Volume 1 Mountain Village 61: Ephemeral Space

It was a mausoleum.

Mausoleum, Fang Nuo thought, he didn't know where the idea came from, as if the word automatically came to his mind just by breathing the spiritual power gushing out from the ground.

There was an existence that built a mausoleum for the monsters who died in that beast tide 11 years ago, gloomy, full of unwillingness, resentment and hatred, that guy's skills were terrible, he never thought about the consequences of piling up so many dead bodies at once.

But Fang Nuo knew that there was no need to think about it, as if it had already been exhausted.

He jumped down the last step of the floating staircase, and truly came to this underground project, which seemed to come from a different era from everything on the ground, full of unknown dangers and opportunities, and then, looking back at his two companions:

"I can sense the strong negative emotions in the spiritual power in the atmosphere...... It's terrible, the grievances of the deceased are all mixed together, and they can no longer be relieved. ”

The two mourning birds landed on the ground without saying a word, they didn't know what Fang Nuo was talking about, but they could also feel the breath that made them uncomfortable.

"We can't stay here for long." Taro said solemnly.

"I'm starting to get dizzy." Xiao Hei flapped his wings lightly, but he couldn't fly.

"The spiritual power here is completely poisonous for a demon beast of our personality." Fang Nuo reacted, he had seen the group of guys in front of him striding forward calmly, he still thought that the atmosphere here was just a little depressed, and the atmospheric spiritual power was a little thicker.

"I need an antidote to the herbs...... No, not really detoxifying, but purifying! ”

In order to transcend the souls of the deceased in the world, Fang Nuo only mentioned two ways to communicate with them and find a way to satisfy their regrets, and second, to purify them directly with high-level power.

[Goal-Composition: Angel Umbrella; Malicious Value Required: 10]

Information about the unfamiliar herb flowed into Fang Nuo's mind like a stream, and he instantly grasped the knowledge of a herb containing the element of fire, including its legends, taboos, and usage.

It's like ...... He had mastered them a long time ago, and now he was using them under the pressure of psionic prohibitions, only to awaken them from the depths of his memory.

Why do you have such thoughts?

Fang Nuo was stunned for a moment, but then he focused his attention on the two mourning birds, their condition could not be neglected, and they could lose themselves at any time under the invasion of resentment.

This forced Fang Nuo to let go of his doubts and instead recall the description of the new herb he had just heard, and at the same time, with a glimmer of hope, he tore off a part of the life-saving herb he had constructed, crumpled it, and stuffed it into the beaks of the two birds.

【Angel Umbrella.】

Uses: exorcism, protection, healing, divination;

Legend has it that a long, long time ago, the creatures who discovered this herb believed that it could banish evil and cure all diseases;

It is said that during a disease that swept the world, a priest dreamed of an envoy from his god, who told him that a particular plant could be used to prevent that disease. Therefore, after he woke up, he began to use this plant to enhance immunity and prevent diseases, and this plant was also named "Angel Umbrella".

This herb prefers a waterfront environment, and the plants are generally quite tall, with wide leaves and umbel-shaped inflorescences, and will produce small white or pale green flowers around the first day of the second red star day of the wind moon every year, and the whole plant will exude an unforgettable rich aroma.

Named after Angel, the Angel Umbrella is believed to be a herb that communicates with the messengers of the gods, its roots can be used to make potions against curses, and its seeds, rhizomes, and leaves can be used to extract essential oils; Carrying it with you can remove curses, reflect less powerful negative miracles, purify the area you are in, or boost your confidence and refreshment.

Contraindications: 1- Excessive use can adversely affect blood pressure, heartbeat and respiration; 2- Long-term use may lead to photosensitive dermatitis. 】

"Hmm...... Is it taken internally? ”

The extra knowledge in my mind talked about how to use the Angel Umbrella to cook, make tea, or flavor pastries, but it didn't go into detail about whether to eat it or wear it on your body when you wanted to use it to cleanse your surroundings of evil spirits.

"Just have an effect?" Fang Nuo stretched out his claws and flicked the little black feather, "Anyway...... You won't get poisoned if you eat it. ”

He waited for a while, feeling that the effect of the medicine was not ideal, so he simply put his mouth on it, bit the tip of the wings of the mourning bird, and dragged it in the direction of the floating staircase.

After wasting some more time, he finally returned both birds to the stairs, and by this time he could clearly feel the air around him freshen—the angel umbrellas were doing their job.

The pressure from the dead had subsided, and he leaned over and told the mourners, who were regaining their senses, to stay and wait for him at the stairs, and if any other creature came back, find a place nearby to hide, and not to act rashly.

Then he turned around and ran deeper into the "mausoleum".

The remaining angel umbrella was wrapped around his tail and dragged behind him, and he could feel the divine aura emanating from it, purifying the souls of the deads along the way little by little.

……

"The place doesn't look that old...... Well, I mean, it doesn't look like it's been over a decade. ”

The old woman carried an oil lamp and kept up with the monster in front of her as fast as she could, always having the illusion that the other party would drop her around the next corner.

Is it because the environment here is too oppressive and cramped?

"It looks new here." She said what she thought.

