"Thorn ~ Thorn ~ " The sound of walking through the weeds of the dark wilderness suddenly sounded, and it seemed that something was shuttling in between.

Soon, the voice grew closer, and his true face was revealed as it emerged from the grass. It seemed to be a monster, for he had no body, only a head, and two dark eye sockets that were bottomless, radiating a deeper darkness in the boundless darkness.

A flying necromancer approached him, but did not attack, perhaps the necromancer thought the flying skull was a companion.

"Hey, man, how long have you been dead? Were you a woman before?" asked the skull, turning to the Necromancer, but instead of responding, the Necronomicon staggered away. The skull seemed to have some regret and turned back to his own business.

He hovered in the air, searching back and forth, and then faced somewhere in the wild grass, and dropped abruptly.

Everyone in this world has friends, and so does he, even if he is just a monster in the eyes of most people. This world is not bad for him, even if he can't remember his past life and past, he still meets some people, and he no longer faces it alone.

Towards evening, a quarrel broke out at the table at the old lord's mansion in the territory of the Free City in the north.

Everyone who should be there is there, Stint the lizardman, Diller the halfling, Petty's lord father Braun the old goblin, and a nest of shiitake mushrooms in the Thor family. The reason why everyone gathered here was because the skull Timo had suddenly extended an invitation to everyone.

Teemo was the first to follow Thor, and he was already one of the people, and he could be said to be an alternative friend of everyone.

Although the crowd has long accepted Teemo's strange appearance, Teemo is mostly free and laid-back. He never interferes in too many things, he will help when he should help, and sleep when he should sleep. Just like before, he had been in his own slumber.

Timo awoke at the end of the winter, and when the news of Thor's death was recounted, he was somewhat silent, except that he wanted to go out. That's the good thing about skulls, whether it's sadness or schadenfreude on the face, no one can see it anyway.

Then Teemo wandered around somewhere, and did not return until it was nearly time for dinner, and was busy gathering the crowd as soon as he returned. It seemed a little strange, but everyone still responded to the call and gathered around the table.

The shiitake mushrooms of the Thor family even speculated if Thor had left something for Timo to tell the crowd.

Timo floated on the main seat at the end of the long table, his skull turning in a half-circle, his dark eye sockets not knowing who he was looking at.

"I know that the death of the Boss has left you a little lost, and I am likely to make you even more disappointed now. Teemo said.

"What do you mean?" Chletty, the blonde shiitake mushroom at the table, had an inexplicable sadness in her eyes.

No matter what the Holy See of Light says, or what the people outside say, no matter what anyone says, the shiitake mushrooms of the Thor family have never believed that Thor is dead. The name Thor is like turning into the reverse scales of shiitake mushrooms, and it is usually not even allowed to mention it easily.

"I know that you have never believed that the boss is dead, so you have been in a trance, and today I will give you a letter. I hope you can adjust your mood to face what you should face next, and I believe the boss also hopes so. ”

"For this reason, I just went out on a special trip and brought back the boss's ...... Well, maybe it's a relic of the boss. Teemo whispered as he flew to the middle of the long dining table and spat a golden ring from his mouth onto the table.

The ring was undoubtedly exquisitely made, like a beautifully polished ring, with a golden surface. On the front of the ring, a number of delicate tassel-like carvings surround an obelisk-shaped sapphire, which shimmers in the light of the lamp.

The ring was spat out by Teemo, and it bounced twice after falling to the table, before finally falling silently.

The air was as silent as death, and the scene of the ring's fall seemed to be slowed down countless times in everyone's hearts, until it bounced and lost all its vitality and finally fell on the table, smashing all the remaining hopes, expectations, and luck in everyone's hearts.

Almost everyone present knew who the ring was, in other words, if Thor was still alive somewhere, the ring could not have been here. Now that the ring has appeared, it's clear that someone is really gone.

The moment they saw the ring, the shiitake mushrooms of the Thor family cried silently, and the scene suddenly became extremely sad.

"Where did you find that?" asked Beth, with tears on her face.

"Somewhere in the wilderness, in the grass, if I'm right, it should be below the big bang at the time. Teemo replied.

"I've known that for a long time, Teemo...... You're a nasty!!," Petty Shiitake mushrooms jumped up from the table.

Teemo was silent, not surprised by the scene in front of him, perhaps this was the last thing he could do for the boss. He suddenly remembered the first time he met Thor, in the Gravekeeper's Cottage in Grey Veil. Thor looked at him and said, "Boy, do you want to drink?"

"What is already known...... There is no need to repeat it, so be it. I'm going to go first, my woman is still waiting for me to come home for dinner. Stant, the lizardman, looked at the pitch-black sky outside the house with his vertical pupils, and was silent for a moment before standing up and leaving.

