The knight in the abyss

Chapter 2 Entering the abyss

Lancelot fell from a door of light in mid-air.

Bearing in mind the high priest's instructions, he immediately got up and ran forward.A violent explosion sounded behind him, and the air wave pushed him to the ground.

Luckily there were no rocks, metal, or anything worse in the air.Lancelot stood up slowly, confirming that apart from his face, he did not lose or gain any part of his body.

Then he began to observe the surrounding environment.

The first thing that caught his attention was the dark red sun in the sky, which was weakly projecting a red light that could barely feel any warmth.

The earth seemed to be covered with a thick layer of volcanic ash, and the surroundings were desolate and barren.Some spooky shrubs were scattered about the ground, and occasionally a few tall trees looked aggressive.To his left was a huge plane with terrifying pits and what seemed to be a river in the distance; to his right was a huge mountain that blocked his view.

The blessing of the elf contained a lot of knowledge about this world, and Lancelot closed his eyes and sorted out the information that kept coming out of his heart.

This plane called the abyss has a multi-layered spatial structure, and each layer is like a small world.There is a portal to the unknown layer on the surface of each layer, but after any layer is dug down for a certain distance at any position, it will be forced to be teleported to the next fixed layer. This feature determines the upper and lower order of each layer. .

The vastness of the abyss plane is beyond the imagination of the elves. They explored the sixth floor as far as they could, and the proven area has exceeded their world.The area of ​​each layer is slightly smaller than the previous layer, so the elves speculate that the abyss world is likely to present a hole-shaped spatial structure, and there must be a bottom.It is widely circulated among the creatures of the abyss that there are at least 666 layers in the abyss.

According to them, this is a chaotic, barren and cruel world, the earth itself is full of evil energy, and any good character is out of place here.

But here is a rich world, with a lot of treasured minerals, powerful magic items, magical natural creations, and abyss creatures of great research value.

At least their evaluation of the abyss creatures in Lancelot's version of "Blessing of the Spirits" is "very valuable for research".

Demons are the aboriginal people here, and the strength and intelligence vary greatly between different species, but the common characteristics are irascible, evil, shameless, and unpredictable behavior.The elves speculate that this is likely to be related to the long-term effects of the evil energy raging here, and that some low-level demons are like creatures driven mad by unbearable pain, but this view needs sufficient evidence to support.

Demons seem to be allergic to any order, and just a neat formation can cause intense discomfort to low-level demons, but they are more afraid of the authority of high-level demons.Therefore, the demons basically have no social organization structure, but the most powerful demons can rely on the coercion of the superiors to organize terrifying legions to fight against each other and snatch any treasure or territory that may be valuable.

But demons aren't the only creatures here, and from time to time travelers from other worlds stray into them.They either wandered here because of various accidents, or they took the initiative to arrive through teleportation magic.Through contact with them, the elves confirmed that there are multiple upper worlds, and even in other worlds there is a race of elves, and their languages ​​are all variants of the dragon language.

In addition, according to the elves' records, they came into contact with a creature that called itself the devil.They are as powerful as demons, yet display great wisdom and discipline.The elves soon realized that demons were no less evil than demons, and that because demons did not possess the uncontrollable madness of demons, they were far more dangerous than demons.The devils also seemed to be exploring the abyss at the time, and with the power and cunning they displayed, the devils may now have gained a foothold in the abyss.

The elves also mastered the daemonic language spoken in the abyss, and this knowledge is included in their blessing to Lancelot.

Lancelot tried to release a spell to summon a warhorse, a flash of white light flashed, and the summoning succeeded easily.This is a very practical spell taught by the elves to the knights of the uprising coalition, but the success rate is not high in the world they are in. It seems that the abyss is closely related to the elemental plane.

However, the "war horse" summoned in front of him was quite different from the image in Lancelot's mind.The creature in front of him has the shape of a horse, with red flames burning in its eye sockets, scales all over its body, and explosive muscles.The creature summoned by Summoning War Horse comes with its own harness, but the harness on the back of this creature in front of him looks unusually strong, and seems to be prepared for a creature that weighs several times that of a human.

This is a demon warhorse. It seemed to be walking in a place where magma was flowing. The hoof contained terrifying high temperature, leaving scorched marks on the place where it stepped.Being forcibly summoned to an unfamiliar place by a spell made it very uncomfortable.

It looked up and looked at Lancelot.There was a voice telling it that the guy in the iron clothes in front of him was the culprit who got him here, so it raised its hooves without hesitation and kicked Lancelo fiercely.

Naturally, it was impossible for Lancelot to draw his sword and chop off the foot of his means of transport, so he could only roll to the side in a hurry, dodging the spear-like hoof.The black warhorse attacked again, but this time Lancelot had removed the large shield behind him and blocked himself in front of him.

