The Righteous Player(s)

The low, echoing voice of Lord Skeleton was long and profound.

　　 In a daze, Longjing Tea seemed to see some kind of illusion...

　　 His old and rusty armor looks so fit with the surrounding tombs, and his style is so unified. As if he should have been here-in the tomb of this ancient dynasty that has disappeared for nearly a thousand years.

　　 His voice didn't seem to be coming from everyone's eyes.

　　 It is like standing in the lost past, chanting to the people in the future in a low voice.

　　——At this moment, Annan is watching all this through Longjing Tea's eyes.

　　 Unsurprisingly, traces of the influence of the sacred object appeared on his body-but the players couldn't see it.

　　 [You got a new tag "Low-level influence: Ancient Whispers"]

　　 [If it is not removed in time, you will fall into a random nightmare with the keyword "moth" in seven days (difficulty: difficult)]

　　……【Ancient whispers】.

　　Annan frowned slightly.

　　 This is a low-ranking, not commonly used in rituals, but a little cherished influence-because it is not easy to obtain.

　　 This influence is the way to obtain it. It is only when the elderly who "aged more than twice their maximum life expectancy" tell "the secret that happened before the listener was born and have not been understood".

　　In other words, it needs to be triggered by an ancient supernatural being or ritualist who has used the ritual of renewal many times and completely exhausted twice his original lifespan.

　　 This is not the influence of the "skeleton" and "betrayal" domains that Skeleton holds.

　　 and only from his age...

　　 Since Annan can also gain influence, it means that the secret that Duke Skeleton is about to tell, even Annan doesn't understand.

　　He concentrated, listening to the secrets told underground nearly two thousand kilometers away——

　　 I saw Lord Skeleton walking alone in front of him, reaching out his hand from time to time to touch a tomb on the side of the road. Even if these tombs did not indicate the names of the "residents" who were buried here, it did not prevent the bones from recognizing their identities.

　　 Longjing Tea and the two companions walked side by side with their brightly lit hands, so nervous that they looked at each other from time to time to confirm that the people around them were indeed still there. As if they would suddenly disappear in the next second.

　　 The extremely faint light ignited quietly in a completely dim ground... and the cloak of the skeletal father in front cast a deep invisible shadow.

　　 At a glance, all you can see are huge stone pillars and a stone tomb the size of a garage.

　　 There is nothing else.

　　 Players are all extraordinary, even a certain player is a ghost-they are not afraid of ghosts.

　　 But the ancient, dead history itself has formed a huge sense of oppression.

　　 so that the players did not even dare to say a word.

　　 They didn't even chat privately on their friends page, and didn't even think of the live broadcast... They just held their breath, kept their feet as light as possible, and quietly followed behind the skeleton.

　　 Suddenly, without warning-Father Skeleton's footsteps stopped.

　　Because his figure is too tall, it completely obscures the road ahead. For a while, Longjing Tea couldn't see what was in front of Lord Skeleton.

　　 But Dove saw it.

　　 She reacted immediately, posted a screenshot of it to the forum, and immediately started the live broadcast.

　　 Because she realized in an instant that the situation in front of her may be so important that it must be recorded—

　　 That is a tomb that looks no different from the surrounding "garage".

　　 But its peculiarity is... a stone statue stands in front of it.

　　 This is what Dove saw, the first and only thing "outside the tomb"——

　　 The stone statue is not high, even with a half-meter high base, it is less than two meters. Because the people carved with the stone statue itself are quite small.

　　 That is an old woman with a kind face, a compassionate smile, a thin and short stature, slightly bowed and squinted. Her appearance is quite ordinary, her face is full of wrinkles, just like an old woman who is so good-tempered that she will give her children candy.

　　 But even Mr. Skeleton must bow down to her.

　　-then her identity is self-evident.

　　 This old woman, whose appearance and body are the closest to ordinary people, has no special features at all, is the head of the twelve righteous gods.

