Chapter 497 The dark corner and the abyss

William recalled his performance experience. The fear he brought to the audience was based on his own childhood experience, and he used the orphanage as the basis for his fear interpretation.

 The environment, atmosphere and William's roles as teachers with different personalities constantly bring various pressures to the audience.

 What kind of phobia is it?

William couldn’t figure it out for the time being, but he could vaguely feel that a seed called ‘fear’ had taken root and sprouted in his body. This seed would grow as the number of performances increased, and would eventually take shape as his path was completed.

"I still can't fully explain and define what fear is. It's just a 'scripted' imitation of the feelings that the orphanage brought me before... To have such an effect in this performance is completely equivalent to taking a shortcut. I have to find out who I am." Unique fear.

Writing the script independently, creating a closed scene similar to an orphanage, giving rules that can restrain the physical and mental constraints of the participants, and performing original interpretations of characters.

 This way I can get my own fear instead of just imitating the orphanage.

The phobia is a perfect match for my epileptic brain. Once the phobia takes shape, it will definitely help my epileptic brain, and "education" will become more effective.

By the way...you can ask Mr. Zouk about this. His phobia should be well mixed with epilepsy. 』

Thinking of this, William was ready to make strict plans for the future.

“Catherine, the Sabbat is held before the official performance, right?”

Catherine sat on the edge of the bed wearing black and white stockings, tilting her head and moving her fingers, "That's right, there are still 29 days left!"

"Okay, I have to plan my time during this period to prepare for the upcoming Sabbat and even the formal performance."

"Ah? You are still thinking about the formal performance. It is incredible that you, a newcomer who has just arrived for less than a day, can participate in the Sabbat... The formal performance is completely different. It is difficult for you to control now. At most, you can help Uncle Jia En deliver Hand me the props."

“Be prepared a little bit, just in case there is a chance.

By the way, I am now going to Mr. Jain’s magic house to ask about the [Abyss], and then I may go to the zoo to talk to Mr. Zouk about the combination of epilepsy and phobia. Do you want to come with me? "

Hearing the word abyss, Catherine began to scratch her head rapidly, and even accidentally scratched her scalp.

“Hey! You don’t need a rest, right? You’ve never rested since you came to the circus.

First we walked around and made dishes in the kitchen. Last night we also had a dream rehearsal all night long. Today's performance also encountered an accident and we temporarily changed the hypnosis strategy. "

"Isn't dream rehearsal equivalent to sleeping?" William poked his head, "My epileptic brain can find various gaps to sleep."

"I won't go...I don't like the way Uncle Jain takes off his mask and reveals the abyss."

 “Hmm? Is it any different from usual?”

“I just don’t like it. It feels very uncomfortable to be stared at by those eyes. Besides, not many people in the circus like to be stared at by the abyss.

 It is rumored that people who have been watched by Uncle Jain will eventually go to the abyss.

As for the zoo, I don’t want to go to it either. That exhibitionist Zouk is so annoying! You can go alone, I will fall asleep in bed and wait for you. Anyway, I only need to fall asleep to carry out various rehearsal training. "

Catherine had been extremely sleepy for a long time. She made a gesture of goodbye and then fell asleep. When she opened her mouth to breathe, black mucus dripped from the corners of her mouth.

At the same time, there was a strong sense of danger spreading in Catherine's body.

William had a very intuitive hunch that if he got close to Catherine at this time, he would be attacked by some kind of monster, which would be even more dangerous than when she was awake.

“Catherine has a certain resemblance to Galleon the Insomniac,

The ‘nightmare tentacles’ in her body are likely to be related to creatures from another world..."

William stood up and left the room, heading towards the deepest part of the Magic Zone.

Going through the innermost independent passage, we once again stood in front of the black door that exuded the aura of the abyss. This time, Jain no longer opened the door himself. When William stretched out his fingers and lightly touched the surface of the black door.

Buzz!

The straight passage he was currently in actually flipped. William was certain that this was definitely not an influence of thinking, but a real spatial flip.

 Until the passage flips to the vertical state, the black door turns into the opening of the abyss.

 Falling into it...buzz!

The moment his body fell into the black door, he was invaded by darkness. When he regained consciousness, he had fallen onto a soft object and was in a sitting position.

 Click! The lights are on.

 William, who regained consciousness, sat on a leather sofa.

