Alien Knights

Looking at the man and woman in front of him, the expressionless Scathach turned around and walked towards the interior of the temple, saying, "Meredith, bring them in."

The crowfeather woman named Meredith stood up and looked at Rachel: "Come on, there is only the last stretch of the way."

The skirt was wet with sweat, Rachel looked back at Todd on the back, and said anxiously: "The trial can be carried out at any time, can you please help my companion first, we heard that there is a potion here called "Tyrant"..."

Meredith blinked and said meaningfully: "That's such a coincidence, whether it's the next trial of fate, or the "tyrant" you're looking for, both are located in the same place."

"where?!"

"The door of darkness..."

Following Meredith's footsteps, Rachel stepped into the hall of the temple.

The place is in ruins, the stone pillars and sculptures have already collapsed, the marble floor is full of cracks, and only half of the goddess statue in the main hall of the temple remains. From a distance, the moss and climbing vines are the protagonists here, and they occupy this once glorious sanctuary without any suspense.

Rachel looked at the devastation in front of her and asked Meredith, "Where are we going?"

The other party didn't answer, but stopped in front of the statue, looked up at the crumbling sculpture, sighed inaudibly, and continued to walk forward.

The three of them walked along the overgrown corridor and entered a sloping passageway.

Meredith pushed open the stone door at the end, and a spiral downward staircase appeared in the dark space.

Taking a torch from the wall, Meredith walked in the front, while illuminating the path for those behind him, he casually said: "There are many people like him..."

"What?"

"Those who seek to become demigods try their best to pass the trials just to try to touch the relics of the ancient gods, but very few succeed."

Rachel was taken aback, and suddenly remembered something: "What is the relationship between the "Trial of Fate" you mentioned and the door of darkness?"

Glancing back in surprise, Meredith tilted her head and asked, "Don't you guys know the legend of the Kingdom of Shadows when you come here?"

Finding that the other party really didn't know anything, Meredith stepped on the steps and explained: "The Kingdom of Shadows is synonymous with the land of the underworld in the northern border. Mainlanders like to call it the 'Gate of the Dead', while North Islanders like to call it the 'Helm of the Underworld'. It is rumored that this used to be the residence of Hell, Queen of the Underworld in the age of the gods. It is separated from the outer world and connects with the present world, which is called the outer world, which is the land under our feet; while the other part is hidden in an inaccessible space, which is rumored to be the refuge of the gods, and is called the inner world. The gate connecting the two worlds is called the "Dark Gate" by the world."

"It is said that the person chosen by the descendants of the gods, if they can pass the three tests of "will", "strength" and "fate", will be recognized by the gods and become a demigod." Meredith walked to the platform at the bottom of the stairs, pointed to a deeper place under his feet, and said softly: "The final test of "fate" is to let the tester pass through the dark door and return safely."

Rachel put Todd on the ground, rubbed his sore shoulders, and looked at Meredith expectantly: "Can I ask, how many people have come here over the years, and how many people have successfully passed the test?"

Meredith pursed her lips, rolled her eyes, and thought for a while: "There are always hundreds of people coming here every year, but in the years I have followed Master, there are only two people who have really passed the test..."

Rachel was taken aback for a moment, with a complicated look on her face.

Meredith jumped down the last flight of stairs, walked to a wooden door in the corridor engraved with runes, and waved to Rachel: "Come with me, the dark door is just ahead."

Looking at the uncertain front, Rachel gritted her teeth, put Todd on her back, and followed the pace of the woman in front of her.

Walking in this underground corridor, Rachel looked around. A large number of bones and fossils of strange creatures were built into walls and columns. This strange sight made her feel more and more uneasy.

Meredith extinguished the torch, because the light of the flame was no longer needed in the corridor. Among the bone fossils, there were a large number of strange green light spots, which emitted a gentle and soft light, illuminating the way forward.

After passing through this bone corridor, a group of three people walked into a wide hall.

Scathach waited early on the sacrificial high platform at the innermost end of the hall. When he saw Rachel and Todd appear, he just nodded and motioned for them to come forward.

Rachel was a little hesitant, and she felt more and more uneasy about the "Dark Gate" that could travel to the kingdom of the undead. However, in the current situation, she has no choice but to stagger forward.

Waiting for everyone to stand on the sacrificial platform, Scathach put his hand on the boulder totem in the center of the platform, and began to chant lengthy and difficult words.

Rachel looked up at the huge totem with densely packed runes, which shocked her.

Words such as "death", "nothingness", "falling into the abyss", "soul imprisoned", "eternal return" and other words made her widen her eyes in horror and backed away unconsciously.

Meredith held her back and shook her head unobtrusively.

A few minutes later, Scathach's prayer also came to the end.

There was a booming sound from the whole hall, and the sound became louder and louder from far to near, like ten thousand war horses stepping onto the battlefield at the same time, and countless boulders rolling down from the top of the mountain.

The ground shook, and the dust on the top of the head fell in a flurry. Rachel couldn't stand still, and fell to the ground at the same time as Todd on her back. Looking at the cracks that appeared on the ground, she began to wonder whether the place would collapse into a living tomb in the next second.

Just when Rachel was in doubt, something that surprised her even more happened. The cracks in the ground in front of the platform were getting bigger and bigger. It seemed that there was some force dragging the floor, splitting and shrinking the floor of the entire hall, revealing the true face below the hall.

Rachel lay on the edge of the high platform and looked forward, everything in front of her made her forget to breathe.

A huge black hole with a diameter of 30 meters appeared in the center of the hall. The surging sea water washed and flowed clockwise, and the water level rose higher and higher in the black hole, gradually forming a huge vortex of currents.

Rachel's lips were bloodless, she grabbed Meredith's skirt and asked in a trembling voice, "Could it be...is this..."

The latter nodded: "This is the "Dark Gate" of the Kingdom of Shadows, and it is also the last link of the three trials - "Trial of Destiny"."

"You guys are crazy!!!"

Rachel hugged Todd tightly, pressed her cheek against Todd's forehead, stared at Scathach and Meredith with the eyes of a madman, and shouted: "This is not the entrance to the underworld at all! This is the maelstrom caused by the current! Anyone who enters here will only have a dead end!"

Scathach looked at the man and woman at his feet expressionlessly, as if watching a scene that Sikong often sees on weekdays.

Meredith knelt down, came to Rachel's side, and said calmly: "I have indeed seen many people jump off here and never come back; but I swear by the name of the ancient gods, I have also seen two people return to the world safely and gain the power of the gods. And, taking a step back, at this moment, he doesn't have much time, does he?"

Rachel shook her head vigorously, and was about to say something more, when the man in her arms - Todd, suddenly tugged at the hem of her clothes.

The former leaned down and heard the latter whisper in her ear: "Rachel, thank you..."

As soon as the words fell, Todd used his only intact arm to prop himself up on the ground, and amidst Rachel's heart-piercing cries, he rolled down the high platform and fell into the vortex of endless darkness.