Chapter 282: Memories of the Past
Hearing this sudden sound, Faras was suddenly startled, even if she had the power of the Great Magister, but Faras was still a girl, so after being frightened, she subconsciously leaned towards Ryan's body next to her, and another elf woman, Shaina, also chose the same way, but she was close to Alendor's arms.
Ryan put his arm around Faraz, patted her on the back a few times to comfort her, and then shouted, "Who is it?"
"You're outsiders, aren't you? It's been 200 years, and there's a living creature coming in, and it's ...... And listening to your voice, it doesn't seem to be affected by this, you are still awake!" The woman's voice rang out again.
This time, the "Song of the Soul Suppression" in Serres' hand jumped slightly, pointing out the direction of the voice for its owner, Serres lightly pointed to a room at the end of the corridor, Ryan, who was hugging Faraz, and Elendo, who was hugging Shaina, glanced at each other, and smiled at each other after seeing each other's appearance at this moment, and a sweet taste welled up in his heart.
Alendor pointed lightly at himself, then pointed in the direction that Serres was pointing, signaling Ryan to go by himself, Ryan nodded, and reminded Alendor to be careful with his eyes, Alendor blinked slightly, indicating that he understood, and then he patted Shaina on the back in his arms a few times, let go of the red-faced Shaina, and then quietly sneaked in the direction where the voice came.
"I don't know why you're here, but I think that since you can go deep here, it means that your strength is not so bad, and although the strength of my companions is far less than that of their predecessors, ordinary adventurers are still not their opponents. The woman's voice rang out again, "Would you please come over if you want?" β
When the female voice said these words, Alendor still sneaked half the way, he looked back at Ryan, and motioned for him to come up with an idea, and Ryan weighed it in just a few seconds, and decided to walk directly as the female voice said, after all, after entering here, it was the first time they had encountered an undead who seemed to be sane, and if they could talk face-to-face, maybe it would be of some help.
"Let's go over, but Fani and you stay outside with them, and Alendor and I will go in and have a look. Ryan whispered in Faraz's ear, "Don't worry too much, I think if I join forces with Alendor, I should be able to compete with Victor for a while, right?"
Faras obediently kissed Ryan on the face, and then slowly retreated to Shaina's side, and Seres, who heard Ryan's words, also walked into Shaina with Sophie, everyone prepared weapons and magic as if they were facing a great enemy, and then slowly followed Ryan and them, but they always kept a certain distance from Ryan and them, just in case.
"Please don't worry, I have no ill will. In fact, even if I had malicious intentions, I wouldn't have hurt you at all. The woman's voice sounded again: "I'm not afraid to tell you honestly, I don't know exactly what happened, but I'm lucky not to lose my mind, but I'd rather I be like those companions, at least I won't be alone here for 200 years!"
The last sentence of the female voice made Ryan suddenly feel a wave of sympathy in his heart, he had seen King Alexander who had become a dead soul, in order to change his current immortal appearance, the proud king actually begged him to "kill" him, but at least the king became like this is also his own choice, and listening to the female voice just now, she seems to have inexplicably become like this, from this point of view, maybe she is innocent.
"Well, I believe you, because I've met a friend who has a similar experience to yours, except that he's free to roam his own tomb, but it's still extremely boring. Ryan replied in a loud voice, "But I hope you don't betray my trust, and if you make any hostile moves, then we're welcome." β
"Don't worry, maybe you won't have anything to worry about when you come in and see all this. The female voice said, "There really are people who have been through the same way as me...... Did it exist? What happened to it?"
"He's dead, I'm dead. Ryan said lightly.
"Death? That's a desirable thing......" There was a sudden hint of excitement in the female voice, sounding like a person who had been struggling to find the answer after a few years had finally found the answer he needed, but after a short pause, the female voice continued: "This door has probably long since decayed, isn't it? β
Ryan tapped his hand, and the wooden door was scattered on the ground, Ryan shrugged his shoulders, regardless of whether the other party could see it or not, and said casually, "I'm sorry for breaking your door." β
"It's okay, if you feel sorry, you might as well talk to me for a while, I haven't spoken to anyone else for 200 years, and I often talk to myself in order to pass the loneliness, this feeling...... Very bad. The female voice said, "For a while, I even thought there should be two people here, one is me and the other is the other me...... I, I think, say, or...... Do you understand what I mean?"
