Lumian nodded, and his right hand naturally hung down and landed on the "Traveler's Bag".
He then walked to the tattered gloomy boat and saw the highly rotten boatman turn sideways and get out of the way, as if signaling him to get on board quickly.
"Can you take me across the Styx?" Lumian asked politely in Dutan.
He felt that since the former "god of death" was from the southern continent, it should be easier for "all parties" to speak Dutan in the underworld.
For example, the word "Styx" may make Lumian have a close connection with the dark and illusory river in front of him, and it will be directly involved in it.
The "boatman" with his eyes caught in his hollow eyes was covered with thick blood vessels and yellow pus, and he was motionless on the ground facing the river that was so wide that he couldn't see the other side.
He seemed to be answering Lumian with his actions:
Why would you communicate with a dead body?
I can't hear what you're saying, and I can't make a sound.
"It doesn't look good in ordinary language...... I heard that there is a 'Words of the Dead' on the 'Grim Reaper' path, but unfortunately I can't ......" Lumian muttered a few words silently, letting his eyes turn silver and black as he slowly walked onto the tattered gloomy boat.
In his "Eye of Disaster", the fate of the "boatman" is pure black, dead and empty, and there is no change.
"This means that no matter how the 'boatman' struggles, it cannot change its own dead body, and the only outcome is that it completely withers over time, and even the traces of existence disappear?
"But this does not mean that the "boatman" cannot do anything during the period before its death, and its actions can still affect the fate of others, including me, as well as other undead......
"They do have a destiny, but I don't have enough personality at the moment to see it yet? Well, it's possible, after all, items will also have a fate, but I can't see it right now......
"It is also possible that the fate of the deceased needs to interact with others to be reflected in the fate of others......"
Perhaps he himself temporarily became an undead creature, so Lumian couldn't help but think about the fate of these "inhabitants" of the underworld.
With his current occult knowledge, he could not give an accurate definition of fate, nor did he know how many things the mercury-colored river of fate contained, and whether there was a dark side or hidden parts that he could not see at present.
He felt that there should be, which came from a few simple questions:
Could it be that after I put on the golden mask of the Aegers family and became an undead, the river of fate that still existed before and corresponded to my own disappeared, leaving me pure black and nothing?
When I take off my mask, will the long river of fate return in an instant?
What is this long river of fate, a plaything driven by us?
Although the golden mask of the Aegus family is made by the god of death, it does not contain extraordinary characteristics, but it is of a higher status, so it is not easy to play with the long river of fate!
"Later, the extraordinary who has the opportunity to find the 'monster' path will observe my fate and see what happens before and after putting on the golden mask......
"Uh...... Forget it, unless I find a demigod-level 'monster' path extraordinary, it will only harm them, I only have the seal of Mr. 'Fool', the false angel person, and the remnants of the 'Blood Emperor', the 'machine' Kolobo of the Port Pyros patrol team no longer dares to look at me, thinking that it will bring him great danger, and now I have the seal of the 'Underworld' and the bloodline of Omibella......"
Lumian stood halfway up to the broken boat, turning the two eyes hidden by the golden mask into iron black.
He wanted to observe the weaknesses of the "boatman" in advance and prepare for possible accidents.
At this moment, the highly rotten "boatman" moves the oars, allowing the gloomy boat to sail slowly towards the other side of the illusory dark river.
Its body was all gloomy black, and Lumian searched for a long time without finding the paleness that represented weakness.
Of course, these blacks also mean that the "boatman" is completely restrained by sunlight and lightning.
In the next second, Lumian's ears sounded with the voice of "Knight of the Sword" Marić:
"Its weakness may not be here."
Not here? What does it mean not to be here? Can weaknesses still be separated from me? As soon as strong doubts emerged in Lu Mi's peace of mind, she remembered several stories her sister had told.
In those stories, there is a monster called the Lich that makes an amulet box and hides it in a heavily protected secret place, as long as the amulet box is not discovered and destroyed, the lich will not really die, which is equivalent to separating the Achilles heel from himself.
And among the twenty-two paths of God, it is not too surprising that there are similar things.
The Knight of the Sword continued:
"Were you trying to observe its fate before?
"It's not low, it's a dangerous behavior."
Isn't it low? Lumian glanced at the "boatman" with tattered clothes hanging on his body and highly rotten flesh, and he really couldn't see anything powerful about the other party.
However, since it can ferry on the Styx, which represents death, without sinking into the river, it means that it must be very special.
