The Door to the Underworld
Amon nodded, "I'm ready, but can I rest for a while?"
Mourin smiled, "You must be tired after these three days. You can't eat any food or drink any water in the Underworld, not even the water droplets condensed by water magic. You really need to rest and make some preparations … I'll come back at dusk. You can't go forward alone, and don't go in by yourself."
With that, she disappeared, leaving Amon alone in this gloomy canyon. The light was very dim, and there was no sound nearby, but his ears could always hear some sound in a very distant place, but it was not real. The huge cave formed by the cliffs in front of him was dark, and no one knew how deep and how far it led. It was like a huge mouth that could swallow people at any time.
Standing here, all the hair on his body subconsciously stood up, and an indescribable chill went straight into his bones. The boundless fear could not be changed by human will. Who could not be afraid of Yoon Nam-na? She only told Amon not to go forward. The cave seemed to have a strange power that wanted to suck in people's souls. No matter who stood here, they would involuntarily struggle backwards, just wanting to get as far away as possible.
The black cliffs on both sides were like a huge shadow pouncing on one's face, there was a kind of oppressive feeling that made people breathless. Once they turned around and retreated, they would involuntarily run faster and faster, never to have the courage to return to this place again.
Amon suppressed the surging desire to retreat in his heart. He had a feeling, or perhaps it was just a guess, that Mourin did not go far, but was somewhere watching him. She deliberately left him here, as long as he retreated, he was afraid that he would not have the courage to come back alone, and then it would not be considered as the goddess not keeping her promise. It seemed that she really did not want to bring him into the Underworld, and created all kinds of tests and obstacles.
Amon cleaned up his body among the rocks at the bottom of the cliff, then sat down to rest, took out a secret meat floss from his backpack, made a pot of thick soup, and drank it unhurriedly, not only to satisfy his hunger, but also to eliminate the almost irresistible fear in his heart. The frightening atmosphere in the surrounding environment constantly attacked the depths of his soul.
He was indeed prepared. He hid the bone under his ribs. Amon already knew that even a deity like Yoon Nam-na would not be able to sense its existence. Inside the strange space in the bone, there were not only important things that he had to carry with him, but also food and water. If he were to fall into the Underworld, it would be enough for him to survive for a long time. Even the God's Stones in the staff were all taken out and placed in the bone.
After eating, he closed his eyes and began to meditate. However, he felt that the environment was not right. There was an inexplicable force in the cave ahead that was disturbing his soul. It was not that his concentration was not deep enough. On the contrary, the more focused and profound his meditation state was, the clearer and more intense his perception of the power of disturbance was.
It seemed to be a kind of magic, but it was not any magic that Amon knew. Crazy 'Ole's books did not mention it. The area covered by this power was so large that there should be a huge magic formation set up with the help of a special environment or something else. The effect seemed to be able to control and manipulate people's minds, inexplicably plunging people into an unknown, boundless world.
The sunlight could not reach here, but he could feel the change of the weather. The shadow of the sun outside the valley was moving westward. The line of sky was getting darker and darker, and the gloomy atmosphere was getting thicker and thicker. When the darkness reached an extreme, the place was no longer dark. Amon opened his eyes. With the help of detection magic, he could see the scenery around him, but it was all black and white.
He closed his eyes again and continued to rest, not wasting any chance to recover his strength. After an unknown period of time, as if he was suddenly startled, Amon jumped up from the ground, his eyes widened and his staff clenched. He felt the eerie power suddenly surge out of the huge cavern in a silent explosion. Something was coming out!
Looking up, there was indeed a figure floating out of the cave, wrapped in darkness. At the same time, a voice drilled into Amon's mind: "Who are you? How dare you stop in front of the Underworld of Queen Kella? "
The voice gave people the feeling of something cold and slippery attached to the bones, making people shudder. But Amon felt a little strange. This person did not seem to be a god or a ghost. He should be a living person. Detection magic could detect his existence. This person did not deliberately hide his breath, and his body was also real, but Amon could not sense anything more. He only felt that this person was unfathomable, and his magic realm was far higher than his.
