Perhaps the Abyssal Princess's plan did succeed, because in the end, Halfdan did regain his senses and meet Dain in the form of a spirit.

But this success is clearly not what the Abyss Order wants.

After resting and recovering for a while, Dain opens the portal and searches for a suitable place to bury Hafdan.

Buried in a place related to their native Kanria.

"So, let's go first."

Sasuke answered, and he straightened up and moved his muscles.

The mystery of the part of the Abyss Order in The Chasm has been solved, but until now, he has not seen the 'nail' that Wendy is talking about.

"Let's go, Paimon."

Paimon nodded obediently beside him and floated to Sasuke's side, following him deeper into the rock.

Looking at Paimon, who was leaving with Sasuke, he unconsciously stretched out his hand and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

"What's the matter, Sora."

Dain, who was about to enter the portal, asked when he saw the empty movements.

"Do you have anything else to ask Sasuke? They shouldn't have gone far. ”

"It's fine, it's just that it feels like there's an empty piece inside, and it seems like I've lost something very important."

"But I can't tell what it is, maybe it's influenced by Ying."

“…… Did you see Sasuke and Paimon traveling together and remember your previous trip with your sister? ”

Dain asked.

"Maybe."

Sora can't say this indescribable emotion.

"It's okay, let's go."

Sora finally didn't understand this unexplained emotion, and walked into the portal with Dain.

For now, he felt that it was more important to continue to work with Dain to find a way to save his sister who had fallen into the abyss.

……

After using the power of Dvalin's dragon wings to fly out of the ruins of the ancient city, Sasuke saw an underground river with glowing mushrooms growing on both sides of the riverbed.

And at the fork of this underground river, Sasuke still uses the old method, using the shadow clone to find the way.

The shadow clones that had gone in different directions dissipated half an hour later, bringing back information to Sasuke.

There is a tunnel to the west, at the end of which a stone gate blocks the way, and to the north is upward, which leads to the ancient city where Sasuke rang the bell before.

To the south is a very large glowing mushroom, and to the west is a dead end.

The huge glowing mushroom didn't seem to have anything unusual except for its size and glow, so the only thing that could be explored was the tunnel with a stone gate.

After coming to the stone gate and taking a closer look, Sasuke found that the depression on the stone door actually matched the block that had been guarded by the Abyss Apostle before.

Is this a coincidence?

Sasuke took the shiny block from the folding bag and tried to insert it.

After the block is placed in the depression, the stone door in front of you automatically disintegrates, opening the way.

"Wow! It can really be opened. ”

The sudden collapse of the stone gate startled Paimon.

"The square we just had was guarded by the Abyss Apostle, right?"

"Looks like this has something to do with the Abyss Order."

"Well, let's go in and have a look."

Sasuke stepped inside the stone gate.

Although this space is only separated from the space outside the stone gate, the scene is completely different.

Outside the stone gate are rock walls, ruins, and the remains of some ancient buildings, but the space inside the stone gate is completely different.

What caught Sasuke's eye was a glowing, large cylinder.

A giant hedron recorded in the Journal of the Fatui.

It's also what Wendy's mouth calls a 'nail'.

The nail-shaped crystal was surrounded by black-purple spots.

No, it shouldn't be a speck, those black-purple things are almost covering all the hedrons.

"This big guy is really lame."

Paimon said, looking at the scene in front of him.

"Cripple's eyes?"

Sasuke wondered.

"Slope door!"

“……”

Looking at Sasuke, who was a little dazed, Paimon scratched his head.

"Well, you don't seem to be able to understand our Teyvat's homonym."

"Forget it, I won't explain."

"In short, it's very evil."

Very evil indeed.

The black and mud-like substance gave him almost the same breath as the mud he had used before, but it was more intense.

Could it be that the black mud used by Ying is diluted by these things?

What made Sasuke even more concerned was that the Fatui's journal mentioned that they had transported something called the Mokosh device here, bombarded the hedron and dispersed a bit of the black matter on it.

How did they do it?

The device to open the stone gate was obtained by Sasuke from the Abyss Order, so how did the Fatui get in?

Could it be that when the Fatui came here, they didn't have the stone gate just now?

"Eh, Sasuke, look, there's a stone tablet over there."

"This stele looks so new, it doesn't feel out of place with the surrounding ruins?"

Sasuke looked in the direction Paimon was pointing, and there was indeed a stone tablet.

Paimon has become so sensitive since he came here.

The stele was hidden in a corner, but Sasuke didn't feel out of place.

He couldn't help but look at Paimon twice.

Paimon's big innocent eyes still respond to him.

This guy.

Lately, Sasuke has gotten used to Paimon's ghostly behavior.

Or rather, he didn't bother to dig deeper.

After all, Paimon couldn't hurt himself, so he went straight to the stone tablet.

There are many strange inscriptions on the stele, and at this time, the translation function of the person who came into this world is ineffective.

However, with a little observation, he could also tell that it was carved with a map of the surrounding area, and the pattern on it was also related to the suspended spar of the evil gate in front of him.

Combined with the journal mentioned by the Fatui, purifying the abyssal aura on the hedron requires a huge external force to crash against the hedrons.

But why is there a huge bug drawn underneath this huge spar?

Sasuke looked around, and there seemed to be no clue about the bug.

But what it is, you still have to experiment to find out.

Sasuke activated Dvalin's elemental power chakra, projected Dvalin here, and then put on the armor of Susanoh with the Rata's elemental power chakra.

This time, he focused on strengthening the Susa armor on Dvalin's claws, making it sharper.

After getting ready, the mighty Dvalin, under Sasuke's command, stuck back to the edge of the space to ensure maximum acceleration.

The next step was to speed up, and then ram into the massive hedron.

With a slamming sound that resounded through space, Dvalin's claws, covered in Susa's armor, slammed into the hedrons.

The slapping hedron instantly shone brightly, and the dark blue light filled the space here.

Layers of white light emitting strange patterns appeared on the spar, and the black mud-like substance that originally enveloped the spar quickly decomposed and dissolved under the white light.

Sasuke, who caught a glimpse of the white light, felt a blast explode in his head.

This white glow Sasuke had seen before.

During the previous battle on Dvalin's Dragonback, the Abyss Apostle had attacked Sasuke with an ice ray, and Paimon had blocked that attack for himself.

The same is the damage caused by the power of the abyss......

At that time, it was the white light that dissipated from Paimon's wound.

(End of chapter)