For a moment, Lumian didn't know whether the "Powerful Person's Camera Obscura", an extraordinary item originating from the "Broker" path, had any negative effects.
To be honest, "encountering a deal with evil creatures such as devils" actually prevented the possible battle to some extent. If it weren't for this "negative effect", Lumian suspected that he would be killed the moment he was discovered by the sheep-faced devil.
You will be attacked instead of being asked if you need meat. This seems to be a manifestation of the mysterious malicious nature of the "shadow merchant" that can reduce dangerous creatures.
But if you say this is not a "negative effect", then you are definitely wrong. The deal with the devil will never be simple and easy, and may even be very dangerous, even if the devil is dead.
Lumian considered it for a few seconds, pointed to the half of the body of the "abscessed severed hand" placed on the long gray-white stone table and said:
"I want it all, what do I have to pay?"
He planned to take a look at the difficulty of the transaction first. If it didn't work, he would ask the temperance demigods to help them deal with this rotten sheep-faced devil and kill him!
"Encountering a deal from evil creatures such as the devil" does not mean that you have to make a deal with evil creatures such as the devil!
As soon as Lumian finished speaking, he felt his body stiffen and the coldness in his body spread.
He knew what was going on, so he didn't stop it or struggle. Then he found that his mouth opened and closed on its own initiative, and his dead vocal cords made a sound like sandpaper rubbing against rough metal.
He repeated Lumian's question in an unknown language, and every word made Lumian tremble with fear, as if they were stabbing his spirit body.
The rotten devil with a bent back, a sheep face, and dark skin responded with the same language, and the hollow voice echoed.
One of these words made Lumian's spirit and body seem to be held by a giant hand.
If he hadn't been in a "dead" state to begin with and protected by the Eggers family's golden mask, just such an exchange would have caused him severe damage.
Soon, the vague voice of "Knight of the Sword" Mariic sounded in his mind:
"I want Farbuti dead!"
Fabuti? Demon King Fabuti, the body of Naboridisli? The content of the deal is for me to kill an ancient god? Lumian narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the huge sheep-faced devil.
The mouth that regained control said:
"That's an ancient god, I can't do it.
"Change the conditions."
If the sheep-faced devil doesn’t want to change, then there’s no need to change!
If I can't face the ancient god, why can't I kill you?
It's just a favor to ask a demigod to take action!
Then pay it back slowly!
I don't know if it was the "Knight of the Sword" or the temperance demigod who took control of Lumian's body again and translated his words into a language that the sheep-faced devil could understand.
This also brought some strange feelings to Lumian.
The sheep-faced devil was supposed to be four or five meters tall, but because its back was bent all the time, it looked like it was only a little over three meters tall. At this time, it was silent for a while and said in a hollow voice:
"I want that egg."
Dan? Lumian muttered to himself in confusion.
He could understand it directly because "Knight of the Sword" had already translated it simultaneously.
"Where is the egg?" Lumian asked.
When a temperance member in his body controlled his mouth and finished narrating, the rotten sheep-faced devil let the huge leg bone in his hand fall to the ground with a loud bang.
"In the palace." The sheep-faced devil answered simply.
This also makes the translation work of "Knight of the Sword" easier.
Lumian asked in confirmation:
"The Palace of Death?"
Could the former abode of gods be very dangerous?
The sheep-faced devil's two dim eyes, bleeding with blood and pus, moved slightly:
"right."
An egg in the "God of Death" palace... Lumian hesitated whether to agree to the deal or just grab it.
He looked around and asked further:
"What does that egg look like?"
While waiting for the members of the Temperance Sect to translate, Lumian discovered a broken statue with only part of its body lying next to a half-stone pillar inserted into the ground.
It can be vaguely seen that it is a bird statue, the feathers seem to be woven with mysterious patterns, pale and dim.
The bird statue... Lumian felt reassured and connected it with the egg that the goat-faced devil wanted.
After the translation was completed and his mouth returned, he added:
"Bird eggs?"
After more than ten seconds, the sheep-faced devil dragged the pale leg bone forward two steps. The latter rubbed against the ground, making a tooth-piercing sound.
The sheep-faced devil said slowly and intermittently:
"Yes.
"It's huge.
"Black, in flames."
It was really a bird egg, and it was obviously a bird egg from an abnormal mother's body... a bird... Lumian suddenly thought of the premature child of Oceto whom he and others were tracking, and of the "banshees"
The state of doing your best:
It looks like a bird, with claws and wings!
Although it looks obviously different from this bird statue, at least they are both birds... Moreover, since there is an abnormal bird egg in the palace of the "God of Death", it means that there once was a mother body, and there was a mother in the mystical sense.
, "Mother"... Lumian vaguely grasped the reason why Oceto gave birth to such a corpse baby and threw it into the underworld.
Her goal is also that egg. What does she want to do to the underworld with the help of that egg?
