Deep in the Living

Chapter 276 Special Messenger

The "day and night" of real hell are completely different from those in the human world. There is no sun or moon here, and the color of the world is only related to the ashes and smoke that fill the sky.

The birth of a strong

War and death,
The spread of the plague,
The activities of the world itself,
The release of some powerful spell will cause a large amount of ashes to rise.

These ashes generated all over the world will gradually cover the sky, making the real hell gradually dim and eventually fall into darkness.

When the darkness reaches a certain level,

A special world mechanism will be activated.

The "Special Force - The Hungry" will face the sky together and devour the ashes. The dark ashes visible to the naked eye are swept to the other side of the world, and light reappears.

This cycle of ash forms the day and night of hell. Coincidentally, the cycle lasts exactly 24 hours and is also counted as one day in the real hell.

Moreover, Roddy also discovered that although demons have various forms, the first-born bodies and most spines have body structures similar to humans.

Head, trunk and limbs.

If you think about it carefully, perhaps it is precisely this similarity that allows the "human" Rodico to connect here and achieve stable projection.

After all, the most basic spine is structurally identical.

"World similarity" is a very important point.

If it were a deformed and indescribable world, Rody himself would be unlikely to receive attention and welcome.

The raven colt carried Rody through the open thorn forest and across the Bellrock Mountains (also known as the Ridge) that represented the boundary of the Spinemen's territory, and they arrived at the largest plain area in the real hell.

【Scorched Earth】

The vast majority of demons and newborns who have no power affiliation live in this area, and a large number of them cannot be recruited by any force until the moment of their death.

It would take at least three days to cross this area.

Ashes filled the sky, and the concentration reached an extremely high value. The sky of the real hell was completely obscured, and the night of hell officially arrived.

The Crow Colt gradually slowed down and entered a small town built on the wasteland.

Most of these demons do not have night vision. When night falls, every household starts to light the stove, and the walls of the buildings will light up with stripes of lava to provide light.

There is another light source that Rody is more familiar with, which is almost the same as that in the human world.

【Candle】

For example, some high-end shops have candles of considerable value lit at their doors, and the raw materials are corpse wax made from the bodies of demons.

The better the corpse is, the higher the precision and the more mature the craftsmanship, the more stable the final candle will be, and the smell produced by the burning will have a unique fragrance, which is very helpful in attracting customers.

Rody smelled a faint fragrance that could relax his nerves and rode his horse to the door of an inn.

There was no need to show off his status as an envoy, the crow alone was enough to intimidate the demons here. Not to mention that Rody was wearing a living spine necklace with a wing structure around his neck.

After a whole day of riding, Rody had a deeper understanding of the crow colt.

As he got off the horse, the entire horse began to disintegrate.

Starting from the head, they transformed into pitch-black crows, flying upwards with screams, circling above the inn, and some even landed on the eaves.

Snapped!
With a snap of Rody's fingers and a flash of gray eyes.

The crows received the order and gathered together quickly.

The black fog spreads,

Hundreds of crows merged into one crow and landed on Rody's shoulder, following him into this hell hotel. Unlike ordinary crows, this crow had an eye under each feather.

Rody did not show off too much or waste time. He just chose a quiet room in the corner of the top floor, slept quickly for a night, and then set off again.

Although it was very low-key, news about the envoy's visit quickly spread throughout the town.

Many demons rushed over upon hearing the news and stood guard at the door of the inn all night, hoping to show off their talents... But they couldn't guess which force the messenger belonged to based on his appearance, because his image was too strange.

Wait till the next morning.

The messenger was about to leave the inn.

Who would have thought that as soon as the black leather shoes stepped out, a large number of crows would appear at the same time, gathering into a flock outside the door and releasing an aura of fear.

A flash of gray flashed in their eyes.

This was a breath they had never felt before, which aroused fear on a psychological level and caused their bodies to instinctively make way.

By the time they reacted, the crow had already turned into a black shadow and disappeared, and the messenger had left.

Rody traveled during the day and rested at night, staying in four different small towns.

A rumor also arose in the Scorched Earth Plains during this period.
A Dread Knight who can ride a crow horse will randomly visit a small town and take away demons with special talents. A new force of hell is about to rise.

…The fifth day of the journey.

A completely different mountain range appeared in sight, with a slight metallic luster on its peak.