"It's new,......" muttered the monster that walked ahead, repeating the key words he had captured from his companion's words.

"Yes." He agreed, "This 'mausoleum' is like it was built not long ago." ”

"It's like ......," he was silent for a moment, "as if it came out of thin air overnight." ”

Someone can do such a thing, Naga said in his heart, he didn't dare to announce the answer in front of the humans behind him.

The witch, he thought, could perform such a miracle.

This is very easy to explain, he is a little abrupt, the reason for the disorder of the spiritual power of the dark forest, the reason why their clan was forced to remove the hibernation state......

Xiong Zhen had told himself that the terrifying hunter was from "Hell", from where she had escaped into the Xuancai Mountains - and that was probably more than a year ago.

Perhaps, she had set foot in the village above more than a year ago, and there she had found the relics of the monsters who had died in the beast tide in the past.

She collected them and built a place underground for the souls to sleep, but even humans with the ability to sense spiritual power did not know as much about this gift of nature as they did for the orcs.

She should have known about the "Soul Color Doctrine" and the inferences that started from it, but she didn't necessarily know the consequences of piling up so many unjustly dead souls.

It's like inadvertently making a kind of poison, he thought.

The resentment of the deceased was the trigger for the spiritual disorder of the forest, and the hunter finally realized that she had made a serious mistake after months of running in the mountains, so she fabricated the identity of a "traveler" and took a human carriage back to the mountain village.

But she didn't know how to solve the problem, so she could only try to win the trust of the village's inhabitants and let herself stay here, becoming the guardian of the place, and personally solving one crisis after another suspected of being caused by spiritual disorders.

These are just their own speculations, in fact, they have very little evidence, Naga thought helplessly, however, the more he thought about this conjecture, the more reasonable it became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that "it should be like this".

The spiritual powers around him seemed to agree with his thoughts, and when he thought of related things, they suddenly became active, clinging to his body and automatically merging into his body.

This is a kind of metaphysics, Naga sighed softly, it is unique to the beast race, using atmospheric spiritual power as a medium, feeling the occult connection between seemingly unrelated events.

When it comes to divination and astrology, this ability can be of great use.

Sometimes, some of the higher orcs can "do what they say" and "make their wishes come true...... In fact, this is because they inadvertently used spiritual power to achieve a "miracle" in a sense.

"What are you thinking?" It was cold, and there was a hoarse voice behind him that couldn't distinguish the gender.

"Thinking about something...... It doesn't matter. Naga said nonsense, "Don't worry, I can feel it, just around the corner, the source of spiritual power is there." ”

"I can't feel the power." The old lady behind her sniffled and answered with some displeasure.

Naga pursed her lips and replied without any more self-deprecation.

As he had just said, the two of them passed through another bend in the underground project, and then their vision suddenly opened up, as if they had plunged from the original world into another world.

They were clearly underground, but when they looked up, they saw a clear red sky.

The red overhead did not give them a warm feeling, but instead a heavier sense of oppression, crampedness, as if the next moment they would directly cover them, crushing them into a pulp.

In the illusory sky, several stars were clearly visible, and the most obvious one seemed to be a dark and deep hole, attracting nearby "celestial bodies" all the time, as if they were about to devour them all.

"That's what you should know." Naga subconsciously stopped in place, no longer perceiving the nearby spiritual power source, but looked up at the strange star that could be called "terrifying", "After you have the 'ability' like our beast race, you won't get the inheritance of the family like us, and learn some common knowledge about this world." ”

"So?" The old lady's tone was still so aggressive, "It's up to you to tell me?" ”

"Yes." Naga nodded.

"Then let's talk about it." Mrs. Iris lifted her chin, tempted to imitate her companion in admiring the eerie sky above her head, but she soon realized that she couldn't.

They were probably made of the "spiritual power" in Naga's mouth, and she thought that their density was so heavy that they could make invisible beings perceive their existence and automatically make up specific images in their brains.

The crimson sky is like a crimson soul full of sin.

"That star, in your human civilization, is called 'Alternate Time and Space'." Naga raised his hand and pointed to the dark hole in the air.

If you were on the ground, looking up at the normal sky, their light source would not be what it is now.

Mrs. Iris shook her head, not wanting to admit what she had heard.

Although the "Alternate Time and Space" emits a dazzling light anytime and anywhere, making it impossible for people to see it directly with the naked eye, when you observe it through the window on a cloudy day, you can see its true image in the eyes of humans.

It was not a dark hollow, but pure white and sacred—their only source of light for survival.

"In the ancient orc civilization of the ages, although, in our generation, like you humans, we also call that star 'different time and space,'......" Naga considered his rhetoric so as not to make a mistake, "but its original name is still recorded in our ancient books. ”

"'Phantom'." He spoke of the "common sense" that he wanted humanity to remember: "'Ephemerals'—that's what our ancestors called it. ”

"Once upon a time, it was the only star in the celestial system of the planet we live in, but suddenly one day, its entity was exiled by some force, or some will."

"Now," Naga said with emotion, looking at the sky above him, "the starry sky in reality is nothing but endless nothingness. ”

"That is the true face of the 'Alternate Space-Time Shadow', our star, our 'great light source'."