629 Life Traceback (1/2)

”An alternate dimension?” Douglas had thought that this place was made of grey halls that were connected by black gates, and that there would be no other changes. Therefore, he was rather stunned to see this world of exuberant trees.

Fernando flew in first. ”It seems that there are many worlds similar to alternate dimensions in the 'Realm of Gates' apart from the grey halls. I wonder if intelligent life can be found here.”

”I prefer to think that they are spectres of different kinds, like what we are seeing right now.” Douglas observed the environment and speculated roughly.

At this moment, the seven headless dwarfs, holding the grey coffin that was much longer than their height, reached Fernando and Douglas. They spoke in a dull voice from their stomach, ”Are you princes?”

”Huh?” Douglas reviewed his defense and looked at them, interested.

”The princes with heads are bad princes. The princess will blame us.” The headless dwarf in the lead said, his belly fluctuating.

Amused, Douglas said, ”Good princes don't have heads?”

”If you don't have your head, you will never be upset, you will never be sorrow, and you will never worry about your look…” A coarse female voice suddenly emerged from the grey coffin. The lifelessness around flowed into the coffin through the gaps and congregated into black air that improved the power of death inside to the level of legendary very soon.

Crack. The cover of the grey coffin was moved away, and a headless woman in a pure white court dress stood up, with a weird necklace made of a series of red apples on her chest.

The necklace seemed hilarious, but if one were to observe carefully, they would discover a human face on each of the apples. They were the faces of seven dwarfs and the round face of a girl. It was quite blood-freezing.

”Give me your head! Give me your head!” The headless woman wailed, and the intense air of death began to spread. The soundwaves that could destroy the soul swept out.

Looking at everything without any expression, Fernando suddenly said, ”Boring.”

Pa!

As the bolts of lightning hit the ground, the dozens of kilometers around were covered in the forest of thunderstorms. Both the headless prince and the trees were burnt into ashes!

”Headless? I seemed to have seen this custom before.” Douglas recalled the uncanny sense of familiarity. ”When we developed the Solar Islands, I encountered the natives of a few clans. They believed that the head of a human was the symbol of life, and that disasters would happen if their head remained after their death. Therefore, the head of the deceased would be cut off and burnt up before they were buried. It's similar to what we experienced just now.”

Fernando was not involved in the development of the Solar Islands that time. While listening to Douglas' interpretation, he frowned and asked, ”Are we in a dream or an illusion, where the things we are familiar with have been transformed into the weirdest stuff?”

”I am a top legend of the school of astrology. If even I cannot tell whether or not we are in a dream, the enemy can only be someone in the level of the God of Truth. If the 'gods' of such a level do exist, do they have to attack us so indirectly?” Said Douglas calmly but confidently. ”We are in the World of Souls. The death-related phenomena may be what is unique about it. We need to study the mechanism and the pattern behind it.”

A gloomy wind passed by, and a coarse, miserable female voice screamed behind them again:

”Give me your head! Give me your head!”

The tone of the voice changed, and the ashes on the ground gathered in swirls, refocused into a headless figure!

However, it was not someone in a white dress this time, but a person wearing a white robe and holding a platinum staff!

”This monster…” Fernando bellowed in fury.

Half solemnly and half amused, Douglas said, ”Benedict III seems much more handsome without his head.”

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In the grey wilderness that was full of tombstones…

While carrying Rhine to walk forward quickly, Lucien analyzed the crown of the Primordial Mummy. This legendary item seemed to have been specially processed by the Lich King and was not readily crackable like the common items. Lucien estimated that it would take him at least two to three hours.

”Wait a moment.” Rhine suddenly said.

Lucien stopped and let go of Rhine's arm. ”Mr. Rhine, did you notice anything?”

Rhine warmed his arms and legs. Part of his weakness seemed to be already gone. The vampire prince's ability of self-recovery was truly astonishing. ”Have you noticed the patterns on the tombstones?”