The knight in the abyss

Chapter 750 Journey and Faith
"Clam? What does that mean?" Brutal kept rubbing his palm against the handle of the hammer, seeking comfort from the warmth, "To be honest, this place is more like the kingdom of the dead than the place we just left... ..."

"It's not surprising that you feel this way." The scholar glanced around nervously, "As the saying goes, where there is light, there are shadows, and the shadow plane, the predecessor of the Shadowfall Underworld, is the shadow of the main material plane. Later, in order to fight against the former goddess of magic Stella, Shar, the goddess of the night, connected the plane of shadows with the plane of negative energy, thus creating the Shadowfall Underworld. Everything here comes from the real world, but what it shows is Its darkest, most sinister version..."

"You mean, for a certain city that exists in the real world, there will also be a corresponding city here?" Aramiel raised his mace.Under normal circumstances, this magical weapon should be as bright as a torch, but at this moment it only emitted a very weak light. This scene made the elf feel a little familiar.

"Yes." Kalarin nodded, "and not only the cities, you'll even recognize some familiar mountains, rivers, forests, and lakes, but the Shadowfall can somehow distort and corrupt them. As for the specific form, I am afraid we will have to wait for us to discover it ourselves."

"From the appearance of those trees, I can make a general guess." Lancelow looked at the almost pure black plants not far away. Even with his eyesight, he couldn't see any tree-like trees in the shadow of the trunk. The texture of the skin, "However, what I am most concerned about is the possibility of danger. What are the characteristics of the residents of this level? What kind of enemies will we encounter? Is there anything that needs special attention?"

"All creatures that exist on the material plane are likely to meet their shadow versions on this plane. Compared with the normal version, shadow creatures are more evil and cunning, with excellent concealment ability, and at the same time It can send out attacks with negative energy characteristics. This characteristic can directly damage the life energy of the target, but it has completely the opposite effect on little Isha..."

"That's right." Lancelot turned to look at the little vampire beside him, "How do you feel now?"

"It feels... great!" Little Isa's eyes shone with surprise, "I don't know if this is an appropriate description, but it's like the fish finally returned to the water..."

"This is normal. The life energy we usually talk about is actually positive energy, but for undead creatures like you, negative energy is your life energy, and the Shadowfall Underworld is a plane dominated by negative energy. That's why you feel very comfortable." Kara Lin wanted to show a smile to little Isa, but found that it seemed difficult for him to make that expression.

"You wanted to laugh just now, didn't you?" Lancelow roughly recognized the scholar's intentions, "I've felt weird since just now, it seems that this plane not only takes away the light and color, but also Suppress any positive emotions."

"Yes, for ordinary people, once they stray into the Shadowfall, it is easy to become more and more desperate, and finally fall into complete madness. Both the priest and I have some spells that can help us fight against this influence, but any time It will become more and more difficult as time goes by." Kara Lin shrugged helplessly, "In addition, there is a demiplane called Terrible Realm in Shadowfall, and their entrances do not have any obvious The characteristic is that after a strange fog passes, you will find that the environment around you has changed."

"Demi-plane? Is it the kind of demi-plane created by Tijana?"

"Essentially... more or less. It is said that there is some kind of powerful and evil being in every realm of terror. They are called dark lords, and those demiplanes are both their kingdom and their cage. Unfortunately Once a traveler is trapped in this half-plane, it will be difficult to leave..."

"I bet my beard that we will enter at least one of those ghost places next." Brutal said sullenly, "We've been talking for a long time, shouldn't it be time to act?"

"No problem." Karaline reached into his backpack and took out the scroll given by the succubus lord again.Generally speaking, a scroll will become blank after being used once, but this scroll is a bit special—according to Tijana's introduction, the spells stored on it can be cast a total of nine times, and after that, there will be a burst of inextinguishable magic Turned to ashes in the flames.

"What are you waiting for?" The dwarf looked strangely at the scholar who suddenly started to daze, "Is there a beautiful woman painted on it?"

"Your sense of humor is comparable to that of the king of the dead." The scholar gave him an annoyed look, "Wait a minute, I can make some changes to this scroll, the effect will definitely be better..."

"Can you still do that kind of thing?" Lancelot's eyes widened curiously, "The power of Silver Fire?"

"It should be. It was difficult for me to even understand this spell before, but now I have a lot of wonderful inspiration..." Kara Lin's fingers lit up with a faint blue light, and he began to paint on the scroll Hua, "Praise the goddess of magic, this gift from her is like giving a pair of glasses to a myopia patient, it is so easy to use..."

"It sounds like you are already a believer in the goddess of magic?"

"Of course." Kara Lin nodded affirmatively, and the movements of his hands did not stop at all, "You know? My biggest dream is to become a real wizard, but because of my own talent, I couldn't achieve it, so I became a wizard." I am a famous scholar, and later joined the Dark Order because of my personal interest... It is hard for you to imagine, when the goddess of magic told me that she liked the spells I created, what kind of ecstasy and emotion it was..."

"I know that feeling, my friend." Aramir nodded lightly from the side, "Only true believers can experience it."

"Uh, can you explain a little bit for a... hypocrites like me?"

"Words are hard to describe that state. If you have to explain it, it's a bit like the feeling of spiritual connection." Alamir frowned and said, "At that moment, you will clearly realize that He understands your pain and desire, and you You also understand His will and... some kind of grand desire. You know that you are no different from that great existence in essence, and you can merge into one at any time, and you also look forward to that day coming soon..."

"That doesn't sound...it doesn't seem to be very..." Lancelot considered the words, "Exciting?"

"The journey will always end." Alamiel sighed meaningfully, "As a priest, maybe I shouldn't say such a thing, but as a mortal, only after knowing the end point, I will In the mood to enjoy the scenery along the road..."

"Understandable." The human knight nodded, "But what about those unbelievers? What's their situation?"

"They...are either outright lunatics, or possess unimaginable courage." The elf priest squinted at him. "I don't think you are in the former case, but I'm not particularly sure."

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