"You said this is the Continent of Salvinia, so why can't the Gate of the Secret Realm be used?" asked Thor with a suspicious expression.

"What is the Gate of the Secret Realm?" Neferna looked puzzled.

"......" The two stared at each other in silence and looked at each other affectionately for a while.

"That...... By omniscience, I mean the events of the Bright Calendar or even earlier, and if it was something that happened after my fall, I don't know. Neferna thought for a moment, then weakly explained.

It made sense, and Thor knew it instantly.

Looking back, it seems that the Secret Realm Scrolls are something that only began to appear after the Dark Calendar?

Yes, since the mainland entered the Dark Calendar, monsters of the second order and above in the Dark Wilderness will appear Demon Souls and Secret Realm Fragments after death, and Secret Realm Fragments are the main materials for making Secret Realm scrolls.

Now that Neferna can accurately name Salvinia, it doesn't look like a lie. So why did the Secret Realm scrolls suddenly become ineffective, or were all three of his own scrolls fake? Thor had no clue.

At this moment, the news that the mainland of Salvinia is under his feet still makes Thor a little happy.

It seems like I'll be able to go home soon.

However, soon Thor became solemn again, because he remembered that his current geographical location was not clear, and if he was unlucky that he was in the southern realm at the moment, if he could not use the secret realm scroll, the return period would become a little long.

Judging by the travel time of Lorton and Bart, it will be more than a year anyway. I left for a year, plus a year is two years. No, I'm going to speed up my pace, what should I do if my own mushrooms are abducted by homeless people in more than two years.

This is only one aspect, what really makes Thor solemn is that the environment on the continent before he left was already very bad, and wild monsters attacked frequently. But he came back this time and walked so far in the dark wilderness, not to mention monsters, and he didn't even encounter a wild wolf.

This seems a little out of order.

And then there's the strange tree he encounters on the way, the flickering guy in the town, the castle of vampire ghosts, and Thor smells something dangerous and weird. Feel the overall environment of the continent...... Something unknown seems to have changed?

Judging from his previous experience in the wilderness, if these ghosts had existed a few years ago, he should have encountered them more or less. Instead of in the short time since he came back, he suddenly broke out so intensively one after another.

This is obviously not normal, or it is no longer a normal probability.

"You said you had been following me, but did you see that tree before that? There was a little boy growing in the middle. Thor asked.

"Tree? What tree? I don't see it. I'm only now awake and weak, and I've been asleep since you came down from the dragon's lair. ”

"No, it's not right to say sleep, I should say that I need a quiet atmosphere to stabilize my current state. It wasn't until you arrived in town that I woke up to the breath of life. Neferna replied.

"Creatures?" Thor chewed on the word with some confusion, this is a kind of living beings, right?

"Not the 'living beings' in the broad sense of the word, but the living beings I mean living ghosts. Let's put it this way, what do you think is the most in this world?" As if sensing Thor's doubts, Neferna began to explain further.

"What's the most? It depends on the range, if you're referring to something, it's the air and the land, and if you're the creatures, it's probably the ants?"

"Well, you're not wrong, but if you want to talk about the intelligent race, it has been the most human for a long time. Since there were humans on this continent, there may be humans dying every day and even every moment of the year, so it is the most dead. ”

"And the ghosts you see come from the dead. Neferna said.

"According to what you said, from the time when there were humans in the kingdom calendar or even earlier until today, the total number of people who have died on this continent over time ......" Thor looked solemn, suddenly feeling that this might be an incomparably large number.

Neferna shook her head.

"Not everyone who dies becomes a ghost, and the reason for their formation is outside the order or the rules of the world. We gods think that it may be that human minds are too complex, or that some obsessions are too strong, that gave them the opportunity to be born. ”

"It's not like there were ghosts on the continent before, but they were usually very weak guys. ”

Thor nodded, remembering the wandering ghosts he had seen in the dungeons of reincarnation. It may cause some trouble for novice adventurers, but with the improvement of strength and means, they are only a slightly special kind of monster after all.

"But now 'they' have become 'they', and the ghosts are now divided into dead and alive. The extension of the creature means the living ghost, and the guy you see in the town and the vampire in the castle belong to the creature. ”

"The conditions under which they appeared are unknown, they are relatively rare special and powerful individuals, at least within the limits of their rules, they are strong, which is why I temporarily evacuated in front of the iron gates of the castle. Neferna explained.

