End of the Magic Era

Lin Yun was not in a hurry to talk to the fat kid. He observed the bloody scythe of death for a long time. He was pretty sure that it shouldn’t have been capable of knocking the soul out of the body.

A creature’s soul was complete. Human beings’ souls were in their heads. The undead creatures’ souls were their soul fires. They were not shadows that overlapped with bodies.

Even the slightest injury of the soul would be very serious. If some of it was cut off, it would surely mean death, except for the strongest creatures.

Although the Leopard Tail Worm was special, it was certainly not special in that aspect. Lin Yun detected vividly that the scythe of death didn’t cause much injury to its soul when it cut off part thereof. It seemed that the scythe only disabled that part of the soul.

When the fat kid’s tail was cut off, it became a burden. The tail became as good as nothing. However, the kid’s soul was not badly damaged. It only hurt for a moment.

The whole thing was quite complicated. Lin Yun wasn’t sure what happened, but surely the scythe of death shouldn’t have that ability.

The illusion that appeared just now left Lin Yun with the impression that he was the very first skeleton king in legends. He was not the respected skeleton king in the Plane of the Undead, but a god.

The Lord of Death looked just like that, with a ragged cloak, a hood, and vortexes of death that could swallow death in his eyes. His feet were much bigger than those of normal skeletons, and he looked like a Bigfoot skeleton.

But the Lord of Death was already as dead as could be. His weapon had been shattered and scattered across the Plane of the Undead. The broken pieces of the weapon, combined with the laws of the Plane of the Undead, turned into other scythes of death. The first skeleton to pick up one of them and win its approval became the first skeleton king.

Nevertheless, the newer skeleton kings and scythes of death didn’t have much to do with the Lord of Death anymore. They were created by the laws of the Plane of the Undead.

Lin Yun looked at the scythe of death in his hand with confusion. Was it possible at all that this scythe of death was transformed from a piece of the Lord of Death’s weapon?

Also, a soulless vampire ancestor had been sacrificed to the scythe of death, turning it red. Lin Yun somehow found the scythe’s ability unclear.

Nothing related to gods was ever good. Besides, this was about the weird Lord of Death. Lin Yun was quite worried that his illusion just showed up.

Gods’ methods were utterly unpredictable. They might not be omnipotent, but it was true that they could never be killed completely.

Take the 73rd God for example. A catastrophe happened even before she was born, but she didn’t die. Her soul split up again and again. Even though her plan of resurrection was disrupted, she was only reborn as Marianna, and didn’t completely die.

It was possible that the remaining soul or body pieces of other gods would try to find an opportunity to turn into something else, or just revive. They could live on even without the power from the past.

He might have accidentally gotten something important, and summoned the illusion of the Lord of Death, which could be troublesome…

Lin Yun shook his head, and looked at the skull on the scythe of death, feeling that it was developing consciousness. He thought it was a good thing in the past, but it might not be so.

Putting away the scythe of death, Lin Yun covered himself in gray mist, and instantly transformed into a human being. The fat kid was quite stunned to see that. Even though it had been staying in the Kingdom of Nightmares, it knew how unbelievable it was for an undead creature to transform into a living human being.

It might have had other plans, but it gave up all of them, and lay on the ground obediently, waiting for Lin Yun’s instruction.

“Tell me about it. What happened here?”

After Lin Yun asked the question, the fat kid divulged what he knew truthfully.

“This is the periphery of the Kingdom of Nightmares. Since the King of Nightmares perished, the periphery has been fixated as the world he knew. My tribe has been living here.

“Earlier, a few experts and annoying vampires came in. Many adults in my tribe were killed. They’re waiting for resurrection. Then, their battles brought terrible influences.

“The chief feared that this place would be destroyed in their battle, so he lured them into the depths of the kingdom. I don’t know where they are right now, or what the depths look like. Right now, the experts of my tribe are all waiting for resurrection. Some of them have damaged souls, so their resurrection will take a lot longer. As a result, I was asked to carry out missions…”

Lin Yun realized that just as he expected, all the people who had come in earlier had fallen into the depths of the Kingdom of Nightmares, including the vampire ancestors.

