Volume 7: The Chamber of Secrets of Blackstone Mountain (Remastered) Chapter 16: The Fortress of Flange (2)

In previous lives, players first came into contact with the Abyss on a large scale in the eighth year after the game was fully opened, and three years after the Faction War began.

The sudden outbreak of the bottomless abyss invasion not only brought heavy losses to the players, but also made the players begin to understand these chaotic demons that are completely different from the demon race, and soon after, someone discovered the existence of the bottomless abyss and the way to enter the bottomless abyss through the dungeon, and from then on, players began to explore the bottomless abyss composed of countless half-planes.

However, until the game merges with reality, players have not completely sorted out the relationship between the abyss and the bottomless abyss, and in the eyes of players, these two words mean the same thing.

Yu Bin used to think the same, but when he asked Sinisterra for the Key of the Flange, with the Black Dragon Queen's explanation, Yu Bin finally figured out the connection between the abyss and the bottomless abyss.

The abyss is not a specific being, in a sense, it is more like a force, a phenomenon, a tendency. This power is extremely corrosive, even the gods who are high above cannot stay awake forever under the power of the abyss, the only difference is only how long it lasts, in the end, every existence that is eroded by the abyss will become a minion of the abyss, and from now on, the meaning of their existence is only to spread this terrible power to every corner of the entire world.

The bottomless abyss is a kind of thing that has a definite meaning and a definite existence, even if it has never been fully explored, even if it is in flux every minute and every second, the meaning of the word bottomless abyss has never changed.

Although the countless half-planes that make up the bottomless abyss are included in the scope of the bottomless abyss, it does not mean that all of them have been eroded by the abyss, in fact, most of the planes of the bottomless abyss, like the main plane of the Entagre Continent, are afraid of the terrifying power of the abyss, and do everything possible to prevent the pollution of this power.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Black Dragon Queen Nessera, the abyss is more terrifying and dangerous than the bottomless abyss, which is why when Yu Bin asks her for the key to the flange, the powerful black dragon queen will subconsciously choose to resist.

However, in the end, at Yu Bin's insistence, Sinestra still handed over the key of the flange to Yu Bin, which may be the last key of the flange granted by the Elder Dragon himself on the continent of Entagre.

Relying on this key of the flange, Yu Bin successfully passed through the seal set by the ancient dragons and entered the flange forest.

This piece of paradise on earth mentioned in the ancient scrolls has now become a large mud pond mixed with mud and mist, the dark mud exudes a stench that is enough to make people collapse, and when you step on it, the mud that barely reaches the calf makes the boots on your feet have no meaning at all, and the mud mixed with the rotting corpses is poured into it like thick rancid water along the gap between the boots and the flesh, and at that moment, it makes Yu Bin disgusted and almost give up the plan to go to the French Fortress.

From time to time along the way, you will encounter those grunts and slugs hiding in the mud, which are the things recorded in the ancient scrolls of Lockwood, the former is no different from the common ooze monster slime, except that the color is as black as the mud, even the attack method is exactly the same, and the greeting method of spraying you first makes Yu Bin want to destroy the world every time, and the latter, Yu Bin said that he would rather face three gollums at the same time than face one slug.

The only difference in its appearance from the slug's appearance is that it is hundreds of times larger, and the half-human-tall slug is pitch black, supported by two antennae, and at the tip of the antennae is a pair of eyes, and, of course, a mouth full of tiny fangs.

Every time Yu Bin recalled the first time he was attacked by this slug, he couldn't help but spit out what he had eaten in his stomach. Because these monsters covered in slime actually attack by knocking down their prey.

Vomit, thinking of Yu Bin, I want to vomit again!

Can you imagine? As you struggling to move forward in the rancid, disgusting, sticky muddy pool, a slug the size of a wolfdog jumps out from behind you, knocks you down in the muddy pool, and then smears your body with the slime on your body while biting your body with that mouth full of fine teeth.

No, let me go and vomit for a while, I can't help it!

In short, after seeing the warm "welcome ceremony" in the Flange Forest, Yu Bin felt that those hateful zombies and skeletons of the undead clan were so cute, so beautiful, and so polite, at least they would only greet you with weapons, and would not spit on you!

I have to say that people's adaptability is really, really strong.

