The collector Balkan, who specializes in collecting demonology works, hired him to find a "Nine Doors of the Dark Kingdom" that only three in the world. It is said that this is a book about how to summon demons. The original author of the book is SATAN. Published in 1666, the bookseller who issued this book was burned to death by the church in 1667 for blaspheming God and printing black magic books. At the same time, most of the
The male protagonist first found Telfer's widow Liana. Liana said that he was not interested in ancient books, but suddenly came to him after the male protagonist returned home and said that he wanted to buy back her husband's relics. The male protagonist was not tempted by money, so she used The beauty plan, the male protagonist didn't return the book to her after he had sex with her.
The male protagonist went to his friend to get the book back, and found that his friend had been killed, and the death situation was very similar to an illustration in the book. The male protagonist put away the book and left his friend's house. He found brothers Ceniza, an ancient book repair expert, who was also the owner of the book in his hand before Telfer, and asked them to help identify the authenticity of the book. It was learned from the Ceniza brothers that it was Liana who bought the book, and that her husband was not interested in the book. Under the guidance of the two brothers, the male protagonist discovered the secret of the book, that is, only 6 of the signatures hidden in the 9 illustrations are AT (the abbreviation of the author's name), and the other 3 are LCF (LUCIFER, the devil). .
On the way of the train, the male protagonist finds a woman always following him.
The male protagonist found Fargas, another bibliophile who held the book, and found that the illustrations of the two books were different, and the signatures on the pictures with the differences were different. The next day, the woman who followed him knocked on the door to wake up the male protagonist and took him to Fargas' house. Fargas had been killed. Fargas's
The two flew to Paris to visit Baroness Kessler, another collector who owns the Nine Doors of the Dark Kingdom. She learned that Liana was a member of the Silver Snake Society, an organization that believed in black magic. Baroness Kessler learned that the male lead was hired by Balkan and threw him out.
The protagonist comes to Baroness Kessler with copies of the illustrations and tells her that the illustrations are different, so the baroness allows him to stay here and study the differences between the two books. When the male protagonist was reading a book seriously, he was suddenly stunned and woke up to find that Baroness Kessler had been killed. The book was thrown in the fireplace, again with its illustrations torn away. After leaving in a panic and returning to the hotel, he found that the book he had hidden in the room was also missing.
The two tracked down the lair of the Silver Snake Society and saw Liana, the male protagonist put on a black cloak and mixed with the believers. Then Balkan appeared. He took the book, killed Liana and left.
The male protagonist found Balkan through a postcard, and Balkan eventually summoned the devil and was burned alive. After the male protagonist escaped, he met the female protagonist, and the two finally had sex with the background of fire.
The female protagonist told the male protagonist that the reason why Balkan failed was because the ninth illustration was fake. The male protagonist asked her if she wanted the real picture. The Lord is gone, and the wiper clips suggest the way to find the real ninth illustration.
The male protagonist ran back to the Ceniza brothers to find the real key to open the ninth door, and also knew the true identity of Green eyes. The ninth door opened, and the male protagonist disappeared into a ray of light. .
The nine pictures in the book are the key, and the secret words written in Latin under the nine illustrations can summon the devil. In fact, the three books in the world together are a complete book, which is useful for summoning demons, that is, all the illustrations marked with LCF are put together to form a book. The Ceniza brothers removed the ninth illustration while holding the book, replaced it with a fake one, and Balkan died.
ps: The heroine is that illustration - the woman with green eyes riding on a dragon. I still don't quite understand who she is. the devil?
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