Chapter five hundred and ninety-ninth life and death
With Sister Devlin's final blessing, the bonfire behind the two people leaped loudly. With the bonfire as the center, the flames flowed along the ritual traces arranged in advance on the ground. In just a few breaths, the fiery red lines were already lit.
The whole courtyard.
Those winding lines and ancient runes danced under the starry sky, and the movement of firelight made them more three-dimensional and more real.
At the same time, the flames flowing on the ground also flowed from both sides of Shade and Sister Devlin, along the grooves on both sides of the walkway, towards the mansion in front of them. But they turned around in front of the steps of the mansion, and the two fire streams went towards
It extends on both sides and surrounds the entire building.
The nuns beside the walk rang bells, held up porcelain vases, and waved white flags. The two high-circle nuns in front of the door opened the door of the mansion at the same time.
In an instant, the white mist representing the boundary between the two worlds surged out like a roaring beast, but as it moved away from the door, it became lighter and lighter, and stopped spreading just at the edge of the courtyard. The courtyard's
The firelight danced in the fog, allowing the border to stay here stably.
Underfoot is still the land of the material world, but the world of the dead has also penetrated.
Shade said nothing more and walked forward along the trail. The white mist seemed to be the thickest on the trail. Walking in it, Shade couldn't even see clearly the nuns on both sides.
But he could still hear the soft whispers of the nuns, who were praying to death itself. The ancient language and old grammar seemed to bring time back to the old era, when everyone was in awe of death.
【Outlander, you have experienced a miracle.】
【Outlander, you feel blasphemy.】
[Outlander, you feel enlightened.]
[Outlander, you feel the whispers.]
The voices of "her" continued in his ears, and Shade, who kept moving forward, also vaguely felt that the world had become a little different. It was not just the cold wind and some strange whispers, but the whole world had become different.
Something is different.
When he arrived at the door of the mansion, he could hardly see the nuns standing on both sides. There was the door in front of him, and Shade stepped in without hesitation.
The white mist still exists indoors, but the mansion in front of you is no longer the same as when you entered it. There is no foyer, there is only a straight corridor in front of you, the corridor that leads to the deepest part of the mansion, and at the end of the corridor is the door.
"That's good, I don't have to waste any more time."
The wind carried the smell of decay, and in the white mist that kept pouring out from the front, there were more and more tiny sounds, and none of them sounded like the voices of living people. Shade held his breath, feeling the power of the abnormal space, step by step
Near the end of the corridor.
At the source of the white mist, the wall that originally represented the "crack" was no longer the rotating black vortex, but now a dilapidated wooden door. Shade stood in front of the door and paused for a moment, then stretched out his hand and pushed it open
That door.
There was darkness behind the door, and the cold air mixed with white mist impacted his body and soul. The thin threads on his wrists emitted a red light and gave him warmth, while the leaves in his mouth replenished his body with a steady stream of vitality.
"Praise be to the Father of the Infinite Tree, and may time be with me."
"Praise the Silver Moon Sage, may the moonlight shine on me forever."
"Praise Mr. Dawn, the light shines on the shadows, and the shadows follow the dawn."
【anything else?】
"She" asked softly after Shade's three compliments,
"Praise the ancient god of death, may death bless me, a foreigner."
He stepped over.
[Crossing the line between life and death, the blurred boundary allows you to touch the deepest secrets of the soul.]
【Outlander, you have some insights into ‘death’.】
This statement has also appeared before obtaining the "Greed" spiritual rune, which means that although Shade has felt the power of [Death], it is not enough to construct the spiritual rune in the life circle. This is the second time I have heard it
The first time he came to this sentence was when Priest Augustus gave him his last words.
[Death, stranger, you have left the world of the living.]
【Even you cannot stay in this world for long.】
"Her" reminder came to my ears, and after stepping through the door, the cold wind suddenly disappeared.
The changes in space made Shade, who was used to jumping in space, feel no discomfort. However, the feeling of physical rejection around him made him truly feel what the "narrow space of life and death" was.
Outside the door is still a world filled with white mist, but the mist here does not flow, but remains still in the air. And in front of us is still the corridor deep in Baron Russell's manor, but everything in front of us seems to have faded.
, turned into gray, white and black, and the place seemed to have experienced a hundred years of baptism, becoming extremely dilapidated.
The cold and damp fog was very similar to what Shade encountered when he went down the mountain in the afternoon, and it was even more unfriendly to living people.
"A low-level warlock like a priest can stay in a place like this for a week at most. What about me?"
【With that leaf still in your mouth, you must leave within a thousand days.】
"clear."
Shade nodded, raised his hand and took a look. In this world that had lost color and life, his skin and clothes still retained color. But when he used his limbs, he clearly felt something different from the physical body.
Sense of power.
