Chapter 259 Exploration
"Don't be nervous, Iger, we are just going to gather intelligence."
Alger gently stroked the giant eagle's head to comfort it, and took out a few spell scrolls, casting the spells of "Hide Body", "Isolate Breath" and "Dark Vision" on himself and the giant eagle.
"Let's go."
They entered the sticky and filthy cave.
This place is not narrow, but rather spectacular. The entrance alone has a diameter of nearly 100 meters, like an open deep giant mouth, but it is hidden by more magnificent mountains and is in the deepest part of the Anstica Mountains, so it is unknown.
In fact, hundreds of years ago, this place was called "Anstica's Mouth", but with the passage of time, the records gradually disappeared.
After Alger and the giant eagle entered, it took half an hour before they barely passed through the long passage and completely entered the depths of the cave.
Inside the cave, the corrosive effect of the Abyss is more obvious. The rock walls are full of holes caused by erosion, and there are twisted, inhuman corpses everywhere. The corners are filled with poisonous spores. The most chaotic darkness is vividly reflected here, just like a demon cave.
The demons live here. They are the embodiment of chaos and evil - more precisely, the source of destruction stuffed into a huge and weird body. They do not understand mercy, sympathy or kindness, and are born only for destruction. As an extension of its chaos, the Abyss autonomously creates demons with filth and slaughter.
Notorious demon races such as Bagula Demon, Kas Demon, and Vro Demon all appear here. They are either gnawing on the messy corpses on the ground, or wrestling and fighting with each other, and some even manipulate the remains into strange shapes.
And deep in the cave, on the throne made of dark, holey rocks, a huge giant is sitting there.
Even when sitting down, the giant was nearly ten meters tall. Although it was still in a giant-like form, its ebony-like broken skin, dark yellow turbid fangs, and deep eyes with chaotic fire all reflected its identity as a demon-like creature corrupted by the abyss.
The corrupted giant seemed to see something, grinning grimly and slowly opening his mouth.
"Who are you?"
"The loyal dog of the red dragon?"
The corners of his mouth were grinning to the roots of his ears, and endless anger suddenly appeared in the eyes of the corrupted giant, and his ugly face became twisted and furious.
"But - who allowed you to break into my territory!"
"I am no longer the person I used to be!"
"Even if it is that red dragon, I will eventually break its neck and tear it into pieces!"
He became emotional and even began to roar.
The corrupted giant suddenly stood up from the stone seat, the earth was shaking, and pieces of scattered gravel fell from the top of the cave.
The surrounding demons seemed to have discovered their prey, and they gathered around him, roaring wildly.
Alger's face suddenly changed color, and he turned over and jumped onto the giant eagle's back.
"Oh no, we've been discovered!"
"Get out of here!"
Fortunately, the cave was spacious enough. With the help of his dark vision, Alger moved around in this space again and again, dodging the attacks of one demon after another, and entered the long passage. During the whole process, he almost flew close to the ground.
"Iger!"
With his superb riding skills and more than ten years of tacit understanding with his partner, Alger turned sharply, changed direction, and even rolled close to the ground in the passage.
The toad-like demon behind him spit out corrosive liquid, but Alger didn't even look back. He just relied on his intuition of danger and slightly turned to the side to avoid this fatal attack.
The deep darkness spread rapidly behind him.
Once you are entangled by the power of the abyss, it will be difficult to get out of here.
"Go! "
Alger gritted his teeth and said.
The giant eagle clenched its wings and quickly flew across the ground.
The cave entrance was close at hand, a distance of dozens of meters, which he could reach in an instant.
Finally, at the last moment when the power of the abyss had eroded several of the giant eagle's tail feathers and was about to entangle its body, Alger and the giant eagle flew out of this terrible demon's nest.
Alger looked back at the cave that was like a man-eating giant mouth, panting with lingering fear.
"That was a close call."
"We must take this news back as soon as possible. "
A loud eagle cry came from the sky, and the giant eagle spread its wings and flew high again.
In the "Anstika's Mouth" or the demon's lair, the corrupted giant came to the deepest part of the cave.
There are complicated runes everywhere, filled with filthy breath, and a prism flashing with strange light is suspended in the air.
The corrupted giant looked fanatical, lowered his head, and whispered to the prism.
"Lord Jezalslak, this way, this will attract the red dragon."
He was not talking to himself.
A low, chaotic voice came from the prism, like a vibration from the deepest underground.
"Yes, Coman, do you feel it? As long as you continue to accept this great power from the abyss, your revenge will eventually succeed. "
"Come, embrace my gift and complete the sublimation of life! "
This voice revealed undisguised contempt.
A dazzling yellow-black light burst out from the prism, and the corrupted giant opened his arms, embracing this strange power of the abyss like a devout fanatic. He roared in pain, and a black exoskeleton like armor appeared on the surface of his body, and demonic horns grew on his head.
When the power dissipated, the corrupted giant smiled grimly, his body trembling with extreme ecstasy.
"Revenge."
"I, my revenge will eventually succeed."
"Cassius, wait. I will tear your body into pieces, I will trample your country to the ground, and I will slaughter all your people!"
He covered his eyes that were overflowing with black mist, and kept murmuring.
The giant's name is Koman Yongshuang.
He was once a member of the Yongshuang tribe, the son of "Bone Breaker" Kasa, and the giant regarded as the last hope by Elder Nur.
In the "Glacier Destruction War", the young him was hidden in the most hidden corner, watching his entire tribe being slaughtered by the dragon with a natural disaster-like power, and he could only hide in the dark and tremble.
Later, Koman hid in the crowd with the help of the Transfiguration Ring, and followed the dying wishes of Elder Nur to the Anstika Mountains in the south, looking for the legendary Frost Giant Demon Lord Koschech, in order to gain powerful strength and seek an opportunity to avenge the Red Dragon.
But he did not find the Giant Lord, but found the mysterious existence who called himself "Vengeance Demon" - Jezalslak.
It seemed to be a joke played by the God of Destiny, and he took the script of "Casius" of the original world by mistake.
This last Frost Giant signed a contract with the devil, lurking in the mountains, silently accumulating strength, gradually perfecting the teleportation crack of the abyss, waiting for an opportunity to avenge the Red Dragon.