World-Predator: Lord of Dark Abyss [An Isekai LitRPG]

[Hyone]

Chapter 1: Dark Abyss​

[The initial environment is Dark Abyss.]

[The initial race is Demon.]

[The Lord Trial has officially begun, the initial resources have been distributed to your private space.]

[please establish and perfect your territory as soon as possible!]



"Dark Abyss?"

In the dimness, Caelan opened his eyes, and the sight before shocked him.

There was no serene and beautiful forest, no clear streams, no vast grasslands, not to mention the warm and balmy breeze.

All Caelan saw was a scarlet sky and countless barren lands that had cracked.

A fishy, pungent smell accompanied by never-ending storms and lightning filled the air in all directions.

And in the sky above, a shockingly huge black and red vortex slowly rotated

Like a giant meat grinder, it mercilessly crushed everything beautiful.

There were no uniform laws here, everything was in primordial chaos.

This was a place with an extremely harsh and twisted environment and a place of chaos where rules could be twisted at will.

This is the source of killing and destruction, and the final destination of all evil fallen souls-

This was Dark Abyss!

"Cough cough cough!"

Just after taking two breaths, Caelan felt some pain in his lungs and couldn't help but cough violently.

And what he coughed out was blood!

After only coming here for less than a minute, he started coughing up blood.

The air here was poisonous!

The environment of Dark Abyss could be as harsh as this!

Was there a civilized race that could survive in such an environment?

...

In this world, everyone can become a lord.

Before that, Caelan was a student at Westerford University in the Rion Empire, and the Trials were the way for everyone to become a Lord, Lords could choose different paths, such as becoming a merchant, a religious leader, or a military conqueror.

At the start of the Trials, all participants are given access to the mysterious "Sacred Relic", where they can choose their initial environment and race; Caelan chooses two random options, which will give him an extra 50% of his initial resources. However, Caelan was assigned to Dark Abyss which is a hostile environment...

Caelan glanced at the resources that had already been distributed in his private space and said.

"It can't be helped, even if I regret it, it's too late, no matter how harsh the environment of this world is, I have to establish my territory from this world."

The extra 50% of initial resources would naturally bring extra risks for him, and Caelan had long been prepared for that. That's why he didn't regret it and couldn't possibly regret it.

"The first problem to be solved is the location of the territory."

"According to the course I learned in Westerford University, there should be various types of resource sources near my birthplace, I need to find them and then place the core of my territory while using them as the center point."

Unfortunately, Caelan soon realized that those so-called courses might not be accurate.

Or perhaps the Dark Abyss itself was not something that could be defined by those courses in the district!

Carrying the system-issued basic tools and territory cores on his back, Caelan walked around for the entire morning without finding any suitable territories!

Not only that, during this morning's time that he had spent exploring around, Caelan had not even had a single hint of a resource origin.

At this moment, the vast majority of the people participating in the trial had already chosen an address and started to build their territorial prototypes.

Those who were even faster had already started recruiting serfs to develop their territories.

"No, if delay any longer, I couldn't catch up with them in terms of operational speed."

"Instead of exploring pointlessly by myself, it would be better to recruit some serfs out earlier and have them explore for me."

Caelan came to a fairly empty flat land and placed his territory core.



[Territory Construction Ready.]

[Building…]

[Territory Construction Complete.]

[Congratulations, you have your first Level-1 territory!]

[You have officially become a Level-1 Lord.]



After a flash of digitized symbols, a decaying throne covered in dust appeared in front of Caelan.

The throne was made from the bones of unknown creatures and congealed dark red blood, and it was engraved with certain Abyssal symbols that Caelan couldn't understand.

This throne is the core of Caelan's territory, and it is also the equivalent of the "main base" of Caelan's territory.

Sitting on this throne, Caelan can command all the people belonging to his territory and build new structures.

However, once it is destroyed, Caelan's territory is completely destroyed.



[The basic buildings in your territory have been issued.]

[You have obtained the basic building ——Abyssal Sacrifice Table ×1]

[You have obtained the basic building ——Abyssal Hatchery (Dry State) ×1]

[You have obtained the basic building ——Abyssal Gate ×1]



Each newly constructed territory was established with 2-5 basic buildings attached to it.

Due to the different racial characteristics of the major races, these basic buildings differed from each other.

If it's a Dwarf or Gnome territory, the basic buildings will be a Tavern and a Smelting Room.

If it's an Undead territory, then these basic buildings are usually graveyards, halls of the dead, and watchtowers of the dead.

If it was an extremely rare Dragon territory, then the basic buildings would be the Dragon's Nest, the Hunting Ground, the Hatching Greenhouse, and the Dragon's Bone Ground.

In short, the basic buildings given corresponded to the race chosen by the lord and were used to provide basic functions such as recruitment, food, and education.

An grey old platform, a closed pool wrapped in countless dry black tentacles, and a gate glowing with black and red light appeared in the three directions of Caelan's territory, not too far away from each other.

These were Caelan's basic buildings.

And Caelan was sitting on top of the territory's core, checking out this one by one.

"Abyssal Sacrifice Table, you can sacrifice anything of value, treasures, resources, and even hopes and souls, and use them to exchange for Abyssal treasures after sacrifice?"

Caelan looked at his personal space, currently, he didn't seem to have anything to sacrifice.

How about... sacrificing his soul and trying it, maybe his soul is worth something.

For some reason, such a gloomy thought suddenly appeared in Caelan's mind.

A gust of gloomy wind flew past, and Caelan, who had come to his senses, hurriedly shook his head, leaving the Abyssal Sacrifice Table behind and checking out the next building.

"Abyssal Hatchery (Dry State), but why is it in a Dry State?"

"Are resources needed to activate it?"

Caelan, who had sat on top of the old throne, clicked on the Abyssal Hatchery.

In the next instant, he froze.

"What is this? Why are there so many troop types that can be redeemed, and each one of them doesn't require any technology to unlock!"



【Abyssal Hatchery ——Redemption Options】

Troop Type	Level	Price	Description
Lesser Demon	0	Soul × 0.25, Flesh × 25kg	Unlimited Race, Unlimited Completeness
Native Demon	1	Soul × 0.5, Flesh × 40kg	Unlimited Race, Unlimited Completeness
Winding Demon	2	Soul × 1, Flesh × 60kg	Unlimited Race
...	...	...	...
Stone Demon	10	Soul × 5, Flesh × 540kg, Precious Metal × 20kg
Artisan Demon	11	Soul × 3, Flesh × 20kg, Precious Metal × 100kg	Demon Workshop —— building required
...	...	...	...
Phantom Demon	25	Special Soul ×1
...	...	...	...
Inferno Demon	50	Molten Fire Core ×1	An Abyssal Hatchery —— building at an active volcano
...	...	...	...
Prince Demon	100	Son of God ×1

Looking at the countless Troop Types that can be exchanged, Caelan simply couldn't contain himself with excitement.

This was the biggest surprise Dark Abyss had given Caelan!

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World-Predator: Lord of Dark Abyss [An Isekai LitRPG]

 

[Hyone]

Chapter 2: Trial Task​

"Really? Is this really... the basic building?!"

Caelan sighed repeatedly as he looked at the Abyssal Hatchery in front of him.