Amon tried to keep his voice calm and not let his voice tremble. He bowed deeply and said: "My name is Amon, and I came here with Mourin. I want to enter the Underworld to see my dead relatives."
The voice suddenly became sharp: "Nonsense, how did Mourin come to the realm of King Kella?"
"He is not talking nonsense. I did bring him here. Gatekeeper of the Underworld, please inform King Kella." Mourin's voice came from behind again, and then she had already appeared, walked past Amon, and walked in front of the gatekeeper of the Underworld called "Neti".
In this strange dark world, Mourin's figure was the only thing with color and light. She was not blended into this gloomy world. Neti bowed deeply and said: "It is really you, Mourin, but your sister will not welcome you into her realm."
Mourin said coldly: "That is a matter between the gods. You just need to inform the Underworld."
Neti bowed again and stepped back, disappearing into the darkness. Muyun's voice sounded in Amon's mind again: "Amon, I deliberately left you alone in this gloomy place. If you cannot protect your soul in this environment, you will also be lost in the Underworld. In front of you is the Underworld of Anunnaki, the realm of my sister Kella. "
The voice of the goddess contained a strange message magic. Not only did Amon hear her words, but there was also a series of explanations directly imprinted in his mind.
The so-called Anunnaki was not the name of a certain god, but a group of gods, or a divine clan. The gods Amon knew, Anu, Enril, Marduc, Mourin, and the master of the Underworld, Kella, all belonged to this divine clan. Mourin also vaguely explained another kind of information, such as the legend that Enril was the uncle of Marduc and the grandfather of Muyun. These were not relatives in the human world, but just a way of expression that mortals could understand. What was really going on was not clear to Amon, and the Queen of the Underworld, Kella, was really Muyun's sister.
The divine realm of the Anunnaki divine clan was very wide, including the vast territories of Assyr, Hittite, and Bablon. As for what a divine realm was, Mourin did not explain much. The complicated information made Amon a little confused. If he guessed correctly, the reason why Inanna asked him to lead the surviving people of Duc back to their homeland and build a kingdom was to build her own divine realm. In any case, the divine realm of another goddess was in front of him. Maybe he could find some clues.
Neti came back quickly. Like a shadow emerging from the darkness, he came to Mourin again and said, "The Queen of the Underworld allows you to bring people into her divine realm, but you must leave something on you when you pass through each door. This is the rule of the Underworld."
Mourin looked a little resentful and embarrassed, "I know this rule, but I didn't expect that she would do the same thing to me. She's humiliating another god."
Neti said carefully, "I'm just passing on the message. If you don't want to, you don't have to go in."
Mourin seemed to be irritated. She said proudly, "As a god, I have made a promise. Of course I have to fulfill it."
"Come with me." Neti gestured for him to follow.
The gatekeeper of the Underworld led the way. Amon followed Mourin and entered the strange unknown world. When he stepped over the boundary between the cliffs, everything around him disappeared in an instant, as if he had passed through the boundary between the mortal world and the mortal world.
It was a boundless darkness. Perhaps it couldn't be described as darkness, because there was nothing to see. Naturally, there was no sense of light in his eyes. Activating Detection to the maximum, Amon sensed nothing but Neti in front of him. He even felt that he had disappeared.
The only thing he could see was Mourin. She seemed to exist alone in this world of nothingness.
After entering the first door, although Amon could not see Neti, he could sense that he stopped in the darkness not far away. He turned to Mourin and said, "Goddess, please take off your crown."
The golden crown on Mourin's head seemed to be taken away by an invisible hand and disappeared. After that, they continued to move forward.
Amon felt as if he was walking in the void, not knowing where he was stepping. There seemed to be no concept of time and space here. He didn't know how long he had walked, but the detection magic suddenly changed, as if he had passed through another invisible barrier. At this time, Neti stopped again. He turned around and said, "Goddess, please leave your staff." Then the vine in Mourin's hand disappeared into thin air.
The second door to Hell wasn't completely silent. Although one couldn't see or hear anything, making it seem as if one was already dead, one could clearly sense the existence of one's soul in such an environment. Countless thoughts came to Amon's mind from all directions. They were the wishes and desires of all the people in the world.
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