I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

He saw his own reflection in the slightly blurry bronze mirror.

It's a very strange feeling.

Trist felt that his reflection in the mirror looked a little different, so he tiptoed closer to try and get a better look.

Only then did Trist realize that his reflection in the mirror showed a pale face with only his lips standing out bright red, just like the deceased patriarch of the Hai family!

In the instant he noticed, blood flowed from Drizzt's eyes, nose, mouth, and ears in the mirror.

Trist hurriedly stepped back, and then saw in the mirror that there was someone standing behind him.

That woman in the red wedding dress!

This time, the woman didn't wear a red cloth over her head; instead, she lifted her veil.

One could see that on that delicate, pale, bloodless oval face, there were a pair of deep red eyes with no visible whites, and blood tears were flowing from those eyes, obscuring her crimson lips.

"Don't go..."

A soft murmur sounded in his ear, and Tristana turned around quickly, only to find that the revolver in his hand had missed its target.

There was no one behind him.

Cold sweat seeped from Drizzt's forehead. Unbeknownst to him, the surrounding space became claustrophobic and dim, as if even the moonlight had been swallowed up.

Those blurry, ambiguous tree shadows are like people in contorted postures, poised to pounce in the corner.

"help me……"

As the soft murmur lingered, Drizzt felt a chill on the back of his neck. A damp, icy breath with a metallic, fishy smell hit his neck, sending shivers down his spine.

He turned around, ready to fire, but his finger wouldn't pull the trigger.

The trigger seemed frozen in place, completely immobile.

Drizzt looked down and saw a hand gripping his right hand, which was holding the gun, with fingers blocking the trigger and rendering it immobile.

"Wake up."

Trist was startled when he heard Lu Ban's voice.

It was only then that he realized that his gun was pointed directly at him, and that Lu Ban had blocked the trigger, preventing Trist from taking his own life.

What did you see?

Lu Ban gently removed the pistol from Trist's hand, placed it on the table, and asked patiently.

"I saw her, that woman in red, that woman was just in the house..."

Tristana's voice was weak.

"No, you were sitting here the whole time, without making a move, until you picked up a pistol and pointed it at your head, ready to shoot yourself."

Lu Ban was still holding a half-eaten pack of compressed rations in his hand.

"You must be starving. Have some dry food to calm your nerves."

Lu Ban handed his half-eaten rations to Trist.

Trist took the rations in a daze, seemingly still immersed in what he had just witnessed, until he took a couple of bites and realized something was wrong, then hurriedly looked at Lu Ban.

"You ate this!"

"It's okay, I don't mind."

Lu Ban patted his chest.

“This house has a lot of problems. I suspect that woman is the Black Queen Mother. She subtly influences the consciousness of those around her, driving them insane.”

Drizzt said with a hint of lingering fear.

"The Hai family has been living with the Black Queen Mother for so long, they're probably no longer normal people..."

Trist suspected that when he and Lu Ban witnessed the wedding, just seeing the bride and groom would be enough to cause them to lose their minds.

"These people have either turned into the walking corpses and monsters in the fog last night, or they have turned into fish-headed and human-bodied monsters. I'm afraid that servant was also in disguise. He was controlling the master and mistress of the Hai family to receive us."

For the Hai family, holding a good wedding is all that matters. As for Lu Ban and Cui Shi, they are probably just unstable factors that need to be dealt with properly, nothing more.

“If we stay here tonight, even if the Hai family doesn’t intend to harm us, the Black Queen Mother’s will will still affect us.”

Drizzt felt that his current situation was extremely dangerous.

She said it was okay.

But Lu Ban suddenly spoke up.

"What did you say?"

Trist felt something was off because Lu Ban wasn't looking at him, but at the empty chair next to him.

"She said she wouldn't harm us."

Lu Ban repeated it.

"Who are you talking to...?"

Tristana's hair stood on end. He dared not make any rash moves and only turned his body slightly to the side.

"bride."

Lu Ban pointed to the empty chair.