"Amazing, from Level-0 to Level-100 Troops, it all can recruit."

"And this is only a Level-1 building, if I raise it to a higher level, how strong will its recruitment effect be?"

"Unfortunately, it's just a bit more expensive to build."


[The construction cost of Abyssal Hatchery: 10k resource points]

[The construction cost of Abyssal Sacrifice Table: 100k resource points]

[The construction cost of Abyssal Gate: 20k resource points]


The buildings within the territory were the same as the territory, both could be purchased and upgraded.

It was only the effects of upgrading the two that were a little different.

After upgrading a territory, more types of new buildings could be constructed, such as Spirit Altar for recruiting racial heroes, Mage Tower for housing and recruiting mages, or other upgrades to basic buildings, such as Forges and Metallurgy Chambers for creating higher-grade equipment.

The upgrades to ordinary buildings, on the other hand, could increase the types of soldiers recruited and reduce the consumption of resources by a small amount, or simply reduce the time it took to recruit soldiers.

However, the appearance of the Abyssal Hatchery broke all these rules that were common in the past!

Because all the Troop-Types it displayed were all directly recruitable.

No technical conditions!

No recruitment restrictions!

As long as Caelan was able to activate it and take out its corresponding resources, then he could completely do unlimited recruitment.

"Right, activate it."

As he thought of this, Caelan suddenly realized a problem.

That was that the Abyssal Hatchery was still in an unactivated "Dry" state.

It wasn't just the Abyssal Hatchery!

The entire Dark Abyss gave Caelan a very strange feeling.

It was as if The Dark Abyss itself, including the countless dimensions within it, had been dead for a long time.

Caelan hadn't seen a single living creature in the abyss in half a day.

Whether it was an animal or a plant, there was none!

Aside from the vortex above its sky that was always in a state of rotation, the entire abyss was in a state of eerie to terrifying dead silence.

And the word dryness didn't only apply to that Abyssal Hatchery that was covered by countless black tentacles, but also to the Abyss itself.

"Regardless of all this about the situation of The Dark Abyss, it's no matter how weird it is it has nothing to do with me anyway, I'd better enquire about how to activate the Abyssal Hatchery first."

After thinking of this, Caelan sat on top of the Abyssal Throne and inquired about the way to undo the Abyssal Hatchery's current Dry state.


[The way to lift Abyssal Hatchery's Dry State: Soul ×500]


After seeing this answer, Caelan let out a huge sigh of relief.

Because this condition wasn't that difficult for him.

Ordinary souls were sold at Arcane Treasure Exchange and they were called Soul Stones, priced at 1 resource point a piece.

And with the initial resources he had, he could directly exchange those Soul Stones containing Souls.

And, since Caelan had chosen Double Random options at the beginning, he had 1.5 times the amount of resource points or a total of 1,500 resource points.

"It turns out that only Soul Stones are needed to remove Dry State, so the way this building is activated isn't too difficult, but that's normal, after all, this is the basic building, so if it's too difficult, it's probably unlikely that anyone will be able to complete it."

Caelan glanced at the Abyssal Hatchery in its Dry state, then looked to the other side.

"Other than that, there is a third, door-like building that seems to be called the Abyssal Gate."

"And what function does it have?"

Caelan clicked up the Abyssal Gate and checked out this building.

The introduction of the Abyssal Gate was rather concise.


[Abyssal Gate: Ignores any dimensional crystal wall rules and opens a two-way indestructible but cancellable teleportation portal.]


Concise, but not simple!

Caelan stared wide-eyed and read the Abyssal Gate's introduction several times over and over again before finally confirming that he had read it correctly.

"Ignores any dimensional crystal wall rules? Indestroyable? Teleportation channel?"

"These few items combined, oh, my God, is this really the basic building?"

Previously, Caelan studied the relevant knowledge carefully at Westerford University.

For the most part, teleportation portals were not part of regular buildings. Ordinary territories could only have the technology to create teleportation portals if they reached at least Level-3.

Moreover, the construction cost of teleportation portals in ordinary territories was extremely high, and they could easily be destroyed. The portals opened by the Abyss Gate cannot be destroyed, obviously beyond Caelan's understanding

When Caelan was shocked, the task of the Lord Trial was officially released


【Lord Trial Task】

Welcome to the Lord Trial, the content has two items. The first is to create a territory of at least Level-10 and ensure that it is not destroyed. Higher territory Levels yield higher trial scores. The second is to accumulate 200k resource points at the end of the trial. Note that it didn't matter if you logged, farmed, hunted, mined, or plundered others on your own, as long as you saved up 200k resource points, you were considered to have passed. Similarly, more resource points saved up yield higher trial scores.

【Note】

All newborn lords can be teleported to the Eternal Continent! The resources on the Eternal Continent had been very extremely rich, the Lords could acquire resources there.

Caelan read the task carefully. The difficulty of this trial is at least twice as high as before. The previous trial conditions only need to accumulate 100k, this time, somehow, it needs to accumulate 200k. He was extremely confused and shocked by this.

In the previous Lord Trials, It was already very difficult to obtain 100k resource points, not to mention 200k.

Trying to rely on the little resources around one's territory to save up enough resource points was a sheer fantasy, after all, the initial environmental resources of many races weren't rich at all. Even if one barely managed to scrape together 100k, it would be just a passing grade.

The Eternal Continent is very mysterious, and no one knows its origin.

This trial task required 200k, for any newborn Lord who wanted to pass this trial, he had to build enough portals to send their subordinates to the Eternal Continent, establish colonies, and bring back the collected resources.


【Supplementary】

Since everyone wants to go to the Eternal Continent, then you can't just send civilian troops like farmers, servants, or slaves to gather resources there. Once your competitor identifies a weakness they can capitalize on, they will not hesitate to take out your civilian troops, plunder the resources you gather, and then destroy your portals. Therefore, you must have armies that can protect civilian troops while building colonies. Only then will you be able to successfully pass this Lord Trial!

Nowadays, Caelan had just established a territory and had a portal straight away, which made him somewhat doubt whether his luck was good or bad.

The bad aspect was that within his initial environment, there weren't any resources to gather at all.

The good aspect on the other hand was that he hadn't even done anything yet, and a paranoid extreme war architecture had already been built.

"Wait, I get it ...."

Suddenly, Caelan looked thoughtfully at the Abyssal Sacrifice Table, Abyssal Hatchery, and Abyssal Gate.

He was finally starting to connect the three together.

"This world, once upon a time, was a world of war."

Caelan raised his head and looked towards the vortex above the sky.

Somehow, that vortex above the sky seemed to sense Caelan's gaze.

In its middle part, the eye-like center of the vortex was also responding to Caelan's gaze if nothing else.

"The Dark Abyss it has no valuable resources, and it has no need to mine the so-called resources."

Caelan looked at the barren land spreading for thousands of miles beneath his feet, at the various skeletons that had long since withered and weathered in the distance.

"Because the Dark Abyss itself, feeds on plunder!"

"It is a living War Machine!"

"Using war to feed war, provoking endless war is the mode of survival that the Dark Abyss should have."

"It doesn't need the so-called civilization, nor does it need any communication, but all other civilizations can understand it."

"Because its appearance only means that war is coming!"

