Chapter 394 - Opening a Gate of the Abyss
Chapter 394 Opening a Gate of the Abyss
About three days later, Sareth finally familiarized himself with the use of his weapons and was ready to set off.
In the volcanic crater stood a newly built altar. On this altar, which covered an area of hundreds of square meters, there was a gigantic magic formation and countless demon characters engraved on it. At this moment, Roy was squatting and adjusting the magic formation of this altar.
His demon claws glowed with the radiance of magic power as he gently pressed them on the magic formation and twisted them from time to time. The demon runes in the magic formation were divided into twelve fan-shaped sections, like a clock. As his hands moved, they rearranged the alignment of the demon runes. Every time he finished aligning a demon rune, it would go into effect and immediately emit the light of magic power.
Outside the altar, Sareth and Cassandra stood side by side. He looked curiously at Roy’s actions and asked Cassandra, “Mother Cassandra, what is Foster Father doing?” “He’s using space magic to adjust the altar and look for specific spatial coordinates!” The one who answered was Benia, who stood a little behind them with Julia and Fat Tiger. “Your foster father reproduced this altar from the altars of the upper level of the Abyss. Unlike the magic formations that simply summon demons, this one can open a Gate of the Abyss and connect to the Infinite Worlds. The adjustments he’s making now is to find the spatial coordinates of the world you’re going
to.”
“It sounds complicated…” Sareth scratched his head in confusion. Julia smiled and said, “Reproducing a Gate of the Abyss not only requires understanding spatial magic but also powerful magic power in cooperation. Only a demon lord like your foster father can do this. As for you, little guy, you don’t need to understand this now.” “Oh…” Sareth nodded, not really understanding.
Adjusting the altar took Roy more than two hours. After all twelve sections of the altar lit up with the light of magic power, he sighed and stood up. Even though Roy had been constantly researching space magic in depth over the years, it had taken him a lot of effort to arrange this altar. “Okay, Sareth, the altar is ready. I’ll help you open a Gate of the Abyss later!” Roy turned his head and said to Sareth, “But before that, I have something to tell you!”
“Okay. Say it, Foster Father. I’m listening!” Sareth said.
Roy walked in front of him and sat cross-legged. “You have to understand that demons usually can’t take the initiative to go to other worlds unless someone summons them in the other worlds with a ritual. This way, a spatial channel connecting both sides will form. This is the principle of the Gate of the Abyss. It represents that the Abyss has connected to the spatial coordinates of another world.
“What does this mean? It means that the worlds that demons go to are not chosen by themselves but passively chosen!” Roy continued. “I can respond to any summons request, but before I pass through the Gate of the Abyss and reach the opposite world, that world is completely unknown to me…”
Upon hearing this, Sareth nodded thoughtfully. “Foster Father, do you mean that the Gate of the Abyss you’re opening this time is special?”
“Yes!” Roy nodded. “What I said just now is the general situation, and it’s more like a blind guess to choose a world. But it’s different if you want to enter a specially specified world. Either someone is summoning demons in this specified world, or demons are going according to the spatial coordinates of the specified world. To do this, the premise is that demons have the spatial coordinates of this world.
“These coordinates can exist in the form of a beacon!” Roy said as he took out the Dragon Balls he made in the past and showed them to Sareth. “This thing is the beacon I mentioned. It’s a demon creation I created. It will continuously provide me with positioning information. I used them to go to the Ashan world where you were born, and then I met you and brought you back.”
Sareth touched the smooth crystal Dragon Balls curiously and then looked up at Roy. “Then, Foster Father, the world I’m going to doesn’t have these Dragon Balls for positioning.”
Roy smiled. “I haven’t been to that world, but other demons have, and there are many of them. The reason why I obtained the spatial coordinates of that world was that I found a demon who had been there and remembered the coordinates. From him, I obtained the spatial coordinates.”
Yes, Roy had obtained the spatial coordinates of the Devil May Cry world from another demon, a rift demon who was good at space magic. Only this kind of demon knew how to record the spatial coordinates of the worlds that they had been to. Other than rift demons, there were also demon lords. As for other demons, it was unlikely.
