While listening to Sennefer, Angor began to recall the information he read about the Abyss Plane.
Osmium Rock was one of the strongholds of the southern wizarding region in the Abyss Plane. According to the books he read, the city was built on top of a giant rock. It was well hidden and safe in the middle of the withered rock forest.
Dave once went to the Abyss Plane and asked Hercules to protect him while he searched for the bloodline of an Iron Hedgehog.
According to Dave, they lived in the Osmium Rock.
Most of Dave's description of the Osmium Rock was in awe. It was hard for him to express his true feelings in words. He only said that it was a magnificent city, the pinnacle of wizarding architecture.
Now Angor was curious about the Osmium Rock as well. But from what Sennefer and the woman called Raftina were talking about, it sounded like the Osmium Rock was about to fall.
Madelyne noticed Angor's frown. "The Scythe Blood Fiend is a half-blood demon. It's not even a beginner demon. It can't be that strong."
In other words, Madelyne's team should be safe enough to move to the Osmium Rock.
However, Madelyne wasn't too optimistic. "But now that the Cinder Rock has been discovered, even if we can protect it this time, there will be an endless stream of demons coming to attack us in the future. By then, the Cinder Rock will be destroyed."
"There are a lot of strongholds on the surface of the Abyss Plane. Can we move to another one?" Angor asked.
"Yes, we can. But every stronghold in the Abyss Plane was built by us wizards over thousands of years. Giving up any one of them will be a great loss. " Madelyne shook her head. "Plus, they're all far away from each other. No one can tell what we'll run into on the way to another one."
Of course, the apprentices were starting to regret their decision.
But they didn't dare to leave now. Sennefer wasn't the only one looking at them. Thousands of "mourners" were also looking at them.
Because of what happened to the Osmium Rock, the atmosphere became a little gloomy.
The great city that stood for thousands of years was about to be plunged into darkness. Even those who hadn't been to the Abyss felt the same way.
As a result, the only sorcerer from Gravity Forest and the dozens of sorcerer-apprentices from Gravity Forest were treated with cold knives.
If it weren't for the Gravity Forest apprentice who leaked the information, none of this would have happened.
However, there was no such thing as luck in fate.
Today, an apprentice from Gravity Forest had leaked the information. If it had been another wizard organization that had been caught, it might have leaked the information as well. It could only be said that Gravity Forest was just a coincidence.
"Who's Lafutina?" After a long moment of silence, he asked Madelyne in a low voice.
"She's the beacon that connects us to the abyss. As for her identity …" Madelyne shook her head. "I don't know. Perhaps only the Moonfrost Union knows."
Sennefer finally raised her head when the afternoon sun disappeared behind the thick clouds and the sky darkened. She had been casting her spell on the Otherworld Beacon for a long time.
"Found it." As soon as he spoke, the sky changed color.
An enormous force pierced through the boundaries of time and space and suddenly descended upon Ningyuan Cliff.
Just a tiny bit of the force was enough to stir up a storm. Night and day changed in an instant. Tornadoes and heavy rain came from all directions, causing the trees around the cliff to rustle.
Lightning flashed, thunder rumbled, and the rain turned white.
The sea churned, and huge waves surged to the sky. The waves even reached the height of the mountainside.
It only took a few minutes for the sky to change from clear and peaceful to apocalyptic. It was so fast that Angor almost thought he was back at Devil's Water.
Sennefer threw something in her hand toward the center of the storm. She was holding something in her hand.
Boom!
A huge turbid black and gray vortex appeared behind the cliff platform.
As the vortex appeared, endless gusts of wind began to blow toward them. The strong wind force was comparable to a storm. Some of the acolytes were even sent flying if they were not careful.
Sennefer's voice was loud and clear even in the midst of the roaring wind.
"The passage is open. Everyone, prepare to cross!"
Accompanying this voice was the low chant of the Moonfrost Guards. As more than 20 wizards chanted in unison, a transparent, hemispherical barrier appeared in front of the vortex.
The crossing had begun!
Maher, the captain of the Moonfrost Union Guards, was the first to fly into the vortex. As soon as he stepped over the barrier, the barrier automatically expanded and covered him, preventing him from being harmed by the vortex. Maher then disappeared into the vortex.
After Maher flew in, the second person flew up as well. They crossed the platform of the cliff and flew hundreds of meters into the air before finally entering the whirlpool.
One, two, three … More and more people began to fall into the vortex.
Some of them rushed into the whirlpool without uttering a single word. Some of them flew into the whirlpool with complicated emotions in their eyes. Some of them seemed to be reminiscing, and some of them seemed to be regretful. Some of them even had tears in their eyes.
This wasn't a simple expedition, after all.
