This necromancer is going to seduce the beautiful girls who are already dead.

Gylvia nodded calmly. This level of danger was nothing to the rebel leader who had seen it all: "I will protect myself. Don't worry about me. Even if I run into those thugs face to face, I won't be defeated so easily."

As she spoke, a burst of battle qi flames suddenly ignited on Gylvia's body. The flames were fleeting, but they revealed that this princess, who didn't seem to have any extraordinary skills, was actually a mid-level battle qi master.

The banquet was forced to end, and everyone went to different places under the Abyss's arrangement. But in everyone's opinion, it would be rather boring if this farewell banquet, which was meant to be a grand send-off, ended in a bland and cheerful manner.

……

Covered in wounds, Eugene was locked in a huge iron cage in the underground warehouse of an abandoned restaurant. The room was dark, lit only by a dim potion lamp to prevent Eugene, who had suffered too much trauma that day, from going insane in the dim light. The warehouse was empty and dusty, with nothing on the floor except a few boxes of moldy, inedible food. From the dark corners where the light didn't reach, the occasional squeak of rats could be heard.

Eugene leaned against the bars of the iron cage, gasping for breath in pain. He had almost no external wounds from sharp objects, but bruises were visible through the torn fabric of his clothes. His once meticulously cared-for face was now swollen like a pig's head, and one leg was lodged at an odd angle, seemingly dislocated. The once respectable and elegant leader of the Sheep's Eye gang now looked like a pathetic, defeated stray dog.

Step, step.

Light footsteps suddenly sounded above Eugene's head, and Eugene's previously dim eyes suddenly brightened.

The door to the underground warehouse was pulled open by a pale, slender hand, and a young man wearing cloth armor and a black cloak walked in.

"You! Are you here to take me away from here? Quickly, put my leg back in place, it's dislocated..."

"Oh, sorry. I'm not here to rescue you; I'm here to prevent you from being rescued by someone else."

The boy descending the creaking wooden stairs was none other than Abyss, a smile on his face.

His eyes reflected a strangely eerie, cold light under the dim glow of the potion lamp, causing a hint of fear to appear on Eugene's face.

"If possible, before your people arrive, I'd like to discuss with you the special machinery your gang uses. What's the principle behind it? I'm quite curious."

Chapter Fifty-Five: Cheap Experiments

"Hehehe..." Upon hearing that the Abyss hadn't come to rescue him, Eugene, who had been filled with hope, let out a disdainful sneer and leaned lazily against the railing again, seemingly not intending to speak to the Abyss.

Abis shrugged indifferently; he didn't expect Eugene to be very friendly when he saw him anyway. Generally speaking, no one would be in a good mood after being thoroughly beaten up and witnessing their possessions being stolen one by one by their rivals.

"Oh, your leg is dislocated."

Abyss looked at Eugene's leg, which was twisted at an uncomfortable angle, raised an eyebrow, then chanted a spell and gently shook a finger at the leg.

Eugene's femur was pulled up by the Abyss's magic and then snapped back into place.

Caught off guard, Eugene let out a high-pitched scream, but after the scream, he found that the intense pain caused by his dislocated hip joint had lessened considerably, and he could move his thigh slightly as he pleased.

“I put your joints back on.” Abyss smiled at Eugene, squatted down next to Eugene’s cage, and looked at his pig-like face through the iron bars. “So, can you tell me what kind of fuel your gang’s machines use?”

“Ah… I recognize you. You’re the mage who drove away the necromancer I hired. Didn’t you always wear women’s clothing?” Eugene finally recognized Abyss’s face in the dim light. He seemed a little panicked at first, but quickly calmed down. “What? Wasn’t it enough that you helped Titus destroy my years of hard work? Now you want to cut off my last hope and let Titus kill me?”

"He didn't kill you, did he?" Abis sat down next to Eugene. "If you honestly confessed and obediently served your time in prison, you might have survived?"

“Heh heh, I wonder if he’s told you his past. I killed his mother, we’re sworn enemies.” Eugene took a breath, straightening his body slightly. Trapped in the cage, his movements were slow; panicking wouldn’t help now. “Even if he didn’t kill me to maintain order, my boss won’t let me off the hook after he confiscated our gang’s secret research. You think I’m planning to beat the Black Hats and become the tyrant of this crappy city again? Wrong! I’m escaping! I’m going to survive!”

Hearing Eugene's words, Abyss became even more interested in his gang's machines, but now he had another question to ask Eugene.

"What have you secretly developed? What have you done to those children?" Abyss's smile gradually faded, and his blue-green eyes seemed to emit a cold, eerie light in the darkness.

"You mean those brats who work for me?" Eugene glanced at Abyss. "Got a cigarette?"

