Chapter 18: The Secret Passage of the Abyss
【Northwest Sea Expedition Road Eternal Night Abyss Waterway】
Ace sat on the skull of the black dragon, quietly perceiving everything in front of him, in the skull of the black dragon, Ike was quiet as if he was dead, he did not breathe, all the functions of his body were in a state of stagnation, and there was no life at all. Nothing in front of him could be seen, and Ace probed the darkness with his senses.
The Abyss of Eternal Night, as his name suggests, is completely pitch black, pitch black with no fingers visible.
"Hey, your name is Morgan, who are you working for?" Ace's voice was the only sound in the deep seabed, and the voice of the black dragon came faintly:
"I was hired by an undead named Nether, who told me to kill the people who possessed the source of ice magic, and told me to use all means, so I tried to control the fishmen in the Lulan Seas." Morgan's words confuse Ace a little, the undead employer, and the mission is specifically for the owner of the source of ice magic, that is, the target of the mastermind behind the scenes is Narissa.
"It's really a bit strange, isn't Narisa staying in the Huiyue Imperial Capital all the time, this is her first expedition, how can she make a feud with the undead?" Ace thought about it, but couldn't think of it, and then Morgan said:
"Master, maybe his goal was uncertain from the beginning, if it asked me to kill her by name, it would definitely be very clear, and the task he gave me was to 'kill the person with the source of ice magic', as a hired killer, I know very well that in the Huiyue Imperial Capital, there are at least five people with the source of ice magic, and who is coming to the expedition, as an undead, he has no way of knowing - after all, the undead dare not approach the imperial capital at all."
Morgan's words are very correct, that employer is completely non-directional to carry out the assassination, since the emperor has an existence called the Holy Sword, the undead dare not approach at all, so it is unknown which ice mage participated in the expedition.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that there are lackeys of the undead in the Ice Guild, but this probability is very small - the holy sword will erode all the existence stained with the breath of the undead, if it is not for the power of the undead, why would he be his lackey?
"So, your employer should be an undead organization on the expedition, and the high-level or leader of this organization is very afraid of ice magic, that is, he should be a fire undead or monster, and, at the human level, if Narissa can pose a threat to him, then he may not be particularly strong." Ace's analysis was spot-on, and then he thought about it again, flipping through his mind about the existence that matched these characteristics.
"Is it possible...... Is it lava? He is indeed a monster on the expedition, but he has been sealed by a former duke. Ace pondered, and when he mentioned the lava, the black dragon seemed to want to say something, "Say whatever you want." ”
"The host...... That undead does seem to have something to do with lava, and I didn't notice it at first, but there is a very strong aura of abyssal flames in his breath. Morgan's words almost verified Ace's inference, looking at this continent, there should be no one else who can control the abyssal flames except lava.
Lava, hearing the name, Ace gasped, even though there was no air underwater.
That monster was a catastrophe on the continent two thousand years ago, and he had heard from the Duke that the lava once had the power to level the entire Western Continent, and he did just that. He took the slaughter and desolation to the Western Continent, destroying city after city and village after village, and the flames of the abyssal breath ignited in his army of the undead, making the undead boil.
In the end, the three dukes at that time went out to defeat the lava, but unfortunately they could not completely kill him, two thousand years ago, there was no ability to extinguish the flame of the abyss, and the vitality of the lava was amazing, the three dukes could only hit it hard, and sent it into the abyss of despair.
As a result, the lava fell into a deep sleep, killing two of the three dukes and seriously wounding one.
"The host...... Forgive my presumptuousness, is lava really that powerful, and if it's as powerful as you say, why would I want to sweep away that ice mage? Morgan wondered, and Ace did giggle twice.
"Two thousand years, do you think it's two months, in a strong life, under the baptism of time, it will also grow old, and it will also dry up, not to mention, the lava has been seriously injured before he sleeps, and now he should be very weak, maybe, this expedition can completely kill the lava, but it takes a little effort." Ace can best appreciate the greatness of time, after all, he has existed for more than 2,000 years, although he has been in a state of chaos for more than 1,900 years, but he still exists.