Thinking of this, Caelan finally swept away his past bitterness and gloom.

With glowing eyes, he walked over to the Abyssal Hatchery, exchanged 500 Resource Points for 500 Soul Stones, and threw them into it one by one.

"Boom!"

As the Soul Stones were thrown into the Abyssal Hatchery, the black tentacles that had previously covered the Abyssal Hatchery retracted, and then the entire Dark Abyss began to emit an eerie roar from the bottom.

That was the appalling roar that was emitted by this long-silent war machine that had finally been awakened.

"My dearest war, the one I have longed for, the endless war ...."

And Caelan smiled and looked to the sky, locking eyes with whichever black and red vortex was above it.

"Is it finally going to start?!"

A certain desire that had been intentionally suppressed by him was finally getting the chance to be unleashed.

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Currently, RoyalRoad has more chapters, which will be uploaded one by one here.
World-Predator: Lord of Dark Abyss [An Isekai LitRPG]

 

[Hyone]

Chapter 3: Demon's Ugly Nature​

With the Abyssal Hatchery being activated. Caelan could already formally recruit soldiers.
All the Abyssal Troop Types could be recruited directly, only the resources needed to recruit many special Troop Types were not available to Caelan.

But no matter what, It was enough that the black tentacles covering the Abyssal Hatchery had withdrawn.

No hesitation, Caelan directly exchanged all of his remaining resource points at Arcane Treasure Exchange for Soul Stones and Flesh.

Since all the Level-0, Level-1, and Level-2 troops in the Abyssal Hatchery can be recruited with only Souls and Flesh, then Caelan doesn't need to exchange resource points for other supplies in the early stage.

Looking around at the dried-up land in the Dark Abyss, Caelan thought that there were no resources nearby to gather, and decided not to spare any effort to explore.

Generally speaking, most lords needed to put a large portion of their effort into exploring the surrounding lands after establishing their own territory.

One was to ensure the safety of their own territories and to expel possible wild beasts, hostile forces, and other special circumstances.

Secondly, once these lords have found a suitable environment around them, they will soon choose to set up a "Dependent Territory" in the corresponding location to speed up their development as much as possible.

But Caelan didn't have to worry about these problems at all, after all, The Dark Abyss had long since withered and died, and there was no so-called enemy within it that could attack Caelan's territory.

Therefore, Caelan's territory which was located in the Dark Abyss could be said to be absolutely safe.

And the only problem he had to worry about was how to attack!

==

"The Dark Abyss is resource-poor, and if I am to continue to develop, I must go to the Eternal Continent."

"But before that, I need to summon a few basic soldiers to see their attributes."

Caelan walked into the Abyssal Hatcher, and the information about this building appeared.

[BUILDING INFO]​

Name​	Abyssal Hatchery​
Level​	Level-1​
Belongs​	Demon Race​
…​	…​
Description​	It can hatch ten demon cocoons. (quantity increases with building level)​

Caelan directly threw the predetermined amount of Soul Stones and Flesh into the Abyssal Hatcher.

With a squirming of the Hatchery, ten cocoons of different colors, only waist-high to an adult, appeared in front of Caelan.

On top of their shells, they were engraved with all sorts of bizarre patterns, some resembling ghost faces, others special symbols, each different from the other.

But the only thing that was the same was that these symbols and patterns would instinctively feel ominous to any creature with enough sense and emotion.

30 seconds, the Abyssal Hatcher indicates the time required for these cocoons to hatch.

Among all races' Level-0 Troop Types, this is also a very fast hatching speed.

"Zee!" "Yah!"

Once the 30 seconds were up, these cocoons directly broke open.

One after another ugly Lesser Demon with feathered wings and a child-sized body appeared in front of Caelan.

[TROOP INFO]​

Name​	Lesser Demon​
Level​	Level-0​
Belongs​	Demon Race​
Alignment​	Chaotic, Evil​
Abilities​	Mining, carrying, felling, etc.​
…​	…​
Description​	The cannon fodder of cannon fodder in the Dark Abyss, with great adaptability, you can use them as much as you want, and remember, use! Because whether you let them work as miners, as slaves, as test subjects, or even eat them outright, it's a good ending for their awful, evil souls.​

As soon as these lesser demons opened their eyes, they revealed absolute evil and greed, scanning everything around them non-stop with those eyes tinged with malice.

Even Caelan itself!

Although they were lesser, they were indeed demons.

They were naturally filled with the evil and chaos that demons should possess.

However, when they sensed the Lord's aura emanating from Caelan as well as the invisible fluctuations emanating from the Abyssal Throne underneath him, this kind of malice and greed immediately disappeared without a trace.

"Eh?"

However, after these 10 Lesser Demons actually hatched out, Caelan couldn't help but frown.

"What's this, why is it that none of them have the same attributes?"

There are Lesser Demons with 5 Strength, while there are Lesser Demons with only 2. Some Lesser Demons have an Intelligence as high as 6, while others have a pathetic 1.

He is very confused about this situation in which the attributes of the same Troop Type were different.

As a matter of fact, the Troop Types recruited in a territory basically had fixed attributes.

However, the Lesser Demons that Caelan summoned this time did not have any fixed attributes at all!

Unbelieving Caelan, he threw Soul Stones and Flesh again and summoned 10 new Lesser Demons as well as 10 Level-1 Native Demons.

As expected, this time Caelan's newly summoned Lesser Demon's attributes were still completely chaotic.

Not just the Lesser Demon, but even those Native Demons!

"Complete chaos in attributes?"

"No, it's not just attributes."

"It's the entire Dark Abyss that's so chaotic."

Caelan looked at these Demons and gradually understood some rules of the Dark Abyss.

The chaos of the Dark Abyss was not only manifested in the environment and rules, the living beings, and even everything within it, would receive the effects of absolute chaos.

Having figured this out, Caelan stopped delving into it.

He wasn't a scholar, there was no need to understand this Dark Abyss so well.

The only thing he needs to utilize is the Dark Abyss!

However, just as Caelan was preparing to hatch demons on a large scale and send them into the Eternal Continent, an accident happened again.

All demon soldiers must be organized into units and commanded by a leader. 】


(Note: As you currently lack a commander, you will need to personally handle the unit formations and command.)​

Caelan shook his head and smiled.

"Okay, it looks like I have to do it." Soon, Caelan was thinking hard about how to format these demon soldiers and make plans to explore the Eternal Continent.

Suddenly, he realized that there were only 8 Lesser Demons left from the first batch he had summoned earlier!

2 of the Lesser Demon disappeared into thin air!

And when the puzzled Caelan locked his viewpoint within the territory onto the batch of Lesser Demons, a shocking scene appeared in his eyes.

The 8 remaining Lesser Demons were tearing into the corpses of the other 2 Lesser Demons.

They were cheering and enjoying their first meal since they were born!

They were incredibly happy, incredibly happy that they were the ones that survived.

They didn't care at all that they were devouring none other than their own kind.

The only thing they knew was that they were hungry and desperately needed to be satisfied!

And after the corpses of these two Lesser Demons were eaten up, the rest of them were not satisfied at all.

Though no longer hungry, they would always thirst for more.

Thus, they once again set their sights on their kind.

This time, the first batch of Lesser Demons summoned, there were only 7 left...

