For a while, Lumian didn't know whether the "Power Obscura", an extraordinary item originating from the "broker" route, had a negative effect.
If it weren't for this "negative effect", Lumian would suspect that he would be attacked the moment he was discovered by the sheep-faced devil, rather than being asked if he needed meat, which seems to be a manifestation of the "shadow merchant" being able to reduce dangerous creatures and mysterious malice.
But if this is not a "negative effect", then it is definitely not right, and the transaction with the devil will definitely not be simple and easy, and it will even be very dangerous, even if the devil is dead.
Lumian thought for a few seconds, then pointed to the half of the "abscess and severed hand" placed on the long gray-white stone table and said:
"I want everything, what do I need to pay?"
He planned to take a look at the difficulty of the transaction first, if it didn't work, he would ask the demigods of the Temperance Sect to help deal with this rotten sheep-faced devil and kill it!
"Encountering a deal from evil creatures such as the devil" does not mean that you have to make a deal with evil creatures such as the devil!
As soon as Lumian finished speaking, he felt his body become stiff, and the coldness in his body spread.
He knew what was going on, he didn't stop it, he didn't struggle, and then he found that his mouth was opening and closing, and he made a voice with a sandpaper rubbing rough metal with his dead vocal cords.
The question Lumian had just asked was repeated in an unknown language, and each word made Lumi tremble, feeling as if they were stabbing his spirit.
The rotten devil with a hunched back, a sheep's face, and dark skin replied in the same language, and an empty voice echoed.
One of these words made Lumian's spirit body and body seem to be held by a giant hand.
If he hadn't been in a state of "death" and protected by the golden mask of the Aegus family, this kind of communication alone would have caused him to suffer heavy damage.
Soon, the ethereal voice of "Knight of Swords" Mariqi sounded in his mind:
"I want Fabuti to die!"
Fabuti? The demon king Fabuti, the body of Napolidisli? The content of the deal is to let me kill an ancient god? Lumian's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the huge sheep-faced devil, and said with his mouth that regained control:
"That's an ancient god, I can't do it.
"Change the condition."
If the sheep-faced devil is unwilling to change, then there is no need to change it!
If you can't face the ancient gods, can't you kill you?
That is, I just owe a favor to ask a demigod to take action!
Then repay it slowly!
I don't know if it was the "Knight of the Sword" or the temperance demigod, who controlled Lumian's body and translated his words into a language that the sheep-faced devil could understand.
This also brought some strange feelings to Lumian.
The sheep-faced devil should have been four or five meters tall, but because his back had been bent, it looked like it was just over three meters, at this time, it was silent for a while, and said in an empty low:
"I want that egg."
Egg? Lumian muttered to himself in confusion.
He was able to understand it directly because the "Knight of Swords" had already translated it at the same time.
"Where is that egg?" Lumian asked questions.
When a certain member of the Temperance faction in his body controlled his mouth and finished the relay, the rotten sheep-faced devil let the huge leg bones in his hand hang to the ground, making a loud bang.
"In the palace." The sheep-faced devil replied very simply.
This also makes the translation work of the "Knight of the Sword" easier.
Lumian asked in confirmation.
"The palace of the 'Grim Reaper'?"
Wouldn't the former dwelling place of the gods be very dangerous?
The two dim eyes of the sheep-faced devil dripping with blood and pus moved slightly:
"Yes."
An egg in the "Reaper" palace...... Lumian hesitated whether to agree to the deal or grab it directly.
He looked around and asked further:
"What does that egg look like?"
While waiting for the Temperance members to translate, Lumian discovers a statue lying next to a half-stone pillar inserted into the ground, shattered to the point of being only partially remaining.
It was vaguely visible that it was a bird statue, and its feathers seemed to be woven from mysterious patterns, pale and dim.
Bird Statues...... Lumi moved with peace of mind, associating this with the egg that the sheep-faced devil wanted.
When the translation was complete and the mouth returned, he added:
"Bird eggs?"
After more than ten seconds, the sheep-faced devil dragged the pale leg bone forward for two steps, and the latter rubbed against the ground, making a tooth-aching sound.
The sheep-faced devil said slowly and intermittently:
"Yes.
"It's big.
"Black, in the flames."
It's really a bird egg, and it's obviously a bird egg from an abnormal mother...... Bird...... Lumian suddenly recalled the premature baby of Osetor that he and others were tracking, and reminded him of the state of the "banshees" when they went all out:
That's a lot like a bird, with claws and wings!
Although it looks obviously different from this bird statue, at least it's all birds...... Moreover, since there is an abnormal bird egg in the palace of the "god of death", it means that there was once a mother, and there was a mother in the occult sense, "mother"...... Lumian vaguely grasped the reason why Osetto gave birth to such a dead corpse baby and threw it into the underworld.
Her purpose is also that egg, and she wants to use that egg to do something to the underworld?
