Chapter 648: Styx and the Tailor (2)
Sand...... Pitch-black fingers swept lightly over the hanging cowhide. A slightly chubby man, dressed in a red robe, with a pipe in his mouth, carefully cleaned the countless cowhides hanging in the air.
It's a stone house. The house is not small, about four or five hundred square meters. The height is also very strange, it is even ten meters high. It's covered with cowhide. The hides have been treated so transparently that they look like a human skin sewing shop.
The man clutched a knife in his hand and expertly trimmed the corpse clothes. The occasional puff of smoke from the pipe fills the place with an eerie atmosphere. And just as he was carefully repairing the cowhide, suddenly, there was a crisp sound of "card".
He pinched the index finger of the knife, which had been folded into a terrible angle because of the excessive force.
"After all, it's a body that's been dead for thirty years......" The man sighed lightly and straightened his index finger: "It's time to change the skeleton." I don't know when I will be able to scrape together enough money to change my bones when I work at the Gate of Hades......"
At this moment, a continuous jingle suddenly sounded in the stone house. On the roof, there were flakes of bones, tied to red ropes, and when they hit each other, they were as crisp and pleasant as wind chimes.
"Is it time again......" He sighed softly, put down the knife in his hand, brushed aside the cowhides, and walked towards the door.
As he got closer and closer to the door, the yin qi on his body became heavier and heavier, from ghosts, to souls, to impermanence! In his eyes, two pale ghost fires also jumped.
As he walked, there were floating Yin spirits around him, handing out spears, bone rings, and headdresses made of pure gold. The thick golden neck ring and all kinds of ornaments, when they arrived at the door, the simple red robe had become majestic and heavy because of these very famous and vulgar jewelry.
Different from the elaborate craftsmanship of Huaguo, his clothes have a rough and wild flavor, but they do not make people feel less majestic and lack of beauty.
At the ten-meter-high gate, there were already two Yin Spirits waiting at the door, and with his arrival, the gate was opened one step ahead.
Carrara ...... A piece of light didn't enter the house. It was not the rays of the sun, but the color of the torch. As if he had long been accustomed to it, the man floated out of thin air an inch above the ground.
Beyond the gate, there is a staggering picture.
Here, it's an island.
An island in the sea.
The island is probably tens of thousands of square meters in size, and the most central place is a gorgeous cave temple. With a strong Egyptian flavor and religious overtones. At the top of the temple, a cobra is carved, lifelike,
In the huge area to the left of the cave temple, the ground is level, divided into hundreds of stone platforms. Various animal motifs are carved around the stone platform, and in front of each stone platform, a woman wearing an African women's dress sits in bright colors, and there is no difference in clothing, but the similarities are...... They all have long hair.
All the way to the ground. And they were holding a thick bone needle in their hands, sewing something on the stone platform.
On top of the stone platform...... There are countless corpses lying there!
A corpse wrapped in cowhide!
These women, on the other hand, use their own hair to pass through bone needles and sew the hides tightly. This eerie scene, coupled with the tall candles lit in all directions, makes the scene look gloomy and chilly.
What's even more terrifying is ...... On the surface of the water on the outskirts of this island, dense corpses are floating!
With his hands crossed over his chest, he lay among the cowhides, his face serene. Here, all the corpses closed their eyes.
Hundreds of people were dressed in animal skins
A muscular black man in a fur skirt and armed with a spear made his constant rounds of the shore. There are also many well-organized corpse collectors, who salvage these corpses and place them neatly on the shore.
Styx Ferry!
"How many bodies were sent today?" The gorgeously dressed man walked to the shore and asked in a deep voice.
"Three hundred and forty-seven, Lord Mopty." A man who had been waiting beside him for a long time, dressed in multicolored feathers, replied respectfully.
After a pause, he said carefully, "But...... At five o'clock in the morning, the Ancestral Spirit Shelter seemed to have detected an extremely powerful Yin Qi, probably at the level of the Deputy Chief. ”
"Impossible." Moputi turned to leave, and said without looking back, "There is no notice of the high-level ancestral spirit transiting. Madagascar doesn't even have a human organization. At present, the most powerful Ancestral Spirit Protector is only at the Guardian level. ”
"Does that need to be recorded?"
"No, there was an error in the detection. Don't disturb the Holy Spirit and the witches with such things. ”
The door to the cave temple opened again, and Mopti walked briskly inside.
"This damn job...... he sighed, rubbing his brow habitually.
After being dead for decades and still working at the entrance to Hades, it is almost impossible to return to the Ancestral Spirit Holy Land without accidents.
The work here is very leisurely, just count the death toll in the yang world, and then extradite the souls of these people to the kingdom of the Holy Spirit. If something big happens, it's impossible to pass through here. Day after day, nothing changes, it's boring and boring.
In this boredom, he began to develop his hobbies, such as tanning of leather – limited to cowhide and a small amount of sheepskin, of course.
