Countless rays of light shuttled back and forth in front of his eyes, colorful and vibrant.
Behind the layers of light, in just a short step, Brando felt like he had gone through a long time. Finally, he stepped on solid ground. When he came back to his senses, the scene in front of him had already changed. The underground cave had disappeared, and so had the light door. In the darkness, he could no longer see the layers of stalagmites and the mysterious magic erosion patterns. All that was left in front of him was a thick fog and an endless dark void.
Scarlet appeared behind him. The girl held the Azure Lance in her hand and looked at the place in a daze.
This was the world behind the 'door'.
A world surrounded by thick fog.
A huge tree root pierced through the fog and hung in the darkness. Compared to this tree root, humans were like tiny specks of dust. Around the tree root was an empty abyss. In the darkness, there was a faint whistling sound of wind, like a sinister and terrifying ghost laugh.
The two of them stood on top of the tree root, their front and back completely engulfed by the thick fog.
The monotonous sound of the wind surrounded their ears, but other than that, there was a sense of loneliness around them. The whistling wind was moving noisily in the depths of the darkness, but the thick fog around them was motionless.
It was as if the world was still.
After Scarlet, Metisha and Hipamira also arrived one by one. The Shire followed behind the Nightsong Tiger and was the last to appear. He stepped on the ground, and there was a crisp crack. He looked down and found that he had stepped on a thin layer of ice.
"What the hell is this place?" The Shire exhaled, and the hot air quickly condensed into white fog.
Everyone found that the temperature around them was very low, and even the fog was a thin layer of ice dust. There was a layer of frost on the tree trunk they were standing on. But it was not just the cold. There seemed to be an ominous aura lingering in the darkness, and it seeped into their bones.
Before The Shire finished his words, a shrill scream came from behind them. Brendel turned his head sharply and saw a monster with wings under its armpits breaking through the fog. But Scarlet had already stepped in front of him and stabbed with the Azure Lance, nailing the thing to the tip of the lance.
Only then did everyone see the appearance of the monster clearly. It was a creature that was as thin as a match and looked like a bat. However, its entire body was pitch black and they couldn't see its face clearly. It was like a shadow that was splashed with thick ink. Its limbs were thin and long, and there was only a thin opening where each of its eyes should be.
Scarlet threw it to the ground, and the monster screamed and struggled for a moment before dying.
"A shadow monster?" The Shire was stunned when he saw the thing and could not help but ask, "This is the Shadow Kingdom?"
Metisha, and the Shire, replied, and the darkness around them reflected in her silver eyes, "Although the time here is much faster than the physical world, it should be a lower realm, do you smell it?"
"Smell what?" The Shire sneezed and complained, "I just feel that it's too damn cold here, achoo —"
Mephistopheles looked at him curiously, "Is it cold here, Mr. The Shire? But I feel a little comfortable. There's something about this place that makes me feel peaceful, as if I'm beside the Lord. "
He looked at Andrique and asked, "What do you think, sister?"
"Except for the last point," Andrique replied coldly, "I agree with everything."
Scarlet frowned and wiped the tip of her lance. She looked at the ugly corpse and whispered to Brando beside her, "My Lord, what is the lower realm?"
Brando looked at the world and replied, "The lower realm is the foundation of our world. These worlds are made up of simple laws and are the projections of these laws. The Shallow Sea of the Elemental Frontier, the River of Scorching Heat, the Stone Pivot, and the Mountain of Ceasing Storms are also such worlds, but they are of a higher level. These worlds are at the bottom of the Tiamat Network, such as the Shadow Realm and the Dust World. Because the laws in these worlds are incomplete, the flow of time is faster than the physical world. "
Aloz also added, "Yes, in short, the Tiamat Network that runs through our world is a tree. The lower the tree, the simpler the foundation of the laws; and the higher the tree, the more complicated the branches are. In the trunk of this tree, the lowest part of it is a world made up of the simplest and most basic laws. This is the lower realm. Further up, there are the more complicated Four Elemental Realms. They also surround our world at the same time, known as the Peripheral World or the Elemental Frontier. "
"Our world is located in the middle of all the worlds, but it is not just the Wohnde. These worlds are collectively known as the Material World, which can also be called the Middle Realm or the Middle Realm. Above the Middle Realm, there is the Upper Realm, such as the Silver Plains and the Divine Kingdom of the Divine People – the Truth Realm, the Court of Judgement, and the Gate of Judgement. "
This knowledge was obviously too profound for Scarlet. She slowly blinked her eyes, her watery eyes seemed a little confused in the darkness, and asked, "Then which world is this?"
