Chapter 750

Chapter 750

- Davey, you must come quickly! The disgusting smell of the Abyss is everywhere!

“Are you going now?” Hyun-Ah asked. Instead of responding, Davey remained silent and turned away.

“Hyun-Soo,” she called out calmly. He turned to face her again. She then slowly approached him and said, "Take care of yourself."

"A dead person doesn’t need to take care of themselves. You’re the one who should take care of yourself.”

“But still, be careful,” she insisted, looking at him for a while as if she was contemplating something. She then chuckled and gently pushed him. “I won’t say any more for now.”

“This is your last chance. If there’s anything you want to say, say it.”

"No, it’s okay. I feel like I’ll see you again, Hyun-Soo.”

“...”

Davey felt anxious for a second, but he didn’t think of it as a big deal as he thought this might be her casual way of sending him off.

As soon as he could no longer see her, he was in a different space. His whole body was then illuminated with light as he turned back to Davey O’Rowane from Shin Hyun-Soo.

This was the end for the identity of Shin Hyun-Soo. Since he longer existed, he was just Davey now.

He glanced up at the strong windy sky and picked up a branch lying nearby.

"Let's go clean it up.”

His charnel house was originally in the Gyeonggi-do region. Although the region had been occupied by monsters, after docking Asgard in Sokcho and periodically going around the entire country of Korea to clean up monsters, the Awakened were able to recapture most of the region. [1]

- How’d that thing you were doing go?

"It went well. It should be enough.”

- Then I will begin the ritual—it will last approximately three to four days. In the meantime, please block the invasion of the Abyss that will arise at various places on Earth.

Kain and Frelia could handle the ritual on their own, so Davey's only job was to take down anything that came to Earth to disrupt it.

"By the way, have you found out why the Abyss suddenly became traversable?" Davey asked.

There were cracks appearing all over Earth at the same time. If dimensional travel were this easy, it didn’t make sense for Eclipse to be trapped as she was.

- I'm not sure yet... But it seems that the 9th-ranked Malicious Spirit is involved.

“Wasn’t that one dead?”

- That would’ve been nice. But even among the relatively lower-level Malicious Spirits, the 9th ranked one, Rios, has a somewhat unique power.

The Malicious Spirit Rios was known to have the power to transmute things. Davey wasn’t sure about the conditions Rios needed to meet to use his power. Since he rarely saw Rios use his ability, he couldn’t figure out the conditions even with Alf Online's rules. Even Arbit, with his memories of the past, couldn't pinpoint the details. He figured Kain wouldn’t know either.

Davey left Megalodria behind to guard the ritual site and stationed Shandra Minea a bit further away. Despite it being confused, he believed its hostility toward the Abyss was certain, so it should be able to stop them on its own.

Davey clearly remembered how overwhelming the Abyss was when they went for a full-scale offensive. He had no choice but to conduct guerrilla raids across the globe to take care of the gathering Abyss—that way, those building defense lines would feel as little of a burden as possible.

Davey tore apart a monster with a pitch-black slime-like shape and huge eyes that had advanced across the plain, eventually making it disappear. The monsters coming down the Siberian plains brutally tore apart the soldiers and Awakened who stood in their way.

But their attacks didn’t work on the monsters. In the case of monsters, even though firearms didn’t work on them, the Awakened people's attacks clearly had great effects. But these creatures of the Abyss were far more durable than that. They withstood the same attacks for even longer and fought back with even more lethal attacks.

Engaging in close combat with them was also a problem. The problem became more serious as a bizarre creature resembling a giant four-legged elephant appeared.

The creature looked at the people in front of it with the twenty eyes on its forehead. Everyone that met eyes with one of them turned crazy in an instant.

According to Kain, it was a creature from the Abyss named Afpan. He explained that it was a creature that pulled the target's mind into the endless darkness and then released it. Davey knew that human beings wouldn’t be able to withstand the Abyss when even ancient dragons like Eclipse couldn't bear it and went crazy.

