Thinking of the terrible red-haired Vivien he had met before, Hao Ren realized that the information brought by Hethanna was very important, and he gathered everyone in the family, including Yitzax, who had just returned from outside, and he also dragged him into the discussion.Because the coffee table in the living room was broken by Lily's paw, Hao Ren dragged the dining table to the center of the room, and Hethanna placed the dried corpse of the "Purgatory Ripper" on the table, explaining what purgatory was."
It was the Age of Mythology," Hethanna sat solemnly across from Hao Ren, with a serious expression on her face that was similar to that of Vivien's usual "lectures" to people, "You should know that the earth in those days was very different from now - magic was widespread in this world, supernatural forces were the norm in the world, and humans without much magical talent and the weak city-states they established were scarce and needed to be protected.Not only did the aliens build many super structures that are unimaginable to humans today, but the magical environment of the world made the planet very different from what it is today, and a large number of alien spaces were connected to the Earth - some of them were man-made, and some of them existed since the beginning. ”Hao Ren nodded slightly, he had heard Vivien mention these things before, and now he should review them again."
At that time, the aliens built a lot of things, and many self-proclaimed god families even built huge 'kingdoms of God', such as Mount Olympus and the Aesir Domain, but now there are no such magnificent ruins on the earth, just because these 'kingdoms of God' are built in other dimensions," Vivian took over from Hethanna's words, "These kingdoms of God are man-made alien spaces.And in addition to this, there are some natural spaces, they have been linked to the earth since I can remember, they include purgatory and some demon planes, and even some of the aliens originally lived in this kind of space, such as the shadow demons, they came from this kind of space, the hometown of those guys is called the 'shadow world', it is a cold place with no stars, I have been to it once, and I am very impressed. ”This part of the thing was the first time Hao Ren had heard of it, and what he immediately thought of was nothing else, but the truth that the aliens had come to Earth: they were originally inhabitants of the dream plane, and they were leaked to this universe due to the rupture of the wall of reality.Could it be that those primordial alien spaces that once existed in ancient times also leaked from the dream plane?
Or was it that the rupture of the Wall of Reality at that time not only threw a large number of races to this place, but also threw in some of the spatial debris of the dream plane?
Hao Ren exchanged glances with the others, and everyone basically thought of the same thing.However, they didn't dwell on it: considering the situation of the Wall of Reality and the theoretical model of "information unification", it is normal for the Wall of Reality to leak some space debris into this universe after it is broken, but it is only on a large scale, and now it seems that the leakage back then may be more serious than imagined."
After the collapse of the Age of Mythology, these alien spaces are basically gone," Hethiana continued, "The man-made kingdom of God lost its support due to the destruction of its master, most of it collapsed, and the rest fell into closure, and the Olympus Temple space we found before was a closed alien space; The natural spaces were banished: the witchers were incapable of destroying the fabric of space, so in order to sever the roots of some alien races, they sealed them in the alien dimension and broke the link between the latter and the main plane. ”"Now those different spaces should still be floating in the cracks of time and space, and there is no channel to rebuild links from within the space, so they will wander in endless time and space forever until the day the universe ends," Vivian said here and suddenly felt a little scared, "Fortunately, I didn't think about going to some other space to hide quietly, once I fell asleep, I'm afraid I still don't know where in the universe." ”Hao Ren looked at the dried corpse of the "Purgatory Ripper" on the table, and was curious about what kind of environment could give birth to such a strange and hideous creature: "What kind of place is Purgatory?
