8. The disappearance of the dead

The tattered shuttle eventually landed on a small cargo ship over the planet.

It was a small ship converted into an armed cargo ship, and it was obvious that the transformation was in a hurry, and the family crest of the Lady Tice family was hastily painted on the side of the ship.

Almost as soon as he boarded the ship, Blake realized that something was wrong with Hades.

But Hades didn't show anything, just chatted casually with Ogli, who told Hades that he was called Clever Brain.

After a small talk with Ogli, Hades turned sideways and looked at Tees, who seemed absent-minded, and for fear of the Inquisition and the Church, Tis did not allow others to contact Hades and his party.

Through the dim glass, Hades could see the curious and horrified gazes of the people—but most of them looked young and old.

"Ma'am, do you have anything to explain?"

Hades asked, not looking at Ties, his gaze as if through the wall and into a cabin somewhere.

Tiess took a deep breath.

"I'm sorry, Immortal." She tried her best to calm her mind, "Please forgive me for my gaffe. ”

"I just ......," Tis smiled nervously, "Allow me to think of the Inquisition and the State Church first - you may be able to understand the fear of a minor nobleman about these institutions. ”

"I need to prioritize exposure to the ...... you may bring Trouble from those institutions, and ......"

"Are you really ......" Tis smiled self-deprecatingly, like a broken jar, "My brother used to teach me XIE a lot. ”

"Actually, I and my people were driven out by Mauro, the Governor of the planet, who had just robbed my ship with an Inquisitor."

Tice blinked, looking at the cabin Hades was looking at,

"Because my brother is the only nobleman in Aswan who believes in Hades,"

"Therefore, Mauro forcibly threw all the people suffering from the plague of immortality on his ships of refuge."

Tis took another deep breath, finished everything, and looked at Hades with relief.

"I guess that's what you're trying me to explain?"

Hades was silent, the plague of immortality?

What he could feel was that there were more than a hundred abnormally burning souls, and those soul fires seemed to be about to be extinguished, but they refused to go dark in the subspace.

"Father," Black added in time, "the undead—some kind of disease that appeared in the real world after Lord Motarian led an army into subspace, and people can't really die, and the death guard thinks it may be evidence that the Grim Reaper is gradually losing [death] authority." ”

What does this have to do with the Cult of Hades?

As if knowing Hades' question, Blake spoke,

"The cure for these undead to sleep is to summon you with the gift of the Soulless to put them to sleep, and the conventional way of destroying corpses cannot make them die."

Hades nodded, still staring at the abnormal subspace area in thought,

"You should probably explain this to me before then, Ties."

Tice's face turned pale, "My lord, I'm sorry - I was too nervous, and ...... The timing of your arrival is too coincidental. ”

"My ...... My brother contracted the plague of immortality a while ago. ”

She quarrels with her dying brother Shore, and she curses her loved ones for taking in the undead that Mauro has thrown to them, so much so that Shore himself is infected with the plague!

She looked at her brother's cloudy eyes and yelled, if Thaksin's Hades really existed—then why didn't He come to the rescue of His followers, but instead left him in the midst of a plague?

After this, Tis sealed off the cabin of the undead, including her brother, who was hard-hearted and allowed the spirits imprisoned to wail.

She had to cut off the source of transmission as much as possible.

Every day and night, the howls of those who were not dying, but who were rotting, spread through the pipes, almost driving her mad.

She thought more than once that she would directly set fire to those people.

But no—it's absolutely not.

Her brother had taught her more than once that even if she burned the patients, those people would still be "immortal", their souls would be confined to the corpses incinerated to powder, and the only possibility of "healing" would be lost.

She must successfully lead her ship out of the star field, find a chapel of Hades where at least three soulless people live, and then let them rest in complete peace - including her brother.

With this abbreviated cargo ship, this is almost impossible.

Therefore, Tis chose to lead his ship to follow Mauro's ship, even if it meant that Mauro would most likely come and grab them again.

But Mauro's Inquisitor had a way of avoiding the swarm, and it was the safest way to go.

It was precisely because in order to prevent Mauro from coming to steal the supplies again that Tis was ecstatic after receiving Barry's signal - firstly because Tiens was not dead, and secondly, because she now needed to strengthen the ship's armament as much as possible.

The righteous Liens also hate Mauro, the lord of the main nest.

Tis immediately decided to leave the course for now, to pick up the Tiens, and then to follow Mauro's ship.

But...... She never expected to see the Immortal, the son of the Immortal, behind Barry...... Anything about the existence of Hades.

The first moment he saw them, Tice wondered if it was an evil creature disguised as Hades.

No...... How could the presence of her brother's daily and nightly prayers come to her so easily, and she remembered the prayers that came from the pipes beside her bed, day and night, the small words that eroded her, broke her, and finally numb.

In the end, the biggest driving force for Tis to sail out of this star field is not to live, but to hope that those people will die.

It is also the fear of the unknown, the plague of immortality only appears after a person "dies", and Tice can't imagine how devastated she will be if one day she finds that her heart has stopped, but she is not dead.

Maybe she was already infected.

Is that Hades? Could that be Hades? There is still a conspiracy, or a temptation from the Inquisition, where some extreme Inquisitors will burn all the undead with a single fire.

Tice didn't believe them, but she trusted Barry, and after a hasty questioning, Tice confirmed that Barry was clear-headed, loyal to the Emperor, and only a little tired.

Tis crosses out the possibility of the Inquisition.

But is he Hades?

Tis was not a Catholic, but her brother had often spoken to her about Hades' deeds—and if he was, why did he need to rely on a small, aristocratic ship?

If he was the one who had destroyed the stars with one hand, why would he use a rudimentary ship?

If he wasn't, just a liar, Tis would have detonated the shuttle's bomb in no time, and she couldn't let a single danger return to her ship.

But Tice eventually relented.

It's just because Hades shows that dark tide.

The moment she saw the water, Tis made her own decision.

Whether he was Hades or not, or some living saint like a living saint of the Hades cult - she had to do what he said - as long as he could save the undead.

Her thoughts touched her brother, and Tice shuddered again.

She almost hid her face and wept—Teese asked herself, would she dare to open the door that had been tightly closed and sealed for a month?

How will she face those ...... Living corpses?

(End of chapter)