"This is the Kingdom of the Dead, the Underworld of Helm."
The little fairy Lute, who was sitting on Ropar's shoulder, said, "It is not a fog, but the breath of death. In the depths of the darkness, it is not the wind, but the sound of the whole world walking towards death."
"Death?" The little female dragon sniffed hard. Her eyes were like two golden flames in the darkness, shining brightly. "But the smell in this fog is not rotten or rotten at all."
Lute quietly replied, "The breath of death is not a rotten corpse, the corpse is just a representation of death. Death is a state, symbolizing eternal sleep, and everything here is dead. In the fog are the corpses of wind and water, the living cannot smell the breath of death. The reason Miss Metisha can is because the elves are very sensitive to life and death. "
"No wonder we feel peaceful," Mephistopheles also realized, "So this is the land of eternal sleep, the home of the dead."
But Aloz was still not satisfied, and continued to nitpick, "Everything here is dead? But aren't we still alive? "
"That's because we didn't come in through the normal way," The fairy on Malourcha's head stood up, she grabbed two long antlers and said, "Although I don't know why Abies can lead to the Underworld of Helm, this is obviously not the real entrance to the Kingdom of the Dead."
"The real entrance to the Kingdom of the Dead is under the Styx of Daghior. Do you see the surrounding abyss? Below this abyss should be the Sea of Styx. The foundation of the world is constantly collapsing into the Sea of Styx, which is why there is such a roar." The fairy looked at Lute proudly and snorted, "The Sea of Styx is originally below the shallow sea, I know more about this place than that guy."
Lute glanced at her, too lazy to argue with the little girl.
"The Sea of Styx is the Sea of Chaos?" The Nightsong Tiger asked.
"You can say that it is, but you can also say that it isn't. The Netherworld Sea is a part of the Law of Tiamat, but it is indeed built on the Chaos Sea." Brendel nodded slowly. He looked up at the huge tree root beneath his feet.
The others also looked at the tree root, and someone asked, "Is this the legendary root of the World Tree?"
"Yes," the Silver Elf princess looked at the tree root with some shock, and replied with certainty, "The World Tree itself is the manifestation of the Law of Tiamat. I finally understand why there is a World Tree in the Loop of Trade Winds. Under Abies, Lady Martha sealed an entrance to the Underworld of Helm. Legend has it that one of the three roots of the World Tree leads to this world. The Loop of Trade Winds must be affected by the Law of this place to project the World Tree. "
"I heard that there is also a World Tree in the Loop of the World. What's the deal with that World Tree?" The Shire asked again.
Metisha blinked in confusion and looked at him, "Didn't the Bugas tell you?"
The Shire coughed awkwardly, "I'm not a real Silver Wizard after all. For a mortal wizard, not all documents in the White Tower can be read."
"I see." Metisha smiled apologetically, and then replied, "The World Tree is the manifestation of the Law of Tiamat. As Miss Aloz described earlier, it is connected to every world created by Martha and the divine people. So in every world, there will be at least one World Tree. My Lord, you have been to the Silver Plains, so you should have seen the legendary Black Tower. "
Brando was surprised, "That's the World Tree?"
Metisha nodded, "The dwarves built a fortress on it, and so did Valhalla. So the World Tree fortress is one of the five legendary fortresses, an existence on par with Babel Fortress." She smiled sweetly, and said with a hint of nostalgia, "The World Tree also grows in my hometown, in the holy land of the elves, the Silver Valley of Alfheim, there is also a giant tree like Valhalla. It is like our mother, so the Silver Elves are so familiar with the World Tree."
"Can we reach any world through the World Tree?" Brando asked.
