goddess of revolution

Chapter 401 Alishan and the Tour of the Underworld
In the plain of the necropolis, Li Qi walked through the endless graves with Alishan on his back.

There was still a vast cemetery in front of him, and there was no end in sight. Li Qi was about to ask how far he was from the Styx, but Alishan began to tremble on his back.The icy breath penetrated the fabric and passed to him from the slender body.

Li Qi was about to speak, but Alishan spoke first: "Sister Aurora is beautiful, real people are more beautiful than illusions."

How did you come to this?
"You are beautiful too, Alishan", he quickly showed his normal EQ.

"Hypocrisy", Alishan didn't appreciate it: "I can't be called ugly, let alone beautiful. Even if it's beautiful, it doesn't make any sense. We, the people of the Church of the Dead, are very unlucky existences in the eyes of others. If we get too close, we will stained with the misfortune of the dead."

"Others don't include me, and I don't care what other people think of you. I just know that you are indeed beautiful."

Li Qi said in a very serious tone: "Speaking of hypocrisy is an insult to my professionalism. You don't know that I just defeated the beauty god and won the beauty contest champion not long ago. So about beauty, in Fein's current You couldn't find a more qualified judge than me."

While talking, Li Qi was also recalling the scene of Alishan waiting for him with a lamp on the ridge and in front of the temple. If it was painted into a picture scroll, it would be really beautiful.

"You beat the Goddess of Beauty in a beauty pageant?"

Alishan laughed out loud at first, and then her body shivered even more, but it wasn't cold, but she worked hard to hold back her laughter.

She gasped and said, "His Royal Highness is really far from the image in the rumors. He is more like those idle little nobles in the town. He is especially good at picking up girls and bragging about how powerful he is."

Her hands around Li Qi's neck tightened a little: "I actually... secretly ate meat."

I could vaguely hear the sound of swallowing saliva: "The roasted pig's head is delicious, especially the pig's ears..."

The saint of death seems to have opened up the conversation: "One time I ate a mouthful of oil and didn't wipe it clean. When I went back, I was scolded by my father, and then I had a gastric lavage and an enema. That was the only time I didn't want to be a saint."

Li Qi followed her words and asked, "Speaking of which, do you, a saint, have any special duties?"

"My duty is to bring the breath of the necropolis to the dead, guide the soul of the dead, and prevent him from wandering in the mortal world," Alishan said, "but my aptitude is not good, and I need to come down often to get familiar with the breath here. .”

"Come down often? Is it the same as now?"

Li Qi took a breath, this saint can come and go between the world and the underworld at will?

Alishan's voice became low: "No, it's just consciousness. There are only two times when the body and soul are united like now. The last time was when I became a saint."

Thinking of the aptitude she mentioned and her identity, Li Qi asked again: "Isn't the saint of your Church of the Dead not selected, but hereditary?"

"This is the destiny we have passed down from generation to generation," Alishan said. "You know, Duke, that everyone shuns our church. Without special reasons, ordinary people will not join our church, no matter how poor they are. So the archbishop and the saint are passed down from generation to generation."

"I understand", Li Qi thought of the corpse-hunter Yuangou, almost all the professions dealing with bad luck and misfortune.

Although he didn't understand why Alishan started talking, and her attitude suddenly changed, Li Qi was still very happy to have someone to chat with during the long journey.

The two chatted casually without any theme, and walked across the tombs to the depths of the plain with no end in sight.

Alishan became more and more active, and she couldn't tell she was the cold and lonely saint of death at first: "Actually, I also want to wear nice clothes, I want to dress up beautifully, and I want to make many friends."

She said shyly: "I hated my father before, and even hated... my lord, but my lord did not abandon me."

Li Qi twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that your god has no choice.Just like my Little Red Riding Hood, she may have wanted to crush herself many times, but unfortunately, she couldn't find a better spokesperson.

Alishan went on to say: "Looking at the lives of the living in the world of the living, and then seeing their souls walking towards the Styx in the cemetery, I gradually feel that this is good and necessary for them. Liberation. Most living people are oppressed by heavy suffering, but most people can still persist until the end, and they have completed their mission."

"Although the things I did were insignificant, it was very meaningful to think that mortals would obtain eternal peace through this."

"It's not right to think so," Li Qi corrected: "Death is not simply a relief for ordinary people. The reason why happiness makes people happy and the reason why suffering makes people fearful is because human life is limited. If life is infinite, everything is meaningless."

Alishan said quietly: "The duke really understands the true meaning of death, my lord's arrangement is not wrong, I... it should be worth it?"

Is there something wrong with this tone?

Li Qi was about to ask, but Alishan said, "Put me down, Styx is here."

This is it?

Li Qi looked up, and there was still an endless plain in front of him, but there were no tombs, and he could vaguely see strands of gray smoke drifting rapidly.