“No.” Abyss raised a finger, and Eugene’s molar was magically pulled out of his mouth.

"Ah!" Eugene screamed in agony, clutching his mouth as blood quickly seeped from between his fingers. The pain of the tooth extraction made him groan incessantly, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

"Tell me, what have you done to these children?"

Abis remained seated, his body still moving. He stared into Eugene's eyes and asked softly.

Eugene then realized that although he had nothing left to lose, he could still feel pain!

"Ugh... Ugh..." But the pain of having his dental nerve ripped off was unbearable, and he still couldn't speak.

At that moment, a chilling sensation came from his wound. Before he could react, the bleeding gash had been frozen shut by magic. The blood stopped flowing, and the pain disappeared as the nerves there were frozen.

He then spat out the bloody saliva from his mouth, gasping for breath: "I'll talk! I'll talk! Although our gang's main goal is to make money, our boss gave us a very secret mission! That is to research the uses of the black mud from the Shadow Demon! The boss even sent us a few alchemy experts to specifically guide my people in their research along the routes they had already discovered! I gave a few kids some money and made them my test subjects! I mixed the processed black mud into bread and made them eat it! Once they were affected by a specific magic, the black mud attached to their stomach and intestinal walls would become active again! And begin to assimilate their bodies!"

"Why did you do this?" Abyss looked at him coldly. "This won't do you any good for your research, will it? If you're planning to use it as poison, isn't this going a bit around the bush? There are ten thousand kinds of potions that can kill people. A thousand of them can also be manipulated to take effect."

“We didn’t want the black mud to be poison; we wanted it to provide immense power to those who ingested it! But we failed! The black mud is uncontrollable within the human body!” Eugene trembled with fear. “Spare me! This research isn’t what I want to do! I only like money and women! I’m not interested in alchemy! I don’t want to be one of those crazy alchemists!”

"You killed several innocent children for this pointless experiment?" Abyss ignored his pleas.

"No...we did everything within safe limits..."

“Your soul is trembling; you’re lying.” Abyss sighed, and with another flick of his finger, Eugene’s other tooth, right next to the one that had just been pulled out, was also forcibly ripped out.

"Ah!!" Eugene screamed again, but before he could finish, the Abyss froze his wound.

"several?"

"Three! Three!" Eugene cried out in despair.

"In other words, you later developed the technology to use this black mud as a power source in machinery, and those children were just something you killed incidentally." Abis nodded. "Moreover, I suspect the black mud is more than just a power source. Since your men planned to use it to save you, then this thing must have some properties that surpass others..."

Just as Abyss was talking to himself, a slight tremor came from the ground in the distance. The long-abandoned underground warehouse was shaking and sand was falling, as if something heavy was approaching.

when!when!when!

It seemed that a pair of large, metal feet were getting closer and closer to the warehouse where Abyss and Eugene were.

"Hey, Eugene, do you have any way to save those children who fell victim to your magic? Like an antidote or something?" Abyss didn't move, looking at Eugene's blood-stained face.

But at this moment, Eugene's fear and pain vanished, replaced by a sinister grin: "Right now, you should worry about yourself! It's your own fault for not asking! This machine is designed to kill mages like you!"

Chapter 56 Shadow Armament

boom!

A tremendous crash sounded overhead, followed by the sound of walls breaking and the clatter of bricks and stones falling to the ground.

"Hehehe! They've come to save me! No matter what happens, I'll survive! If you don't want to die, get out of here! As long as you don't get in my way, I might let you go!" Eugene laughed loudly, his confidence seemingly emanating from nowhere, pointing his blood-stained finger at the Abyss's nose. "You mages are no different from lambs to the slaughter in front of this machine! This is our secret weapon! It not only completely counters you mages, but it can also smash the head of a high-level aura warrior with one hand!"

Abyss looked up and saw cracks appearing in the ceiling. Something extremely heavy crashed through the wall and stepped into the abandoned shop above.

Eugene had expected the Abyss to leave, or at least to go and see what the machine looked like, but the Abyss disappointed him: the Abyss not only did not leave the basement, but did not even move.

"Rebecca, can you hear me?" Abyss contacted Rebecca using the bond of necromancy.

"Ah! Huh? Is that the Abyss? Are you talking to me with magic?" Rebecca's voice was initially surprised, but she quickly regained her composure, even showing a hint of joy. "This feeling is truly amazing. Your voice is coming directly into my mind... I'm starting to feel a little fluttery..."

“I used the necromancy bond. It sounds like things are going well on your end?” Abyss asked.