She is exactly the **** believed in in the Duchy of Funeral Songs, the "bone picker", "the **** of invisible living", "the **** of silence", "mother of embers and charcoal", the **** of death and the earth-also It is commonly known as the burial mother.

　　Bone-buried mother-in-law is the shelter of all those who have not been buried... She will gently bury all the dead bodies in the ground and re-bury them. Only the dying can see her.

　　 At the same time, the mother-in-law is also the righteous **** who dislikes responding to high-level rituals the least... Except for the requisite ritual and the bone burial ceremony, almost all ceremonies related to the bone burial mother are difficult to receive.

　　 Her silent character is comparable to that of a silent lady.

　　 This is understood by the ritualists as "the stability of the earth" and the "irreversibility of death". Because "the earth and the dead are silent."

However, although the mother-in-law is very silent, compared with the righteous gods such as the Red Knight, the old grandmother, and the Flintlock, the mother-in-law has a better temper—probably on the same level as the cup-holder and the good luck lady. Never seen anger.

　　In other words, from the history after the Third Age, the mother-in-law has never been angry. In the two thousand years of history, she has not actively attacked any mortal or extraordinary...Even the extremely rare "offensive to the dead", she usually does not care.

　　Especially after the Bell Ringer was born, she less concerned about those who "resurrected from the dead".

　　 So that when the ritual masters are preparing for the ceremony, those "components to prevent offending a certain god" usually do not consider the buried mother.

　　-When people ask for power in the fields of fire and light, war and veto, they will pay great attention to whether their rituals are right, and whether there is any material in the ritual that violates the taboo.

　　 For example, Suifu hates water—whether in the cup, in the well, in the swamp, or on the body.

Therefore, after calling for the power of Sui Father, he will always dry the rituals easily... But once said, if the ceremonial field is too humid (for example, the ceremony is held in the swamp), then it is not only impossible to borrow Sui. Father's power may also cause Suifu's attack.

　　 And Mr. Yao will have requirements for the nature of the ceremonial person. Because He is the God of Purification, if the ritualist's mind is confused, distracted, and evil thoughts are entangled, the residual influence when he leaves will also naturally get rid of it.

　　 But on the other hand, if the ritualist is a real wicked person and does not repent—then the power of light will directly burn him to death.

　　 is the ritual of burying the bones of the mother-in-law, very simple.

　　 The bone-bursting ceremony used by Yummy Wind Goose with the help of wandering children, strictly speaking, did not even place the sacrifices, and the ritual site was dug out instantly with extraordinary powers. It was not solemn or serious at all.

　　 But they still borrowed the power and did not compromise at all.

　　 Longjing Tea thought ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ If the buried mother is not such a good temper.

　　The behavior of skeletal father worshiping in front of her might appear to fight him on the spot...

　　——Yes, the bones just worshipped in front of the statue of the bone-buried mother-in-law.

　　 And the process is quite formal.

　　 I saw the skeletal father bowing on one knee in front of the bone-buried mother-in-law.

　　 His left hand hangs straight down, meaning to pay homage to the earth; and with his right hand touch his forehead, eyes, ears, and lips, and then press it on the heart.

　　The meaning of this understanding is to swear not to think, not to see, not to listen, not to speak, not to live-these are the five criteria for the dead.

　　 The deceased who violated any of the criteria will be judged as abnormal.

　　 And Skeleton, he is undoubtedly an anomaly among anomalies.

　　 Look, the corpse is talking...

　　 "Man will eventually face death."

　　 Skeleton said calmly in front of the bone-buried mother-in-law's idol.

　　 Although he didn't look back, he didn't name him.

　　 But Longjing Tea still reacted in the first place-he was talking to himself.

　　 So he boldly asked: "Then you..."

　　 "—— therefore."

　　 Duke Skeleton made a low, hoarse and old voice.

　　 "The resistance to death is the greatest betrayal one can do."