Chapter 126: Standing Coins

"Oh. That's right. That was a long, long time ago. Dragons still laid eggs at that time." Shenchang Lin said.

It's not easy to start with "once upon a time" without sounding childish, and Necromancer manages to do a pretty good job. "And back then, there was life and death. I mean what you call 'normal' death. The structure was broken down into grit and steam, like a table being broken down into a board and four legs. Souls depart from the beings who possess them, enter the wheel of life and death, or are consumed as a resource.”

"Wait. You mentioned the Wheel of Life and Death..."

"It's what you think. Where there is life, there is death. Where there is death, there is life. A wheel rolling forward. Or a coin, that's better understood." Shenchang Lin said. "Turn over is life, turn over is death. And we are the circle in the middle. Neither heads nor tails."

"Then it's standing?"

"You can say that." Shenchang·Ling smiled vaguely. "The living died. From the dead came new ones. The coins were turned over, and over again. Suddenly one stood up. This was the birth of the first truly undead—sorry, birth of the dead. And so and so It was the third, the fourth. The standing coins formed a barrier and started to stop more and more coins. This is us."

"Hmm." Xishu stretched his head out from the two branches again. This time he did not quickly return his attention to sightseeing, but put his head between the branches. It was obvious that he was affected by the words. Thoughts. “But the coin isn’t supposed to stand up, right?”

He stretched out his hand to gesture - the undead pulling on the ashes wings behind him let out a scream - so high-pitched that it was almost inaudible. "Are coins like that? I have seen pictures depicting such items." Xishu said, making a caressing gesture. "Is that something that should stand up? I haven't seen any. The coins are flat face down, folded into a shape with a larger bottom and a smaller top, placed on the table or strung together in a string.

A standing coin is unnatural. I haven’t seen—”

"This is just a metaphor." The smile on Shanchang Lining's face disappeared at some point. "Do you know what the coins are for, comrade?"

Xishu thought for a moment.

"pray?"

He thought back to the ruins of the monastery he had just visited. "I guessed." He shrugged. "There is a pattern on one side. There is a portrait on the other side. It should be some kind of small seal. It is used to summon or draw power. The painting in the portrait is naturally——"

This time it was the Demon Duke's laughter that interrupted him.

"We'd better get back."

I took a quick look at him - his expression was not obvious. But both parties know what that means. "If you want to continue to understand the distribution of our troops, you can also see it in the wheel room. If you are really, so concerned. We can continue to play video information about our plan for you while the Angel of Death executes you. "While it's unnecessary and fundamentally wrong, we understand the 'hospice' thing."

"Yes."

Xishu had already come around from behind the tree branch - obviously he remembered his duty and looked at Yicha apologetically. "Let's go back quickly. Let me kill you."

The chat didn’t end when the journey started back. After all, they have always maintained a fairly harmonious atmosphere. Overall, no one was offended.

"You have such a good temper." Xishu said to Yi Cha. After being together all the way, their relationship became closer. "I didn't expect you to be like this."

The demon looked at him. It was as if she had just recognized his face. "Do you often do this?"

"What kind?"

"Discover things you didn't expect. And it's actually pretty easy to discover."

Xishu thought for a moment.

"Yes." He said briskly. "I also discovered that life after death is not that bad. At least now I don't have to worry about being punished by Commander Lamere when I go back. I'm sure I will never have nightmares again. Although I may still dream about you, but that's just It was just a dream about a familiar existence.

Moreover, I never knew what I should do before. "He grinned. "I know now. "

"and."

The demon mimicked his tone. "You think this is right?"

Xishu looked carefully at Yi Chaint's face. I found that the devil's expression was very serious.

Ezhaint Hincades really wanted to know what he thought. Does this mean anything?

etc. He discovered something else that he hadn't thought of before. The Demon Duke forced him away from the Angel's team, of course on purpose. He must have done this because he wanted to achieve a certain effect.

That effect may well have already occurred.

Among the things that have happened, the most similar ones are:

Let him be the substitute sacrifice and become the Angel of the Dead.

Xi Shu's eyes widened unconsciously. "You planned it." He almost jumped up (of course he couldn't, he was already an insubstantial floating object) and stared at the demon in surprise. "You know I will definitely offer to sacrifice in your place and become the material for the Angel of the Dead. I thought I wanted it myself..."

"Don't you want it yourself?"

"I...I thought so myself! But! Maybe it was you who led me to do this! Or it's because of you!" He unconsciously let out a shrill wail in his mouth (he was much more accustomed to them now) , so you don’t interrupt your own concentration). "I must have misunderstood something." He shook his head violently and stared at Yi Cha. "You lied to me? Did you do something evil to me? What I don't know..."

"I didn't lie to you." Yi Cha shook his head. "I haven't done anything evil to you. The consequences of doing evil things are usually very serious, so I don't do it easily."

"You are a devil. Devil! Of course you are going to do evil things! You must have an evil plan!"

"yes."

They were quiet for a while. The harmonious atmosphere is not so easy to break. The demon lazily turned his head and found that Shishu was calling him again.

"Tell me the plan." The Angel of Death said. "Maybe I can still help. After I kill you. Maybe before."

Yi Cha glanced back and looked at him again. "Are you sure you want to discuss it in front of so many ears?"

Xishu turned his head and looked directly into the round eyes that stretched out his intestines - there were about a dozen ears next to the round eyes, with the big ones surrounding the small ones in the middle.

"oh."

It dawned on him. "Then you can tell me secretly."

"After you made this request openly?" the devil said.

They were silent for a while longer. Back to the wheel room. Xisu controlled the Demon Duke between six summoning towers - he really learned a lot of things without a teacher in just one day.

Even now, Echaint didn't show an offended expression.

"Right. That question." Xi Shu said. "There's no right or wrong," he said. "There is no right or wrong in death. Especially how it feels after death. Hope this helps."

(End of chapter)