Pivot of the Sky

Amon nodded, “I'm ready, but can we take a little break? ”

Goddess Mu Yun laughed: “You are tired these past three days too, you can't eat any food in the underworld, drink a sip of water there, even water droplets condensed by water element magic, you really need to rest and prepare... I will come back at dusk, you can't walk forward here alone, don't go in first. ”

She disappeared and left Amon alone in this bleak canyon. The light is dark and there is no sound in the vicinity, but there is always something in the ears that can be heard in very distant places, but it is not true. The huge cave in front of the cliffs is dark, and I don't know how far it leads, like a huge mouth that's ready to enter.

Standing here, the whole body of cold hair consciousness is erected, a moment of unspeakable chills straight into the bone marrow, infinite fear does not transfer with the will of man, no one can be afraid! Goddess Mu Yun just walked away and told Amon not to go forward. The cave seemed to have a strange power to inhale the human soul, and whoever stood here would have to struggle backwards, just trying to stay away.

The black mountain cliffs, both facing inwards, seemed like huge shadow clamps, a sense of compression can't breathe, once you turn back, you can't help but run faster and never have the courage to go back to this place.

Amon pressed the backward thoughts of his heart, and he had a feeling, or merely a guess, that the Goddess of Mu Yun was not far away, but was watching him somewhere. She deliberately left him here, and as long as he retreated, I'm afraid he won't have the courage to come back alone, then it's not like the goddess has failed to keep her word. It seems she really doesn't want to take him into the Underworld, creating all sorts of tests and obstacles.

Amon cleaned up his body in a messy rock under a cliff and then sat down to rest. Removed the secret meat sauce from his backpack and made a pot of thick soup. He drank it not only to fill his heart with hunger, but also to use it to eliminate the scary feeling in his heart. The scary smell in the surrounding environment continued to strike deep into his soul.

He was indeed prepared to hide the bone under his ribs. Amon already knows that even a god like Mu Yun Goddess cannot sense its existence. In the strange space of the bone, there are not only important things that he must carry, but also food and drinking water. If he falls into the underworld, enough to hold it for a long time, even the magic stones in the staff are removed and placed in the bone.

After eating, he began to practise the basic meditation of the divine arts with his eyes closed, but felt that the environment was very wrong. There was always an unnamed force in the cave ahead that disturbed the soul. Not that his mindset is not deep enough, on the contrary, the more focused his meditation is, the clearer and stronger he experiences the power of disturbance.

It seems to be a kind of magic, but it is not any kind of magic known to Ammon, which is not mentioned in the scriptures left by the old lunatics. The scope of this power is so great that there should be a huge array of divine magic, arranged through special environments and other things, the effect of which seems to be to control and manipulate the human spirit, leaving people somehow trapped in an unknown, invisible and marginalized world.

The sun can't shine here, but you can feel the sky and time change. Outside the canyon, the sun shadow is moving west. The sun is getting darker and darker, and the shady atmosphere is getting thicker and almost indelible. When darkness reaches its extremes, it no longer darkens. Amon opened his eyes and detected that the magic combined with his eyes could see the surrounding scenery, but they were all black and white without color.

He closed his eyes and continued to rest without wasting a tiny chance to regain strength. After some time, suddenly it seemed as if he had been frightened. Amon jumped from the ground and squeezed his staff with his eyes wide open. --He felt that the cloudy power suddenly burst out of the huge cave silently, something came out of it!

Looking up, it turns out that there is a human shadow coming out of the cave, wrapped in the darkness, and at the same time a voice bursts into Amon's mind: "Who are you? How dare you stop in front of Queen Erebe's underworld! ”

This sound makes people feel like something cold and slippery attaches to the bone, making people feel cold and chestnut, but Amon feels a little strange. The other party is not a god or a ghost, it should be a living person! Detection of theology can sense his presence, this person did not deliberately converge breath, and the body is also genuine, but can not sense more. Amon just feels that the other party is deeply unpredictable, and the realm of theology is far more intelligent than his own.

Amon tried to remain calm and not shake his voice and bowed deeply: “My name is Amon, and I come with the Goddess of Mu Yun to enter the underworld to meet my dead loved ones. ”

The man's voice suddenly got sharp: "Bullshit! How did the Mourin Goddess get to the realm of King Erepi? ”

“He's not bullshitting. I did bring him here!... the guardian of the Underworld Gateway, please inform the Pluto.” Mu Yun's voice came from behind her again, and then she appeared over Amon and walked to the guardian of the underworld called Netti.