Ryan listened to the female voice incoherently speaking completely illogical, and slowly walked into the room, he saw the corpse lying on the stone bed in the room at a glance, but the amazing thing is that this corpse is not a dry corpse, she is a woman in her 20s, judging from the external characteristics, it should be a human being, even after 200 years, her face is still similar to a normal person, and she has not become a dry corpse due to the evaporation of water, her full head of silver hair is indeed quite rare, I don't know if it is affected by magic or born like thisγ
The woman lying on the bed did not move, making people look like most likely thinking that she was still taking a nap and not dead, Ryan was a little surprised why this woman was completely different from the others, but he did not go up to examine it carefully, not because he had to guard against anything, but because the other party was a woman, even if it was just a "corpse", Ryan would give her the respect she deserved, which is why Ryan was furious after seeing the orcs abusing the corpses of those adventurers in Thor's Fortress before.
Next to the stone bed, a shadow identical to the woman lying on the bed was standing there looking at Ryan and Alendor with curious eyes, and after seeing Ryan's gaze shift from the woman on the bed to herself, the female shadow spoke, and her voice was exactly the same as the previous female voice, it seemed that she was talking to Ryan before.
"Hello, welcome, although my body can't get up to meet you, I don't think you care. The woman's shadow looked and dressed exactly like the one lying on the stone bed, which surprised Ryan and Elendo, who would have thought the two women were twins if it weren't for some of the previous conversations.
Ryan shrugged his shoulders and said, "You're welcome. In fact, if it weren't for here, but somewhere else, I would even think that you and the person lying on that bed were a bunch of twin sisters. β
"Yes, I had this idea for a long time 150 years ago, I would talk to her, and then I would hear her answer in my heart, and it would have excited me at first, because I was not alone here......" The female shadow gushed on as soon as she said this, maybe she had finally met a normal human who could listen to her in two hundred years.
Ryan understood that this was probably some kind of personality split in her heart, but Ryan's face was still full of smiles, this was not that Ryan was laughing at the other party, but to give a confidant's encouragement, not everyone has 200 years of lonely experience, at least Ryan had only been separated from Faras for 3 years before she thought of going crazy and had to devote all her energy to specializing in magic, which is why Ryan has greatly improved his strength after three years.
After about five or six minutes, the female shadow realized that something was wrong with her, and she quickly stopped talking and said in an uneasy voice: "Yes, I'm sorry, I, I can't help but ...... for a while."
"It's okay, I understand your feelings, not everyone can stand it, I think it's not easy for you. Ryan smiled at the female shadow's uneasiness, and then quietly turned the subject to the things he wanted to know, "But what the hell is going on here? I'm sorry that my question might bring some bad memories to you, but maybe we can help you find a solution to this situation." β
"Thanks, if you may, let me fall into a deep sleep forever while you leave, just like that friend of yours did. The female shadow said lightly: "I think you should probably know what kind of place this is, 200 years ago, the Kyidrama Empire was attacked by the undead legion, due to the great disparity in strength, our empire quickly perished, but all our Templars chose to stay here and guard our holy land, because we must not let those hateful bones step into this place!"
"Forgive me for interrupting your narrative, I'm curious, why do you have to guard this place and completely ignore the difference in power between us and you?" Ryan asked with some curiosity, "Is it because of fanatical faith, or because there is something here that you don't have a choice?"
The female shadow smiled at Ryan, but her whole body was gray and translucent, and this smile not only did not show feminine charm, but made the whole room look gloomy: "You are smart, adventurer. Yes, the Temple of the Apocalypse is not just a place for us to worship the gods, there is also a magic seal here, because in the depths of the Temple of the Apocalypse, there is a powerful creature sleeping!"