The so-called underworld, that is where the souls of the creatures of this world go after they die. Of course, they didn't know about the underworld, so they needed to be taught by Nemos.

"In the beginning, there was no such thing as the underworld in this world, because the concept of 'death' did not exist in the world from the beginning - the goddess gave all living beings eternal life, and we have never seen what 'death' is since we were created by the goddess, but when humans appeared, all this changed." What Niemus said was as if the concept of death was born in this world because of human beings, Zhen Xiang, who had received nine years of compulsory education, naturally scoffed at what Niemus said, but Niemus didn't intend to make Zhen Xiang believe it, besides, what she said was the fact of this world.

Sitting in a carriage with Ania and chewing cocoa beans, Nemos said, "For the first time in this world, there was 'death' after the appearance of humans. Somehow they learned to use fire to cook the carcasses of animals, so humans who tasted that taste began to hunt weaker animals, and later tried to hunt even stronger animals...... They climbed higher and higher like trees, and they longed to be able to stand on the highest position. At that time, it was when the goddess was dormant, and no one knew how to deal with such a situation...... The souls of the slain animals have no place to return and can only wander around the world. Later, when the goddess woke up, the souls that had been killed by humans and could not sleep were all over the world - but humans could not see souls, all living beings except humans could see them, but only humans...... The Goddess created the Underworld in order to give a place for the poor souls of the dead. Since then, all dead creatures have traveled to the underworld, and the living need to open the gates of the underworld through certain spells if they want to go to the underworld. ”

After explaining for a long time, Zhen Xiang finally explained what the underworld was, and Zhen Xiang asked Nemos: "Then what does that sage want to open the door to the underworld?" You said she was looking for someone...... Is it useful to find someone to go to the underworld? ”

"Probably...... She wanted to make sure that the person she was looking for was alive, right? "Nemos is not very clear, she only inferred from the fact that the Sage needs the Golden Tuoqi Ore that she is to confirm whether that person's soul has gone to the underworld, but even Nemos is not sure whether the Sage wants to open the door to the underworld.

Ania jumped down from the carriage and said, "I don't think we need to take this risk, the other party is a legendary Sage, and there is absolutely no way that anyone can defeat her—and judging from what you said before, that Sage is not very good, so let's not be bored." I also don't think she will take all the Jin Tuoqi ore directly, right? There's always something left...... Let's go and see if there is any ore left, shall we? ”

Naturally, the others didn't want to take this unnecessary risk, and they all nodded in agreement with what Ania said.

Nemos sighed, and then said, "Okay, I'll take you to the mine, but I'm not sure if I can find the Jintuoqi ore." ”

Looking at Nemos's slightly disappointed eyes, Ania was glad that she didn't recklessly agree to Nemes's words and then go to the Sage, it was obvious that what Nemos said was selfish, she must be planning to use Ania to do something.

……

The mine where the Jintuoqi ore was located was less than ten kilometers north of the Heame Marsh, and with the help of Nemos, they soon crossed the Heane Marsh and found the mine under the guidance of Nemos.

But Nemos couldn't leave the Heane Swamp for a long time, so he went back after seeing the mine, but Zhen Xiang and the others thought that Nemos just wanted to go back and eat cocoa beans as soon as possible.

Walking towards the mine, because all the carriages were left on the side of the Heane swamp, they had no means of transportation, Zhen Xiang, who was walking on the road, asked Aniah: "Since it is a mine, then there should be human miners mining inside, right?" So wouldn't those Jintuoqi ores have already been harvested by humans? ”

"No, it's a mine that humans can't get close to."

At first, Andrei didn't show anything, and when he heard Ania say this, he suddenly recalled and said, "Wait a minute, it won't be the mine you talked about...... Is it Takamagahara?! ”

Takamagahara? Isn't that where the gods of Amaterasu live in Japanese mythology and legend? Zhen Xiang didn't expect to be able to hear such words in this world.

Ania nodded and said, "It is Takamagahara, the mountain that is possessed by the legendary phantom beast 'Golden Lion'. Since ancient times, countless human beings have wanted to set foot on this mountain and obtain the treasures and ores in the mountain, but they have undoubtedly been killed by the golden lion......"

