Amon nodded, "I'm ready, but can I rest for a while?"

Goddess Mu Yun smiled: "You are also tired in the past three days, you can't eat any food in the underworld, drink a sip of water there, even the water droplets condensed by the water element magic can't drink, you really need to rest and make some preparations...... I'll come back at dusk, you can't go forward here alone, don't go in by yourself. ”

With that, she vanished, leaving Ah [***] alone in the gloomy canyon. The light was dim, and there was no sound in the distance, but in the ears I could always hear something far away, but it was not real. The huge cavern formed by the cliffs in front of it was dark, and I didn't know how deep and far it would lead, like a huge mouth that was ready to devour people at any moment.

Standing here, the cold hairs all over the body subconsciously stood up, and bursts of indescribable chill went straight to the bone marrow, boundless fear is not transferred by human will, no one can not be afraid! Goddess Mu Yun just left, only telling Amon not to move forward. The cave seemed to have a strange power to suck people's souls in, and whoever stood here couldn't help but struggle backwards, just trying to get as far away as possible.

The black cliffs that converge inward on both sides are like huge shadows rushing in, and there is a sense of oppression that makes people breathless, once they turn around and retreat, they will involuntarily run faster and faster, and they will never have the courage to return to this place.

Amon forcibly suppressed the surging thoughts of retreat in his heart, and he had a feeling or just a guess that Goddess Mu Yun did not go far, but just watched him somewhere. She deliberately left him here, as long as he retreated, I am afraid that he would not have the courage to come back alone, then it is not a goddess who has broken her promise. It seems that she really doesn't want to take him into the underworld, creating all kinds of tests and obstacles.

Amon cleaned up his body among the rocks under the cliff, then sat down to rest, took out the secret meat floss from his backpack and made a pot of thick soup, drinking it unhurriedly, not only to satisfy his hunger but also to eliminate the almost irresistible horror in his heart, and the terrifying aura of the surrounding environment continued to impact the depths of his soul.

He was indeed prepared, and he had that bone hidden under his ribs. Amon already knew that even a god like Goddess Mu Yun could not sense its existence. In the strange space in the bones, there are not only important things that he must carry with him, but also food and water, if he falls into the underworld, it will be enough for him to support for a long time, and even the divine stones in the staff are all taken out and placed in the bones.

After eating, he began to close his eyes and practice the basic meditation of divine arts, but he felt that the environment was very wrong, and there was always an inexplicable force disturbing the soul in the cave in front of him. It's not that his concentration is not deep enough, on the contrary, the more focused and profound his meditative state is, the clearer and stronger his perception of the power of disturbance.

It seemed to be a divine technique, but it was not any kind of divine magic that Amon knew, and it was not mentioned in the texts left by the old madman. The scope of this power is so large, there should be a huge divine magic array, arranged with the help of a special environment and other things, and its effect seems to be able to control and indulge people's spirits, making people inexplicably plunged into an unknown and boundless world.

The sunlight does not shine here, but you can feel the change of time, the shadow outside the canyon is moving westward, the line of sky is getting darker and darker, and the gloomy atmosphere is getting thicker and thicker, so thick that it can hardly be dissolved. When the darkness reaches an extreme, it does not continue to be dark. Amon opened his eyes, and he could see the surrounding scenery with his detection magic and his gaze, but they were all black and white without color.

He closed his eyes again and continued to rest, not wasting the slightest chance to regain his strength, and after some time, as if frightened, Amon jumped up from the ground, his eyes wide and his staff clenched. - He felt the eerie power suddenly burst silently out of the huge cavern, and something "something" came out!

Looking up, sure enough, a figure floated out of the cave, wrapped in darkness and could not be seen, and at the same time a voice entered Amun's head: "Who are you? dare to stop in front of Queen Erebi's Hades!"

This voice gives people the feeling that it is like a cold and sticky thing attached to the bones, which makes people shudder, but Amon feels a little strange, the other party seems to be not a god or a ghost, it should be a living person! Detecting divine magic can sense his existence, this person does not deliberately restrain his breath, and his body is also real, but he can't sense more, Amon only feels that the other party is unfathomable, and the realm of divine art is far higher than his own.

Amon tried his best to keep his voice as calm as possible, and bowed deeply: "My name is Amun, and I came with the goddess Mu Yun to enter the underworld to see my dead relatives. ”

The man's voice suddenly became sharper: "Nonsense! How could Goddess Mu Yun come to the Divine Domain of the Erebi Hades?"