Greedy, Evil, Hungry, and Never Satisfied.

They who possess all the above crimes are the creatures nurtured by the Dark Abyss.

It's in their nature!

The Lesser Demons were not the only ones who were performing the big scene of killing each other in front of Caelan.

Not far away, those Native Demons were similarly killing and devouring each other.

The Native Demons had torn apart one of its companions with its tentacles and devoured it. Even more terrifyingly, Native Demons, who are more powerful than Lesser Demons, wanted to eat not only their kind.

Lesser Demon, the recognized cannon fodder of The Dark Abyss was also on their recipes!

"Ow!"

"Ow!"

With a loud scream, the first batch of Native Demons began to look for "suitable" Lesser Demons to satisfy their appetite.

Before the second batch of Lesser Demons could even devour each other like the first batch, they were turned into food for those Native Demons!

Flesh was torn off and blood was consumed.

A Lesser Demon screamed miserably as it was grabbed by a Native Demon, and pressed to the ground with a grip.

Compared to Lesser Demons, Native Demons not only had advantages in body size but also in strength.

No matter how much it tried to eliminate the confinement, it was all in vain. Its gradually dimming eyes were filled with unwillingness and pain.

However, all of this was a supreme enjoyment for the Native Demon.

Because the Demon Race was a bit different from other races.

Their purpose in hunting was not just to fill their stomachs.

The true purpose was to spread pain, to destroy everything they could, and to taste the taste of fear in the eyes of other beings!

They are born perverts and madmen!

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World-Predator: Lord of Dark Abyss [An Isekai LitRPG]

 

[Hyone]

Chapter 4: Terror of Demon Army​

At first, Caelan thought that these demons were born hungry, prompting this group of them to devour each other.

After all, these demons were acting, one by one, like starving ghosts.

Therefore, he immediately exchanged enough food from the Arcane Treasure Exchange and sent it to them.

On top of that, Caelan also used the Lord's call to order them to separate a certain distance from each other, forbidding them from devouring each other.

But all of this was only temporary.

What was shocking was that the vast majority of the demons, after getting their hands on the food, without the slightest hesitation, immediately ate all of that food.

Then, they went straight to snatching it, and they still spied for more, their endless desires like a magic spell.

...

Gradually, Caelan quickly realized one thing.

Giving these demons food would only slow down the rate at which they killed each other. As long as they didn't have a common enemy, these demons would fight until the end.

But it wasn't a meaningless fight.




[Lesser Demon boosts Strength by 1 point]

......

[Native Demon boosts Intelligence by 2 points]




Caelan observed that any demons that devoured other companions would gain 1-4 extra attribute points.

Moreover, the more of their kind they devoured, the greater this increase would be.

These shameless bastards with despicable characters were actually evolving slowly, albeit at the cost of blood.

This was good news for Caelan and bad news at the same time.

The good news is that his soldiers, it seems, have a decent ceiling.

The bad news is that if these bastards keep "evolving", he's going to fail the Lord's Trial!

"Stay where you are, no more devouring each other!"

Caelan roared, forcibly using his Lord's control to separate the writhing demons from each other and bring them slowly to the Abyssal Gate.

Soldiers of all races submit to the forced orders of their respective lords.

However, even in the face of their lord's orders, these demons were still very "stubborn".

For example, stealing a Lesser Demon when no one is around...

Or beating up their own kind for messing with them...

There was no such thing as discipline in the Demon Race.

Caelan sighed, feeling helpless.

"This can't go on like this, even though it's a bit early to go to the Eternal Continent, we have to go."

"If it drags on any longer, this group of Demon soldiers, there will only be one left."

Thinking of this, Caelan opened the dusty Abyssal Gate.

"Instead of letting them kill meaninglessly, it's better to let them go to the Eternal Continent to accumulate resources."

What was on the Eternal Continent was not only resources but also countless creatures, some of which were weak and allowed to be bullied; some were extremely powerful and occupied one side.

These creatures were hunters and prey.

They, at any time, would be caught and become fresh Flesh, providing many precious materials.

Caelan was prepared to secretly send soldiers to the Eternal Continent while all the other Lords were working hard to develop their territories for the establishment of the Portal, and although this was a forced choice, it was also a perfect opportunity provided to him by the Abyssal Gate.

After all, even in the Eternal Continent, resources were not endless.

As the Abyssal Gate opened, one demon after another, walked in.

Caelan couldn't help but reveal a smile, finally finding a good place for these "bastards"!

On the other hand, some creatures noticed the anomaly.

Eternal continent, a swamp, a group of Merfolk patrolling the surrounding area, suddenly saw not far away, out of nowhere, a shining black and red light of the gate, from which out of the ugly guys.

These Merfolk eyes could not help but reveal doubts, for some reason, they looked at these ugly guys, and their hearts were filled with uneasiness.

......

A wild level-1 Merfolk was surrounded by a group of level-0 Lesser Demons.

As it screamed miserably, one of his arms was ripped off alive before being stuffed into the mouth of an impatient Lesser Demon.

Another Lesser Demon was also incomparably furious after arriving at its long-desired delicacy being snatched away by others. It kicked the Lesser Demon that was devouring the Merfolk's arm and helplessly chose the other delicious part - the Merfolk's beating heart.

The wild Merfolk struggled uselessly.

Farther away, more Merfolk were repeating its tragedy.

A large number of Lesser Demons and Native Demons were slaughtering the Merfolk who had come to support them.

These Merfolk weren't weak, their base attributes were even stronger than the Native Demons, but the Demons outnumbered them by too much!

Not long after, this tribe of Merfolk located in the swampy area was brutally slaughtered by the demon soldiers.

Their dwellings were burnt down, and the remaining corpses were brought back to The Dark Abyss by the demons to be savored.

Caelan counted the loot in The Dark Abyss, besides many Flesh and a few rare materials, there was also a grey-tattered boot.




[Congratulations, you obtain the equipment]


[Stinking Merfolk Boot: Attribute ***, Requirements ***, ……]



【INFO】：
The equipment system existed in this world, equipment wasn't exclusive to lords, it could be equipped to generals and heroes. Even as long as the attributes were up to standard, many ordinary soldiers could wear equipment as well.

Areas where equipment drops are not uncommon in this world, such as Merfolk Tribe, Beast Lair, Recruitment Graveyard, and so on, all have a chance to obtain equipment.

Only, in many cases, the attributes of these dropped equipment were relatively trashy and not very useful.




"Stinking Merfolk Boot..."

Caelan couldn't help but frown as he looked at the equipment he had obtained. The attributes of the equipment really didn't serve any purpose, and it also emitted a foul odor!

Caelan pinched his nose and sent this equipment to the Arcane Treasure Exchange, exchanging it for a smattering of Resource Points, which was a good use of its value.

After exchanging the other loot for resource points as well, the previously depleted resource points finally started to pick up, and Caelan's expression lightened up a lot.

"Finally, out of that dirt-poor situation."

Previously, due to the need to activate the Abyssal Hatchery as well as build the first batch of armies, Caelan had directly spent all the resource points he had on him.

Even though his initial resource points are 1.5 times that of a regular lord, they are still too few.

After creating just a few hundred Lesser Demons and fifty Native Demons, he had already reached the point of exhaustion.