In a strange dark world, Mu Yun's figure is the only scene with color and shine, not blended in by this pervasive shadow. Neti bowed deeply: "Goddess Mu Yun, it was really you, but your sister will not welcome you into her realm. ”

Mu Yun coldly said: "It is a matter between the gods, just let them know. ”

Nettie bowed again and disappeared into the dark after her figure. Goddess Mu Yun's voice echoed in Amon's mind: "Amon, I deliberately left you alone in this shady place, and if you cannot protect your soul in this environment, you will be lost in the underworld. Ahead is Anunaki's underworld, the divine domain of my sister, the goddess Erepi. ”

Goddess' voice contains a strange information theology, and Ammon not only hears her words, but also a series of explanatory messages that are printed directly into his mind ——

The so-called Anunaki is not the name of a god, but a group of gods, or a divine system. Anu, Enrir, Marduk, Mu Yun, and Hereby, the master of the former Underworld, all known to Ammon, belong to this divine family. Mu Yun also implicitly explains another message, such as the legend that Enrir is Marduk's uncle and grandfather of Goddess Mu Yun, which is not the kind of kinship between people, but only an expression that mortals can understand. What the real situation is, it's not clear to Amon, and the Queen of the Underworld, Erebe, is really Mu Yun's sister.

The theological domain of the Anunaki system is vast and encompasses the vast boundaries of Assyria, Hati and the Kingdom of Baron. Mu Yun did not explain much about what the Divine Domain was. Complex information puzzled Amon a little, and if he wasn't mistaken, Mu Yun asked him to lead the surviving children of Duke Town back to their homeland and build her own shrine. Anyway, the divine domain of another goddess lies ahead, so go inside and see if you can find some clues.

Netti returned quickly, like a shadow coming out of the darkness, once again to the front of the Goddess of Mu Yun: “Lord Erepi, allow you to take people into her divine domain, but when you pass through every door, leave something on you, which is the rule of the Underworld. ”

Mu Yun's divinity is somewhat resentful and embarrassing: “I know the rules, I didn't expect her to do the same with me, this is humiliating another god! ”

Nettie said cautiously: "I'm just passing on a message, if you don't want to, don't go in. ”

Mu Yun seemed angry and arrogant: “As a god, I have promised, of course, to fulfill my promises. ”

Nettie made a gesture on her side: “Then follow me! ”

The gatekeepers of the Underworld led the way, and Amon followed the Goddess of Mu Yun to enter that strange unknown world. As the footsteps cross the dividing line at the edge of the cliff, they seem to suddenly cross the dividing line of the human yin and yang, and all the surrounding landscapes disappear in an instant.

An infinite darkness, perhaps, cannot be described as darkness, because nothing can be seen and there is no natural feeling of light in the eyes. Running the detection magic to the limit, with the exception of the inner tip in front, there is nothing to sense around, and Amon even feels like he's disappeared.

The only thing he could see in his eyes was Moulin Goddess, who seemed to exist independently in this empty world.

Entering this first door, Amon, though unable to see Netti, could sense that he had stopped in the darkness not far away and turned to Mu Yun: “Goddess, please remove the crown. ”

The golden crown on Mu Yun's head, woven into rings of flowers, seemed to have been taken away by an invisible hand and disappeared somewhere before they proceeded.

Amon felt like he was walking in the void without knowing where to step. There seemed to be no concept of time and space, nor how long he had walked. Suddenly, the sensation of detection magic changed and seemed to cross an invisible barrier again. Then he stopped and turned around: "Goddess, please leave your staff behind.” Then only Mu Yun's ivy cane with green leaves disappeared.

Entering the second portal of the Underworld is not utterly silent. Although nothing can be seen or heard, and people are as dead as ever, in this environment the presence of the soul can be more clearly experienced. Countless thoughts came from all sides and were printed into Amon's mind. It was the will and desire of all kinds of people in the world.

These are not voices, not images, but thoughts that are directly reflected in the mind, including fears of death, enquiries into the world of the dead, pleading to remain in the world, expressions of regret and resentment for unfinished wishes, etc. Amon suddenly reacted, which should be a human prayer and prayer to the gods, because Erebe was Queen of the Underworld, so much of what people prayed to her.

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