Chapter 402 (1/2)

Tomb keeper?

The black haired wizard raised his eyebrows. He could understand the meaning of the other party - if the lost niederhogg was compared to the tomb of the Dragon Kingdom, the other party claimed to be the ”Tomb keeper” is indeed a proper title.

But

”Are you still alive?” Lorraine blurted out almost subconsciously.

”It depends on how you understand 'death'.” although there are only a pair of bones left, the other party's ethereal voice hardly makes Loren feel fear. It's more like talking to a gentle elder:

”On the material level, my body has completely decayed, and I can't even maintain the most basic appearance; but my consciousness is connected with the void. There is no concept of 'time' in the void, so my consciousness has not completely dissipated.”

”According to your calendar, I have existed for almost a thousand years - as the tomb keeper of the broken wall and remnant Huan of the Dragon Kingdom, I protect the 'last knowledge' from being completely lost.”

For more than a thousand years... The black haired wizard exaggerated his eyebrows and asked humbly, ”are you... A remnant of the Dragon kingdom?”

”Well... It's a little different, but you can understand it.” the skeleton thought for a moment and replied softly, ”in a sense, I am indeed the last remnant of the Dragon kingdom.”

”When the Dragon kingdom fell completely, for some purpose, we decided to completely hide Nidhogg and completely seal the 'last knowledge' until it should reappear in the world.”

The other party paused. The ethereal and gray blue flame burning pupils ”looked” at Loren: ”I have introduced myself. It's your turn, Lord Loren Turin.”

”Why did you work so hard to come to this already destroyed place?”

”Out of some belief, in order to redeem their own 'soul'?

Is it to follow the footsteps of predecessors and find the truth hidden in the past?

For some precious knowledge, increase your wisdom and broaden your horizons?

Or looking for some powerful force to make yourself invincible? ”

The skeleton whispered, and the Osprey bone seemed to show a very expectant expression.

”Listen to your tone, I don't seem to be the first outsider you've ever seen.” the black haired wizard frowned slightly and inquired carefully with his hands on his back.

”Of course, there have been countless outsiders in niederhogg for thousands of years, but only a few really walked into the Dragon King tower like you, and the vast majority of visitors...” the tomb keeper suddenly paused and slowly looked up:

”You should have seen them with your own eyes when you entered the king's city.”

Lauren narrowed her pupils slightly, and a chill surged from behind.

Wait, there's something wrong.

”If you are the tomb keeper of niederhogg, protect here and 'last knowledge' from outsiders.” the black haired wizard asked deliberately, ”what's the purpose of seeing me?”

”Protection? No... Lord Loren Turin, you understand wrong, not so.” the grave keeper shook his head and creaked his exposed neck bone. ”The order I received is only to protect the 'last knowledge' from loss. Whether you or other outsiders spy or not has nothing to do with it, and it is not within my scope of responsibility.”

”As for those fallen outsiders... Most of them were not killed by me. They just fell outside because they were not strong enough to reach the Dragon King tower; I just used their bodies as the 'guard' of niederhogg.”

”And Lord Loren Turin... You are here because you have sufficient qualifications.”

”Qualification?”

”Yes, after the first gentleman who arrived at the Dragon King tower, you are the third visitor here - if you count your friends, you should be the fourth.” the tomb keeper said calmly:

”But to be exact, you should be the first person 'qualified' to come into contact with all this.”

The black haired wizard raised his eyebrows. He always felt that the other party had something to say: ”would you like to explain in detail, your Excellency the tomb keeper?”

The confusion in the heart is increasing, but at least it is confirmed that the other party does not have a bad feeling or hostility towards himself... Of course, if the guy who has become a skeleton can really have the negative emotion of ”hostility”.