"Is this the...passage you were talking about?" Ruth stared at the tombstone suspiciously. No one in hell would do this. "Who is Hades?"
"The person who proves the existence of the passage." Lu Li glanced around and found nothing strange or abrupt.
So it's down there?
Lu Li picked up a stone thorn and dug into the gravel in front of the tombstone.
Ruth stood aside and watched as gravel rose up, and the sound of hitting hard objects suddenly came from the pit dug by Lu Li.
A section of skeleton covered by sand was revealed.
Ruth stared at Lu Li suspiciously, and he picked up another piece of stone and dug out the bones.
"The Bones of the Hungry Demon."
Ruth looked at the pile of bones thrown aside by Lu Li and said.
After digging out the entire skeleton, Lu Li continued digging downwards. Not long after, the sound of hitting hard objects again and again came from the bottom of the pit, with a hollow sound.
Ruth raised her eyebrows slightly and turned her head to look at the bottom of the pit.
Lu Li brushed his palm on the sand at the bottom of the pit, revealing a wooden board.
When the index finger tapped, there was a hollow tapping sound, and there was nothing under the wooden board.
Ruth suddenly turned around and walked away, pulled out her gun holster, and killed the hungry demons wandering around one by one.
A few minutes later, after clearing away all the activities around her, Ruth returned to the tomb. Lu Li had already cleared the surrounding area of the board and lifted it up.
A low, narrow, dark space was revealed under the wooden board.
The wall shows obvious signs of manual excavation, but the progress is slow. The sand and gravel only exist on the upper layer of the ground, and below are the cooled magma rocks. The iron pickaxe and shovel are still not far below, exposing a corner.
Some wooden boxes were piled in the corner, gathering a layer of dust. In the deepest part, a dark carved door like a religious legend was imprinted on the wall.
Ruth had a hunch that that door was the key to Lu Li returning to the human world.
Lu Li jumped into the cellar and approached the obsidian-like stone door on the wall.
There was something carved on it, but it was difficult to see clearly in the dim light.
Wow——
A cloud of dust fell from the entrance of the cave. Ruth jumped down and looked at Lu Li who turned around.
"Come in and see more clearly." She stood up after squatting to relieve her strength. She ignored the stone door that Lu Li was paying attention to, and instead walked to the wooden box and opened it.
Coins bearing the image of King Macdonald filled the wooden box.
I think there are several other boxes containing the same stuff.
Ruth whistled, with a strange tone. She couldn't tell whether it was sarcasm or praise: "His name is Hades, right? Hiding money in hell... what a genius."
There is nothing more comforting than hiding your money in hell.
And Hades, who regards money as his life, can indeed do such a thing.
Withdrawing his gaze, Lu Li moved closer to the stone door. A foreign body sensation surged between his brows. The enhanced perception told Lu Li that if he touched this door, he would return to the top.
"Is it this door?" Ruth's gaze returned to Lu Li and she found the stone door he had been observing for a long time.
"Um."
Lu Li nodded and turned to face him: "The journey is over."
As these words rang out, Ruth pursed her lips, feeling suddenly melancholy in her heart.
This journey was truly wonderful, but unfortunately too short.
Lu Li just took one step in the vast hell, and the distance traveled was not even a corner.
If we compare it to the human world, Lu Li has not even left the range of Sugard Mountain.
And many acquaintances that Lu Li planned to meet in hell never showed up. For example, Oliver, Sarah and Adam.
The latter is just a character in the story of the Shadow of Control, and they may not exist. The former died in the Elm Forest. If he was still alive in hell, he should be thousands of miles away at this moment, in the land that belongs to the "Elm Forest".
"Do you want to go back?" Lu Li said.
Ruth seemed to be interested in making a move, but she still shook her head and refused: "I... forget it. There is no place in the world worth my nostalgia. I will live well in hell, even though I am weak."
Ruth is not a demon. As a soul, she will only become a ghost when she returns to the human world, and then embark on the same path as Anna.
That is definitely not a comfortable path.
Lu Li stopped trying to persuade Ruth to make her decision and nodded gently to her: "Goodbye."
He turned and walked towards the stone door. Behind him, Ruth waved at her back.
"I wish I could become stronger, so that when you die, I might be able to accept you as my little brother."
Lu Li's soul became illusory for a while, and then completely disappeared into this small and dark space.
"call……"
Ruth exhaled, turned her head and looked at the wooden boxes, curled her lips relentlessly, crawled back to the ground, pushed the excavated mounds of soil and bones back into the pit, and restored them to their original state.
Putting her hand on her forehead, she looked at the mountain-like Black Calamity Volcano in the distance. This time she no longer hesitated or hesitated.
Now she has a way out and a safe house.
…
"Nine hundred and sixty, nine hundred and seventy, nine hundred and eighty... a thousand shillings."
Overwatch Town, Ardent Hades Detective Agency, a silhouette counting money is projected on the curtains on the second floor.
The change in his hand, as well as the change on the table, is what Hades gained throughout the day.
On the other side of the mountain, when a terrible disaster strikes and everyone is terrified and hesitant, Hades is one of the few who can't be assimilated by despair.
In other words, he is very happy now.
After counting the shillings twelve more times, Hades held them in front of him, took a deep breath, grinned intoxicatedly, and showed his gold teeth: "It smells like money."
He began to wonder whether he should rent out all the rooms on the second floor tomorrow, except the bedroom, and the fake bedroom stuffed with fake gold bricks.
That would at least bring me several hundred more profits——
Just as he was thinking about it, Hades suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.
This uneasy premonition has occurred many times, usually when one's own property has been infringed upon.
Feeling that you are in danger is another premonition.
"Why do you feel uneasy? Could it be those refugees from Belfast who live downstairs!"
Hades stood up in panic, even the wooden chair behind him was knocked down.
Before running downstairs, he did not forget to hide today's harvest in his socks, then stuffed the socks into a worn and patched coat, and threw the coat into the garbage pile in the corner. Then he picked up the oil lamp and left the bedroom, running in a hurry.
Go downstairs.
Bang bang bang——
The wooden stairs vibrated, and Hades stood at the corner of the stairs. In the hall decorated by the tavern, many citizens who had fled from Belfast were lying and sitting. Some were tossing and turning, and some were chatting quietly.
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...seventeen, there are no shortage of people."
Hades said to himself, suddenly feeling terrified.
My treasure trove and my secret treasure trove!
…
Darkness surged around me, and strange whispers echoed in my ears.
Although the situation was not good, the appearance of the Night Disaster showed that Lu Li had really returned to the human world.
Lu Li remained calm. At this time, he should still be in a spiritual state and could avoid the disasters of the night.
At this moment, the sound of opening the door echoed, and a figure holding an oil lamp appeared beside the door.
"Lu Li!? Why are you in my treasure house!"
Hades let out a shrill scream like a mental breakdown.
