Chapter 10: A View from the Past (Part 1)
After hearing the interns' God of Death's descriptions, Gu Yun and An Ling also developed a certain understanding of the world of the dead, and at the same time they also understood why the God of Death admired Hades very much.
In addition to his strong strength, the more important reason why Hades is respected is that he has established a kingdom of human souls and established a solid shelter for countless souls who later arrived in this world. Even the first-class gods of death who are active in the world of the living have been protected by Hades in the initially.
Hades ended a chaotic era, at least for the human soul.
Although the establishment of the kingdom did not fundamentally solve the tradition of the deceased's prey on the weak in the world, it gave new ways out for those who did not like fighting.
In fact, the God of Death, who has a certain combat power, is a minority. After most of the souls are sent to the world of the dead, they live safely in various towns and villages. There is no longer any need to be afraid to avoid being swallowed by powerful spirits.
"After passing the apprenticeship qualification exam, there are generally two ways out."
The trainees of the Death God said, "Some of the Death God's apprentices want to return to the world of the living, just like us, and some will stay in the world of the dead and take on the job of guarding or teaching assistants."
As more and more spirits pour into the world of the dead, various towns need more and more people. Instead, apprentices who are capable of passing the God of Death exam or even formal God of Death will become an important force in protecting the town.
However, even if you become an intern, there is a barrier to death.
In the world of the dead, the only way to become stronger is to devour other spirits, and private fights are prohibited between human souls. Therefore, spirits with this intention can only leave the village and explore the territory outside the kingdom on their own.
In fact, not everyone is good at fighting - especially with the changes in the age of the living, most of the souls who are attracted to have worse combat capabilities, but more and more talents are working in business and building towns.
"When the devoured spirits reach a certain number, a confident soul can go to the registration offices of various towns to register as an intern god of death." Another intern god of death added, "If you pass the registration, you can get the title of the intern god of death. After you get the title, you will have a changed tutor to guide us in practice."
Once you have experienced people as your guide, the speed of your practice will be twice the result with half the effort.
The instructor will tell them which area is suitable for their exploration at this stage, and will also remind them which areas are absolutely not allowed to go to.
For those hardworking and talented interns, the instructors will occasionally take them out to perform tasks. In addition to increasing their experiences, they can also "eat" a lot of good things along the way. Generally, when students who perform tasks with the instructors come back, their energy will often soar.
"Of course, in addition to the conventional method, there is also a way to cheat."
"Cheating?"
The words of the intern god of death aroused An Ling's interest. She had turned on the notepad on her mobile phone and silently recorded the important information mentioned by the intern god of death.
"For example, those lucky people who are taken away by the first-class god of death as soon as they come here."
When this topic was mentioned, the joyful and enthusiastic atmosphere suddenly became a little dull. Anling could hear that the trainees' god of death had a strong repulsion and jealousy towards the lucky ones they mentioned.
This time she did not express her opinion, but chose to continue listening.
"Although only souls remain after death, different people's soul strengths are also different. For example, witches, media and some people with spirit-recruiting physiques do not need to go through the above steps after they are taken here. Professional mentors will take them back to the King Capital for further studies. If they happen to have a backstage in the King Capital, they can become the official god of death in a very short time."
Their main purpose of hunting is to become stronger by devouring other spirits, but in the royal capital, those spirits "born" with golden spoons often do not need to fight to obtain high-quality spirits.
A few of them could meet Gu Yun in the Death Forest today who invited them to share the spoils, which was considered a great fortune. However, those spirits who were directly taken to the royal capital may have the same good luck every day as they are today.
People are more angry than others, even if they die.
"After that being said, why do you risk coming to the world of the dead?"
Soon, one of the interns asked curiously.
Gu Yun explained, "A friend of mine was brought here by someone from you. She didn't leave any news before she left, so I decided to come here to ask clearly."
Death and Wang Lu each have their own opinions and have their own reasons. He thinks that only by finding Jiang Qi himself can you ask clearly.
He had decided that if Jiang Qi really said that she was tired of living and wanted to move to the world of the dead, Gu Yun also planned to respect the other party's wishes and return the same way.