As apostles, they never knew if they were in the form of life, or if they were a stubborn rock at the bottom of the river that would not be carried away by the long river of time.
"Lava, hum, it's a bit interesting, it seems that the abyss of despair is not far from the Polley Islands, when this kid recovers, you can go and see, I really want to see what kind of monster the so-called lava is."
"Master, we are about to enter the undercurrent, and we will soon reach the Pollay Islands by riding the undercurrent." Morgan reminded Ace that Ace suddenly remembered what Ike had said, and he felt that there was something related to his background in Morgan, so he went into the skull and pulled out Ike's necklace.
"Hey, Black Dragon, do you know where this thing came from?" Ace asked, and Morgan paused when asked, as if he was taboo about something, but Ace's mental control over him meant that he couldn't hide any information at all.
"Ten years ago, I participated in a massacre in Teague in the Sea of the Border, and the family emblem of the slaughtered family was in the form of a dragon." When he had finished speaking, Eston paused, somewhat silent.
"What do you mean...... The family has ......"
"That's right, master, I feel deeply sorry, the Clofadi family, the famous family of the Border Sea, has now been slaughtered, ten years ago, by a team of three hundred hired killers, now, there is no trace of this family." Morgan's words made Ace very uncomfortable, it felt like something of his own had been destroyed, he and Ike had been together for so long, and the relationship was quite deep, and he was also very uncomfortable to hear the news that Ike's people were all dead.
"What a poignant, my brother, you are also an orphan, and I am suddenly interested in what the Duke has to say, why is he curious about who your mother is? Did he already know that your father was dead, and since he was an old man, why didn't he save him when he was in trouble? Ace said to himself, as if something was not right, there were many things in Ike's body that confused him.
The necklace could now be explained if it was just a family symbol, but where did the Harbinger's physique come from, where did his amazing magical talent come from, and how did he escape so many killers from the distant frontier seas to the city-state of Kuiman.
There is also the biggest doubt, who is the mastermind of this massacre, and what is his purpose?
"Master, all I can know about that massacre is just the tip of the iceberg, because at that time I was just an ordinary hired killer, and I only deserve to know that that family offended a big force, and then suffered a catastrophe." After Morgan finished speaking, Ace's head was big, and he had no clue at all, what happened ten years ago, and it was so bizarre, it made him have a splitting headache.
"Forget it, don't tell me this, I'll check it myself when the time comes, damn it, this bastard has such a complicated background, no, if he doesn't survive this time, then I'll be idle, but, alas, who called me a kind person?" Ace's self-talk really made Morgan feel speechless.
At this time, a powerful current of water rushed towards the bottom of the abyss, Ace knew that this was to the undercurrent area, they could ride this undercurrent to enter the Bolai Islands smoothly, on the head of the black dragon, he could clearly see the misty light under the waterway, it was some fluorescent undersea plants, several strange-looking fish swam along the undercurrent, and the skeleton black dragon also went downstream.
In the undercurrent of fast and bad work, there are often some more dangerous things, such as deep sharks, the smell of blood on Ike's body is still very strong, those excellent predators will not let go of a trace of blood, they follow the taste, and, the menacing Ace can't help laughing, for these sharks, he has never been cold, however, Morgan's words made him interested:
"Master, it's not sharks that come around, but sharks, they are a high-level race of fishmen, and those low-level fishmen are completely incomparable, if you control them, maybe there will be some use, after all, there are still a lot of waterways to go on the expedition."
"That's exactly what I want, haha, although the after-effects of that magic haven't subsided, but, whatever!" As he spoke, a pure sphere in Ace's hand was condensed, in this vast deep sea, that little light, like the only star in the night sky, brilliant and dazzling, he quietly waited for those mermaids to pounce, and then, six mouths full of fangs appeared beside the star.
If the dog ate the moon that day as an analogy, Ace was being divided by six dogs at this time, but how can these waste-like existences compare with the cold stars in the night sky?
"Strange come and be my servant." The orb suddenly shone with a dazzling light, as if the cold star had turned into a bright moon, shining on the bright night sky.
In the underwaterway, there is silence.