Chapter 212: The Dark Rune Village.[1]
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Later, in the evening, Scarlet who could not stand the boredom of staying indoors to look at yet again more paperwork so she contemplated on the idea of maybe visiting the dark rune village. It possibly couldn't hurt to take a look a look around, right?
So, she went off to the underworld, on her own without Severus who was busy patrolling for soul eaters. It struck her while she was there that nothing ever changed in this realm, nothing that she had noticed anyway. The trees remained the same, always blooming season after season, the reapers dressed the same, the soul registrars retained the same uninterested gaze, the fish in the ponds and streams remained the same kind and size, soul pets chased each other around. Conversations changed, but not much else did.
Scarlet wondered then if the other realms were the same, did they look like this?
"No, they don't." A voice said in her mind. "The realms are shaped according to the will of the deity and the purpose they serve."
"Hello old deity," she said, and she looked around, just in case he was somewhere close to her. "Nice of you to invade my mind, as always." she finished with sarcasm.
"Well, you work for me and I can do whatever I want in my world. Just what did you think the underworld would look lie anyway?" he replied.
"Dark, with fire everywhere and demons and screaming souls being burned by the eternal flames which will never burn out." she answered.
lightsnοvεl "This is not the final destination of souls my dear Scarlet, this realm can be equated to__, say a transit point in a long destination. You bring the souls, we send them off elsewhere for punishment, reincarnation or non existence." he explained. "Is there something wrong with the appearance of my realm?"
"No, it's beautiful." she replied. "I was just making comparisons to the changing seasons in the human worlds that do not exist here. I think maybe it's a good thing, souls of the dead do not take breaks because it's raining or snowing."
She was walking across a bridge which provided access to another part of the underworld realm, one she had not been to before. Along the way, she passed by other grim reapers that were heading the same way. More than a few were travelling in pairs, male and female and on their faces, they wore smiles. They loved it here, the underworld was their home for eternity, they were happy to live here unlike her who had yet to settle in and make this her forever home because of her human ties.
This village was beautiful, it had the kind of beauty which painters longed to capture and put on a piece of paper to be remembered eternally.
All the roads, foot paths and side walks she could see were lined up with beautiful flowers on the sides. Flowers, of many colors, some red, some yellow and others white.
The occupants of the village walked with smiles on their faces, many of them, using the blink skill to travel, disappearing from the roads in an instant.
Why didn't Severus tell her how beautiful, enchanting and captivating the dark rune village was?
She wanted to look further, and she took two steps in when she was bounced back by an invisible barrier that denied her entry.
"What is this?" she looked at Hawk. She was a grim reaper, this village was a home to grim reapers so why was she being denied entry? "Why can't I get in?"
"Did you not read the instructions." he asked her.
"What instructions?" she asked him with a very puzzled look on her face for she had seen no instructions that he spoke of.
"Pay," he said, "Residents pay rent or buy a house or space and visitors must also pay an entry fee. Put an energy crystal in the open mouth of each head of the hound." he pointed to a very creepy looking statue of a three headed hell hound with blood red crystal eyes. The mouth of each of it's three heads was wide open, sharp fangs out and ready to bite. There was something very life like about it, as if it could open those eyes, spring to life and immediately tear her throat out.
But aside from that, she was dismayed by the aspect of having to pay energy crystals to enter the village. The old deity really knew how to make them spit out energy crystals, no wonder he put that bracelet on her hand.
"So ridiculous." she mumbled as she paid the very expensive entry fee. Even the three headed dog was here as a threat, it was extortion. You can trace the roots of this content at n0v@lbin
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Later, in the evening, Scarlet who could not stand the boredom of staying indoors to look at yet again more paperwork so she contemplated on the idea of maybe visiting the dark rune village. It possibly couldn't hurt to take a look a look around, right?
So, she went off to the underworld, on her own without Severus who was busy patrolling for soul eaters. It struck her while she was there that nothing ever changed in this realm, nothing that she had noticed anyway. The trees remained the same, always blooming season after season, the reapers dressed the same, the soul registrars retained the same uninterested gaze, the fish in the ponds and streams remained the same kind and size, soul pets chased each other around. Conversations changed, but not much else did.
Scarlet wondered then if the other realms were the same, did they look like this?
"No, they don't." A voice said in her mind. "The realms are shaped according to the will of the deity and the purpose they serve."
"Hello old deity," she said, and she looked around, just in case he was somewhere close to her. "Nice of you to invade my mind, as always." she finished with sarcasm.
"Well, you work for me and I can do whatever I want in my world. Just what did you think the underworld would look lie anyway?" he replied.
"Dark, with fire everywhere and demons and screaming souls being burned by the eternal flames which will never burn out." she answered.
lightsnοvεl "This is not the final destination of souls my dear Scarlet, this realm can be equated to__, say a transit point in a long destination. You bring the souls, we send them off elsewhere for punishment, reincarnation or non existence." he explained. "Is there something wrong with the appearance of my realm?"
"No, it's beautiful." she replied. "I was just making comparisons to the changing seasons in the human worlds that do not exist here. I think maybe it's a good thing, souls of the dead do not take breaks because it's raining or snowing."
