After following Troll and the soldiers to the underground palace, Sifa heard a report from the soldiers stationed there. A soldier had tried to push open the palace doors, but the moment he climbed the steps, he had suddenly aged at an alarming rate and died.
The Ancient Balam Empire had been founded by the Underworld Emperor, so the former royal family of the Balam Empire controlled the Death Pathway.
Since this palace might have been a relic of Ancient Balam, the presence of the power of death was hardly surprising.
Sifa glanced at Abrio.
The blond man's body suddenly began to change.
His blond hair instantly turned a dull gray.
His skin became deathly pale, and bluish veins emerged beneath it.
His eye sockets abruptly sank inward, their edges darkening to a deep black.
Blood-red flames burned in his eyes.
In mere moments.
Abrio went from a tall, blond man with a ruddy complexion.
To a gaunt figure with dark gray hair, resembling a corpse that had been dead for a long time.
Abrio was now an undead creature, a Sequence 3 Ferryman of the Death Pathway.
He had temporarily switched pathways through the curse of Celeste.
He approached the palace and climbed the steps. The blood-red flames in his eye sockets intensified, and his skin grew even paler.
The aura of death around him grew increasingly strong.
"There is indeed the power of death here."
"But it isn't particularly strong, roughly equivalent to Sequence 4."
"It's still lethal to ordinary people, though. Anyone who recklessly enters will rapidly age or turn into a zombie."
After carefully examining the power within the palace, Abrio gave his assessment.
"Is there a way to deal with it?" Sifa asked.
Abrio smiled. In his human form, his smile had been sunny.
Now