"Does the Styx have to have a river? The Xinghe is not a real river." Alishan sighed at Li Qi's ignorance.

Sorry, I always thought that the Styx here is the same as the Styx in other fantasy worlds, there must be a river.

Thinking about it again, no matter the various legends or the Lord of the Dead, there is no mention of the "ferryman". The Styx in Finn's world is really different.

No, in fact there is a "ferryman", who is the Lord of Death.

Alishan swayed after landing, and Li Qi supported her, confirming that the previous touch was correct, and she was indeed only wearing this black robe.Before he could have any other thoughts, he was startled by the temperature of her body.

As cold as ten thousand years of ice...

Looking at Alishan's face again, Li Qi took a deep breath. Except that his pupils were still turning slightly and he could feel his breath, the dead saint at this time was almost the same as a corpse.

Alishan moved her lips quickly, as if racing against time: "I'm sorry, Duke, I didn't want to talk to you because I didn't have enough time. I wanted you to carry me behind my back because I wanted to rely on your breath of life to last longer."

"I'm still very worried that I won't be able to persist here. Fortunately, I have lived up to my lord's entrustment."

She said that Li Qi had a bad feeling, and said anxiously: "Then go back quickly!"

Alishan grinned, but the smile was unnatural because the flesh on her face was as stiff as ice.

"As I said just now, I will accompany the Duke across the River Styx and enter the Realm of the Dead."

Li Qi was very worried: "But you look like this..."

Alishan shook her head and said, "Duke, I will be with you for a long time, but you can't be with me anymore."

"Tell Sister Aurora, I like her very much, and I like her role as Queen Elizabeth the most."

"Also, my tombstone is still empty, please ask the Duke to carve an epitaph for me."

Li Qi almost jumped up, what are you talking about! ?
"Do not talk……"

Alishan returned to her original cold and arrogant appearance, stuck the long pole lamp in her hand on the ground, and then fixedly looked at Li Qi.

"In the name of my lord Persequith, I, Alishan Yodel, hereby offer my soul to protect Richie Pryor to complete the journey of the dead."

Her figure gradually blurred as if it was on fire, and turned into orange light shadows that were similar to the color of the lamp, swaying like a human-shaped lamp.

"Alison—!"

Li Qi was shocked, and stretched out his hand to grab her, but his hand was empty, and there was only a ball of ripples in the light and shadow.

The light and shadow wrapped around his hands, spreading to him with a slight warmth, and quickly flowed into the pendant around his neck.

It was the pendant Alishan gave him. When she gave it to him, she only mentioned Styx's need, without explaining in detail.

Now Li Qi understands what it is used for...

Light and shadow continued to flow into the pendant, and the light color also faded rapidly from orange to ghostly green.But Li Qi didn't feel the breath of the undead. He only felt that his soul was covered with a tight and seamless coat, which was very warm and soft.

There was still a vague idea in the light and shadow, and Li Qi vaguely heard crying.

"I can't bear my father, I can't bear my partner, I can't bear everything alive..."

"I wouldn't have died without Duke Prior, I hate him..."

"This is my duty, this is my destiny..."

"The duke is an interesting man, and a good man..."

When Alishan's figure flowed into the pendant, those chaotic voices also dissipated, and Li Qi still maintained the posture of reaching out.

After regaining consciousness for a while, Li Qi saw another Alishan.

She fell on the ground on her back, her eyes closed tightly, her slender arms and calves were exposed from the messy black robe, her skin was as white as paper.

It was her soul just now, and this is her body.

"Alison!"

Li Qi still wanted to help Alishan up, but as soon as he touched her skin, he knew that it was already a corpse.

"You... what tricks are you playing? Where are you!?"

He still couldn't believe it. He wondered if Alishan had used some special spell to pull her soul out of her body, hid it in the pendant, walked with him, and then returned to her body to come back to life.

"Can we change it? How do you deal with your body like this?"

Li Qi said in a panic: "Why don't you make it clear first? We can work together to find a better way?"

"She is dead, Duke."

A familiar voice rang in his ears, causing Li Qi to freeze suddenly. It was the Lord of Death.

The lord of death said lightly: "The pendant you are wearing is an artifact called the Pilgrimage to the Underworld. It can protect your soul from being eroded by the Styx River, and at the same time cover your soul fluctuations so that other dead people will regard you as a ghost. similar."

"This artifact has already expired, and it needs to be filled with a qualified and voluntary soul. Alishan meets this requirement. Following my agreement with Lady Scarlet, I will give you her and this artifact."

Li Qi muttered blankly: "She... died? Just because of this, died?"

He burst out and roared angrily: "Just for this!?"

