darkest personality

Chapter 279 279. The Man in the Tree

Mixed among those translucent spirit creatures, the three of Bai Ye walked slowly towards the top of the mountain along the winding path.

Along the way, Bai Ye told the Yi Ze brothers and sisters what he just thought of.

"It turns out that the other two races guarding the statue of R'lyeh are these gnomes and ghouls!"

Walred showed a dazed expression.

"Some books of the family only record that there are three stone statues of Raliyah in the world, and it has never been mentioned that these non-human races guard the stone statues."

"I get mad when you talk about those books."

Lily next to her pursed her lips when she heard the words, and interjected in a complaining tone: "My father never allowed me to read those books locked in the attic since I was a child, and then you treated me like this, so I now listen to what you say Those who are confused don’t understand anything.”

"My dear sister, it's better not to know about some things than to know." Valrid, the pet-sister madman, comforted her repeatedly: "At least you don't have to put a heavy burden on your shoulders so early."

"I've always had the feeling of being excluded from the small group by you."

Lily still looked a little bit angry, but her tone had weakened a bit.

"My dear sister, I promise I will never hide anything from you again."

Val Reid swore with a playful smile on his face.

While speaking, the three of them had already reached the halfway up the mountain.

Looking up from this position, you can already see part of the top of the mountain.

There seems to be a semi-circular platform protruding outwards from the top. The appearance of the platform looks like there are traces of artificial construction, and a big tree with luxuriant branches can be vaguely seen on the platform.

Those spirit bodies that passed by them, or passed directly through their bodies, began to make a small whispering sound, as if they were reciting some kind of prayer in a low voice. Their purpose of going to the top platform seemed to be to carry out pilgrimage.

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The winding path leading to the top of the mountain became wider, and more ghouls and skinned gnome spirits gathered in this place, and it was a gathering of monsters as far as the eye could see.

Because the spirit body has the penetrating characteristic, it will not stop the progress of the three of them.

After walking through the siege of the spirit for a while, they reached the edge of the circular platform on the top of the mountain.

In the center of the platform is the big tree, its branches spread out to the surroundings, like thick pythons.

The main body of the big tree is covered with twisted and coiled vines. The wood texture is so deep that the shape of a face can be vaguely seen on it.

There are seven or eight human spirit bodies standing around the big tree. They should all retain their appearance before death, some are young, some are old.

"That's... father?!"

Lily stopped suddenly, and pointed to an elderly human spirit body on the right side of the big tree. She subconsciously covered her mouth with her other hand, her eyes flashed a complex expression of surprise and nostalgia.

"how come?"

"Not only my father, I also saw our grandpa, look, he is standing beside my father."

Val Reid was much less surprised by this scene than his sister, and the previous guesses about the dream world had made him somewhat psychologically prepared.

The grandfather of the Yize brothers and sisters had a long gray beard and was wearing an exquisitely decorated robe. His face looked kind and kind, and when he saw his grandchildren looking over, he raised his hand and waved twice to say hello.

"This is neat. It means that your family, as one of the guardians of the stone statue, will enter this place after death."

This dream world is the domain that houses the guardian's undead souls. Ghouls, deep divers, and members of the Izzy family have all appeared in this domain one after another.

"Um……"

At this time, the ancient tree in the center of the circular platform suddenly let out a heavy sigh.

The old man's face made of complex tree patterns squirmed twice, and the part representing the mouth obviously opened and closed.

"You are here."

The ancient tree spoke slowly with its thick voice: "I have been waiting for you for a long time."

The tree-patterned human face continued to squirm, and a human-shaped outline gradually emerged from the surface of the ancient tree.

"What is this place? Who are you?"

Walred felt strange about this land of souls belonging to the Izzy family, and at the same time he began to suspect that the person embedded in the ancient tree might be the ancestor of his family.

"This is Dreamland, and I am the keeper of the seal, Nodens."

……

Bai Ye still remembered that the first time he heard the name Nodens was at the dinner party at Yize's house.

At that time, Walred Yize was still in the state of being taken away by the witch Asanas, and the Dagon Secret Order set up a bureau in Yize's mansion to seize the two bottles of 'Lalaye Sculpture' in Bai Ye's hands.

In Athanas' narrative, Nodens is described as a negative image, an evil old god.

From her point of view, there is nothing wrong with it.But after going through so much in the middle, Bai Ye felt that the situation might be exactly the opposite of what the witch said.

"You came here because you activated the three fantasy crystals I left behind in the real world."

Nodens continued to speak in an aged and thick voice: "200 years ago, I inlaid them on the lid of the sarcophagus that sealed the statue."

Bai Ye thought of the three bright gemstones that were square in shape and emitted sky blue light.

It turns out that the gem is the key to this special world.

The reason why Nodens stored these gems and sculptures together was probably because he thought that someone would discover the secret of the three sculptures one day.

If they also happened to collect these three gems—it would be hard not to notice such gorgeous and shining gems, then it is possible that the person holding the sculpture would be transported to this dreamland.

"I can feel that you don't carry those sculptures on your body."

Nodens didn't introduce himself further, his muddy eyes stayed on the three people in front of him, his voice sounded calm, but there was eagerness in his eyes.

"Have they fallen into the hands of those believers?"

From the meaning of these words, the origin of the Dagon Secret Order Sect is obviously earlier than Bai Ye and the others imagined, and it can be traced back to 200 years ago, perhaps earlier.

Facing the question from the old man in the tree, Bai Ye and Valred looked at each other, and they both saw a trace of pressure in each other's eyes.

They could only truthfully tell Nodens what happened outside.

"Ugh……"

Nodens just let out a long sigh, but he didn't question the three who messed up everything.

"The matter has come to this point, and we can only take measures to make up for it as soon as possible. Get close to me, and I will send you out of this world."

"Wait, can you please tell us everything about the 'R'lyeh Sculpture' before sending us out of here?"

Bai Ye took a step forward at the right time, and asked Nodens before he could use a certain ability.

I believe that there is no one in this world who knows the history of the past better than Nodens who made the seal sculpture himself.

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(End of this chapter)