Chapter 19: Hell Copy
"I had some guesses the last time I accidentally discovered this place, but the intelligence at the time was not enough to prove my guesses correct," a strange look flashed in Lei Ruoya's beautiful eyes, "Later, I looked up a lot of information, and finally verified my idea. β
Xu Ke swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, he already had a faint answer in his heart about where this place was, but he always felt that this guess was too incredible.
Lei Ruoya then explained to him: "At that time, when I saw so many huge skeletons, I already began to wonder in my heart...... These skeletons are too big. β
"Even though I only glanced at them from afar, the skeletons were a huge sensation when they came into view. You must know that even the orcs, who are known for their physical toughness, are only about two meters tall in the intelligent races of this game. These skeletons look like they're far more than that! And ......"
"These skeletons are still humanoid, obviously not the bones of demonic beasts." Lei Ruoya said this sentence with a smile, Xu Ke looked at the girl's bright smile, but felt shuddered.
"This is a race that is completely unknown to us, and from the information I have gathered, I can't tell what race these skeletons belonged to when they were alive, but then I remembered what the Guides had said to us: 'If you accidentally fall into a tomb during your adventure, it could be the inheritance of a once powerful man, but it could also be a lair of demons. οΌβ
"You say, could these skeletons be the bones of demons?" Lei Ruoya asked questions, but no one answered.
Seeing this, Lei Ruoya opened her arms again, and at this moment she was standing in front of countless white skeletons, her body was insignificant compared to the skeletons.
She asked the other four people in the room, "Guys, this place ...... Isn't it like a devil's crypt? β
The girl's voice increased suddenly, and her words kept echoing in the empty environment, and it seemed terrifying in this strange background!
Wu Fenmei and Nan Shui both trembled when they heard this, and subconsciously grabbed Xu Ke and Lei Yang, who were standing beside the two of them.
Nan Shui, who had barely changed his face in the face of the corpses piled up into a hill before, turned pale at the moment, and clutched Lei Yang's clothes.
Lei Yang blinked, not knowing why the half-elves around him reacted so much.
After glaring fiercely at her brother and half-elf, Lei Ruoya continued, "This is the legendary place where the demon general sleeps, and all you see in front of you are demon bones. β
"But Miss Ruoya, your inference is almost entirely based on your own guess." Xu Ke frowned, as if he didn't want to agree with Lei Ruoya's point of view.
Lei Ruoya shook her head, and suddenly asked Xu Ke a question:
"Do you know why the liger is called the 'Hell's Guide'?"
Xu Ke was stunned, because this question didn't sound like it had anything to do with the previous conversation.
Lei Yang on the side replied with a confused face: "Doesn't it mean that when humans encounter it, they are not far from death?" β
"That's just one of them, and in fact there have always been two theories about the term 'Hell Guide,' but the former is more widespread."
Xu Ke was suddenly shocked in his heart, and under Lei Ruoya's reminder, he almost instantly recalled another statement about the "Hell Guide"-
Legend has it that the liger is the caretaker of hell!
There are always two theories that the liger is called the "guide of hell", but because the gerer has a reputation for cannibalism, the other theory is mostly forgotten by people, and everyone tacitly acquiesces that "meeting a liger is equivalent to stepping into hell with half a foot".
"It is true that this legend is mentioned in most books, and I have not found any results in many investigations in Belia City, until Xu Ke attacked the old pedant, I asked the old pedant for this question, and got the answer."
"The old pedant's answer is yes, and the reason why the liger was called the 'Guide to Hell' a long time ago is because it is the gatekeeper of Hell." When the word "gatekeeper" was spoken, Lei Ruoya's tone gradually softened, almost word by word.
"Legend has it that the ligers are a race of demonic enslavement, dutifully guarding the gates of hell, and anyone who tries to break into it will be swallowed by them without mercy. That's why the liger was called the 'Hell's Guide' in the early days. β
Xu Ke thought for a moment and was about to open his mouth to refute, but at this time, Lei Ruoya seemed to have expected his approach, and preemptively spoke: "I know what you want to say, you want to say demons, hell or something, but it's all legendary, right?" After all, there are no detailed records of demons in this continent, and demons are almost only a legendary race in the game's setting. β
Xu Ke was stunned, feeling that all his reactions seemed to be expected by the girl.
Lei Ruoya turned around and walked towards the pile of bones.
Just a dozen meters away from her was the pitch-black water, and on the surface of the water were huge white bones piled up in an endless boundless amount.
It's a strange scene, because the skeleton looks so heavy that it can't reasonably float on the water β and it defies the laws of physics!
Lei Ruoya reached out and gently stroked the skeleton, with a hint of solemnity on her face.
The skeleton is hard and smooth, with a hint of metallic luster.
Lei Ruoya was silent for a long time before turning around, and suddenly held her brother's hand.
Before Lei Yang could react from the surprise of Nanshui suddenly rushing up, his sister suddenly held her hand again. The stupid brother was obviously stunned, and then subconsciously looked at his sister and smiled gently.
He squeezed his sister's hand and gave her an encouraging look.
"I'm here."
The younger sister smiled when she heard this, and nodded at her brother.
