Chapter 81: Layout of the Abyss! Second Update
2015-08-18
Author: Floating Tower
Overseas Islands, Modo City.
Soren slowly walked out of his study. He looked up at the color of the sky; there was a dark cloud approaching in the distance, and he could faintly hear the sound of thunder from afar. He murmured, “It seems a storm is coming.”
“Multitasking is really not easy.”
“I didn’t expect that controlling two bodies at the same time with divine-level mental processing would be so difficult. It seems that my limit is just these two physical bodies; while maintaining the demon avatar, it’s almost impossible for me to perform other incarnations.”
Divine avatars are not independent consciousnesses.
Instead, they are the division of Soren’s soul consciousness into two parts injected into the bodies. It feels like two hands writing at the same time, one writing face up and the other writing face down, but the actual difficulty is much higher. Only a deity could manage it. Because other spellcasters, even legendary-level wizards, can only operate their thoughts while the body cannot be controlled at the same time after creating projection avatars. The ‘Simulation Art’ from the Arcane Empire period could indeed multitask, controlling two bodies at once, one original and one avatar, but the duration is really short.
Soren’s current situation is that he is multitasking 24 hours a day; only god-level brain processing can achieve this.
However!
This processing also has flaws, which is that Soren cannot leave Modo City. If his main body goes out to fight, the control over his demon avatar will be severely impacted.
At present, his divine abilities cannot achieve perfect combat with both physical bodies.
Therefore, when attacking the Indigenous People’s Tribe, his demon avatar is resting inside the Iron Fortress, while when the demon avatar participates in the Abyssal bl**d War, his main body must handle some simple tasks, then shift the core energy to the demon avatar. This method puts a heavy burden on the brain, and without divine power to support it, he wouldn’t be able to cope.
“Where should I go?”
After resting for a moment, Soren returned to the study and pulled out a thick black book, flipping to the last page.
Knowledge. Reading. Accumulation.
During this rare and valuable time, Soren has been frantically reading books, including Gloria’s collection, information from the Fallen Witch’s database, and the limited reading permissions granted to him by the Northern Witch Council. Relying on his talent of [Photographic Memory] and the powerful memory ability granted by his divinity, Soren has read thousands of extremely complex and obscure spellbooks during this time.
“First Layer: Ten Thousand Abyss Plains!”
Soren’s long fingers stopped, and he shook his head, muttering to himself, “No. Too dangerous. The core of the bl**d war is now the Ten Thousand Abyss Plains, and it’s not suitable to join the bl**d war before advancing to legendary-level flame demon.”
Flipping the pages.
The book’s pages continued to turn, and Soren’s finger stopped again. He murmured, “Third Layer: Land of Forgotten. Not suitable. Fourth Layer: Great Abyss, also not suitable.”
“Sixth Layer: Bottomless Abyss, too dangerous.”
“This is the territory of the Eye Demon Matron; there are Eye Demons everywhere. Entering without reaching legendary level is certain d*ath!”
“Seventh Layer: Illusionary Land. Seems to be the territory of the Lizardman Lord.”
“Can consider.”
Soren took a quill and lightly made a mark; he has always been a rational and calm person, and he wouldn’t act rashly without sufficient assurance.
The demon avatar is quite important. If it dies, all efforts would be wasted!
Now that he has set one up, the most important thing is to proceed steadily. Further strengthen this trump card buried in the Bottomless Abyss and ultimately wait for the arrival of the main body.
“Eighth Layer: Skinning Abyss.”
“A bit dangerous, but can consider. The lord, ‘Skinner,’ seems to have been seen before. Human leather armor seems to be the type of equipment that this guy likes to make.”
“Make a note.”
Soren quickly recorded again. The Bottomless Abyss has many layers, but very few are truly suitable for him to go to. Some places are too dangerous, and others have severely harsh environments. The locations suitable for the demon avatar must be carefully selected.
“Ninth Layer: Boiling Sea. No good.”
