Chapter 293 Unfair!
The body of the stray dog that visited late at night decomposed into numerous thin black and white hairs. These hairs spread and twisted on the wall, covering the entire rental house into a weird black and white jungle.
The air smelled of damp and rust.
Where the pirate dog had crouched before, a tall silhouette was cast on the wall.
It had a huge three-pronged head - if that could be called a head. The three-pronged head almost touched the ceiling, and under the neck was a twisting, constantly expanding and contracting amorphous mass.
Lu Yao used Isabel's eyeballs to activate the [True Vision Curse].
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[Cerberus LV62] Haro [Duel Stance] [Weak]
HP: 3300/3300 Mana: 1051/2991 Damage: 35 Defense: 29 Speed: 14 [Soul Torturer]
It has a strong suppressive power over all the dead.
[Corruption Mastery LV17]
By devouring corpses or rotten matter, you can slowly restore your health and mana, and gain information attached to the rotten matter.
[Toxin Immunity]
Most toxins are ineffective.
[Hunter's Secret LV5]
By identifying the touched objects or related objects, the specific coordinates of the prey in a certain world can be locked.
【Duel Stance LV2】
Restores true form, showing the full form of his prime. The duration of the duel stance is related to the level of this ability.
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At one o'clock in the middle of the night, a duel suddenly started in the rental house and ended at the speed of light.
“It’s not fair!”
The pirate dog lay exhausted on the ground, with the Blood Knight's broadsword and the Tyrant's bone sword pressed against its neck, and Isabel's holy sword floating above its forehead.
It raised its head with an effort: "A duel is one on one! Three of you against one! Not fair!"
Lu Yao held the ribs and took a sip of the soft, glutinous and spicy meat.
"We live in a society ruled by law now, and dueling is no longer popular."
The pirate dog looked unwilling.
Lu Yao was shocked at first. How could a strange dog suddenly appear out of nowhere?
Through the Curse of True Sight, he discovered that this pirate dog was not weak. It could still have this data panel even with [Weakness]. It was a pity that it encountered the three apostles.
It is normal to be defeated and captured.
Although he really wanted to know the origin of the dog, it was more important to have a midnight snack. If the hot ribs were cooled, the flavor and taste would be much worse.
Lu Yao continued to eat the steak with Coke.
Isabel interrogated the captive: "Where did you get this dog from?"
"I'm not a dog!"
Haro stiffened his neck and said, "Don't insult me! I'm not a primitive creature like a dog!"
It's a bit unconvincing for a Dalmatian to say this.
Isabel frowned: "Are you a wolf?"
"Not a wolf either!"
Harrow bared his teeth in anger: "I am Harrow the Sleepless. I come from the noble underworld and am one of the Cerberus who guards the gate to the underworld!"
Underworld?
Lu Yao wiped his mouth with a tissue: "The underworld you are talking about, is it the underworld where all the dead go, or the underworld that tortures ghosts?"
"The underworld does not torture ghosts. Even though you are the Navigator, you cannot slander us!"
Although Haro had a sword stuck in his neck, he still tried hard to protect his hometown.
Lu Yao was thinking while eating ribs.
In the legends and myths recorded by humans, people in different regions have different definitions and understandings of the underworld.
Now it seems that the underworld may really exist.
"Let's talk about the underworld." Lu Yao said.
"You are dreaming! Even if you kill me, I will never betray the underworld!"
Although Haro became a prisoner, he still had a strange sense of arrogance and persistence.
Lu Yao placed the bowl in front of it, with a piece of steak left in it.
"What do you mean?"
Harold said angrily: "I am not a dog! You are sending away a beggar!"
"No, this is a little midnight snack for the visiting guests."
Lu Yao took off his disposable gloves and clapped his hands: "We have had enough sparring and quarreling, now let our guests go."
Isabel and the other two put away their weapons, but they did not move. They continued to stare at this outsider from the underworld, ready to subdue him at any time.
Hello hesitated for a moment, licked his nose with his tongue, looked at the braised pork ribs with the right amount of fat and lean meat in the bowl in front of him, tried hard to move his eyes away, but still couldn't help looking into the bowl.
