Lumian nodded and lowered his right hand naturally, landing on the "traveler's bag".
He immediately walked to the shabby and gloomy boat, and saw the highly rotten boatman turning sideways and getting out of the way, as if to signal him to get on the boat quickly.
"Can you take me across the River Styx?" Lumian asked "politely" in Tutanese.
He felt that since the former "God of Death" was from the Southern Continent, speaking Dutan language in the underworld should be easier for "all parties" to accept.
After all, this kind of death aura is so strong that it seems to be real, and the use of ancient Hermetic and other mystical languages that can leverage the power of nature in an environment where living people cannot hold on for even a second is likely to produce unexpected effects, such as, "Underworld"
The word "river" may make Lumian have a close connection with the dark and illusory river in front of him, causing him to be stirred up by huge waves and directly involved in it.
The "boatman" whose eyes were hollow and filled with thick blood vessels and yellow pus looked indifferently towards the river that was so wide that he couldn't see the other side, motionless.
He seemed to be answering Lumian with actions:
Why would you want to communicate with a dead body?
I can't hear what you're saying and I can't make a sound.
"It doesn't seem to work in ordinary language... I heard that there is a 'Language of the Dead' in the path of 'Death', but unfortunately I don't know how to..." Lumian muttered a few words silently, while letting his eyes become silvery white with black.
color, he slowly walked onto the dilapidated and gloomy boat.
In his "eye of disaster", the fate of the "boatman" is pure black, dead and void, without any change.
"This means that no matter how hard the 'Boatman' struggles, it cannot change its state of a dead corpse. The only outcome is that it will die completely with the passage of time, and even the traces of its existence will disappear?
"But this does not mean that the "Boatman" can't do anything during the period before dying. Its actions can still affect the fate of others, including me and other undead creatures. From this perspective, "Boatman"
", or it should be said that the awakened undead creatures should still have their destiny, but the ending cannot be changed...
"They do have a destiny, but I am not qualified enough to see it yet? Well, it is possible, after all, objects also have a destiny, but I can't see it now...
"It may also be that the fate of the deceased needs to interact with others in order to be reflected in the fate of others..."
Perhaps he himself had temporarily become an undead creature, so Lumian couldn't help but think about the fate of these "residents" of the underworld.
With the knowledge of mysticism he currently has, he is unable to give an accurate definition of destiny, nor does he know how many things the mercury-silver river of destiny contains, and whether there is a dark side or hidden part that he cannot currently see.
He thinks there should be, which comes from a few very simple questions:
Could it be that after I put on the golden mask of the Eggers family and turned into an undead creature, the river of destiny that existed before and corresponded to my own disappeared, turning into pure blackness and nothingness?
When I take off the mask, will the river of fate return in an instant?
What is this river of fate, a plaything driven by our will?
Although the golden mask of the Eggers family is made by the God of Death, it does not contain extraordinary properties. It is just that it is of a higher status and cannot easily play with fate!
"In the future, Extraordinaries who have the opportunity to find the path of 'monster' will observe my fate and see the changes before and after putting on the golden mask...
"Uh... forget it, unless we find the 'monster' path Extraordinary at the demigod level, it will only harm them. I only have the seal of Mr. Fool, the false angelic persona, and when the remaining aura of the 'Blood Emperor' remains, I will send
The 'machine' Kolobo of the Los Port patrol team no longer dares to look at me, thinking that it will bring him great danger. Now I have the seal of the 'Underworld Man', the bloodline of Omi Bella...
…”
Lumian stood in the middle of the broken boat, and the two eyes covered by the golden mask turned iron-black.
He wanted to observe the "boatman's" weaknesses in advance and be fully prepared for possible accidents.
At this time, the highly rotten "boatman" moved the oars and let the gloomy boat sail slowly towards the other side of the illusory black river.
Its body was all gloomy black, and Lumian searched for a long time but couldn't find the pale white that represented weakness.
Of course, these black colors also mean that the "boatman" is completely restrained by sunlight and lightning.
The next second, the voice of "Knight of the Sword" Maric sounded in Lumian's ears:
"Its weak point may not be here."
Not here? What does it mean not to be here? Can weakness be separated from myself? As soon as a strong doubt emerged in Lumian's heart, he remembered several stories that his sister had told him.
In those stories, there is a monster called a lich who makes a phylactery and hides it in a secret place that is heavily protected. As long as the phylactery is not discovered and destroyed, the lich will not really die. This is equivalent to
The fatal weakness is separated from me.
And among the twenty-two paths to God, it is not too surprising that there are similar things.
The "Knight of Swords" continued:
"Were you trying to observe its fate before?
"It's not low-level, it's a dangerous behavior."
