For Thousands of Years, My Weakest Brother Has Become a Demon King

   Chapter 20 Skull Temple

  Sigmund looked around as if nervous, but unfortunately there was no light on the way down the elevator, and he couldn't see anything.

   "Don't mention that thing here."

   He whispered to William in a low voice.

"why?"

   Seeing this, William lowered his voice.

   The other party was silent for a while, then said.

   "I'll tell you later, but don't tell me now."

   After about a few minutes, the elevator stopped with a "click" of the gears. Ten beams of orange light lit up from the hands of the ten miners on the elevator, illuminating the originally dark mine cave.

  The main passage of Mine Road No. 9 seems to be able to accommodate three trains running side by side, and the main passage is divided into many branch roads like the branches of a tree, and each branch intersection is hung with simple signs.

   On the stone wall of the mine, there are spots like traces in some places. Under the illumination of the miner's lamp, a faint silver light flashes, and that is the ore containing the source silver.

"Today we are in charge of the No. 3 channel. Everyone pays attention to the brightness of their magic crystal miner's lamp. Don't go too deep into it alone. If the light goes out, go back on the same route. If you lose your way, remember to call for help. Be sure to pay attention at all times, and immediately notify everyone to come here to gather if there is an abnormality.”

   Before getting off the elevator, Sigmunds reminded everyone, everyone sparsely responded to him, and then walked away.

  Sigmons watched everyone go away, and then said to Colt, who had been holding him beside him.

   "Your leg is injured, don't work too hard, come in with me, and I will help you complete your work targets for today."

  Colter shook his head.

   "No need, Uncle Sigmons, it's just a leg injury, and it's just a skin injury, it won't affect it."

   "That's fine, you can go to the depths of the mine with us today, and you too."

   He patted the boy on the head, then turned to William.

   "Don't mention this in front of those people, many of their friends died in that accident."

   "Accident? The aforementioned collapse of the No. 7 mine?"

  William asked simply.

   "That's a nightmare, if I say, the whole Silver Stream Mine should be locked up until the cause is found out."

   Sigmund replied.

   "About two months ago, we dug a burial ground in Pit No. 7."

   "Boneyard?"

"The earliest people claimed to have seen ghosts in the mines. In fact, this kind of thing is not uncommon. After all, every year in the mines, people die because of various accidents. The bodies that died below could not be buried in the cemetery of the City of Thorns. Therefore, ghosts often appear, and people will get used to it after more times. And every year, the church will send clergy down to organize two large-scale blessing ceremonies... It's far away, in short, someone is in a certain area of ​​the No. 7 mine. The location has witnessed ghostly haunts several times."

  In this world where magic and gods really exist, mortal souls will have several destinations after death.

   Most of them will return to the wheel of the world to wash their memories and reincarnate. And if you are a saint, or meet the conditions of certain gods, such as glorious death in battle, it is also possible to enter the kingdom of the gods you believe in and gain eternal life.

   Of course, if you have signed a contract with some Void Kings, or are targeted by Void Kings because of certain characteristics, your soul may also be robbed into the Moon Realm.

   Leaving a ghost after death is a special state. When a person is due to some blessing or curse, or because his obsession is too strong, after death, the soul may leave an afterimage to stay in the world.

   Since it is an afterimage, the ghost is just a memory of the past, and all they can do is repeat the words and deeds of the past. In addition to being a highly credible evidence in court, they basically cannot have any substantive impact on the present, and even without the help of magic to stabilize their existence, they cannot stay in this world for too long. .

   "You mean those ghosts were dressed in the period of the Blackwater Kingdom?"

  William asked in surprise. According to the history that Liliana gave him science, the Rael Empire was the kingdom of Blackwater conquered about 800 years ago. In other words, those ghosts have existed for at least 800 years.

   To make ghosts exist for more than 800 years, there must be something with powerful magic as a medium.

"Yes, at first we thought that the ghosts were the resentment of the miners who died in the mine. It turned out that they were dressed in ancient clothes, a little different from the traditional clothes of the Blackwater Kingdom that people wear on the annual New Year's Day. picture."

   Sigmons continued.

"Although we also reported it, it didn't seem to have attracted much attention. Later, we tried to dig in the direction where the ghost appeared. Finally, after digging a layer of shale, we found a huge buried bone. The ground. Tens of thousands of fossilized skulls piled up into a shrine where the ghosts I saw earlier worshiped."

  Sigmons thought of this, his expression was a little dazed, and he fell into memory.

"A few of us had the guts to walk in, but I couldn't persuade them. The ghosts ignored them at first, but when he got close to the skull temple, they all hit the skull In the temple, an earthquake occurred in the entire No. 7 mine, and several of them were instantly submerged by countless skulls."

   he said and rubbed Colt's hair again.

"The aftermath of the earthquake caused the collapse of Mine 7 and the rest of us were able to get out of it, thanks to Colter's father who lifted the broken support frame, for which one of his legs was crushed. Yes, one eye was blinded by a flying stone. Your father was a lifesaver for us all, Colter."

   "So it was blocked later?"

   asked William.

  Sigmons nodded.

"Later, the Duke first blocked the entire Silver Stream Mine for a month, and sent people to investigate. It is said that after a team of Black Guards of Thorns was damaged, the Duke sent three groups of adventurers to explore, but the first two groups failed to return. The third batch is the most prestigious Blackthorn mercenary group in the city of thorns. Even their chief Cas Durant survived. Of course, you should have heard of what happened later. He became A murderous lunatic."

  William recalled the warning he had given him when he met Cass earlier.

   The Soul Eater Nerubian that first emerged from the Silver Stream Mine.

"Finally, the Duke ordered the closure of the No. 7 mine, and opened the No. 9 mine, which I thought was more difficult to mine. That's it. This is what happened. So now, allow me to ask you. a question?"

  Sigmund stopped, looked at William and said.

   "What is your real identity?"

   (end of this chapter)