Andre suddenly came to his senses and said, "Are you looking for death?" Instead of fighting the golden lion, it is better to go to the Sage as Nirmos said. After all, the Sage seems to be a little kinder, and we can still communicate with her......"

"If you think it's better to go to the Sage, go ahead." Ania glanced at Jun Xun when she said this, she guessed from what Zhen Xiang said before that Jun Xun didn't want to see the sage, in that case, she still has to take into account Jun Xun's feelings now, right? Although she never said a word.

"Moreover, it was a few days before the Sage left, and it is very likely that she has already done what she wanted to do and left, do you think it is too late for us to go over now?"

When Ania said this, Andre was also speechless, and indeed there was little hope of finding the Sage again, and the only place left to find the Jin Tuoqi ore was here.

In this way, the group continued towards the mine, and not long after, they came across a village.

"There is a village in a place like this?" Andrei looked at the village from afar and wondered, "To the south is the Heaney Marsh, and not far to the north is Takamagahara, and there is a village in such a place...... How did the villagers survive until now? ”

Ania is also curious, after all, this kind of place is rampant with monsters, and it is a joke for humans to want to live in such a place, unless all the adventurers living in it are steel-level.

However, it was certain that the village in front of it was indeed a human village, which made Ania want to go up and find out.

Zhen Xiang fantasized in his head - it shouldn't be a monster or something, right? This world is not Journey to the West, and it is impossible for that kind of scene where monsters turn into people to catch people.

The men walked towards the village, and soon after that they came to the village.

"How many, are you an adventurer?" After the group entered the village, an old woman on crutches came up and asked, "It seems that you have come from the south, and there are no human cities or villages in the south except for the Heaney Marsh, have you just returned from the Heaney Marsh?" ”

Ania nodded, and then the crutches in the old woman's hand poked the ground, and countless young men emerged from the surroundings with weapons and looked at several people vigilantly.

Huh? What's the situation? Why is there a fight all of a sudden? These people are fierce and vicious, could it be that this is the legendary "black village" that is more advanced than the black shop?

While the crowd was still curious, the old woman pointed to them and said, "You are obviously lying!" If you're from the Sydney swamps, why don't you have a piece of dry mud on your shoes? Your shoes are not as clean as those that have just come out of the noble mansion, but they are definitely not the ones that anyone who has come out of the Heaney Swamp should wear! Did you come here because you wanted the gem of Takamagahara? ”

"Why this strange idea? Indeed, we have come from the Heaney Swamp. Ania held up the magic wand in her hand and said, "I'm a magician, although we came from the Southern Heaney Swamp, we didn't come through the Heaney Swamp, we teleported here with a teleportation scroll. ”

Even though Ania said this, the old woman remained skeptical, and the men around her all looked warily at the strangers in front of them with their weapons in hand.

No way, it seems that the mage doesn't have a high status in their eyes, but fortunately there is another person here.

Eunice stepped forward and untied the cloak that was draped outside, revealing the Holy Magician costume on her body, and said to the old woman, "Hello old man, I am a Holy Magician from the Kingdom of St. Martin. Please don't be so nervous, we're just passing through on our trip. If you don't welcome us, we can leave now. ”

Looking at this scene, Zhen Xiang always felt an inexplicable sense of déjà vu...... By the way, it is indeed Journey to the West. The master and apprentice came to a certain place and were regarded as bad people, and the eldest apprentice Sun Wukong went up to talk uselessly, and then relied on the monk's Tang Sanzang to explain that he could reassure others.

This configuration ...... Eunice is like a master, Ania is the senior brother, and Andre is more suitable for the second senior brother, right? And Zhen Xiang is naturally Senior Brother Sha...... It always feels like a very subtle metaphor.

But in any case, the old woman who had succeeded in getting the people of the village to stop slashing at them and signaling everyone to lay down their weapons asked Eunice, "Miss Holy Magician, may I ask if you are really just passing by our village?" I don't think you're going to lie to us as a holy magician of the Temple, right? ”

Does Eunice lie? It's clear that she doesn't: "We...... We're actually going to go to Takamagahara......"