Different from the wilderness with exposed gray-white rocks that Lumian and others passed before, the soil on this side of the Styx is deep black, with no withered blood-colored flowers, white bones and rotting corpses.
The sky above is no longer illuminated by the pale, dim, and devoid of temperature "sunshine". Rich darkness dominates this invisible world.
In the depths of darkness, groups of pale green flames floated quietly in the air, far apart from each other, as if they were acting as street lights.
With the help of the nearest pale flame, Lumian quickly jumped from the gloomy boat to the shore.
After his feet stepped on the ground, his heart felt a lot more stable. At the same time, he felt that as he crossed the River Styx, the aura of death in his undead body became more intense and obvious, and his spirit was closely protected by the golden mask of the Eggers family.
There was also a slight chill in my consciousness.
Immediately afterwards, a gloomy coldness appeared in his body, and the "boatman" in a highly decayed state had empty eyes and inserted the long oar into the current of the River Styx again.
It didn't attack Lumian again.
It does not appear to attack targets ashore.
Looking at the gloomy boat gradually moving away from the shore and the "boatman" with his back turned to him, Lumian thought for a moment and said:
"Don't get rid of it?
"As a piece of rotten human skin with a high level of status, it is a perfect match for your messenger."
This refers to the messenger "Half Fairy" of the "Knight of Swords", which is a spiritual creature that has lost one-half of its outer body. In other words, she just lacks a human skin, and the "Boatman" is
"Death" passes through human skin peeled off by demigods.
"Knight of the Sword" was silent for a few seconds, letting his voice echo in Lumian's ears:
"All she lacks is her own human skin."
This answer was restrained and concise, but Lumian seemed to hear the "Knight of Swords" roaring:
Don't just find any human skin and let my messenger wear it!
"Knight of the Sword" paused for a second and then continued:
"We may have to return to the other side of the River Styx later, and we don't know how many 'ferrymen' are left on the River Styx."
Still need to return to the other side of the Styx? Lumian then considered a very serious and important question:
"After we deal with Oceto's children, how should we leave the underworld?"
This obviously cannot be solved by "transmission".
"Our companions in the outside world should look for the Sequence 5 'Gatekeeper' of the 'Death' path or the corresponding demigod for help, and this may require us to return to the outer area of the underworld where we were before, so that we can see the bronze door of the underworld.
Door."
Lumian nodded, followed the vague feeling brought by the black mark on his right shoulder, and stepped forward.
He did not ask the "Knight of Swords" and the temperance demigod whether the direction they were taking had deviated from the path to find the child of Ossetto.
If you make a mistake, they will remind you.
Walking to the nearest pale flame, Lumian realized that it was really a street lamp.
It was made of gold and took the shape of a kneeling human being with his hands tied behind his back, his head raised, and his chest and abdomen recurved.
A dark and evil wick protruded from the mouth of the humanoid statue, its surface covered with a layer of light yellow translucent grease. The pale flame burned quietly, as if it had been burning for thousands of years without any signs of extinguishing.
Starting from this human-shaped street lamp, there are pieces of dark, broken stone slabs on the ground.
Lumian could already imagine how solemn and solemn the road leading to the Palace of Death was.
He followed the stone road that was cracked and shattered for unknown reasons, and under the illumination of the human-shaped street lamps made of gold that were far apart from each other, he quickly but cautiously went into the depths of the darkness, where the "abscessed severed hand" was suspected to be hidden.
Go to that part of the body.
This road also shows a sloping downward trend.
Lumian then remembered the Orella Hotel where he had stayed before, and the words of Ivelista, the descendant of the "God of Death" - many people believe that the true source of hell and death lies deep underground, so to
Keep going down, keep going deep into the ground.
This is also reflected in the underworld... After walking for a while, Lumian suddenly raised his hand and pinched a huge ball of blazing white flames.
The bright light quickly dispelled the darkness further away, allowing Lumian to see the nearby situation clearly:
One after another, the mausoleum-like buildings either completely collapsed or collapsed in half, and they were dead and quiet, with no bones or corpses.
These buildings have different colors, not only black, but also pale, golden, dark red, dark green and other different coatings.
"In the past, the favored ones of the 'God of Death' lived in these houses?" Lumian asked the "Knight of the Sword" who was very knowledgeable about the history of the Southern Continent and the legends of the underworld.
The "Knight of Swords" replied succinctly:
"have no idea."
He then added:
"We can only be sure by finding the creatures that left the underworld before the death of the 'God of Death'."
"Okay..." Lumian didn't ask any more questions and walked a little faster.
This is because he felt that part of the body of the "abscessed hand" was not far ahead!
He put the "traveler's bag" in his right hand again, ready to draw the "sword of courage" at any time.
