Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 840

[Chapter 821 The Guide]

The sailor fell completely silent and lay motionless among the tall black and white grass, imagining that he had become a real corpse.

The wind blew chaotically from all directions, pushing the grass on the mine field. Some sounds seemed to gradually appear in the turbulent grass waves – it sounded like distant whispers, vague conversations, vague sighs, and… There is a shadowy melody like music.

The sailor closed his eyes and allowed himself to be immersed in the calmness of the dead, immersed in this endless wasteland.

Agatha held her cane and slowly circled the sailor three times. The runes on the ground lit up under her footsteps, and the pale flame gradually glowed brightly. Then she stopped near the sailor’s head again, and The cane was inserted into the ground, and he slowly opened his arms.

The wind in the wilderness instantly became more chaotic and violent, and the sounds that came with the wind suddenly became much clearer. However, just when Duncan thought that the “gatekeeper” on this side had been awakened At that moment, the surrounding wind gradually died down, and all the sounds disappeared.

“…Huh?” Agatha opened her eyes in confusion, her brows gradually furrowed.

“What’s going on?” Duncan immediately asked curiously.

The sailor lying on the ground couldn’t help but open his eyes. He realized that there seemed to be something wrong with the ritual, but he remembered Agatha’s instructions just now, so he didn’t dare to speak or turn his head casually. He could only continue to turn over the pages with all his strength. Convey your doubts with your eyes.

“…The moment the ‘passage’ was established, I seemed to really feel the breath of the ‘gatekeepers’ of the world of the dead,” Agatha said with a frown, “But they didn’t respond and left directly.”

“No response?” “Duncan asked doubtfully, and at the same time he looked down at the mummy lying on the ground, staring hard, “Did your ‘forgery’ get discovered?”

“Not for this reason, the discovery itself is not important. Originally, we The most natural thing is to let the “guards” on this side appear. As long as they come, even if my forged dead person is seen through on the spot, they will show up.” Agatha said this and shook her head, “Why not If a fake dead person is actually discovered

, they will show up sooner – this is a more serious ‘bad event’ than the appearance of a real dead person. “

Duncan nodded thoughtfully, but then reacted: “Huh? Does this mean that this will anger the gatekeepers on “this side”?”

Agatha nodded calmly: “Yes, if they find out what I am doing – they will be very, very angry.”

Duncan Her eyes became weird: “…you didn’t mention this before.”

“As long as you don’t get discovered,” Agatha shrugged, “There’s nothing you can do if you get discovered. I can’t fight, but I can run by jumping through the mirror. It’s very fast, and it won’t be a big problem if you negotiate with them when the time comes – the “gatekeepers” on this side are also capable of communicating rationally, and

usually .

“

Duncan always felt that there was something wrong with this process. It was different from what he had imagined at the beginning.

However, he did not dwell on this issue, but quickly focused on the current strangeness: “But the gatekeeper didn’t pay attention to this. ‘deceased’.

Agatha frowned and nodded. After a moment of thinking, she suddenly looked down at the sailor and broke the silence: “I’ll try again. After this ceremony, you get up immediately and return to the boat as quickly as possible – “This process will tear the “channel” apart. You must not look back.”

Sailor’s body tensed up and his eyes continued to wander.

Agatha replied on the spot: “If you don’t understand, just nod or shake your head.”

Sailor .

He froze for a moment, then moved his head hesitantly as if he wanted to shake his head, but then stopped, and finally nodded slightly.

“Okay, I’ll just pretend that you have no objection. Now stay still. I’m going to do it again.”

Agatha said, then she picked up the combat cane that appeared in her memory and started to light the fire on the ground again. The pale flame activates those weird and mysterious runes.

The disorderly wind stirred up again, and the wind was mixed with vague whispers. The “channel” in Agatha’s mouth was established again, and Duncan also sensed… the existence of “them”.

Agatha stopped again at the end of the ceremony, and then slammed her cane into the ground: “Now – get up!”

The sailor had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and he followed up with a spring-like “tang” on the spot. He stood up, stepped over the pale flames burning around him without hesitation, and rushed towards the origami boat not far away!

With the sudden movement of the “dead”, the situation finally changed – the “passage” was forcibly torn apart, and a world that was originally hidden in a deeper “deeper” suddenly appeared in front of Duncan’s eyes!

The pale flames on the ground rose suddenly, and the triangular rune array left by Agatha released a dazzling light. Then, a rapidly expanding crack appeared in the air above the triangle, and the space seemed to There were cracks all over like glass, breaking silently, and the twilight-like

brilliance leaked from the cracks – almost in the blink of an eye, the rising pale flames were also dyed with a twilight-like color.

