The River Styx is the condensation of the yin, death, and resentment of hell through the manifestation of the laws of hell.

Its rivers are cloudy, cold, poisonous, and highly corrosive.

Any mortal body, even a soul, once it falls into the river, will be assimilated by the river. Then, he can only be the bound spirit of the river, and sink forever in the river Styx and wail in agony for all eternity.

According to ancient legends, there were five rivers of Styx at the beginning of the establishment of Hell: Remorse, Suffering, Grievance, Oblivion, and Lava and Fire.

These five rivers run through the eleven layers of hell, and each of them has an irreplaceable effect.

For example, "Forgotten River".

The Forgotten River is the legendary Lethe River, and all souls thrown into the Lethe River will be washed away from past memories and resentments. After that, you can be reincarnated.

But after Ragnarok, the lower half of hell collapsed, and with it two rivers of lost oblivion and grief.

Since then, there has been no Lethe water in the River Styx that can make people forget their previous lives. And the resentful souls in the river have lost the opportunity to be reincarnated forever.

Because of this, the souls in the river can only enter and not leave. There are more and more souls, and the beasts growing in the river are also fattened and strong by these souls.

In recent years, it has even been rumored that among the remaining three rivers of Styx, there are three Styx beasts that can resist the gods. It's just that this statement has never been personally verified by anyone.

Because, the water of the River Styx is originally difficult for goose feathers and birds, and the increase of souls and beasts in the river makes the River Styx more and more sinister.

For nearly a century, apart from the beasts of the underworld, which were born to fly, there was only one ship that could travel on the river.

That is the Styx Ferryman, Caron's "Bone Ferry".

At this time, Caron, the ferryman of the River Styx, was standing on the bow of the boat with Dylan. They had just set off from the sixth layer of Hell and were about to make their way to the gate of the first layer of Hell.

That's right, Dylan got on Caron's ship, intending to leave hell. It's just that before Dylan leaves, he plans to take a lap along the River Styx.

He thought that if he was lucky, he might be able to find an eye-catching beast in the river.

He hadn't forgotten that he had a very dangerous task to complete. It would be nice to have a strong helper when it comes to this task.

A few days ago, a grand magic ceremony was held in the city of Dis, on the sixth level of hell.

Eleven demon lords in Hell and thousands of high-ranking demons cast forbidden magic that defied the law.

They succeeded in awakening the will of hell that had fallen into a slumber since Ragnarok.

It is said that they intended to communicate the will of hell and use the power of the entire six layers of hell to temporarily seal off the monitoring ability of the gods. And completely seal off Dylan's demonic physique, so that he does not show his feet in human actions.

Whether it was or not, Dylan couldn't understand.

Anyway, according to Farinata, the will of hell has granted their request. And the rune chains used on Dylan are only able to seal the demonic aura on Dylan's body, and there is no other harm.

However······

Dylan touched his chin and muttered, "Why am I a little unconvinced?"

"Don't believe what?"

Cuarón, who seemed to see Dylan's mouth moving, asked him.

Dylan shook his head and immediately replied, "Nothing." ”

After saying that, he continued to look at the souls in the River Styx in a daze.

Woo...... Woowoo...... Woowoo······

In the waters of the River Styx, countless twisted and polluted souls wailed and swam in the direction of the ferry, and they were densely packed around the ferry, like manta rays that prey on food.

In order to be able to get close to the ferry, they struggle in the river, and anyone of their kind who dares to stand in their way will be torn to pieces of their souls.

But it was already doomed, they were just doing useless work. Because, I've never heard of a soul breaking free from the River Styx.

What's more, there is also a Styx ferryman on the boat who doesn't know the depth.

Dylan stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the whimpering and wailing souls in the river, and a question suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Haven't all the prisoners in hell been liberated? Why doesn't anyone care about these souls in the River Styx?"

With a swing of the black gold oars in his hand, Cuarón knocked down two souls with outstretched arms trying to climb onto the ship. He couldn't help but smile pleasantly as he watched his soul fall into the water and be torn to pieces by his other angry companions.

"Hey, these souls are different. ”

Dylan didn't know why, he turned his head and asked again, "Aren't they all souls?" ”

Hey, hey, hey......

Cuarón's old and dry face was full of a malicious smile.

"We need warriors like Caesar, Hector, Saladin, and scholars from Farinata and Diss. But inside the River Styx, there are more farmers, herdsmen, and hunters. What is the use of freeing these souls for us? and ·····"

"Do you know how many souls hell has to take in every day? If we free all the souls, hell will be full. So, let's keep them in the river. ”

Hearing the answer, Dylan nodded knowingly. Cuarón's answer also fits the definition of devils in his mind.

"Devil" is synonymous with selfishness, cunning, and viciousness. They never take a second look at things that have no use value and no benefits.

According to Cuarón, the Styx is full of farmers and hunters. Moreover, their souls have been polluted by the waters of the River Styx, and there is really no need for liberation.

The ferry slowly pulled out and sailed downstream to hell. Standing at the bow of the boat, Dylan could see dead silence on both sides of the River Styx. Looking at the river, there is still a dense soul.

Hell is not like the abyss, although it is also a place of suffering, but the demons in hell prefer to be quiet. It is meant that hell is silent, and even the attacks are silent.

Whoa····· Whoa····· Whoa······

A twisted soul with a human head and a snake body, roaming freely in the depths of the River Styx. With its tail swinging at will, it rolled up a whirlpool of small whirlpools in the river. If you look closely, in the middle of these whirlpools, there is a ball of cyan spiritual light.

It turns out that these whirlpools are all Styx elves that manifest themselves through water.

These goblins, originally native to the Styx, should be full of hostility to foreign souls. But now I don't know why, but I didn't attack this obviously transformed human soul.

And, it seems to be very close to it.

They frolic together in the river and hunt in the river together.

There are many species of prey for the Styx elves, both native to Hell and later to Hell. Whether it is a soul body or an energy body, as long as it is conscious, it is all their meal.

But the most common thing is the flooded souls in the River Styx.

Although the Styx elves are small, they have a lot of food, they are like the scavengers of the River Styx, each of them can clean a small area of the river. Under their prey, the bottom of this section of the River Styx has been emptied.

If anyone were able to descend to the bottom of the River Styx, they would be surprised to find that thousands of corpses were piled up at the bottom of the river at this time. These are the leftovers of these dozen Styx elves after they have eaten them.

By the way, I forgot to mention that the Styx elves only eat souls.

However, the souls here have been eaten, and it is time for them to change places.

They wandered slowly under the guidance of this serpentine soul. Suddenly, they noticed a familiar breath coming from above.

It's the breath of a lot of food, gathered together.

The Styx elves were shaken and hurried upstream. When I came to the shallow part of the river, I found a large group of souls gathered together. And around these souls, there are countless soul fragments.

Cuisine comes first, and they don't think about anything else at all. Because in the entire River Styx, there are very few species that can destroy the Styx goblins, and they don't need to be afraid at all.

So, they rushed towards it.

Driven by them, a huge wave rose in the River Styx for the first time in a long time. The 100-meter-high waves rose and not only swept the souls gathered together. It also hurts the bone ferry surrounded by souls in the middle.

Dylan stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the waves of soul that suddenly rose in front of him, still thinking in his heart. "Are these souls starting to make waves because they can't leave the River Styx?"