[Comprehensive British and American] Adventures of the Master

William looked up at the clock, it was almost five o'clock.

The evening dining peak is coming soon.

William had found the job as a cashier at a small Mexican restaurant on the Lower East Side three weeks ago. He took his old social security card with him and tried to find a simple part-time job that didn't ask questions.

It just so happened that the owner of the restaurant was worrying that his cashier had quit suddenly, and the store was busy and understaffed.Seeing that William is an adult, he looks pretty good, with a sweet smiling face that people like when he sees it, and he is also energetic, so he was hired directly without asking too much.

There are morning and afternoon shifts, and the salary is settled on a weekly basis.The basic salary is not high, mostly tips, and a bonus at the end of the month. William is quite satisfied with this job.

William is on the evening shift today, and he can't get off work until after ten o'clock.It was raining heavily outside, and there were not as many people coming to eat in the store as usual.William leaned against the bar, watching TV boredly.

The news is being broadcast now. In the news here, there will never be any superpowers, or evil villains who can destroy a city.People don't care about superhero laws, mutants, or anything like that.

Although technology is not as developed as the other world, their entertainment industry is more developed. People on TV talk about those celebrity gossips all the time. Of course, they are some names that William has never heard, but some of them are from decades ago. It's the same as their world, and William still doesn't understand why.

William recalled the past when he had just become a mage.

William was picked up by Stephen almost two years ago.At that time, he had just lost his memory and could not remember anything.The cause of the matter was told to him later by Stephen and the Queen.

A few years ago, a society for studying mysterious culture suddenly sprang up in the circle of studying mysterious culture.The founder did not know where to find the ancient book of unknown origin.

That group of people were madly fascinated by the evil legends recorded in the book, and the rituals and spells that could summon ancient evil creatures, as well as their powerful and evil abilities.

Soon, they were no longer satisfied with the theoretical research in the study, and began to use animals to imitate the summoning rituals recorded in the book.They claim to need "God" to save this dirty world.

Unsurprisingly, they failed, and the pile of bloody animal carcasses remained unchanged except for a little bit of rotten smell.

But the more and more fanatical believers were not discouraged. They brought more animals and started trying again and again.

Soon after, the place where their priests used for sacrifices was accidentally broken by outsiders, who immediately called the police.The bloodshed and terror at the scene caused quite a stir in the police station, and even alarmed SHIELD, which handles special cases.

Several suspects at the scene were crazy and did not say any useful news.

S.H.I.E.L.D. inspected and found that there was no supernatural phenomenon at the crime scene.In addition, no one was injured because of this, and the police attributed this incident to the apologetic worship and animal cruelty caused by a few fanatical religious elements. This kind of case is not uncommon, and the police did not bother to track down the rest several community members.

Soon, this matter was forgotten in the back of the mind.

Several "principal criminals" were released on bail shortly after.They attribute their failure to location and sacrifice.They simply went directly to the Himalayas in Nepal, where there are few people, and they firmly believe that the mysterious legends there have something to do with the place they want to explore.

Using the excuse of foreign tourists, they began to try to sacrifice living people, hoping that the gods would use this as a carrier to come to the world.For this reason, those single travelers are specially selected to start with.And there were indeed some strange changes in the passengers who died tragically.Their behavior became more and more rampant.

The local police were slow to respond because the person involved in the accident was not a citizen of the country.It was not until more than a dozen missing passengers were notified by various embassies that the investigation began hastily.Not long after, the police found out what was going on, and found that things had deteriorated beyond their control, so they could only seek help from the mages who settled here.

Stephen and Wang were invited to that remote mountain village together.

As soon as they entered the dilapidated village, Strange and Wang smelled an indescribable stench.

There were not many people in the village, and everyone hid at home and looked at the two of them with fearful eyes from the windows. The accompanying policeman tremblingly introduced that whenever the full moon was about to come, the whole village would be shrouded in terrifying sounds. Many cattle and sheep went mad and died because of the terrifying raving sound.

There are many people in the village who dare to go and find out.Those people came back either dead or crazy.And recently this kind of thing happened more and more frequently, people dare not go out easily during the day.

As Strange got closer, the stench became more pronounced, and an evil, strange smell filled the air.Stephen felt very bad. He had been to almost every corner of the earth that contained magic, and he had also been to many dimensions. He had never encountered such a terrifying and powerful evil atmosphere.

"Hey, young man." Someone knocked twice on the bar in front of William. "cheer up."