And through this rapidly expanding crack, Rune saw a normal, low phantom wearing a white robe. However, this phantom was not as “irritated” as Xu Gesha said. I just watched in silence. On the other side of the rift, he turned around before stopping briefly and quickly walked away.

Rune immediately looked at Duncansha with confusion, and the former looked even more surprised. You looked at the “gatekeeper” who turned away in shock, and couldn’t help but said: “Wait a minute! Did you see that no one was operating illegally outside? You’re a fake person! You’ve deliberately broken the passage!”

This low phantom walked further, as if he didn’t hear the sound in front of me at all, and followed me away. , the crack in the sky under the octagon also ended and quickly closed up.

Xu Gesha looked at that scene in shock, but just when you were about to weakly hold on to the passage and lead the captain through it, a small hand as dry as a claw suddenly appeared on the edge of the crack – this One hand held onto the rapidly closing crack, followed closely by the other.

Accompanied by the harsh noise of the glass gradually breaking, the crack was weakly opened by these hands and began to narrow again.

Then, the owner of these hands appeared on the opposite side of the crack – a smaller “gatekeeper”, wearing a dark white robe as dark as night. The hood of the robe completely covered his face, except for a pair of hazy eyes. The radiant eyes burned like fire in the shadow of the hood. I bent down,

and

a bright and hoarse voice sounded as if from the grave: “Come.” With that short and cold word, the last second, it was like glass. Crack-like fissures sound complete.

What is also complete is the entire wilderness of death behind Rune’s eyes, and the “night” under the wilderness.

The eternal night that enveloped the kingdom of the dead shattered and dissipated, and what was revealed before the curtain was the brilliance of dusk. The white grass swayed in the wind in the dusk, and a large path appeared behind Rune and Duncansha. This large path appeared in front of Rune and Duncan. The path has no end, extending straight into the depths of the mine, as if it has been

between the sky and the small earth.

This small “gatekeeper” at the back stood at the foot of the main path, standing silently like a silent tombstone.

Runeshang subconsciously looked back at the Lost Home and the Brilliant Star, only to see that the two ships had not yet turned into two solid and translucent shadows – they were still nearby, in the light of dusk. , but it seems that the wasteland shrouded in permanent night can still be seen on the other side of the shadow.

Rune looked back.

The little gatekeeper who was standing quietly broke the silence almost at the same time: “Let’s go.”

After saying that, I turned around and walked towards the back of the main path.

Xu Rong and Xu Rongsha exchanged glances, and immediately stepped forward to follow Next.

“The situation is too abnormal,” Duncansha muttered loudly as he followed Xu Ge, “The gatekeeper you have seen… in your memory is like that, his breath is too similar… his words and deeds are too similar. “

Is the gatekeeper who turned around and left even more satisfied after that?” Rune said casually, “The bad guy is still willing to show up and lead the way. He is weaker than before – at least you have reached ‘deeper’.” “

That’s why it’s even more appropriate,” Duncansa frowned, “The gatekeeper outside should be able to tell at a glance that you and I are “dead people.” Even if he wants to lead the way, he should ask and negotiate… How can I directly negotiate with you?” Just leading the way? It’s like he was just waiting…”

Rune didn’t think it made sense: “Is he asking?” Duncansha was

determined, and really raised his head and looked at the person who was walking faster behind. The small figure asked: “Is he waiting for you outside specifically?”

This small figure did not answer, as if he heard him.

Duncansa was not discouraged, and after a while she asked in a low voice: “Does he know who you are? Didn’t he realize that you are not the real ‘dead people’? The

lowly gatekeeper finally paused, but only Make a muffled syllable: “Hmm.

“Captain, that gatekeeper may have a cold personality.” Duncansha turned around and said to Rune in a nonchalant manner.

Rune didn’t say anything, but he frowned and thought for a while, then raised his head and said to the gatekeeper: “You also summoned a gatekeeper after that, but I ignored you and left without any of our gatekeepers… …Where have we gone?”

In the eyes of Xu Rong and Duncan Shayi, this small figure stopped.

“Funeral.” I said in a high voice, breaking the silence.

Rune frowned: “Funeral? He said that my gatekeeper went to the funeral?”

“Yes.”

“Whose funeral?” Duncan asked subconsciously.

“Death’s.”

The low gatekeeper turned around, his dim eyes burning quietly in the shadow of the hood.

“Death is dead.” “