"Yes, but that's not entirely true." At this point, the Silver Elf Princess was a little sad. "Today's existing physical world — the continent of Vaunte is only a small part of the whole world, but it's also almost the only part left. Most of the world was destroyed in the past war, or disappeared because of the reboot. If my Lord still remembers the Planeswalker Mr. Kelsie, you should know that he came from such a world, but his homeland has long since disappeared. "
"Just like the Stagnation Realm?"
"Just like the Stagnation Realm."
"You have never told me this before. Did Fusia remind you of something in the past, Metisha?" Brando looked at the Silver Elven princess, a little curious about her reaction.
Metisha nodded, "The moment I was resurrected, I understood everything in the past."
Brando could not help but be silent.
He paused for a moment before replying, "No matter what, everything we are doing now is to prevent the tragedy from happening again. Since the flow of time in the lower realm is much faster than in the Wohnde, then the time left for us is even more precious. Let's go. "
Only then did the group move forward.
But she was a little puzzled as to how to find the right direction in such a place. She looked up and saw that there was more than one root in the fog. In the deep darkness, the intertwining roots densely covered the entire space, and it was like a huge maze.
But Brando immediately used his actions to answer her doubts.
He took out the seven stone slabs from the floating sphere. The seven stone slabs were pieced together into a sphere that floated in his hand. The entire sphere emitted a soft light, like a lighthouse. The light sphere shot a beam of light in one direction, and the beam of light disappeared into the fog.
This was the most precious inheritance that Amandina's father had left for them, and its name was Hope.
The group moved forward under the guidance of the light, and the fog in the darkness was sometimes thick and sometimes thin. The surrounding terrain also changed with the meandering and intertwining of the roots. Not long after, Tia, who was beside Ferlyn, kicked something. She screamed in shock, and Brando rushed forward to support the little girl, only to find that Tia had kicked a corpse.
The corpse had the typical characteristics of an insect-like creature, like some kind of arthropod, but its body was made up of pieces of translucent purple crystals. Brando only needed a glance to know what kind of creature it was. He frowned slightly, not expecting to see such a thing here.
"This is … … a Crystal Cluster?" Aloz also recognized it.
"This is not a normal Crystal Cluster," Brando replied, "This is a Crystal Cluster Lord. Strange, did the Dusk invade this place?"
The Shire walked up from behind, and lightly poked the corpse with his staff. With a soft crack, one of the Crystal Cluster corpse's legs disintegrated and shattered into pieces. He saw this scene and shook his head, "This thing has been around for a long time, and is not a product of our era."
"In the past, even the Kingdom of the Dead had a Dusk War?"
"It may not be the main battlefield, but the Underworld of Helm is the kingdom of the Goddess of the Dead Moon. Before she fell, she was also a powerful god, so it is not strange that she fought with the minions of the Dusk." Aloz replied, and she frowned, "I even have a suspicion that this is the battlefield where she fell —"
Everyone subconsciously raised their heads and looked forward.
In the fog in front of them, a long bridge had appeared out of nowhere.
"What is that?" The little fairy Fenice asked subconsciously.
But Metisha raised a finger and said to everyone, "Shhh —"
Behind the fog, two crimson light spots appeared. They looked like two balls of fire floating in the air, swaying slowly as they got closer and closer to the group. Soon, a tall figure appeared behind the light spots, and Brando could see that it was a huge skeleton. He used to think that Kabias was the strongest skeleton he had ever seen, but compared to this terrifying skeleton, it paled in comparison.
It was actually the skeleton of a giant. He held a huge anchor in one hand and a lantern that emitted light that could penetrate the fog in the other. He swayed as he walked forward.
"Is that … an undead?" Someone asked in a low voice.
"It is not an ordinary undead," Brando recognized the skeleton and gulped, "That is Modgud, the King of Skeletons, the guardian of the Bridge of the Dead, the ancestor of the undead. It is said that it will not allow the breath of the living to enter the world of the dead and disturb the peace of the sleeping …"
"My lord, do you mean that it will not let us pass?" The Nightsong Tiger asked.
"Then what do we do?" Scarlet frowned.
"That is simple," The Shire replied, "We kill it of course!"
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