"He's not talking nonsense, it's true that I brought him here...... Neti, the gatekeeper of Hades, please inform Hades. Mu Yun's voice came from behind her again, and then she had already appeared past Amon and walked in front of the gatekeeper of the underworld named "Neti".

In a strange dark world, Mu Yun's figure was the only sight with color and luster, and it was not integrated into it by this pervasive gloom. Neti bowed deeply and said, "Goddess Mu Yun, it turns out that it is really you, but your sister will not welcome you into her divine domain. ”

Mu Yun said coldly: "That's a matter between the gods, you just need to report it." ”

Neti bowed again, and her figure retreated and disappeared into the darkness. The voice of the goddess Muyun sounded in Amon's mind again: "Amon, I deliberately left you alone in this gloomy place, if you can't keep your soul in this environment, then you will be lost there after entering the underworld." Ahead lies the Hades of Anunnaqi, the realm of my sister Goddess Erebi. ”

The goddess's voice contained a strange information magic, and Amon not only heard her words, but also a series of interpretive messages directly imprinted into his mind - the so-called Anunnaqi was not the name of a single god, but a group of gods, or a system of gods. Amon's known Anu, Enril, Marduk, Mu Yun, and the master of the underworld ahead of him, Erebi, all belong to this god line. Mu Yun also vaguely explained another kind of information, such as the legend that Enriel is the uncle of Marduk and the grandfather of the goddess Mu Yun, these are not the kind of kinship in the world, but just an expression that mortals can understand. What the real situation is, it is not clear to Amon, and that Queen of Hades, Erebi, is really Mu Yun's sister.

The Anunnaqi gods were very extensive, encompassing the vast territories of Assyria, Haty, and Barun. As for what the Divine Domain was, Mu Yun didn't explain much. The complicated information made Amon a little puzzled, if he guessed correctly, Mu Yun asked him to lead the surviving people of Duke Town to return to their homeland and establish a kingdom, also to establish her own divine domain. Anyway, there is another goddess's divine domain in front of it, and you may be able to find some clues by going in and taking a look.

Neti came back quickly, like a shadow emerging from the darkness, and once again came to the goddess Mu Yun and said, "Lord Erebi, Hades, allow you to bring people into her divine domain, but when you pass through each portal, you must leave something on your body, this is the rule of the underworld. ”

Mu Yun's expression was a little resentful and a little embarrassed: "I know this rule, I didn't expect her to come to this with me, this is humiliating another god!"

Neti said cautiously, "I'm just passing on the word, if you don't want to, you can not go in." ”

Mu Yun seemed to be enraged, and said proudly: "As a god, I have made a promise, of course I will fulfill my promise." ”

Neti made a gesture of please, "Then come with me!"

The gatekeeper of Hades led the way, and Amon followed the goddess Mu Yun forward, entering the strange and unknown world. When you step over the dividing line at the junction of the cliffs, it is as if you have suddenly crossed the boundary between yin and yang in the world, and all the surrounding scenery disappears in an instant.

A boundless darkness may not be described as darkness, because there is nothing to see, and there is naturally no sense of light in the eyes. Running the detection magic to the limit, except for the neti in front of him, he couldn't sense anything around, and Amon even felt as if he had disappeared.

The only thing his eyes could see was the goddess Mu Yun, who seemed to exist in this void world.

Entering this first portal, although Amon couldn't see Neti, he could sense that he stopped in the darkness not far away, turned to Mu Yun and said, "Goddess, please take off the crown." ”

I saw that the golden crown woven into a garland of gold threads on Mu Yun's head seemed to have been taken away by an invisible hand, and it disappeared somewhere, and then they continued to move forward.

Amon felt as if he was walking in the void, not knowing where he was stepping, there seemed to be no concept of time and space here, and he didn't know how long he had walked, when the sense of detecting divine magic suddenly changed, and it seemed that he had passed through an invisible barrier again. At this time, Neti stopped again and turned around and said, "Goddess, please leave your staff." Then I saw that the ivy staff with green leaves in Mu Yun's hand also disappeared out of thin air.

The second gateway to Hades is not completely silent, although there is still no sight or sound, as if the person has died, but in this environment, the existence of the soul can be experienced more clearly. There were countless thoughts coming from all directions, imprinted into Amun's mind, and they were the wishes and desires of all kinds of people in the world.

These are not sounds, not images, but thoughts that are directly refracted into the mind, including people's fear of death, inquiries about the world of the dead, pleas to remain in the world, regrets and resentments expressed because of unfulfilled wishes...... And so on and so forth. Amon suddenly reacted that this should be a mortal's prayer and supplication to the gods, because Erebi is the queen of Hades, so most of the prayers people make to her are like this.

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(To be continued)