"Dead...... Let's die. Diller, the halfling, muttered, not knowing what he was talking about, shook his head and left.

On this day, Thor finally died in everyone's hearts, leaving only a cry.

This is the spring of the year 722 of the Dark Calendar, and it is warm and cold at first.

Time has changed many things, most of them, heart-wrenching.

Saul didn't know that he had already been forcibly declared dead by the family's shiitake mushrooms and dog friends. Standing in front of the gate of the secret realm in the autumn of 722 of the dark calendar, the road home has been opened, and perhaps all the expectations and sufferings will come to an end today.

Finally, after taking a look at the hotel room that had been circled for a short time, everyone did not look back, and the two of them entered the door of the secret realm together.

In the flickering of light and shadow, on the other side of the door, on the first floor of the secret dungeon, three new visitors were welcomed. Thor breathed a sigh of relief, no accidents had happened, and the environment was still familiar. Neferna hid in the buttons of her coat, and Griffin, the little wolfdog, followed at her feet.

Looking at this gloomy and still dimly lit dungeon, Thor only felt an incomparable sense of intimacy, maybe the home was hidden behind a certain door.

"Is this the new secret realm that has since emerged in the Dark Calendar?" Neferna asked, seemingly curiously surveying her surroundings.

"Sort of, at least in the history I've been exposed to, there is no mention of it during the Bright Calendar. Saul replied.

Then Thor gave Neferna a general introduction to the various types of secret gates, the meaning of their appearance, and their uses.

"I think the significance of the teleportation of this secret realm gate may be greater than the actual experience significance. Neferna watched as Thor slashed a short-legged monster on the side of the road, and then absorbed a strange thing known as a demon spirit, and gave her own judgment.

"Not necessarily, most people have their own homes and fixed areas of activity, and not everyone can be as comfortable as I am, with the character of going wherever they go. If you want to talk about the utilization rate of the secret realm gate, maybe the merchants who sell goods will be higher. ”

"However, it may not be safe to make profits by tossing goods through the door of the secret realm, once you encounter a nightmare in the secret realm, it is a tragedy without suspense. Although it is a small probability event, as long as it encounters it once, it is likely to be beaten with chickens and eggs. Saul replied.

"A secret nightmare?" said Neferna.

So Saul recounted the collectors and lost children he had encountered, and these dangerous encounters.

"Then do you think it's the creatures that are powerful or the Mystical Nightmare is powerful?" Neferna had a new question.

“...... This one. Thor imagined what would happen if the collector broke into the rules of the living, and it was hard to say.

"Is it really okay for me to go back with you? I'm a little nervous. Neferna didn't dwell on it and suddenly jumped to another question.

"I told you it's okay, you just need to sweep the floor every day, make tea, and accompany me to bathe and sleep on time. Well, just like we did on the trip, no one dares to say anything about you, and the nest of shiitake mushrooms at home is very easy to get along with. Thor laughed.

"Oh~ When the matter comes, you take the opportunity to threaten me, right? You want to call me as a maid, right? Neferna muttered.

"Don't make a fuss, just kidding, it's a nice place, you're going to love it. "Old Dog Thor hid his fangs and began to coax.

I thought that there were very few people in the continent today who would train for the demon soul, and the secret realm might be very deserted, but Thor was obviously wrong. As soon as he left the passage, he found that the dungeon was far more lively than when he first came into contact with the secret realm, and it was full of people.

After thinking about it, Thor instantly realized that since the secret realm opened once in May, it could only last for a month at a time, and the preciousness of this time was highlighted. So now there are adventurers in almost every aisle, hammering the monsters in the barred cells to the point of screaming.

As for hunting ghosts, there are opportunities all year round.

The hilarious scene made Saul a little happy, because it meant that the world in his eyes was once again in all directions. So Thor slashed monsters and collected demon souls, while sneaking through other people's doors, looking for the secret door to the free city.

It's a pity that after looking for it all day, I don't know if it's bad luck or because there are too many doors that are dazzling, and Thor has never been able to find it. The closest is to find only one territory in the north, more than two months away from Liberty City.

This made Thor's mood become anxious and solemn, and now that his heart was like an arrow, he really didn't want to wait any longer.

Before leaving, he swept away several of the nearest territories of Halloville around Liberty City. This meant that even if he could find the closest door to Liberty City, it would be at least a month away, which was not what Thor wanted.

Thor is ready to wait until the door of the Free City reaches the gates of the Free City, and then he will stay in the secret realm. Anyway, the collection of demon souls is also the main strategic direction of the territory in the future, so it is better to start working on it now.