Fortunately though, for now, Caelan's choices were paying off!

"On top of the Eternal Continent today, there are no opponents that can interfere with me."

"Now that I'm in control of this demon army, I can make use of this to prioritize my attacks on those wild gatherings that are most likely to drop precious materials, and try my best to extend my advantage."

"All in all, I must firmly grasp this advantage."

Thinking of this, Caelan completely ignored the earlier tragedy of the Merfolk tribe, and without any hesitation, he had this demon army, which had already made up its ranks, head to the next hunting spot that he had already marked long ago.

It was a lizardman village with strange statues.

But the person who was paying attention to the movements of this Demon Army wasn't just Caelan himself.

Above the sky where this Demon Army hadn't noticed, a grey-winged creature was flying rapidly towards the grassland in the distance.

Because of that grassland, existing a force that could temporarily curb Caelan's expansion.

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World-Predator: Lord of Dark Abyss [An Isekai LitRPG]

 

[Hyone]

Chapter 5: Besieged Lizardman Village​

"Which lord's army is this, and how did it get into the Eternal Continent so quickly?"

Above the sky, Evelyn Hartley looked at the demon army and said suspiciously.

At this moment, her main body was not above the Eternal Continent, but this grey-winged creature, the puppet she had possessed using the Mutated Druid Possession Spell.

Evelyn's luck was in that she chose the Druid race and had a Forest Elf tribe that was fairly friendly to the Druid race near her random initial location.

The Forest Elf tribe belongs to the same Natural civilization as the Druid race, and the Forest Elves gave Evelyn a gift.

This gift was the Mutated Druid Possession Spell.

[INFO]​

Mutated Druid Possession Spell: The spell can cross space and directly possess natural creatures from other locations.

At first, Evelyn didn't think this spell was so valuable, after all, it could be purchased in the Arcane Treasure Exchange.

She thought the friendly but stingy elves were merely saving her a few thousand resource points.

By the time her territory had grown to a mid to late stage and she could command tens or even hundreds of thousands of troops at will, a few thousand resource points could really be considered worthless.

Of course, Evelyn still accepted this "small" kindness, for her at the moment, a few thousand resource points were a "big" sum for the time being.

There was no such thing as a free lunch. Not long ago, Evelyn was forced to have a long time with some single male elves in the forest tribe due to her charming appearance and temperament.

This caused her to complain quite a bit.

Now, however, Evelyn felt that the skill was really worth it.

Time was everything!

Originally, she only wanted to observe the Eternal Continent in advance, but she discovered a very dangerous situation.

That is, on the second day of the Trial, there was actually a lord who had already sent his forces into the Eternal Continent!

"Who is he? Is it Isabella Sterling or Ethan Greyson? Or perhaps..."

Every name Evelyn recites belongs to a renowned genius.

[INFO]​

The Lord Trial was a special space where outstanding people from the real world were selected to participate in each trial, and most of them came from Top Universities, such as Westerford University where Caelan was from. These schools focused on the lessons of the Lord Trial while cultivating the overall abilities of their students, and there was no shortage of geniuses with terrifying talent among them.

"Forget it, no matter who he is, I must restrain his expansion."

"Eternal Continent is just this big, can't let him smoothly take over all the important resources in the early stage."

"You know, the Lord Trial isn't just about brute force, strategy is also an integral part of it too!"

Evelyn chattered on, she didn't know who this lord was, but she was well aware of the rules of the trial:

[To pass the trial, every newcomer is your foe.]​

Evelyn has an idea, to enlist the Centaur tribe on the Eternal Continent against the wildly expanding Caelan.

The warriors in the Centaur tribe have a minimum level of 3!

The curtain of war is about to open ......

Above the throne at the Dark Abyss, Caelan is commanding his demon soldiers through the Lord's Eye to besiege a medium-sized Lizardman village.

[Lord's Eye: Exclusive ability for the lords, allowing the lords to perceive through their subordinates' eyes across distances and command them.]

This medium-sized Lizardman village was the target Caelan had chosen to focus on a day earlier.

Inside the village, there were nearly a hundred level-1 Lizardmen and three Lizardman Wizards, as well as a Malevolent Statue made of rock and broken gold.

To ensure this battle was foolproof, Caelan had even called back all of the demon squads that had been exploring around before.

When these Lizardmen died, their bodies could be cut out of Flesh and turned into food and resources, while their village could also be exchanged for resource points.

But that wasn't all.

The Malevolent Statue was the most valuable item in the entire Lizardman village.

It was an object marked as unknown curiosity!

[INFO]​

Unknown Curiosities were very special and rare in the Lord Trial. They can be exchanged for a large amount of resource points, or spent in the Arcane Treasure Exchange for appraisal. After appraisal, some of these unknown curiosities can be powerful equipment, some can be skill scrolls, and some can be treasure maps that contain mysterious treasures. All in all, no matter what kind of rewards, they all have a very high value.

That was why Caelan took this battle so seriously, never allowing any mistakes.

In the center of the battlefield, Caelan's command was methodically conveyed.



============================================

"Formation 1, retreat to Area A2."

"Formation 2, take over from Formation 1 and attack the enemies in Area B7."

"Formation 5, 6, 7, move towards Area c1 and block their retreating."

......

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Suddenly, Caelan broke out into a curse.

"Damn it, I asked you to co-operate, not to eat your teammates!"

It turned out that a Native Demon, surprisingly, had stomped to death a Lesser Demo, and then very quickly shared its corpse with the other Native Demons.

The entire process was very skilful and the Native Demons were definitely repeat offenders!

Before Caelan could react, he realised that Formation 1 of 17 Lesser Demons, had instantly reduced to 16.

Seeing this, Caelan couldn't help but cover his face as he sat on top of the throne.

"Oh my god, these damn guys ......"

Similar incidents have occurred more than once, leaving Caelan helpless.

These despicable demons show remarkable "loyalty" in this regard!

Caelan also discovered one of the advantages of these demon soldiers.

No fear of death!

Or rather, ignoring the Morale Penalty.

[INFO]​

Morale Penalty：During the war, the death or injury of companions can significantly impact the mindset of soldiers, leading to reduced fighting ability and decision-making capacity.

Perhaps because death is so common in the Demon race, any Demon soldier can ignore the Morale Penalty caused by death.

Even if the demon soldiers were heavily injured, they still wouldn't take half a step back.

They don't care whether they can win or not, nor will they be affected by the screams of their companions, and they don't even care about their own safety.

The only thing they would do was to attack the enemies and spread chaos, just like the war itself.

Caelan confirmed that these demon soldiers had great war potential!

However, the shortcomings of them were also very obvious.

That is, in the process of carrying out Caelan's commands, they did not carry them out thoroughly, and always had their own "small actions"!

Although this did not affect the overall situation, nor would it affect Caelan's control of the battlefield, these uncertainties always gave Caelan a very disgusting feeling.

It's as if, in their bones, these demon soldiers have been rebelling against him...

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"Ka!"

As Native Demon crushed the skull of the last Lizardman with one foot.

Caelan sat on his throne and let out a sigh of relief.

Under his commands, more than 200 demons had completely destroyed this medium-sized Lizardman village with a mortality rate of less than 35%.

