Shade couldn't accept this result at all. Against the cold and biting black wind, amidst the repeated whispers and murmurs of countless dead people, he approached the two towering gray stone doors. At this time, there were traces of golden embers on his body.
, it was really like a flame pulling behind him. The power he felt was even stronger than the god when facing the saint form.
“What exactly is death itself?”
Standing in front of the door, stepping on the last footprints of Priest Augustus, looking up at the whole stone gate in the darkness. All the clues end here, the priest has crossed this door and gone to another world.
He stood there, thinking about everything. Suddenly he raised his hand and pressed it on the stone door in front of him. The cold and biting feeling gave him the illusion of falling into the abyss. There was no need for "she" to give any hints. Shade himself
I felt what was behind the door.
Behind the door is "The End".
"Do you want to end it here? Admit that Priest Augustus did not lie, he is really dead, and then turn around and leave."
Shade asked himself, then looked down at the burning fiery red thread on his wrist.
"Beyond life and death, I've already come here, am I going to turn back like this?"
He raised his head and looked at the huge stone door again, his eyes fixed on the "door", and blood continued to seep out from the corners of his eyes. The relic level of this door that divides death will never be lower than the sage level (level 2).
"Are you willing?"
Shade asked himself, the soul became cold and stiff because of the closeness of death. All things will die, and behind this door is death.
【So, stranger, what are you going to do?】
Even at this time, she was still able to chuckle.
"Excuse me, if I also walk through that door, can I still turn back?"
He asked softly among the whispers of countless dead people, instead of asking in his heart. The golden light on his body shone on the door in front of him, but it could only form shadows.
【Everyone is mortal, but you want to look back? 】
She whispered in his ear, the ancient language is so beautiful.
[But if your soul contains a drop of divinity, and your soul has been washed by two drops of divinity, can you really be considered a mortal? 】
Feeling the sound of wind in his ears, Shade was not sure whether it was "her" appearing or the wind of death.
"So, when I step through this door, can I turn back?"
【You can only be sure of this when you get to the other side.】
"Yeah?"
Shade put his right hand on the door with a little force, but the stone door didn't move at all. It seemed that he needed more strength.
【But I can guarantee that you can come back.】
"Because of that drop of divinity?"
For God, transcending life and death is an extremely simple matter.
Shade shook his head, walked from the giant stone door on the right to the center of the two doors, and let the wind that blew from the crack in the door, representing the end of all things, blow directly on his body.
His body became cold and stiff, and his physical strength and spirit, which were slowly recovering, became completely silent. The wind contained the original intention of death, and he was getting closer and closer to the [Death] spirit rune.
If he could obtain spiritual runes in such a place, he couldn't imagine how powerful it would be.
Stretch out your hands, hold a door with each hand, then bend slightly and use force on your waist to let your shoes sink into the mud on the ground:
"Ah~"
All the strength in my body was eager to push the door open, but the door wouldn't budge.
【No, it’s because I am with you.】
She was smiling softly, as if she was praising herself.
Shade felt like he was being hugged, and this time it was not an illusion, because he really saw a pair of silver transparent arms wrapped around his neck.
"Help."
He spoke softly, and his voice could only be heard by himself in the empty darkness.
【Do you still remember how to say it?】
She is still smiling.
"You are me."
The whistle sounded long and the bell sounded far away. In the hot steam mist, a brass life ring covered with fine golden spots appeared behind Sha De. The black wind passed by Sha De and blew on the life ring.
, leaving a series of scratches on the life ring. The life ring seemed to be broken due to this, but as the rust-like coating around the scratches peeled off, golden light traces flickered under the brass.
Unfortunately, Shade didn't look back, so he didn't see this scene.
【.I am you.】
The pair of silver arms overlapped with Shade's arms, but separated again at the palms. The two pairs of palms pressed on the cold and huge stone door at the same time, and as the ten spiritual runes on the life ring behind Shade simultaneously
Emitting dazzling spiritual light, as the golden light marks on his body representing divinity become brighter and brighter, as the silver moonlight in his eyes becomes brighter and brighter -
Squeak! Yeah!
Shade took a step forward, and the door was pushed open.
Dazzling white light shot into Shade's eyes from the crack of the door that was pushed open. As his eyes turned all white, he could vaguely hear the sound of the tide in his ears.
Leaving all his belongings in front of the door to prevent them from being affected, Shade walked towards the white light.
The door slammed shut behind him.
