The existence of nightmares is magical in itself.
They are monsters made up of fear in various shapes. Some are evil ghosts, some are vengeful spirits, some are murderers, and some are scary and hideous animals and murderous plants.
Anything that can cause fear in people can become a nightmare.
Of course, nightmares are divided into different levels and strengths.
Nightmares in the third level of dreams are generally very strong, but there are also relatively weak ones.
Nightmares who are completely dominated by resentment and malice in their hearts are generally very strong. However, because they are controlled by dark emotions, they basically will not talk well and will kill when they meet.
This is the case even for our own kind, not to mention ordinary people.
Therefore, it is extremely difficult to find a nightmare with which you can communicate.
Either the strength is not enough
This type of nightmare is more likely to be communicated, so most of the nightmares encountered in the Howard family are of this type.
For Lin Mo, even this kind of nightmare is very difficult to deal with.
Before this, Lin Mo really didn’t dare to do anything rash.
But now it's different.
Just because the Burning Curse was upgraded, Lin Mo's strength was qualitatively improved, and he was qualified to fight these nightmares. In addition, he was ruthless and took the initiative. As a result, he killed two and burned one in the blink of an eye.
Chaos immediately broke out in the Howard family.
More people rushed over.
Lin Mo took a look and decided to quit while he was ahead.
The effect of establishing authority has been achieved, mainly because there are some hard cores among the nightmares that came this time.
And even if we take action now, we no longer have the advantage of being the first to take action.
The other party had already been on guard.
With precautions, it doesn't matter whether you have the first mover advantage or not.
As for how it ends, it has nothing to do with Lin Mo. He has done what he should do, and the rest is left to "Ben". I believe that the other party can handle it.
If it can't be handled well, Lin Mo won't waste time here.
He will leave and continue to do his own thing, because the "capital" is not worth his continued investment and there is no basis for cooperation.
If 'Ben' can clean up this mess, it means this little guy is brave and resourceful, and only in this way can cooperation bring benefits and advantages.
Lin Mo gave Ben a look, then ignored everyone else and got into the carriage.
How to appease the Howard family members who had suffered losses and how to solve the problem were all left to Ben.
As I said, you can't really treat the other person as a teenager.
Those who have been dead for hundreds of years are considered old ghosts.
What is an old ghost?
He is shrewd and cunning.
At first there was a fierce quarrel and abuse outside, and 'Ben' didn't seem to respond, but just endured it, but he stopped everyone who wanted to approach the carriage.
Lin Mo glanced out of the car window and knew that this 'Ben' was much stronger than other members of Howard's family.
Being calm in the face of honor or disgrace, and remaining composed in the face of danger, these are the basic qualities for accomplishing great things.
As expected, those rubbish outside are no match for me.
I really don't know why the people in this family don't take each other seriously. Is it because 'Ben' looks too young?
It is possible.
Lin Mo didn't care about other things. He was resting and recalling the feeling of using the upgraded Burning Curse just now.
Very good.
As long as it touches the opponent, it can be released.
Of course, the effect of a finger touch is different from that of a full palm touch.
The larger the contact area, the more lethal the burning will be.
In addition, you need to pay attention to the intensity and number of times when using the Burning Curse.
Because the Iron Curse, which is used to balance the Burning Curse, has not yet been upgraded, you must be careful when using it.
Otherwise, it can’t be suppressed.
Once the curse gets out of control, it will not kill the enemy but will definitely kill yourself.
This point must be paid attention to.
After waiting for a long time, the noise outside quieted down. After a while, 'Ben' came over and knocked on the door of the carriage.
"Sir, could you please come with me for a moment?"
Lin Mo nodded.
After getting off the carriage, I followed Ben and walked around the Howard family's estate.
During this process, Lin Mo could clearly feel that someone was spying on him.
And, more than one.
What is this for? Is this "demon" of his controllable? First cooperate, but this kind of cooperation is not unlimited. Lin Mo cooperates with "Ben", but the other party must also give enough response.
Otherwise, this transaction could be terminated by Lin Mo at any time.
At that time, in order to recover the mental damages, Lin Mo might kill Ben or some members of the Howard family.
When this idea came up, Lin Mo himself was a little surprised.
When did my thoughts become so cruel and extreme? This style of doing things is becoming more and more like a real nightmare.
"Could it be that this time the dream lasted too long, or the depth of the dream was too deep?"
Lin Mo muttered to himself.
Strictly speaking, the time he spent in the dream this time was indeed very long. From the time he dealt with the strange disappearances in Ice City and entered the Horror Street until now, at least ten days have passed.
But this is not the limit of Lin Mo’s dream time.
So it doesn’t matter if the record is broken this time. The meaning of records is to be broken again and again.
As for his own health, Lin Mo was not worried.
Although the conditions in Ice City are not as good as those in the General Administration, the basic life support systems and equipment are still complete. Once the life support system is turned on and the body monitoring equipment is used, there will be no problems.
So Lin Mo had no worries.
He followed 'Ben' around for a while, and then Ben took him to a special room in the manor.
"Sir, I'm going to be away for a moment. Wait a minute. I'll be back soon."
Lin Mo nodded.
Obviously, what comes next is the most important. Ben obviously wants to bargain and negotiate with the family. Of course, this is also his business. Lin Mo looked at his pocket watch.
Said he could wait another hour.
Two hours at most.
If there is no result after two hours, the transaction will be invalid.
'Ben' said he would try to come back as soon as possible.
So, the next step is to wait.
Although Ben asked him to wait in the house, Lin Mo didn't even listen to his parents, so how could he listen to a little kid who looked only in his teens?
