The silver moon shone on the riverbank, creating a clear and misty scene.
Hearing Francis' suggestion, Ramiro was a bit surprised. Then he put on a greedy look and asked, "The treasure of the Lord of Underworld? Can I go with you? "
When Ramiro heard that the Lord of Underworld had really fallen in the City of Husum, he was shocked. That was a ninth-circle Confinement spell, not Death by Law. How could the ninth-circle Confinement spell kill the Lord of Underworld?
There was once a demon count who had been sealed for a thousand years without dying. It was only after many generations of demon worshippers had worked hard to break free from the seal before the magic effect of the Confinement slowly disappeared. Therefore, he seriously suspected that the ninth-circle archmage had taken advantage of the chaos to set up a magic circle and release the Lord of the Underworld to complete the kill.
He wanted to investigate this matter, but he did not know the exact location where the Lord of Underworld was sealed, nor did he know where his realm was. Plus, he had found Anheuse, which gave him some clues about the divinity of the Moon God, so he decided to put it aside for the time being.
Therefore, when Ramiro learned from Francis that Leviathan had found the realm of the Lord of Underworld, he was eager to find out if the Lord of Underworld had discovered or encountered anything that made him the target of a ninth-circle archmage.
Because of the death of the Lord of the Underworld, Ramiro no longer had any doubts about Leviathan. At that time, he saw Leviathan jump into the water, and one of the possible places to cast the Confinement Spell was in the river.
Judging from the distance between the two locations and the city of Husum, it was obvious that Leviathan did not have enough time to go back and forth. Even though Leviathan was a ninth-circle archmage, it was impossible for him to do that, unless he was a legendary!
However, if that was the case, he could have swept across the Erdo Peninsula. There was no need for him to hide.
"A false god must have a lot of treasures. I don't mind sharing some of them with you, Anheuse," said Francis with a smile. His main purpose was also to investigate the imprisonment of the Lord of Underworld. "One more person means one more force. This way, we can finish the search as soon as possible without alerting the Lord of War."
Francis was still smiling. He looked at Lucien casually and asked, "Leviathan, you don't want to go? You were looking forward to it before. "
"If it were me alone, I wouldn't dare to go. Who knows what kind of monsters are in the realm of the Lord of Underworld? But now, I have Francis and Anheuse with me. Of course, I won't let go of those 'lovely' treasures." Lucien said with a bit of fanaticism. He wanted to find out more about the divine realm and the fact that the Lord of Underworld suddenly moved the divine realm to the bottom of the Solna River. Lucien had Francis and Lucien as his shields. Even if he could not find anything, he could still find some suitable materials to repair his magic items from the treasury of the Lord of Underworld.
Ramiro suddenly frowned. "Then we have to hurry. After the Lord of Underworld dies, his realm will slowly collapse. If we wait any longer, we won't be able to find anything."
Once they entered the realm of the Lord of Underworld and split up to search for "treasures", he would have a better chance to kill Leviathan and disguise himself as him. At that time, he would be able to shift the blame to the strangeness of the realm of the Lord of Underworld.
"Leviathan, lead the way." Francis said unhurriedly. The Lord of Underworld was only imprisoned, and he still had his avatar. How could the realm of the Lord of Underworld disappear?
Lucien and Francis had the same idea, but neither of them showed it. After all, in the eyes of the devout followers of Ell, the Lord of Underworld must have been killed within a second.
Putting on the stone bracelet, Lucien jumped into the Solna River first, followed by Francis, and Ramiro, who had simulated a divine-like spell to help him breathe and move under the water, followed behind them silently.
After swimming upstream for a while, Lucien led Francis and Ramiro to the realm of the Lord of Underworld. Once again, the strange feeling of being stared at disappeared.
"It's indeed nearby." Francis looked at the shoals of half-rotten fish and nodded affirmatively. Relying on his keen sense of the power of death, Francis led Lucien and Ramiro to the bottom of the river.
Passing through the strange grayish-white water plants, Francis suddenly bumped into a seemingly ordinary river stone. Then, the stone quickly twisted and turned into a dark and heavy stone gate, with a strong sense of death.
The stone gate was quite broken. The dark color was peeling off bit by bit, and the material inside was slowly decaying into mud.
"The Lord of Underworld has really died!" Francis' careless, half-smiling face was frozen. He blurted out, "Is it not Confinement?"
Lucien and Ramiro both looked at him strangely. "Since when did you have the illusion that the Lord of Underworld is still alive?"
Their expressions seemed to be the same, but Ramiro was sneering, while Lucien clenched his fists so hard that his palms were about to be pierced through. If he didn't, he wouldn't be able to control his shock like Francis.