Not a low-ranking person? Lumian glanced at the "Boatman" with pieces of tattered clothes hanging on his body and highly rotten flesh. He really couldn't see what was so powerful about him.
However, since he can ferry across the River Styx, which represents death, without sinking into the river, it means that he must be extremely special.
Lumian withdrew his gaze, paying close attention to every move of the "boatman", patiently waiting for the gloomy boat to cross the River Styx and reach the other side.
The tattered boat slowly rocked as if it was about to fall apart completely, and it took an unknown amount of time to reach the middle of the Styx.
Suddenly, the highly decomposed "boatman" lifted up the long oar and turned his body towards Lumian.
When the gloomy boat came to a standstill, the "boatman's" mouth opened instantly, and the mouth opened all the way to the rotting chest, the gouged navel, and the crotch.
The body of "Boatman" is like a piece of clothing with all the buttons unbuttoned, stretched out to both sides. There are no blackened internal organs in its chest and abdominal cavity, and there are no bones of its own. It contains a pile of half and half.
Melted and half-rotted severed limbs.
Lumian once again felt the fear that made his body and mind tremble, and he did not dare to have any thoughts of resistance.
He was well prepared and clenched his right hand with difficulty.
He grasped the "Sword of Courage" in the "Traveler's Bag" and grasped the hilt of this iron-black straight sword.
Courage quickly filled Lumian's body, causing a crazy smile to appear on his face.
What's there to be afraid of as a "boatman" in charge of the ferry?
Even if the "God of Death" stands in front of me, I will strike him with a sword!
Lumian drew out the straight sword that burned with blazing white and green flames, and struck hard at the "boatman" who was opening his skin and rushing towards him.
With a popping sound, the "Sword of Courage" split open the pile of half-melted hands and feet in the "Boatman's" belly, and struck the layer of skin behind the chest that was rotten and full of holes.
But the straight sword failed to cut open the rotten skin that looked extremely fragile.
Just as Lumian was about to strike out with his second sword, there was a huge explosion. The "Boatman" suddenly retracted and slowly closed the opened chest and abdominal cavity.
At the same time, the voice of "Knight of the Sword" sounded in Lumian's ears:
"stop.
"We have it under control."
"Then take the opportunity to kill it!" Lumian responded without hesitation.
He and the "Knight of the Sword" communicated in Intis.
"Knight of the Sword" was silent for a second and said:
"I know you are not afraid of it and can kill it, but if it dies, we won't be able to cross the River Styx."
Seeing that Lumian calmed down a little, the "Sword Knight" added:
"And you won't get extraordinary properties by killing it. It's just the skin of the real 'Ferryman'. It seems to have been eating other corpses, and it seems that it wants to regain its body but has never succeeded."
Lumian accepted the "Knight of Swords" explanation.
Having courage does not mean that you cannot listen to what others say, but that you will selectively ignore danger warnings.
He immediately put the "Sword of Courage" back into the pile of ordinary straight swords in the "Traveler's Bag".
This time, he no longer felt afraid, because this was what he wanted to achieve by using the "Sword of Courage". The only thing he felt afraid of was:
"The skin of a demigod was flayed off?
"What changes happened in the underworld?"
Lumian saw the "Boatman" slowly and strugglingly kneading the split chest skin and rotten flesh together, as if he was buttoning a button.
Immediately afterwards, the "Boatman" inserted the long, black, rotten oar into the illusory and dark River Styx, and moved it more slowly as if against something.
The Temperance demigod possessed the "boatman" and forcibly controlled it to continue rowing? It seems that this control was strongly resisted... Lumian was always ready to draw the "Sword of Courage" again
” to deal with possible accidents.
As the gloomy boat staggered towards the other side of the Styx, Lumian was idle and asked about the "Knight of the Sword":
"I saw before that the entire underworld is in a state of going down layer by layer. Crossing the River Styx should just reach the other side of this world. Why did you just say that it is equivalent to entering the depths of the underworld?"
The "Knight of Swords" simply replied:
“The geography of the underworld cannot completely refer to the real world.
"According to many records of the Eggers family, there are two ways to enter the depths of the underworld. One is to go down layer by layer along the world that surrounds the River Styx and is used to punish sinners, and finally reach the country where the loved ones of the 'God of Death' live.
, the second is to cross the River Styx and enter directly.”
Is that so... Lumian asked thoughtfully:
"In other words, our destination is the country where the followers of the 'God of Death' once lived?"
"Knight of the Sword" was silent for a second and said:
"The palace of the 'God of Death' should also be there."
The palace of the "god of death"? Lumian's eyelids jumped upon hearing this.
While he and the "Knight of the Sword" were sometimes silent and sometimes communicating, the boundary on the other side of the Styx finally appeared.