The forced melon is not sweet, and this is the same for the undead and the living. If Jiang Qi is determined to die, he will not be able to stay by the other party every day to prevent the other party from ending his life.
The trainee Death God asked again, "Can it be a sudden death?"
There are too many people who die young in this world. For every family member or friend of the deceased, this is unacceptable bad news, but things in the world are impermanent and even if you force them, you cannot get any good returns.
However, this is the first time that people like Gu Yun and An Ling who have been chasing the world of the dead.
With their professional god of death, they could only persuade the two to be mournful and follow the changes.
"Actually... we were planning to ask about it because that friend died a little strange."
An Ling explained that although she opposed Gu Yun's trouble with Hades, she and Gu Yun had the same position on Jiang Qi, and maybe these interns, Death had heard of Jiang Qi.
So she patiently told the clues she and Wang Lu investigated.
Upon hearing this, the trainees also fell into deep thought.
“Reverse teleportation ceremony…”
They had seen this kind of ritual in books before. This evil ritual of sacrifice to the flesh was originally studied by some fanatical believers, and several years ago, they had strictly prohibited the fanatics who used this ritual without authorization.
Even if those people successfully come to the world of the dead, all towns and villages will refuse them to enter.
The reason why they have read about the reverse teleportation ritual is also closely related to these fanatics.
"The reason they were banned from entering the territory was that almost all believers eventually attacked the residents without exception." One of the trainees, Death, said seriously, "They are extremists who ignore the rules and are even more lawless after coming here."
In the eyes of those fanatics, instead of taking the risk of leaving the town and fighting with unknown spirits, the residents around them are a constant source of energy supply, and some even finally locked their eyes on the official god of death.
A fanatical believer who has been the most notorious yet killed three formal gods of death by deceiving. It was precisely because of the shocking case that Wang Du improved the time and method of receiving the guidance, and unified all the souls who did not come to this world at the prescribed time into the ranks of fanatics.
"I remembered that when you said that."
Gu Yun couldn't help but think of the night when he strangled the throat of the God of Death for the first time. The other party emphasized that there was a prescribed time limit for the transfer of souls, just like taking a shuttle bus. Once you miss this "train", you must wait until the next unified transfer. Because of this, she felt that not seeing Jiang Qi's soul that day would make a lot of people furious.
"If your friends really come here through a reverse teleportation ceremony, we're likely to be enemies."
The intern God of Death looked solemn. They didn't want to talk about such a bad thing in front of Gu Yun, but one of the tasks of God of Death included dealing with the fanatics who attacked ordinary people, "And your friend is likely to have been kicked out of town."
Since the passage of the law, most of the fanatics who "smuggled" have not been able to live for a day in the wild.
"That won't be. Wang Lu met her some time ago. She seems to have reached the position of official death."
According to the previous statements of the trainees, only the official God of Death can open the path to the world of the rebirth in private. Moreover, when Wang Lu saw Jiang Qi, the other party was indeed wearing the iconic black robe of the God of Death and a skeleton mask on his forehead.
"Formal God of Death..."
The interns were stunned.
An Ling mentioned before that their friend had not died for too long, and even the lucky ones mentioned before had never heard of anyone who could become a formal god of death in such a short time.
Soon after, one of the interns, Death God whispered, "By the way, have you heard about the royal capital before?"
The other people also suddenly showed a sudden expression of enlightenment.
"I heard of it, but I always thought it was a lie."
"It's too outrageous to pass the formal death assessment in three days..."
"In fact, if you swallow a large amount of souls at once, you might be able to do it."
"But if this is the case, her own situation will be quite dangerous, right?"
...
An Ling knew what the trainees talked quietly.
This meal was finally in vain. So, Jiang Qi should have been taken to the capital like those lucky ones when she came to the world of the dead.
This is in line with the statement that Jiang Qi is closely related to a senior executive mentioned by Miss Death.
"You should be talking about our friend. Where can we find her?"
"She should be in the capital now, just..."
"It's okay, just tell me."
"You are outsiders, and the god of death on duty in the king's capital should not let you in."
Chapter completed!