They were crossing into an unknown and dangerous world. Even wizards couldn't protect themselves in the Abyss Plane. If they weren't careful enough, they wouldn't even have a chance to return home.
Their bodies were buried in a foreign land, and they couldn't even think about it.
The atmosphere at the scene slowly became heavy. Madelyne looked at Angor and said, "We should go as well. Don't worry, it won't be a fruitless journey."
With that, Madelyne gave him a bright smile and flew into the vortex like a gust of wind.
Angor hesitated for a moment before following her. When he was about to leave the ground, his emotions became complicated. He was about to enter an unknown world. Would he be able to return safely like what Madelyne said?
Angor looked back at the group of people in the sky. He thought they were "sending him off", but now, he finally understood what Madelyne meant.
Maybe they were sending him off, but maybe they were also sending him to his grave.
Angor took a deep breath and looked at the portal. Come, let me see what the Abyss that causes people to tremble in fear is like!
His Night Speeder glowed with black and golden light as he dashed into the vortex.
"Behind the vortex is the Abyss Plane."
He suddenly remembered something he saw on the hologram tablet.
When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you.
Even if I go to the Abyss Plane, I will not fall into it.
…
Maybe it was just a moment, or maybe it was an eternity.
Angor opened his eyes when he felt his body getting heavier and smelled something like sulfur.
Without the fishy smell of the ocean, without the coolness of the wind and rain, all he could feel was the strangely high temperature and the dust that flickered with flames in the hot wind.
So this is the Abyss Plane?
Angor felt as if he had arrived at an apocalyptic world.
The sky was covered in a thick layer of smoke and dust. There was no sunlight at all. There was smoke everywhere, as well as fog that drifted out from the battlefield.
The ground was scorched black, and the air was scorching hot.
Angor sensed some dust coming from the distance. Angor reached out a hand and allowed the burning dust to fall onto his palm. It burned for a moment and turned into a pale, fine powder.
Even the dust in the air was filled with killing intent.
Any mortal who came here would be burned to ashes in an instant.
"So this is the Abyss Plane?" Angor asked.
"This is the Abyss Plane." Madelyne's firm voice came from behind. "But the Abyss Plane is huge. It's not all scorched earth. There are also forests and snowy mountains.
"But …" Madelyne looked up at the sky. "There's one thing. You will never see the blue sky here. Your nose will always smell the smoke of war. "
Madelyne recalled the years she spent in the Abyss Plane. There was no darkness in the sky, nor was there a clear day or night. It was always dark and gloomy. There was a certain degree of visibility, but it was as if there was a veil between the sky and the earth.
"Without the blue sky, this place is like an eternally fallen land with no hope."
Madelyne shrugged. "Of course, maybe I never saw the blue sky. After all, I only explored the surface layer of the Abyss Plane and never went deeper. Maybe there's a blue sky there. "
While listening to Madelyne's explanation, Angor began to imagine the Abyss Plane in his mind.
His first impression of the Abyss Plane was that there was no hope.
"How do you feel?" Madelyne asked.
Angor carefully sensed his body. "My organs are a bit sluggish, and the energy around me is very restless. I can't absorb it … but other than that, I'm fine."
"That's normal. The consciousness of the Abyss Plane sees us as outsiders, so it's normal for you to feel sluggish. It's because you're being rejected. However, for Magi, their energy will quickly adapt to the environment here, and the feeling of rejection will disappear. " Madelyne continued, "As for the energy around you, it's more suitable for Abyss creatures to absorb. Wizards like us can do that, but it will take a long time. So, you need to be careful. Try to save energy in the Abyss Plane. Each meditation session will take longer than when you're in the wizarding world. "
This situation was a bit disadvantageous for Elementalists and Occultists. However, for Bloodline Wizards like Madelyne, it wasn't a big deal.
Bloodline Magi were extremely powerful in close combat. Even if he didn't use magic, his physical strength alone was already very strong, not to mention the bloodline talent that would appear after the bloodline transplant. For example, Iron Hedgehog's Bloodline Talent gave him a strong defense, which was almost equivalent to an advanced Mana Barrier.
Keely's Red Claw Tea Bloodline improved her agility and reflexes, which allowed her to move so fast that she could turn into a blur.
However, both of them were just ordinary Bloodlines. One could only imagine how powerful an advanced Bloodline would be.
Angor also fused the projected Bloodline Talent into his body, but it wasn't very useful for now.
As for Bloodline Talents? None.
"Alright, let's go." Madelyne pointed at a group of people not far from them.
Angor followed her finger and saw the supernaturals he met on Frozen Wing. In the center of the crowd were two women. One was Sennefer, who had long hair and fiery eyes, and the other was Lavtina, who Angor saw at Abyss Cliff.
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