Battle 57 - Castle of Abones
"Is this the place?" Lance couldn't help but ask in the face of the unfathomable castle in front of him, which constantly revealed strange and terrifying horrors, because he really couldn't imagine what danger would be in such a castle, and the appearance alone was already terrifying.
"Yes, I think this is the Bone Castle, the most powerful concentration of the underworld. β
"Uriel, I've always wondered, Lucifer has become a fallen angel and the master of the hellish world, so why do you even want to occupy this place together?"
"Because the underworld is different from hell, although it is dark and boundless on the surface, it has a space that is purer than anything else. β
"How?"
"There are very strict rules in the underworld, and those who enter here are human beings who have done a lot of evil in their lives and cannot enter heaven, and they have done a lot of unforgivable sins in their lives, so they must enter this endless underworld after death to receive never-ending punishment, but the hell created by Lucifer uses people's ** to tempt them to degenerate into demons, they have no soul, and they are a group of walking dead who are full of ** and cruelty. β
It seems that Uriel really hates Lucifer, after all, he once took advantage of Uriel's kindness and companionship.
"Calm down, Uriel. β
"I'm sorry, I lost my temper, okay, now that we're here, let's find out if there's a way into the castle. β
It turns out that this castle is located on all sides surrounded by water, but this water is the water of the Netherworld, and the danger in the river is also incomparable to the waters of the general world, and there are no bridges or roads that can be accessed. And they can't use their flying skills here, because as soon as they fly above the river, they will be corroded by the floating river water.
"Okay, then you start on the left, and I'll start on the right. β
With that, Lance and the others dispersed, and after a long time, the two of them returned to the starting point, looking exhausted and panting for breath.
"How's it going, did you find the import?"
"No, it's too big, the river is too wide to cross, and there's not a safe way to get into. "Uriel has lost confidence in the face of this.
"I think there's only one way. Lance said, looking at the water.
"Lance, you won't say γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" It seems that Uriel also knows what Lance is going to say, but he immediately stops Lance's thoughts.
"You don't want to cross the river, it's impossible, don't say that the river is not dangerous, but no one knows how deep the river is, and we can fly freely in the sky, in the water we all become ordinary people, there is no way, if we really encounter some danger, we don't even have the power to parry, let alone find the power of the goddess, Lance we think we can think of another way." "Uriel's statement is not unfounded, after all, this is a different world that they have not been exposed to, and the dangers on the surface are not something that can be parried, let alone potential dangers.
"But now we have no other way, wading through the water is the only feasible, although there is danger here that we do not know, but without entering this dangerous place, how can we solve the difficulty. β
Indeed, what Lance said is not unreasonable, if you can't get through here, let alone find the power of the goddess later, after all, the place where the power of the goddess exists is definitely not a comfortable environment, and the danger here may not be comparable to the one behind, so Uriel thought about it again and again, and decided to use Lance's suggestion to wade through the water. So they found a place directly opposite the castle gate to go into the water, although they were mentally prepared for the danger in the water, but when they got into the water, their whole mental preparation was completely defeated.
"Lance, I think we have to be equipped to get into the water, because it's a bad feeling right now. β
"Okay. β
It turned out that the moment Lance put his foot in the water, he felt that the whole body was filled with electricity, and his brain was almost paralyzed.
"Uriel, let's use the light of the angels, and maybe we can cross the river for a while. β
"That's right. β
Angel's light - the protective function that can only be used by angels, when the skill is opened, the whole body is wrapped in a ball of light, and this ball of light can block the invasion of various dangers, the only thing that does not stop is that it does not last long, only 3 minutes. Whether or not they could reach the other side of the river in these three minutes became the most severe test and difficulty facing Uriel and them.
"The river is very wide, and if you cross it with your whole body, it may not take 3 minutes. β
"Yes, so we have to be halfway there before we can turn on the angelic light, and we can't stop at all after opening it, and we can't stop and respond even if we are attacked by something, you know?"
Looking at Lance's face and body convulsed in pain from entering the water, Uriel's heart was really uncomfortable, and at this time he began to think that he had been deceived by Lucifer to lead to such a battle today, and the indignation in his heart was beyond words.
"Lance, wait, be careful. β
"Okay, Urielγ»γ»γ»γ»γ» this shouldn't be called a riverγ»γ»γ»γ»γ» it should be called an electric river, my whole body can't move anymore. "It seems that Lance is really in pain, but what is the reason for them to feel like this, in fact, this is a netherworld, there is dangerous swamp gas everywhere, and angels exist in the pure world, so anything with pollution will become a terrible corrosive force of angels.
Uriel was also in the water, so he could also empathize with Lance's feelings, the smell of suffocation, the pain of electric shocks, and the discomfort of convulsions all over his body, making these two powerful angels powerless to fight.
People say that counting time in pain is the hardest, maybe you think that hours have passed, in fact, it is only a few minutes, and at this time Uriel they also have the same feeling, thinking that they have been walking and swimming for a long time, but in fact, looking back, they have just left the shore.
"It's too slow, we care too much about how our body feels, Uriel we have to forget about the pain in our body and move forward quickly. After saying that, Lance accelerated his progress, and at the same time, there were blood marks on his body, accompanied by oozing blood, but this pain did not slow him down, because he knew that only by leaving here could he really stop the pain.
"Lance, wait for me. As he spoke, Uriel sped up, and he tasted the same feeling.
"Uriel, turn on the angelic light, we're 2/3 of the way through, it's time. As Lance shouted to Uriel, the angelic light was turned on.
"Okay. I saw two extremely bright balls of light swimming towards the castle gate at a rapid speed in the river, and the two people who were wrapped in light felt that the pain was not so unbearable.
"Here we are, here we are. "Lance and the others climbed to the shore with all their might, because the opening of the angelic light required a lot of physical strength and mana, plus the previous erosion in the river, their strength was not much left, and the two of them did not even have the strength to stand up, so they could only lie flat at the gate of the castle and recover their strength.
"Uriel, are you alright?"
"I'm okay, this underworld is really not a good place, God really gave us a good errand. β
"You still have the strength to joke. β
"No, I think I'm going to die, okay, we're at the gate, are you feeling better now?
"Yes, even if it doesn't work, you have to persevere, after all, time is running out. Lance took out the hourglass at this time, and found that the quicksand in the hourglass had disappeared a lot, and there might be only a little time.
"Then let's go. With that, Uriel and Lance pushed the door open, and then a cold air rushed over them, and once again dealt them a small blow.
"What is this?"
"The breath of the bones of the Castle of Bones. Never inhale it, or it will end up like that. Uriel pointed over there, where there was a dried corpse with its meat and guts drained.
"It's scary. β
"Let's go inside. β
Uriel and Lance have entered the Castle of Bones, but there is a scene that frightens them, what is it? What is hidden in this Castle of Bones? Is the power of the Goddess of Darkness really in the depths of this castle?
Please look forward to the fifty-eighth battle - the power of the dark goddess