“Yes, the hiding place Titus prepared for those children wasn’t far from his secret hideout. He took me there. There’s a complete alchemy laboratory there, and enough alchemical materials. After observing the children’s condition, I quickly concocted a potion that temporarily suppressed the deterioration of their bodies. Now I’m trying to find a way to cure them of the poison—yes, that black sludge is the same black sludge from the Shadow Demons, only it’s been processed.”

"It's great that the children are alright. I'm with Eugene now, and I've already gotten the information from him about the purpose of this black mud—it's a technology they're secretly researching. They're trying to use the black mud to strengthen the bodies of these children who are being used as test subjects. Normally, this black mud adheres to their stomachs and intestinal walls and is activated by a kind of magic. This might be helpful in your development of an antidote."

“Great! This information is very useful. I can choose a better starting point now.” Rebecca replied immediately. “The children are fine, and the Titus people are protecting us—although I don’t really need protection, the children are a little panicked.”

"That's the situation right now. The Sheep Eye Gang's henchmen are driving machines powered by that black mud to rescue their boss. I'll talk to you later."

"Yes! And... Abyss, I really like this feeling of being connected with you. Please chat with me like this more often in the future."

“Of course,” Abis smiled.

Eugene couldn't hear what the Abyss was saying to Rebecca through telepathy; he only saw that the Abyss, instead of running away, was sitting there in a daze. Not only was he in a daze, but after a while, he even smiled.

"This mysterious guy... what's wrong with him? Could it be that he thinks I'm lying to him?" Eugene wondered to himself. "But this fool will soon regret his decision! Because everything I just told him is the truth!"

Boom!

The ceiling was smashed by the immense force, and amidst billowing dust, a giant armored man, as tall as two people, fell directly through the hole, its two heavy steel feet creating a crack in the ground!

Abyss turned around and looked directly at the menacing-looking armored man.

This armored man was similar to the ones he'd seen in the factory, piloted by children, but it was quite different from those used for maintaining order and scaring kids. It was entirely painted black, with thick, heavy limbs, no head, and a cockpit large enough for an adult to crawl into in the center. The cockpit had a glass window, revealing the sweaty face of a member of the Sheep Eyes gang. It carried a large tank on its back, from which some kind of liquid was gurgling.

"Boss! I'm here to save you! Should we kill him?!"

The voices of the gang members emanated from inside the armored man.

“He’s a mage! Kill him!” Eugene sneered.

"Understood!" The massive armored man swung his fist at Abyss without hesitation.

Abyss sat on the ground, casually summoning a small barrier, and calmly watched the black iron fist rapidly approach him.

Clang! Bang!

But the tiny barrier summoned by the Abyss was easily pierced by the fist. The barrier did not provide any resistance and simply melted into the air! The Abyss was hit directly by the iron fist and was sent flying at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye. It crashed into the solid wall of the underground warehouse, creating an irregularly shaped hole. A large number of shattered bricks and stones rolled out of the hole.

"Haha! Cough cough cough... Now you've witnessed the power of my 'Shadow Armament'!" Eugene laughed wildly.

Aside from the Druid mages who can transform into giant bears, no mage could survive such a blow! Every bone in his body would be smashed to pieces by the "Shadow Armor"! That mysterious mage must be a pile of minced meat by now!

"Boss! I'll take you out!" The gang member piloting the armored man excitedly reached out to grab the iron cage holding Eugene.

"Be careful! I'm injured! Don't hurt me!" Eugene said with a relieved smile, directing his loyal henchman.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Just as the "Shadow Armor" tore open the iron cage with its immensely strong arms as if parting two clumps of straw, several stark white bones suddenly grew from the ground, piercing through the iron plate beneath the main cage and forming a new cage that trapped Eugene inside. This cage, like a giant skeletal hand, gripped the center from all sides, its relentless force squeezing its prisoner—Eugene—causing the already wounded Eugene to cry out in pain once more.

"So that's how it is. The coating on your armored man has a magic-repelling effect, and its immunity to magic is almost 100%... This is the first time I've ever discovered such a magical material."

At that moment, the Abyss reappeared before them. The boy, unharmed and without even getting his clothes dirty, emerged from the hole in the wall and landed lightly on the ground.

"What! How are you still alive?" Eugene stared at the Abyss in shock. "You should have been turned into mincemeat by now! And... this bone cage! You really are a necromancer!"

"I'm not in a hurry to die. Let me see just how much skill this imposing-sounding armored man really has."

Abyss had a relaxed smile on his face.

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Demon-Slaying Liquid

The pilot of the armored machine stared wide-eyed at the sight of Abyss emerging unscathed after taking a punch from him. He was the engineer who had modified the machine for Eugene, and he knew better than anyone the sheer power of this colossal monster called "Shadow Armor." Even a high-level aura warrior couldn't gain the upper hand in a contest of strength against it, let alone a frail mage!