Chapter Fourteen: Destroy the Portal! [Request for Monthly Ticket] Second Update
2016-12-03
Author: Floating Tower
A group of people crossed the cold wasteland.
As they approached a huge Iron Fortress, countless undead appeared in Soren’s sight, far more than he had imagined. Just in the outer layer, there were hundreds of thousands of zombies, skeletons, ghouls, and corpse demons, while deeper inside were numerous necromancers and liches. Even after so long, the undead army of Orcus remained fearsome.
This does not include the demon army that has already been transported to the first layer of the Ten Thousand Abyss Plains.
The enormous undead legion gathered before them, and there were some blood giants about five meters tall wandering around. These were servants of the demons, having once stayed in Narathiel, but now should have been summoned by Orcus. There were probably five or six hundred Demon Spiders; these terrifying creatures would occasionally hunt one or two zombies, but more often, they were just quietly waiting. Only a Lord of the Abyss could manage this; without their pressure, these terrifying creatures would attack any undead or demons. Ghouls made up the main force of the undead army, accounting for nearly half of their numbers.
“Could the King of Ghouls, Doreisen, be here?”
Soren thought to himself, secretly pondering: “The King of Ghouls, Doreisen, is the overseer of Orcus. If Orcus returns, he will definitely come under his command again.”
“It seems that the ghouls from the 421st layer of the Bottomless Abyss have also gathered.”
The mighty undead army convened here, but the vast majority of low-level undead were unable to pass through the River of Underworld; they could only leave this plane using a teleportation array.
The camps of demons and undead were separate.
After Soren arrived, a high-level corpse demon immediately walked over, glanced at him, and said, “Furo Demon? Arrange him to the camp in the south.”
Orcus is the Demon Lord.
Under his command, besides the undead, there is also a powerful demon legion.
The Lords of the Abyss summoned their armies in the most violent way. As Soren approached the camp, he saw large numbers of Frenzied Combat Demons and Berserk Demons. There were not many high-level demons, as many Balroth Demons disliked staying with the undead.
“You will stay here from now on.”
A Tempt demon took over Soren and arranged for him to stay in a small space.
To support these demons, the fortress delivered a massive amount of supplies, primarily food. This food was driven by Ghost Hags, with countless abyss worms with human faces being herded near the camp to be distributed to these demons for consumption. Souls in the Bottomless Abyss serve as both currency and food; while demons prefer worms, most of them are scattered in the wilderness. Near the Blood Pool, hardly any demons dare to approach, mainly because the power of the Mother of Worms is too strong. No other demons, even the Balroth demons, would dare provoke the Mother of Worms guarding the Blood Pool.
Only mid-level demons are worthy of consuming food.
And when the abyss worms were delivered, there was almost no principle of fair distribution. The high-level demons took a portion first.
Then the mid-level demons swarmed in and grabbed the worms, with the Frenzied Combat Demons snatching most of them and voraciously chewing. The slightly weaker demons could only grab one or two, while the weaker ones hardly got any. Low-level demons could only stand by and watch pitifully as they devoured, left with only corpses and bones to eat. The ground was covered with blood, and the sharp cries of the abyss worms echoed throughout the camp. The feeding process ended quickly. Under the pressure of the Demon Lord, most of the sated demons returned to the camp. Such supplies were mostly once a day, and abyss worms could greatly satisfy the needs of demons, while low-level demons were essentially cannon fodder, as long as they didn’t starve.
Overseeing the demons were Death Knights, human warriors brought back to life directly by the power of Orcus’s scepter.
Under the rule of power and strength, the entire fortress maintained basic order, and whenever the portal opened, a batch of demons and undead were sent away.
Soren played his role well.
He was unfortunately unable to seize any abyss worms, but no one paid attention to this; demons lacking strength did not deserve food.
Night fell.
In the harsh cold, most demons returned to the camp, while low-level Coward Demons huddled together, looking like groups of goblins gathering for warmth in winter.
Meanwhile, Soren quietly left the camp.
He slipped into the darkness, using the power granted by his true form to bypass the outpost of the Death Knights and approached the core area of the fortress.
A massive portal appeared before him.
This was a portal established by liches, with its main structure being made of bones, countless white bones forming a grand portal approximately fifteen meters wide and about thirty meters high. In the Bottomless Abyss, there are many oversized monsters; if the portal were smaller, efficiency would be extremely low. After sustaining for a day, a group of high-level necromancers was charging the portal. Since this was the 113th layer of the Bottomless Abyss, part of Orcus’s territory, the defense of the portal was not strict, guarded only by a few Death Knights and high-level corpse demons.
“We can’t let them keep teleporting.”
Soren’s heart sank as he glanced at the distant blood giants and countless corpse demons, quietly approaching the portal: “Orcus can mobilize troops from at least two planes, the 113th layer and the 421st layer of the Bottomless Abyss.”
“If this portal remains active.”
“The entire population of the Southern Coast might not be as many as these undead and demons!”
How many troops could be mobilized from the two layers of the Bottomless Abyss?
The number was at least over a million!
If they genuinely attacked the Material Plane, such a massive army would sweep through the southern region entirely.
“We must destroy the portal.”
Establishing such a massive portal was not easy; Soren didn’t need to completely stop the enemy, even delaying them for a week or two would be enough. Portals are precise constructs, and once damaged, rebuilding would take at least half a month. This time would be sufficient for him to prepare or even notify other deities.
If the other deities do not assist, all of their believers will be finished.
—‘Balroth Fire Demon Leader Form!’
Accompanied by raging flames, Soren’s figure instantly transformed back, with terrifying fire spreading within a hundred meters around.
“Die! Bugs!”
Soren’s first target was the guarding Demon Spider, followed by his massive body flapping his Demon Wings, soaring into the air while swinging the beheading sword infused with Annihilation Material towards the nearby Death Knight. This massive sword weighed nearly a ton and was easily cut through the enemy by Soren’s terrifying power.
—”Flame Whip!”
A flame whip over fifty meters long was unleashed, instantly wrapping around the three necromancers in front, quickly reducing them to ashes.
“Fall down for me!”
At this moment, Soren stood nearly seven to eight meters tall, weighing over 8000 pounds, with a terrifying strength exceeding 40 points. He chose the most violent method to dismantle the portal before him, which was to charge directly at the top!
………………(To be continued ~^~)