Although the number of deaths and the mortality rate were high, considering all the factors such as the level difference, the chaos of the demon soldiers, and the fact that they belonged to the attacking side.

Such a result could be called a great victory!

Caelan's command is truly first-class, whether it's setting up ambushes in the early stages, dividing forces in the middle stages, or encircling and annihilating enemies in the later stages.

But even so, Caelan still frowned as he looked at the corpses of the dozens of dead demons.

"It could have lost even less ...."

A trace of chagrin flashed through Caelan's eyes.

"It was my mistake."

"My order just now was flawed; if the opponent hadn't been those dazed Lizardmen but Ethan Greyson instead, I would have been in serious trouble..."

"Next time, I must improve the tactical system to make it more compatible with the Demon Soldiers."

Caelan took a deep breath.

"Alright, don't think about it."

"Let them bring back the Malevolent Statue."

Dozens of Lesser Demons, like slaves, carried the huge Malevolent Statue towards the Abyssal Gate.

In the middle of the jungle not far away, a pair of sharp eyes snapped open from the shadows under the trees.

It first saw the corpses and trashed village of the Lizardmen, revealing deep disgust and faint joy.

Immediately after, when it saw the actions of these demons, what was revealed in its eyes was boundless hatred and monstrous anger!

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World-Predator: Lord of Dark Abyss [An Isekai LitRPG]

 

[Hyone]

Chapter 6: Wily Centaur Leader​

"Evelyn, it's just as you said."

Archeron, a Level-5 Centaur Warrior, whispered.

His gaze pierced through the shadows of the dense forest, watching the vile Demon Army ravaging the entire forest not far away.

He was lurking in the seclusion of the forest with the other Centaur Warriors of his tribe, while speaking to Evelyn, who was attached to the Grey-winged creature on his shoulder, "Though they have destroyed the Lizardmen who had taken the women of our tribe captive, their actions are even more evil than the Lizardmen's, and even more ugly ......"

There was anger in Archeron's voice, his hooves gripping the ground and his muscles tensing as if he was ready to charge out against these invaders at any moment.

"They are desecrating everything, destroying everything!"

Not far ahead of them, two Lesser Demons fought over a Lizardman's ear. In the distance, more Lesser Demons were moving charred trees inside a gateway that led into an abyss.

Many of the trees within this forest are engulfed in fire, as ordered by Caelan - the commanding officer of the Demons.

When the trees were charred, they would be converted into the valuable charcoal resources, which was exactly what Caelan wanted. Although this crude method would cause a lot of resources to be wasted, he didn't care because he didn't have the time to run them meticulously. There were too many places on the Eternal Continent waiting for him to explore.

And ...

As long as the amount of resources was large enough, what was a little waste?


[You obtained charcoal resources x 20]

[You obtained charcoal resources x 50]

[You obtained charcoal resources x 100]

......


In the Dark Abyss, as wave after wave of demon squads returned through the Abyssal Gate carrying charred wood, notifications of resource increases kept popping up, which put Caelan in a good mood.

Such behavior, however, angered the Centaurs, who were close to nature.

"These ugly enemies are defiling Mother Nature we serve!"

"We must stop them!"

Hearing Archeron say that, Evelyn immediately jumped in excitement.

"That's right! That's right!"

"It's this group of damned guys that are destroying the beautiful and harmonious nature, and I, as a Druid Tribe, can hardly stand their behavior."

"Great Centaur Leader Patriarch, Archeron, Guardian of Nature... I must confess something to you."

The grey-winged creature, which Evelyn possessed, hopped up next to Archeron's ear and said.

"These damned ugly monsters are nothing more than the vanguard of some evil army."

"Do you see that gate over there?"

Following Evelyn's wing, Archeron looked towards the Abyss Gate towering over the edge of the forest in the distance.

"On the other side of the gate, there are more evil monsters peering into this quiet and peaceful world!"

"Killing these monsters in front of you is only secondary, what you really need to do is to destroy that magical gate that is their passage to this world!"

Archeron's eyes widened as he finally realized where this group of demons that had appeared out of nowhere had come from.

"So that's it?"

"As expected of the Druid, I feel heartfelt admiration for your powerful insight."

"It's alright, it's something that every Druid who loves nature, would do."

"Nature is our common mother."

Evelyn said affectionately.

But just when she thought Archeron was about to move off to finish off the Lesser Demons below, Archeron suddenly changed his tune.

"Alas .... Pity."

"Many of the female centaurs in our tribe have just given birth and are weak as hell."

"And the males in our tribe, who have to hunt around to take care of them while patrolling our territory, are just too tired."

Hearing this, Evelyn's eyes couldn't help but become a little complicated and stunned.

She seemed to have guessed something.

Archeron sighed and continued.

"If it wasn't for this, I could have just taken our tribe's brave warriors and directly finished them off today."

"It's really a pity, a pity."

Sure enough!

This group of damned centaurs, who seemed to be righteous, were actually a group of early birds only when there's money involved.

Although they detested the demons that destroyed nature, it didn't mean that they would start a conflict with the Caelan forces for no reason, especially since these demons weren't weak either.

[INFO]​

The Lord Trial is a separate space with a large number of tribes, races, etc. Other than the Lords, each force, such as the Centaurs, possessed enough intelligence to be not NPCs, but independent living creatures with their own tribes and lives, and would clash with other tribes or lords for their own "interests".​

"Never mind... The Centauri are lucky to have a leader like you."

Evelyn let out a deep breath to calm herself and squeezed out a hard smile as she addressed the wily centaur leader.

Archeron's eyes narrowed slightly, regret filling his face.

"Ugh, it's my uselessness, should we let these vile creatures burn down the entire forest?!"

Evelyn couldn't help but feel a pang of contempt in her heart as she watched Archeron's poor acting. Her gaze swept towards the group of demons who kept carrying resources, and after struggling for a few moments, her eyes sharpened and she said to Archeron.

"Archeron, I can provide you with enough supplies to solve the existential crisis among your pack."

"After all, you and your pack, are making sacrifices for Mother Nature, and as a Druid Clan will not stand idly by."

Evelyn, who wanted to curb Caelan's expansion, took a look at the still abundant supplies and thousands of resource points accumulated in her territory and finally decided to take action.

"Really?"

Archeron's eyes lit up as he voiced his request.

"Dear Evelyn, in order to better solve our worries, I would like you to provide our tribe with food for a month."

Evelyn's face couldn't help but twitch a few times as her heart dripped blood.

This was a huge amount of expense.

Looking at Archeron's friendly face, Evelyn was so angry in her heart that she clenched her teeth.

This jerk is taking advantage of the situation!

At this moment, Evelyn instantly realized that she was being held by this hateful Centaur leader!

But considering the deadly threat Caelan might pose in the future, Evelyn still gritted her teeth and nodded her head to agree to the other party's request.

"Yes, but your tribe, how many centaurs are there?"

"Seventy-four!"

Archeron said honestly.

"Seventy-four?"

Evelyn froze for a moment, a bit puzzled; when she visited the Centaur tribe earlier, they numbered just around 60.

Moreover, with the size of the Centaur tribe's territory, feeding 60 centaurs was already the limit.

But why?

Evelyn suddenly thought of a possibility, she narrowed her eyes and looked at Archeron beside her.