The mood of the Lord of Death did not fluctuate at all: "It is the best way to let you cross the Styx safely, but also protect you from entering the depths of the realm of the dead and touching the seat of the god of death. I don't understand why you angry."

Li Qi was still very excited: "Because you forced me to make such a sacrifice! I don't even have the right to know, let alone object!"

"What's even more hateful is that when I just met her and thought I would have another friend, I immediately took her life away!"

"But these two are just my personal feelings, not important!"

"The important thing is that sacrifice is only considered when it is absolutely necessary! Why do you regard sacrifice as a necessary and natural thing to eat and drink? Regardless of whether there are other possibilities, choose to sacrifice first?"

The lord of death said: "Treasure the life of mortals, is this also the embodiment of the belief in love and liberation? It's really strange..."

He said in a tone as flat as saying that mortals would die if they didn't eat: "As for why, I'm a god."

Li Qi was stunned for a moment, and his anger dissipated suddenly, only turning into deep sorrow, which fell into the bottom of his heart, adding another bundle of firewood to the flames of revolution.

He sighed bitterly: "Yes, you are a god..."

Not paying attention to his disrespectful tone, Li Qi asked with a hint of luck: "Can it be recovered? Can Alishan come back alive?"

The Lord of Death said: "Unfortunately, her soul is not strong enough, it has been dispelled by the artifact..."

"Your Majesty Bersequis", Li Qi's tone turned cold: "I am very grateful that you can faithfully fulfill the agreement with my lord. But I will settle accounts with you in the future. Yes, it is me, and Not my goddess."

"Although I don't understand it very well, I am looking forward to it very much." The Lord of Death said, "It was indeed my negligence not to inform you in advance. As a small apology, I will give you a reminder."

Li Qi suppressed his dislike for the Lord of Death, and said angrily, "What's the matter? Is it because the handling fee for two gold coins is missing from my eyelid?"

The Lord of Death obviously didn't hear the stalk, and said in the same tone: "Pay attention to the back."

behind! ?
Li Qi was confused and wanted to ask more questions, but the Lord of Death didn't respond any more.

Picking up stones from nearby and building a simple tomb for Alishan's body, Li Qi said in a low voice: "Alison, if I can go back alive, I will engrave 'You are with me' on your tombstone." ', you won't object?"

In the small temple where Li Qi saw Alishan at first, a thin middle-aged man withdrew his gaze from staring at the sky.

In his field of vision, Li Qi's figure had already disappeared into the river Styx.

"Your Majesty Bersequis..."

The dim yellow light on the wall flickered slightly, and a female voice with a strange pronunciation came out: "How can I find him?"

The man waved his hand, and the flame of the lamp suddenly rose a little bit, and the small hall became much brighter in an instant, and gradually returned to normal.

"A tour of the Underworld? Your Majesty is really willing." The female voice received the message, and there was a trace of suspicion in her joyful tone: "You really want to..."

"In my plan, you are just an assistant. Of course, what are your own plans, I don't know, and I can't stop you, can I?"

The Lord of Death said: "I just want to make the throne of the God of Death no longer vacant. We should have a consensus on this, Your Majesty Dark Moon."

"I'm just a little undead monarch, and I can't bear such a title in front of Your Majesty," the voice said with a smile, "It's good to call me Finlinde, and it's better to be called Fanny."

The Lord of Death did not speak, and the lamp flame suddenly went out.

In the darkness, the Lord of Death's vision penetrated space and power, and he "saw" a cold white light spot, moving little by little to the opposite bank in the turbulent river.

The Lord of Death did not look at the white light, but examined the faintly visible filaments of light extending from the white light.Although it is already extremely dim, it can still distinguish various light colors such as light gold, cool white, and warm white.

"It's really strange..." The Lord of Death sighed in a low voice: "I don't know how much change it can bring to Ming'an."

Following a certain light-gold thread, backtracking all the way, finally, on the way into the Great Plains, a strange figure disappeared.

This figure is a mass of fly ash gathered together, constantly surging and changing, as if it is trying hard to condense into shape.

Behind this group of fly ash, there are more than ten groups of similar figures, and there is another group of small fly ash, directly behind the leading group of fly ash.

On the thread of light that only the gods could see, a slight fluctuation came in, and the cloud of flying ash suddenly shook.

A head gradually took shape, it was a black-haired young man, his eyes were wide open, but his eyes were closed, as if he was welcoming some huge disaster.

"Min... Kay..."

The young man opened and closed his mouth slightly, like a dying fish, whispering meaningless syllables.

　Recently, two elders in the family passed away one after another. Although I can't do anything personally, I still have to go back to my hometown to show up and participate in the ceremony.I just wrote something related to life and death, so I can't help but sigh.

　　In the past two days, there will only be one update per day, and two updates will resume on Monday. I am very sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)