Chapter 38: The Dark Dungeon Refines People's Hearts (Part I)
"This is a chaotic world, and a long, long time ago, the ancient gods fought against each other in the main material realm for the faith of all things. This war has lasted for many years, and countless living beings have disappeared because of it, and the once brilliant blood in the bodies of living beings has now fallen silent, reduced to a featureless mortal species. Even so, the number of mortals was greatly reduced by the outbreak of the War of the Gods, and the power of the gods was greatly affected as a result. Lu Zhenren's words sounded in the ears of the two.
He Shen and Wang Chengen were suspended in a void, and after entering the small ball floating in the silver sea, they were suspended in this inexplicable void, facing a desolate planet in the distance. On the surface, this planet looks unremarkable, consistent with ordinary planets, with various oceans, islands, continents, mountains, deserts, farmland, ...... , but the two people suspended in the void saw that the twisted, hideous and deformed monster that existed in a strange space buried deep in the interior of the planet, and felt a little worried in their hearts.
They never expected that the trial between the two of them would face such a monster, this kind of monster has exceeded the common sense that the world can understand, far more real than the gods and monsters in "Sou Shen Ji", "Taiping Guang Ji", "Three Treasures Eunuch Western Records", and even the gods and monsters in the "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang" written by Ji Xiaolan, a subordinate of He Shen. Could it be that the monsters encountered on the Xianxia Road are all such evil shapes? Aren't there any eye-catching beauties like fox spirits?
No matter what they thought in their hearts, there was no way to retreat at this moment. They have all sworn allegiance to Lei Yin Zhenren, this is really not nonsense, the fairy road is in front of their eyes, Lei Yin Zhenren has thousands of thunder in his palm, how can mortals deceive?
No matter what the two of them thought in their hearts at this moment, Lu Zhenren's words still sounded in the ears of the two of them, "The power of the ancient gods comes from the belief in all things, and the reduction of all things makes the source of faith greatly reduced, and the ancient gods feel weak because of this. So I don't know how long later, everyone realized that if they continued to fight like this, the main material world would collapse, and they would not be able to get rid of it, so they decided to stop fighting. β
However, one of the old gods was unwilling to stop fighting, and continued to stir up trouble and wars among the ancient gods. After several times, the ancient gods saw through its conspiracy and immediately joined forces to expel the ancient god from the main material realm, imprisoning it in the rift of time and space, and setting up a seal. β
"The ancient gods who provoked the incident were banished, and the rest of the ancient gods unanimously decided to withdraw from the main material realm as a whole, and could only use indirect ways to interfere with the mortal species of the main material realm and spread their faith. And in the cracks of the endless world and space, with the infinite passage of time, the banished ancient god fell into inexplicable anger and madness. It forgot its name and its true self, and was reduced to a twisted mass of flesh and blood according to its own anger and emotional expressions, completely losing its mind. β
"Hundreds of millions of years have passed since the ancient gods were sealed, and time has come to the time of a certain empire, and a noble family of this empire has obtained a fief by the sea. So the head of the family decided to build a luxurious manor somewhere in the fiefdom, and this manor was built right above the seal of the gods who had banished the old gods. β
"When history turned into legends and legends became myths, the family still lived a life of fine clothes and food on the fiefdom from generation to generation. Finally, one day, a certain generation of aristocratic heirs began to be dissatisfied with this materially rich and spiritually empty life, and began to look for information everywhere and look for some exciting projects. Finally, one day, he discovers the legend of the banished old gods, and the family's ambition to be a successor begins. β
"The family heirs began to study all kinds of black magic, necromancy, and summoning arts...... And so on, his purpose was to seize the power of the ancient gods buried deep in the underground of the manor and sealed, so as to make himself a new god in the main material world. β
So he began to prepare everything in secret, and when all this was ready, he found that he was old and no longer young. His physical body was too weak to withstand the power of the Old Gods, and he was unable to open the crack that sealed the Old Gods. He needed a new body that was young and strong to be able to hold the power of the Old Gods. Because blood is the best power and the most powerful bond, the family descendant began to frantically create descendants, and then sent them to various parts of the dynasty to take root. β
When all this was done, the family heir committed suicide because he no longer needed his physical body, and left a message in his suicide note that there was a treasure buried somewhere under the manor, in which he pointed out that only his own descendants could open it. β
