Chapter 3257

The hound nodded in a very human-like way:

"Please rest assured, it is definitely safe here. This cabin originally belonged to the 'Gravekeeper.' Even though the Gravekeeper no longer exists, no undead would dare to disturb this place."

"So what exactly is a Gravekeeper? Some powerful undead individual?"

Teresa couldn't help but ask, but the hound shook its head quite seriously:

"If you hadn't saved me and my daughter, I would never have dared to speak this news... The 'Gravekeeper' was an angel."

Including Miss Violet, everyone had not expected this answer:

"Which god's..."

"Not the master of here and now, but the master of then and there."

The hound spoke quite restrainedly, its tail drooping uneasily:

"This place was once a portal between life and death. Back then, when the master who presided over the fated death was still present, the owner of this cabin kept watch here over the coming and going of the undead. In the unknown years after the curtain of the old days fell, the former owner of this cabin left this place, but still, no undead dared to enter here."

"But why were you and your daughter able to enter here?"

Miss Liyade asked boldly, and the hound replied:

"Because we received an invitation. You are staying here temporarily, so you have the power to invite us to enter."

The Witch Empress thought more:

"How do you know this information? Where is the source of the information?"

"The 【Corpse Tree】 has been here for many years. Because time and space are chaotic, I cannot say how long, but for so many years, the number of corpses that tree has devoured is more than the sum of the corpses it devoured in the world of the living. If it weren't for the fact that this world does not allow this tree to be too powerful, and I have been suppressing it, it would have gone out of control long ago.

After this tree devours a corpse, it can obtain part of the corpse's memories, and I can also flip through the memories that gradually dissipate with the surge of spirits within the tree, just like reading a book. Those ancient rumors and stories were all brought by the corpses the tree devoured, so that is why I know so many things."

It was also a bit afraid of Miss Violet. Although it looked normal when talking to the blonde Witch Empress, Xia De noticed that it was tucking its tail.

"I have some understanding of the angel of the master of then and there. So, specifically, which angel is it?"

The hound hesitated before speaking:

"I am one of the dead; I dare not speak that name, but that angel's death number is '4'."

This meant that the angel here was the fourth angel created by the "Ancient Death God." Xia De looked at Sister Belen. Although the fire-carrying nun was not necessarily part of the 【Spirit Cultivation Order】, one of the branches of the Ancient Death God sect, from the beginning, at least in the late Fifth Era, fire-carrying nuns dressed like this certainly belonged to the 【Spirit Cultivation Order】.

Sister Belen then whispered the answer:

"The fourth angel created by the Old God - 【Ancient Death God】 - the Requiem Angel, responsible for guarding eternal silence."

Because of his past experiences, Xia De immediately guessed whether that missing "Requiem Angel" was the master of this realm of the dead, whether the angel had turned into a god. But then he immediately denied this conjecture; the Old God "God of Graves" clearly already existed when the Old God was still present, which overlapped with the time that the Old God's angel existed, so the two could not be the same entity.

"So it was this one. Many existing techniques for soothing out-of-control souls originate from that one... Is there any more information about that Requiem Angel?"

Miss Violet also asked the nun, but the nun shook her head slightly:

"Sorry, Your Majesty, the ancient data has been lost for a long time, and the Death God's angels have always been mysterious and unpredictable."

"Because this box might be a creation left behind by that angel, is that why we were able to get help from here?"

Teresa looked at the dilapidated wooden box at the end of the bed with great awe, and the others agreed with this guess.

However, even if they knew the secrets of the former owner of this house, it was of no great help to everyone at this time. The angel had been gone for a long time, and it was unlikely that they would return just because of the arrival of this group of people; this news only helped everyone confirm the safety of this house.

Xia De then continued to ask the next question:

"Do you know anything about the master of this kingdom?"

The hound suddenly became more cautious; it protected its child, who was boldly staring at Little Mia, in its arms:

"This place is the kingdom of that Great One. Most of the things I know cannot be said directly, otherwise the Great One will surely sense it and watch us... Actually, you have probably already been watched."

Xia De made no comment:

"Just tell me what you can say."

"The god is right here, in the core great tomb in the center of this wasteland. The so-called 'core' does not refer to the center of time and space in the usual sense, but the center in a conceptual sense. Legend has it that the core great tomb is the location of the portal where this place communicated with true death in ancient times.