Davey could tell that the scent of the Abyss was strongest at the huge fortress built by Russia to block the onslaught of monsters. Even though he hadn't reached the fortress yet, he saw traces of several battles that had taken place.

Davey paused for a moment amidst the remnants of the gutted battlefield, realizing he was already too late. He was currently at the closest battlefield to the fortress. He could tell that there had been a large-scale battle here before the defensive battle at the fortress even began—he couldn’t help but frown at the vast plain that used to be a living hell.

- Kiririk...

Fire Chicken chirped in a low voice and flapped its wings. Davey looked around at the hundreds of corpses lying on the ground, got down on one knee, and reached out to them.

Even though the runners didn’t hear them, their faces turned pale as if they could feel the threatening aura—some even wet themselves out of fear of death.

“Well, you two are out of luck. There’s a toll you have to pay to pass through here, and it’s quite expensive.” Davey said in a low voice.

“Toll? Hmm... But Myu’s going to go regardless.”

"She’s right. How dare you block Hera’s path, you puny being?”

The two each displayed their unique powers as they provoked Davey. Once they finished gesturing, the huge elephant-shaped monster behind them came out and met eyes with Davey. It was the monster with the power to throw those who met its eyes into the darkness of the abyss.

However...

As Afpan let out a loud trumpet, they expected Davey to scream and collapse. And yet, he was fine while Afpan let out a scream and collapsed.

“I’m good at mental attacks too, you little girls.”

"You..."

Of course, they only looked like girls on the outside. In reality, they were monsters. As if she didn't like how Davey reacted, the Princess of the Abyss called Myu began to emit dark power.

“I was planning on playing nice so it wouldn’t hurt for you,” she said with a bright smile, eerie energy radiating off her. “But now, it’s going to hurt a little.”

"Alrighty.”

Davey was now certain that the two had no clue who he was and that their lack of information would soon have consequences. He lightly condensed the air and kicked it toward Myu as she confidently approached him. Myu, who was sure of her own defense ability, did not try any retaliation and simply tried to block it.

Crack!

But the wind made it through her abdomen. Her body was blown dozens of meters away.

“Huh? Myu?"

"How is it? Hurts, doesn’t it? This is the strength of the power your race possesses,” Davey said provocatively. She then widened her eyes, twisted her body, and began to feel pain.

“Gaaa?! Ugh... What on earth...?!”

She felt astounding pain—her body couldn’t even properly recover. He hadn't used the power of taboo on her. Instead, he used the Curse of Versha, a spell that a Princess of the Abyss used.

"What.... What is this... Gaaa!?”

“Do you know how many Princesses of the Abyss I’ve taken down? How dare half-assed ones challenge...”

Their physical abilities were incomparable to Urd’s. Their special powers were a joke compared to Versha’s or Sleesia’s.

In his current state, Davey could even defeat Sleesia. He couldn’t believe they tried to stop him with just these two. The results were predetermined from the start—they had no chance.

"You've had enough fun. Now, it’s my turn.”

"Shut up!!"

She began attacking again with her eyes widened in terror. But as she noticed that her attacks weren’t working on Davey, her face twisted with a terrifying expression.

"How... How is a human blocking my attacks?”

"Ask your seniors about that."

‘Sleesia’s at least a senior to you,’ Davey thought.

Myu tried to beat a flustered retreat. Davey let out blue sword energy from Blue Ribbon and infused the power of taboo.

Sensing danger, Myu’s eyes widened as she distorted and transformed into a huge monster. She tried to crush his head, but he had already swung Blue Ribbon when she reached for him. He tore her apart along with nearly hundreds of other creatures of the Abyss behind her.

Silence fell.

As Myu was torn to pieces, Hera looked at Davey with wide, shocked eyes. As a Princess of the Abyss, she might not have died, but it would still take a long time for her to recover from her current state.

"What are you doing? Aren't you going to attack?"

Hera's expression turned demonic at Davey's provocation.

1. Gyeonggi-do is one of the nine provinces in South Korea, and one of the two closest provinces to the capital, Seoul. ☜