"After an unknown number of years, the family finally fell into ruin, no longer in its former glory. Some descendants found out about the treasure passed down from their ancestors, and immediately used all the family financial resources to gather people, all of which were used to excavate the treasure buried under the manor. β
"But it all failed, and instead of treasure, all sorts of inexplicable monsters poured out of the ground, and the descendants escaped alone, and the rest of the men died underground. When he was desperate, the descendants remembered the words left by the old ancestor, and only the descendants of his bloodline could use the ability of the bloodline to open the treasure buried in the depths. So, the descendant began to frantically search for the news of the descendants of the ancestors who had spread throughout the dynasty, and sent them letters, inviting these descendants to return to the family's rising manor together, open the treasure, and restore the glory of the ancestors together. β
"Successive descendants began to rush to the manor from all over the empire in search of treasure, but one by one they died in the manor, and none of them succeeded in finding the treasure. Eventually, the descendant of the family also died, but the letters of inheritance he sent with the information of his ancestors continued to be sent out after a hundred years, still attracting descendants with ancestral blood to the estate. β
Hearing this, He Shen and Wang Chengen already understood the background of this fragmented world, and it seemed that Lu Zhenren hoped that they would use the identity of the bloodline of that family to participate in this incident, and finally destroy the ancient god entrenched in the seal, and seize its power and the fortune of this world.
"How are we going to be involved in this conspiracy, real people? We don't have that family's bloodline. He Shen asked.
"Occupation. The descendants of this family heir who left behind the conspiracy are male and female, and they will have different occupations, so choose one of each. The bloodline is a conspiracy for others, and a mission target for you. β
"There are ten male professions: lepers, abominations, crusaders, robbers, veterans, bounty hunters, clowns, occultists, dog trainers, ascetics, and so on. β
"There are five types of female professions: barbarian warriors, crossbowmen, nuns, plague doctors, and merchants, you can choose them, one for each of them. β
"Lepers, Crusaders, and Nuns are priesthoods of the Order of Light, and require a specific faith to use, and I cannot provide you with the corresponding faith energy, so you cannot choose. β
He Shen thought for a while and said, "I think the profession of occultist is more in line with my literati temperament, so I choose a mystical scholar." β
Wang Chengen went through the names of each profession in his heart, and he didn't know whether Lu Zhenren was intentional or unintentional, he only said the name of the profession, and he didn't even have a general introduction of the profession. Heaven will descend on people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and do what they do. Cheng En abandons his previous identity and steps into the cultivation of the Immortal Dao, he must first be bitter and then sweet, and I am willing to bear this result. β
"Okay, ambitious, you are good at yourself, I am waiting for your good news. You have come to this world as my representatives, and you will enjoy my gifts, remember, this is a world of simple laws, and all things cannot escape the influence of laws, use the rules wisely to destroy them, including the ancient gods, go!"
He Shen and Wang Chengen immediately threw themselves into the world.
------Boundary------
"Darkness occupies Hamlet~ the raven's realm that has prospered for thousands of years. Madness, fear, and despair, like a plague, spread around with the steps of darkness, devouring Hamlet, devouring this family of which I am proud......"
On a corrupt ancient road shrouded in shadows, a wooden carriage galloped along a dirt road through the woods, looking down from the mountainside, near the sea, where there was a small town. Sitting in the carriage, Renard was looking through a letter that had recently been sent in the name of his ancestor. The name that had long been forgotten in memory, Hamlet, reappeared in my mind. Before he died, his father told him to "Don't go back!", echoing in the depths of his mind, and at this moment, Renard couldn't help but dig out the letter from his package and get it carefully.
Although he had read this letter dozens of times, he didn't know why, every time he read it, he always felt an inexplicable panic in his heart. Renard's gaze was fixed on the last paragraph of the letter, "Come back, claim your inheritance, and save our family from the edge of the building!"
If it weren't for the fact that the heirs of this bullshit Hamlet family were all dead, where would it be our turn to inherit such a ...... Cursed family business.
By the dim light of the carriage, Renard took out the letter naming him as the rightful heir to the Raven Lord, the Earl of Hamlet, and looked at it silently for a long time, until the white candle on the wall of the carriage was about to burn out, and the remaining fireworks swayed from side to side under the jolting of the carriage, and the shadow of the candle bred on the letter. It was not the first time that Renard suddenly woke up and retrieved the soul that had been taken.
