Trap?

[It's over, Baby Caro has been tainted.]

[Baby Caro, close the diary, don't read it!]

[This isn't something a child should have to bear.]

[Boss Caro might know more than all of you.]

[Any big shots here? You should know what I want to ask.]

[I'm drawing it, I'm drawing it.]

Caroso ignored the barrage comments and continued reading the diary.

No wonder, no wonder that man had been like an addict. He had already been drained dry.

That so-called Macy had a problem.

[October 26]

[Why do I feel like I've been possessed? I'm utterly addicted to Macy now. None of the other nuns can give me this kind of pleasure.]

[November 1]

[I've noticed that fewer and fewer believers are coming to worship. What happened?]

[November 17]

[My god! No one would want to know what I saw. Right before the church's statue, six children—children only eight years old—were arranged in the shape of a hexagram and hanged in the church!]

[Their eyes had been dug out and were rolling back and forth across the floor, as though observing their surroundings. I had a feeling those eyes had come alive.]

[Wings grew from their backs—not angel wings, but fly wings. Damn it, I hate flies!]

[This place is too terrifying. I'm going to report this. I'm going to find the police and have them deal with this place!]

[November 20]

[The police station received my report, and did nothing? Six living people, just gone like that!]

[These past few days, Macy and I haven't been going at it for as long either.]

[December 1]

[Recently, I've found that my memory has been getting worse. Every day, I dream of a voice. I can't make out what They are saying, but I know that I seem to be meant to do as They say.]

[I woke up in fright. I remembered my late father. Besides being a doctor, he was also a great priest. He was a believer of the Goddess of Night, and the Goddess of Night Church was the most powerful church, as well as the most orthodox.]

[I went through many of Father's hidden books and found books about gods.]

[Have I already become a fallen believer?]

[Did I really report it to the police that day?]

[December 13]

[I performed many tests and discovered that I've become confused. Only this diary remembers what happened. And I don't even know whether much of what is written in this diary is real, even if it was my own experience.]

[December 15]

[There's an important ritual on the 18th. No, I can't participate. I have to escape!]

[December 16]

[Heavens, what have I learned? Living flowers, called Underworld Flowers!]

[December 17]

[Why? Why can't I leave the bounds of this church at all? I have to preserve this diary. I know a spell that can disguise it!]

[December 18]

[Today, I'm going to see Macy. These are my final words.]

[If anyone sees this diary, please save me, save me, I'm begging you...]

When Caroso turned to this point, he discovered there was another page.

[You who have read this far, can you take my place?]

There was, astonishingly, a card tucked inside!

"Aah!"

A piercing shriek made Caroso's eardrums ache. He staggered back four steps before coming to a stop.

That shriek seemed to awaken every cultist. Countless doors began to open.

[Holy crap, you fucked up! Why did you tell Boss Caro that for when you had nothing better to do?]

[Yeah, we've only gone through the Burning Diary once. Who knew what was inside?]

[The disguised diary became a trap?]

[Fuck his mother, I knew something was wrong halfway through. What good thing could a lunatic leave behind?]

"It's fine." Blue veins bulged on Caroso's forehead from the pain in his eardrums. "Thank you for letting me read this diary. I know when this happened now. For archaeology, this is a major discovery!"

"The Goddess of Night Church—this is a dungeon from the Age of Gods!"

"Only at that time is the Goddess of Night powerful."

"And I know the abilities and weaknesses of the Underworld Flower now."

With that, Caroso decisively pulled out his Legendary card—Bintink's Flaming Sword!

Caroso swept a streak of sword light across the diary.

"Argh!"

The diary actually let out a scream, like a human being.

So the scream from before had not come from Ka at all—it had come from this diary.

Flames blazed fiercely. The card floated into the air, while the diary and the table seemed on the verge of turning to ash.

Violent knocking erupted at the door. Caroso hurriedly dragged the bed over and used it to barricade the entrance.

"That person has already been turned into a diary. When I was flipping through it just now, I felt something was off—the cover is made of human skin!" Caroso said as he worked.

"Judging from the earlier contents, a conflict between us and these cultists is inevitable. This diary wanted to conceal something: the Underworld Flower's abilities and weaknesses. Now that we know its weakness, they won't let us leave easily. We're too great a threat to the Underworld Flower."

Those two screams just now had been mental attacks, but Caroso's formidable mental strength had already been awakened!

If it had been someone with weaker mental strength, that blow could have knocked them unconscious.

When Caroso saw the flames burn out, he rushed forward and snatched up the card.

[Name: Underworld Guide]

[Category: Follower]

[Star Level: 3]

[Grade: Blue Rare]

[Class Restriction: None]

[Description: She likes the taste of Underworld Flowers. When she has no attack orders, she will search for Underworld Flowers, then... eat them!]

[Note: This is a growth-type card. After the follower consumes an Underworld Flower, she can evolve into an Underworld Soul Guide, an Epic-grade card.]

"Whew, a card we can take out with us." Caroso murmured.

[Boss Caro, were we wrong to go looking for the Underworld Flower?]

[Yeah, this is obviously a trap!]

[A follower specifically meant to find the Underworld Flower?]

[No, just because you think it's a trap doesn't make it one. Boss Caro, do you think this is a trap?]

[If we want to clear this dungeon at a lower cost, we have to find the Underworld Flower. If we brute-force it, how many people will have to die?]

[The Underworld Flower is a hidden area. The rewards are definitely worth it.]

[Let Boss Caro decide for himself. Looking for the Underworld Flower may be more dangerous, and people may not necessarily be willing to follow Boss Caro.]

"Trap or not, we can still go." Caroso clenched the card. "At the end of the day, clearing a dungeon depends more on fighting."

"Besides..." A confident smile appeared on Caroso's lips. "With your card, I'm ninety-eight percent certain I can defeat that flower."

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