Tuis would never know that the reason why Olga and Padding were so wary of him and why Julius and Romuona were so nervous and afraid when he first appeared wasn't just because he was a stranger.
A ragged and fully-armed stranger could easily make others feel uneasy, but what if it wasn't a living person but a strange skeleton?
The fear and uneasiness that this skeleton brought would be even greater than that of a stranger with ill intentions.
A skeleton that could move and wore old, tattered armor and carried a broken sword. If its eye sockets were glowing with a green light, it would be even more terrifying.
No matter where it was, an undead creature was more terrifying and troublesome than a living person.
No matter how disgusting and frightening a ruthless bandit or a cunning thief was, a simple strike from a sword or a sword could eliminate the source of uneasiness.
As long as it was a living person, it would have a fatal weakness. Throat, heart … There would always be a fatal blow.
However, a skeleton that could move didn't have such a weakness.
Its skeleton wasn't afraid of swords or sabers. If a sword or saber were to land on its body, the sword or saber would only bend.
Even if the bones were smashed into pieces by hammers and heavy scepters, the spirit that resided in the skeleton would restore the broken bones to their original position so that it could maintain its appearance when it was alive. Even if it had lost its flesh and blood and was only left with a skeleton, it would still do so.
The skeleton wasn't without a weakness, and it wasn't invincible.
However, it was much more troublesome for an ordinary person to deal with an undead creature than a bandit or a bandit. A bandit could die, but a skeleton wouldn't disappear easily because it had already died once.
Even if it was knocked down, it would stand up again and again. This was more nerve-wracking than a living person who couldn't get up again after being knocked down.
The living's fear of death would extend to the skeleton that was closest to death.
A skeleton that could move had undoubtedly faced and experienced death. To it, death was no longer something to be afraid of. Instead, it was an existence that was like air.
The ghostly light in its eyes and the chilly breath coming out of its broken mouth were proof of death.
Undead creatures always brought about the greatest fear. Even experienced warriors would feel nervous when facing an undead creature.
For undead creatures like skeletons, if one had enough patience and strength to shatter them to the point where they couldn't be restored to their original state, then the spirit body or soul residue residing on them would also scatter away.
A devout priest could use divine spells and the power of prayer to put the undead to rest.
However, it would take more effort to deal with an undead creature than to deal with a bandit or a bandit.
Lulunaka stroked Tuis' skull and said goodbye to him.
Unlike the last time she shook hands with Tuis, this time, it was a formal goodbye.
The skeleton that shook hands with Lulunaka was actually Tuis' spirit.
When Tuis intended to stand up and leave, the gloomy green radiance of this skeleton — — Tuis' corpse extinguished. Instead, a gloomy blue spiritual body with a human silhouette stood up. Zhang Tie could faintly see the look of a man on the spiritual body's face.
This was probably Tuis' true appearance, not a head with only bones and teeth left.
At this moment, Olga and Padding finally saw Tuis' true appearance. He wasn't a skeleton that could talk and laugh.
As for Lulunaka, her expression didn't change at all when she saw the skeleton and the spirit with the appearance of a living person.
It didn't matter if Tuis was a skeleton or a spirit. To her, no matter how his appearance changed, he was still Tuis, not a skeleton or a spirit.
"He's gone," Olga said.
"Yes, he's gone." Padding looked in the direction Tuis disappeared in.
When Tuis' spirit left, it became fainter and fainter until it completely disappeared at the end of the path.
Neither Padin nor Tuis knew if he had left or if he had dissipated.
"Maybe he's gone with the wind."
"That won't happen," Ye Zichen said.
Lulunaka suddenly interrupted. She turned around and looked at Olga and Padding behind her. "If he has the light I gave him, he can return to the King's Castle safely.
The light will protect him and let him walk in the gap between the real world and the Spirit Realm. No one will be able to discover or stop him until he returns to the King's Castle.
The light I gave him should be able to last until he reaches the King's Castle's walls.
As long as he can see his home in front of him, he should be satisfied and can rest in peace. "
Speaking of this, Lurunaka stretched out her finger and tapped her lips. "But even if he's not satisfied, it's impossible for him to enter the city.
After the light goes out, he won't have anything to protect himself and will disappear soon.
Whether he's a human or a spirit, I don't think he should be too greedy. He should be content with what he has. "
Tuis' skeleton was holding the lantern Lulunaka gave him.
As a spirit, he couldn't take the lantern away, but he could take the flame of the lantern with him.
The flame Lulunaka gave the lantern wasn't a normal flame. The blue flame was the same color as Tuis' spirit.
There was a small flame in the lantern in the skeleton's hand, but it quickly disappeared.
The flame didn't go out. Instead, it turned into a blue lantern in Tuis' hand. It became the light that illuminated Tuis' path.
As for the old lantern, it was left in Tuis' skeleton's hand.
Whether it was Tuis' skeleton or the lantern, they were both very old and dilapidated.
The lantern was covered in rust, and Tuis' skeleton and armor were covered in moss and cracks.
Two equally ancient things combined together to form a living history.
"I'll bury this lantern with you, Mister Tuis."
Lulunaka said to Tuis' skeleton. "This lantern is used to guide the lost dead like you. But it's too old. It can only be used one more time before it breaks.
I'm quite happy that you're the last one to use it. "
Obviously, the lantern wasn't something that a carriage would carry. No one would be willing to carry such an old and worthless item.
"I won't do this kind of work in the future. It makes me feel like a gravekeeper. It's troublesome." Lulunaka lowered her head to look at Tuis' skeleton.
It was nothing more than a skeleton now. Tuis' soul was gone, and there was not even a trace of his soul left. It was truly a dead object.
If there weren't any other spirits or souls attached to the skeleton, it would be harmless.
Lulunaka raised her right hand. She was holding something in her right hand.
It was a triangular arrowhead. It was rusty, and the sharp part had been smoothed out.
Lulunaka said, "But it's not a waste of time to meet an interesting guy like you.
The arrow that hit your arm wasn't anything special, and it wasn't poisonous. But the long journey made your body weak. Your wound got infected and you fell into a quagmire. Maybe it was a quagmire of blood and mud. When you woke up, you thought you were still alive, but you were actually dead. "
Lulunaka raised her head and looked to the south.
"After escaping from the battlefield back then, you wanted to head south and return to your family. However, after walking for more than a hundred years, you still haven't walked out of this forest … I don't think you feel that there's anything wrong with it. To you, a hundred years is just a matter of a few days."
Lulunaka knew Tuis was no longer here, but she still said this to Tuis' skeleton.
It wasn't suitable for Tuis to hear these words. She seemed to be talking to herself because Tuis was already gone.
Olga and Padding also heard these words.
These words weren't meant for them, but they were heard by Lulunaka. It wasn't a big deal to them.
It was their reward for having the patience to chat with a skeleton instead of picking up their weapons and smashing it to pieces.