At this moment, in Lu Ban's field of vision, there sat a woman dressed in a red wedding dress.

The woman's face was pale, her lips were bright red, and her eyes were bloodshot with no whites showing. Two streams of bloody tears flowed down her cheeks.

She just sat there, as if she had been there for hundreds of years.

Chapter 075 Praising the Sun

Trist saw that the empty chair was completely bare.

But he could sense a presence, as if someone was sitting there.

Swallowing hard, Trist looked at Lu Ban.

Lu Ban sat down next to the empty chair, gazing into the void.

"Are you the Black Queen Mother?"

Lu Ban asked a question.

The woman in the red wedding dress, with a pale face and bloodshot eyes, only glanced at Lu Ban with a faint look.

hum-

Countless pieces of knowledge flowed into Lu Ban's brain.

"I don't want to marry that playboy, I don't want to die!"

"Only by offering the bride to the Sea King can the storm be calmed and the entire town saved."

"You're very lucky, Ali. You've been chosen to be the bride this year."

"Their dance was strange; it had a kind of mesmerizing power that seemed to draw in even the wind and waves, calming them down."

"Ake, the Hai family has taken a liking to you. You will become their bride. It is an honor for our family."

“Every woman who married into the Hai family has disappeared without a trace. They have never seen their families again. Do you think they have actually been offered as sacrifices to the Sea King?”

"No, it hurts so much, it hurts so much, please help me, someone please help me!"

"If you don't want to become like that, follow my instructions, and I will help you."

"Kill me, kill me, please, just kill me!"

The frantic, incoherent words finally mingled in the brain, impacting the brain marrow and burning in every groove of the cerebral cortex.

Lu Ban felt a burning sensation in his nose, and dark red blood seeped from his nostrils. Soon, his vision blurred, his ears rang with a sharp pain, and his throat felt like it was blocked with phlegm, making it difficult to breathe.

Fresh blood flowed from his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears, staining his clothes and the ground red.

"Hey, are you alright?"

Trist stood up and patted Lu Ban on the shoulder.

"no problem."

Lu Ban waved his hand, and the veins on his arm bulged, the dark blue blood vessels clearly visible under his skin.

Compared to the "Madman's Knowledge," the information he had just received was slightly inferior.

It seemed as if green grass was growing in his nostrils. Lu Ban rubbed his eyes, and his hands were covered in blood and bits of grass.

Pain burned through the landing pad's brain.

To distract himself, he began to speak.

"The Sea King, also known as the original sea monster, was the Black Queen Mother. She was one of the incarnations of a certain deity, and was later sealed and suppressed in the black tower of the Hai family mansion."

"But the Black Queen Mother's power was not completely sealed. As time passed, her power overflowed, seeking the help of others to break the seal, and subtly influencing the Hai family."

"He bewitched every bride who married into the Hai family, hoping that these outsiders could help Him escape. However, the existence of the Black Queen Mother is itself a kind of pollution. Even her cries for help are enough to drive those who hear them mad."

"The Hai family is on the verge of collapse. They have been most severely corrupted by the Black Queen Mother, or rather, they may have all become servants of the Black Queen Mother. However, because they were already insane when they became servants, they are unable to release her."

As they spoke, Lu Ban's wounds were covered by lush green grass.

Are you really alright?

Trist had never seen anything like this before. If it weren't for Lu Ban, who had seemed a bit off before, he probably would have lost his mind at the sight.

"No problem, just get some sun."

When Lu Ban said these words, the woman in the red wedding dress had already disappeared.

"The woman in the red dress is a symbol of pollution. Being able to see her means that we have been subtly polluted."

Upon hearing this, Drizzt's heart sank.

If Lu Ban and I were contaminated when we entered the town yesterday, how serious would the contamination be for the residents of Kushui Town, and for the Hai family, who were in such close proximity for such a long time?

Can these people still be called human beings?

"Fortunately, as long as we attend the wedding tomorrow, we can leave unscathed and won't have to get involved in the conflict between the Black Queen Mother and the Hai family."