"Mr. Di, we can leave the scorched earth after crossing the [Mountains of Pain] ahead, and we should be able to reach the [Bridge of Sin] in less than a day.

This mountain range is like a dividing line. Once you cross it, there are basically no towns and you may not be able to rest along the way. "

"We can rest when we get to the Prologue. It's okay if we don't rest for a day. There is still a lot of carrion reserves in the Crow Colt's body."

"it is good."

Every time the crow colt rests in a town, it will eat a lot of carrion, and even the horse's physique will become much larger. The stored energy can support a 72-hour long-distance raid.

After spending these few days together, Roddy liked Yaju more and more, and even gave up his plan to take a driver's license after he was released from prison.

He was already thinking about how to bring this thing back to the human world.

……

The so-called Pain Mountains are really as their name suggests. Small grasses of various metallic colors are scattered all over the mountains. If you step on them carelessly, you will experience piercing pain, and you may even be parasitized by the metal, causing the pain to continue.

Fortunately, Rody had let the crow colt get used to the pain in advance, so even if there was wire stuck in the horse's hoof, Rody could help remove it quickly.

Come to the top of the mountain.

Taking advantage of the fact that there wasn't enough ashes to cover the sky, Rody turned on the camera effect of his suit and adjusted it to the maximum long-range effect.

There was also an endless plain in front of me, but there were a lot of metallic reflections on the ground.

Looking in the direction that Fei Ji pointed out, I could vaguely see the outline of a very small bridge. It would indeed take another day to get there.

"Hmm? It seems like quite a few people are heading towards the bridge... on foot?"

Rody observed that many demons were crossing the mountains and walking towards the bridge, and these demons were relatively thin.

“Painful Pilgrimage~ These demons are born with a certain tolerance for pain. The worship of the strong engraved in their genes makes them unwilling to live in a small town for the rest of their lives.

They are not good at other things and can only pursue pain. Even though this is the most difficult path, the difficulty of obtaining [Hell Objects] is not even lower than some simple ways to upgrade demons.

If you want to join the Prologue, you must hike over the Mountains of Pain and head to the Bridge of Sin. In the end, only a very small number of demons can persist and be selected by the Prologue.

Of course, as long as one can join the Order Group, he must be the elite among the elites. Even if he cannot obtain the [letter], he is at least a strong man who can enjoy the resources that belong exclusively to the Order Group. "

"Hiking?... It seems my luck is a little too good."

The way Rody obtained the infernal items of the prologue group was almost cheating, as they were directly given to him by Mr. Hawke.

Without thinking too much, the crow colt galloped and quickly approached the bridge.

Along the way, we occasionally met some suffering pilgrims. Most of them were hunched over, with gray or even pale skin, and they were hunched over and using crutches.

The common feature is the backpack, a huge backpack loaded with food hanging behind them to provide all the nutritional supplements for this pilgrimage.

time flies.

Night fell again, and a large amount of ashes gathered in the sky.

At this time of the year, Rody would have been lying on the big bed in the Hell Hotel, gnawing on steaks and drinking Hell's precious brew that could quickly replenish his water.

This is the first time I travel at night.

Just as Rody was about to admire how the Hungry One sucked away the ashes that filled the sky.

A spike-like ash suddenly hit his face. Due to the speed of the crow horse, the ash pierced Rody's cheek and blood flowed out.

"Um?!"

Just as Rody was about to ask what was going on, the thing hanging on his neck began to tremble.

"Mr. Di, it's dangerous!
Something might have gone wrong with the Hungry One, or it might have been intentional... In short, the Ash Storm is coming, which is neither rare nor common in Hell.

The storms that appear on this plain will be endowed with the metallic properties of the Order, making the ashes extremely lethal ~ one of the most dangerous storms in the real hell.

This may only happen once every half a month, but we didn't expect it would really happen to us. Without the shelter of the town's buildings, our bodies would have been completely crushed!

The storm is expected to be fully formed in ten minutes.

Mr. Di, start digging a hole! Then hide under it and wait for the storm to pass! "

In response to Fei Ji's reminder, Rody not only did not slow down, but instead clamped the crow colt with his legs and continued to gallop forward, even though both he and the crow colt had multiple punctures and scratches on their bodies.

"Mr. Di!"

Just as Fei Ji called out his name again, Rody raised his hand and pointed forward.

Less than a kilometer away, there was a building with lights on. The scorch marks on the side of the wall reflected two large characters:
【stay】.

(End of this chapter)