【Outlander, you have entered death.】
[Outlander, you have a better understanding of "death" and "sleep". 】
As for what death is, foreigners who have probably died once before coming to this world don't know. He thought that the world opposite would be a void of darkness, or some strange and bizarre scenes, but when he saw it in front of him
The white light disappeared, and he actually found himself standing on the shore, facing the endless water in front of him.
The sky is black and extremely low. Behind you is a stone wall with no visible ends to the left and right. The two huge stone doors are inlaid on the stone wall. Only in front of the stone door is there a beach where you can stand.
The sound of the tide could be clearly heard, but the water surface under the low black sky was exceptionally calm.
I looked up and saw a huge silver moon stationed far away on the horizon, but only half of the moon was above the water. The other half sank under the black water and was not visible at all. The silver moonlight was so silent,
It's so weird, it even has a maddening sense of holiness.
Although the silver moon looks big, it seems to be very far away from the endless black water. The moonlight makes the calm water surface show sparkling light.
The water surface is not empty, there are shadows, countless white shadows, with their backs to Shade, standing on the calm and boundless water surface, as if they are moving towards the distance. The moonlight illuminates them, but they cannot be seen clearly.
Their physical characteristics make it impossible to tell whether they are far or near.
Shade knew that this was the soul. On this boundless water surface, the departed soul was continuing to walk towards the moon that was half submerged in the water.
"Mingyue?"
The surroundings were so cold that Shade even felt like he had lost the ability to sense temperature.
He lowered his head and looked at his hand. The cracked golden light was still so dazzling in the darkness. He raised his hand to face the silver moon that could drive people crazy. The moonlight shone on his face from between his fingers. His hand
It has not become transparent, it is still a colored entity. But he can feel the rejection of himself here, and can feel the power that once he falls asleep again, it is absolutely impossible to open his eyes again.
"Is this the world after death?"
He couldn't describe this place in any words, he just felt extremely tired.
"Can I laugh a little?"
So I asked in my heart, and the familiar voice chuckled:
【Strange request.】
The ancient language and the light laughter made Shade's quickly exhausted spirit feel better, and at this moment a voice came from behind:
"This is not the real death. Death is a concept, not a world. And this is just the area closest to death manifested by people's understanding of death. Of course, it can also be considered as death. The difference is not the same.
Not much. But the real wall of eternal sleep and unbelief is at the end of the water. Man comes from his mother's amniotic fluid, so he eventually returns to the water. That's why you see all this."
Shade turned his head and looked around. The old man wearing a priest's robe had his feet off the ground, embedded between the two huge stone doors behind him.
It was Priest Augustus. A pair of broken white feathered wings grew out of his back, exposing the skeleton and flesh. Most of the white feathers had been singed, which looked particularly terrifying.
The old man leaned against the crack of the closed stone door. The back half of his body seemed to be completely integrated with the two stone doors, and the pair of wings were almost completely integrated into the stone doors.
His feet were about half a person's height away from the ground, and two wings spread from his back to the entire stone gate like tree roots. The huge charred wings and skeleton perfectly blended with the death scene of the stone gate itself.
Together, it's like this door should be like this.
Shade turned around, allowing Priest August to see his face. The stranger turned his back to the huge silver moon behind him, and the old priest's eyes widened in shock:
"Hello, Shade. Huh? Shade?"
For a few seconds, the tired old man could only make strange sounds with his throat, and he was even too surprised to speak:
"Xia De? What happened? Are you dead too?"
"Actually, I'm more curious about how I pushed the door open just now."
A smile appeared on Shade's lips, he whispered, and then looked up at Priest August on the door:
"I'm not dead. Doctor Schneider and the others entrusted me to come to you. This is really not easy. You can't imagine how hard I worked."
Apart from being a little tired, the old man was not much different from the last time we parted at the Tobesk train station. He even wore the same set of clothes. Priest Augustus always seemed to like to wear this clerical robe.
"What are you doing? Aren't you curious about the wings behind me?"
The priest seemed to want to rebuke him, but in the end he just asked tiredly. Their voices were almost silent in the death, but they could be heard clearly.
"Aren't you curious about this weird look on my skin?"
Shade asked. He was also adapting to this world. He didn't even open his mouth, but his voice appeared directly in the priest's ears.
The two looked at each other. Behind the priest was the stone wall with the picture of death written on it. Behind Shade was the silver moon half submerged in the water and countless souls.