William stood up abruptly, and when he came back to his senses, it was Santos, the owner of the restaurant, a fat man with a small beard.He was standing in front of William and staring at him, "This is not the time to be in a daze."

"OK, boss." William nodded, rubbed his face, and moved his body.The rain stopped outside, and the shop was full of people.Waiters are busy shuttling through the narrow aisle.

Time flies quickly when you get busy, and when the number of people in the store finally decreases, it is already past nine o'clock in the evening.William rubbed his stiff neck.The evening news was on on the TV.It's celebrity gossip again, and the nightly news is just as dishonest.

But soon, the hostess began to report another news,

"Recently, in Louisiana, a sensational case of animal cruelty occurred..."

William was eating a dinner delivered by the kitchen, while chatting with Nina, the waitress in the restaurant. Nina came from the western United States and was admitted to a university in New York. She worked part-time to earn her own living expenses.

"What scares the locals is that these animals are all carved with weird symbols, and the local police suspect that this indicates that a certain sex group is emerging in the local area..."

William's heart moved, and he turned to look at the TV.

On the TV is a mosaic photo.The photos above show some bloody, brutally murdered animals. Their limbs were tied into strange positions with canes, and they were nailed to a simple cross made of two wooden boards.

There are several such crosses, crooked in this gloomy forest glade.The chilling atmosphere of the scene can also be felt through the screen and mosaics.

Fearing that the audience would leave too much psychological shadow, the camera quickly turned away.Start shooting around the crime scene.There are many burned candles in the open space around, many of which have been burned out, leaving only a pile of white wax liquid.

There were also some triangular pyramid-shaped things tied up with wooden sticks at the scene, surrounding several crosses, and some were suspended in mid-air from branches with a thin rope.The whole scene was filled with a strong sense of ceremony.

Somewhat similar to the on-site photos back then, William frowned.

William still wanted to take a closer look, but the camera had already cut back to the studio, and the female anchor returned to the screen again, "The local residents trekking in the forest discovered this weird crime scene..."

"That's where I come from."

When William heard it, he turned around. It was Nina, who was also staring at the TV screen, "This place is not far from Lake Charles. I lived there for a while when I was a child. There are many religious people there, there are many small churches, and there are many Fewer evangelistic meetings. Seriously, it's not uncommon to have one or two in that kind of place."

She shrugged: "But it may be rare to be so artistic." After she finished speaking, she went to the back kitchen to serve the dishes. The chef had just ordered people to serve the dishes.

Not knowing when Stephen would come back this time, William decided to go to the scene of the crime tomorrow.

Ever since he went to the street to see it that morning, Stephen told William that he needed to see some parts of the world for himself, and decided to go alone without William.

Since then, Stephen has only come back every five or six days.Sometimes it was longer, and it had been ten days since William had last seen Stephen.

William didn't think there was anything wrong, he was a little fond of this peaceful world now.

There is no need to worry about the invasion of magical creatures from other worlds, and there is no need to worry about what evil mages appear somewhere to make troubles, and no ambitious person runs to sign a contract with those evil magical creatures.

He found that he was more adapted to the current peaceful life, and felt a little tired of the previous life for the first time.

Are you really still lazy?William thought of Stephen's previous comments about his apprentice, and suddenly felt that his self-knowledge had reached a new level.

In this world where magic doesn't exist, I can't do any homework by myself.

William was thinking wildly, and soon it was time to get off work.I got off work after asking my boss for a day off.

After getting the first week's salary, William moved out of the house that used to be the sanctuary. After all, it's not good to live in someone else's house.

Although the new accommodation is not very good, but fortunately no deposit is required.William didn't hesitate and chose here directly.

But considering where he planned to go tomorrow, William decided to go back to that house to have a look.

He remembered that there were two large maps nailed to the wall of the study, one of which was a map of North America.

William planned to teleport directly after returning to the rented apartment.

There was a small newsstand at the intersection not far from the restaurant. The chubby old man came out of it and was about to close the stall. William also bought several magazines he was interested in these days.

The fat old man also saw William, "Young man, would you like a magazine, I can give you a discount."

William leaned closer, this time his eyes were attracted by a colorful cover.

"Justice League?" William whispered.

"This is the last issue. The latest issue has just been sold out. If you want this one, I'll sell it to you for $3." The fat old man said to William as he stood by and packed the magazine.

William paid for it and said goodnight to the fat old man.

He had never noticed these comic magazines before, and it was good to browse through them when he was bored.

William hastened the pace of going home, he still has a lot of things to do.

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