After three days, Yu Bin had basically adapted to the environment of the Flange Forest, and he could already tell with the naked eye which piece of mud was hiding a grunt and which piece of mud was hiding a slug, and he no longer needed to turn on his soul vision twenty-four hours a day to avoid these disgusting things.

Similarly, Yu Bin is also accustomed to being sprayed with mud by Gollum whenever and where, or being thrown to the ground by slugs, and having an intimate physical exchange.

The damage of these monsters is very small, and the level is very low, it takes no effort for Yu Bin to destroy them, nor can he gain any experience, let alone any drops, after getting used to the bad environment here, Yu Bin is not willing to spend effort to eliminate these slow-moving guys.

In this way, one foot deep and one foot shallow, Yu Bin tried to use his mind to write down anything that could be used as a marker, and the blessing of the fog shrouded here, the direction and map were useless.

In this case, it is impossible to find a campfire for the trial of joining the team, as described in Lockwood's ancient scrolls, but fortunately, Bin does not want to join the undead team, although he is quite yearning for the outfit of the Abyss Watcher.

His goal was to obtain a Class Hedron of the Abyss Watcher. The Abyss Watcher is a very special class that does not conflict with the player's original class, so it can also be called a second class. There is not only one special class of this kind, but the Abyss Watcher is the one that Yu Bin hopes to obtain the most, because this class can provide a lot of resistance to the abyss.

On the fourteenth day, Yu Bin finally found his goal, and the huge fortress with a black outline looming behind the fog in the distance meant that his arduous journey had finally come to an end, and for Yu Bin, who was almost numb, this was one of the two best news in two weeks.

The other news is that Raphael has finally obtained their first territory with the Angel's Covenant!

Muster up the strength of your whole body and swim to the gate of the fortress as fast as possible, yes, you read that right, Yu Bin is used to swim, since he got used to the muddy pond of the Flange Forest, Yu Bin found that it is more convenient and faster to move forward with a swimming posture than to move forward on two legs alone, provided that you can ignore the rancid mud poured into your mouth every time you stroke your arm forward, the taste will definitely impress you, at least Yu Bin has not eaten anything with water for nearly ten days because of this reason.

Struggling to get up from the mud and removing the two slugs biting the armor with his hands, Yu Bin, who was pitch black from beginning to end, looked up at the huge entrance and thick iron gate that seemed to be made for the titan giants in front of him, and felt that his brain must have been stuffed with mud.

After searching around the fortress for a long time, Yu Bin finally gave up the idea of trying to find an easy and convenient entrance, after all, this was the front line that once resisted the Bottomless Abyss Chaos Demon, how could it be that kind of obvious shortcoming.

Yu Bin, who returned to the gate, had to take out the props specially prepared for this situation from the space bag, a three-claw hook plus a long enough rope, and then a small ballista, digging a temporary groove in the muddy pond in order to make the ballista's angle of fire high enough, and the rest was to test Yu Bin's climbing level.

Climbed through the high walls of the Fran Fortress without any danger, and there were not even any twists and turns in the process, which can also be seen how scarce the manpower of the Fran Immortal Team has become, these undead have given up their vigilance against the outside world, and there is not a single guard left on the city wall.

Walk down the inner corridor of the city walls, through the huge and dilapidated atrium and the open inner gate, and in front of you is the main body of the Farran Fortress, a towering castle.

The double wooden door that is not much smaller than the fortress gate is inlaid on the black castle outer wall, the heavy wooden door is full of huge rivets, and the horizontal wood thicker than Yu Bin's waist is used as a bolt, nailed to the gate, from the outside, the entire wooden door is covered with huge scratches, which should be caused by some kind of sharp weapon or sharp claw, and even a few rivets have been cut off by this deep scar, Yu Bin can still see the smooth incision.

Yu Bin felt an obvious sense of discomfort, because Lockwood's ancient scroll clearly wrote that in order to better resist the Chaos Demon, the Flange Fortress deliberately used the Radiant Stone full of divine power as the construction material, and it took several months to replace the building materials of the entire Flange Fortress, but now, the Radiant Stone, which should have been as pure as milk, is now as black as rich ink, which shows how serious the abyss's erosion of this castle is.

Approaching the wooden door, Yu Bin seemed to be able to faintly hear the sound coming from inside the castle, which sounded as if two weapons were slashing each other at all costs.