This level 0 relic is very different from other relics that Shade has encountered. The four ubiquitous elements did not give him any negative feelings such as headaches. The whisper element is being effectively balanced by the other three elements.
Although the physical strength is not prominent here, and the soul is inside and outside the body, it is obvious that the soul containing the divinity is stronger than the mortal body. Because the ring magician system is the unity of body and soul, he is still still
There are three rings, but the abundant spirit and the feeling of being able to penetrate the wall with a wave of his hand are something that a normal body does not have.
He even felt that he could barely use the Mystic Lock once in this place. But Sister Devlin said that in this world between life and death, the recovery speed of the spirit and physical strength of the ring warlock is extremely slow. Therefore, Shade
If you dare to use the Mystery Lock here, you will have to bear the consequences of being completely out of power within a few hours and being unable to use any thaumaturgy or incantation.
"It's not that bad."
The ground was covered with gray moss, and there were black marks on the walls. When I turned around and looked behind me, the door I came from was gone.
But the thin thread wrapped around his wrist is still burning red. When Shade wants to return, he can return to this position, and this thread will guide him away.
Instead of setting off immediately, he squatted down and looked at the moss on the wall, and then reluctantly recognized that it was a special plant called [Corpse Grass]. In the material world, this plant is grown from corpses and is not only highly poisonous.
, and just carrying it will accelerate the aging of the carrier, but in this world, it seems to be a very common plant.
"This place is weirder than I thought."
He stood up and looked at the pendant on his chest, and with a gentle touch, the holy symbol of the righteous god [Mr. Dawn] emitted a golden light, and then flew forward, but because it was tied by a rope, it just floated in front of his chest.
This place should not exist. The world on the edge of life and death is filled with white mist all year round. Shade, who possesses the [Time and Space] spirit rune, can clearly feel that this is not a stable normal space, but more like an illusory dream or dream.
Something else.
The terrain is basically a replica of Mount Sikal and the city of Fort Midhill at the foot of the mountain. However, there is no other life here, only wandering souls.
There was no sound in the entire world, and even the sound caused by Shade's stampeding would be weakened to the point where he could barely hear it.
But when I left the house and went outside, I was surprised to find that the sky was not the black as I imagined, but a strange gray. There was no sun, no moon, and no stars. Everything seemed dead.
Shade didn't want to stay in this kind of world any longer, so he followed the guidance of the Holy Emblem and left the manor, heading towards the city.
The silent world is particularly terrifying. Occasionally, the tragic death of the spirit body suddenly appears from around him. Although he just passes by Shade, it still makes the already depressed mood even worse.
Before Shade actually entered the city, he encountered an evil spirit in the woods that tried to attack him. It was an undead knight holding his own head, riding on a horse, and his chest was sunken. It looked like
It's a soul that died long ago.
The rituals of the spiritual cult should have been able to protect Shade from being noticed by evil spirits, but probably because of the unfortunate man's hair, the evil spirit of the Headless Horseman still looked at Shade after he approached him.
"Sure enough, the ritual can indeed weaken the evil spirit's perception of me, but if I get too close..."
Silently, the knight held a spear and rode towards Shade. At the moment when the evil spirit and Shade intertwined, the silver moonlight flashed across this colorless world.
Then Shade continued to walk forward, and the evil spirit was silently divided into two parts, and then dissipated in the air:
"I am a true knight."
These are its last words.
On the border between life and death, Shade is really strong.
The manor was obviously far away from the city, but when Shade crossed the forest, he actually found himself standing on the outskirts of the silent city of Fort Midhill.
Continue walking forward one street, crossing the intersection and stepping directly into the city. Although this place does seem to be a reflection of the real world, it is similar but not exactly the same.
"It's convenient to be in a hurry, but is Priest Augustus in the city? Is he in the church?"
Shade guessed.
The white mist was hazy, and shadowy souls were floating around. The souls Shade saw today were more than the total number of souls he had seen since he came to this world. It seemed that the souls of the people who died in Fort Midhill and the surrounding areas were
There is a chance that everyone will come to this abnormal place.
This is a violation of the rules of death. After a normal death, the soul should leave directly.
"How did this mistake of ambiguity between life and death come about?"
He really couldn't understand it, but if all the souls existing here flowed into the real world, even if there were only a few evil spirits among them, the entire central and eastern region of the Old Continent would definitely be destroyed.
"Doesn't the church have a way to solve this kind of place once and for all? If it just seals it blindly, there will definitely be bigger problems in the future."
Thinking in his mind, he suddenly heard a faint cry for help. Shade stopped hesitantly, because this world will reduce the sound, so the source of the sound must be very close.
"Is there anyone else alive here?"
He remembered the information from the college that mentioned that there were an especially large number of missing people this fall.