Chapter 522 - City of Demons
GDK 522: City of Demons
There was no day or night in the abyssal world, but every few days the sky would turn pitch black as though the abyssal world had been sheathed under a thick, dark cloak. At such times, it was impossible to see anything without another light source.
The abyssal realm used this sudden nightfall as a measurement of time. The passage of time marked by this abrupt cover of darkness was equivalent to one day on Profound Continent, but for each day that passed in the abyssal realm, half a month would have gone by on Profound Continent.
As of then about three days had passed in the abyssal realm since Han Shuo set off for War Demon Valley, lead by Nambrough, the battalion leader of Shero regiment. And it was then that they had finally arrived.
Along the way, Nambrough, Hemanna and Sylph had shared with Han Shuo much more about War Demon Valley, but upon arrival, he discovered that it was rather different from what he had anticipated.
The War Demon Valley was larger than Han Shuo had expected. From a distance, it looked like a city of demons. Abyssal creatures of all shapes and sizes sat upon the hundreds of metres of city wall. Despite its name, War Demon Valley was in fact a city. The city gate with its sheer magnitude was just too grandiose for Han Shuo to take in. From the front it looked very much like a large demon brandishing its claws and fangs at them.
Above them, many abyssal creatures circled the city gates. This place, War Demon Valley just seemed to pass on a feeling of savagery to Han Shuo. This could have possibly been attributed to the fact that some of its inhabitants were particularly humongous, such that War Demon Valley had to be structured like a bald mountain.
Following behind Nambrough, they arrived just before the enormous city gates. The gates guards recognized him and opened the gates once they noticed others from Shero regiment, allowing them entrance.
As Han Shuo entered War Demon Valley he discovered the many different kinds of abyssal creatures living there. The larger ones were almost twenty metres tall while the smaller ones were the size of human babies.
Of course, the most common were still humanoid beings like Sylph and Hemanna. War Demon Valley was a place where higher beings congregated, and those who resided there were immensely powerful. The large creatures were merely the higher beings’ mounts, or their subordinates. They came in all shapes and forms, all hideous and menacing.
Han Shuo glanced at Hemanna and felt his heart skip a beat. He then laughed and said, “Sure, but before this, you’d best bring me around War Demon Valley. I’m still very unfamiliar with this place.”
“I’m most familiar with War Demon Valley, I’ll show you around.” The purple-eyed Sylph snatched up Han Shuo’s other arm the moment he finished his sentence, as though she was fighting over him, and began pulling him to leave.
“What’s the meaning of this, Sylph. You’re trying to steal him from me?” Hemanna was furious and glared at Sylph as she snapped in her delicate voice.
“So?” Sylph showed no signs of weakness and stared at Hemanna as though she was challenging her.
“Hey!” Right at that moment, a light cry was heard. A man slowly approached them. He was as thin as a bamboo shoot, with sickly green skin and a rode with a gigantic demon-masked abyssal creature which resembled a spider on it.
In the War Demon Valley, aside from Crosius, there were also six demigod beings. This sickly-looking man was one of them, Han Shuo could feel it.
“Hemanna, Sylph, have you forgotten what I said? The both of you are my intendeds, and now you’re fighting over a man in such a place. Do you wish to die a cruel death?” The strange, sickly man glared at Hemanna and Sylph with a cold death stare.
Hemanna and Sylph, both turned bone pale at the man’s arrival and released Han Shuo’s arms without a second to spare. They seemed terrified of the man, and stuttered but just could not speak.