Ring of Fate

Chapter 773 Egg

For a moment, Lumian didn't know whether the "Power Box", a special item from the "Broker" channel, had any negative effects.

Yes, "encountering a transaction with evil creatures such as the devil" actually prevented a possible battle to some extent. If there was no "negative effect", Lumian suspected that he would be attacked the moment he was discovered by the sheep-faced devil, instead of being asked if he needed meat. This seems to be a manifestation of the "Shadow Merchant"'s ability to reduce the malicious intent of dangerous creatures and mysterious beings.

But if you say that this is not a "negative effect", that is definitely not right. A deal with the devil will never be simple and easy. It can even be very dangerous, even if the devil is dead.

Lumian pondered for a few seconds, then pointed at the half of the body of the "abscessed hand" placed on the gray-white stone table and said:

“I want it all, what does it take?”

He planned to see the difficulty of the transaction first. If it didn't work, he would ask the demigods of the Temperance Faction for help to deal with this rotten sheep-faced devil together and kill it!
"Encountering a deal with evil creatures such as the devil" does not mean that you must make a deal with evil creatures such as the devil!

As Lumian finished speaking, he felt his body become stiff and the coldness in his body spread.

He knew what was happening and didn't try to stop it or struggle, then he found his mouth opening and closing on its own, and his dead vocal cords made a sound like emery cloth rubbing against rough metal.

The question was repeated in an unknown language, and every word made Lumian shudder, as if they were piercing his soul.

The rotten devil with a bent back, sheep face and dark skin responded with the same language, and the hollow voice echoed.

One of those words made Lumian’s spirit and body feel as if they were being grasped by a giant hand.

If he had not been in a "dead" state and was not protected by the golden mask of the Eggers family, such communication alone would have caused him serious damage.

Soon, the disembodied voice of the Sword Knight Maric sounded in his mind:
"I want Fabuti to die!"

Fabuti? The demon king Fabuti, the real body of Napoleon Disri? The content of the deal is that I have to kill an ancient god? Lumian narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the huge sheep-faced devil, and said with his mouth that had regained control:
“That’s an ancient god, I can’t do that.

"Change the conditions."

If the sheep-faced devil doesn't want to change, then there's no need to change!
If I can’t face the ancient gods, can I still kill you?
It means that I owe a favor to a demigod!

Then pay it back slowly!
It was not known whether it was the "Sword Knight" or the temperance demigod who had taken control of Lumian's body again and translated his words into a language that the sheep-faced devil could understand.

This also brought some strange feelings to Lumian.

The sheep-faced devil should have been four or five meters tall, but because of its bent back, it looked only a little over three meters tall. At this moment, it was silent for a while, and said in a hollow and low voice:
"I want that egg."

Eggs? Lumian wondered to himself.

He was able to understand it directly because the "Knight of the Sword" had already translated it simultaneously.

"Where is the egg?" Lumian asked.

By the time a certain temperance member in his body took control of his mouth and finished relaying the story, the rotten sheep-faced devil let the huge leg bone in his hand drop to the ground with a loud bang.

"In the palace." The sheep-faced devil answered simply.

This also makes the translation of "Knight of Swords" easier.

Lumian asked as if to confirm:

"The palace of the 'God of Death'?"

Could the former abode of the gods be very dangerous?
The sheep-faced devil's two dull eyes, oozing with blood and pus, moved slightly:
"Correct."

An egg in the palace of the God of Death... Lumian hesitated whether to agree to the deal or just grab it.

He looked around and asked further:
"What does the egg look like?"

While waiting for the Temperance member to translate, Lumian discovered that next to the half-broken stone pillar that was inserted into the ground, there was a statue that was broken into pieces and only part of the body remained.

It could be vaguely seen that it was a bird statue, its feathers seemed to be woven into mysterious patterns, pale and dull.

Bird statue... Lumian's mind moved, and he connected this with the eggs that the sheep-faced devil wanted.

When the translation was finished and his mouth was back, he added:
"Bird egg?"

After more than ten seconds, the sheep-faced devil dragged the pale leg bone forward two steps, and the latter rubbed against the ground, making a teeth-grinding sound.

The sheep-faced devil spoke slowly and intermittently:

"yes.

“It’s huge.

"Black, in flames."

It really is a bird egg, and it is clearly an egg from an abnormal mother... a bird... Lumian suddenly thought of the premature baby Osetto that he and his companions were tracking, and the state of the Banshees when they were going all out:
That looks a lot like a bird, with claws and wings!

Although it looked obviously different from this bird statue, at least they were both birds... and since there was an abnormal bird egg in the "Death" Palace, it meant that there had been a matrix, a mother in the mystical sense, a "mother"... Lumian vaguely grasped the reason why Osetto gave birth to such a dead baby and threw it into the underworld.

