Monster Master: Evidence of the Way

Chapter 330 Towards...the bottomless abyss

The Abyss? That's a place even the Adventurers' Guild dares not set foot in. That's why Catherine's slogan is "Towards the Stars, Welcome to the Adventurers' Guild."

Kazematsu Mikuni, the Shadow King, wants Iin and the others to go to the abyss. This is undoubtedly quite dangerous.

"The Blood Cross is about to revive, and they've put a lockdown in place to reduce the flow of people. This is the only explanation I can think of."

Kazematsu Mikan said, "Just like many years ago, the meteorite fragment is about to have its effect."

"What meteorite fragments? What does it have to do with the 'Blood Cross'?" Yi Yin asked.

"An indigo-colored meteorite fragment that gives people a very cold feeling."

Kazematsu Mikan sighed. "I speculate that it must have come from another world, and the virus it produced spread to the Tern Continent, also known as the 'Blood Cross'. After many years of investigation and searching, I have only barely learned some information about meteorite fragments."

"Back then, Force 8 Gale and I used brute force to block the source of infection, but we couldn't get our hands on this meteorite fragment. Now, its remaining power is beginning to take effect."

"Can't it be destroyed or stored?"

Yi Yin asked, "Or... do you want to have another big purge like we did back then?"

At this moment, Baihu suddenly pressed Yiyin's shoulders.

"I see."

Baihu said, "Kaze... Meikan, you want us to help you salvage those fragments, right? That way, you won't have to bury the people of the Tern Continent with you. The blockade order is the same, to reduce unnecessary losses..."

"Ah."

Kazematsu Mikan nodded. "That's about it. I think since I still hold the title of Ten Shadow Kings, I should do something more beneficial to humanity. However, it's too much for me to do it alone. After all, that's the Abyss."

"(abyss……)"

Xuanwu fell into deep thought, as if she knew what a dangerous place this was.

"Tell me more about it, Kaze Matsuri."

Yi Yin said, "According to what you said, the meteorite fragments have now fallen into the abyss. What kind of place is the abyss?"

"The Abyss is the Abyss. According to the Monster Master Management Association, this mission is probably S-rank..."

S-level mission?

The mission that Buono undertook back then was only S-level. There were countless casualties in that mission, and Buono was branded as a traitor.

But this time it’s different. What everyone is betting on is the lives of many people on the continent of Tern.

If possible, Yiyin really didn't want to get involved in this mess. But according to Kazamatsuri Mikan, she would not give up Rokakaka obediently unless her conditions were met.

...There's nothing I can do.

It is not a solution to keep hiding. Although I can no longer make the green-haired turtle upgrade to leap and darken, but with Xuanwu by my side... joint upgrade is still possible.

"What do you think?"

Yiyin looked at Baihu and Xuanwu. The answer was obvious. If they were afraid, they would not have come to the Continent of Ten in the first place.

"Okay, Fengjie. Let's go now to save the humans of the Tern Continent!"

Yiyin finally mustered up the motivation to work hard.

"Looking at you, I'm afraid you've done a lot of similar things before."

Kazematsu Mikanki smiled and said, "That makes things much easier. We just need to keep going down."

“(…No, I can’t agree to this so soon.)”

"?"

Yiyin couldn't help but feel curious when she heard Xuanwu's incoherent thoughts.

"Xuanwu-senpai, what do you mean?"

Yi Yin asked in a low voice, "Is the abyss scary?"

"(...The City of the Dead.)"

"The City of the Dead?"

Yi Yin couldn't help but hum softly. This name sounded so familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before!

"what happened?"

Looking at Iin's surprising behavior, Kazematsu Mikan thought he had suddenly become enlightened.

"How about that place? The City of the Dead... is our destination. It can only be considered the weakest point in the abyss."

"As the name suggests, the City of the Dead is the gathering place of the dead. All souls that have passed away on Blue Star will eventually go to the City of the Dead."

"Then... the dead summoned using the Record of Fallen Angels must have also been summoned from the City of the Dead."

As Yi Yin pondered this, he raised his own question, "This shouldn't be the case... The dead and the living should not interfere with each other at different latitudes. How could meteorite fragments fall in a place like that?"

"I'm also very curious...but since it has already happened, we can only accept it." Kazematsu Mikan was unwilling to elaborate on this.

"If we encounter the dead, won't time and space be disrupted?"

Baihu looked at Xuanwu with some concern. She herself was fine, but she was worried that Xuanwu would be heartbroken and hurt himself after seeing Boquan - that would be a loss.

"That's why it's called the Abyss. According to common sense, direct communication between the living and the dead is impossible. Therefore, one must undergo the 'triple baptism' of the Abyss before one can wash away traces of oneself and enter the territory of the City of the Dead."

"By the way... I haven't actually tried it myself."

These bombshell news hit Yiyin's mind one after another, making him a little overwhelmed.

Think about it, even the Shadow King, Kazamatsuri Mikuni, has never attempted it. Furthermore, the Adventurer's Guild is unwilling to sail into the abyss...

Yiyin himself...can he really do it?

When Kazematsu Mikan saw them like this, he knew that they were confused.

"This is truly hard to accept. Okay, you two go back and think about it. I'll be waiting for you here at this time tomorrow. If you can come, it proves you're prepared... Or, you don't have to come... In short, no matter the situation, I've fulfilled my responsibilities, so you can go with peace of mind."

It seemed as if Kazamatsuri Mikuni was betting everything on them.

"Oh, right, there's something I must tell you in advance. You'd better write a suicide note before you go back, just as a way to explain your final wishes."

Kazematsu Mikuni's voice was soft, yet chilling.

Before, Yiyin had risked his life in battle, but at that time he was just a preparatory student and had reliable companions around him.

But this time it's different. He is going to fight the unknown... or rather, the souls who died because of him. Once he is defeated, he will definitely be counted as one of them.

Kazematsu Mikan had already disappeared, and without Iin's knowledge, he had returned home.

Maybe these things happened at the same time, maybe not... In any case, there is only one thing that is certain:

Yiyin, like the tail-end team, is facing great difficulties.