"Since you are so polite, thank you for the hospitality..."
It mumbled something, buried its head in the bowl, and began to chew the bones voraciously.
It wasn't long before Haro had licked a large piece of ribs until only the white, dry bones were left.
After eating Lu Yao's meal, the pirate dog became much more polite and courteous: "I am very grateful for your hospitality when I visit you late at night."
"Before, I just wanted to get closer and further examine Cancong's memory. I had no ill intentions. It stored its memories with you, so it must trust you very much. Please forgive my recklessness."
"It's okay, let's make friends."
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Lu Yao followed up with, "Hello, I'm curious, what is the underworld like?"
"In various human records and oral traditions, some say that the underworld is a place where the dead are imprisoned, some say it is a cage for punishing ghosts, and some say it is a place where the dead and the living are reincarnated."
Harrow squatted on the ground in a proper posture and said, "Lord Hades forbids leaking the real-time situation of the underworld to the outside world."
"However, since you are the honorable Navigator, I will give you a brief introduction that does not violate the oracle."
"The Underworld is the same as this place. It is a nearly solidified high-dimensional area. It is a general term for a large collection of worlds. The God of the Underworld is the ruler and defender of the Underworld."
"Unlike this world, the underworld is connected to many worlds by a special rule. The lower dimension world is constantly moving, and the dead will be transformed into ghosts and led into the Sea of Death, which is the Styx of the underworld. On the other hand, the higher dimension is static and ghosts cannot be naturally produced."
“It’s a one-way anchor.”
The word "anchor" brought back Lu Yao's memories.
The Golden Plains has the ability to [Anchor the World], but the prerequisite is that the world level must be overlapped first.
Harrow continued: "One-way anchoring allows the deceased to follow the transmission and continuity of the power of the world's rules, pass through one world after another, and enter the underworld..."
Under the power of the world's rules, the ghosts are drawn to the underworld, their final destination. They are like a group of meteorites flying in the universe, shuttling through the vast and boundless dimension.
Unlike meteorites, ghosts are pulled, transmitted and gathered by one world after another, just like a long-distance train bound for a distant place, stopping temporarily at each station and then continuing on the road with new passengers.
After a long journey to death, he will finally arrive at the gathering place of the dead, the Sea of the Underworld.
Lu Yao was curious: "During the long journey, will the ghost be intercepted or stranded?"
"some."
Haro couldn't help but lick the bottom of the bowl. "Life and death are free. If they don't want to go to the land of the dead, we won't force them. Anyway, it's just a tradition formed by rules."
An idea popped into Lu Yao's mind.
If that's the case... wouldn't it be possible to place some Grim Reapers in other simulator worlds, have them intercept some of the undead, and send them to Saniro, the City of the Dead?
There is one more source of population! Lu Yao directly asked Haro about this idea.
Its eyes widened: "This..."
"No?"
Lu Yao was a little disappointed.
As a high-dimensional world with a long history, the underworld can be unidirectionally anchored at many levels of world rules, and its strength is unquestionable.
It would be more trouble than good to anger the underworld just for the ghost population.
"It's not impossible. The underworld doesn't matter."
Haro scratched his head vigorously with his claws. "The dragon clan does the same. Most of the dead dragons will not enter the underworld, but will remain in the dragon tomb."
"It's just that there are a series of difficulties in intercepting ghosts passing by the outside world. It's much more difficult than it seems. It's time-consuming and laborious, and it's hard to achieve results. I think you'd better give up this plan."
"Understood. Thanks for the reminder."
Lu Yao asked Hello: "Eat some more?"
“Okay, okay!”
Harrow licked his nose.
He served two more ribs over a low fire and placed the plate respectfully in front of Harold.
"Hello, why did you leave your hometown and come here?"
Lu Yao's words made the pirate dog look melancholy, as if the ribs in the bowl were no longer fragrant.
"I came here for a duel, a life-and-death duel that was scheduled many years ago."
“But when I got here, I couldn’t find it.”
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