740 Nidhogg
"Boom!"
With a loud explosion, the blazing Rig descended from the collapsed ceiling and fell into the stone passage of the deeper floors, along with the numerous rubble.
There wasn't much difference between this and the labyrinth passages on the previous floors, except that the air had become more cloudy, letting Rig know that he was indeed going deeper into the man-made labyrinth.
"Huh?"
Just as Rig was about to continue chopping the floor and head to the next level, he noticed that his situation had changed.
In the first few floors, wherever he went, Rig would be immediately blocked by the hardest metal doors that had fallen, and then the walls, floors, and ceilings around him would crack, and countless monsters would pour out like dungeons.
But this time, Li Ge found that the monsters no longer poured out, the hardest metal door no longer fell, the front of the passage was unobstructed, and there was even a faint divine power permeating the body, making people feel a thrill all over their bodies, and instinctively attracted by one or more noble beings in front of the passage.
Sensing this, Rig stopped his hand and narrowed his eyes.
“…… Are you inviting me over? ”
He saw through the essence of this phenomenon, and probably guessed who was waiting for him in front of him.
"Interesting."
So, instead of moving any further, Rig put away his knife, put the hermit back into the storage space of the Dimensional Rubik's Cube, and walked in the direction from which Kamui came with the fool tied to his waist.
As I walked, I didn't know when the structure in front of the passage changed.
What caught Riege's eye was no longer the same stone passages, but the spacious corridors that did not resemble all the underground labyrinths.
There was still no sunlight or moonlight, only the faint pale blue magic stone lamps illuminating the surroundings, creating a quiet atmosphere.
Continuing along this secluded and spacious corridor, Rieg soon entered an even more spacious hall.
It is a temple with several long pillars that stand in an orderly manner and support the entire space.
Looking at this hall, no matter who it is, two words will come to mind at the first time.
One is the temple.
One is the ruins.
Although there are no statues of gods here, there are murals carved around it, some painted on crimson stone slabs, some carved into cracked and faded rock walls, and it seems that they did not exist here in the first place, but were removed from other places and moved here.
Rig glanced around at the contents of the murals.
Some of the murals depict dragons, some depict strange birds, as well as wild bulls, beasts, lizards, giants, or monsters whose real bodies are indistinguishable.
These monsters are roaring, roaring, frantic, rioting, chasing the screaming and screaming humans.
There is no doubt that this is the scene of calamity that the humans of this world have encountered countless times, and it is the past, present, and future appearance of the human race that has suffered from the monsters that have gushed out of the dungeons.
The murals placed here are almost all depicting such scenes.
Only one mural differs in content.
Rieger's eyes were immediately drawn to the mural.
On the mural, a terrifyingly large dragon stands in the center.
Around the dragon, six maidens dressed in holy attire surrounded it in the middle, forming a six-pointed star-like formation.
The holy maidens all closed their eyes and folded their hands as if they were praying and singing.
This is......
"[Immortal Six Rings] ......"
When the word was blurted out by Rige, a startled voice suddenly sounded.
"Do you actually know the [Immortal Six Rings]?"
Hearing this, Rieger's attention was drawn from the mural and turned to the direction from which the sound came.
There, three figures appeared at some point, lined up, standing in the deepest part of the temple's ruins.
A faint divine might emanated from the bodies of the three of them, telling Rig that he had invited him here...... No, it should be said that it is God, these three are the ones in front of you.
Rig also recognized the identities of the three gods.
Rather, he had already guessed it.
Standing on the left is the goddess of war from the Dou Kingdom, Kali.
Standing on the right is the mistress of Fengyue Street, and at the same time the goddess of beauty who belongs to the same nature as Freya, Ista.
And standing in the middle is the main god of the remnants of the dark faction - Tanatos.
Leaving aside the first two, the identity of the latter is one of the biggest goals of the Loki family's trip.
He was the last surviving god of the dark faction known to the world as the "evil god".
He led the remnants of the remaining dark factions, preserved those who once belonged to the dark faction, including Valetta, and recruited countless members who were willing to die in the past five years, so that the dark faction that had come to an end five years ago survived.
It was also he who led the remnants of the dark faction to join the camp of the Filthy Immortals, accepting the invitation of the Urban Destroyers (Ernio) to join them in destroying Olari with the power of the Immortal clones.
