Unlike the wilderness where Lumian and the others had passed before, the soil on this side of the Styx was dark and there were no withered blood-colored flowers, nor white bones and rotting corpses.
The sky is no longer illuminated by the pale, bleak, and temperature-deficient "sunlight", and the rich darkness rules this world with no visible edges.
In the depths of darkness, clusters of pale and green flames were quietly suspended in mid-air, separated from each other far away, as if acting as street lamps.
With the light of the nearest pale flame, Lumian quickly jumped from the gloomy boat to the shore.
After stepping on the ground, his heart was much more stable, and at the same time, he felt that as he crossed the Styx River, the death aura of the body of the undead became more intense and obvious, and the spirit and consciousness that were tightly protected by the golden mask of the Aegus family also felt a little chill.
Immediately afterwards, there was an eerie cold mass in his body, and the highly decayed "boatman" emptied his eyes and inserted the long oars into the current of the Styx River again.
It did not attack Lumian again.
It does not appear to attack targets on shore.
Looking at the gloomy boat gradually moving away from the shore and the "boatman" with his back to him, Lumian thought for a moment and said:
"Don't kill it?
"As a rotten human skin with a low status, it is a good match for your messenger."
This refers to the messenger of the "Knight of the Sword", the "Half Fairy", which is a spirit creature that has lost one-half of its outer body, that is, she happens to be short of human skin, and the "boatman" is the human skin peeled off by the demigod through the "Grim Reaper".
The "Knight of the Sword" was silent for a few seconds, letting the voice echo in Lumian's ears:
"All she lacks is her own human skin."
This answer was restrained and concise, but Lumian seemed to hear the "Knight of the Sword" roaring:
Don't just find a human skin and let my messenger put it on!
"Knight of Swords" paused for a second and continued:
"Wait a moment, maybe we will have to return to the other side of the Styx, and we don't know how many 'ferrymen' are left on the Styx."
Need to return to the other side of the Styx? Only then did Lumian consider a very serious and very important question:
"After solving Osetto's children, how should we leave the underworld?"
This obviously cannot be solved by "teleportation".
"Our companions in the outside world should be looking for the 'Reaper' path sequence 5 'gatekeeper' or the corresponding demigod to help, and this may require us to return to the periphery of the underworld where we were before to see the bronze gate of the underworld."
Lumian nodded, following the vague sensing brought by the black mark on his right shoulder, and took a step forward.
He didn't ask if the Knight of Swords and the temperate demigod themselves were going in the direction of finding the child of Osetto.
If it's wrong, they'll alert you.
Walking to the nearest pale flame, Lumian realized that it was really a street lamp.
It is made of gold and has a kneeling figure with hands tied behind it, with its head raised and its chest and abdomen curved.
The pitch-black and evil wick stretched out from the mouth of the humanoid statue, the surface was wrapped in a layer of pale yellow translucent grease, and the pale flame burned quietly, as if it had been burning for thousands of years without any sign of extinguishing.
Starting from this humanoid street lamp, there were more dark and broken stone slabs on the ground.
Lumian can already imagine how solemn and solemn the road to the palace of the "Reaper" was in the first place.
He walked quickly but cautiously along the path of stone slabs that had been cracked and shattered for some reason, illuminated by humanoid street lamps made of gold that were far apart from each other, and quickly but cautiously into the depths of darkness, where the part of his body was suspected to be hiding an "abscess and broken hand".
This road also shows a slanting downward trend.
Lumian then remembered the Aurella Hotel where he had stayed before, and the words spoken by Ivelista, a descendant of the "god of death"—many people believe that the source of real hell and death lies deep underground, so they must keep going down, deep underground.
This is also reflected in the underworld...... After walking for a while, Lumian suddenly raised his hand and pinched a huge, fiery white flame coming out.
The bright light quickly dispelled the darkness further away, allowing Lumian to see the situation nearby:
The mausoleum-style buildings either completely collapsed or collapsed in half, dead and quiet, with no bones or corpses.
These buildings come in different colors, not only black, but also pale, golden, dark red, and shade green.
"Once, the relatives of the 'god of death' lived in these houses?" Lumian asked about the "Knight of the Sword", who knew a lot about the history of the Southern Continent and the legends of the underworld.
The "Knight of the Sword" replied concisely:
"I don't know."
He immediately added:
"Only by finding the creatures that left the underworld before the fall of the 'god of death' can we be sure."
"Okay......" Lumian didn't ask any more and walked a little faster.
This is because he felt that the part of his body with an "abscess and broken hand" was not far ahead!
His right hand put the "Traveler's Bag" again, ready to draw the "Sword of Courage" at any time.
As for the "Demon Whisper" ring, he didn't plan to wear it at the moment, he didn't think that after becoming an undead creature, he would be immune to the negative effects of the seal that made it maliciously public.