It was Lucien himself who used Confinement to seal the Lord of Underworld. No one knew the specific situation better than him. However, the Lord of Underworld had really died! Things were getting even weirder!
"Maybe it's because of the strong sense of death here," Francis answered. He had never concealed his uniqueness and power in front of Leviathan and Anheuse, and he was not worried that he would be suspected. Strength was the foundation of everything. Also, he had "absorbed" the Seed of Spirit, so Ell was not worried at all.
Ramiro didn't say anything. He turned his eyes to the dark stone gate, trying to figure out how to open it. After all, if there was a chance later, he wouldn't mind killing Francis as well. That would be a great contribution.
"According to the teachings and myths of the Lord of Underworld, there are seven stone gates outside his temple. Each gate can only be opened by exchanging a burial object. Otherwise, one will be trapped between the two gates forever, suffering endless pain until one's soul completely perishes and merges with nature," Francis explained briefly. "Now that the realm has collapsed, the guards of the underworld have fallen asleep, and the gates are decaying. We only need to pick up a random object to open them."
Then, he picked up a pebble and gently put it into the huge keyhole on the stone gate.
As expected, the pitch-black stone door glowed brightly and silently opened backward. A painful howl came from inside, and a bone-chilling cold wind blew out of it.
Francis didn't waste any time. He stepped in first, and Lucien followed him vigilantly. However, it took them a full minute to enter the darkness before Ramiro came in.
"I cast a few divine spells outside to prevent the power of death from attacking," Ramiro explained before Francis did.
He was very cautious about the realm of the Lord of Underworld. He didn't know if the ninth-circle archmage had left.
Francis didn't say anything. He nodded and walked to the next stone gate on the only path that could be seen in the darkness. Suddenly, many pale and twisted faces appeared around them. There were men and women, old and young. They floated in the air and lunged at the three of them with hatred and pain.
Thick, dark mist emerged from Francis' body and enshrouded the surroundings. The moment the Evil Faces of Souls jumped into the mist, they vanished without a trace.
"The realm of the underworld has collapsed, and the spectres are no longer restrained," Francis reminded Ramiro. Then he took out a silver coin and opened the next stone gate.
Next, the three of them encountered ghosts, spectres, low-rank mummies and other undead creatures. However, with Francis, who had already shown his great power, it was very easy for them to pass through all the obstacles. Occasionally, some of the spectres escaped, but they were all killed by Leviathan, a level-four grand Knight, and Anheuse, a level-four priest.
The sixth stone gate was opened. It was no longer dark behind the gate. Instead, it was hazy, like the mist in the early morning.
In the mist, many people were lying on the ground, moaning weakly as if they were about to starve to death. There were many altars, and many people who were crying in fear were pushed onto the altars by the numb crowd. There were wild beasts and monsters, and human beings were screaming and devouring. There were priests and gods fighting, and ordinary people were killed by the shockwaves. There were gods who were infuriated and sent floods to drown the cities. There were wars and corpses everywhere. There were slaves suffering and being whipped, and some even had to fight with wild beasts to please the nobles …
The mist was like a real hell, showing all the sufferings of ordinary people in this world.
"Let's go. Chant the prayers. Keep your soul pious, and you won't be affected." Ramiro had obtained part of Anheuse's memory, so he knew a lot about this.
Walking into the mist, Lucien could only hear the miserable cries. Pale and thin arms reached out to him like a forest, trying to grab anything they could to get rid of the pain. However, Lucien's slightly compassionate heart did not waver, and those arms passed through his body like shadows.
Leaving the mist, they saw two stone doors that were about to collapse.
"Two ways?" Francis looked at Ramiro confusedly.
Ramiro shook his head. "I don't know why there are two choices in the last door. How about we split up? Francis, you're the strongest. You can take one door, and Leviathan and I will take the other. Otherwise, we won't make it."
He felt like a big bad wolf that was calmly looking for a chance to prey on a lamb.
"Yes. The Underworld is collapsing faster. If we don't split up, we won't be able to find every corner." Francis agreed. He opened the stone door on the right and entered the temple of the Lord of Underworld.
Ramiro smiled at Lucien, "Leviathan, let's go in."
"Sure." Lucien replied with the same 'smile'.
Behind the stone door on the left was a winding corridor full of stone pillars. There was no one in sight, and it was a perfect place to commit murder and arson.
"When we turn the corner and get away from Francis, we'll do it!" Ramiro murmured to himself, seeing that Leviathan was not prepared at all.
After walking for a few minutes, the corridor turned right. There were rooms on both sides, but they were all empty. There were no people or spectres.
"What a nice place!"
Ramiro looked at Leviathan's straight back and grinned.
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