Amidst the howling wind, the system notification sounded again.
[Discovered Death's Arcane Realm — Hörheim — Bridge of the Past]
50% completion of 100 Arcane Realm exploration — You will receive [One-third of a Spell Fragment].
(One-third of a Spell Fragment contains a strange energy. Obtaining three fragments can upgrade one of your Spell Abilities)
100% completion of 100 Arcane Realm exploration — You will receive [Madman's Knowledge].
(Madman's Knowledge should be treated with caution. After obtaining it, it is bound to deviate from your expectations.)
"Madman's Knowledge" Hoffa stood on the bridge that led straight to the unknown void. He looked at the extremely bizarre and eerie shadow of the giant eagle in the distance.
He held his forehead and muttered to himself.
"F * ck, this is too magical …"
He was furious!
Life had once again played a joke on him. Joey had asked him to ask Thunderbird a question. He had thought that it would be the same as visiting a dying distant relative in the hospital in his previous life. He would hold the other person's hand in front of the sickbed and comfort them in any way he could. He would listen to whether the other person had any unfinished wishes and fulfill his responsibility and obligation as a junior.
But it was such a simple task that he was thrown into another world. Moreover, he was thrown into the Hörheim.
This was the legendary Kingdom of the Dead!
If he could not return, would he not be trapped here until he died?
When he turned around, he saw that the giant eye of flesh and blood was slowly closing.
Although it was slow, it was indeed closing.
He looked at the back of his hand. The eye pattern on the back of his hand was also slowly closing. The speed was synchronized with the eye.
He thought of what Joey had said to him. "Come back before the eye closes. Don't force it."
He now understood that the eye was his way back to the Hogwarts.
Hoffa calculated the speed at which the eye closed. He estimated that he could only stay here for about half an hour.
There was no time to lose. He had to act quickly!
After confirming his goal, Hoffa braved the strong wind and quickly ran across the stone bridge.
Once he started running, his body seemed to be made of sand and dust. Bits and pieces of his body were blown away by the strong wind on the giant bridge. The debris dragged behind him like a long, thin line.
Speaking of which, this was the second time he had left his original world. The first time was in the secret room of the Violet Society. He had entered something called a book of spells.
But this time was different from the last time.
Last time, the system didn't give him any hints at all, indicating that the place didn't exist, or that it had disappeared long ago. Whether it was true or not was still up for debate.
But this time, the system gave him a notification. Furthermore, the reward had changed from the knowledge of the Almighty to the knowledge of the Madman.
This place was real. Huo Fa's heart trembled as he looked at the phantom of the giant eagle in the distance.
He had read some ancient myths from Europe.
The eagle was Horasvargel, whose name meant "Devourer of Corpses".
A giant transformed into an eagle. This giant would wear a coat of eagle feathers and sit in the extreme north of the world. When he flapped his eagle wings, a cold wind would howl across the land.
He originally thought that these were all legends, but he didn't expect this world to be a hundred times more bizarre and grand than he had imagined.
If gods existed, would they still be alive now?
There was no one on the giant bridge. It was empty.
But as Hoffa ran forward, the exploration progress in his sea of knowledge increased unexpectedly fast.
10%
15%
20%
This gigantic bridge seemed to be boundless and incomparably long.
But no matter how Hoffa ran, the scenery on both sides never changed. Wind, snow, nothingness, and the Mirage of the Giant Eagle that reached the sky.
After running for about ten minutes, the Eye of Flesh and Blood behind him became the size of a small dot.
A notification came from the system.
Ding!
[Hörheim — Bridge of the Past] Exploration progress reached 50%.
Obtained Spell Fragment (1/3)
Exploration rate increased by 50% and a Spell Fragment was obtained.
Before Hoffa could rejoice and fantasize about what the Madman's knowledge would be.
A strange figure appeared on the road ahead.
It was squarish, very tall, and walked very slowly. It was blurred by the strong wind, and the fragments on its body were severely peeled off.
Was it the Thunderbird Talas?
Hoffa ran quickly toward the thing. He hadn't seen anything after walking for so long. This was the first thing he saw that could move.
The closer he got, the clearer the strange figure became.
Only then did Huo Fa realize that it was a figure carrying a stone tablet. Its entire body was covered in chains. It was bony and had a hunched body. The stone tablet on its back was nearly five meters tall and looked extremely heavy.
