Chapter 181: Charon, the Ferryman.
"Something?" Wang Chen and Liu Bin both raised their heads and were stunned, especially Liu Bin, his face was full of surprise, and he scratched his head: "Impossible, it stands to reason that Charon should come here during this time, he should still be busy crossing the undead on the shore of the engraved Carl." ”
"It's Charon, the ferryman?!" Wang Chen held the few ancient Roman gold coins he had just found in his hand, and looked at the River Styx in the distance, where there was a faint shadow of a large ship, the sails were tattered, and it looked like it was about to sink, and in the bow of the ship, there was a dim old man with gray hair, perhaps the word dim was not suitable to describe people...... But He was very dim, and his whole body seemed to be gray, so that it was impossible to see His appearance and clothing, and only to feel that He was sliding on the surface of the river with an oar all the time.
This Styx ferryman is not simple, at least, he is also a strong man of the lower gods......
Wang Chen's heart trembled, he retracted his gaze, leaned over to Liu Bin's side and whispered, "Next, just give him the gold coins directly?" Will he let me and Tang Meng pass? ”
"It's okay, don't worry, although I don't know why he came back early, but this old man doesn't recognize money or people, just pay a few more gold coins for one person, he won't embarrass us." After Liu Bin finished speaking, he strode to the end of the sea of bones with a big grin, and shouted at the ferryman: "Hey! This is the way to cross the river! ”
The boat in the middle of the Styx River was stunned, and it really heard the ferry, the boat seemed to be slow but fast, and it landed in less than ten seconds, and the dim old man on the bow of the boat held the oars motionless, first stared at Liu Bin for a while, and then turned his gaze to Wang Chen and Tang Yi, who had a look that was not clear to see, and suddenly frowned.
This move startled Wang Chen, and he almost didn't take out his sword, Tang Meng also clenched his staff, staring at the old man on the boat like a frightened kitten.
Just as the ferryman Charon frowned, and raised the oars slightly with his withered yellow arm, Liu Bin suddenly stopped in front of him, and said with a hippie smile: "Lord Charon, don't get excited, these two people are my friends, they just plan to go to Titan Mountain through that trail, if something happens, I will be fully responsible, this is my 'ferry ticket' this time." ”
As he spoke, Liu Bin took out a handful of ancient Roman gold coins from his arms and stuffed them into Charon's hand, turned his head and signaled to Wang Chen, asking him to quickly stuff the gold coins into Charon's hands, and then get on the boat directly.
Wang Chen nodded knowingly, stuffed half of the dozen or so gold coins found in the sea of bones to Tang Meng, pulled her to step in front of Charon, and without saying a word, stuffed the old man with a handful of gold coins, Tang Meng's little Lori also did the same, gritted her teeth and stretched out her little hand to put the gold coins in his hand, and then followed Wang Chen on the boat.
Liu Bin was also relieved to see that Wang Chen and the two had boarded the boat safely, grinned at Charon, and jumped on the tattered little sailboat.
Charon, the ferryman, didn't say anything, but stood at the bow of the boat without even turning his head, he just lowered the oars slowly, threw the gold coins in his arms into the cabin, and then did the most familiar thing in his life - turned around and set sail.
"Whew, scare me."
In the dilapidated cabin, Wang Chen leaned on the gray and black aisle like rotten wood, and exhaled deeply, although the old man just now had no sense of divine power or strength, but combined with his identity, the answer he came to was undoubtedly extremely dangerous!
"Calm down." Liu Bin still looked heartless, smiled and went into the depths of the cabin, and took out a tattered gray chair: "Since we have already boarded the ship, we will be fine." Although Charon is a medium god, he will only do things according to the rules, and after receiving the money, he will definitely send us to the opposite side of the shore. He's actually ...... It's not very easy to do," Liu Bin said, raising his finger to his head.
Tang Meng was surprised: "How can the gods be so stupid?" No, you can't even tell the difference between the living and the undead. ”
"Maybe it's not stupid, it's something else." Wang Chen touched his chin, thinking back to Caaron's slow reflexes and dim figure, and said slowly: "Those endless souls who have crossed the Styx River Styx for eternity are impossible to accept as long as they are intelligent beings, let alone powerful characters like medium gods...... I'm afraid that there are rules in this ferryman, or maybe he is simple...... Just a rule? ”
"Whatever he is." Liu Bin scratched his ears and spread his hands: "Anyway, these have nothing to do with us." ”
"Well, it's none of our business." Wang Chen didn't think much about it, and glanced at the gray and black dilapidated cabin, this sailing ship was very dilapidated but very clean, except for the gray and black sense of decay, there was not even a trace of dust and a spider web. If you think about it, this is also of course, after all, where does the dust in the underworld come from? Where did the spiders come from?
Turning his eyes away from the gray and black cabin, at this time, Wang Chen happened to hear the sound of oars rowing across the water, his mind moved, and he couldn't help but want to look at the Styx Styx outside, after all, he is now in the Styx, this kind of opportunity is not rare, if he doesn't see the rumored 'Hate River' now, it may be difficult for him to appreciate this river of the dead from this angle in the future.
It's just that Charon is still ferrying at the bow of the boat, and if it is not a last resort, Wang Chen really doesn't want to meet this guy.
Even though He looks like He to Himself and others...... There is no hostility.
Listening to the sound of the sparse water falling from the bow of the ship, Wang Chen hesitated again and again, but finally did not dare to go out of the cabin, regardless of Charon, just saying that the Styx Styx itself is too dangerous, if he is buried in this river because of his own small actions, it will be a big deal.
So, the three of them waited in silence in the cabin, and the ferryman Charon's boat was sailing very steadily, and before he felt how long the time had passed, he heard a crisp sound of popping, and the hull shook gently - the boat, docked!
Liu Bin walked out of the cabin unhurriedly, gestured to the two to follow, lifted the yellowed and broken curtain, and saw a gray and black wide world in front of him, as described in the Greek scriptures, there was no life here and full of dead air, Wang Chen just stepped on the cabin to face the dark wind, he felt a wave of hair above his head, and tried to open his eyes to look into the distance, only then did he see that the land on the other side of the shore was full of plains, covered with withered wild grass, and the end of the line was dark red burning clouds.
didn't have time to see the scenery more, Wang Chen and the others quickly got off the boat, and Charon, the ferryman, didn't stay long, he turned around and sailed back after completing his mission, and his body disappeared silently in the dense fog of the Styx Styx.
"It's desolate, but it's much better than the pile of bones."
Walking on the soft gray and black soil on the riverbank, Tang Meng left two lines of small footprints along the way, she rubbed her little hands that were frozen white because of the dead air, sighed twice, and half-squatted down to look curiously at a withered grass on the bank. Obviously, I can't figure out why there are plants in the underworld.