Lumian retracted his gaze, paying close attention to the "boatman's" every move, patiently waiting for the gloomy boat to cross the Styx and reach the other side.
The tattered boat swayed slowly as if it was about to fall apart, and it took an unknown amount of time to reach the middle of the Styx.
Suddenly, the highly decaying "boatman" lifted the long oars and turned his body towards Lumian.
While the gloomy boat stalled, the "boatman's" mouth opened instantly, and it cracked all the way to the rotten chest, the dug out navel, and the crotch.
The body of the "boatman" is like a piece of clothing that has been unbuttoned and stretched out to the sides, with no blackened internal organs in its ribcage and abdominal cavity, nor bones of its own, containing a pile of half-melted and half-rotten broken hands and feet.
Lumian once again felt the fear that made him tremble physically and mentally, and he did not dare to have any thoughts of resistance.
He was already prepared, and he clenched his right hand with difficulty.
He held the "Sword of Courage" in the "Traveler's Bag" and held the hilt of this iron-black straight sword.
Courage quickly spread throughout Lumian's body, causing a crazy smile to appear on his face.
What is there to be afraid of as a "boatman" in charge of the ferry?
Even if the "god of death" stands in front of me, I will cut him with a sword!
Lumian pulled out a straight sword that burned with blazing white and blue flames, and slammed at the "boatman" who was opening his membrane and pounced on him.
In the sound of popping, the "Sword of Courage" split the pile of half-melted hands and feet in the "boatman's" stomach, and slashed into the rotten skin behind the chest cavity, which was rotten and full of holes.
But this straight sword failed to cut through the rotten skin that looked extremely fragile.
Lumian was about to split his second sword with a huge explosion, and the "boatman" suddenly shrank back, slowly closing the open chest and abdominal cavity.
At the same time, Lumian's ears sounded with the voice of the "Knight of the Sword":
"Stop.
"We've got it under control."
"Then just take the opportunity to kill it!" Lumian responded without hesitation.
He communicated with the "Knight of the Sword" in the Intis language.
The "Knight of Swords" was silent for a second and said:
"I know that you are not afraid of it and can kill it, but if it dies, we will not be able to cross the Styx."
Seeing that Lumian calmed down a little, the "Knight of Swords" added:
"And you can't get extraordinary characteristics even if you kill it, it's just the skin of a real 'ferryman', it seems to have been eating other corpses, and it seems that it wants to regain its body but has never succeeded."
Lumian accepted the explanation from the Knight of the Sword.
Having courage does not mean not being able to listen to others, but selectively ignoring danger warnings.
He immediately put the "Sword of Courage" back into the pile of ordinary straight swords in the "Traveler's Bag".
This time, he no longer felt afraid, because this was what he wanted to achieve with the "Sword of Courage", the only thing he felt afraid of was:
"A demigod has been skinned off?
"What happened in the underworld in the first place?"
Lumian saw the "boatman" slowly and struggle to squeeze the cracked chest skin and rotting flesh together, like a button.
Immediately afterwards, the "boatman" inserted the long, blackened, decaying oars into the illusory dark Styx, moving more slowly as if against something.
The demigod of the Temperance faction attached himself to the "boatman" and forcibly controlled it, allowing it to continue rowing? It seemed that this control was strongly resisted...... Lumian was always ready to draw the "Sword of Courage" again to deal with possible accidents.
As the gloomy boat swayed towards the other side of the Styx, Lumian was idle and idle, and asked the "Knight of Swords":
"I saw the entire underworld in a state of layers of downward circulation before, crossing the Styx should only have reached the other side of this world, why did you just say that it was equivalent to entering the depths of the underworld?"
The "Knight of Swords" replied simply:
"The geography of the underworld is not entirely a reference to the real world.
"According to many notes of the Aegus family, there are two ways to enter the depths of the underworld, one is to go down the world that surrounds the Styx and is used to punish sinners, and finally arrive at the kingdom where the 'death' relatives live, and the other is to cross the Styx River and enter directly."
That's right...... Lumian asked thoughtfully:
"In other words, our destination is the kingdom where the 'Grim Reaper' family once lived?"
The "Knight of Swords" was silent for a second and said:
"The palace of the 'Grim Reaper' should be there too."
The palace of the "god of death"? Lumian's eyelids jumped when he heard this.
He and the "Knight of the Sword" were sometimes silent and sometimes communicating, and the border on the other side of the Styx finally appeared.
(End of this chapter)