Whether it's integrating the realm of the undead in the Laquere region into its own "other world", or holding a ritual to impregnate a corpse and give birth to a child, is it for this purpose?
Hiss, does she want to merge the underworld with her "other world"?
This is too ambitious, isn't it?
This is the legacy of the true God, the former kingdom of God!
But if Osetto really succeeds, wouldn't the "Great Mother" come directly?
Even if she can't fully integrate the underworld for the time being, just planting a seed, it is a very dangerous thing for our world!
Lumian immediately asked the sheep-faced devil again:
"Have you seen a huge baby with bird claws?"
The rotten sheep-faced devil looked at Lumian without answering, not knowing if it had not seen it or if the influence of the "broker" route was limited to the transaction itself.
Lumian was silent for a few seconds and said:
"Deal!"
The sheep-faced devil moved his head invisibly, turned his body, dragged his pale leg bones, and walked back to the gray-white stone table where half of his body was placed with the "abscess and broken hand".
Lumian suppressed his voice and told the "Knight of Swords" and the temperance demigod what he had just thought.
"Knight of Swords" Malich responded quickly:
"Let's go to the palace of the 'god of death' now."
Seemingly afraid of Lumian's fear, the "Knight of Swords" added:
"You wear the mask of the Aegers family, many dangers in the underworld will automatically bypass you, we only need to worry about mutated monsters like the 'boatman', and if Osetor's monster child can get close to the palace of the 'Grim Reaper' and get close to that bird egg, then we should be able too, even if it is born prematurely, even if it adds the power of the gift given to it by Osetor's 'inheritance', it is at most equivalent to sequence 4."
Seeing that the "Knight of Swords" rarely said so much in one breath, Lumian pondered and said:
"Its state of existence and birth ritual are very special, and it may be able to partially use the power of the underworld, even if it is born prematurely and cannot reach the angel position, it must be treated as a demigod with sequence 3 strength in the corresponding environment."
After all, it was a baby born through the fusion of the "other world" and the kingdom of the dead with the help of Darsh Lake, and this baby also went through the process of being conceived in the corpse, born after death, returning to the main body, and fusing and mutating.
It can never be considered a living creature, because a living creature dies instantly in the underworld.
"Yes." "Knight of the Sword" answered concisely.
Under the pale light of the bone torches on the broken wall, Lumian asked the two members of the Temperance Faction in his body in confirmation:
"Follow the road just now to the depths of darkness, and you can reach the palace of the 'god of death'?"
Lumian remembered that the "Knight of Swords" mentioned that he had read a lot of notes from the descendants of the "Reaper".
Before the "Knight of the Sword" could answer, the sheep-faced devil standing in front of the long gray-white stone table suddenly lifted the huge pale leg bone.
It pointed with its leg bone to a large black hole near the broken statue that had been smashed out by the dome stone.
It seemed to lead to the basement of this pitch-black church.
Lumian was stunned for a moment, and blurted out:
"You mean, you can go directly to the palace of the 'god of death' from here?"
According to the "Knight of Swords" and the scene he saw before, Lumian believed that the "Grim Reaper's palace" was located at the bottom of the dark underworld, and he had to go all the way down the road and go deep underground to reach it.
But since you are going down, it seems that it is possible to jump directly into the "basement" where you can't see the bottom.
Emperor Roselle the Great said that all roads lead to Trier!
The rotten sheep-faced devil nodded slowly.
Only then did Lumian suddenly wake up:
This guy understands my Intesian!
So what else was you looking for just now?
Is the devil also the devil after he dies?
Lumian wasted no time confronting the rotten sheep-faced demon, and ran a few steps to the dark hole.
He pinched a ball of blazing white flame and placed it on the edge of the black hole, illuminating part of the scene inside:
Huge stone pillars, blackened wooden frames, collapsed stone slabs, winding staircases stretched down and disappeared into the depths of darkness.
"No problem." "The Knight of the Sword" gave a judgment on behalf of the temperate demigod, "You can reach the palace of the 'god of death'."
Lumian didn't hesitate any longer and jumped onto the half-collapsed stairs.
Instead of rushing down the stairs in the usual way, he jumped back and forth between stone pillars, wooden frames, stairs, and walls, descending in a straight line.
In the process, Lumian sometimes transformed into a blazing flame spear to cross over parts that completely collapsed without any leverage, and sometimes turned into shadow creatures to bypass special areas.
The surrounding darkness seemed to hide something, which could not be illuminated by the blazing white fire, but Lumian didn't care, pretending not to find it.
After descending like this for an unknown amount of time, Lumian's feet finally stepped on the ground.
Under the blazing white firelight, he saw that the surroundings were covered with broken bones, some white, some yellowish-brown, and some dark brown.
Not far from Lumian, a deep black stone wall stood with a heavy wooden door that seemed to be a passage for giants.
Lumian walked to the wooden door, leaned down on his back, stretched out his palms, and began to push out hard.
His intuition tells him that outside is the palace of the "god of death".
(End of this chapter)