Her target is also the egg. Does she want to use the egg to do something to the underworld?
Whether it is integrating the kingdom of the dead in the Lacre region into one's own "other world" or holding rituals to make corpses pregnant and give birth to children, is it all for this purpose?

Hiss, does she want to merge the underworld with her own "other world"?
Isn’t this too ambitious?

This is the legacy of the true God, the former kingdom of God!

But if Osetto really succeeded, wouldn't the "Great Mother" be able to come directly?
Even if she cannot completely integrate into the underworld for the time being and has only planted a seed, it is still a very dangerous thing for our world!

Lumian immediately asked about the sheep-faced devil:

"Have you seen the giant baby with bird claws?"

The rotten sheep-faced devil looked at Lumian without answering. It was unclear whether it had never seen it before, or whether the influence of the "broker" approach was limited to the transaction itself.

Lumian was silent for a few seconds and said:
"make a deal!"

The sheep-faced devil moved his head imperceptibly, turned around, and dragged his pale leg bones back to the gray-white stone table where half of the "abscessed hand" was placed.

Lumian lowered his voice and told the Sword Knight and the Temperance Demigod what he had just thought of.

"Sword Knight" Maric responded quickly:

"We are going to the palace of the God of Death now."

As if to prevent Lumian from getting scared, the Sword Knight added:
"You are wearing the mask of the Eggs family, so many dangers in the underworld will automatically avoid you. The only thing we need to worry about is mutated monsters like the Boatman. If Osetto's monster child can get close to the palace of the God of Death and the bird egg, then we should be able to do so too. It was born prematurely, and even with the power bestowed upon it by Osetto's 'genetics', it is only equivalent to Sequence 4 at most."

Seeing that the Sword Knight had spoken so much in one breath, Lumian pondered and said:

"Its state of existence and birth ritual are both very special. Perhaps it can partially utilize the power of the underworld. Even if it is premature and cannot reach the status of an angel, it should be regarded as a demigod with Sequence 3 strength under the corresponding environment."

After all, that was a baby who was born with the help of Lake Dash through the fusion of the "other world" and the kingdom of the dead. This baby also went through the process of being gestated in a corpse, being born after death, returning to the original body, and fusion and mutation.

It definitely cannot be considered a living creature, because living creatures would die instantly in the underworld.

"Yes." The Sword Knight answered concisely.

Under the pale light of the bone torches on the broken wall, Lumian asked the two temperance members in his body as if to confirm:

"If we continue walking along the path we just took, deep into the darkness, we will reach the palace of the God of Death?"

Lumian remembered that the "Knight of Swords" mentioned that he had read many notes of the descendants of the "God of Death".

Before the Sword Knight could answer, the sheep-faced devil standing in front of the gray-white stone table suddenly raised the huge pale leg bone.

It pointed with its leg bone to a large dark hole near the broken statue that was created by the dome's stones.

That seemed to lead to the basement of this dark church.

Lumian was stunned for a moment, then blurted out:

"You mean, from here we can go directly to the palace of the God of Death?"

According to what the "Knight of Swords" said and the images he had seen before, Lumian believed that the palace of the "God of Death" was located at the bottom of the dark underworld, and that one had to go down along the road and deep into the ground to reach it.

But since we are going downwards, it seems possible to jump directly into the "basement" where the bottom cannot be seen.

Emperor Roselle once said that all roads lead to Trier!

The rotting sheep-faced devil nodded slowly.

It was only at this moment that Lumian suddenly realized:
This guy understands my Intis language!

Then what were you looking for a translation for?
Is the devil still a devil after he dies?
Lumian wasted no time confronting the rotten sheep-faced devil and ran to the dark hole in a few steps.

He pinched a ball of blazing white flame and placed it on the edge of the black hole, illuminating part of the scene inside:

Huge stone pillars, blackened wooden frames, collapsed stone slabs, and winding stairs extend downward and disappear into the depths of darkness.

"No problem." The Sword Knight made the judgment on behalf of the temperance demigod, "You can reach the palace of the God of Death."

Lumian didn't hesitate any longer and jumped onto the half-collapsed staircase.

He did not run down the stairs in the usual way, but instead jumped back and forth between stone pillars, wooden frames, stairs, and walls, descending in a straight line.

During this process, Lumian sometimes transformed into a blazing white flame spear to cross the completely collapsed parts with no leverage, and sometimes transformed into a shadow creature to bypass special areas.

The darkness around them seemed to hide something that even the bright white firelight could not illuminate, but Lumian ignored it and pretended not to notice.

After descending rapidly for an unknown amount of time, Lumian's feet finally touched the ground.

In the blazing firelight, he saw broken bones all around him, some of them were white, some were yellowish brown, and some were dark brown.

Not too far from Lumian, there stood a dark stone wall with a heavy wooden door that could be used by giants.

Lumian walked to the wooden door, bent down, stretched out his palms, and began to push hard.

His intuition told him that outside was the palace of the "God of Death".

(End of this chapter)