Undead creatures can also be malicious!
You must know that undead creatures such as resentful spirits and evil spirits are formed with their own obsession and residual malice as the core.
Moreover, Lumian's spirit and consciousness were also protected by the golden mask of the Aegus family, and he was in a state of life.
Trutting for a while, relying on the pale flames of the humanoid street lamps and the blazing white light above his head, Lumian discovered a magnificent structure located on the side of the shattered stone slab.
The suspected church was pitch black, fifty or sixty meters high, but the upper half had already collapsed and smashed into the lower part.
Lumian gathered his spirits and listened closely, and heard an inaudible strange sound coming from the magnificent but dilapidated church.
It was like someone was cutting the human body with an unsharp sword, sawing bones, making the listeners feel a little empathetic and their teeth were sore.
"I have another matter that needs to be solved in this church." Lumian then informed the "Knight of the Sword" and the temperance demigod of his intentions.
He then added in a firm tone:
"It should be soon."
He remembered that the "magician" lady had said that the danger of the "abscess and broken hand" itself would not appear until all parts of its body were gathered, and there were currently two parts in the "city of exile" Morola, so there was no need to worry about this problem.
The next enemy to face may be the undead that made the sound just now.
"Okay." The "Knight of Swords" didn't ask what it was.
"Thank you." Lumian responded sincerely.
The fact that the "Knight of the Sword" and the temperate demigod did not object and did not leave his body meant that they had acquiesced in providing the necessary help later.
Lumian extinguished the blazing white fireball suspended above his head to avoid provoking the undead in the ruined church.
He transformed into a shadow, blended into the area not illuminated by the pale flames, and silently sneaked into the building where the upper half collapsed and smashed into the inside.
Lumian saw the stone pillars pierced into the ground from the shadows, the dome that had fallen to pieces, and the half-cut bird-shaped statue remained.
After circling around the ruins for a while, Lumian's eyes suddenly lit up.
On the ruins of the broken wall that was still ten meters high in front of him, there were several bone torches burning with pale and green flames, and the thick darkness at the heights flowed through the huge cavity created by the collapse of the dome, blocked by this not very bright light.
Under the bone torch was a long table made of gray-white stone, on which lay a half corpse with its head cut off and cut open vertically.
The corpse was unclothed, bruised and black, rotten to swollen, and oozing yellow and reddish pus everywhere.
It looks much bigger than normal people, I don't know if it belongs to a half-giant in front of it, or if it is protruding from rotting gas after death.
Lumian recognized it at a glance, this was the body of the "abscess and broken hand"!
It belongs to the left half and carries a hand and a foot.
In front of the body of the "abscess and severed hand", a huge figure stood sideways facing Lumian.
The figure was four meters tall, with dark skin and a large number of evil patterns etched into it, but most of them had rotted, and their flesh and blood had long fallen off, revealing white bones or showing a half-melted viscous state.
At this time, the figure was bent over, holding a larger pale leg bone that did not know who it came from, and was slowly cutting through half of the corpse of the "abscess and broken hand".
Lumian saw that there were two curved, tattered black goat horns growing on the figure's head, and the side looked like a human face and a goat's face fused together, and the more he looked at it, the more terrifying it became.
The "demon" path The extraordinary becomes an undead creature after death? As soon as Lumian flashed such a thought, he saw the goat-faced giant cut off a piece of blue-black rotten flesh, stuffed it into his mouth, and bit it, splashing pale yellow pus as a result.
On the half of the corpse of the "abscess and broken hand", the rotten flesh and blood wriggled and grew, filling the wounds created by the cut.
One eats and the other grows? Lumian was thinking about a plan to take away the body of the "abscessed and severed hand" when the demon-like undead suddenly turned around, looked at the shadow where he was hiding, and spoke in an empty and rotten voice in a language he couldn't understand.
Although he couldn't understand it, Lumian felt his flesh and blood beating strangely, and he was forced out of his shadow creature state and transformed back into an undead creature wearing a golden mask.
However, the goat-faced rotten demon did not take the opportunity to attack him.
After two seconds, the voice of "Knight of Swords" reached Lumian's ears:
"It's asking:
"Do you need meat?"
Need meat? Lumian was stunned at first, and then glad he had a translator.
Looking at the huge undead creature with a demonic appearance and a hunched back, Lumian suddenly had an inexplicable thought:
Is this a deal with the devil?
The aftereffects of my previous use of the "Power Obscura" are finally here?
ps: Recommend a book, "Brilliant Year 1991", author: Dao Yigeng
A time-traveling article, a programmer goes back to 1991 and has to go on a blind date because of the kindness owed to his predecessor, but he was not favored......
(End of this chapter)