Hero was bound by the lord's black thread and thrown into the upside-down world in the life map.
Just when he was brought into this strange space by the black thread, the black thread made a sizzling sound like a hot piece of iron thrown into snow water.
Then the black line was evaporated into a mist.
The tied up Hero held his breath in the black mist evaporating from the black thread.
Although physically isolated, the mist is inhaled into the body.
But under the control of the lord, he could not use the [Black Sea] to isolate everything, and the uncomfortable feeling that touched his soul was still unavoidable.
When the black thread continued to evaporate and could no longer support Hero's body, it disconnected from the outside world.
The remaining part retreated into the present world.
Hero broke out of the black fog and took a deep breath of fresh air. Only then did he relieve his physical discomfort and observe the world in front of him up close.
A layer of black water rose from Hero's body.
Without the lord's control, he could control the [Black Sea] to wash away the discomfort all over his body.
"There are no answers to the key points... Here, only the land deed can enter? Then why doesn't he come down in person?"
Hero looked up at the sky. The twisted passage had been closed and the lord could no longer be seen.
Recalling the answer he just gave me, I barely understood some of its meaning.
As someone who has owned the city for a long time, he has already tried to explore it, but has been unable to solve the mystery here.
Is it because of lack of ability? Or lack of corresponding knowledge?
'But if you want to rely on me as an apprentice to solve the mystery, you think too highly of me. It's not like a dead horse to be a living horse doctor, but according to what he said, my doubts can be answered here and I can get some benefits.'
Then come and explore.
"But is this the disaster that 'they' brought about in the past?"
Hero looked at the forest in front of him and felt incredible.
All the upside-down things in front of me have an inexplicable sense of fragmentation.
It's as if they had been cut open and then reinstalled.
Although the two can be integrated into one picture, they are never aligned where they are connected.
"This is what the lord said, the traces of those old monsters from the Great Crusade."
Hero followed the lord's instructions, released his soul perception, wrapped it in the [Black Sea], and tried to contact the true face of the Upside Down.
Pieces of pictures and pieces of messages that had been left behind became incomplete fragments, constantly filling up Holo's mind.
"Everything here..."
This was not the original main battlefield at all, it was just a part of it that was affected.
The world here simply couldn't bear 'their' souls, which caused the earth to be torn apart and the space to be upside down. Although it has 'self-healed' over the years by relying on the life energy sacrificed to the living soul map.
But even so, an inexplicable pollution has spread here, causing it to appear strangely upside down.
'If the entire forest is eroded and polluted, then there must be a source of pollution. What is the purpose of this trip?'
The beauty and tranquility are just an appearance. Behind it all is a doomsday-like intensity of pollution, which has formed an "upside-down space" in the covered area.
The further inside, the stronger the apocalyptic atmosphere becomes.
Even inside, the unknown pollutant has parasitized some kind of creature or sublimated itself and became a powerful existence.
According to the previous situation in [Black Sea], it is not impossible.
This pollutant seems to try its best to bring itself to a place full of life, and then devour it all.
thus transforming into a more powerful source of pollution.
The thought of facing an existence like Swamp Mother again.
Hero couldn't help but have a headache.
Damn it, why don't the lords come down and solve it themselves?
rely on me?
The apprentice has a hook!
But the way back was held in the hands of the lord. When he broke free from the black line just now, he tried several methods.
Neither the [Black Sea] nor the land deed, or the two combined, can activate the road to the outside.
It seemed that he needed something else, but the lord's expression had become crazy when he dropped him. It was obvious that he was not in a good mood to tell himself, so as not to lose control.
Hero patted the octopus cub on his head. The original fisherman's hat gradually expanded, and its surface changed from black to transparent.
After a while, the octopus baby turned into a hood similar to an astronaut's helmet.
Then the [Black Sea] seeped out of the apprentice robe, and the water surged, covering every part of the skin.
A weird 'chemical protective suit' was made.
In this unknown contaminated area, this should 'barely' play a protective role.
He took out the [Spear pinched in Tajiri], and just when he was about to step forward to explore, he accidentally opened the bag that sealed the 'Big Snot'.
'Big nose...'
If I hadn't taken all my belongings with me when I went out, it would have been easy to forget about this guy.
This guy was brought out of the city...
wrong.
Hero used the tip of his spear to open the sealed soul spell on the bag, and a thick and elastic jelly-like object squeezed out from inside.
Chrysalis, chrysalis, after shaking twice, the big nose woke up from the state of sealed coma.
"Um?"
Hero noticed the first emotion it felt when it woke up.
It's relaxing and happy.
He deliberately turned on [Fanmiya's Illusion] to make Big Nose mistakenly think that he was not there the moment he came out.
And when it senses that no one is around, the environment here is obviously familiar and safe to it.
This means...this disgusting thing escaped from here?
'Perhaps something will be gained by following it.'
Anyway, I don’t have any clues now, so it’s better to follow the local guide.
Not being sealed away and returning to his familiar 'home', Big Nose was obviously a little excited.
Following its jumps, Hero also saw the specific conditions of the creatures here.
It was completely different from what he had seen in the gap. If viewed from a distance, there was nothing strange about the deer and the fat birds.
But when I got closer, I realized that they were exactly the same as the magicians parasitized by whale teeth.
Inflexible, fixed behavior.
He saw with his own eyes a young deer, eating grass and drinking water, circling in a circle, and then resumed its regular behavior.
It's like... a program that follows a fixed code.
But there was no trace of life in their eyes.
As he went deeper into the forest, Hero's journey was not smooth.
All paths inside are blocked by the upside-down tree crowns, and in the sky, which is the upside-down earth, there are stripes similar to scars.
"It's strange. According to the lord, those scars were left by old monsters, and now it seems that they are all recovering on their own. Pollution and self-healing have reached a balance."