Evacuate temporarily? Okay, okay?

"By the way, you talked about their rules again, what exactly are their rules?" asked Thor curiously.

"I can't tell, or should I say it's disordered and chaotic. Like the guy you met in the town, you help him bury the bones, the process may be his rules, and if you break his rules, you'll die. Neferna replied.

"And what if I don't see him in town and leaves?"

"It doesn't happen, it can be said that as long as you are within his rules, he will definitely appear, thus making you aware of his existence in some way. And if you run away in fear when you see him, or if you don't enter the town, you will die. ”

"So you can guess the rules without knowing anything, and I have to say that you are very wise. Neferna praised.

"Please don't state the facts, okay? Thor pointed his chin to the sky.

"I was so anxious to see you haunted by that ghost. Unfortunately, I was so weak that I couldn't even speak, and when I came to the iron gate of the castle, I forcibly broke free from the shackles of the rules of the world in advance and reminded you. Neferna sighed.

Breaking free from the rules of the world sounds like it's not easy, right?

Thor suddenly remembered that she had been a little hoarse when she first heard Neferna's voice, but now it had become more melodious.

"So you actually care about me?" Thor always caught the point in time from a large number of words.

"Who cares about you? I just don't want you to die. Neferna rolled her eyes.

Thor smiled smugly, it seemed that he was still charming, and even the goddess Shiitake mushroom could not escape.

Maybe when you die, your charm will become your own rules, such as abducting passing wild shiitake mushrooms into your kennel and spanking them? Saul thought it was a very constructive idea.

"By the way, will he disappear when I leave town?" Thor asked.

"No, if not destroyed, he will be immortal. He may still be there, or he may continue his rules in a different place, and the town at that time is probably where he was born, so the whole town falls under his rules. ”

"Continuing his rules?, I've buried this person, how can he continue?"

"No, you didn't bury anything. Or in his rules, as long as his ghost body is not destroyed, the skeleton will still appear countless times, waiting for one entry after another. ”

"Another thing you may not have figured out is that you haven't entered any town, or that town may just be a memory in his obsession. That town came into existence because of his rules, but it was just a manifestation of his rules. ”

"Essentially, it's just a fantasy he weaves rules, oh, like that castle. Neferna explained in detail.

Weaving illusions?Thor was a little shocked, those breaths, those breezes, those real touches just illusions?

The vampire ghost's castle was a bit more gorgeous after all, so Thor could instinctively sense that it was unreal, he just didn't expect that the town was also an illusion born of ghost rules, after all, it was not inconsistent to have such a dilapidated town in the dark wilderness.

"This creative ability...... I'm afraid it's almost like a god, right?" Thor muttered subconsciously.

In a way, they can be said to be gods within their own rules. Nefilna replied.

"And that vampire ghost's rule is to lure me in and sleep with her?" Thor was a little speechless at the rule.

"How is that possible? Her rule may be a rule of death, such as running away and resisting is ineffective, and in the end there is only one ending of becoming a castle servant, or some other way to break the game, of course, these are just my guesses. ”

"As for the various invitations she made to you, it may just be to tease you temporarily, and other ghosts have no physical desire at all, so it is clear that you forcibly knocked her down, okay?" Neferna rolled her eyes.

I forced her down? What the hell am I ...... Is it so powerful? Can you knock the rule-maker down in the opponent's rules?

"Don't call people like some kind of villain, okay?, what can I do but be brave in that situation?" Thor showed a look of sadness that I was also struggling with, and tried to salvage his reputation.

"In short, what you did is not in the other party's rules at all, but after you took advantage of others, you may have evoked some memories of her, or you were in a good mood when you met her, so you were let back. Neferna expressed her disdain.

Thor's cheeks twitched twice, forget it, this kind of thing can't be calculated.

"Is it all continent now...... Oh, the 'creatures'?" asked Thor looking up.

"How is that possible, the number of creatures on this continent is actually not much, they belong to rare individuals, you just happen to meet two in succession. At the end of the day, as long as the intelligent creatures are not too dangerous, the real danger is the necromancers. ”