Chapter 271: Truth and Wooing
"How long was it all those years ago, and what is this labyrinth?" Thor asked, after a moment's thought.
"At least a hundred or two hundred years ago, this was the 'dungeon of the gods'. Kratan spat out a fish bone.
Chewing on the name of the labyrinth, Thor's expression was filled with disgust.
This is also a reason why there is no god in his heart, don't say if there is a god in this world, the key is that you will die if you die, but if you want to talk about a fall, you will fall silently, and every time you have to turn the world upside down by the way.
From Kratan's story, Thor gradually learns what their world is like.
It's a place called the Dark Continent, but unlike Sarvinia, it's not eternal night.
The Dark Continent will fall into complete darkness from time to time every day, for a short time, and then it will soon return to daylight, and the duration will not be long, and every day will continue to cycle between darkness and day.
Thor listened, estimating an hourglass at each alternation of darkness and daylight. In terms of the vastness of the continent, the area of the Dark Continent seems to be comparable to that of the Sarvinian continent.
According to Kratan, it has always been a real bitter cold land, with a harsh climate and snow in all seasons, hard and tasteless food, barren land and difficult to grow. Productivity and magical civilization are even more backward than those of mainland Salvinia, and territories with a population of more than 1,000 are rare.
And there is only one ruler on the continent over there, a guy known as the Dark Emperor, an ancient monarchy. It was only later that he was beheaded in the chaos of the collapse of the world, the imperial power withered, and the imperial industry declined.
As for the team that Kratan said was full of people from the Christon family, he was not referring to the immediate family members or blood relatives in the family, but some people who had been serving the Christon family in the past.
For example, the army, the family guards, the servants, the miscellaneous grooms, the slaves, etc., or the descendants of these people.
In the whole team, only himself and his sister Fenis really shed the blood of the Christian family.
As for Kratan's description, Thor had no fluctuations in his heart, in fact, he had always suspected that it was just a dream after he had fallen asleep, and even Kratan who was talking in front of him might be just a tiny part of his dream.
However, Thor knows very well that when a person is trapped in a dream and can't get out, whether the dream is his own or someone else's, the dream actually becomes a reality.
"A hundred years ago, and how old are you now?" Thor thought for a moment, and seemed to have nothing more to ask.
"I'm a little younger than you, just over three hundred and twenty. Kratan looked up and replied.
It seems that this is clearly a long-lived race similar to the elves.
Three hundred and twenty years old is still a little younger than me? Well, I didn't think that I would become an old monster one day.
"And how long have you been in this labyrinth?" Thor asked again.
"It's almost a hundred years. Kratan replied.
Haven't been out in a hundred years?What kind of labyrinth is this?Thor raised an eyebrow, and didn't bare again, he didn't bother to be shocked. Think about it, since it's all a dream, what does it matter if it's absurd.
"By the way, what are you hurrying all day for?" said the labyrinth, and Thor remembered this important doubt.
"It seems that you really don't remember anything, since it is the dungeon of the gods, there will naturally be punishment. Some people say that because our Lord God was defeated in the war of the divine realm, we as believers in the dark continent should continue to atone for our sins and suffer and cleanse our souls. ”
"In short, there are many theories, but the truth is unknown, and it is a distant thing for our generation after all. ”
"Probably every three months, if we can't find or reach the exit of this level, go to the next level, and a monster called Themor will appear behind us. At that time, all those who have fallen behind or have not left this level will only have a dead end. ”
Kratan did not hide it, and told the truth of the matter.
But is this truth really the truth?
Thor handed the grilled fish to Kratan again, his fingers tapping lightly on his knees and falling silent.
"What kind of monster Themor, have you seen it?" asked Thor.
"Nope. ”
"Then how do you know you're going to die if you stay on this level?"
"That's how the older generation goes. Kratan replied.
"The problem is that the people who have seen it are dead, and the living people have not, so how can you be sure that the older generation is right, and what if they are also listening to the older generation?"
"I don't know, maybe I'm used to it, after all, I've been on the road since I was born, and it has never changed since I followed the team every day. I also heard about you when I was about forty years old, so I'm definitely younger than you. Kratan said.
Smaller than me is smaller than me, what is there to emphasize about this?
"Since you can go to the next floor, how many floors are there?" Thor asked again.
"Three hundred and sixty-eight floors. ”
More than 300 floors can also correspond to nearly a hundred years, and the progress of three or four floors per year.
