Looking at the embarrassed male and female duo in front of him, the expressionless Skaha, turned around and walked to the interior of the temple, and dropped a sentence: "Meredith, bring them in." ”

The Raven Feather Woman, known as Meredith, stood up and looked at Richell, "Come on, there's only one last stretch left." ”

Sweat soaked his clothes, Rachel glanced back at Todd on his back, and said anxiously: "The trial can be held at any time, can you please help my companion first, we heard that there is a potion here called 'Tyrant'......"

Meredith blinked and said meaningfully, "That's a coincidence, whether it's the next trial of fate or the 'tyrant' you're looking for, both are in the same place. ”

"Where?!"

"Dark Door......

Following in Meredith's footsteps, Rachel stepped into the halls of the temple.

It was a place of ruin, with stone pillars and sculptures long since crumbling, the marble floor full of cracks, and only half of the statue of the goddess in the main hall of the temple remained. From a distance, moss and vines are the protagonists of this place, and they undoubtedly occupy this once-glorious temple.

Rachel looked at the devastation in front of him and asked Meredith, "Where are we going?"

The other party did not answer, but stopped in front of the statue, looked up at the disintegrating sculpture, sighed faintly, and continued to walk forward.

The three of them followed the overgrown corridor into a downward slope.

Meredith pushed open the stone door at the end, and a spiraling staircase appeared in the dark space.

Grabbing a torch from the wall, Meredith walked in front, and while lighting the path for those behind him, he casually said, "There are many ...... people like him"

"What?"

"Those who seek to become demigods have gone to great lengths to pass trials just to try to get their hands on the relics of the Old Gods, but few have succeeded. ”

Rachel was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered something: "What does the 'Destiny Trial' you said have to do with the Dark Gate?"

Glancing back in some surprise, Meredith tilted his head and asked, "You have come here, don't you know the legend of the Shadow Country?"

Realizing that the other party really didn't know anything, Meredith stepped on the stairs and explained, "The Shadow Country is synonymous with the land of the underworld in the northern realm. Mainlanders like to call this place "Gate of the Dead", and North Islanders like to call it "Heim Hades". It is rumored that it used to be the residence of Hull, the queen of Hades, during the Age of the Gods. After the occurrence of Ragnarok, the original underworld was divided into two parts, the surface and the inside, due to the collapse of the World Tree and the collapse of the divine realm. Some of them are separated from the divine realm and connected to the present world, which is called the surface world, which is the land beneath our feet, while the other part is hidden in an untouchable space, which is rumored to be the refuge of the gods, called the inner world. The gate connecting the two worlds is called the "Dark Gate". ”

"Legend has it that a person chosen by the descendants of the gods will gain the approval of the gods and become a demigod and half-human if he can pass the three trials of 'will', 'strength', and 'fate'. Meredith walked to the platform at the bottom of the stairs, pointed deeper underfoot, and whispered, "And the final 'fate' trial is to allow the trialist to pass through the dark door and return safely. ”

Rachel put Todd on the ground, rubbed his sore shoulders, and looked at Meredith with a look of hope: "May I ask, how many people have come here over the years, and how many have successfully passed the trial?"

Meredith pursed her lips, rolled her eyes, and thought for a while: "There are always hundreds of people who come here every year, but in the years that I have followed Master, there are only two people who have actually passed the trial......"

Reicher was stunned for a moment, her expression complicated.

Meredith jumped down the last flight of stairs to a wooden door in a hallway carved with Rune script, and beckoned to Richell, "Come with me, the Dark Door is ahead." ”

Glancing at the uncertain ahead, Rachel gritted her teeth and put Todd back on her back to keep up with the woman in front of her.

Walking down the underground corridor, Richer looked around. The strange sight of a large number of fossilized bones of strange creatures, built into walls and columns, made her heart more and more uneasy.

Meredith extinguished the torches, for the light of the flames was no longer needed in the corridor, and among the fossilized bones, there were a large number of strange green spots of light that emitted a gentle and soft glow that illuminated the way forward.

After passing through this skeletal corridor, the group of three entered a large hall.

Skaha waited early on the sacrificial platform at the innermost end of the hall when he saw Richer and Todd appear, but nodded and motioned for them to come forward.

Rachel hesitated, her uneasiness growing about the Dark Portal, which could travel to the realm of the dead. However, in the current situation, she had no choice but to stagger forward.

Waiting for everyone to stand on the altar, Skaha placed his hand on the boulder totem in the center of the platform and began a long and arduous chant.

Rachel looked up at the huge totem, densely covered with rune writing, and she was shocked to see it.

Words such as "death", "nothingness", "falling into the abyss", "soul imprisonment", "eternal return", etc., made her eyes open in horror and unconsciously retreated.

Meredith grabbed her and shook her head at her without a trace.

A few minutes later, Skaha's prayer came to an end.

There was a roaring sound throughout the hall, and the sound grew louder and louder from far and near, like ten thousand war horses stepping on the battlefield at the same time, and countless boulders rolling down from the top of the mountain.

The ground shook, dust fell from his head, and Rachel was unsteady on her feet, falling to the ground at the same time as Todd on her back. Looking at the cracks that appeared in the ground, she began to wonder if the next second, the place would collapse into a living tomb.

Just when Richer was in shock, something even more surprising happened, the crack in the earth in front of the high platform grew bigger and bigger. It was as if some force was dragging the floor, splitting and shrinking the entire hall floor, revealing the true face of the hall below.

Richel leaned on the edge of the platform and looked ahead, and what she saw made her forget to breathe.

A huge black hole with a diameter of thirty meters appeared in the center of the hall, and the rushing sea water washed and flowed in a clockwise direction, and the water level rose higher and higher in the black hole, gradually forming a huge current vortex.

Richel's lips were not bloody, and she grabbed the corner of Meredith's coat and asked in a trembling voice, "Is it ...... That's ......"

The latter nodded: "This is the 'Dark Gate' of the Shadow Country, and it is also the last link of the three trials - the 'Destiny Trial'. ”

"You're crazy!!"

Rachel hugged Todd tightly, pressed her cheek against the other's forehead, stared at Skaha and Meredith with a madman's gaze, and yelled, "This is not the entrance to the underworld at all! This is a maelstrom caused by ocean currents! Anyone who enters here will only die!"

Skaha looked at the man and woman at his feet with a blank face, as if he was watching a common scene on weekdays.

Meredith crouched down, came to Richel's side, and said calmly, "I have seen many people jump off here and never return, but in the name of the ancient gods, I have also seen two men who returned safely and gained the power of the gods. And, take 10,000 steps back and say, at this time, he doesn't have much time, does he?"

Rachel shook her head vigorously and was about to say something more when the man in her arms, Todd, suddenly tugged at the corner of her coat.

The former leaned down and heard the latter whisper in her ear, "Thank you, Richell......"

As soon as he finished speaking, Todd used his only intact arm to prop himself on the ground, and in the midst of Rachel's heart-rending cry, rolled down the high platform and fell into the maelstrom of endless darkness.