"Wait, are you counting the newborns in your tribe, too?"

"That's right!" Archeron smiled brightly, he was honest.

And in that moment, Evelyn really wanted to teleport over to her real body and kick this beast in the face.

Evelyn was trembling with anger, but she finally gritted her teeth and agreed to Archeron's proposal.

Archeron grinned, and then his voice resounded throughout the forest, as stirring as a war drum: "For the sake of Mother Nature, for the sake of our home, drive these evil invaders out of this land!"

"High-and-Mighty." Looking at Archeron, who was proclaiming justice with a serious face, Evelyn's mouth twitched as she sarcastically muttered,

With Archeron's call, the Centauri warriors moved quickly. Their strong bodies galloped through the woods like a streak of lightning, each step shaking the earth, their weapons shining coldly in the sunlight, pointing in the direction of the Demon Army ......

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World-Predator: Lord of Dark Abyss [An Isekai LitRPG]

 

[Hyone]

Chapter 7: The First Sacrifice​

"Unknown Curiosity..."

Caelan gazed at the malevolent statue in front of him, the Unknown Curiosity acquired in Lizardman Village seeming to emanate an unspeakably sinister aura.

The statue's surface was rough and uneven, covered in twisted textures and strange symbols that seemed to tell some ancient and forbidden tale.

From an artistic point of view, Caelan found the statue hideous, the lines were rough and the shapes blurred, it was impossible to tell what kind of image it was trying to portray.

Nevertheless, Caelan decided to make the most of the evil statue. He attempted to bring it to the Arcane Treasure Exchange for trade.

A line of exchange information slowly appeared on the light screen of the exchange:

[Unknown Curiosity - Evil Statue, redeemable for 4500 points].​

Seeing this number, Caelan couldn't help but twitch out of the corner of his eye as he muttered under his breath, "This is too much of a loss, the Unknown Curiosity that was so hard to obtain can only be exchanged for so few resource points.

4500 resource points was indeed a considerable fortune for the current Caelan, but it was only temporary. As Caelan's development took off, such a sum would seem insignificant. There was a bit of resentment in his heart, after all, he had worked so hard for this and now he could only get so little in return.

Caelan checked his resource information:

[Resource points: 3700 points].​

After some consideration, Caelan decides not to sell the Malevolent Statue, but to have it appraised instead. In the Arcane Treasure Exchange, the appraisal cost of the Malevolent Statue is shown as

[Unknown Curiosity - Malevolent Statue, Appraisal Price: 1200 points].​

"1200 Resource Points, a bit expensive, but not unacceptable," Caelan said to himself. "Alright, start the appraisal!"

[Appraisal fee: -1200 points. Remaining: 2500 points].​

As the appraisal began, the skies of Dark Abyss seemed to respond to the movement. A golden light pierced through the ever-spinning black and red vortex and shone above the Malevolent Statue.

In an instant, the statue in front of Caelan began to disintegrate, countless pieces of stone slowly breaking apart until a black shard floated in the air.

[Evaluation completed].

[You have received: Faith Fragment (Contaminated) ×1!]​

"Faith Fragment?" said Caelan in surprise, "Isn't that something only Faith Lords use? Why do those stupid, ugly lizardmen have it?"

Caelan, seeing such a thing for the first time with his own eyes, wondered as he picked up the black shard.

In an instant, countless images flooded into Caelan's mind like a tidal wave.

Lizardmen hunted weak animals and splashed their blood on the statue.

Lizardmen breed baby Lizardmen and then tie their helpless victims to the statue and abuse them.

Lizardmen raid other tribes and smear their organs and blood on the statues.

...​

Caelan didn't know exactly how many images flashed before his eyes, but he knew.

Each image revealed the vileness and cruelty of the lizardmen race, who had no idea that the statue they worshipped had no deity at all.

All the cruel sacrifices and prayers they make are completely ineffective.

The stupid Lizardmen, in such a cruel and twisted way, appeared to be worshipping an imaginary "God", but in reality, they pleased themselves.

A strange phenomenon happened.

Despite the fact that the statue did not represent any real deity, the grief of the dying was so intense due to the number of lives that had died before it, and the negative emotions released by the lizardman, that the statue began to gather the power of faith.

Blood, death, slavery, bullying, rage ......

These negative emotions gathered into a ball inside the statue and contaminated each other, giving birth to the current Malevolent Statue, which is why this Faith Fragment was contaminated.

If the Lizardman had chosen only one pure faith to worship the statue, the Faith Fragment might not have been contaminated.

This tainted Fragment of Faith was worthless to Caelan.

"A great loss!"

"This fragment is contaminated and worthless! 1200 resource points wasted for nothing."

Even though the Faith Fragment was usually of high value, especially to Faith Lords, it had to be uncontaminated.

Not only was a contaminated Faith Fragment useless to Caelan, but even the Arcane Treasure Exchange wouldn't recycle such an item, and Caelan didn't currently have the ability to purify the fragment.

This meant that the Faith Fragment, which Caelan had worked so hard to obtain, had become a hot potato for a while. It could not be converted into the instant combat power Caelan needed, nor could it be converted back into resource points.

Just as Caelan was feeling a little depressed and regretful, he suddenly remembered a special existence - the Basic Building: Abyssal Sacrifice Table!

It was capable of sacrificing all valuable items in exchange for Abyssal Treasures!

"Right, I almost forgot."

It was actually no wonder that Caelan had forgotten about the Abyssal Sacrifice Table for so long. Compared to the Abyssal Hatchery and the Abyssal Gate, the Abyssal Sacrifice Table had a lower value in the early stages. Caelan's resources are limited in the early stages, so he can't spend a lot of points to exchange valuable items for the Abyssal Sacrifice Table "lottery". Also, given the chaotic nature of the Dark Abyss, who knows what Abyssal treasures he might draw from the Sacrifice Table?

The Abyssal Sacrifice Table was like a gambling table, Caelan didn't like uncertainty, he wasn't a gambler, and he wouldn't bet on himself to be the lucky winner.

But now the Abyssal Sacrifice Table seems to be the best choice!

"Since the Abyssal Sacrifice Table can sacrifice anything of value, the tainted Faith Fragment must be one of them."

Caelan placed the Faith Fragment on the sacrificial table.

[Item detected: Faith Fragment (contaminated). Offer as Sacrifice?]​

Caelan agreed and followed the instructions to recite a mysterious incantation.

The sacrifice, began!

The black and red vortex in the sky seemed to speed up its rotation.

It was as if the Dark Abyss itself longed for this first sacrifice. ......

And just as Caelan concentrated on sacrificing the tainted Faith Fragment.

Demon after demon fell, far away on the Eternal Continent.

Whoosh!

A sharp arrow, cloaked in a pale green glow, shot violently from the forest's depths.

Shadowy and deadly.

Thud!

In the next second, the arrow pierced the skull of a lesser demon, nailing its torso to the trunk of the giant tree it had originally prepared to burn. It was like a broken doll nailed to a tree.

But before its companions could laugh at the poor little demon, more arrows quickly shot out of its back.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The remaining three Lesser Demons were also nailed to the tree.

In less than two seconds, the four Lesser Demons sent to scout the path and gather resources died silently in the forest.

And that was just the beginning.