At that time, thousands upon thousands of souls came here from the world of the living, broke through the tomb's sealing soil, crossed the tombstone wasteland, passed through the thirteen gates cast with soul iron, and under the witness of angels and supplicants, weighed the weight of their own souls, and finally entered into that deepest darkness. That is where the end is, and that is where the destination is."

It emphasized:

"The above are all rumors; I don't know if they are true. But in this era, there is definitely no way to find a path for the soul to move on here; this is certain."

As its voice fell, a voice sounded in Xia De's ear:

【Outsider, you have obtained part of the secret regarding the Old God "King of Bones" (1/3): The Old God's throne sealed the Gate of the Dead, intercepted the souls that should have departed, and forged its own kingdom.】

"So, I just need to find two more to complete the task, right?"

And Miss Liyade was again frightened by the topic of gods, after all, she had been thrown in because she tried to steal from a temple.

She said tremblingly:

"Since the passage to death here is in the core great tomb, then the road to reality won't be there, right? Otherwise, wouldn't it be strange for two passages to be together?"

She was just trying not to think about the worst-case scenario, but Xia De happened to think of the "portal room" with many portals in Sylvia's tower.

"Where the portal to the world of the living is, I don't know. None of the corpses eaten by the Corpse Tree know this."

The hound shook its head, turned back to rub against its restless daughter, and continued:

"Also, do you feel that the surface part of the wasteland is very large because of spatial anomalies? But in fact, the most critical area of this kingdom is the underground great cemetery. The surface is the residue of the past, and the underground is the main area where the Old God's power radiates.

The Tombstone Wasteland-Underground Cemetery area was built by the Old God himself. From the memories of ancient souls, in the era when the original master of death was still there, the underground part of the wasteland did not exist."

"We haven't found the entrance to the underground part yet, and if it's not absolutely necessary, we don't need to go underground."

Xia De said, comforting Miss Liyade and Miss Teresa, who was worrying secretly. Miss Violet, on the other hand, didn't look worried at all; she just held her teacup and looked at Xia De very elegantly, and the dilapidated environment around her couldn't hide the strange light that naturally radiated from her.

"Finally, I told you about the common monsters that mainly exist here, and you have already encountered the Jazz and the Knight yourself. They don't necessarily know as much as I do, but I know there are three existences on the wasteland that must know more secrets: the Ghoul Hou Jue, Lady Swelling, and the Grave Digger of the Underworld Coffin.

The former has devoured too many corpses and become larger than a mountain; Lady Swelling is a terrifying ancient evil; no one knows her true face; the last Grave Digger is the God-Chosen One selected by the master of this place, and after death, the god bestowed power upon him to let him watch over this world."

The hound warned:

"The Ghoul Hou Jue shouldn't be interested in you, you aren't corpses; I don't know the situation with Lady Swelling, but try not to contact her; as for the Grave Digger, if it discovers you, you're dead."

It used the answers to three questions to help the five living people outline the general situation of this world. The vast surface and underground world, the seemingly endless number of undead, the evil things and evil god's minions wandering between the tombstones, as well as the lost ancient legends, the missing ancient god's angels, and the Old God hiding deep secrets—here, like the "City of Eternal Night," there were still too many things Xia De didn't know.

His time was limited, and he certainly couldn't know all the secrets of this place thoroughly. Based on the information provided by the hound, the next actions needed to be more cautious; no one wanted to really face the god of this place.

"So Xia De, what should we do next?"

The blonde Miss Violet asked, appearing to have handed the command of the "team" to Xia De. After all the witches looked at him, he said:

"We now have 24 funerary items and one shovel, and knowing the exit to leave only requires 13 funerary items. I know that during the period of finding the exit and truly leaving, we might need to consume more funerary items, but even so, we are still very wealthy now.

So, I want to consume 7 of them to first try to help Sister Belen find the First Flame. On one hand, this can help us know in advance what dangers those special tombs have, making it convenient for us to prepare for the final departure action; on the other hand, Sister Belen's level is twelfth-tier, the highest level among us.

Finding the flame of the First Flame will make her stronger, which provides more security for us to face the 'thirteen funerary items tomb'."

He looked at the four witches:

"I know this matter only involves me and Sister Belen. I can go on the adventure with her, and you can wait for us here."

PS: The picture in this chapter is "Ancient Death."

(End of chapter)