"Is that you? Talas. "
Hoffa turned around uncertainly. He wanted to ask, but as soon as he turned around, he was frightened and took a step back.
He looked at the monster under the stone tablet.
It had no clothes, a dark and wrinkled skin, no eyes, no nose, no ears, and only a mouth. Its mouth was full of maggots.
"Huff."
"Huff."
"Huff."
It let out a painful gasp, lowered its body, and walked past Hoffa bit by bit. It didn't look at him, ignored him, and didn't even think of answering his question.
It held its chest in pain, trembling and struggling to crawl toward an unknown place in the cold wind.
Hoffa looked at the stone tablet on its back.
He couldn't understand a single word on the tablet.
It wasn't the language of this world.
With one, there was a second.
Soon, Hoffa saw a second figure carrying a stone tablet, then a third, and a fourth.
They were all walking in the same direction. Some of them were like the previous one, with only one stone tablet on their back.
However, some of them had dozens of stone tablets on their backs, so densely packed that they couldn't move at all.
They crawled on the ground like snails, struggling to move forward.
Most of those people were extremely ugly and indescribably terrifying.
Only a small number of them didn't have any stone tablets on them. They were expressionless and walked forward indifferently.
This strange scene made Hoffa's mind tremble. After running his meditation technique a few times, Hoffa calmed his mind and slowly walked forward.
As he walked forward. There were more and more strange people here.
"Talas?"
Hoffa called out softly as he ran.
He tried to find his target.
However, the people here all had no faces. Some were so ugly that he couldn't recognize their faces, while others had a flat white board without any facial features.
Hoffa instinctively felt that if the Talas weren't here, it wouldn't have grown like this.
He wanted to change his way of thinking.
However, at this moment, a weak figure carrying a stone tablet finally couldn't bear the weight and was crushed by the stone tablet, falling to the ground.
After it fell to the ground, the iron chain snapped as if it was made of plastic.
It was originally on all fours, but now, after the stone tablet fell, it could finally stand a little straighter.
However, after being relieved of the burden, it didn't easily get up and continue on its way. After it let out an extremely shrill cry, it frantically pounced on its own stone tablet, using its thin and weak arms to pull the chain, trying to pull its stone tablet up and put it on its back again.
However, it couldn't move the huge stone tablet at all. At this moment, countless maggots rushed out of its body and scattered like monkeys scattering when the tree fell, crawling all over the ground.
Some of them directly fell off the high bridge, while others crawled onto the bodies of other strange figures and burrowed into them.
After the maggots crawled out, the monster was only left with an empty skin. When the cold wind of Hörheim blew, it was blown to pieces and disappeared without a trace.
This scene made Hoffa extremely frightened. He thought that someone was punishing these dark figures by pressing them down with heavy objects, but things didn't seem to be what he thought.
However, before he could think about the reason for this, another figure fell.
Another figure with a hunchbacked monument collapsed, and the same process repeated itself.
However, this time, the figure was closer to him. After some of the maggots left the previous figure's body, they stared at Hoffa.
They didn't have eyes, but they were "staring" at him. Hoffa could feel it. It was a twisted emotion of inexplicable ecstasy, greed, and jealousy.
This emotion was like electricity, and it began to spread across the stone bridge.
A stone stirred up a thousand ripples. All the maggots in the strange figures suddenly sensed Hoffa's existence.
They silently crawled out of their original hosts and gathered into a large ball on the ground, gradually forming a humanoid maggot creature. It slowly crawled towards Hoffa. As it crawled, it slowly stood up.
At first, it stumbled, but then it got used to walking upright. It became as tall as him, as big as him, and looked a little like him, like a maggot version of himself.
Hoffa shuddered and took a step back.
As soon as he took a step back, the maggot creature immediately opened its mouth and rushed towards him while laughing wildly. Its expression was full of desire.
Looking at the figure rushing towards him while laughing maniacally, Hoffa's face changed. He had never seen such a twisted monster.
At this time, he felt a warm feeling on his waist.
Hoffa stepped back and touched it, and unexpectedly pulled out his magic wand.
This guy actually came over with him.
At this moment, the word "Seal" at the end of his magic wand was uncharacteristically bright red. It wasn't as faded as it usually was.
The figure formed by maggots roared and got closer and closer. Its face was full of jealousy, envy, and madness.
What should I do?
The magic wand is here, but what magic should I use?
Ghost Walk!
Hoffa pointed at his arm.
The first thing he thought of was Ghost Walk.