”"The craziest of all the alien spaces, there are no sane creatures in it, only wild beasts," Hethanna pouted and looked up at Vivien, "You can ask Lord Vivien, I have heard everything about the ancient times, and Lord Vivien has really experienced it." ”Vivien snorted, reminiscing about the events of the past: "I have never been to Purgatory, not even in the age of mythology.The link between Purgatory and the Main Plane is very unstable, and it does not have a fixed spatial passage or entry and exit method like the other other dimensions of the past, but opens its doors on Earth almost randomly.In the first layer of purgatory, it is a little more plausible, some daring wizards will explore that place, where there is highly toxic air and hot springs, the whole world seems to be boiled and boiling, the Purgatory Ripper lives on the first level, and the second layer of Purgatory begins to be a place where completely unreasonable monsters live, it is all flesh and blood beasts without sense, devouring each other, fighting each other, relying on complete killing instincts to act, they will almost tear apart all the flesh and blood that trespass in- Hades once tried to form an army of the undead to find out what was at the bottom of Purgatory, but the skeletons and zombies were torn apart by the twisted monsters of Purgatory.In short, Purgatory is such a crazy place. ”"A harsh space full of primordial beasts," Hao Ren touched his chin, "What are wizards doing studying this place?"
”"The creatures of Purgatory are born with great strength, and their flesh and blood contain special primordial energy," Vivien said, "While those bloodthirsty monsters are dangerous, wizards regard them as supreme treasures, and some of the infernal creatures can even be used to cast forbidden spells, such as elevating humans to immortal spirits, or opening portals to deeper, distorted spaces."
During the Age of Mythology, wizards were the minions of alien captivity, and at that time they were still forced by their masters to explore purgatory, but after the end of the Age of Mythology, some wizards began to explore the place on their own initiative. ”Lily immediately shouted, "Wait, wasn't Purgatory banished by the witchers like the rest of the Age of Mythology after the collapse of the Age of Mythology?"
”"All other natural spaces have been banished by the witchers, except Purgatory," Vivien shook her head, "I said before, Purgatory is a very unstable place, and its connection to the main plane is completely random, there is no native intelligent race in Purgatory, and no one can control its connection rules - the witcher can't grasp that space at all."
Therefore, after the end of the mythological era, Purgatory will still be linked to the earth from time to time, and there are often surviving aliens or wizards entering it.However, since then, the witchers have been constantly interfering with the gates of Purgatory, and they seem to have used a constant spatial disturbance force to 'push' Purgatory away from this world, although it has not completely destroyed its connection with this world, but it has greatly reduced the frequency of opening the gates of Purgatory, and Purgatory has not appeared at all in the last one or two thousand years.I remember the last time it appeared seemed to be during the Augustan period, when a gate was opened in the north of Rome and several villages were swallowed up by monsters, but after that there was no news of the opening at all.And the scale of that opening incident is not large, and there are no clues in history. ”Hao Ren listened to these magical stories with his eyes wide, he didn't expect that such a thing would happen after the end of the Age of Mythology.Then his gaze rested on the dried corpse specimen of the Infernal Ripper: "Then this thing ......"
"This was made into a specimen hundreds of years ago," Hethanna nodded, "It means that a wizard opened the gate of Purgatory hundreds of years ago and brought it out alive." ”"Hundreds of years ago?
It was already the time when humans and witchers ruled the earth," Hao Ren felt incredulous, "Didn't the witchers find out?"
”"I don't know if anyone was spotted when it first opened, but the wizard apparently escaped the witcher, and we found some clues about him that the wizard was still active around Europe around the time of the American Revolution.""
So the information we have now is: there is a wizard who opened the gates of purgatory hundreds of years ago and brought something out of it, and at the same time this wizard also left a magic book that can summon the evil spirit Vivien......"
Hao Ren tapped the table with his knuckles, "What is the connection between the two things?"
”"There is evidence that the summoning ritual recorded in that book is only one of the many forbidden spells of that wizard, and we have found some scattered manuscripts left by that wizard," Hethanna glanced at Vivienne, "His summoning of the 'Blood King' was not his ultimate goal, but only his desire to use the Blood King's power to enter the depths of purgatory."
He must have many other manuscripts left, and there may be more than one forbidden technique related to Lord Vivien, and these secrets should be hidden in the place where he opened the gates of purgatory. ”"Where?""
Nordic."
(To be continued.) )