The periphery was a fixed world, because the King of Nightmares had died. This place was essentially the King of Nightmares’ dream. Naturally, it was the world that the King of Nightmares lived in when he was alive.

There were also laws of the King of Nightmares. Everything here was as real as Noscent in the age of gods. It was even possible that what happened here had happened in the age of gods in the past.

The vampire ancestors fell into the depths of the world, and none had returned yet, which warned Lin Yun just how dangerous it was.

To rescue his allies from that place could be a huge problem. Other than anything else, it was troublesome enough to find the entrance to the deeper world.

The greater problem was to survive in this age of gods first…

Lin Yun furrowed his brows, and the fat kid waited pitifully. It had been essentially disabled after its tail was cut off. It was so weak at this moment that it would rather stay obedient instead of getting killed.

“Are you aware of the entrance to the deeper world?”

Lin Yun considered for a while, and couldn’t come up with a solution. Things were even more difficult than he expected. The Kingdom of Nightmares was 1,000 times more challenging than he knew.

In the future records, the Kingdom of Nightmares was almost a spot for vacation for many mages who wanted to feel the laws of this place and build a Demiplane that was a copy of this place. The land here was purged more than 10 times. It was quite a miracle that the Kingdom of Nightmares didn’t collapse under all the bombardments.

So, what kind of power could possibly remain? It certainly should’ve been impossible to see the hoof falling from the sky.

Although Lin Yun had expected that the Kingdom of Nightmares might be more challenging than he knew, he didn’t expect to see a god’s limb here.

Hearing Lin Yun’s question, the fat kid quickly nodded. He wanted Lin Yun to go to the deeper world of the Kingdom of Nightmares immediately and spare him.

“I do. I know the entrance to the deeper world, but it’s pretty far away. I’ve never been there. That place is very dangerous. Many terrifying creatures, and even illusions of gods, often appear there.

“Some gods were fighting a while back, and destroyed many places. Those places haven’t recovered yet. The chief warned us not to visit the deeper world. Some disobedient people went to the deeper world in spite of his warning, but they never returned. The chief said that they were all dead…”

The fat kid didn’t seem to be lying. It was probably the first time that he had left his tribe. The reproduction of Leopard Tail Worms was quite troublesome. It was quite remarkable that new Leopard Tail Worms were born after the death of the King of Nightmares.

The fat kid was apparently inexperienced, even though it was much smarter than normal Leopard Tail Worms. He quoted his chief all the time, probably because he hadn’t seen anything yet.

The Leopard Tail Worms that entered the deeper world were never seen again. The place was not just dangerous, but almost deadly. 10,000 years later, the deeper part of the Kingdom of Nightmares was the best lab for powerful mages to test their speculations. It was not dangerous at all.

It seemed that the remaining power of the Kingdom of Nightmares would be exhausted in the following 10,000 years. If it had 10,000 energy points at this moment, it would only have a 100 ten millennia later, so it wouldn’t be dangerous at all. But at this moment, it still was.

The exhaustion was not just quantity, but also about quality. In the future, nobody would be killed here even if any accident happened, but at this moment, exploring the place was like dancing on the tip of a blade. One could easily be killed if one lost balance.

Lin Yun felt a strong headache as he thought about it.

“Has none of the creatures that entered the deeper world ever returned?” Lin Yun asked casually, but the fat kid was dumbfounded and frightened.

If I give a negative answer, this terrifying guy will surely kill me. He’ll be dead for sure if no creatures have ever returned alive. If I say that he’s dead for sure, he certainly won’t go there. He’s not as dumb as those three-legged birds anyway.

In that case, I’ll be useless. If I’m useless, I’ll surely be killed. The chief said that all the people from the outside world were terrifying, and would kill anyone that was useless.

No.. I need to think about it. I need to think about it carefully…