"Are there many exits on each floor? or is there just one?" Thor asked, asking.
"There's only one for each floor. ”
"How many people were in that team, and why weren't there any old people and children in the team?
"Originally, we were a large team of more than 100 people, but later because of your insistence, we lost nearly half of them. ”
Hearing this, it is not difficult for Thor to judge that the original owner of this body, Havak, should still have a certain appeal or authority in the team. Maybe it's because of the family's shadow, but this bit of prestige has also been swept away after blind command.
"I turned out to be ...... Never mind. Now there are only more than thirty people left in the team, which means that twenty or thirty people have died around the years because of illness or something?" Thor stopped in time, not bothering to understand what stupid things this body had done.
"Our people have always been physically strong, and diseases generally only occur in the elderly. ”
"As for not having children, it's because women in our race have a very low chance of getting pregnant, and the pregnancy period is 10 years. Or it shouldn't be said that there are no children, it's just that they have all grown up, and basically as long as they are over thirty years old, they are almost the same as you and me in terms of body shape and appearance. ”
"And every ten floors of this labyrinth, some relatively powerful enemies will appear on a certain layer, and the escape journey on that level will become dangerous and difficult. We can only ensure the minimum of survival, and do not dare to fight. Kratan replied in detail.
"Ha woo~ Thank you for chatting with me, so be it, I'm also a little sleepy. Thor stretched and pretended to yawn.
In fact, he had already eaten dinner, and the grilled fish in the back was all prepared for the purpose of seducing Kratan's intelligence, and now that all the questions he wanted to ask had been asked, the conversation was almost over.
"Damn, I've been out for too long, I'm going to die when I go back. Thor's words alerted Kratan, and he hurriedly got up in a panic.
Why didn't you panic when you spit out the fish bones just now? This guy won't have any status in the team when he looks at it. Wait, no status...... Thor rolled his eyes.
"Actually, I have a suggestion, would you be interested in hearing it?" Thor said to Kratan, who stood up and pulled his legs to leave.
Kratan stopped and turned around, casting an inquiring look.
"Are you interested in coming over and partnering with me? You won't get bored after running with the team for nearly a hundred years? Come to me and experience a lot of new things that you haven't seen before. How's it going?, are you interested?" Thor bewildered.
"That can't be, I can't defect from the group, and what can two people do?" Kratan refused directly.
"It's not a betrayal, you see I follow the team every day, everyone actually knows it, I'm still a member of the team, but the way of marching is slightly different. And you also said that Phines is my sister after all, and she is related to me after all. ”
"And I'm not joking when I'm talking about new things, you'd better look at them before you decide. ”
Black pepper powder, hot sauce, sweet sauce, salt, healing potions, Thor showed them one by one, and gave a general introduction.
Due to the lack of containers, most of the stuff was wrapped in leaves, with only healing potions taking up a cup. The remaining cups and plates are used by Thor for eating and daily use.
These are not really good things, but they should be enough to fool people who lack knowledge.
"Come to think of it, you didn't leave the group when you came to me, we still followed the group, and we also had to avoid the danger from behind. The difference is that it's free, you know, it's the most expensive thing in the world. ”
"We're just changing our way of life, and it's easier and more comfortable. The point is that you've already tasted my craft, don't you want to enjoy it every day?" Thor smiled, gradually increasing his stacks.
"I ......" Kratan's eyes were visibly surprised and shaken.
"Well, go back and think about it. Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't come, you can have your insistence, but if you want to come together, I don't think Captain Phoenixy has the right to stop you from pursuing a better life. Saul finally suggested.
"Okay, I'll go back and think about it. Kratan scratched his head and left, he probably hadn't experienced such a choice in nearly a hundred years.
After watching Kratan's back disappear into the corner, Thor's mood was a little solemn.
He thought that this strange team might have some way out of this labyrinth, but it didn't. Kratan seems to talk a lot today, but it's actually useless to himself.
I'm just here to advance, not to be a hero in my dreams. And in the territory of the Free City on the mainland of Salvinia, there are still many people who are worried about and waiting for them, and that is their true hometown.
Now that he has asked the truth about this labyrinth, and his return is still far away, Thor is inevitably a little anxious.
But whether you believe it or doubt it, I am now living here after all, breathing the air here, feeling the warmth and coldness here, I can only take one step at a time.