Chapter 45: Mr. Tours.
Tours would never know that his initial appearance was not just because he was a stranger, so much because he was a stranger to wary of Olga and Pattin, and Julius and Romeona. It's easy for a stranger, embarrassed, armed stranger to cause others to be uneasy, but what if it's not a strange living person, but a strange skeleton?
The fear and uneasiness it brought were probably stronger than that of a stranger with bad intentions.
A movable skeleton, a skeleton in tattered armor with a broken sword, and a turquoise glow in its eye sockets would be more likely to bring fear.
No matter where it is, an undead creature is something more difficult and terrifying than a living person. Brutal robbers, cunning thieves, no matter how disgusting and frightening, many times it only takes a very simple sword to make these sources of uneasiness disappear. As long as it is a living person, there will always be a fatal weakness, a throat, a heart...... There's always something that kills with one hit.
But if you have a movable skeleton, you don't have such a weakness. Its bones are not afraid of swords, and when a sword falls on it, it only curls the sword. Even if the bones are crumbled to pieces by a mace and a heavy scepter, the spirit that rests on the skeleton will restore the shattered bones to their original place so that they can maintain their original appearance—even after losing their flesh and bones, only a skeleton remains.
Skeletons are not without weakness, nor are they impossible to knock down. But for the average person, dealing with such an undead creature is far more troublesome than a robber or a thief - a thief will die, and a skeleton will not disappear easily, because it has already died once. A being that keeps getting up even if it is knocked down is more stressful than a living person who has difficulty getting up again after falling.
And the fear of death for the living will also continue in these existences that are closest to death. A movable skeleton that has undoubtedly faced death, experienced and experienced death, and death is no longer something to be feared for, but an existence like air. The glittering light in his eyes and the cold breath coming out of his mutilated mouth were all proof of death.
The undead always bring the greatest fear, and even a long-trained warrior will be nervous when facing an opponent who is almost unbeatable. If an undead creature like a skeleton has enough patience and strength to shatter it to the point where it cannot be restored, the spirits or soul remnants that reside on it will also drift away. Or a priest with a devout heart who can use the power of magic and prayer to bring the dead to rest. But dealing with such an undead creature would take more effort than the average bandit or bandit.
Lulunaka touched Tours' skull and said goodbye to him again. Unlike the time I shook hands with Tours just now to say goodbye, this time, it was officially goodbye.
The one who shook Lunaka's hand just now was actually the spirit of Tours. As Turce stood up as he tried to leave, the dark green light of the skeleton, Tours' body, was extinguished, and in its place was a dark blue creature with a humanoid silhouette standing up, and the face of the creature was faintly visible as a man. This is probably what Tours really looked like, not a head with only bones and teeth.
It was at this time that Olga and Patin saw Tours as they really were, rather than a skeleton that could talk and laugh. As for Lulunaka, whether she was facing this skeleton or a spirit with the appearance of a living person, her face had not changed. Whether Tours was a skeleton or a spirit, it seemed to her, no matter how her appearance changed, it was Tours, not a skeleton or a spirit.
"He's gone. Olga said.
"Yes, it's really gone far. Patin looked in the direction of Tours' disappearance. As he left, the spirit of Tours began to grow fainter and fainter, until it disappeared from sight at the end of the road. Whether he left, or dissipated, neither Patin nor Tours knew. "Maybe it's dissipated with the wind. ”
"It's not going to happen. Lulunaka suddenly interjected, and she looked back at Olga and Patin standing behind her, "If you take the light I gave him, then he will be able to make it all the way back to King's Castle without incident." The lights will protect him and keep him between reality and the spiritual world, and no one will be able to detect him or stop him until he returns to the King's Castle. The light I gave him probably lasted just enough to get back to the walls of the King's Castle. As long as he can see that home is in front of him, he should be satisfied, and then rest in peace. ”
Speaking of this, Lulunaka stretched out her finger and tapped her lips, "But even if he is not satisfied and wants to enter the city, it will be impossible." When the lights go out, he has nothing to protect himself from and will soon be gone. Whether you are a human being or a ghost, I don't think you should be too greedy, just be content. ”
The skeleton of Tours holds the lantern that Luluna had given him. As a spirit, he could not take the lantern away, but he could take away the flame of the lantern. The fire that Lulunaka lights the lantern is not an ordinary fire, the dark blue fire is the same color as the Turs spirit. The lantern in the hands of the skeleton was still a little sparkling, but it was quickly gone. The fire was not extinguished, but in the hands of Tours as a spirit being, it became the same blue lantern, and became the light in Tours' hands to illuminate his path.
As for the dilapidated lantern, it was left in the hands of the skeleton of Tours. Whether it was the bones of Tours or the lantern, they were already very old and dilapidated things. The lanterns were covered in rust, and the skeletons and armor of Tours were covered with moss and cracks. Two equally ancient things come together to form a living history.
"I'll bury you with this lantern, Mr. Tours. Lulunaka said to the bones of Tours, "This lantern is used to guide the bewildered dead like you...... But it's too old, and if you use it again at most, it will break. I'm glad that the last user is you. ”
Obviously, this lantern is not something that would be found in a wagon, and no one would want to carry something so old and worthless.
"I won't do this kind of work anymore, and I'll be like a grave keeper for the end, which is very troublesome. Lulunaka looked down at Tours' bones. This is already a simple skeleton of bones, without the soul of Tours, not even a little remnant of the soul, and has become a real dead thing. If no other spirit or soul residue polymer is attached to the skeleton, then it is harmless.
Lulunaka raised her right hand, holding something in her right hand. It was a triangular arrowhead, rusted, and the sharp parts were smoothed out. Lulunaka said, "But it's not a waste of time to meet an interesting guy like you by chance. The arrow that hit you in the arm wasn't anything special, and it wasn't poisonous, but the desperate long journey left you exhausted, the wound infection worsened, and you collapsed in some kind of quagmire - maybe a bloody muddy mire mixed with blood and muddy water - and when you woke up, you thought you were alive, but you were actually dead. ”
Lulunaka looked up and looked south. "I escaped from the battlefield and wanted to go south and return to my family, but this time, I have walked for more than 100 years, and I have not yet walked out of this forest...... I don't think you think there's anything wrong with it, for you, the past hundred years are actually just a matter of a few days. ”
Lulunaka knew that Tours were no longer here, but she still spoke to Tours' bones. These words were not suitable for Tours to hear, and she said them now as if she were talking to herself, also because Tours was gone.
And these words were also heard by Olga and Pattin. These words weren't meant for them, but they did, and it didn't matter to Lulunaka. If only they could have the patience to chat with a skeleton shelf instead of picking up arms and smashing him to pieces.