Chapter 912 [0907] The Boundary Between Life and Death

Kalya knew the Mother of Masks.

He is the origin of the concept of the God of Death in Runeterra. He is a very special concept god. Legend has it that he gives every death god a mask, allowing the masked god of death to harvest the souls of the dead and extradite them to the kingdom of the dead.

This ancient legend has been circulating since the early days of Shurima. Later, Kalya's reputation as the "Death God of the Desert" was largely related to his habit of wearing masks.

However, Kalya had already ascended by that time. As an immortal, he might never be able to touch the boundary between life and death, so he could at most just laugh it off - not that he didn't believe it, but whether he believed it or not. None of it makes sense.

Since they are all immortal, who is still studying the God of Death?

Therefore, he had only heard about it, but did not understand it in detail.

It wasn't until the last time he met Aatrox and listened to the other person's story about his wandering journey, his understanding of life and death, and the various characteristics of the land of the undead that Kalya had a clear understanding of the curtain between life and death. A little subtle understanding.

Therefore, at the beginning, he didn't realize why Maokai looked like this, but he just felt that something was wrong.

This big tree obviously has a lot to do with life and death, and he also respects the Mother of Masks, but when it comes to Kindred and Frog Spirit, he doesn't hide his subtle contempt, as if he is closer than those acting gods of death. On the nature of life and death.

Even when its life was threatened and it was about to be buried and destroyed by the gravel, it still looked extremely calm - is there anything else that can make it closer to the Mother of Masks than those acting gods of death?

Don't tell me, it really does exist.

What is closer to the essence of life and death than the acting God of Death is the mask given to them by the Mother of Masks.

According to legend, the mask given to the God of Death by the Mother of Masks was made from an ancient tree called "Eldrok", but Eldrok actually means "leading to death."

That sounds like a false finger.

But after Maokai, Kalya suddenly felt a little enlightened - if Maokai did reach a certain deal with the Mother of Masks, or received a prophecy about his destiny, then what this prophecy refers to can make The result of its happy acceptance is probably that it will become the non-existent Eldruck tree that leads to death, right?

Realizing this, Kalya tentatively terminated his spell. He wanted to see Maokai's reaction.

Maokai's reaction completely verified his guess. When Maokai discovered that Kalya didn't seem to want to completely embrace death, he became anxious.

"Why stop?"

"Because I don't want to be involved in the whirlpool of life and death." Kalya waved his hand, "I'm afraid I'm not the one who wants to bring you destiny - let me say it again, I just want to go to the land of the undead and visit Yato kes.”

"Then let me say it again, your vitality is very strong and the fire of life is burning. It is impossible to enter that world." Maokai waved his branch dissatisfied, "Even if it is the gap between life and death, you can't enter that world." Can't squeeze in."

"How about this." Seeing that Maokai seemed to have decided that death was inevitable, Kalya had to change his approach, "Tell me first why you said my vitality is very strong, and then I'll see if I should send you there. Accept your fate."

"I can feel it." This question didn't seem to need to be avoided, and Maokai quickly gave the answer, "Life always flows between the body and the soul. No matter how weak the soul is, it must be attached to the body, and no matter how weak it is, Your body also has its own soul - I can see clearly that your soul is constantly flowing. Although you cannot see the source and end, it has never reached the end. "

"But I'm almost dead." Kalya shook his head, "I don't think I still have any vitality."

"Some people look like they are dying in the wind, but their lives are still strong; and some people, although they are extremely strong, are actually about to die." Maokai's words had a bit of a metaphysical meaning, "I won't Mistaken."

"People whose vitality is still strong cannot enter the place between life and death?" Kalya continued to ask, "But what happened to Aatrox - he is still alive, but he is already in the land of the undead. The master."

"He is a stowaway." Maokai's answer was very clear. "And if you want to stowaway like him, you must first deal with the guards."

Good guy, Kalya has seen people who seek death, but never one who seeks death so directly.

However, seeing that the other party did answer the questions Kalya needed, Kalya decided to give Maokai a happy ending.

Send it away first, and then study how to get the gate to the Land of the Undead.

The next moment, as Kalya waved his hand, the quicksand under Maokai began to flow slowly again.

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The huge twisted tree spirit sank little by little under the quicksand, looking very calm and peaceful.

It was obviously enjoying this moment, and as its body gradually sank, a slightly scary smile even appeared on its face.

Obviously, there is nothing in this world worthy of its attachment, and it just wants to embrace death at this moment.

Kalya watched Maokai die quietly, feeling very clearly that a little bit of his life was disappearing.

Then, just as this "euthanasia" was finally completed, Kalya ended the spell, and the twisted tree spirit's body lay on the ground, Kalya felt a heart-pounding spatial fluctuation very clearly.

Before this, Kalya had never felt such an amazing spatial fluctuation. At this moment, it seemed that the spatial laws of the entire world were torn to pieces, and Kalya's small world was almost disconnected from the Rune Land.

It was at this moment that a huge shadow, darker than darkness, completely enveloped Kalya.

The other party picked up Maokai's fallen tree trunk easily as if he had picked up a match. The tough wood seemed like an ordinary piece of plasticine in his hands. Just a simple kneading, the trunk became a row of masks.

The whole process was easy and quick. When Kalya reacted, the other party had already gently put on the mask that he was most satisfied with.

And it was not until this time that Kalya discovered that this guy's face was actually blank.

The next moment, the Masked Mother stretched out a hand and gently pointed at Karya.

