Chapter 1504: Guardians
While the Southern Front against the Abyssal Gate is in a rout, a mage is trying to investigate the Guardians. Find out a definite result as soon as possible, and negotiate with those nobles to bid out.
The six abyss gates outside Maosen and Dragon Island were quickly found with the help of the World Trees.
And whether the identity of the guardian is on the side of the ground or the side of the abyss, it is easy to speak. Even if it's hard to talk at first, it's easy to talk about it after beating up.
Guardians may be more conservative and unassuming, perhaps because of their special duties. Most of them are not the kind of people who are above the top, who they have a contemptuous attitude no matter who they meet, and they will not change their ways.
As long as you show a certain strength and have the qualifications to be on an equal footing with them, you can talk to them on an equal footing, and even ask to pass through the Abyss Gate.
In fact, the duty of the guardian is to prevent the passage of those creatures who are not strong enough. Whether it's intentional to get past or get lost and get lost on the other side.
If they are too strong, such as the Abyssal Evil God or the Abyssal Maharaja, they will be limited by the Lost Lands themselves. Even if the door of the abyss is fully opened, they will have inherent restrictions if they want to descend, and they cannot come and go at will.
Even if you want to force your way through, don't forget that there is a true Supreme Being. With a living early warning device like the Guardian, the Lord of the Guardian will never be in a situation where he can't catch up and can only clean up the aftermath, even if the Guardian belongs to the other side.
Unless he is also dragged by the old man. It's like now, I've heard that the goddess of gold coins is already a god who resides in the Lord of Guardianship. The two gods stared at each other all day long, and refused to back down at all.
On the contrary, it is the kind of guy who is too strong to be able to go to the other side of the world through these permanent abyssal gates. For example, a certain magician, the demon prince Azad, and others.
In short, the Guardians are not super strong beings.
Think of the demon lord Shabin, the one who was scared away by a certain magician. With the strength of the Great Demon Level, it is enough to confront the Demon Moth King of Maosen. From this, it can be seen that the condition for becoming a guardian is not absolute.
But when they become guardians, they are in a state of immortality, or pseudo-immortality. The form is not necessarily the same, and the most likely is probably the symbiosis with the Abyss Gate, so that death cannot be the end of the Guardian's journey.
For example, the infinite reincarnation of the Moth King, which belongs to the side of the earth. As long as the abyss dragon god is immortal in faith, the gods will not die, which of course belongs to the abyss side.
There is also an elephant king on the side of the maze, the size of a hill. I don't like to move much.,Full of oppression.。 Someone stands at his feet, just the height of his toes.
There is a phoenix perched on a sycamore tree. The only two branches of the sycamore tree, one is occupied by the phoenix, and the other stands the eternal door of the abyss.
The most special 'guardian' on the side of the maze is the ghost of an entire city. Most of them are unaware of their responsibilities and act like living beings every day.
It's just that when one day ends, the next day is at the beginning, they forget what happened the day before and start all over again. The food that was consumed, the crafts that were made, etc., were all returned to the previous day.
It's like a city stuck in the hometown movie Groundhog Day, and you can't stop living the 'same' day. They will repeat what they have done, and what will happen will happen.
Whoever dies on this day, dies again; The baby is returned to the mother's womb and is born again. Even if they are artificially changed, they will be the same the next day.
There is only one person here who understands. He is also a ghost, looking at the whole city from the perspective of a spectator, and the same drama is constantly played out in infinite reincarnation.
When Lin visited for the first time, he only mentioned the key word 'Abyss Gate', which attracted ghosts from all over the city to chase and kill him. Someone decided that these ghosts belonged to evil spirits at that time, and without thinking too much, they all slaughtered them.
Killing people can be psychologically burdensome. Kill these ghosts who have died once...... This should be called the elimination of harm for the people.
After emptying the entire city and accidentally destroying many buildings, Lin finally found the door to the abyss in the middle of the most luxurious palace.
I thought there would be other guardians, so I studied and watched out. It's just that I didn't wait for the Guardian to appear.
I studied this until the next day, and saw the whole city restored to its original state. And the only one who understands also appeared and talked to someone 'peacefully'. Lin also learned about the secret story of this ghost town.
The other three doors that have not yet been lit are all on the side of the abyss. There was a huge turtle that was twice the size of the elephant king. He pressed the abyssal portal directly into the ground with his belly.
If Lin hadn't noticed that the 'mountain' on the abyssal gate had a life reaction, he wouldn't have realized the door buried in the ground at all, the guardian was a giant tortoise, and he protected the door in a strange way.
There is also a door that is completely immersed in a lava pool, which is inhabited by a flock of firebirds. Strangely enough, the Guardians are not among the Firebirds, they are like the Demon Cats of the Cat Forest, as a subordinate race to the auxiliary Guardians.
Although the Firebird clan knew their duties, Lin didn't find out who or what that 'guardian' was.
