Chapter 8: The Ice Cave
After Tsukime fell into the big pit, he kept sliding in the tunnel, as if the road was endless, "Ah!~ How deep is this pit!"
In the process of sliding, because Tsukime couldn't control his balance, he finally turned Gollum out of his arms.
"Gollum!" Tsukime quickly grabbed Gollum, which had slipped out of his clothes, and held it tightly in his palm.
"Ahh
"It hurts... Hurt... It hurts!" Tsukime screamed several times in succession, and found Gollum lying on the side.
"Gollum!" Tsukime hurriedly ran to Gollum's side, slowly holding it in the palm of his hand, he was very guilty that he had not been able to protect his partner well, and inadvertently, he remembered that his sister was taken away by the ghost king three years ago, and he was lying on the ground powerlessly, this incident has always made him regret in his heart, and he is still in his heart.
At this time, in front of Tsukime is a place similar to a cave, the floor of the cave is covered with a thick layer of ice, and the walls on both sides are also full of needle-shaped icicles, in case any one falls and hits the head, it will be fatal, in the center of the cave is a half-seated corpse dressed in a huge carrion, but just the upper body of the corpse is already about 3 meters high, this guy must have been a monster before he died, Tsukime thought.
"But what's going on with this strange blow-up current, it's obviously a dead end in front of it!"
Just as he was talking to himself. "Gollumβ" Gollum had slowly closed her eyes, and the area around her hair had been covered with a thin layer of frost from the airflow.
"Shhh
"Goo-go With that, he ran to the mouth of the tunnel.
"Damn, how can I climb back into such a small hole! Looks like I'm going to have to blast this place out of the way with all my might. With that, he was about to launch the maximum flame in the direction of the tunnel mouth.
"Little ghost, you better save it, the environment here is completely restrained by your fire attribute, and even if you exhaust your strength, you won't cause any damage to this cave. The whole cavern shook with the sudden sound of the majestic words.
"Who are you!?"
"Ahem, little ghost, since you're here, don't leave so quickly! I've been locked up here for more than 2,000 years, and you're the first person to get here. The voice didn't seem to hear Tsukime's inquiry, and it was still talking to itself.
Tsukime hurriedly put Gollum into his arms, if this continues, Gollum's soul will be shattered, and he feels that his consciousness is slowly becoming blurred, and it won't be long before he will be planted here.
"Haven't they come here yet? Even if they really came here, what could they do!This guy in front of him is not at the same level as us at all, he is stronger than all, everyone!" Tsukime's body slid down against the wall, half-leaning on the side where there was less ice.
"Little ghost, I know that the soul of you and that little guy of yours is slowly slipping, please forgive me for my recklessness. The majestic, oppressive, and polite voice resounded throughout the cavern again.
"Well, I'm unlucky to meet you. Yuemu pursed his lips and smiled, he really didn't want to disappear like this, he still had a sister to find!
"Hey, little ghost, how can you be unlucky to meet me! It should be lucky, lucky!"
"Lucky fart!" Tsukime thought to himself, but he didn't bother to speak again.
"Kid, let's make a deal, shall we?" The 'voice' began to get to the point, and he wanted to talk a little more, and it was okay to talk about it for a year and a half.
"Deal?"
"Yes, yes! I can guarantee that you and your little one will leave here safe and sound, unscathed. β
"Ahh Sounds so tempting!So what do I have to give?" Tsukime was clear, the so-called transaction was to exchange something with each other, and since the other party had made their safe departure a condition, then he must have a condition that the other party liked.
"Give me your body. The other party said.
"Hmph, you're really greedy!" Sure enough, as he expected, it is often the people who are proposed to trade in the process of trading that will suffer.
"Of course, it's not your current body, it's when you're gone, and at that time, I'll take over your body, how about it?" The voice said in a tone that Tsukime seemed to have made money, and often the transactions between merchants were like this, always mocking that they were doing a loss-making business, but in the end, what fool would make a loss-making business?
"I refuse!" Tsukime said categorically.
"Huh?"
"Who knows what you're going to do with my body!
"Of course I won't do anything that will affect your personal image!" At this time, the tone of the 'voice' became serious, "Don't you feel unwilling to die like this?"
Tsukime squeezed her eyebrows, showing a look of indifference: "Oh, why? I don't think it matters, after all, I'm a person who died once." β
"Hahaha, that's not bad, but now, your experience and feelings are real, and it's not an exaggeration to say that it's a second life!" the voice then added: "And the seal of the ghost king on your hand, I think, it must have something to do with it." Besides, you don't even care if your friends live or die?"
"What did you say?" At this time, Tsukime immediately frowned, his expression was full of concern, uneasiness, and worry, all captured by that voice.
"Well, there's finally a topic that interests you!" After a verbal bombardment of this 'voice', it finally touched Tsukime's heart.
"Please explain. Tsukime finally relented and was willing to listen to the trader's terms.
"Okay, while those wraiths can't hurt your friends, do you remember the guy you killed just now?"
"Of course. β
"Do you know where he came from?"
"The devil knows. β
"Hehe, that's why I just found out!".
β......β
Every word of the 'voice' seemed to be designed to lure Tsukime into a trap he had designed in advance, and then force it to the point where there was no way back.
"Okay, no kidding, that guy who is not a human or a ghost just now is a subordinate named Skeletron, and he is in City B not far from here!
"Wait, you know where we're going?"
"Hmph, of course. "Oh my God, Tsukime wondered what kind of monster she had encountered.
"When you learn that your lovely subordinates have been wiped out by others, you can't even hang the ashes on your face!
"Damn. Tsukime didn't doubt the veracity of this guy's words at all, because someone so powerful didn't need to lie.
"But if you can make a deal with me, that kind of role is a slap in the face. β
"Hmph, old fellow, how did you get trapped here when you're so strong?"
"Uh... It's a bit embarrassing to answer. At this time, it was the 'voice' that was in the position where it was asked.
"Ahem, two thousand years ago, I was chased here by several demon kings at the same time. After they shattered my soul, my body was thrown into this cave. They were still not at ease, afraid that I would be resurrected, so they placed a hexical seal at the entrance of the cave... I'm going to bury me forever in this place where I will never see the light of day......" As he spoke, the 'voice' tone became a little muffled.
"My soul fragments continue to wander, constantly wandering in this cave, but I am not willing to be caught like this, so even if there is no body, the soul is also broken, I have been exercising the power of the soul, so more than two thousand years have passed, although the fragments are still not completely connected, but just my soul fragments can produce a huge ice power, I was thinking about one day when the soul is completely repaired and try to break the seal and escape from here, but, just now, after you killed the guy who is not a human or a ghost, the flames just burned the already weak seal, so, I haven't tried the cave before you opened itγ β
"I see, you're quite unlucky, you've been trapped here alone for more than 2,000 years. For some reason, Tsukime sympathized with the invisible and untouchable creature in front of him, and in some places, the two of them had similar things in common.
"Then what are you going to do when you get out?
"Hmm... It's not a hurry, if we do make this deal, I won't control your body to take revenge in your current life, you can rest assured. β
"Yes. I understand. β
"Oh, it seems, you've figured it out, want to trade with me?"
Tsukime put on a helpless look, "For now, it's the only way to go." β
"Haha, aren't you stupid!...... that's it", the 'voice' stopped abruptly, and after a pause of a few seconds, it suddenly sounded again, and the majestic voice resounded throughout the cave again.
"Come, make a contract!"
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