - no matter what her purpose was, she was trying to persuade Yog-Sothoth not to let the Hound of Tindalos take Rocas's life.
Ina: "You just made a mistake! This Rocas doesn't have the power to travel through time and space. You have no reason to kill him. Let your little dog forget about him! You can do that, right?"
Yug: "Whether he lives or dies will have little impact on the future. Why should I bother?"
Ina: "Because he's dead, Ina's brother will be very sad."
Yug: "..."
Ina: "Besides, Ina's biological mother made a contract with you, and you must abide by it. Friendly reminder, you have already violated it once!"
Yug: "Because of whom?"
Ina: “Who knows?”
Yug: "...It's really strange to hear you say the words 'obey the contract'. You've violated the contract so many times, and you want me to abide by it?"
"What are you talking about?" Ina tilted his head innocently. "Ina is just an ordinary high elf. Why does he have to have a spirit of contract?"
"...Heh, I can see you're having a lot of fun."
After saying this, the blue-purple light disappeared.
The corridor returned to silence.
In the end, Yug did not respond to Ina's request.
But about five seconds later, Inai turned to look at Miel in the room, raised the corners of his lips, and revealed a happy smile: "It's okay now, the little dog won't come to bully Rocas anymore, so brother can rest assured now."
Miel was silent for a moment, then raised the corners of his lips and revealed a relaxed smile: "Yes, thank you, Inai."
"However," he paused, his tone changed to serious, "Can you tell me what kind of contract my mother signed with Yog-Sothoth?"
If this is why he can be resurrected infinitely, then what is the price?
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The author has something to say: Every author related to the Cthulhu Mythos has their own understanding of the setting of the three pillars and whose orders the dogs obey. Anyway, the setting of this article is that the Hound of Tindalos was raised by Yog-Sothoth to help him maintain the order of time and space [dog head holding a rose]
You can guess what contract Yog-Sothoth broke once. It should be easy to guess, right?
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