The leader of one of the tripartite organizations that make up the underground forces is the god in front of him like a dark condensation.
In other words, if the Loki clan wants to protect Olari and eradicate the members of the underground forces, the god in front of them is an existence that must be dealt with.
In the face of this evil god who is very likely to have won over the Ista clan and the Kali clan and used this artificial labyrinth of Knossos to deal with the Loki clan and deal with himself and others, Rig only squinted his eyes, but his expression was extraordinarily calm.
"Sure enough, it's the [Immortal Six Rings]."
As if chatting, Rieg turned his head to look back at the mural, or at rather, at the dragon depicted on it, and said so.
"So, this dragon is the legendary Niederhogg, right?"
Hearing this, Tanatos was slightly stunned at first, and then chuckled.
"You know a lot, Loki's proud boy."
Thanatos explained to Rig in a calm manner.
"Everyone knows the three adventurer commissions, and knows the existence of the three monster kings: Behemoth, the king of the land, Leviathan, the overlord of the sea, and the one-eyed black dragon."
"However, before the goal entrusted by the three adventurers, that is, the king of the three monsters, appeared, there was actually a monster that could be called the king, bringing unimaginable disasters to the nether world, leaving the children of the nether world in the abyss of terror all the time."
"That king is it, Nidhogg."
Tanatos shrugged.
"It's a pity that it has been wiped out by the six great immortal spirits, otherwise the one-eyed black dragon might have to compete with it for the title of king of the dragon clan, right?"
That's a story that happened in a very distant time.
Nidhogg existed thousands of years ago, much longer than the three monster kings of today.
As a result, very little is known about Nidhogg's existence, and not even much has been written about it.
Of course, the gods must know, after all, the years of their existence can be measured in billions of years, and Nidhogg's era may have only happened to the gods a short time ago.
"I'm curious that you still know about this." Thanatos looked at Rieg with some meaning, and said, "You know, even us, if someone hadn't deliberately mentioned it, we might have forgotten about that time, and the murals here were all brought by Eneo to Xiao Yeen, and he himself seems to have a soft spot for this past." ”
Obviously, this was a temptation.
As a god, Thanatos understands that the real temptation is not to get more information without revealing anything, it is just a luxury.
Only by revealing a little information about one's own side and guiding the other party in a limited way can we get more and more detailed information, which is the real temptation.
Therefore, Tanatos chose to reveal the information of the urban saboteur (Erneo) who was most likely to arouse the interest of the Loki family, so as to ensure that he would not lose anything, and also serve as a temptation.
Especially when the subject is human, this type of heuristic can be extremely effective.
Because, humans cannot lie in front of the gods, which is quite an advantageous advantage for the gods.
In fact, among the underground forces, the relevant intelligence of Erneo is indeed the most important.
He is the initiator of everything.
It was he who found the filthy fairy and offered his family as a sacrifice to make his dependents become weirdos, so that he could connect with the filthy fairy and obtain the help of the other party.
It was he who found Thanatos, contacted the remnants of the dark faction, and devised Eulari's plan of destruction.
It can be said that the reason why the tripartite organizations of the underground forces collude together is because of this urban saboteur.
Thanatos felt that as long as he mentioned everything about the mastermind, the Loki family would fall for it.
This thinking cannot be said to be wrong.
It's a pity......
"You don't have to tempt me like this, god Tanatos." Rig said calmly: "I know more about Eneo than you think, even more than you do, and it will not be useful for you to test me about him." ”
Hearing this, Tanatos' face froze slightly.
In this regard, Li Ge said with a smile.
"You don't know much about Erneo, I'm not wrong, am I?"
Indeed, Tanatos did not understand Enio.
He hadn't even seen Eneo, and he didn't even know if he was a god or a man.
He had only seen Yeen, and he had seen the masked stranger who was loyal to Eneo, and all of Erio's wills and thoughts were conveyed to him through that eccentric.
"I have to say, you're pathetic, Tanatos."
Rieger spoke bluntly.
"Among the forces on your side, only you, as the main god of the remnants of the dark faction, have been running around in the open, and the other two have never even shown their faces."
"The body of the filthy fairy still doesn't know which floor of the dungeon it is, and only her clones and tentacles appear outside."
"Enio has not yet appeared, only his spokesman."
"It's just you, and you've been doing everything yourself."
"Don't you think that such selves are very much like their tool people?"