It was as if an unspeakable evil was luring Renard to a land that wasn't actually hisβthat's what Renard's fox friends told him. Renard himself thinks the same, but the crazy genes in the Hamlet family's blood are also flowing in Renard's blood, and reason has rarely stayed in his brain.
When such a large and tempting cake is placed in front of a down-and-out crusader who has been expelled from the Holy Order because of his kleptomania, Renard, who has long since entered the Holy See because of his family's ruin, can hardly refuse such a temptation. As long as you can successfully inherit the rich territory of Hamlet, then wealth, fame, and power are once difficult to hope for...... It could all be a reality.
Although the richness of the Raven Collar is only a legend of the past......
Click!
With the sound of the whip waving outside the car, Renard clearly noticed that the speed of the carriage under his ass had increased a lot, and this speed was so fast that it could not be described by the word "hurry", this speed, at this time, was more like ...... Escape!
"Dishmas, please slow down! It's a bumpy road, and if you run like this, you'll kill both horses! I've managed to get it, and maybe I'll be able to go to town and get some money for us to live on." Renard lifted the curtain of the carriage and shouted to Dishmus, who was sitting at the front of the carriage, driving the carriage, and the sound of the wind whistling outside the window suddenly swallowed most of his words.
Like Renard, Dishmas is one of the scattered descendants of the Hamlet family throughout the empire, and is also the legitimate and valid heir to the Raven Realm. However, unlike Renard, who has a kleptocratic habit and likes to steal property, Dishmas is a mature man who is close to middle age, his rough face is full of wind and dust, and his dark eyes are full of vicissitudes.
Because in the process of robbing a wagon, he shot the coachman and prepared to ransack the wagon, but heard movement and deliberately suppressed breathing in the wagon. Dismas showed no mercy and fired without hesitation. The bullet passed through the thin wall of the carriage and killed the people hiding inside.
But when Disney opened the car door, he was stunned, and inside was a young woman holding a baby in her arms, and the baby's face and eyes were still wide open. The woman was shot in the chest, holding the baby with her right hand and pressing her left hand on the baby's small mouth, her face full of anxiety.
It's a pity that the bullets were merciless, and several bullets pierced the bodies of the mother and son, and both died. Dishmaston screamed frantically, for he knew the mother and son, who were his lover and child! The lover had written to him that he was going to see him with his child, but he did not know that he would come in a freight carriage, and he, Dismas, had shot his own relatives with his own hands!
Hunting geese all day long, but being pecked blind by geese. This can be regarded as good and evil in the end, in the end, his hands are stained with the blood of innocent people, and God also let his relatives die under his own bullets. Since then, Dismas has quit the bandit group and has begun a life of wandering. He was also approached by letters from the Hamlet family, and he set out on a journey back to his ancestral realm in a moment of despair.
The road was far away, and Dishmus couldn't help but want to rob a carriage to use as a means of transportation, which led to the encounter with Renard, who was also a descendant of the family. The carriage was also stolen by Renard, who claimed to be a crusader, and both of them had professional skills, and neither could help anyone, and after reporting their identities to each other, they were descendants of their compatriots, and they hit it off immediately, and they went all the way.
Dismasas sat in the front of the car, heard Renard's shouts from the car, and laughed, "I know, let's slow down, but this is almost close to the Raven Territory, we need to be careful, this is densely wooded, we need to be careful of the robbers who are entrenched in the forest." β
Renard also knew that the Raven Territory had been lonely for hundreds of years, and that it had long since turned from a bustling adventure site into a desolate land that was hated by the people, and that it was a natural hiding place for criminals wanted and pursued by the Empire, most of whom had formed bandits to rob passing merchants in the territory. As a member of the bandits in his early years, Disney was familiar with their methods, so it is not too careful.
"Not good!"
At this moment, Dismas, who was driving the horse, suddenly exclaimed, and his words had just fallen into Renard's ears when something changed for a while. A large tree suddenly collapsed on the flank of the road ahead, blocking the road ahead, and the carriage had not had time to slow down because of the gallop just now, and it was completely unable to stop at this moment. With a violent jolting and churning sensation, Renard in the carriage felt that his flesh and skin were scraped by the armor on his body, and the bones inside were painfully cracked.
Just when Renard finally rolled over and stood up, pushed open the overhead door, and tried to climb out of the carriage.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out.