Mr. Jain, who was wearing a mask, came from the side, holding two cups of freshly brewed tea. One cup was delivered to William's hand, and he sat on the opposite side of the sofa.

This is Jain's magic house, but the process of entering the door is simulated as falling into the abyss.

"How does it feel to fall into the abyss? Although you don't feel fear, your spirit and consciousness are instantly deprived of extreme darkness."

William scratched his head, "Yes... this feels different from the original tomb."

“Of course it’s different. The abyss of the original tomb is directly controlled by the original deceased. It is stable and very friendly to the deceased. The abyss formed by the extremely dark place is not controlled by anyone and is a completely unknown area.

The [Place of Extreme Darkness] has been classified as a restricted area in the old world. Only treasure hunters who are not afraid of death, or a very small number of characters who are truly close to darkness and have a need for the abyss, will go there.

The abyss that appears in the extremely dark place with a small probability is extremely dangerous.

You must have come to me to seek knowledge about the abyss. Since you performed well today, I will give you a little knowledge about the history of the formation of the abyss.

 This is necessary for you to reach the abyss later. "

 “Okay!” William’s epileptic brain was fully activated, ready to record Jahn’s words verbatim.

“Before the Evil Sun falls, the light spread by it can penetrate into 99.9% of the old world. There is also the 0.1% area that cannot be illuminated, which is called the “corner”.

　　It is an area of ​​absolute darkness where sin, disorder and chaos accumulate, and even the pursuit of the monastery will not be involved in it.

 Therefore, many wanted criminals and malignant patients choose to go to the "corner" to spend the rest of their lives there.

As the war broke out in the old world, wanted criminals, villains, nameless people, etc. in the "corner" also joined the war.

Being cruel by nature, they regard war as a gift that only comes once in a thousand years, and fight the invaders to the end regardless of the cost, so that the overall mortality rate of the "corner" can be ranked among the top three dead areas in the entire old world.

 The evil sun fell and the war ended.

The already dark "corner" became even darker, and the ground was filled with the corpses of criminals and foreign invaders.

At such an extreme stage, some unknown disease related to darkness, chaos, and evil was generated inside.

This disease will swallow up all light and hope, lay a layer of darkness on everything and continue to corrode it.

The "corner" where this unknown disease spread was officially renamed the "Place of Darkness". As time went by, the accumulation of unknown diseases formed large and small pits in the land of darkness.

 The abyss is also formed by the evolution of these potholes, but the evolution rate is very low, only 0.001%.

As for where the abyss leads, and the nature and meaning of existence, you need to find the answer yourself, and my dictation is of no use. "

William drew an important inference from these remarks.

"Corner, dark area, could it be said that Mr. Jain, you were..."

Jane waved his hand, "No, no, no~ I am not a wanted person, nor am I a villain. I was just born in a "corner".

Although the survival rate of newborns there is less than one in 10,000, I was lucky enough to survive, and I learned enough magic skills to make a living in the "corner", and I have always remained neutral.

Since I was indoctrinated since I was a child, I would be kidnapped by the monks if I left the corner. Coupled with my lack of understanding of the outside world, even if the war broke out and the evil sun fell, I still chose to stay in the corner.

 Until the formation of the extremely dark place,

 Until I, along with a large number of war corpses, were drawn into an abyss accidentally formed in the local area.

I don’t know how long it took, but I climbed out. It seemed that I was the only one who completed the climb...but that didn’t mean that I was completely out of the abyss.

Because I have been waiting under the abyss for a long time, the darkness there has eroded and changed my constitution.

 The most intuitive one is [eye pupils], which are assimilated into the shape of an abyss.

Although such eyes allow me to see the scene in the abyss clearly, they also bring me a curse that cannot be removed. If I don't wear the mask, I will pass the abyss out, allowing more outside patients to be affected and fall into it.

 The magic I was originally proficient in has also been changed into a unique abyss magic. Once it is not controlled well, it will bring disaster.

However, I am lucky.

 When I climbed out of the abyss and lost my nature, goals and direction,

 【Boss】appeared in front of me, giving me a sense of belonging and direction, as well as the 【home】that I had always dreamed of.

So I love everything about the circus, and I am willing to cultivate more talents for it, such as talents like William, or clowns with nightmare qualities like Catherine. Even if she does not belong to my department, I will ensure her stability. growing up. "

 (End of this chapter)