Chapter 45: Throat of the Abyss

"Grandma Vilanse, I plan to eat charcoal-grilled venison today. Do you have any opinions, old lady?"

"I hate Black Dragons and don't want to talk to you!"

"What dragon you hate has nothing to do with me? I'm actually a dragon beast, hahahaha!"

"You are as filthy as that guy."

"Nonsense, I swim in the river every day. How can you put me together with that guy who hasn't bathed for several years? It's too look down on me."

"Humph, you do evil with that guy, and one day you will get the retribution you deserve."

"You are really wronging me. I, Klausuna, am only interested in gold coins. What I love most is robbing houses, and I have no interest in killing and arson."

"Hehehehe, look at what we caught. Oh, it turns out to be the resourceful Druid! Old thing, you killed quite a few of my subordinates. I didn't expect you to fall here!"

"Barot, I caught this. If you want it, pay for it. I don't intend to give it away for free here." Klausuna said proudly.

"Lady, you seem to have forgotten the business. This Druid is annoying, but our main threat is still the army under Gosh the Ogre."

"Barot, have you been with this group of Ogres for too long, and your brain has become bad? If your people don't come, there will be no share of the plane for you."

"Dear lady, don't worry. You know that devils are not welcome existences in the plane. To open a stable transmission channel that can accommodate the army, a lot of sacrifice is needed. Currently, your support is still needed."

Normally speaking, no matter which plane it is, the Pantheon will not allow devils to establish transmission channels and interfere with the interior of the plane, because gods are not willing to share believer resources. However, there are always exceptions. Bulbro-Shap-Mog, the god of this Ogre, is disliked by all forces in the Pantheon, which led to the matter of the Kadowen plane being deliberately ignored by the gods.

"That is to say, you are a waste now? Then what use are you? I can take down the plane myself. You don't seem to be able to provide any help in this regard."

"Lady, don't be impatient. I promise that your benefits will double this time. Money in your own hands is money, isn't it? If you delay for a few months, I don't think Grand Duke Sakavi will think there is any problem."

"This idea sounds very good, but I have a proposal to get benefits faster. If I sell you and the entire plane, wouldn't the benefits be obtained immediately? How about this idea?"

"Ms. Klausuna, this is not what was agreed. You cannot be so untrustworthy."

"That's right, Sakavi does have to keep his word, so I didn't get his consent this time. Any questions, Baron Barot?"

"Black Lizard, not keeping your word will have a price. Do you really think I'm easy to deceive? You should be responsible for your excessive greed." He was thin and tall, like a stretched skeleton, his skin was the color of dry parchment, embedded with countless cold bone spurs. His voice was like two floating ice blocks rubbing against each other, each word carrying the chill of the fifth layer of the ice river.

After saying that, Barot took the lead. He stomped his foot, and with him as the center, "Ice Seal Spikes" like a black crystal forest growing rapidly burst out of the ground, rushing straight towards the Black Dragon beast!

"Scatter!" Klausuna roared, her body turning into a black shadow, rushing rapidly through the gaps of the ice spikes. Thunder elements gathered rapidly in her hands, and three arrows shot towards the devil's vital parts in a "product" shape!

But Barot's movements were more flexible than they looked. He floated backward like a wisp of black smoke, and the arrows shot through his afterimage. And he raised his hand to take out several ribs from his space ring, which quickly shattered into countless sharp bone blades, like a death whirlwind, shooting towards the five dragon beasts!

"Ice Rampart!" With a roar, several thick ice walls emitting bone-chilling cold air instantly condensed into shape. After continuously breaking through three hard-as-iron ice walls, the bone blades were also at the end of their strength and fell in front of the fourth one.

The arrows were silent, but carried the power to corrode the soul, accurately shooting towards the back of Barot's heart, which was the weakest place of his bone spur defense! The devil showed a look of astonishment for the first time. He tried to dodge, but Su Lai De's arrow was too fast, too fast to make any reaction.

Pfft! The shadow arrow hit successfully, and Barot's body trembled violently. The bone spurs behind him were instantly corroded and broken.

"Ah ah ah...!" Barot let out an angry roar. He felt the pain of his soul being torn apart. However, it seemed that the injuries he suffered were not enough to kill him, but instead angered him.

Violent flames attacked from the front. It was Iroge who made a move. At this moment, Tali in the sky let out a piercing scream! She opened her arms, and a thick "Chain Lightning Ball" struck down from her hands, like a silver mad snake, jumping wildly on Barot's body!