"Hell and demons are real." Lei Ruoya said this to everyone seriously.
There was a dead silence, and only the echoes and the soft sound of water droplets falling on the surface of the water could be heard.
"Legend has it that the entrance to Hell is covered with the waters of the River Styx, and according to legend, the waters of the River Styx are so black that most things will be corroded in an instant if they are touched by a little bit, and almost no living thing can touch them."
"The only exception to this is the Demons, who are extremely resistant to the waters of the River Styx and are able to walk on the waters of the River Styx."
At this point, Lei Ruoya's eyes were already looking at the huge skeleton floating on the pitch-black water.
Then she sighed imperceptibly and said slowly: "You don't recognize these legends or not, but at this moment, exactly the same thing as the legend describes it has actually appeared in front of your eyes, how will you judge?" β
Xu Ke and Wu Fenmei's faces changed greatly when they heard this, and Wu Fenmei had almost fallen into Xu Ke's arms.
Xu Ke looked at the sea of white bones, although he still felt extremely incredible in his heart, he had vaguely felt that Lei Ruoya's guess was close to the truth of the matter!
Huge skeletons of infinite unknowns float on the pitch-black waters, and legendary demons and demons can walk on the waters.
How can there be such a coincidence in the world!?
Xu Ke leaned over and picked up a stone and threw it at the water in the distance, and the stone quickly fell on the surface of the water and splashed a little......
Then the stone instantly turned into a white smoke, accompanied by a "hissing" sound! The otherwise calm surface of the water began to churn violently, and countless black bubbles appeared above the water.
The ripples formed by the stones being thrown into the water spread rapidly, and the water surface was violently churning and jumping wherever the ripples went.
The whole surface of the water looks like it's boiling!
"There are white bones, and they stand on the waters." Lei Ruoya sighed faintly, and she didn't know what she was feeling.
"I've heard old pedants say that it is rumored that if ordinary people want to enter hell from the underworld, the only way to do so is to use the blood of the lion and tiger beast."
Lei Ruoya took out a small glass bottle, although the silver-white light illumination effect was not satisfactory, but she could also faintly see a little blood red in the glass.
Lei Ruoya lifted the cap of the bottle and poured the liquid from the bottle onto the boiling black water in front of her.
The blood-red liquid spread wildly at an unbelievable speed just by touching the water!
The pitch-black water surface was stained with a blood-red color, and the water that had been churning seemed to freeze after being covered in blood-red, and remained motionless in its original state.
In just a few breaths, the blood red had spread all over the water, and the water that had been boiling was now like a statueβalthough it looked like large chunks of water were still churning, in reality they were all still.
After being covered in blood red, the entire surface of the water glowed with a dazzling blood color without warning!
The light completely illuminated the previously pitch-black cave, illuminating the few people present who could barely open their eyes.
Lei Ruoya even suspected that the forest outside the cave could see this dazzling demonic blood light!
At this moment, a crimson flame suddenly rose around the surface of the water that had solidified! The cave, which was originally filled with black and white, is now completely occupied by red! Under the scorching flames, the surroundings gradually became hot.
A strange blood light shot out from the surface of the water, and the flames enveloped the white bones that stood on the water.
The white bones made a strange screeching sound under the scorching flames, emitting a bewitching blood-colored light.
The entire cave shook, and countless pieces of fine stone fell. A sea of white with a huge skeleton began to rise and fall uneasily at this moment.
Huge white bones, slowly standing up!
Countless bones clumsily and slowly stood up, the cave swaying with the movement of their massive bodies.
The huge skeleton stood above the solidified blood-colored water, and countless flames rose into the sky. I don't know how long the skeleton has been dead and standing up again, like the rumored skeleton warrior.
Thousands of skeleton warriors stood neatly above the solidified blood-colored water, looking at the five men in front of them with their empty eye sockets.
Under the light of the fire, the skeleton's eye sockets were still pitch black, and nothing could be seen.
The skeleton warriors put their right hands into their chests, grabbed a bone in their chest, and then pulled out their own bones!
The bones looked hard and sharp, with a faint metallic sheen, like knives in the hands of these skeleton warriors.
The huge skeleton warrior at the front, only a few meters away from Lei Ruoya, suddenly opened its mouth wide, as if it wanted to say something.
But it doesn't have a voice, and even if it opens its mouth wide, it can't make any sound. The bones in its throat rubbed violently, and then there was a sharp sound like metal grinding!
As if infected, the huge skeleton beside it began to make the same movement, opening its mouth one after another, and there was a harsh metal grinding sound in its throat!
Except for the two brothers and sisters of the Lei family, the faces of the three changed greatly.
Because of this scene in front of me at this moment......
It's hell!
Lei Ruoya's face was as usual, and she was not afraid in the face of thousands of skeleton warriors: "The last time I saw these skeletons, I wondered if there would be a vulgar plot of the resurrection of the dead soldiers, but it turned out to be true, and it was uncreative to start with the tactics of the Skeleton Sea Miscellaneous Soldiers." β
After speaking, she glanced at the panicked teammates behind her, and put a confident smile on her face again: "It's just a hell copy, see what kind of system you are flustered into!?" β