"Boss, come with me!"
Wade led Roy and Emma to a three-story factory building near the docks. This was one of those storage unit rental companies, and the building was full of rows of private storage units.
These private storage units were about the same size as a personal garage, maybe even a little smaller.
The warehouse manager at the entrance saw Wade and called out.
"Hey, Wade, you gotta clean out that unit you bought, or I'm gonna be in trouble!"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it today!"
Generally, a purchased storage unit had to be cleared out on the same day. After all, one of the reasons storage unit rental companies auctioned off units was to empty them out and rent them again.
But Wade seemed to be on good terms with the warehouse manager and easily talked his way out of it with some jokes and laughter.
After entering the warehouse, Wade explained the situation to Roy.
"Last weekend, a friend introduced me to this place to bid on storage units. I spent 400 bucks and got this Unit 36."
As he spoke, Wade led Roy to a storage unit and opened the roll-up door.
Roy saw that the unit was full of furniture and other junk, which surprised him.
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"This is worth 400 bucks?"
All this furniture wouldn't even fetch that price if it was sold for scrap, would it?
"This was only possible because I greased the palms of the warehouse manager to get inside info! The original owner of this unit rented it for 40 years. Every day, they'd bring in a big bag of stuff and leave empty-handed an hour later. I checked the security footage to confirm."
Well, you had to hand it to Wade; he even knew to bribe the warehouse manager for inside information.
"So, why did you bring me here?"
Roy looked around the storage unit, feeling like there wasn't anything particularly special about it.
"Boss, take a look at this, and you'll see!"
Wade rummaged through a corner and pulled out a thick, round table with a pentagram drawn on it. Then, after pressing one of the corners, a hidden compartment popped open, revealing three black leather-bound books inside.
As mentioned before, the pentagram had special significance in Western occultism, so it rarely appeared on furniture or clothing decorations.
"This is a spirit board. And hidden in the secret compartment of the spirit board were these three books about the occult. I didn't dare touch them, so I just left them in this unit."
After all, he had been through two dangerous incidents. Although his memory of one of them had been altered by Elizabeth, Wade was still very cautious. This kind of behavior might just save his life.
Roy casually picked up the three black leather-bound books and flipped through them. He found that they were bestiaries of otherworldly creatures, containing various bizarre beings from other worlds.
Some of the content even made Roy frown.
There was also some information about Hell's demons in the books, and Roy was surprised to find that this information basically matched the knowledge in the Key of Solomon.
In other words, these three books weren't just randomly made up. They were probably a genuine bestiary of otherworldly creatures recorded by some ancient wizard.
"Wade, I've got some good news and some bad news for you. Wanna hear them?"
"Boss, of course I want to hear them! Tell me the good news first!"
"The good news is that these three books are antiques. They might be worth a lot of money to some occult enthusiasts."
Hearing this, Wade's eyes lit up, but he immediately remembered that Roy still had bad news to share.
"What's the bad news?"
"The bad news is that the occult knowledge recorded in these three books is real. That means the original owner of this unit was probably a wizard, and he might have left something behind in this unit."
Wade opened his mouth, looking somewhat incredulous.
"Is witchcraft really a thing in this world?"
Roy glanced at Emma, who hadn't said a word yet. She also looked curious.
"Witchcraft is definitely real. I know some myself."
As he spoke, Roy took out the Cursed Twin Daggers and suddenly threw them.
The daggers embedded themselves in the concrete wall, but the next second, they suddenly returned to Roy's hand.
This scene made Wade and Emma's jaws drop.
Wade rubbed his eyes and then slapped himself to make sure that what he just saw wasn't an illusion or a dream.
"How is that possible?"
The more rational Emma also moved closer to Roy.
"Big Brother Roy, can I try?"
"These two daggers can only return to my hand. The most you can do is throw them."
Emma still wanted to try, so she took the Cursed Twin Daggers from Roy and held them in her hands.
The cold feel of the daggers in her grip confirmed to Emma that this wasn't an illusion, but the next second, the daggers appeared in Roy's hand once again.
This time, Emma was completely convinced. A strange light flickered in her eyes, making it hard to guess what she was thinking.
