21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 567 - 563 Underground Paris (Please subscribe, request for monthly tickets)

Paris is one of the most famous fashion capitals in the world, recognized also as the City of Lights and the City of Romance. The rich artistic atmosphere and innate romance of the French fill the streets and alleys of Paris, while the Paris Commune and the French Revolution that once erupted here also signify the unwavering spirit and resistance of the French people.

But apart from the bright and splendid appearance and the rich history above ground, beneath the City of Paris lies an underground world just as ancient as Paris itself.

The original Ancient Romans occupied the village of the Gauls and established a city here, naming it Parisii and making it the capital of the province. Later, the Franks conquered the Gaulish region, founding the Frankish Kingdom, which eventually split into three and gradually evolved into the modern nations of France, Deutschland, and Italy.

And, from the time the Ancient Romans began building Paris, the underground world of Paris was constructed alongside it.

Ancient sewers, recently laid electrical conduits, medieval ossuaries piled with bones, abandoned quarries, cellars dug by unknown hands, World War II bunkers excavated by German and French armies, subterranean living areas built by illegal immigrants in modern Paris...

The complex web of tunnels beneath Paris provides shelter for some illegal immigrants, and rumors even suggest that at least 500,000 people live beneath Paris.

Of course, these are just rumors. Although there indeed are quite a few people living underground, Yu Chen thought the number of 500,000 to be greatly exaggerated.

However, after he and Hiromi Jounouchi entered the section of the Paris Catacombs open to public viewing, he had to revise his opinion.

When he was above ground, due to the multitude of citizens of Paris, his perception wasn't too clear, but once he was underground, after eliminating the interference of the people above ground, the residents living in the underground world became much more conspicuous.

Even not far from the catacombs' next door, there was an area that resembled an underground neighborhood.

Of course, these had nothing to do with Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi—they were just there to visit the catacombs. As to exactly how many illegal immigrants lived beneath Paris, that was a matter for the Paris Municipal Government to deal with.

"There's not even a hint of resentment on these bones!" Hiromi Jounouchi exclaimed in surprise, having observed that the bones, which had been worn smooth and shiny by the touch of visitors, were completely devoid of any grudges.

At that moment, Yu Chen's eyes had turned purple, and only after carefully examining the condition of these bones, did Chen Yu speak, "After these bodies died, they were blessed by priests' prayers and buried in cemeteries. Most of their souls have found peace, and the resentment was never strong to begin with; moreover, these bones were purified once again when they were moved here, so it's normal that no resentment formed."

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Through the sight of the Divine Eyes, the signs of Holy Water sprinkled on these bones were so clear. Although the catacombs had been built over a century ago, apparently the church in France has been continuously maintaining this place. Many signs of Holy Water appeared quite recent, and the walls were adorned with crosses and inscriptions—clearly designed to calm the Lost Souls and prevent the birth of undead creatures.

While these measures might prevent naturally occurring undead creatures, for any qualified Necromancer, these bones could still be used as material for summoning undead creatures.

Moreover, with six million corpses, such a vast number could inundate the entire Paris if Yu Chen were willing to transform them into an Army of the Dead, turning it into a true Necromancer's city, even if they were just the lowest level White Skeletons.

However, both Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi didn't seem to have any interest in doing so. For Yu Chen, these bones, dead for hundreds of years and repeatedly drenched with Holy Water and purified countless times, really weren't very useful.

Should he need bones, all he would have to do is request the slaughterhouse to send over some fresh cow bone.

For him, a Demigod-level Necromancer, summoning undead creatures required more Negative Energy than resentment, and he could continuously obtain Negative Energy simply by opening a channel to the Negative Energy Plane, without the hassle of collecting resentful spirits.

Moreover, Yu Chen had no intention of causing a Necromancer disaster in Paris. After all, Paris is the capital of France, and despite the French people's propensity for surrender, the old empire still had its legacy. Making trouble here wasn't something even a Demigod could necessarily control.

Besides, why cause trouble on a perfectly good honeymoon trip? Even though Yu Chen sensed that in a deeper level of this Underground Tomb, there was a sealed area emanating intense fluctuations of Necromancer aura through the Seal, he didn't entertain the thought of investigating.

But clearly, Hiromi Jounouchi also sensed the existence of that Seal, curiously asking Yu Chen, "Husband, what exactly is that thing?"

Although Hiromi was somewhat bashful about being teased by Yu Chen and called "husband" in the morning, by now the two were legitimately married, and after calling him that a few times, she no longer saw anything odd about it.

"Ever heard of a Corpse Cave?" Yu Chen obviously knew what it was, but he certainly had no desire to delve into it.

If there were no Guardians watching over the Seal, he might have wanted to take a look, but with at least three Sub-Legendary presences continuously lingering near the Seal, Yu Chen could easily understand they were its Guardians.

"Corpse Cave? A cave filled with corpses?" Hiromi Jounouchi couldn't grasp what Yu Chen meant.

"The so-called Corpse Cave is a phenomenon where a large number of bodies accumulate unattended, and after a long time, the rot and corruption allows the confluence of dead and resentful energy to 'rot' out a hole in the world." Seeing that Hiromi Jounouchi didn't know what a Corpse Cave was, Yu Chen had no choice but to explain: "Such a phenomenon is hard to come by, requiring not only a massive amount of corpses but also the right environment. However, once it forms, it becomes a 'hole' that continually devours everything. Even in the Multiverse, it's a very rare phenomenon."

"Is it really that terrifying? So, what does this so-called Corpse Cave lead to? Surely the devoured things don't just vanish?" Hiromi Jounouchi, intrigued by Yu Chen's explanation, couldn't help but release her senses to probe the Seal, "And it seems like under the Seal there is… something alive?"

"Of course, it's alive." Yu Chen smiled, continuing his explanation: "After the Corpse Cave forms, the bodies responsible for its creation fuse into one monstrous entity, a type of undead creature rarely seen even by Necromancers. The entire Corpse Cave becomes one entity, one that incessantly devours everything. Some Necromancers even consider this monster as a manifestation of the world's corrupted rules after being eroded by decay, not truly an undead creature. As for where things devoured by the Corpse Cave end up… I don't know that either, because no one who has entered a Corpse Cave has ever come out."