Meanwhile, another group of demons, consisting of a lesser demon and a native demon, were heading towards the rare iron mine that could refine the precious metal, Dark Iron.

[INFO]​

There are many kinds of precious metals in this area, such as Dark Iron, Star Steel, Adamantine, Mithril, and so on. Their values vary greatly. Among them, Dark Iron is the most common precious metal, Dark Iron is one of the incubation materials for level-11 Troop Demon Artisan.​

With less than 20 of them, they can't afford to run this iron mine normally.

Their purpose was simply to kill some level-1 metal slime nearby and bring their corpses back to the Dark Abyss.

However, just as this group of demons was slowly approaching the basalt iron mine along the path that had been opened a long time ago.

Suddenly, dozens of robust and powerful centaur warriors, shouting slogans and wielding sharp, curved swords, rushed towards the unsuspecting demon team from both sides of the dense forest.

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World-Predator: Lord of Dark Abyss [An Isekai LitRPG]

 

[Hyone]

Chapter 8: Transfer? Abyss Sovereign!​

"Ka ka ka ka ka!"

Before the group of demons could react, a bloody head turned and flew up.

As the demons' heads fell to the ground, they weren't even completely dead yet, and there was still a small amount of doubt in their scarlet eyes.

Everything had happened too quickly!

The attributes of the two sides were not on the same level at all.

Adult centaur warriors, whose lowest level was level 3, basically had a stable strength of 12 points and agility of 17 points.

The level 0 Lesser Demons and the level 1 Native Demons had different attributes due to the chaotic effects of the Dark Abyss. But the highest Strength among them was only 8 points, and the highest Agility was only 6 points.

Simply no power to fight back.

Such a comparison of attributes, coupled with the disparity in weapons, made this Demon team look so ponderous and fragile in the face of the Centaur onslaught.

And this team of Centaur warriors didn't stop after they had wiped out this team of lesser demons.

They moved their strong legs and left the place with amazing agility, leaving only a field of corpses in their wake.

This was a bit different from their previous fighting style, which was to take the spoils after defeating their enemies.

In their eyes, this group of evil and ugly monsters did not belong to their booty.

This group of demons, defiling Mother Nature, their corpses must remain in the middle of this forest, exposed to the wind and the sun, eaten by insects and birds, and their souls will not rest in peace for eternity.

That is why they did not notice.

In the corner of a dense forest, in the eyes of a dying Lesser Demon, looking at their departing backs, endless anger and unwillingness filled his eyes!

It, and the Dark Abyss behind it, were offended!

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"Well done, their sneak attack actually succeeded!"

On the other side, Evelyn, who possessed the grey-winged creature, watched as team after team of demons were taken down and couldn't help but sigh.

"I originally thought that this group of Centaur warriors would take out these monsters in a more direct and violent manner, but I didn't expect them to use such subtle tactics."

"Not only have they mastered superior mounted archery, but they also have strong melee skills, that's really good!"

Evelyn muttered, the strength of the Centaur race made her very satisfied, and she moved on to a new idea!

She wanted to bring this group of Centaur warriors as well as Archeron into her territory to become her subordinates after the portal was built.

The powerful centaur warriors would greatly enhance her early combat capabilities.

As for Archeron, she felt he had the potential to become a racial hero.

It was all very tempting.

Evelyn shared her thoughts with Archeron, and the leader of the Centaur tribe was indeed tempted.

After all, becoming the henchman of a druid lord, even if it was a bit dangerous, also meant that her tribe would have a stable food supply for a long time to come.

A stable food supply was extremely tempting for the Centaur tribe, whose infant mortality rate was over 50% every year.

But Archeron was in no hurry to agree.

Cunningly, he knew that the Evelyn before him was not a good person.

Even if he really wanted to bring his tribe into Evelyn's territory, he had to prove his worth as much as possible before joining.

Only then would he have more qualifications to negotiate with Evelyn.

"O honourable druid, no hurry. Our tribe is eager to be under your command, but..."

Archeron pulled back his dark mane and spoke to Evelyn over his shoulder.

"The most important thing right now should be to destroy the rest, this group of monsters gathered in the forest!"

"In addition, the evil portal that summoned them to this place should also be destroyed, shouldn't it?"

Looking at the extremely evil Abyss Gate in the distance, Archeron smiled confidently.

......

At that moment, in the Dark Abyss.

Caelan stood beside the sacrificial table, and in the black and red sky, the vortex spun faster and faster, as if space itself was being distorted.

Caelan felt a powerful surge of energy, the ground around the altar began to shake, and the altar began to emit a faint black light, the light gradually increasing until the entire altar was shrouded in darkness.

The Faith Fragment at the center of the sacrificial platform began to emit a piercing hum, and cracks began to appear on its surface as if it were being subjected to some kind of powerful force.

The Faith Fragment suddenly exploded into countless tiny points of light, rotating around the sacrificial table. These points of light gradually coalesced into a huge vortex that completely enveloped the sacrificial table.

Caelan held his breath as he watched. He could see the center of the vortex begin to take shape, a vague outline beginning to form. This outline became clearer and clearer, eventually forming an object glowing with a strange light.

As the light gradually dissipated, a book emitting a deep black and red light appeared in the center of the sacrificial table.

"Oh~, a book? It seems an equipment!"

Caelan quickly walked over to the Abyss Sacrificial Table and picked up the "Abyss Treasure" that had been obtained from this sacrifice.

Caelan soon realized that it was a heavy book sewn from unknown materials, with a pair of black and red eyes and a magical sword engraved on the cover, and between the eyes and the sword was a throne, yes, the Abyss Throne!

The book reeked of blood, but Caelan ignored it completely and prepared to look inside.

The moment Caelan touched the book, equipment information suddenly appeared in front of Caelan's eyes.

【You have obtained the unique equipment: Abyss Codex (Remnant Page) ×1】

【Abyss Codex, transfer equipment, no attribute bonus, after wearing this equipment, you will automatically transfer to Abyss Sovereign and gain a new skill】​

"Is it really a treasure that can automatically transfer to Abyss Sovereign? What kind of profession is it?"

Many questions flashed through Caelan's mind before he could think about them.

Suddenly, a sharp pain interrupted his thoughts.

Caelan looked down at the source of the pain, his hands.

This Abyss Codex was bursting with thousands of tiny black and red tentacles that wrapped deadly around his hands and then burrowed deep into them.

These tentacles were so deeply embedded that they bound Caelan to this Abyss Codex with a death grip.

At first, Caelan looked panicked and tried to do something to block the tiny tentacles, but he soon stopped.

For he was surprised to find that his control over the demons in his domain had increased!

The demons, who had previously had to use their lordship to force him to do their bidding, had suddenly become extremely obedient to him.

Even if Caelan asked them to temporarily suppress all their desires and do everything in their power to achieve a certain goal, which was obviously a death sentence, it could be done!

[The transfer is complete, you have become an Abyss Sovereign and your current level is 1!]

[You have obtained the passive skill: Abyss Heart].

[Abyss Heart: You have complete control over all Abyss creatures under your command, forcing them to do your bidding. ]


[Note: Abyss Heart can be used with Soul Sacrifice and Final Ritual.]

[You have learned Abyss Tongue.]​

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