Whether it is integrating the kingdom of the undead in the Lacre region into one's own "other world", or holding a ceremony to impregnate a corpse and give birth to a child, is this all for this purpose?
Hiss, does she want to merge the underworld with her "other world"?
Isn't this too ambitious?
This is the legacy of the true God, the former Kingdom of God!
But if Oceto really succeeded, wouldn't the "Great Mother" come directly?
Even if she can't fully integrate with the underworld yet, she just planted a seed, which is still a very dangerous thing for our world!
Lumian immediately asked about the sheep-faced devil:
"Did you see the giant baby with bird claws?"
The rotten sheep-faced devil looked at Lumian and did not answer. It was not known whether it was because it had not seen it or because the influence of the "broker" channel was limited to the transaction itself.
Lumian was silent for a few seconds and said:
"make a deal!"
The sheep-faced devil moved his head invisibly, turned around, dragged his pale leg bones, and walked step by step back to the gray-white stone table where half the body of "Abscess Severed Hand" was placed.
Lumian lowered his voice and told the "Sword Knight" and the temperance demigod what he had just thought about.
"Knight of the Sword" Maric responded quickly:
"We are going to the palace of Death now."
As if afraid of Lumian's fear, the "Sword Knight" added:
"You wear the mask of the Eggers family, and many dangers in the underworld will automatically bypass you. The only things we need to worry about are mutated monsters like the 'Bondman', and if the monster child of Osetto can get close to the 'God of Death'
The palace is close to the egg, so we should be able to do it. Even if it was born prematurely and the power gifted to it by Oceto's 'hereditary' is added, it is at most equivalent to Sequence 4."
Seeing that "Knight of the Sword" rarely spoke so much in one breath, Lumian thought about it and said:
"Its state of existence and birth ceremony are very special. It may be able to partially utilize the power of the underworld. Even if it has not yet reached the status of an angel due to premature birth, it must be treated as a demigod with Sequence 3 strength in the corresponding environment.
"
After all, it was a baby born through the fusion of the "other world" and the kingdom of the dead with the help of Lake Darsh, and this baby also experienced the process of being conceived in a corpse, being born after death, and then returning to the original body, fusion, and mutation.
It definitely cannot be considered a living creature, because living creatures will die instantly in the underworld.
"Yes." "Knight of the Sword" answered simply and to the point.
Under the pale light of the bone torches on the broken wall, Lumian asked the two members of the Temperance Sect in his body as if to confirm:
"If you follow the path just now and go straight into the darkness, you can reach the palace of the 'God of Death'?"
Lumian remembered that the "Sword Knight" mentioned that he had read a lot of notes from the descendants of the "God of Death".
Before the "Knight of the Sword" could reply, the sheep-faced devil standing in front of the long gray-white stone table suddenly raised his huge pale leg bone.
It pointed with its leg bone to a large dark hole near the broken statue that was punched out by the dome stones.
It seemed to lead to the basement of this dark church.
Lumian was stunned for a moment and blurted out:
"You mean, you can go directly to the palace of the God of Death from here?"
According to what the "Knight of Swords" said and the scenes he had seen before, Lumian believed that the palace of the "God of Death" was located at the bottom of the dark underworld, and that one had to go all the way down the road and go deep underground to reach it.
But since we are going down, it seems that we can jump directly into the "basement" where we can't see the bottom.
Emperor Russell said that all roads lead to Trier!
The rotten sheep-faced devil nodded slowly.
It was only then that Lumian suddenly realized:
This guy understands my Intis!
So what translation were you looking for just now?
Does the devil remain a devil after he dies?
Lumian wasted no time in confronting the rotting sheep-faced devil, and ran to the big dark hole in a few steps.
He pinched a ball of blazing white flame and placed it on the edge of the black hole, illuminating part of the scene inside:
Huge stone pillars, blackened wooden frames, collapsed stone slabs, and winding stairs continued down, disappearing into the depths of darkness.
"No problem." The "Knight of the Sword" gave a judgment on behalf of the temperance demigod, "We can reach the palace of the God of Death."
Lumian didn't hesitate anymore and jumped onto the partially collapsed stairs.
He did not follow the conventional way of running down the stairs, but jumped back and forth between stone pillars, wooden frames, stairs, and walls, descending in a straight line.
During this process, Lumian sometimes turned into a blazing flame spear to get over the completely collapsed parts with no leverage, and sometimes turned into a shadow creature to bypass special areas.
There seemed to be something hidden in the surrounding darkness, which even the white fire could not illuminate, but Lumian ignored it and pretended not to notice it.
After descending like this for an unknown amount of time, Lumian's feet finally touched the ground.
Under the bright white firelight, he saw that the surroundings were covered with broken bones, some of them white, some yellowish brown, and some dark brown.
Not too far away from Lumian, a dark stone wall stood erect, inlaid with a heavy wooden door that looked like a passage for giants.
Lumian walked to the wooden door, bent his back, stretched out his palms, and began to push outward.
His intuition told him that outside was the palace of the "God of Death".