Taking a deep breath, Yu Bin tightened the armor on his body, and supported the huge wooden door with his hand, and as he pushed, the door shaft, which had not been moistened by lubricating oil for a long time, made a painful sound, like an old man's moaning before dying.

The gate was pushed open, and a dim light shone in through the open gate, allowing Yu Bin to see clearly what was happening inside the castle.

There were countless corpses lying on the ground, each wearing the same equipment, pointed hats, cloak armor, and each corpse died in the same state, killed by a long sword through the chest!

In the depths of the castle, where the long dining table should have been placed, it was now a battlefield where two warriors fought each other, the same costume, the same weapons, and even the same movements, the collision of long swords and long swords burst out with dazzling sparks, and the sound of gold and iron handing over that shook the hall showed how fierce their battle was.

Judging from the content recorded in Lockwood's ancient scrolls, the two warriors in front of him who are fighting to the death like mortal enemies should be the elite warriors of the Flange Undead Squad, who have been promoted to the existence of the Abyss Watcher because of their strength. The only thing that could distinguish them was the light in the eyes of the two warriors, one dim and the other, glowing a demonic red.

It is clear that another Abyss Watcher has been corrupted by the Abyss, and his comrades are fulfilling their oath to nip the Abyss in the bud.

With a vigorous slash, a sweep, and then a reflexive diagonal slash, the flaming sword swept away the longsword in the hand of the abyssal watcher with red eyes, and the warrior who still had the wisdom left slit the throat of the fallen with a short dagger in his other hand, and then pierced his heart with the sword in his hand, and came out of his chest and into the handle.

As if to see off a close friend who had fought side by side for thousands of years, the victorious warrior held the opponent's shoulder, watched as the red light in the eyes of the fallen faded, and as the sword in his hand withdrew from the body of the loser, the dead abyssal watcher fell to the ground as if relieved, becoming one of the surrounding victims.

Perhaps it was the discovery of Yu Bin, a stranger, that the victorious Abyss Watcher turned his head, and his dim eyes burst into bright light for a moment. The powerful Abyss Watcher half-crouched down, his long sword pointed at Yu Bin and his dagger across his chest.

Yu Bin knew that this was the etiquette of the Immortals, used to pay tribute to any warrior who was committed to fighting the Abyss, and for these remaining Abyss Watchers, anyone who dared to enter the Farran Fortress deserved their highest respect.

These are all things recorded in Lockwood's ancient scrolls, and Yu Bin knows what he should do. He drew his sword, held it in both hands, and raised it forward, pointing the tip of the sword at the sane Abyssal Watcher, as a sign of his determination and will to fight the Abyss to the end.

"Thank you, thank you!" A hoarse and indistinct voice came out of the mouth of this immortal, and he had not communicated with anyone for a long time, causing the other party's pronunciation to be difficult to distinguish for a while, "Outlander, although you did not pass the Three Flames Trial, I am still very happy that there are still people who can inherit our will and continue to fight against the threat of the abyss!" Now that the Fran Immortals are gone, I'm the last of the Abyss Watchers, and I'll soon be corrupted by the Abyss! Outlander, if you are willing to take up this important task, then please wipe out my soul and return it to nothingness. The abyss must be nipped in the bud! ”

Although he had long anticipated the various situations that might arise, Yu Bin still couldn't accept the worst result in his calculations, since the end of the ancient era, he had been fighting on the front line for a long time, and the Flange Immortals, who had been guarding the peace and tranquility of this world, had actually reached the point of running out of oil, and against the backdrop of the corpses all over him, the last abyss watcher in front of him was so lonely and lonely.

But the vigorous fighting spirit and unyielding will emanating from the other party's body are still so intimidating, as if they have never wavered in the slightest, and weakened a little.

"Dear Abyss Watcher, I swear by the sword in my hand that I will inherit your will to fight against the threat of the Abyss! The abyss must be nipped in the bud! Yu Bin put away his agitated mood, clenched the long sword in his hand, and said in a deep voice.

An undetectable smile appeared on the Abyssal Monitor's face, and a ghostly red glow began to emerge from his eyes.

"This is the last time I'll teach newcomers! Outlander, I hope this gift of mine will not disappoint you! ”

A long sword seemed to be able to pierce the sky, with billowing flames, and slashed at Yu Bin with a roar.