Chapter 689: Plan For Massacre!

’So I need to stop that creature’s plan and also find a way to put the sun back to sleep.’

Of course, he had another goal as well.

The Ruined Heart still had four empty seats.

And now, one of the creatures that could fill the second seat was right here in this prison.

He smiled for a moment.

’What a worthwhile trouble.’

But he could not think only about the rewards, it was still unclear who had built this prison and why creatures from different realms were being held inside it.

And what had happened in the past that caused the Hollow Sun to send most of the prison into the depths.

He had guesses and theories, and although he had great confidence in his own reasoning, in the end, they were nothing more than theories and a few guesses based on the information he had.

He had many questions, but at least he knew what he needed to look for.

Finding the center of the sealing network, examining the structures that carried out the imprisonment orders, and understanding how White Oblivion could use the prison’s current condition.

These were his main goals for the coming days.

Lian looked at One and Two for a moment, both were still watching the paths.

For now, it’s time to rest.

Young Vorhelm closed his eyes, and after a few minutes, he fell asleep.

On the morning of the eighth day, the sound of One’s footsteps on the stones of the passage woke him up.

He opened his eyes and looked at the high ceiling of the prison for a moment.

Deep underground, telling day from night was not easy, most of the surrounding area was lit by the weak light of the white channels, and even after several hours of sleep, there was no noticeable change in the light.

But Rindo could at least make a guess, although not an exact one.

"It’s almost seven in the morning."

Noah, who had just woken up, rubbed his face with his hand.

"Really? I feel like I only slept for ten minutes."

Alicia smiled while tightening the straps of her armor.

"I think you were really tired last night."

"Really tired? After everything that happened, I expected to sleep for at least three days."

Lian stood up.

His body was in much better condition after resting, and the mana he had used in the previous day’s battle had also recovered.

"Well, when we get out of here, you can sleep as much as you want."

Noah looked at him.

"Promise?"

"No."

"At least let me have hope for a few seconds!"

Rindo laughed briefly, and after eating a simple breakfast, the group gathered their belongings and started moving again.

One and Two moved along the passage, and the four followed behind them.

About half an hour later, they passed beneath a huge crack that extended all the way to the upper layers of the land.

At its end, a narrow strip of sky could be seen.

The faint morning light came down through the crack and fell on some of the stone pillars.

Lian raised his head for a moment.

So it really is morning.

However, the peace did not last long.

After passing through the crack, the group reached an area where several wide passages connected to each other.

And there, hundreds of Withered were moving, creatures with deformed bodies were moving toward the center from different paths.

Some were coming down from high corridors, while others were crawling out of cracks in the stone.

And other groups were passing between pillars whose ends disappeared into the darkness.

Rindo stopped for a moment.

"There are so many of them."

Alicia also looked at the crowd.

"And almost all of them are going in the same direction."

Young Vorhelm slowly nodded, White Oblivion was still calling them.

Even among the crowd, there were creatures that could barely move, but they continued forward without stopping.

So the call is still continuing.

He examined the different paths for several seconds, three main passages connected to a large stone square farther away.

From there, a wide path continued toward the center.

’If I want to stop them from moving, that’s the best place.’

Lian turned his attention to his companions.

"I want to block those three paths, if we let all of them reach the center, they might cause much bigger problems later."

Rindo looked at the square.

"So you’ll take the main path?"

"Yes, One and Two will control the two side paths, and you three watch out for any creatures that get past the blockade."

Alicia stared at the crowd for a moment.

"There are a lot more of them than yesterday."

"I know, that’s why we’d better start before all of them gather here."

Of course, he had another goal as well.

The Devourer Egg.

The last time he had checked the embryo’s growth progress, it had reached eighty-four percent, and now, right in front of him, there was a large amount of fresh food.

What a good opportunity.

But before starting the battle, he needed to find a suitable place to put the egg.

"You stay here for now, I want to take a look at the side paths."

Rindo nodded.

"Alright."

Lian went down from the edge of the main platform and reached the back of a group of broken pillars with a few short jumps.

The place he had chosen was hidden from his companions’ direct view.

Nearby, a narrow passage connected to the main square, and the Withered had to pass beside it to reach the center.

Young Vorhelm examined the surroundings and then took the Devourer Egg out of his storage.

The surface of the egg still had an unusual appearance, and the signs of life inside it, although weak, were still noticeable to Lian.

He placed it in a gap between the large stones.

"Well, you’ve got plenty of food today."

Lian knew about the egg’s ability to hide itself.

A creature that could hide its presence even from the perception of an Overlord was unlikely to be detected by ordinary Withered.

For that reason, he was not very worried about its safety.

The only problem was where the corpses would fall.

The egg could not consume all the bodies killed far away from every location.

So Lian decided to carry out a large part of the battle near this passage.

He glanced at the egg.

"Stay here for now."

Then he came out from behind the pillars and returned to the group, and a few minutes later, he was standing on the edge of one of the tall pillars.

Below him, dozens of Withered were moving through the passage, and most of them did not even pay attention to his presence.

It was as if something deep inside them had pushed aside all their other desires.

He looked at them for a moment.

"I hope your deaths will at least be useful for something."

Then he raised his right hand.

[ Bloodborne Calamity Domain ]

A red mist formed around him.

At first, it was only a thin layer on the ground, but within a few seconds, it spread between the pillars and covered a large part of the passage.

The first group of Withered entered it without paying attention to the mist, they had only taken a few steps when their movements became slower.

One of the creatures fell to the ground on its bent knee.

Another tried to pull itself forward, but its arms no longer had their former strength.

Several weaker Withered stopped moving after a short time, but the stronger creatures continued forward.

Lian carefully examined their reactions.

’Good.’

The Bloodborne Domain was enough to weaken them, and the weaker Withered were even killed immediately, but he did not want to depend on the gradual effect of the mist for the entire battle.

So he gathered dark energy around his hand.

[ Eclipse Energy ]

Several dark attacks passed through the red mist and struck a dense group of Withered.

The creatures, which had already been weakened by the Domain, could not react in time.

Several bodies fell to the ground, and some others, despite their serious injuries, still tried to move toward the center.

Lian looked at them for a moment.

’Even now, they still want to continue.’ White Oblivion’s influence over their minds was so terrifying that even death could not stop them.

But this only made him more determined.

He changed the direction of the energy flow, and this time, thin threads of End Energy formed between his fingers.

The threads moved toward the more resistant Withered.

One of them entered the chest of a Level 38 creature.

The Withered stopped for a moment, then its body lost balance and fell to the ground.

On the other side, two tall creatures tried to climb the wall to escape the red mist.

Lian turned his hand, and two more threads moved toward them. A moment later, both fell away from the wall and crashed onto the stones below.

He looked at the result for a moment.

Excellent.

Most of the corpses remained almost completely intact, and that was exactly what he wanted.

Among the broken stones near the square, the Devourer Egg was hidden.

And as the number of bodies falling to the ground around it increased, it had found a very good opportunity to feed.

But the battle was not over yet.

On one of the side paths, a group of higher-level Withered passed through the red mist.

Lian looked at them.

These were more resistant, so he raised his right hand.

[ Corrupt Sun ]

Several thin rays of corrupted light formed around him, the rays moved toward their targets with the movement of his fingers.

One struck the shoulder of an armored creature, another reached the side of a tall Withered, and several more rays left their effects on the bodies of the creatures behind them.

He did not activate all the effects immediately.

First, he waited for the Withered to take a few more steps forward and gather in a more crowded part of the path, and then he closed his hand.

The effects of the corrupted light activated almost at the same time.