Every now and then, the other apprentices were slowed down by the monsters that slipped past them. Angor's speed was boosted, but he still had to be careful with the mist above him.
Half a minute later, Angor sensed the faint scent of blood coming from above.
"Move back! The Scythe Blood Fiend's clone is coming!" Madelyne's panting voice reached Angor's ears.
Angor followed Madelyne's order and took a step back.
But he heard Toby's voice as soon as he stepped back. Confused, he turned around and saw a hideous, fat face with two giant machetes pointed at him from behind.
Angor was startled by the sudden appearance of the "person". They were less than one meter away from each other.
"Heh heh heh. I still need some ingredients for my human meat pie. Smells good. I'm going to chop you up." A strange, floating voice came from the bloody mouth of the "person" in front of Angor.
At first, Angor thought it was Madelyne's voice. But soon, he thought of Sunders, Nausica, and even Greya's voice. It was hard to tell which one was the voice of Greya.
He thought it was Madelyne talking to him, but that was not the case. It was the monster with the strange voice who was trying to lure him.
It was a fat man with a sawtooth machete in each hand. A giant iron pot was tied to his back, and his body was bound by black chains. His ears looked like a pig's and were as big as cattail leaf fans. They kept flapping as if they were wings, which allowed him to fly.
As he spoke, his machetes were already swinging at Angor.
They were too close to each other. It was too late for Angor to retreat. He calculated the machetes' trajectories in his mind. After dodging one of the machetes, Angor took the opportunity to kick the fat man's neck.
When the man staggered, Angor did a somersault and moved several meters away.
Now that he had the advantage of distance, he no longer had to worry.
Madelyne told him that the Abyss would slow down his mana regeneration, so he had to learn to use it sparingly.
When other apprentices ran into monsters, they usually swarmed at them, which consumed a lot of mana. In the dangerous Abyss, it was very likely that they would run out of mana first and die from exhaustion.
Therefore, Angor had to save his energy from the beginning.
He quickly tried to think of a way to defeat his opponent with the least amount of energy.
The speed of his thinking was extremely fast, and in a short period of time, a series of countermeasures came out. However, Toby's actions were even faster than his thoughts.
Earlier, Toby couldn't do anything when Angor was in the fat man's attack range. Now that Angor was far enough away, Toby would not let him go.
While he was calculating, Toby had already chopped off Fatty's ears with his claws.
The fatty used to rely on his ears to fly. Now that he had lost his ears, panic appeared in his eyes. He screamed and fell down uncontrollably.
Toby ran to Angor with a proud look on his face.
"… Fine. You're part of my force."
Angor didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He already had a plan in mind, but he didn't expect the battle to end so easily.
The first opponent he encountered in the Abyss had fallen down just like that. He probably didn't have a chance to live.
"Fine, let's keep going." Angor couldn't go down to check if Toby was still alive. Even if Toby was still alive, he would probably be killed by other apprentices.
He continued to fly upwards. Not long after, he suddenly felt a ray of light descending from above.
Just as he was puzzled, he realized that he had unknowingly passed through the foggy area, and right above him, he could already see the top of the sky-shaking boulder.
When he raised his head and looked up, his pupils shrank.
What he saw was … an architectural miracle that he couldn't describe with words.
At the top of the giant rock, a magnificent building stood in the hazy sky. And it wasn't just this one rock. The top of a dozen other rocks nearby were all part of the building, connected by a floating sky bridge.
Angor wanted to call it a city, but it didn't really look like one.
In Angor's eyes, it was a building. Although this building had many rooms, many towers, and many suspended bridges that led to the various boulders, it was still a very small building.
But they all shared the same style. It looked like a huge castle in the shape of a church, standing on top of the clouds.
"This is a miracle of wizardry architecture!" Angor had seen many wonderful buildings before, including the Floating Mech City. But none of them could give him such a great shock.
In the barren, withered, and perilous Abyss, the adepts secretly built such a great stronghold to protect the humans who came to the Abyss, and it lasted for thousands of years.
Angor was touched by the gesture.
This was the Cinder Rock! This was the great Magus City!
The entire building was emitting a faint golden light, which illuminated the hazy clouds. When one looked at it, they would think of the Holy Church that gave people hope. They could even faintly hear the chanting of nuns by their ears.