The guardian of the last abyssal gate is a half-demon who is close to decay, unlike a demon of demons. What is the other half of his bloodline, Lin doesn't have a clue for the time being.
What is certain is that this half-demon is quite old and has ...... combat power Sometimes it is strong and sometimes weak, and it is difficult to evaluate. And he himself can't remember much, just like a machine, habitually guarding the door.
Almost every time we met, I had to beat him up once before I could study the door from the side of the abyss. Sometimes it's someone who gets knocked away! That's why Lin will evaluate the strength of the other party, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and it is not easy to judge.
As for killing him...... Someone feels like they can't do it. Because none of his 'characteristics' resemble normal life forms, unless he uses the weapon of causal erasure such as the Wheel of Years.
But if there will be any bad consequences of slashing the guardian with the wheel of years, no one has the courage to try. Because the range of destruction of the wheel of years cannot be limited.
It is true that it only erases a specific individual, but when it is involved, there will be some unpredictable collateral destruction. It's like cutting someone who is a father, and the son disappears with him.
Yes! Lin used the Wheel of Time again in the past twelve years, targeting a high-ranking vampire. Because the other party kept cutting and revitalizing, someone who was impatient used the wheel of years, and as a result, the entire clan of the other party was wiped out in one go......
However, the origin of this half-demon is a possibility from Yuktrahir. That is, the other party is also an ancient person, and it is very likely that it is one of the origins of the Abyss Demon.
And this sentence is equivalent to explaining from the side that in fact, the demon is also an outsider to the abyss, not a native species. However, this part, Lin is not in the mood to pay attention to it for the time being, and the matter of the guardian is more important.
Got the location of the eight Abyss Gates, and also got the eight Guardians...... Actually, I didn't find everything, but all I found forgave someone's behavior.
Of course, Lin carefully studied the commonalities and differences, hoping to finally find the way in which the Guardian was born. Or the reason why I want to find these Abyssal Gates so 'special', and whether there is a way to reproduce this specialness.
'Is it necessary to be a guardian', Lin has not yet answered the question affirmatively.
Because the Guardians are either not found, or they are too old, or have been reincarnated too many times, they have forgotten why they became Guardians in the first place. Therefore, it is impossible to ask the answer directly.
Lin even took the initiative to open a smaller, but absolutely permanently stated, in the form of eight abyssal gates. However, as the Opener, Lin is not fixed as a Guardian.
Of course, there was no coronation ceremony in which the holy light covered the body, the lotus petals descended from the sky, and the angels sang the hymn in unison, but Lin did not feel any more burden on his soul.
Know that the souls of the Guardians, if any, are connected to the Abyssal Gates they guard. And this is one of the reasons why Lin didn't dare to cut them down with the wheel of years.
As for death, of course, it refers to the fact that someone is bound to become a guardian after opening a complete door to the abyss. In other words, if you don't even want to be a god of the land, how can you be a land lord?
Thankfully, that didn't happen. So someone doesn't need to worry about how to abandon their status as a Guardian, and they can simply cross out the option of 'The Abyss Gate Opener will automatically become a Guardian'.
The door that he opened by himself, of course, was also pinched casually. Doing experiments, not ending the bad behavior, someone would not dare to do.
Categorizes known Guardian types.
The Abyss Dragon God and the Ghost Town can be said to be the same type. They are all immortalized by some kind of will, and they are not pure creatures.
The Moth King is similar to the Phoenix. By the way, the Phoenix Guardian was the only phoenix someone had ever seen in the Lost Land. They can die, but they can be reborn from death, retaining the most important memories and inheritances, forming an infinite cycle of rebirth.
And this death is not limited to natural death. According to the Moth King Jae'an Moss, being defeated and killed, dying of natural old age, or even suicide triggers the mechanism of reincarnation.
Even if it is killed in its juvenile state, rather than as a fully grown body, it can still be reborn. However, in order to avoid being guarded by corpses and protect the newborn hatchlings, the Demon Moth King has the Demon Cat Clan as its subordinate.
Phoenix...... It's special. Especially if someone doesn't really want to deal with that person.
Unlike the Firebird, which is close to the form of a fire elemental creature, the phoenix has an actual body, not the semi-virtual appearance of a fire elemental creature. The Phoenix of the Lost Land is not only hermaphroditic, it is also schizophrenic! Males have a male personality and females also have a magnetic personality.
There is a considerable difference between the two personalities. The only thing they have in common is that they are so arrogant that even the word "eyes above the top" is not enough to describe it. It's just nostrils on the top of the head.
Although this phoenix was also taught a lesson by Lin. But that attitude of contempt for you even if you can't win makes someone gorgeously defeated. It also makes this door a place where someone will never come here to conduct research unless necessary.
The Elephant King, the Giant Tortoise, and the half-demon suspected to be an ancient one, they are all immortal in the true sense of the word. At the price, they are old enough to be called decaying. Or they sleep until everyone thinks they're dead, like the giant tortoise.
But what makes someone care the most is the door to the abyss where the guardian has not been found.