Chapter 2215 Bridge of Life and Death

A sinister place shrouded in darkness.

The hidden place that hates the light.

The remote and unknown desolate frontier land.

This is the "Shadow Realm", a boring and extremely dangerous plane with only two colors, black and white.

A large pitch-black river flows quietly, the river exudes a biting chill, and the edge of the ice floes drifting with the waves is as sharp as a knife. Absolutely can't stand the erosion of the faint blue "cold flame" in the river.

Originating from the "world of shadows", the Gower River is also known as the "River of Styx". Crossing this large black river of floating cold flames, the opposite bank is the "Helm of the Underworld", which is also the "Goddess of the Underworld" Hull. Kingdom of God.

The riverside seemed to be a silent black desert. Occasionally, there were faint ghosts floating over, but there were almost no signs of life.

In the midst of this dead silence, there was a sudden wave of magic power by the river, followed by a pale vortex, and several figures emerged from the vortex connecting the material world, looking around with curiosity.

"I have long heard that there is no sun in the 'Shadow Realm', and there are very few natural light sources. Most of the places are always shrouded in darkness, but I didn't expect that this place is even more beautiful than Niflheim, which is in the 'polar night' season." It's even more gloomy and gloomy, it's really a depressing ghost place!"

As soon as he came to the "Land of Shadows", Clark Heinier couldn't help complaining.

Snapped!

The young mage next to the frost giant raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and then a ball of light appeared from his fingertips, floating in mid-air like a balloon, emitting a dim yellow light, slightly dispelling the oppressive darkness.

Illuminated by the magic light ball, Joan looked around, and soon realized that the lighting range of the "Dancing Lights" was much worse than expected. The light radiated 10 feet away, and it quickly turned dim.

"The darkness of the 'Shadow Realm' is thicker and deeper than the darkness of the material world. Even 'Dark Vision' cannot function in such an environment, and the range illuminated by torches and magic light sources will also be weakened."

Gaina has followed her mentor to practice in the "World of Shadows" more than once, and has a better understanding of the local conditions. She saw the confusion in the eyes of Joan and Clark, and took the initiative to introduce the unique environment of "The World of Shadows" to them.

"In the world of shadows, the magic power of various attributes is not evenly distributed, and the magic power of the light system is suppressed. Take the 'Dancing Lights' just cast by Joan as an example, it can provide clear illumination with a radius of 20 feet in the material world, and the magic power of the light system is suppressed. In the Shadowlands, it can only illuminate the surrounding 10-foot space."

"Correspondingly, the magic power of the dark system is enhanced in the Shadow Realm, such as the 'Darkness', which creates a 'Dark Barrier', and the radiation radius is twice as large as that in the Material Realm."

"Especially the 'Shadow' subtype spells of the Illusion School, such as 'Shadow Evocation' and 'Shadow Curse', etc., the magic power invoked itself comes from the Shadow Realm, and casting such spells locally will It has been significantly strengthened, and it also comes with the metamagic effect of 'maximum spell effect'."

Qiao An has also seen the situations Gaina introduced in the literature. Unfortunately, the spells he has mastered do not include any "shadow" spells, and there is no advantage in coming to the world of shadows.

In contrast, Qiao An felt that the environment of the "Star Realm" was more friendly to spellcasters. Spells of any school could be automatically cast instantly in the Star Realm, and no matter what kind of cat or dog they were, they would fly immediately when they arrived in the Star Realm.

"I don't understand magic. I only care about one thing. In this dark place, besides undead creatures, are there any native living people?"

Clark looked around, except for the pale wandering soul flickering with soul fire, there was no sign of living things in his field of vision.

"There are very few creatures native to the Shadow Realm, and most of them live in seclusion. It is difficult for us to have the opportunity to meet them."

Hilde thought about it.

"It is said that at the end of the 'Arcane Era', some residents of the world of Vales migrated to the Shadowlands to avoid the disaster of war. Living in this special environment for a long time, the bodies of the immigrants gradually mutated, and eventually even The blood will become as black as ink, so they can't be regarded as human beings. If these 'shadow people' are returned to the material world now, they will not be able to adapt to life in the sun."

The frost giant changed his expression in fright, and quickly shouted: "I don't want to be like that, let's hurry across the river! Complete the mission as soon as possible, so we can go home quickly."

Joan also had the same plan, tapped the heel of the boot, activated the automatic navigation function of the "Hull boots", and locked the destination on the "Blizzard Palace" of the goddess of the underworld, and then extended a luminous path leading to the river bank under his feet.

Joan walked along the path indicated by the "Hull Boots", and found a crystal arch bridge decorated with gold above the river not far away.

This gorgeous bridge is only suspended by a silk thread as thin as a hair. The bridge body hangs in mid-air, swaying with the wind, and looks thrilling, as if it may collapse at any time.

The navigation path of "Hull Boots" points directly to the suspended crystal bridge, implying that only by passing through this bridge can we cross the river smoothly and reach the underworld on the other side.

Joan was not in a hurry to cross the bridge. He stood on the bank and observed, and found that the ghosts wandering in the wilderness seemed to be drawn by some kind of force. They all gathered at the bridge head and floated up one by one, crossing the River Styx via the crystal bridge. , and their backs disappeared on the opposite bank one after another, thus completing the last journey from life to death, and about to usher in their final destination in Hades.

In addition to the walking ghosts, Joan also saw a very small number of dead souls riding horses or carriages. They looked very dignified. They must have been rich or expensive during their lifetime. However, they still have to pass through the suspended crystal bridge to reach the underworld.

"The mounts and carriages of the dead are funeral objects." Gaina told Joan softly, "Cremation is popular in Niflheim, and rich people always burn a lot of funeral objects, including horses and carriages. , On the journey of the dead to the underworld, there are horses and carts to ride, so it doesn't have to be too hard."

In Joan's opinion, this custom of pushing live horses and good-looking carriages into the fire is a bit barbaric, but at least the people of Niflheim will not burn the dead to be buried with them. In this regard, There are many peoples in the world who are more barbaric than the Niflheimers.

"We are living people, so there is no need to pass the crystal bridge prepared for the dead, can we just fly over the river?" Clark asked Gaina.

The Winter Witch looked down at her leather boots, frowning slightly.

"From our point of view, flying directly over the river is undoubtedly a shortcut, but the 'Hull Boots' suggested that we pass through the crystal bridge, which seems to mean that our intuition is not reliable. The suggestion given by Boots, forcefully leap over the Styx, what unexpected situation will happen next... It’s hard to say.”

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