Chapter 1504 Guardians

While the southern front against the Gate of the Abyss was defeated, a certain magician was working hard to investigate matters about the Guardian. Find a definite result early so that you can negotiate with the nobles for a price.

The six abyss gates outside Cat Forest and Dragon Island were quickly found with the help of the World Trees.

Regardless of whether the guardian's identity is from the Lost World side or from the Abyss side, it's easy to talk about. Even if it's hard to talk to him at first, it's easier to talk to him if he gets beaten up.

Perhaps because of their special responsibilities, the guardians tend to be conservative and unassuming in character. Most of them are not the type to put their eyes above their heads, treat everyone with contempt, and never change their attitude to death.

As long as you show a certain level of strength and have the qualifications to be equal to them, you can talk to them on an equal footing and even ask to pass through the Gate of the Abyss.

In fact, the guardian's duty is to prevent those creatures that are not strong enough from passing through. Whether they went there on purpose or got lost and wandered to the other side.

If they are too strong, like the Abyss Evil God or the Abyss Lord, they will be restricted by the Mystery Land itself. Even if the gate of the abyss is fully opened, they will have inherent restrictions if they want to come, and they cannot come and go at will.

Even if you want to force your way through, don't forget that there is still a truly powerful person in Lost Land. With a living early warning device like a guardian, the guardian lord will never be in a situation where he can't catch up and can only clean up the aftermath, even if the guardian belongs to the other side.

Unless his old man is also held back. Just like now, I heard that the Goddess of Gold Coins is already resident in the Kingdom of God, the Lord of Guardians. The two gods stared at each other all day long, refusing to give in at all.

On the contrary, it is the kind of guy who is neither strong nor weak, who has the best chance to pass through these permanent abyss gates and go to the other side of the world. For example, people like a certain magician and the demon prince Azad.

In short, the guardians are not that kind of super powerful beings.

Think about the demon lord Sabin who was scared away by a certain magician. With the strength of the Great Demon level, he is enough to confront the Moth King of Mao Forest. From this we can see that strength is not an absolute requirement for becoming a guardian.

But after becoming guardians, they will be in a state of immortality, or pseudo-immortality. The form may not be the same, but the most likely possibility is symbiosis with the Gate of the Abyss, so that death cannot be the end of the guardian's journey.

For example, the infinite reincarnation of the Demon Moth King belongs to the Lost World side. As long as the faith of the Dragon God of the Abyss is immortal and the gods are not destroyed, this of course belongs to the abyss side.

There is also a king elephant on the side of the lost land, which is as big as a hill. Not very active, very oppressive. Someone stands at its feet, which is only the height of the toes.

There is a phoenix perched on a sycamore tree. As for the only two branches of the sycamore tree, one is occupied by the phoenix, and the other is the eternal gate of the abyss.

The most special 'guardian' on the Lost Side is the ghost of an entire city. Most of them don't know their responsibilities, and they act like living people every day.

But when one day ends and the next begins, they forget what happened the day before and start all over again. Including the food that was consumed, the handicrafts made, etc., all are restored to the appearance of the previous day.

It's like being stuck in the city from the movie Groundhog Day back home, living the 'same' day over and over again. They will repeat what they have done and what must have happened.

People who die on this day will die again; babies born will return to their mother's belly and be born again. Even if their experiences were artificially changed, they would be back to the same situation the next day.

There is only one understanding person here. He is also a ghost, watching the whole city from a spectator's perspective, constantly performing the same drama in infinite reincarnations.

When Lin came to visit for the first time, he only mentioned the keyword "Gate of the Abyss", which attracted ghosts all over the city to pursue him crazily. Someone decided that these ghosts were evil spirits and killed them all without thinking too much.

Killing someone has a psychological burden. Killing these ghosts who have died once... this should be called eliminating harm for the people.

After clearing the entire city and accidentally destroying many buildings, Lin finally found the door to the abyss in the middle of the most luxurious palace.

I originally thought there would be other guardians, so I was on guard while researching. It's just that he hasn't waited for the guardian to appear.

This research lasted until the second day, and I saw with my own eyes that the entire city had returned to its original appearance. And the only understandable person also took the initiative to show up and talk to someone 'peacefully'. Only then did Lin learn the secret about this ghost town.

The guardians of the other three doors that have not been clicked are all on the other side of the abyss. There was a huge turtle, twice as big as the Elephant King. It pressed the Gate of the Abyss directly into the ground with its belly.

If Lin hadn't noticed that the 'mountain' above the Gate of the Abyss had a life response, he wouldn't have realized that the gate buried underground was protected by a giant turtle and was protected in a strange way.

There is also a door completely submerged in a lava pool that is home to a flock of flamingos. The strange thing is that the guardians are not among this group of firebirds. They are like the magic cats of Mao Forest, as a subsidiary race that assists the guardians.

Although the Firebird clan knew their responsibilities, Lin did not find out who or what the 'guardian' was.