Shaking his head and sighing lightly, he felt like a mechanical woodpecker toy, and when the time came, he went out and asked. And then retract back, the only thing that can make you feel useful is probably the respect that the soldiers who have changed their term of service respect for themselves.
It is customary to remove the jewelry, raise the arm, and wait for the lower-ranking public servants to take the decoration for him. However, just as he began to untie the collar, there was a sudden pause.
No one.
The entire cave temple, the public servants who had previously decorated him seemed to have disappeared. Only the candles burning around the walls reflected the shadows of cowhides. A lonely depression suddenly arises, and then there is another ...... Feelings of extreme fear.
Seems...... He entered the tiger's cave, what was there...... was looking at him through layers of corpse clothes.
The silence was terrifying, as if the sound of a heartbeat could be heard. He moved his Adam's apple fiercely, looked around vigilantly, his hand was already on the door, and said hoarsely: "Anturu? ”
There was no answer.
"Bagu?"
There was still no response, only the candle spark jumped and beeped.
The ghost fire in his eye sockets had shrunk to the size of a needle and vanished...... The yin spirits of the entire cave temple have all disappeared...... The Yin Spirits who had given them decorations a few minutes ago were now gone.
It was empty, only corpse clothes fluttering, and the unknown fear clenched his soul like a giant hand. His spine began to tremble.
There's something here...... There must be!
And the other party is looking at him!
He turned around silently, his hand slammed into the doorknob, and he pulled hard!
Motionless.
Jingle bells! At this moment, the bone fragments in the whole room rang out wildly, crashing like crazy! And those heavy corpse clothes actually began to flutter slowly
! No...... It's fluttering rhythmically, as if to make way for something in the center!
At the same time, all the candles were brushed and lit several meters high! Turned into a miserable blue color!
"Someone...... Come!!! Mopti turned around desperately and hammered the wooden gate: "Invasion of foreign enemies!" There are powerful ghosts invading the Black Mamba Hades!! Notify the Chief Immediately!! ”
"You're good at it." Before the words fell, another young voice sounded flatly: "These leathers, if they can be sold in the yang world, I'm afraid some people are rushing to ask for them, such as those old luxury goods." ”
Scold...... The sensation of electricity on the back spread from the tail vertebrae of Mopti, one reaching the top of the head.
How long has it been?
How long has it been since I died?
That absolute repression, utter horror...... It's like the first time I've faced a shadow.
There was nothing wrong with the Yin Qi that was detected before! There are really ghosts invading here! I was too careless!
He turned around tremblingly, his teeth chattering, "It doesn't matter who you are...... Invaded the Black Mamba Hades, and the chief ......"
Silenced.
He blinked his eyes and looked in disbelief at the figure in front of him, who happened to be looking at the corpse for a long time. Didn't give him a superfluous color at all.
This dress-up......
This yin energy ......
He...... A rumor came to mind.
I happened to hear rumors from the fighters.
Before he died, there were four strongest underworlds in the underworld, known as the Four Constants. Each of them is a regional master, and one of the best prefectures in China has been closed off from the country for decades. The whole world is watching it.
"Meet the !! of Huaguo" Without thinking about it, he immediately prostrated on the ground: "The angel of the east came, I didn't receive a notice, please ......"
"Alright." Qin Ye waved his hand: "This official is traveling privately. It's normal that you don't know, just stay there quietly and don't move. Abra. ”
"Yes......"
A trembling figure crawled out from behind Qin Ye, yes, crawl, since coming here, Abra has lost the ability to walk.
"Baburu ......," he gasped, as if using all his strength, "contact my ancestral spirit...... It's called Babura! He said that if I were to find him, go into the shelter, wrap myself in corpse clothes, come to the island of the undead, and say his name! He'll sense it right away! ”
"Babura......" Mopti was stunned, and then, his whole body shook violently.
Rumble!! Before he could finish speaking, all the candles in this room turned black and red in an instant! The candle flame ignited countless flames and butterflies, dancing wildly in the wind.
A stream of yin qi gathered from all directions, forming a cloud cave with a radius of ten meters at the top of the entire cave temple! And among them, a shuddering yin aura erupted in an instant, enveloping the entire island!
Hula! A circle of black shockwaves rushed out of the cave temple frantically, and the Yin soldiers in all directions, the Weaver Girl was instantly washed away without a trace before she could speak. But in the blink of an eye, all that was left was Mopti shivering on the ground.
He...... Come to think of it......
Bablu ...... The name of the deputy chief of the Black Mamba tribe...... Also...... The first Yin Spirit who followed the Holy Spirit! Babulu, known as the Tail of the Holy Spirit!
After decades of being a low-level official, he finally looked forward to the change he wanted. Unfortunately, this change ...... Too much more than he could have imagined.
"What the hell is going on?!"