"Whoa, boss, that's totally awesome! Witchcraft really is real in this world! I always believed it!"
Wade, the goofy guy, didn't seem scared at all. Instead, he looked incredibly excited.
Well, there were still quite a few superstitious people in America, especially in a conservative state like Texas with a strong religious atmosphere.
Many people believed in God and the Devil, vampires and werewolves, so naturally, they also believed in the existence of witchcraft.
At this moment, Roy was still flipping through the three black leather-bound books. He noticed that these three books weren't finished. The words seemed to indicate that a fourth book existed.
"Wade, did you see a fourth black leather-bound book in the unit?"
"Huh? No. I just casually looked around this unit that day. After finding this round table and the three black leather-bound books in its secret compartment, I didn't dare touch anything else in this unit. Could there really be a fourth black leather-bound book?"
Roy nodded.
"There should be! Wade, I want to buy these four books. Help me look for the fourth one!"
"No problem!"
As soon as he heard that Roy was going to buy the black leather-bound books, Wade immediately started happily searching through the unit.
The curious Emma also started helping, and the three of them worked together to clean up the cluttered unit, but they couldn't find the fourth black leather-bound book.
"Weird? Could it be that the fourth book wasn't in the original owner's possession?"
Roy frowned as he looked at the three black leather-bound books. That possibility couldn't be ruled out.
At this moment, Emma came up with a possibility.
"Could there be other hidden compartments in the unit? After all, these three black leather-bound books were hidden in the round table's secret compartment."
Emma's guess reminded Roy. He started tapping on various items that could potentially hide things, listening for sounds to find any hidden compartments.
Suddenly, Wade tripped over something on the floor and bumped into the wall behind him.
"Ouch!"
"You okay, Wade?"
"I'm fine, but the sound this wall made sounded a little off!"
The wall sounded off?
Roy immediately walked over to the wall and tapped it with his hand. The hollow sound indicated that there was indeed space behind the wall.
Then, Roy started looking for cracks or seams on the wall and actually found a rectangular, not-very-obvious mark.
It was a secret door, alright!
He pushed the wall, but it didn't budge. This secret door was probably opened with some kind of remote control.
Roy turned back to Wade.
"Wade, what's your relationship like with that warehouse manager?"
Wade was a bit confused as to why Roy would ask such a question.
"Not very close. A friend introduced me to him, and we only worked together last weekend."
Roy knew that Wade had a lot of fair-weather friends, most of whom he'd met through partying and hanging out, so he didn't need to pay too much attention to it.
"That's good."
After saying that, Roy punched the secret door, actually knocking down that section of the wall.
Wade stared at Roy in disbelief. He finally understood why Roy had asked that question earlier.
Emma was equally shocked, her usually perfect composure completely breaking down.
Emma, who was much more mature than her peers, had never believed in supernatural stories. That kind of stuff was just too childish for her.
But today, the things that had happened around Roy had shattered Emma's worldview over and over again. Her understanding of the world was subtly starting to change.
"Done!"
Roy stepped over the fallen wall and went inside. Behind the secret door was indeed a mechanism for an electronic door, which could only be opened with a switch.
However, behind the secret door was a dark, winding corridor, which surprised Roy.
He didn't know if this winding corridor had existed before and was discovered by the original owner of the warehouse,
or if the original owner had dug it out after renting the warehouse.
"Boss, the space inside seems pretty big!"
"Yeah, I'm going to go take a look. Do you guys want to come in?"
"Of course! I'm really curious why the original owner of the warehouse would build such a secret room!"
Emma also nodded, her little face filled with curiosity.
"Then follow behind me. No matter what happens, don't scream or make a fuss. Listen to my instructions!"
Roy's gaze landed on Emma. After all, he had worked with Wade before, and that kid was pretty quick-witted. His main concern was Emma.
The little girl nodded eagerly, looking very乖巧.
So, Roy took a flashlight out of his inventory and led the way into the secret passage.
The passage was very narrow, basically only able to accommodate one adult at a time.
A broad-shouldered guy like Roy even had to turn sideways to avoid getting stuck.
