Chapter 259 Exploration
"Don't be nervous, Iger, we are just going to gather intelligence."

Alger gently stroked the giant eagle's head to comfort it, then took out a few spell scrolls and cast the spells of "Hide Body", "Isolate Breath", and "Dark Vision" on himself and the giant eagle.

"Let's go."

They entered the cave, which was filled with sticky filth.

This place is not narrow, but rather quite spectacular. The cave entrance alone has a diameter of nearly 100 meters, like an open, deep giant mouth. It is only hidden by even more magnificent mountains and is located in the deepest part of the Anstika Mountains, which is why it is unknown to the public.

In fact, hundreds of years ago, this place was called the "Mouth of Anstica", but with the passage of time, the records were gradually lost.

After Alger and the giant eagle entered, it took them a full half an hour to barely pass through the long passage and completely enter the depths of the cave.

Inside the cave, the corrosive effect of the bottomless abyss is even more obvious. The rock walls are covered with holes caused by erosion, and are filled with twisted, non-human corpses. The corners are also filled with poisonous spores. The most chaotic darkness is reflected here to the fullest, making it look like a devil's cave.

The demons that inhabit this place are the embodiment of chaos and evil—more precisely, they are the source of destruction crammed into a huge and grotesque body. They do not know mercy, sympathy, or kindness, and are born only for destruction. As an extension of its chaos, the Abyss autonomously creates demons with filth and slaughter.

Notorious demon races such as the Bagura Demon, the Kas Demon, and the Flo Demon all appeared here. They were either gnawing on the messy corpses on the ground, or wrestling and fighting with each other, and some even manipulated the remains into strange shapes.

And deep in the cave, on a throne made of dark, hole-filled rocks, a giant of enormous size was sitting there.

Even when sitting, this giant is nearly ten meters tall. Although he still has a giant-like appearance, his ebony-like broken skin, dark yellow turbid fangs, and deep eyes that leap with chaos fire all reflect his identity as a demon-like creature corrupted by the abyss.

The corrupted giant seemed to have seen something, smiled grimly, and slowly opened his mouth.

"who are you?"

"The loyal dog of the red dragon?"

The corners of his mouth were stretched to his ears, and endless rage suddenly appeared in the corrupted giant's eyes, and his ugly face became distorted and furious.

"But - who allowed you to trespass on my territory!"

"I am no longer the person I once was!"

"Even that red dragon will eventually have its neck broken by me and be torn into pieces!"

He became emotional and even started to roar.

The corrupted giant suddenly stood up from the stone seat, the earth shook, and scattered pieces of rubble fell from the top of the cave.

The surrounding demons seemed to have discovered their prey and gathered around at the same time, roaring wildly.

Alger's expression suddenly changed, and he flipped over and jumped onto the giant eagle's back.

"Oh no, we've been discovered!

"Get out of here!"

Fortunately, the interior of the cave was spacious enough. With the help of his dark vision, Alger moved around in the space again and again, dodging the attacks of one demon after another and entering the long passage. During the entire process, he was almost flying close to the ground.

"Igor!"

With his superb riding skills and more than ten years of tacit understanding with his partner, Alger made sharp turns, changed directions and even rolled on the ground in the passage.

The toad-like demon behind him spat out corrosive liquid, but Alger didn't even look back. He just relied on his instinct for danger and slightly turned to avoid the fatal attack.

The deep darkness spread rapidly behind him.

Once you are entangled by the power of the abyss, it will be difficult to get out of here.

"go!"

Alger gritted his teeth and said. The giant eagle folded its wings and quickly flew over the ground.

The cave entrance was very close, only a few dozen meters away, and he could reach it in an instant.

Finally, at the last moment when the power of the abyss had eroded several of the giant eagle's tail feathers and was about to entangle its body, Alger and the giant eagle flew out of this terrible demon's lair.

Alger looked back at the cave that looked like a giant mouth that could devour people, gasping for breath with lingering fear.

"so close."

"We must bring this news back as soon as possible."

A loud eagle cry was heard in the sky, and the giant eagle spread its wings and flew high again.

In the "Mouth of Anstica" or the demon's lair, the corrupted giant came to the deepest part of the cave.

The place was filled with complicated runes and foul smells, and a prism flashing with strange light was suspended in the air.

The corrupted giant had a fanatical look on his face, his head lowered, and whispered to the prism.

"Lord Jezalslak, this way, we can attract the red dragon."

He wasn't talking to himself.

A low, chaotic sound came from the prism, like a vibration coming from the deepest underground.

"Yes, Coman, do you feel it? As long as you continue to accept this great power from the abyss, your revenge will eventually succeed."

"Come, embrace my gift and complete the sublimation of life!"

There was undisguised contempt in the voice.

A dazzling yellow-black light burst out from the prism, and the corrupted giant opened his arms, embracing this strange power of the abyss like a devout fanatic. He roared in pain, and an armor-like black exoskeleton appeared on the surface of his body, and demonic horns grew on his head.

When the power dissipated, the corrupted giant laughed grimly, his body trembling with extreme ecstasy.

"revenge."

"I, my revenge will succeed."

"Just wait, Cassius. I will tear your body into pieces, I will raz your kingdom to the ground, and I will slaughter all your people!"

He covered his eyes which were overflowing with black mist and kept muttering.

The giant's name is Coman Yongshuang.

He was once a member of the Everfrost Tribe, the son of Kasa the Bonebreaker, and a giant regarded as the last hope by Elder Nur.

In the "Ice-Destroying War", the young boy was hidden in the most secluded corner, watching his entire clan being slaughtered by the giant dragon with a force like a natural disaster, while he could only hide in the dark and tremble.

Later, Koman hid in the crowd with the help of the ring of transformation, and followed the dying wishes of Elder Nur to come to the Anstika Mountains in the south to find the legendary frost giant demon lord Kostchchi in order to gain powerful strength and find an opportunity to take revenge on the red dragon.

But he did not find the giant lord, but instead found a mysterious being who called himself "the demon of vengeance" - Jezalslak.

It seemed like it was a joke played by the god of fate, as he mistakenly took the script of "Cassius" from the original world.

This last frost giant signed a contract with the devil and lurked in the mountains, silently accumulating strength, gradually perfecting the teleportation rift in the abyss, waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on the red dragon.

(End of this chapter)