After losing the guidance of Amon, the saint's remains of the Church of Ra, Lawrence and his team's search suddenly became much more difficult.
Fortunately, Nora had just memorized the characteristics of this god's power, so after spending some time, they were able to re-sense the power clues left by the other party.
"I have a question." Just as Nora was maneuvering her ship to track the little bit of Amon-Ra power she felt, Lawrence suddenly asked.
"You just said that this area will not allow those dead existences to remain for too long, so what exactly is the source of the power we are tracking now?"
The reason why Lawrence had such doubts was very simple, because in just a few minutes, more than 1/3 of the saint's remains had mysteriously disappeared. Under such circumstances, he did not believe that the mummies from thousands of years ago could remain intact.
today.
"I don't know, but what I can confirm is that the thing I'm locking now is indeed Amon - the source of the release of Ra's divine power." Nora pursed her lips and said.
"But you don't have to worry about any danger, because this is the home court of the ancient god of death, and even gods with truly powerful divine power may not be able to defeat him here."
"So from a security perspective, we are actually very safe now, because it is impossible for others to cause trouble in that place, and there is no need to use traps if the being who has the most powerful power in the area really wants to deal with us."
"You're right." After hearing what Nora said, Lawrence immediately nodded with approval. If you can easily crush an ant, there is really no need to take out a bomb just to kill the ant.
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The journey that follows is not very pleasant, because there are undead souls that are slowly dissipating on both sides of the River Styx and in the River Styx, and the process of a soul completely disappearing into the River Styx will definitely have a negative impact on the spirit.
"Basically, the souls who come here come here voluntarily, and they can never leave. So they have an unforgettable hatred for everything around them." Nora sighed softly.
"This is an important reason why living people who can get here cannot stay too long, otherwise they will easily be infected with hatred for the living in this environment."
As the ship continued to advance, various changes occurred in various surrounding situations. Finally, the ship driven by Nora left the main stream of the Styx and headed towards a tributary.
After leaving the gray water surface as wide as the ocean, the field of vision suddenly became narrower. At the same time, some red and black rocky mountains slowly emerged from the thick gray mist, accompanied by the whistling sounds that echoed one after another.
on the water.
"This should be the prison of the Forsworn." After looking at the caves that vaguely appeared on the stone walls of the mountains on both sides, Nora said in a low voice. "It is used to imprison some who have violated the low-level Styx oath."
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In this world, the Styx Oath is not as cold as the novels Lawrence read in his previous life, but appears to be very close to the people. However, beings of different levels will naturally be treated differently if they take the oath.
For example, the souls currently imprisoned in the caves on both sides of the Styx River tributary are just ordinary souls, and the price they paid was to be imprisoned in this dead space for tens or even hundreds of years.
However, for ordinary people, this is already an unbearable punishment. According to statistics from some churches, any soul subjected to this kind of punishment will be severely damaged and lose the opportunity to go to the kingdom of the god they believe in.
In this world with gods, it is obviously a very bad thing to be unable to go to the kingdom of gods after death. From a certain point of view, wandering around the River Styx is worse than hanging on the Wall of the Unbelievers.
It could be a little better.
"Where should we go next?" After feeling that the power of death around him began to become chaotic, Lawrence suddenly became nervous. "Why do I feel that the energy around me is getting more and more chaotic."
"The thing we want to find is probably on this tributary of the River Styx." Nora said to Lawrence while operating the boat they were driving to stop and go to sense the surrounding situation.
"It is very normal for the surrounding energy flow to become chaotic, because compared to the main trunk of the Styx, the tributaries will have a large number of things from other planes mixed in, so from a purely energy perspective, it is not caused by pure death.
The power formed——"
"Is it over there -" Before Nora could finish her words, Lawrence felt the Jianmu shadow deep in his soul tremble suddenly, and then several branches pointed in one direction.
"It should be over there." After being reminded by Lawrence, Nora immediately closed her eyes and sensed where Lawrence was pointing. Then she quickly opened her eyes and steered the ship to rush over.
A few minutes later, the black ice boat that Lawrence and the others were riding on came to a river bank. Then the two people jumped off the boat and walked step by step towards the place they sensed before, stepping on the bones piled up on the river bank.
Creak - creak -
The feet stepped on the mountains of bones and made some harsh sounds, and the faint sounds of crying and sighing around them made everyone's hearts tremble.
However, as they continued to move forward, the cries weakened again, and together with the cries, the surrounding thick fog slowly faded away.
"I feel as if the sun is shining on me!" After walking forward for about a few hours, Lawrence suddenly exclaimed in a low voice.
Because he felt that his surroundings were filled with warmth, as if he were soaking in warm water. And the reason why he was so shocked was because theoretically, all kinds of warmth should not appear in the River Styx, which is considered the darkest.
"It is indeed sunshine, this is simply -" Nora was also shocked, but soon he discovered the problem in the sunshine. "Brother, do you feel that this sunshine is a bit different from the sunshine in the evening?"
picture."
"It seems to be true." After hearing what the little doll said, Lawrence immediately used all his strength to observe the sunlight carefully, and then discovered a lot of things that were indeed wrong.
"Although this sunlight does give people a warm and bright feeling compared to the surrounding silence, but if you feel it carefully, you can feel that this sunlight gives people a sense of decay, as if-"
At this point, Lawrence paused because he didn't know what words to use next to describe the sunshine that he usually saw, which gave people a completely different feeling.
"——It's like the light emitted by a dead sun." Nora suddenly said at this time. Because the divine fire was lit, the little doll can better perceive the essence of various existences.
"Under normal circumstances, the concept of the sun or sunlight should tend to be light and life, but now the source of the sunlight here should be distorted by the Styx, so it gives people a weird feeling that is contrary to normal conditions.
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"You are right." Feeling the power of death carried by the sunlight shining around him, Lawrence nodded and continued. "Do you think the source of this power is the kind of target we were looking for before.
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"After all, the target we are looking for once held the power of the sun and life, but he has now completely fallen. So it should be reasonable for the remaining power to be affected and mutate in some way."
"What you said is very possible, because I can feel that the source of this sunshine seems to overlap with the target we are looking for this time." Nora said after briefly sensing the surrounding environment, while showing a smile on her face.
A serious expression.
"But this also represents a possibility that I don't know whether it's good or bad, that is, the ancient God of Death should know the existence of these things, and we may need his permission to obtain this thing."