She was walking across a bridge which provided access to another part of the underworld realm, one she had not been to before. Along the way, she passed by other grim reapers that were heading the same way. More than a few were travelling in pairs, male and female and on their faces, they wore smiles. They loved it here, the underworld was their home for eternity, they were happy to live here unlike her who had yet to settle in and make this her forever home because of her human ties.
This village was beautiful, it had the kind of beauty which painters longed to capture and put on a piece of paper to be remembered eternally.
All the roads, foot paths and side walks she could see were lined up with beautiful flowers on the sides. Flowers, of many colors, some red, some yellow and others white.
The occupants of the village walked with smiles on their faces, many of them, using the blink skill to travel, disappearing from the roads in an instant.
Why didn't Severus tell her how beautiful, enchanting and captivating the dark rune village was?
She wanted to look further, and she took two steps in when she was bounced back by an invisible barrier that denied her entry.
"What is this?" she looked at Hawk. She was a grim reaper, this village was a home to grim reapers so why was she being denied entry? "Why can't I get in?"
"Did you not read the instructions." he asked her.
"What instructions?" she asked him with a very puzzled look on her face for she had seen no instructions that he spoke of.
"Pay," he said, "Residents pay rent or buy a house or space and visitors must also pay an entry fee. Put an energy crystal in the open mouth of each head of the hound." he pointed to a very creepy looking statue of a three headed hell hound with blood red crystal eyes. The mouth of each of it's three heads was wide open, sharp fangs out and ready to bite. There was something very life like about it, as if it could open those eyes, spring to life and immediately tear her throat out.
But aside from that, she was dismayed by the aspect of having to pay energy crystals to enter the village. The old deity really knew how to make them spit out energy crystals, no wonder he put that bracelet on her hand.
"So ridiculous." she mumbled as she paid the very expensive entry fee. Even the three headed dog was here as a threat, it was extortion. You can trace the roots of this content at n0v@lbin
Later, in the evening, Scarlet who could not stand the boredom of staying indoors to look at yet again more paperwork so she contemplated on the idea of maybe visiting the dark rune village. It possibly couldn't hurt to take a look a look around, right? So, she went off to the underworld, on her own without Severus who was busy patrolling for soul eaters. It struck her while she was there that nothing ever changed in this realm, nothing that she had noticed anyway. The trees remained the same, always blooming season after season, the reapers dressed the same, the soul registrars retained the same uninterested gaze, the fish in the ponds and streams remained the same kind and size, soul pets chased each other around. Conversations changed, but not much else did. Scarlet wondered then if the other realms were the same, did they look like this? "No, they don't." A voice said in her mind. "The realms are shaped according to the will of the deity and the purpose they serve." "Hello old deity," she said, and she looked around, just in case he was somewhere close to her. "Nice of you to invade my mind, as always." she finished with sarcasm. "Well, you work for me and I can do whatever I want in my world. Just what did you think the underworld would look lie anyway?" he replied. "Dark, with fire everywhere and demons and screaming souls being burned by the eternal flames which will never burn out." she answered. lightsnvl "This is not the final destination of souls my dear Scarlet, this realm can be equated to__, say a transit point in a long destination. You bring the souls, we send them off elsewhere for punishment, reincarnation or non existence." he explained. "Is there something wrong with the appearance of my realm?""No, it's beautiful." she replied. "I was just making comparisons to the changing seasons in the human worlds that do not exist here. I think maybe it's a good thing, souls of the dead do not take breaks because it's raining or snowing."She was walking across a bridge which provided access to another part of the underworld realm, one she had not been to before. Along the way, she passed by other grim reapers that were heading the same way. More than a few were travelling in pairs, male and female and on their faces, they wore smiles. They loved it here, the underworld was their home for eternity, they were happy to live here unlike her who had yet to settle in and make this her forever home because of her human ties. This village was beautiful, it had the kind of beauty which painters longed to capture and put on a piece of paper to be remembered eternally. All the roads, foot paths and side walks she could see were lined up with beautiful flowers on the sides. Flowers, of many colors, some red, some yellow and others white. The occupants of the village walked with smiles on their faces, many of them, using the blink skill to travel, disappearing from the roads in an instant. Why didn't Severus tell her how beautiful, enchanting and captivating the dark rune village was?She wanted to look further, and she took two steps in when she was bounced back by an invisible barrier that denied her entry. "What is this?" she looked at Hawk. She was a grim reaper, this village was a home to grim reapers so why was she being denied entry? "Why can't I get in?" "Did you not read the instructions." he asked her. "What instructions?" she asked him with a very puzzled look on her face for she had seen no instructions that he spoke of. "Pay," he said, "Residents pay rent or buy a house or space and visitors must also pay an entry fee. Put an energy crystal in the open mouth of each head of the hound." he pointed to a very creepy looking statue of a three headed hell hound with blood red crystal eyes. The mouth of each of it's three heads was wide open, sharp fangs out and ready to bite. There was something very life like about it, as if it could open those eyes, spring to life and immediately tear her throat out. But aside from that, she was dismayed by the aspect of having to pay energy crystals to enter the village. The old deity really knew how to make them spit out energy crystals, no wonder he put that bracelet on her hand. "So ridiculous." she mumbled as she paid the very expensive entry fee. Even the three headed dog was here as a threat, it was extortion. You can trace the roots of this content at n0v@lbin