With a loud bang, Lancelot was kicked back a few steps, and two sunken hoof prints appeared on the shield that had been tested by countless swords and warhammers.The warhorse charged towards Lancelo again, but fell to the ground suddenly, struggling to get up.

It turned out that while the giant shield was blocking, Lancelot threw the prepared lasso, which accurately caught the neck of the demon warhorse, and then saw the moment when the demon warhorse charged again, and violently let it lose it. Balance and fall to the ground.

The moment the warhorse fell to the ground, Lancelot pounced on it, crushing his opponent under him.Like a wrestler who seized the opportunity, he grabbed the horse's throat with both hands, and wrapped his legs tightly around the horse's long neck.The demon warhorse struggled violently, trying to shake this nasty guy away, but on the one hand, Lancelot's weight made it difficult for him to maintain his balance, and on the other hand, the more he struggled, the tighter Lancelot's hands tightened, causing it to gradually fade away. asphyxia.

Its movements finally slowed down, like a beast that failed to fight for the throne of the race, gave up the struggle and made a gesture of surrender.

Lancelot wasn't sure which one contained more demons and horses in his body, so he only dared to let go of his hand slowly, confirming that the other party was genuinely obedient.

It seems that there is more horse component, otherwise this spell will have to be renamed.

The battle just now seemed to have calmed down the war horse. It was so obedient that Lancelot turned over, and there was a certain nature in it that made it understand that it had to obey the new owner, but it was still a little unhappy.

Lancelot looked around, thinking about his next plan of action.

The first thing to do is to determine which floor you are on.The uppermost layer of the abyss is a place that is quite similar to the material plane, and it is also the most frequently visited place by outsiders, so it is relatively friendly to outsiders.According to the records of the elves, the ground on the first floor is covered with thick ashes. There are bottomless potholes everywhere on the ground, leading to the unknown lower world. every corner of the world.

Everything so far fits the description of the first layer on the record, but Lancelot has to be cautious about this.He recognized his surroundings and decided to head towards the bare mountain first.

According to his thinking, it is very likely that there will be a large group of wandering demons on the plains, and there may even be demon towns along the river, which is something he cannot deal with because he is unfamiliar with the place.In the mountains, it is easy to hide yourself, and it is also convenient to observe the surrounding situation from a high position and decide the next course of action.

The mountains in the abyss are very steep, as if they were forcibly pulled up from the ground by a giant.He found a route that seemed to be the smoothest within his field of vision, and planned to march towards the top of the mountain from there.

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Lancelot rode a horse and moved slowly along the winding mountain road.The dark red sun is gradually rising, and it seems that there are changes between day and night here, but the sun in the mid-air is still red like a setting sun, giving a little bit of heat to the earth.

After turning around a mountain pass, Lancelot suddenly heard a loud noise, as if many creatures were gathered together.

He quickly jumped off the horse, lowered his body, and touched the place where the sound came from.

After sneaking forward for a while, Lancelot found the place where the sound came from, in the valley in front of him.He carefully lay on the ground, slowly climbed to the edge of the cliff, stuck out his head and looked down.

The scene in front of him made his heart stop for a moment.

A large number of demons gather in the valley below, most of them are humanoid demons.They have bloated bodies, dirty skin that makes it difficult to judge their original skin color, ugly faces with a mouth full of fangs, and claws that resemble palms at the ends of a pair of sturdy forelimbs.

The knowledge that the elves left him shows that this is the lowest form of demons, called cowardices. They are cowardly, cowardly, and cruel at the same time, and they are the targets of bullying and enslavement by almost all abyss creatures.There is only one case for them to come together on a large scale, and that is to be dominated by a greater power.Lancelot noticed that there were several demons holding staffs and wearing huge horned helmets on the periphery, looking like warlocks.There was a huge figure in the distance. It was a big guy with a shape like the legendary centaur, with horns on its head, wings on its back, a giant axe, and a height of nearly three meters. It was staring at it with cold eyes. here,

They were clearly going through some kind of ritual.The cowards were all on their knees (or on their stomachs? Lancelot couldn't be sure), their heads pressed to the ground.The demon sorcerers walked between them, muttering words, and from time to time slashed the throat of some poor creature with the bone blade in their hands.

Only then did Lancelot notice that on the ground directly below him, a strange magic circle was engraved with blood.As one sacrifice after another had their throats cut, the magic circle began to pulsate, and something seemed to come out.

Suddenly, all the demon warlocks spoke at the same time and shouted in demon language:

"Mighty existence, answer our call!"

Lancelo couldn't help holding his breath, wondering what it would be called.

A familiar light of summoning magic flashed, and Lancelot's pupils shrank, because it was obviously a human race who was summoned.The man looked to be in his early twenties, wearing an ordinary white robe, and seemed quite confused by the situation in front of him.

"No, this is a civilian!"

(End of this chapter)