Wizard: Surviving in the Steam Age with Points for Demon Hunter

Chapter 32 Lord of Despair, Gulair

The moment that black aura pierced through his body, Wei En felt as if the entire space was spinning and his body was falling continuously.

It felt like falling into a dark abyss, with no end in sight.

Wayne opened his eyes, but saw only darkness, without any light.

He opened his mouth as if to shout, but no sound came out.

The surroundings were deathly silent; the only sounds were his heavy breathing and the pounding of his heart.

This state lasted for a very long time, so long that he couldn't even feel the passage of time.

Maybe one day, two days

Maybe in January, maybe in two months...

There was only boundless loneliness and despair, as if he were trapped in endless nothingness.

After an unknown amount of time, Wei En felt a solid touch beneath his feet and muttered, "What... what's going on here...?"

He stared blankly around, and saw an enormous eyeball floating in the air in this completely empty, void, and dim environment.

It shimmered with an eerie black light.

A cold, green halo enveloped the surface of the eyeball, creating a sinister and eerie atmosphere.

It constantly changes shape and expression, sometimes with its whites of its eyes twisted and menacing, and sometimes with its pupils deep and unfathomable.

And as it changes, the surrounding space becomes distorted and unstable. The ground begins to sway, as if everything is melting away.

Several shadows swirled around the 'eyeball,' exuding an eerie and unsettling aura.

Wayne stared at the "eyeball," and it seemed to be staring back at him.

A cold and evil aura enveloped him, causing his body to tremble involuntarily.

He tried to turn around or turn his head away from its gaze, but found himself as if imprisoned by an invisible force, unable to move an inch.

It seemed to be trying to plant a seed of fear and despair deep in his heart, so that he would continue to sink into this state.

But he could do nothing and was forced to stare at that "eyeball" in unease and fear.

Wei En smiled bitterly to himself. Was this what they called "love at first sight"?

He didn't know how much time had passed, but suddenly he felt that the eyeball wasn't so scary anymore.

It's just that its eyes are a bit bigger, taking up the whole space, similar to the huge dead tree we saw before.

Even as its shape and gaze shift, all that remains are the same: ferocity, madness, and profundity...

After looking at him for a while, Wei En stopped being scared. "If you're so capable, why don't you grow a few mouths and eat me?"

At that moment, a line of twisted and changing golden González script slowly appeared.

It was as if it was resisting the breaking of this empty and dark space, slowly transforming from a phantom into a physical entity.

The content above is—

[You have successfully withstood a trace of the despairing essence eroded by the Lord of Despair, Gulaier. Rating: Ignorance is bliss. Special Reward: Spirit Level +2, Resilience Level +2.]

[You have learned the name of Gulair, the Lord of Despair. Gulair's Awakening progress +1, current progress is 1226/100000. Special Reward: Origin +1.]

Wei En stared blankly at the two lines of text, feeling a deep sense of familiarity.

The control panel has come to the rescue...

"Gonzares!!"

Suddenly, a frantic roar echoed through the space, like a cry from an endless abyss, or the howl of a raging storm.

At that very moment, the enormous eyeball began to twist and change violently, merging into the surrounding darkness.

Immediately afterwards, countless withered and twisted arms extended from his eyeballs, carrying endless madness and despair, reaching out towards Wayne in an attempt to restrain him.

Damn it, this thing wants to take us all down with it!

Wayne felt a release and realized he could move again.

He immediately met the arms with his gun raised and fired, yelling, "You son of a bitch, die!"

boom!

As gunshots rang out, flames engulfed everything in sight, the void of darkness began to shatter, and then…

boom!

Ok?

Wei En felt a sudden dizziness, followed by a numb and painful sensation on his face—the feeling of being thrown over the shoulder and slammed face-to-face to the ground.

"Wake up, Wayne, wake up!"

Uh-huh?

boom!

"Wein... I told you the first mission had a high mortality rate, how could you be so careless..."

hmmmm?

boom!

After being slammed to the ground for the third time, Wayne struggled and cried out, "I, I'm awake... Ah—"

boom!

"Wake up, Wayne... um?"

Marco was swinging his sword with great enthusiasm when he suddenly heard a sound and thought he was hallucinating.

"Wait, Marco, he's awake!" Lacey quickly reached out to stop him.

Marco quickly put Wayne down, and seeing that his eyes had regained their light, he patted his chest and said, "I thought he wasn't going to wake up, thank goodness..."

Wei En looked at him resentfully, rubbed his left cheek, and then his right cheek.

What a load of bull! Try getting thrown around like that a few times yourself.

"this,"

Seeing his expression, Marco scratched his head awkwardly. "I noticed you hadn't woken up, so I tried the method Old Jack used to teach me..."

"Alright," Lacey raised her hand to interrupt him, walked up to Wayne, looked at him with a serious expression, and asked, "What's your name?"

"Um?"

Wei En looked at her questioningly. Name?

Marco and Ariana were both taken aback for a moment, then frowned and stared at him, waiting for his answer.

Tina had already grabbed the hem of his clothes as soon as he woke up.

"What do you mean?"

Lacey raised her two-handed axe to her chest, stared at him, and asked again, "Name?"

"Wayne Loft, why are you asking this?"

Lacey breathed a sigh of relief and put down the two-handed axe. "It's nothing, just a necessary procedure after being corrupted by the aberrant power."

Marco and Ariana both relaxed, the same thought popping into their minds: it has to be Lacey, he's strict enough!

Looking at their expressions, Wayne cautiously asked, "So, am I... alright now?"

"Of course, congratulations on escaping death's call." Marco patted him on the shoulder and laughed heartily.

Pretending not to know, Wei En asked, "What was that black aura just now? It was terrifying."

At this moment, the words "Lord of Despair, Gulaier" were clearly written on the panel in his mind, flashing with an eerie black light that was quite dazzling.

"bawl,"

Ariana pointed to the tentacles all over his body and laughed, "The power of despair, a power of faith, is something created by those scum of the Cult of Despair."

"Huh?" Wayne was startled when he saw his appearance. "It really has hands and a mouth?"

All around him, the tentacles that originally only had eyes had grown claws and mouths, and were chewing on tiny black wisps of energy.

Arianna: "..."

Although he knew his current appearance was somewhat frightening, wasn't that reaction a bit too much?

"Wei En, I'm so glad you're alright."

As she spoke, Lacey glanced at her watch and continued, "We need to report this to our superiors as soon as possible. Let's continue the mission."

P.S.: I'm adding an extra chapter because the content is so rich that I'm writing it a bit slowly.

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