“Tenth Layer: Place of Corruption. Still not good.”
…
“Thirteenth Layer: Sea of bl**d.”
“This is the domain of the Goddess of Misfortune. Although she seems to have goodwill towards herself, it’s better not to venture into her territory.”
…
The Twins of Fate are too dangerous.
Even though the avatar of the Goddess of Misfortune appeared during Soren’s Investiture of the Gods ceremony, he still does not dare to get too close to her. Being close to the Goddess of Misfortune is equivalent to distancing oneself from the Goddess of Fortune; these two fate twins have been at odds for thousands of years. Soren feels it’s best to stay out of their conflicts for now, at least he absolutely cannot get involved in the struggles of the Twins of Fate.
“Sea of bl**d: excluded!”
This territory is one that neither demons nor devils dare to enter lightly; even Demon Lords are cautious to avoid the area of the Sea of bl**d.
“Fourteenth Layer: Steam Marsh. Excluded.”
“Seventeenth Layer: Land of d*ath. Excluded.”
“Twenty-First Layer: Pyre! The lord is a Balroth Fire Demon!?”
Soren stopped.
He quickly took out another book to look up information about this demon lord and the geographical environment of this level of the Bottomless Abyss because just looking at the name suggests that it’s quite suitable for a demon avatar.
“Balroth Fire Demon Lord.”
Soren lightly tapped his fingers on the table, murmuring, “At the twenty-first layer of the Bottomless Abyss, it’s neither too far nor too close. It doesn’t seem difficult to reach via the River of Underworld. It can be listed as one of the preliminary targets.”
“Twenty-Third Layer: Iron Frostplain. Excluded.”
“Twenty-Seventh Layer!…”
“Forty-First Layer!…”
Soren’s flipping speed became faster and faster, but in the end, he returned to the twenty-first layer of the Bottomless Abyss: Pyre.
This is the territory of the fire demons.
The Demon Lord is a powerful Balroth Fire Demon, and the environment consists of volcanic and lava terrain, home to a plethora of Fire Demons, Burning Monsters, Fire Elementals, and Flame Demons.
There are some other demons as well, but due to the properties of the plane, mainly fire-immune creatures reside here.
“This is it!”
Soren frowned and closed the book. Actions in the Bottomless Abyss must be supported by the Material Plane, otherwise, relying solely on a demon avatar, it would be too difficult to rise.
He looked up at the sky outside; it was now completely dark.
The storm is about to arrive.
The weather changes significantly in the Overseas Islands. If it weren’t for his divine power domain covering it, the climate would likely be even worse. This storm might last a few days, and now all the ships near the coast have docked. After this storm passes, the long-prepared military parade will begin.
The Eye of the North has already confirmed its attendance.
Although the Long Princess of the Frozen Kingdom will not come in person, her avatar will appear that day. Ever since her mysterious disappearance and return, it seems something has changed about the Long Princess, and her strength has become increasingly unfathomable.
“There’s still five and a half months left.”
Soren lightly tapped the table, turned, and left the study, murmuring, “I should take another trip to the half-plane.”
“If I can’t break the chess game.”
“I might have to directly challenge that demigod Tower Spirit! If I can break through the half-plane spatial barrier, the odds should be around sixty percent.”
…
Soren’s odds are not very high.
But capturing the Chess Half-Plane is imperative. If there really is no way to breakthrough, he will have to challenge Tower Spirit 13.
Modo City is now fully developed in various aspects, but it still lacks a strategic deterrent weapon, and this weapon is a Wizard Tower.
Soren cannot always remain in Modo City.
He will eventually need to venture out, and if a Wizard Tower can be built, then it can deter many enemies regardless of whether Soren is in Modo City or not, preventing most from taking rash actions. The Wizard Tower in the Shadow Plane is the original form of the Floating City. According to Gloria and the Fallen Witch’s research, this Wizard Tower may be capable of transferring to the Material Plane.
If that’s the case, everything in Modo City will be perfect!
…(To be continued ~^~)