Ben had said before that the Howard family had a strong heritage and had existed for more than two hundred years. There had been many dukes and even duchesses in the family.
Based on what Lin Mo has observed so far, it should be true.
Many objects here, whether it is the paintings on the wall or some decorations, look extraordinary.
Some things have a distinct sense of age.
For example, Lin Mo saw a piece of armor placed in the corridor. It was well-made and well-maintained. The breastplate and visor were polished like a mirror, but if you look closely, you can see many scratches on it.
Some of them were obviously left by swords and knives.
If you get close, you can smell a subtle smell of blood from the armor, with a hint of curse.
This set of armor obviously has a story.
It may have been through a lot.
Cruel, happy, but no matter what it is, it will be lost in the dust of history. It will continue to exist until it decays. To it, Lin Mo is just a passerby.
The opposite is not true.
Lin Mo reached out and touched the cold steel armor.
He discovered that the faint curse on it seemed to have triggered a resonance in the steel curse in his body.
It's a bit like Burning Curse meets Fire of Judgment.
The Fire of Judgment contributed to the improvement of the Burning Curse. Could it be that this time, he was just lucky enough to come across a raw material that could improve the Iron Curse? Without saying anything, Lin Mo started searching on the armor.
If you can’t tell anything from the outside, then look inside.
The armor was taken apart in no time. The head, arms, and legs were all separated, and finally a steel coin was found inside the armor.
There are very complex patterns carved on it.
It has a unique mysterious beauty.
A strong curse can be sensed from this steel coin.
The moment he held this thing, Lin Mo was affected by the strong curse on it and saw this scene.
A blacksmith used a piece of alien stone to forge a coin and presented the coin to the king at that time, but in the end, the kingdom was destroyed.
The king, wearing steel armor, uttered a curse before he died. He would not allow others to cut off his head and show off, so he cursed himself to become an indestructible body of steel.
The coin was then blessed with this curse.
Anyone who holds this coin in the future will become an iron man.
Become an immortal, indestructible steel.
After that, all the owners of the coin ended up turning into something like an iron sculpture.
Suffering the pain of being immortal but unable to move.
Finally, the coin was sealed in the armor, and only when the steel came into contact with the coin would it not be assimilated.
No one dared to touch this cursed object anymore.
This series of images flashed before my eyes like a fast-playing movie.
Obviously, this is the Howard family's treasure, a treasure, and one of the foundations for them to become nobles.
But for Lin Mo, this is a good thing.
Others were afraid of having their bodies made of steel, but he was not.
It is no exaggeration to say that Lin Mo is lucky, because this thing seems to be tailor-made for him. Others dare not touch it, but he does.
Without saying a word, Lin Mo took out the yellow paper and placed the coin containing the extremely strong steel curse on the yellow paper.
The next moment, the coin strangely melted into molten iron and penetrated into the yellow paper.
As a result, the texture of the yellow paper also changed.
It became much harder and even had a dark metallic reflection.
Looking behind the Iron Curse, there is also an additional 'deepen' mark.
Lin Mo understood something at this time.
There are also various curses in the third layer of dreams, but the level of the curses is obviously stronger than that in the first layer of dreams.
If one is directly infected by the curse of the third level of dreams, the consequences will be dire.
But if there is a corresponding low-level curse, and then you are infected with a high-level curse of the same type, what you get is an improvement.
After discovering this secret, Lin Mo immediately made a plan for himself.
In his words, this is called a comprehensive strength improvement plan.
Upgrade your curse version from 1.0 to 2.0.
In this way, his fighting power will certainly increase.
Now that the Burning Curse and the Steel Curse have been upgraded, Lin Mo is naturally more confident.
He began to walk around the manor at a faster pace, looking for other sources of the curse.
But obviously, this person's luck is sometimes good and sometimes bad.
There are times when you are lucky and times when you are unlucky.
The previous good luck seemed to have run out when the steel coin was found.
It’s not that there are no other sources of curse in this manor, but many sources of curse are not suitable for Lin Mo, which means that Lin Mo did not have a low version of this curse before.
If you are directly infected by the new advanced curse, the consequences will be dire.
Lin Mo could feel it.
Besides, curse is a double-edged sword in itself. It needs to be used in combination and cannot be used randomly.
If you are randomly contaminated by curses, the original balance will be broken, and in the end all the curses will backfire on you. That scene is too scary to even imagine.
Of course, it is impossible for the Howard family not to know about Lin Mo's wandering around.
In fact, he was being watched from the moment he left the room.
But Lin Mo was not afraid.
With the support of "book", it's not a big problem.
Of course, it is also possible that the Howard family does not dare to stop themselves.
There was no way they didn't know about the high-grade steel curse on the coin. Lin Mo had noticed before that there was a fence around the armor and a sign saying "Absolutely not to touch."
In other words, this is a taboo in the Howard family.
Even just touching the armor could infect you with the curse.
Then, they would definitely be shocked after seeing themselves touching and even "swallowing" the source of the curse.
Lin Mo's guess was correct.
At this moment in the dark, several people from the Howard family looked at Lin Mo with fear in their eyes.
"What kind of demon is this? How dare he touch the iron armor?"
"Not only did he touch it, he also took away the source of the curse."
"what to do?"
"Don't interfere with each other. This demon can do whatever he wants. Our family is now shaky, and any attempt is worth it. Besides, the curse is also a burden to the family. It is a good thing for us that this demon can take away the curse. Moreover, there are many curses in our family, and it would be great if he could take them all away."
(End of this chapter)