Acheron River, the first river to enter the underworld, also known as distress River, is also the largest river in the underworld.


    Seeing the river, Manda learned something about her previous journey.


    According to the book of Odes, after a man dies, tanatos, the God of death, leaves a mark on his body, and Hermes, the messenger of the gods, will guide his soul through the long dark valley to the Bank of the Styx river.


    What Manda has just experienced is the long dark valley. Hermes will only provide guidance for the souls who have held formal funerals. Although Manda has not been guided, he has successfully walked out of the valley with the talent given to him by Hermes.


    But those lonely souls who have not held funerals are not so lucky. They can''t get out of the valley. They are finally eroded by the surrounding undead and become a part of the valley.


    Think about the years of war and famine. For most people, a simple funeral is a luxury. No wonder the imprisoned souls in the dark valley exceed Manda''s counting ability.


    The first task has been completed. According to the order on the stone statue, Manda must cross the Acheron river.


    According to the book of songs, the river can''t even float a feather. Swimming must not work. The correct way to cross the river is to find Charon, the God of the underworld, and cross the river on his ferry.


    It''s not difficult to find the crossing God along the river bank. How can you explain it to him?


    Pretending to be a dead soul, without explaining anything, just muddle through.


    The idea is good, but I''m afraid the gods are not so easy to cheat. Once exposed, the consequences will be unimaginable.


    Of course, there are also living people who have successfully crossed the river in history. Orpheus, a hero in the classical period and a member of the golden wool team, once moved the transitional God Charon with the sound of piano and crossed the Styx River by boat.


    Does Manda have the strength?


    If you bring a guitar, or a harp with Ningfu fairy, you may have a little chance.


    But Manda didn''t bring either of these things. He didn''t come out on vacation. Why did he bring an instrument? Besides, Orpheus was the best musician in the classical period, and he only succeeded once.


    In addition, there is another way. It is said that as long as living people take the golden branches of Persephone''s back garden, they can board Charon''s ship, but Manda has not seen such high-grade goods yet.


    Even if she cheated Charon, Manda didn''t have to cross the river.


    To get on Charon''s ship, you have to pay a silver coin. A silver coin is not worth mentioning for Manda, but he didn''t bring any money. He gave Roma his money bag and didn''t have any copper on him.


    You can get on the ship without paying. It depends on your courage. Hercules, the great hero, once took a overlord ship, and Charon dared not do anything to him.


    The question is, does Manda have the strength of Hercules? Obviously not.


    If you don''t have strength and want to be a overlord ship, you may be ruthlessly thrown into the river by Charon. I''m afraid you''ll get a stick if you fall into the river. It''s better than swimming.


    After thinking about it, Manda decided not to take risks with Charon. He decided to walk directly across the river.


    Because she expected to steal things during this trip, Manda asked the poet to specially make two artifacts, one is a four wing flying mirror and the other is a weightless feather boot.


    The four wing flying mirror is made of two blood stones of Kingfisher goddess. It is a silver mirror with two pairs of wings. It can fly in the air and record the scene reflected in the mirror briefly. Its main function is investigation.


    Weightless feather boots is a precious artifact made of the fifth level divine blood stone of ghosts and gods. This divine blood stone was sealed by the sword of divine punishment. There are still traces after it was unsealed. If it was a pure divine blood stone, Manda would have given it to kersto.


    In addition to the divine blood stone, the main material of weightless feather boots is the feathers of three winged birds. Wearing these boots, people''s body will lose most of its weight. They will not sag when stepping on cotton, no footprints when stepping on snow, and no sound when stepping on dead branches and broken leaves. They will not sink even when stepping on the mud of ziegsai. They are a great tool for sneaking in and stealing.


    Manda is going to cross the river by force with the help of these two artifacts, but when he comes to the Bank of the Acheron River, he hesitates.


    The river is at least more than 100 meters wide. Although it is not too deep, the clear river let Manda see the bottom of the river.


    Almost like the dark valley, the riverbed of the Acheron river is also composed of bodies. Under the scouring of the river over the years, these bodies are arranged very neatly and have a very peaceful expression.


    Based on her previous experience in the dark valley, Manda speculates that these bodies are entities formed by the soul, which can be seen, touched, and probably still move.


    Why does the soul form an entity in the underworld? This kind of thing is beyond Manda''s understanding.


    But there is one thing he can imagine. If he is caught by these "people" at the bottom of the river, he will lie side by side with these "people" and become a part of the riverbed.


    Before crossing the river, Manda prayed to Hermes again. He believed that he had been under Hermes''s gaze.


    He first released the four winged silver mirror, looked at the square mirror one foot high and half foot wide, waved two pairs of wings and flew steadily over the river. Manda took the first step towards the river with a light sigh of relief, put on his feather boots.


    Can this pair of boots float in this river, which is said to be unable to float even feathers? Can you float yourself who has lost most of its weight?


    In the first step, the boots successfully floated on the water.


    The second step, Manda''s whole body stood steadily on the water.


    In the third step, Manda looked down and found that the river had become much deeper and should have no top.


    The fourth step, many "people" at the bottom of the river opened their eyes. Manda looked up and decided not to look down.


    Step five, suddenly someone pulled Manda from the bottom of the river. Manda lost her balance. One foot fell into the river and the other foot left the river. She was about to sink into the water. At the critical moment, Manda grabbed the four wing silver mirror.


    The power of the four wing silver mirror is very small. It can''t fly with Manda. It can only provide Manda with a unstable grip.


    With this strength, Manda stood firm again, took three more steps on the river, and was shot into the bottom of the river by a spray.


    Eight steps, eight steps.


    After so much preparation, I took a total of eight steps.


    "People" lying at the bottom of the river stretch out their arms one after another to try to catch Manda. Manda runs like flying and runs hard at the bottom of the river.


    The buoyancy and resistance of the Acheron River are very small. Although the riverbed constructed by the body is somewhat slippery, Manda''s speed is not greatly affected.


    He held his breath and ran to the other bank. In the meantime, several arms at the bottom of the river grabbed Manda and were cut off by him with his golden fingers.


    When she climbed to the other side, Manda lay on the rock and gasped for a long time.


    He took off his boots, slapped the silver mirrors flying in the air and stuffed them into his backpack.


    The flameless torch is completely useless. The weightless feather boots and four winged silver mirrors are only of little use. Up to now, they almost rely on their own ability. What''s the use of carrying these gods?


    When Manda was about to tighten her backpack, she found that the four wing silver mirror was flashing all the time, as if there was an important message to be transmitted to Manda.


    Manda didn''t dare to neglect, so she quickly picked up the silver mirror, because he felt that the dangerous pendant was also warming up.


    Since coming to the underworld, the danger omen pendant seems to have become dull. This is the first time it has warmed up.


    Manda wiped the water drops from the mirror and rubbed them carefully along the patterns on the mirror.


    The mirror began to slowly reproduce the previous scene, first the turbulent River and Manda walking on the river.


    Then, because Manda grabbed it on the way, the mirror began to shake violently.


    Next, Manda runs wildly at the bottom of the river, but the mirror captures a picture on the shore.


    In the corner of the river bank, two green dots appeared.


    More than two, like four, no, there are many


    Judging from the location at that time, these bright spots seemed to be nearby.


    Manda stood up alert and looked around. She felt as if there was a sound around her.


    Following the sound, Manda finally saw it.


    One, two, three, ten, thirty... Almost a hundred!


    A hundred green flames, like a hundred lanterns, move and flicker in the dark corner.