As for the "Devil's Whisper" ring, he has no plans to wear it at the moment. He doesn't think that becoming an undead creature will make him immune to the negative effects of the sealed object's malicious publicity.
Undead creatures can also be malicious!
You must know that undead creatures such as resentful souls and evil spirits are formed with their own obsessions and residual malice as the core.
Moreover, Lumian's spirit and consciousness are protected by the golden mask of the Eggers family, and he is still alive.
After jogging for a while, relying on the pale flame of the human-shaped street lamp and the blazing white light above his head, Lumian discovered a majestic building on the side of the broken stone slabs.
The suspected church was completely dark and was fifty or sixty meters high, but the upper part had already collapsed, smashing into the lower part.
Lumian gathered his energy, listened carefully, and heard a strange and inaudible sound coming from the magnificent but dilapidated church.
It was like someone was cutting the human body with an unbladed sword, sawing the bones, which made those who heard it feel the same and make their teeth feel sore.
"I have another matter that needs to be resolved in this church." Lumian then informed the "Sword Knight" and the temperance demigod of his intentions.
He then added firmly:
"Should be soon."
He remembered that Ms. "Magician" said that the danger of "Abscess Broken Hand" itself will only appear after all its body parts are collected. Currently, it still has two parts in the "City of Exile" Morola, and there is no need for it.
Worry about this issue.
The enemy we need to face next may be the undead creature that made the sound just now.
"Okay." The "Knight of Swords" didn't ask what it was.
"Thank you." Lumian responded sincerely.
The "Knight of the Sword" and the temperance demigod did not object, nor did they leave his body, which meant that they acquiesced and would provide necessary help later.
Lumian extinguished the blazing white fire hanging above his head to avoid irritating the undead creatures in the ruined church.
He turned into a shadow, blended into the area not illuminated by the pale flames, and silently sneaked into the building whose upper half collapsed and smashed into the interior.
From the shadows, Lumian saw the stone pillars that had penetrated the ground, the dome that had broken into pieces, and the bird-shaped statue with only half of it left.
After walking around the ruins for a while, Lumian's eyes suddenly lit up.
On the ruins of the ten-meter-high broken wall ahead, there were several bone torches burning with pale green flames. The rich darkness from the heights flowed through the huge hole created by the collapse of the dome, and was covered by this not-so-bright light.
The light was blocked outside.
Under the bone torch was placed a long table made of gray-white stone, on which lay half of the body with its head cut off and cut open vertically.
The corpse was naked, covered in black and blue, rotten to the point of swelling, with yellow and red pus flowing everywhere.
It looks much larger than a normal person. I don't know if it was a half-giant before it was born, or if it was formed by decaying gas after death.
Lumian recognized it at a glance. This was the body of the "Abscessed Hand"!
It belongs to the left half, with one hand and one foot.
In front of the body of "Abscessed Hand", a huge figure stood sideways to Lumian.
The figure was four meters tall, with dark skin and a large number of evil patterns etched on it, but most of them had rotted away, and their flesh and blood had either fallen off long ago, revealing white bones, or were in a semi-melted viscous state.
At this time, the figure bent his back, holding an even larger pale leg bone from an unknown source, and was slowly cutting half of the body of the "Abscessed Hand".
Lumian saw that this figure had two curved, tattered, pitch-black goat horns on its head. From the side, it looked like a human face fused with a goat's face. The more he looked at it, the more terrifying it became.
"Demon" is the undead creature that an extraordinary person becomes after death? Just as Lumian had this thought, he saw the goat-faced giant cut off a piece of blue-black rotten flesh, stuffed it into his mouth, and bit it.
When he got up, yellowish pus splashed out.
On the half of the corpse of the "Abscessed Hand", the rotten flesh and blood squirmed and grew, filling the wounds created by the cutting.
Eat one by one? Lumian was thinking about a plan to take away the body of "Abscess Severed Hand" when the demon-like undead creature suddenly turned around, looked at the shadow where he was hiding, and spoke in a hollow and decaying voice.
A language he doesn't understand.
Although he couldn't understand, Lumian felt his flesh and blood beating strangely, and was forced out of the shadow creature state, turning back into the appearance of an undead creature wearing a golden mask.
However, the goat-faced rotten demon did not take the opportunity to attack him.
After two seconds, the voice of "Sword Knight" reached Lumian's ears:
"It's asking:
"Do you want meat?"
Do you need meat? Lumian was stunned at first, and then he was glad that he had a translator.
Looking at the demon-looking, huge undead creature with its back bent, Lumian suddenly had an inexplicable thought:
Is this a deal with the devil?
The aftereffects of my previous use of the "powerful person's camera obscura" have finally come?
PS: Recommend a book, "The Bright Years of China 1991", author: Daoyi Geng
A time-travel story about a programmer who returned to 1991 and had to go on a blind date because of a debt he owed to his predecessor, but was not chosen...