Karya instinctively wanted to struggle, but this slowly moving arm seemed to have the magical power to compress space. As it stretched out, it had already touched Karya's forehead.

When Karya touched the Masked Mother's finger, for a moment, he seemed to be stripped of all his senses - just like when he was self-sealed, he could not perceive anything.

However, after that moment, he quickly recovered his perception, and with his perception, he also had a "foreign language".

Yes, Karya seemed to understand a brand new language.

"Don't peek into the curtain of life and death." The Masked Mother wore a mask, and her eyes emitted a faint fluorescence, as if she was looking at Karya, "Or, do you also want to be a part of death?"

Karya looked at the Masked Mother steadily.

As the language of the dead, Ouchen language gave Karya a kind of solitude that was difficult to describe in words, even if he just listened to it.

Considering that this was an invitation from the god of death, what this sentence represents is probably more terrifying than solitude.

However, Karya was very calm.

For him, death was not unacceptable - or, in Karya's many future plans, dying quietly was already a very good ending.

"Does death welcome me too?" The mask on his face showed a smile, and his eyes seemed to light up with interest. "Respected Mother of Masks, although life has brought me a very heavy burden, from my past situation, death does not seem to welcome me."

"Yes, you are not dead yet." The Mother of Masks seemed easy to talk to, "But death is always fair. As long as you are willing, it will always open its arms for you."

"Then, what is the price?" Karya was a little moved, but did not agree, "Death will not accept me easily. Compared with death, I may be more likely to be completely annihilated."

The Mother of Masks waved her hand, picked out a mask from the dozen masks she had just made, and posed a gesture of giving.

"Become a part of death, and death will accept it."

You should have said it earlier.

Seeing the attitude of the Mother of Masks, Kalya knew what she meant - if she was willing to become a proxy god of death like Kindred, then death would accept her.

"But I have lost my immortality." Kalya did not take the mask, "Death should accept me."

"You are unwilling to accept death." The Mother of Masks seemed to have guessed Kalya's answer long ago, and put away the mask, "Leave here, mortal, your life is far from the end, and it is not time for you to explore death."

"I have a small question." Kalya did not leave directly as the other party expected, but instead asked, "If the Rune Land returns to nothingness, does death still have meaning?"

The Mother of Masks seemed a little surprised.

At first, he did not seem to understand Kalya's meaning, but just looked at Kalya quietly.

And Kalya also looked at him quietly, and even showed a "you know" smile on his face, as if he was sure that the Mother of Masks understood what he meant.

"That's different." After a long time, the Mask Mother finally spoke slowly in Ochen language, "Life and death always exist."

"Then, can you allow the respected Mask Mother to be a little flexible?" Kalya continued with a smile, "For the life and death cycle of Runeland."

The Mask Mother looked at Kalya again.

After a long time, He finally nodded imperceptibly, then grabbed a mask again and stretched it to Kalya; at the same time, His other hand grabbed into the air and gently in the empty place.

An invisible curtain was pulled open, and the fluctuation that Kalya had vaguely sensed before appeared in front of him this time very clearly.

The Mask Mother proposed her own deal - accept the gift of death, and wait until everything is over, become a part of death.

Or refuse this gift and let death face everything fairly.

Kalya touched his chin, and then simply ignored the conditions of the Mask Mother.

Furthermore, not only did he not accept the mask, but without being willing to pay the price, he strode straight towards the land of the undead, as if he wanted a reward.

However, the Masked Mother did not refuse.

He just pulled open the curtain of life and death, allowing Kalya to enter the gap between life and death and come to the land of the undead.

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That's right, Kalya calculated that the Masked Mother and Runeland would suffer together, so he was justified to get some convenience from him.

After meeting the Masked Mother, Kalya also saw clearly that Aatrox could smoothly enter the land of the undead and form the Black Mist Legion, largely due to the tacit consent of the Masked Mother.

And the only reason for this tacit consent is that when Runeland is threatened, the Black Mist Legion also needs to stand up to "defend the dignity of death."

Although the Masked Mother cannot give up her duties and use the power of death to target anyone, it is still possible to be a little more flexible and give Aatrox a place to stay in the gap between life and death.

Coincidentally, Kalya's goal is also to defend Runeland and the dignity of death in Runeland-so Kalya is sure that the Masked Mother will give him this face.

Judging from the results, Kalya seemed to have made the right judgment.

The Mother of Masks gave him this face and let him enter the Land of the Undead.

But in reality, any gift had already been secretly marked with a price.

Even Kalya himself did not realize that after entering the Land of the Undead, the mask on his face had many interesting lines on its surface.

These lines were different from any magic circuits Kalya had seen in the past, and they looked like ordinary decorative patterns.

But if Maokai was still there, he would be very surprised, because those seemingly inconspicuous lines actually flowed with death as if it were real.

Although the Mother of Masks failed to give Kalya a mask, she had left her own mark on Kalya's mask - from this perspective, He was much wiser than those false gods on Mount Targon who stole the power of others.

Kalya accepted the help from death.

Then one day, he would definitely pay an equal price.

The Masked Mother was very confident. She believed that Karya was the person in the world who could best understand the essence of death besides herself. When he was willing to accept death calmly, he would become the most reliable proxy god of death.

The curtain of life and death fell quietly, and the brand new mask of the Masked Mother showed a smile as if the plan had succeeded.

However, from an angle that she could not see, Karya's mask also showed an almost identical smile.

It's too early to say this now!

It can be regarded as filling a gap.