In order to find this demon, Roy had spent a lot of time searching for information and finally found him. The rift demon was also very smart. When he heard that Roy wanted it, he immediately offered it and obtained a reward…
With the spatial coordinates, even without the positioning of the Dragon Balls, Roy could still connect a Gate of the Abyss to these coordinates and open a channel. He only needed to use his knowledge of space magic to adjust the magic formation.
“It’s my first time doing this, so I don’t dare to say that I’m completely confident!” Roy continued. “You may encounter some risks in passing through the Gate of the Abyss. There is a risk that a positioning error will cause you to be swept into spatial turbulence and then forever be lost in an alternate space… So, have you thought it through? It’s still not too late to back out.”
Hearing this, Sareth could not help but gulp, but he still nodded. “I’m not afraid, Foster Father! As long as I can help you, I won’t be afraid of risks!”
Children at Sareth’s age usually had this mentality. They wanted to prove that they had grown up. If something could make him feel that he was useful, he would spare no effort to do it.
Of course, Roy knew his mentality, so he nodded. “Don’t worry too much. The risk I mentioned is only a possibility, an exceptionally small probability. I’ve done my best to adjust the magic formation, so there shouldn’t be any accidents.” “Okay!” Sareth relaxed a lot when he heard this.
“There’s another thing!” Roy lowered his head and continued, “The rift demon who gave me the coordinates told me that a large number of demons have invaded the world you’re going to. There’s an enormous parallel space outside the main world of that world. This kind of parallel space is pretty common, and demons generally call it the Purgatory World. It’s just that the Purgatory World that exists in this world is especially large! It firmly envelops the main world, like a membrane covering the surface of a sphere. Many years ago, when numerous demons invaded, there was a very powerful demon who transformed this Purgatory World into a harsh environment similar to the Abyss in order to provide the demons somewhere to live and survive… There are many small channels between this main world and the Purgatory World. Some humans in the main world have accidentally fallen from the main world into it. So over time, humans also became aware of the existence of this Purgatory World, and they call it the ‘Demon World’! They firmly believe that the Demon World is the home of demons.” “The home of demons? The Abyss is home of demons, right?” Sareth asked. “Mother Julia told me about this…”
“You can’t expect fragile humans to arrive in the Abyss and understand this truth, right?” Roy smiled. “Moreover, there might not be any demons who have the patience to explain such mistakes to humans… Anyway, let’s not get too far off topic. What I want to tell you is that this modified Purgatory World is similar to the outposts that demons usually use to invade main worlds. After passing through the Gate of the Abyss, the most likely place you’ll appear is in this Purgatory Space. After arriving there, you need to find a channel to go to the main world.”
At this point, Roy could not help but look much more serious. “You have to take note that there are definitely many demons in the Purgatory World. Once they discover your demon-human bloodline, they may attack you. With your strength, you definitely won’t be able to deal with so many enemies. So once you go over, the most important thing is to find a channel to the main world as soon as possible. Understand?” “Understood…” Sareth could not help gulping again.
At this moment, he was both excited and scared. This exciting mission made him feel uneasy, but he also yearned for it…
“After going to the main world, you have to pay attention to concealing your identity. Your current demon appearance is due to the influence of the large amount of dark power in the Abyss. But after going to the human world, without the stimulation of this dark power, you may transform into your human appearance, which will help you hide!” Roy said. “This is my guess. If you find that the situation is different from what I said after you arrive, then don’t hesitate to use the illusion magic your Mother Benia taught you to transform yourself into your human appearance!”
“Okay!” Sareth nodded again.
“Okay, that’s all I have to say!” Roy waved his hand, and the light of the magic formation on the altar soared. A moment later, a deep dark vortex appeared above the magic formation. It slowly rotated, looking strange and terrifying…
Sareth clenched his fists and then loosened them. Finally, he placed his hand on the handle of Calamity hanging on his leg. The feeling of holding the gun calmed him down a lot, and then he walked toward the Gate of the Abyss.
Just as he was about to enter the Gate of the Abyss, he suddenly thought of something and turned around to say to Cassandra, “Mother Cassandra, don’t worry. I will definitely succeed. When I can summon Foster Father over, you can see me in the world over there…”
Cassandra did not say anything and only nodded gently. Her hollow eyes watched as Sareth disappeared step by step into the Gate of the Abyss…