Boom!!
The expected disappearance didn't happen.
Hoffa rolled awkwardly.
He barely dodged the attack that was mixed with maggots.
He didn't use Ghost Walk at all. After thinking for a bit, Hoffa understood and secretly scolded himself for being too stupid. This wasn't the material world, and he obviously didn't have a physical existence.
It would be strange if Ghost Walk was useful.
After quickly getting up from the ground, Hoffa rolled and crawled away from the maggot monster's attack range. His brain quickly turned.
He hadn't learned any offensive spells, so he lacked the necessary means to attack.
So how should he deal with this terrible situation?
On the giant bridge, countless maggots crawled out from the void and gathered together to form strange creatures. Just like Conenberg's monster in the movies. Each of them had Hoffa's face, with a look of desire.
At this time, Hoffa suddenly thought of the group of German dark wizards.
Last time at Hogsmeade, he was almost killed on the spot by the dark wizards' transformation spell. It was a very effective attack, and the transformation spell didn't seem complicated.
With this thought, Hoffa immediately took action. Transformation was the magic he was best at.
Just like the first transformation class, he immersed his spirit into the magic wand, trying to change the shape of the magic wand.
As soon as he entered, he found that the magic wand was easier to transform than he thought. Hoffa even felt the anticipation of his magic wand.
It was anticipating the transformation!
On the stone bridge, there were already dozens of monsters. They passed by the group of monsters carrying the stone tablet and rushed towards Hoffa in a frenzy.
Magic flowed in Hoffa's body, and half of it was gone in an instant.
Then, he suddenly opened his eyes. The magic wand in his hand quickly changed, elongated, enlarged, and sharpened. Finally, a two-meter long cross-shaped sword appeared in his hand out of thin air.
This sword seemed heavy, but it was connected to Hoffa's blood. He could use his spirit to drive this weapon. It was just like using his magic wand.
He raised his hand and waved!
The magic transformed sword was extremely sharp!
A maggot monster was directly cut in half by Hoffa's sword.
Meanwhile, the other monsters charged forward fearlessly.
Then, Huo Fa swung the greatsword in a circular arc. As the arc was swung, the blade suddenly extended from two meters to five meters.
With a cold light, Sparkle's whirlwind slash!
More than a dozen maggot monsters were sliced in half by the sword!
They all fell to the ground, howling!
Did it work?
Huo Fa was overjoyed.
Transformation was much more useful than he thought.
But it didn't work.
The two halves of the maggot monsters that fell to the ground didn't die. They squeezed and transformed back into two monsters. With this sword, the number of monsters more than doubled.
They continued to howl and pounce.
"Damn!"
Huo Fa was alarmed. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, he immediately increased the input of magic power. The greatsword began to transform again in an instant. It became wider, thicker, thicker, and finally turned into a sledgehammer. The sledgehammer's front end was square, with barbs, and extremely thick.
It was like a fantasy weapon.
Boom!!
Hoffa smashed five or six maggot monsters away with one blow, causing them to tumble in the cold wind. They fell to the ground and retreated, knocking down a large row of their own kind.
Here, spirit was power!
But it was still not over.
The group of monsters that fell saw that Hoffa was difficult to deal with. After looking at each other, they all stuck together, intending to become an oversized maggot monster.
As the wave of maggots surged, Hoffa felt that he didn't want to recall this scene for the rest of his life.
But they still needed time to fuse.
There were no Talas here. Hoffa felt that it was time for him to go back. Half of the half-hour time limit had passed. If he didn't go back, he was afraid that he would be trapped in the Kingdom of the Dead forever.
So Hoffa withdrew his magic, and the sledgehammer turned back into a wand.
But at this moment, at this moment, Hoffa suddenly felt his vision go dark.
Something flew over the top of his head, blocking the little bit of light.
He looked up. In the extremely high sky, a large group of creatures flew over.
They formed a shadow that covered the bridge.
Taking a closer look, Hoffa saw a six-winged bird in the group of creatures. It was the Talas.
Yes, it was soaring in the void at this moment, with a group of unknown creatures, flying to an unknown distance.
"Tower."
Hoffa opened his mouth, but before he could call out.
The Thunderbird in the sky looked down at Hoffa. Then.
It sped up and continued to move forward, disappearing into the sky in the blink of an eye.
Uh, it's over …
Hoffa, who had his head held high, did not shout out a word. He forcibly swallowed it back.
He thought, it's over.
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