The guardian of the last gate to the abyss is a near-decaying half-demon, not a demon like a demon. Lin doesn't have a clue yet about what the other half of his bloodline is.

What is certain is that this half-demon is quite old, and his combat power...is sometimes strong and sometimes weak, making it difficult to evaluate. And he himself couldn't remember much, he just kept guarding the door habitually like a machine.

Almost every time we meet, I have to beat him down before I can study the door from the abyss side. Sometimes it is someone who is beaten away! That's why Lin would evaluate the opponent's strength as it alternates between strong and weak, making it difficult to judge.

As for beating him to death...someone felt that he couldn't do it. Because his various 'characteristics' are not like a normal life form, unless a weapon such as the Year Wheel is used to eliminate cause and effect.

But if you use the Wheel of Time to kill the guardian, will there be any adverse consequences? Someone doesn't have the guts to try it. Because the scope of destruction of the Year Wheel cannot be limited.

It is true that it only eliminates specific individuals, but when it involves a wide range of levels, there will be some unpredictable collateral damage. It's like killing a father and his son disappears.

Yes! Lin used the Year Wheel again in the past twelve years, targeting a certain high-ranking vampire. Because the opponent kept cutting and killing, someone got impatient and used the Year Wheel, and ended up wiping out the opponent's entire clan in one go...

However, the origin of this half-demon is possible from Yggdrasil. That is that the other party is also an ancient one, and is likely to be one of the origins of the abyss demon.

And this sentence is equivalent to explaining from the side that the devil is actually an outsider to the abyss, not a native species. However, Lin was not in the mood to pay attention to this part for the time being. The guardian's matters were more important.

I got the location of the eight gates of the abyss, and also got the eight guardians... I didn't actually find them all, but the ones I found all understood someone's behavior.

Of course, Lin carefully studied their similarities and differences, hoping to eventually find out how the guardians were born. In other words, I hope to find out why these gates to the abyss are so 'special' and whether there is a way to recreate this specialness.

"Are guardians necessary?" Lin has no definite answer to this question yet.

Because the guardians are either missing, or they are too old, or have been reincarnated too many times, they have forgotten the reason why they became guardians in the first place. So it is impossible to ask directly for the answer.

Lin even tried his best to compare the form of the eight abyss gates, and took the initiative to open a smaller, but definitely completely permanent abyss gate. However, as an opener, Lin was not fixed as a guardian.

Of course, there was no coronation ceremony in which the body was shrouded in holy light, lotus petals descended from the sky, and angels sang hymns together, but Lin did not feel any extra burden on his soul.

You must know that the souls of the guardians─if they exist at all─are related to the gates of the abyss they guard. And this was one of the reasons why Lin didn't dare to use the Year Wheel to kill them.

As for seeking death, of course it refers to the fact that someone is bound to become a guardian after opening a complete door to the abyss. I don’t even want to be the god of lost land anymore. How can I be the god of earth?

Fortunately, this situation did not happen. Therefore, someone does not need to worry about how to abandon his identity as a guardian. He can also directly cross off the option of 'The one who opens the gate of the abyss will automatically become a guardian'.

Of course, the door that opened by itself was also closed. Someone would not dare to do such a bad thing as conducting an experiment without finishing it.

Classifies known guardian forms.

Abyss Dragon God and Ghost City can be said to be of the same type. They all rely on some kind of wish and other thoughts to live forever, and they are not pure creatures.

The Moth King is similar to the Phoenix. By the way, that Phoenix Guardian was the only phoenix someone saw in the Lost Land. They will die, but they can regenerate from death, retaining the most important memories and inheritance, forming infinite reincarnations.

And this death is not limited to natural death. According to Demon Moth King Jane Moss, being defeated in battle, dying of natural old age, or even committing suicide will trigger the mechanism of reincarnation.

Even if it is killed as a larva instead of growing into a complete body, it can still be reincarnated. However, in order to avoid being guarded and protect the newly born larvae, the Demon Moth King has a clan of Demon Cats as its subordinates.

Phoenix...is special. So much so that someone doesn't want to deal with that person.

It is different from the firebird, which is close to the form of a fire elemental creature. The phoenix has an actual body, rather than the semi-virtual appearance of a fire elemental creature. The phoenix of Lost Land is not only androgynous, it is also schizophrenic! Males have masculine personalities, and females also have magnetic personalities.

There are considerable differences between the two personalities. The only thing they have in common is that they are all so arrogant that even the phrase "eyes above the head" is not enough to describe them. Basically, the nostrils are on the top of the head.

Although this phoenix was also taught a lesson by Lin. But that attitude of despising you even if you can't win made someone lose beautifully. It also makes this door a place where someone will never come here to conduct research unless necessary.

The Elephant King, the Giant Turtle and the half-demon who is suspected to be the ancient one are all immortals in the true sense. As a price, they have become old enough to be called rotten. Or they sleep all the time, sleeping until others think they are dead things, like that giant turtle.

But what worries someone the most is the door to the abyss that has no guardian.