Boom! The entire fortress was trembling. The smoke and flames of the explosion rushed into the sky. However, in the smoke and dust, Barot's dry laughter sounded again. "Naive. Did you think you could solve a Legendary Rank devil like this?"

The smoke and dust dissipated, and Barot was wrapped in a "Bone Prison" composed of countless white bones and vengeful spirits. All magic attacks were absorbed by the Bone Prison, and the surface of the Bone Prison only had some scorched marks.

"Barot, don't waste your effort. Your subordinates are all dead." After saying that, Su Lai De threw a head over. The devil looked closely, and it was the head of his assistant Bazel.

"Ms. Klausuna, this time I admit that you won. However, I am very curious about where I lost. I clearly considered all factors."

"It's very simple. There are not only six Master Ranks with me this time, but ten, and thirty High-Level dragon beast mages, which is more than enough to deal with you. In a way that maximizes benefits, I should have acted when the Kadowen war entered the white-hot stage, but you overlooked one point: dragons never follow any rules."

"It seems I underestimated you. I originally planned to catch you back to Baator Hell after you turned your face, and dedicate your soul to the Queen. She would definitely like it. Now it seems this matter cannot be completed."

"Barot, let's make a deal. Leave all the treasures you brought, and I'll spare you once. This place has been set up with a magic array by my subordinates. Without my permission, you can't open the transmission gate to Baator Hell."

"Hehehehe, interesting, too interesting. You are the most interesting dragon I have ever seen. There are not many who can make devils stumble on a deal. Lady, I have remembered you. Please accept the gift!"

The devil stomped the ground violently, and a thick cold fog from the fifth layer of Hell gushed out, instantly covering the entire hall. "We will meet again, dragon brats!" Barot's voice echoed in the fog, full of resentment and hatred.

When the cold fog dissipated, the devil had disappeared, leaving only a pool of melted ice water and the "reward" he paid on the ground. A ring made of unknown black metal, the metal surface was covered with natural, delicate textures like wood grain. A dark green gem was embedded in the center of the ring.

The material of this gem was not emerald or turquoise. Its interior was translucent, as if it had sealed a drop of eternal, thick poison. Under the light, tiny bubbles were rising extremely slowly in the depths of the gem, like the last breath from the depths of the swamp. When touching it, one would feel a bone-deep chill and slight numbness.

This ring is the "key" to the conceptual wound of "Throat of the Abyss." It does not store energy itself, but acts like a perfect "medium," connecting to a "door" to a specific type of layer of the Abyss. It is a highly compressed and stabilized plane anchor.

When opening the transmission channel, a mirror large enough is needed, which can be a water mirror or a real mirror. The user must write a "True Name Rune" from a layer of the Abyss on the mirror surface with their own blood. This rune is like the "password" to open the channel.

The hand wearing the ring touches the rune on the mirror. The next moment, the rune will burn like a living thing, emitting ghost-green flames. The mirror surface will instantly lose its reflective ability, becoming like a vortex of the Throat of the Abyss, turning into a rotating, pitch-black transmission gate. The size of the transmission gate depends on the size of the mirror.

The Throat of the Abyss is not a rare thing. It is widely present in the multiverse. In many large organizations or countries, they will connect to a layer of the Abyss through this thing to obtain more combat experience or other various magical material benefits. However, this thing cannot be bought with money. Each one is a prohibited item of the Pantheon.

Even if the transmission gate is not opened, as long as the ring is placed in one place for a long time, it will continuously leak weak Abyssal energy to the outside. This process is very slow, but over the years, it is enough to make the entire ecosystem of the region dark and twisted, giving birth to various polluted mutant creatures, and also causing mental and physical effects on people, making them deformed creatures.

The Throat of the Abyss ring is a perfect "Black Dragon-style" artifact. It concentrates the power of destroying the world into a square inch, which not only satisfies the Black Dragon's extreme desire for power but also perfectly fits that suspicious, greedy, and hidden nature. For such an item, Klausuna is very satisfied.

The gains this time far exceeded Sakavi's imagination. Originally in Sakavi's plan, he wanted to keep the devil's life. After fighting, Klausuna found that Barot's strength was abnormally strong. If she wanted to kill him forcibly, she would have to leave a few dragon beast lives. To avoid unnecessary damage, she temporarily changed the plan. ===== CHAPTER 46 =====