Chapter 2215: Bridge of life and death

The insidious realm shrouded in darkness.
Hate the hidden place of light.
The remote and unknown desolate border.
This is the "Shadow Realm", a plane with only two colors of black and white, dull and extremely dangerous.
A large, pitch-black river flows quietly, the river exudes a biting chill, and the drifting ice floes have sharp edges like a knife. If anyone dares to wade across the river, even if they can endure the pain of cold water soaking and the stinging pain of the ice cutting skin, I can't stand the erosion of the blue "cold flame" in the river.
The Gower River, which originated from the "Shadow Realm", is also known as "The River Styx". It passes through this large black river floating with cold flames. Kingdom of God.
The riverside seemed to be a silent black desert, and occasionally a looming ghost floated over, but there were almost no signs of life.
In the midst of this dead silence, magical power fluctuations suddenly set off on the riverside, followed by a pale whirlpool, and several figures emerged from the whirlpool connecting the material world, looking around with curiosity.
"It has long been heard that there is no sun in the Shadow Realm, and very few natural light sources. Most places are always shrouded in darkness, but I did not expect that this place is actually better than Niforgem in the season of "polar night". More gloomy and gloomy, it's really a ghost place that makes people feel depressed!"
As soon as he arrived in the "Shadow Realm", Clark Henier couldn't help complaining.
Snapped!
The young mage beside the frost giant raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and a ball of light emerged from his fingertips, floating in the air like a balloon, emitting a dim light, and slightly repelling the oppressive darkness.
Illuminated by the magical ball of light, Qiao An looked around and quickly noticed that the lighting range of the "dancing light technique" was much worse than expected. The light radiated 10 feet away and quickly turned dim.
"The darkness of the'Shadow Realm' is thicker and deeper than the darkness of the material world. Even'dark vision' cannot function in such an environment, and the range of torches and magic light sources will be weakened."
Gaina has followed her instructor to practice in the "Shadow Realm" more than once, and has a better understanding of the local situation, seeing the confusion in Qiao'an and Clark's eyes, and actively introducing them to the unique environment of the "Shadow Realm".
"In the shadow world, the magic power of various attributes is not evenly distributed, and the magic power of the light system is suppressed. Take the'dancing light technique' that Qiao An just performed, in the material world, it can provide clear lighting with a radius of 20 feet. In the shadow world, it can only illuminate the surrounding 10 feet of space."
"Correspondingly, the dark magic power is enhanced in the shadow world, such as the'darkness technique', the created'dark enchantment', the radiation radius is twice as large as in the material world."
"Especially the'shadow' sub-type spells of the illusion school, such as'shadow shaping ability' and'shadow spell spell', etc. The magic power that is invoked comes from the shadow world, and this kind of magic will be cast locally. It has been significantly strengthened, and it also comes with the super magic effect of'spell effect'."
Qiao An's introduction of these situations has also been seen in the literature. Unfortunately, the spells he mastered did not include any "ghost" spells, and it would not take much advantage to come to the ghost world.
In contrast, Qiao An feels that the environment of the "Astral Realm" is more friendly to the caster. Spells of any school can be automatically instantaneous in the Astral Realm, and no matter what a cat or a dog, it will fly immediately in the Astral Realm.
"I don't understand magic or something. I only care about one thing. In addition to undead creatures, are there any native living people in this dark ghost place?"
Clark looked around, except for the pale wandering souls flashing the soul fire within his vision, there was no sign of living things.
"There are very few creatures native to the shadow world, and most of them live in seclusion. It is difficult for us to have the opportunity to meet."
Hilder thought about it.
"It is said that at the end of the'Arcane Era', some residents of the world of Vares migrated to the shadows to avoid the disasters of war. They lived in this special environment for a long time. The bodies of the immigrants gradually changed. The blood will become as black as ink, and it is no longer a human being. If these'shadow people' are now allowed to return to the material world, they will not be able to adapt to life under the sun.
The Frost Giant changed his face in fright and quickly shouted: "I don't want to be like that. Let's cross the river quickly! Complete the mission as soon as possible, or go home quickly."
Qiao An had the same plan, lightly knocking on the heel of his boots, activating the automatic navigation function of "Hull Boots", locking the destination in the "Blizzard Palace" of the goddess of Hades, and a luminous path leading to the river bank was extended under his feet.
Qiao Ann walked along the path indicated by "Hull Boots", and not far away, he found a crystal arch bridge decorated with gold above the river.
This gorgeous bridge was hung with only a hair-thin silk thread. The bridge body was suspended in the air, swaying with the wind, looking thrilling, as if it might collapse at any time.
The navigation path of "Hull Boots" pointed directly to the suspended crystal bridge, implying that only through this bridge can we cross the river smoothly and reach the underworld on the other side.
Qiao An did not rush to cross the bridge first, and stood on the shore to observe, and found that the ghosts wandering in the wilderness, seem to be drawn by some kind of force, all gathered at the bridge head, floated up one by one, and crossed the Styx via the crystal bridge. , The back disappeared on the other side one after another, and after completing the last journey from life to death, it is about to usher in the final destination in the underworld.
In addition to walking ghosts, Qiao Ann also saw a handful of dead souls riding on horses or in carriages. They looked very impressive. They must have been rich or expensive in life, but they still had to pass the suspended crystal bridge to reach the Hades.
"The dead soul's mounts and carriages are funerary objects." Genna told Qiao An in a soft voice, "Cremation is popular in Niefolheim, and wealthy people go to funerals. Many funerary objects are burned, including horses and carriages. This way , On the journey of the soul to the underworld, there is a horse to ride and a car to ride, it doesn’t have to be too hard."
In Qiao An’s view, this custom of pushing live horses and good-looking carriages into the fire is a bit barbaric, but at least the people of Niforheim will not burn the living to bury them. In this regard, There are many more barbaric peoples in the world than the Niforheim.
"We are living people. There is no need to pass the crystal bridge for the dead, and fly directly over the river?" Clark asked Gaina.
The Winter Witch looked down at her leather boots, frowning slightly.
"From our point of view, flying directly over the river is undoubtedly a shortcut. However, Hull Boots suggested that we pass on the Crystal Bridge. This seems to mean that our intuition is not reliable. If we reject Hull The advice given by Boots, forcibly leap over the Styx, what unexpected situation will happen next...but it's hard to say."