In the world of despair, the Cinder Rock was supposed to give people hope and light.
But now, the Cinder Rock was tainted by darkness and the flames of war.
The entire area around the Ash Earth Boulder was densely packed with abyssal monsters. They flew in the sky and fought with the guards in the Ash Earth Boulder.
Some of the monsters attacked the Cinder Rock from time to time, and many of the buildings were destroyed. Countless bricks, buildings, and statues fell from the clouds.
It was a sad and despairing scene.
Angor wasn't the only one. More and more apprentices flew out from the mist. Everyone became silent when they saw the cinnabar boulder in the crimson light.
"The Cinder Rock has stood for thousands of years, but the light still couldn't illuminate the Abyss.
It was useless to lament. Even if they could protect the Cinder Rock this time, it would still come to an end.
He slowly rose into the air and landed beside Madelyne's side.
In front of them were the Moonfrost Guards led by Maher. In front of them were a large number of Abyss monsters. Angor saw a humanoid monster at the center of the horde, which was obviously several times bigger than before.
All of the abyssal monsters were on guard around the humanoid monster.
"That's the Blood Demon with the Scythe. It looks mighty, doesn't it?" Madelyne followed Angor's gaze and looked at the humanoid monster. "But it's only a half-blood demon. It's the offspring of a demon and a native of the Abyss. I don't mean to insult it. Demons always refer to half-blood demons as bastards. "
Half-blood Demons weren't even Elementary Demons. Their strength was usually very low. Even so, no matter how weak a half-blood demon was, it still had the power of an adept.
That was how powerful the Abyss Demons were.
The standoff between the humans and the monsters didn't last long. Originally, the Abyssal Demons had the upper hand, but now that the Moonfrost Guards had arrived in time, they instantly overtook the other side.
Both sides had their own matters to attend to, so there was no room for negotiation.
The battle ended quickly. Sennefer killed the scythe-wielding Blood Fiend in the blink of an eye with an unbelievably powerful sniper rifle. The Blood Demon didn't even have time to react before it was reduced to a pile of minced meat.
Without a leader, it was only a matter of time before the rest of the monsters were wiped out.
None of the remaining monsters were stronger than wizards. Therefore, the Moonfrost Guards consciously left out some of the weaker ones to the other apprentices.
Angor didn't have any experience fighting monsters from the Abyss. Now, he had plenty of opportunities.
After six hours of fighting, Angor gained a lot of combat experience. Of course, it wasn't about fighting style or awareness, which he already learned back in the wizarding world. It was about controlling one's strength precisely and using the least amount of energy to achieve the maximum effect.
It meant that Angor had a good grasp of the rhythm of battle.
Madelyne raised an eyebrow at Angor when the battle was over. "I thought students from the academies would start with a set of spells. Looks like I misunderstood you. You're Mister Phantom's apprentice after all. It's normal for you to adapt so quickly. "
Angor still had 60% of his mana pool left.
Throughout the entire battle, he had only used illusions when he was besieged by a large number of monsters. Other than that, he barely used any cantrips. At most, he used some level-0 cantrips to distract his enemies.
Apart from that, he mostly used alchemy weapons.
He wasn't as strong as the other Bloodline apprentices, but he was an alchemist. Of course, he had his own weapons. Most of them were powered by magic crystals, which he didn't lack at all.
He didn't use any cantrips, but he was still able to kill monsters faster and more efficiently than his peers.
Madelyne noticed that Angor was at least one of the top apprentices in terms of monster kills.
"If you can fuse with a suitable bloodline, perhaps your killing efficiency will increase even more." Madelyne chuckled. "We're in the Abyss Plane. There are countless monsters here. If you want, I can help you refine a bloodline. As for the price, how about a music box?"
Angor smiled and nodded at Madelyne. He didn't mention that he already had a bloodline inside him.
Madelyne looked back at the shining Osmium Rock. She used to think that the rock was filled with hope and light. But now … it was filled with sadness.
"Let's go back. The Moonfrost Union will need some time to deal with this." Madelyne shook her head. "It's a shame that the Osmium Rock will never return to its former glory."
Even though they had won the battle, no one was too happy. Instead, they flew toward the heavily damaged Osmium Rock with regret and sadness.
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