At the same time, Roy also noticed that there were many pages from the Bible pasted on the walls of the passage. This indicated that whatever was hidden inside was likely an enemy of God.
What could it be? It was hard to guess!
After walking for about a minute, Roy finally emerged from the cramped, winding passage into a small room.
At the far end of the room was a reading stand, and on the reading stand was an open book. Roy couldn't make out the words on the pages, but there was a symbol on it that looked very familiar.
(The symbol on the book was roughly a circle with the symbol in the image inside it)
This was the symbol of Leviathan, the King of Envy!
Leviathan was described as a giant sea monster in many stories. Some science fiction movies or games even named giant monsters Leviathan.
And in the stories of the Bible, Leviathan was the first giant serpent born in this world, dwelling in Hell.
This guy was an even older Hellish overlord than Belial. The other six demon kings of the Seven Deadly Sins could only be considered his descendants.
"Boss, there seems to be something on the floor!"
Roy's attention was focused on the open book, and he hadn't noticed anything on the floor of the room.
It wasn't until Wade reminded him that Roy shone the flashlight on the ground.
He saw that in the center of the room's floor, a circle was drawn with some kind of mysterious red powder. In the center of the circle was still Leviathan's symbol, and lying on top of Leviathan's symbol was a person.
This person had been dead for who knew how long. He could only vaguely make out that it was a woman.
The reason he said this was because the corpse's face had completely disappeared, replaced by a black hole that seemed to have something wriggling inside.
This scene scared Wade and Emma.
Especially Emma. Although this little girl was precocious and had very high intelligence, she was still a child after all.
Seeing such a terrifying scene that even nightmares couldn't conjure up immediately made her freeze completely.
"Shh! Don't move around. I'm going to grab that book!"
The wriggling thing inside the corpse was probably a demon under Leviathan that the original owner of the warehouse had summoned.
Leviathan's true form was a giant serpent, so all the demons under him were all kinds of bizarre shapes.
This demon wasn't causing any trouble right now, probably because the magic circle drawn by the original owner of the warehouse with the red powder was controlling it.
Roy planned to get the book first and then deal with the demon, to avoid damaging the precious book in a fight.
However, this room was really too small. Roy had to walk close to the wall to avoid breaking the magic circle.
After getting the book, Roy just breathed a sigh of relief when suddenly a strange gust of wind blew in from nowhere, actually scattering some of the red powder on the ground.
Instantly, the corpse of the woman on the ground began to twitch.
"B-Boss, the body's moving!"
Roy looked down and indeed saw a large number of tentacles emerging from the woman's empty face.
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In the blink of an eye, the corpse stood up again under the control of the tentacles.
Roy thought to himself that this wasn't good.
"You guys get out of here, quick!"
"Boss, what about you?"
Wade was still pretty loyal and actually worried about what would happen to Roy.
"I'll be fine. You guys get going!"
Roy had even been a Demon Lord before, so naturally, he wouldn't be afraid of a tentacle demon, even though this guy was the ugliest demon he had ever seen.
After this tentacle demon stood up, it didn't pay any attention to Roy, who was closest to it. Instead, it went straight towards Emma and Wade.
At this moment, Emma seemed to be completely terrified, standing still with wide eyes and an open mouth.
Fortunately, Wade didn't abandon Emma. He picked up the dazed little girl and ran outside, while the tentacle demon really didn't even look at Roy and followed behind them.
Oh, this guy really didn't seem to have any eyes.
"Ignoring me?"
Roy took out his chainsaw sword. He didn't choose to transform because the room was really too small. If he transformed, he'd probably have to fight with his back bent over.
But even without transforming, with his current physical attributes and the chainsaw sword, Roy could take down most demons.
"Die, you bastard!"
He pressed the button on the chainsaw sword, and the serrated chain began to spin wildly, creating a shower of sparks from the friction between the chain and the air.
With a strength attribute of 49 points, coupled with the chainsaw sword's powerful cutting ability, the tentacle demon was easily sawed in half.
However, the tentacle demon's body, which had been sawed in half, grew more tentacles, reconnecting the two halves.
Looks like physical attacks won't work. This is a pain!