Abyssal Chronicles-Chapter 1071: Lena
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Sorry for not updating the past 4 days,
All the 4 delayed chapters will be posted today.
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"RAAAAWWWRR!!!"
Amidst the terrifying and savage roar of the ferocious beast, accompanied by the constant surge of dark shadow energy, the once adorable and friendly little sea lion transformed into a hideous monster. Its skin was smooth and moist, with deep blue scales glinting ominously in the night. Its huge eyes were as dark as the abyss, radiating endless ferocity. Thick silver fur covered its back, fluttering in the wind like demon wings. Its mouth, resembling a lamprey, split open to reveal sharp teeth that reeked of blood. Its powerful muscles made it look extraordinarily imposing, seemingly containing boundless strength.
Just one glance at such a monster would shatter the courage of ordinary people instantly. The screams of the surrounding crowd continuously provoked this Level 6 Abyssal Demon, fully awakening its violent nature. With a swing of its claws, dozens of tourists who couldn't escape in time were instantly turned into a nauseating pile of meat paste.
Seeing this scene, the tourists were terrified out of their minds and fled in all directions like mad. However, the crowd's escape seemed to trigger the Abyssal Demon's hunting instinct. The sea lion-formed demon charged forward frantically, swinging its grotesque claws again and again.
In just over ten seconds, nearly 50 people lost their lives. The stench of death began to spread.
Seeing this, Satoru was stunned speechless. Honestly, this was his first time facing an Abyssal Demon in a berserk killing state. The earlier gentleness of Yumo and her children had made him momentarily forget the terror of Abyssal Demons. At this moment, his fear of this race was reawakened. Along with shock, he felt more confused. After all, this was Earth! Earth that was protected by the Holy Maiden's power! How could Abyssal Demons appear?! This shouldn't be possible! Wait... could it be...?
A bold thought suddenly emerged in Satoru's mind. The next moment, he turned shakily to look at the beautiful young girl beside him, his companion who also had a grim expression. However, before Satoru could ask, Yumo suddenly took action, grabbing his belt and leaping backward with him!
"Eh?!!" Caught off guard, Satoru let out a startled cry. Just as the two leaped up, the ground cracked with a thunderous boom.
"BOOM!!!" Amidst the explosion and flying debris, a huge deep green beast emerged from the ground! This was a crocodile-like grotesque Abyssal Demon. Its scales shimmered like emerald jewels, emitting a faint green light as its body swayed. The scales were covered in spikes, and its huge teeth protruded from its mouth, emanating a fierce aura between its fangs. Its abyss-like maw seemed to possess the greed to devour everything.
"This... another one?!!" Looking at the crocodile-like form of this Abyssal Demon, and thinking of the earlier sea lion demon and the crocodile exhibit below, Satoru quickly guessed the origin of this demon. A crocodile infected by shadow power?
Someone who could control shadow power... Could it be that she still couldn't suppress the Dark Abyss Lord's instincts?
"Ah!!!" The next instant, before Satoru could cast a suspicious glance at Yumo, a karate chop landed on his head.
"Stop overthinking." After jumping with Satoru to a higher slope, Yumo said with annoyance, "It's not me. Though I don't have much fondness for other humans right now, I wouldn't randomly start a massacre, okay? What are you thinking?"
"S-sorry," Satoru said apologetically. "Then what's going on? Why did Abyssal Demons suddenly appear?"
"Someone infected those two animals."
"Who did it?"
"I... I don't know," Yumo said honestly, watching the two rampaging monsters below with a grave expression. To be honest, these two shadow energy signatures appeared too suddenly - Yumo hadn't sensed them at all. By the time she noticed something was wrong, the two Level 6 Abyssal Demons had already formed from the infection.
Even if she wanted to track the source of the energy, it wasn't possible.
Who could it be? A sense of unease rapidly grew in the young girl's heart.
Meanwhile, rather than caring about the perpetrator, Satoru was clearly more concerned about how to control the current situation!
The demons' attacks not only caused hundreds of deaths instantly, but their overflowing shadow power also immediately infected several hundred people. The number of infected was even greater than those killed.
The infected people's faces gradually became grotesque, their bodies swelling as they transformed into nauseating humanoid demons. Though not very powerful, they were more than enough to slaughter ordinary humans. The demon plague began spreading at an unimaginable speed.
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In an instant, the entire theme park was consumed by terror and chaos. The monsters' roars and the crowd's wails rose and fell endlessly.
Seeing the situation growing out of control, Satoru couldn't help but look to Yumo for help. After all, he knew very well that as a Level 5, facing these two Level 6 Abyssal Demons would be suicide.
"What... what do we do, Yumo?" Satoru asked urgently yet hesitantly. The reason for his hesitation was simple - if Yumo intervened to stop this, she would undoubtedly need to use her power. Once she unleashed shadow power, Yumo's identity would be exposed.
The appearance of Abyssal Demons would certainly attract the attention of various forces in the Source Star Universe. And these people were searching everywhere for Yumo's whereabouts.
But in reality, Yumo had no choice. If this was left unchecked, the shadow power infection would continue to spread. At the rate it was spreading, the entire city would soon fall.
This was where many of Yumo's former friends and family lived. While Yumo might not care about ordinary humans, those people... she had to protect them.
"Really!" Suddenly raising her hand, the shadow power suppressed within her body began rapidly mobilizing. A crimson light flashed in the girl's eyes.
Looking around at the spreading infection, Yumo bit her lip. "Why... why is the infection spreading so... so fast? This isn't right..."
Yumo had seen plenty of Abyssal Demons infecting humans during her hundreds of years on the Ancita continent. But those infections had never been as rapid as this time.
However, just as Yumo was muttering in confusion while preparing to release her power to deal with the out-of-control demons, a gentle voice strangely entered her ears, answering her doubts.
--"There's nothing strange about it. After all, humans, or rather... beings in the Source Star Universe, are just that fragile."--
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Hm??!
"Who's there?!" The sudden voice and presence that had slipped into her sensory domain undoubtedly made Yumo tense up. After a moment of shock, the girl suddenly turned to look behind her, toward the source of the voice. At the same time, the shadow power in Yumo's body suddenly gathered in her palm as she assumed a defensive stance.
Then Yumo's pupils suddenly contracted.
What entered the girl's sight was a blue-haired woman holding a parasol, with a graceful figure and flawless features, exuding an elegant atmosphere.
Among the fleeing crowd, the elegantly standing woman with her parasol stood out as particularly different.
The woman had unusual ice-blue eyes, pure as snow without a trace of emotion, glittering in the sunlight. Yet these very eyes, when Yumo met them, made her feel a bone-chilling coldness and unprecedented pressure.
"Who are you?!"
"Me?" The woman smiled slightly, then elegantly curtsied to Yumo, lifting her skirt.
"Pleased to meet you, Miss Yumo. I am Lena, and like you, I am an Abyss Lord."
