Chapter 227 The Image of the Egyptian God of Death
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Azik grabbed Hobert's shoulder: "Recall the location of the ruins in your mind."
"Wait a moment!" Hobert took out a 2 soli banknote and placed it on the carriage seat, then said to the coachman, "I want to get off."
Otherwise, the taxi driver would definitely think he had seen a ghost! A perfectly fine passenger just disappeared.
After hearing Hobert's voice, the coachman immediately stopped the carriage by the side of the street. He waited for a long time but the passenger didn't get out: "Sir, sir?"
He came to the back to take a look, but the carriage was empty.
Fortunately, there was a 2 soli fare in the carriage, which made him think that he hadn't noticed when the passenger got off, and he didn't think otherwise.
At this time, the coachman's passenger, Mr. Hobert, was being held by Azik's shoulder, traveling in the spirit world.
In the spirit world, there were gorgeous colored mists and all kinds of spirit world creatures. What made Hobert feel most novel was that his feet were not on the ground. He and Azik were in mid-air.
To be precise, the spirit world does not have the concept of "ground". There is no concept of up, down, left, and right here, and even no concept of distance. Although they seemed to be standing still, Hobert knew that if they left the spirit world at this time, they would have long been far away from the position when they entered the spirit world.
Before entering the spirit world, Azik told Hobert not to look directly at the creatures of the spirit world.
Hobert lowered his head slightly, only using the corner of his eye to observe everything around him.
Suddenly, Hobert saw an ancient black coffin in a cloud of black mist.
It stood there, seemingly noticing Hobert. Although there were no eyes on the coffin, Hobert realized that the other party was staring at him.
Hobert withdrew his gaze, not daring to "look directly" at the other party.
At this moment, everything around seemed to be splashed with oil paint, and began to become abstract and unreal.
These abstract and unreal colors gradually "solidified", and Hobert saw them turn into trees and rocks, weeds and mounds.
At this time, they were already on a hillside outside Bakerland, from where they could see the camp at the foot of the mountain.
That was the camp of Jacob's mercenary group. At this time, they had already transported away the valuable antiques, but there were still more than a dozen people finishing up.
They first filled in the entrance to the ruins, and then dismantled the camp.
Azik asked, "Is it here?"
"Yes." Hobert said, "Probably directly below."
Then Hobert felt a blur in front of his eyes, and his vision was quickly covered by darkness. They had already arrived in the ruins.
Hobert smiled wryly: Do these big shots like to be lazy so much? They'd rather walk the spirit world than take the right path.
Hobert had prepared in advance, turned on the flashlight, and led the way.
Yes, at this moment in Backlund , there were already flashlights. The reason why it was called a "flashlight" instead of a flashlight was because the shape of the flashlight was a bit like a table lamp carried in the hand.
Its main structure was a large battery, in the middle was a round light that shone forward, and on top was a handle. The overall structure was a rectangle, so it couldn't be called a flashlight "tube".
Now there is no civilian version of the flashlight. Hobert bought the military version from the mercenary club. It is very heavy and can be used not only for lighting but also as a weapon. At least it is better than a brick.
For Hobert, this "high-tech" product has two flaws. The first flaw is that he has to change the light bulb frequently. Light bulbs have also been invented, but the quality is very poor. Most light bulbs can only work for hundreds of hours, so they have to be changed frequently.
The second flaw is that it costs money, because light bulbs are not only of poor quality but also very expensive.
However, Hobert still bought one when he saw the flashlight, uh, no, one unit.
Because the flashlight provides a much better field of vision in the dark than an oil lamp, and it is windproof, rainproof, and can also be used for self-defense. It has many more uses than an oil lamp.
Of course, Hobert thought that after he became a high sequence, his body would undergo qualitative changes, and he would be able to see things clearly in the dark without lamps. That is another story.
Carrying the flashlight he bought on impulse, Hobert came to the noble courtyard in the ruins and pointed out the entrance to the underground structure to Azik.
"This seal is very exquisite." Azik smiled, and as he spoke, he raised his hand and lightly tapped to break the seal that Dophis had spent a lot of effort to create.
Then the two lifted the stone slab, Azik in front and Hobert behind, and entered the underground structure of the ruins.
Azik instructed, "When I tell you to close your eyes later, close them immediately."
The terrifying memory that made Hobert feel terrified was awakened again. He swallowed: "Okay!"
After walking along the underground corridor for more than twenty minutes, Azik suddenly stopped and said, "I know what's going on. This door hides itself most of the time and is constantly changing its position."
Saying this, he took out a small dagger, cut his finger, squeezed out one or two drops of blood, and smeared it evenly on the stone wall.
The stone wall immediately became illusory, and the shape of a door appeared, emitting a light that made people feel cold all over.
Azik said, "Close your eyes!"
Hobert immediately closed his eyes, and the feeling of fear and oppression that swept through his body reappeared.
But the huge sense of oppression only lasted for ten seconds, and Mr. Azik said, "Okay, you can open your eyes now."
That's it?
Although he had doubts in his heart, Hobert still trusted Mr. Azik. He opened his eyes and first saw a bizarre door in front of him.
Standing inside the door was a creature more than one person tall with the head of a dog and the body of a human. It closed its eyes tightly, its body was covered with black hair, and the expression on its face was very kind and reassuring.
Just seeing this face can calm people's minds.
This image is very similar to the image of the Egyptian god Anubis in Hobert's memory.
"This is the Black Hound Spirit Beast," Azik explained, "Seeing it reminds me of some knowledge. It is said to be the guardian of the ancient death god, and its heart is one of the main materials for Sequence 3 of the 'Death' pathway."
"But the state of this Black Hound Spirit Beast is very strange. First of all, it has the Beyonder characteristics of the complete Sequence 3 'Ferryman' in its body, and it is already dead."
"Well, or rather, no one can completely kill it, because it is already dead."
Azik paused and then said, "But I can use the power of the underworld to extract the Beyonder characteristics from it. It will no longer have terrifying power, only retaining the state of not rotting in this state of death and moving slowly and freely."
"But my spirituality tells me that if I borrow a large amount of power from the underworld here, it will cause very terrible consequences."
Hobert asked, "Is this a zombie or a living corpse?"
"A different state. It will not rot until the end of time." Azik said, "I suspect it has been blessed by the ancient death god."
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