Abyss Sequence-Chapter 476 - 51: The Fall of Alfheim

That voice... indescribable!

Yan Luo heard a voice in his mind, but he couldn’t describe exactly what it was like.

He only knew that the voice was both high-pitched and deep, both hoarse and resonant, full of contradictions.

"Evil God?"

Suddenly alarmed, Yan Luo turned his head and looked around.

—He discovered nothing!

This was the first cry of the Evil God at its birth, announcing its arrival to the world and proclaiming its existence to the universe.

Upon not seeing the Evil God, Yan Luo turned his gaze back to the Floating City.

At that moment, all the elves in the academy raised their heads, looking at Yan Luo, who was suspended in mid-air.

They all said in unison, "Yan Luo, run!"

What?

Yan Luo’s face was filled with horror.

Hundreds of thousands of elves spoke the same sentence together, their voices echoing through the air with such resonance that the very stones of the Floating City began to crack.

"Who are you? Why do you want me to leave?" Yan Luo shouted loudly.

In response, hundreds of thousands of elves replied simultaneously: "It’s our fault. We altered the minds of the elves to be too similar. The moment the Evil God was born, it connected all the elves’ souls. My soul and Selene’s are stronger, and now we control this consciousness collective—the Evil God has been born. It is us, and we are it. Its name is ’Alfheim’!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Luo was taken aback.

Resonating with the voices of hundreds of thousands of elves, the Floating City began to crumble, though thankfully it was sturdy enough not to collapse entirely.

"There is no positive existence for the Evil God. Only a complex ideology can allow life to escape the Evil God’s control. Yan Luo, take this message back!"

"We will use consciousness sealing to seal all the elves’ consciousnesses. ’Alfheim’ will also be sealed with us. Its life force can sustain our bodies and souls. Yan Luo, if there’s a chance, I hope you can save us."

"Fuer and I were wrong, but the other elves are innocent; they were just implicated by us. Yan Luo, leave now, or you’ll be caught up in it too!"

Listening to these deafening words, Yan Luo took a deep breath, hesitated no longer, and used the jade pendant to open a space portal, returning to the Crimson Abyss.

However, after returning to the Crimson Abyss, Yan Luo did not immediately return to Blue Star.

He was uncertain whether those who spoke to him were the two elfin saints or the Evil God birthed by Alfheim.

If it were the former, all was well, but if it were the latter, returning to Blue Star now might reveal its location to the Evil God.

Thus, Yan Luo waited in the Crimson Abyss for a while, about twenty hours, hunting some demons for food during that time, but he found no trace of the Evil God.

He couldn’t help but feel a bit puzzled.

’Evil God,’ what exactly is it? Why is there no positive Evil God?

According to the people of Bota Star, the Galaxy Interstellar Alliance defines ’Evil God’ as a ’Cosmic Disaster Meme Life Form,’ a special life form that propagates through memes.

Yet, they also haven’t clarified exactly what an Evil God is, or why the emergence of one inevitably means opposing the civilization that birthed it.

Yan Luo was baffled.

Twenty hours later, having found no signs of an Evil God invasion and having confirmed through a magnetic field scan that he brought nothing harmful to Blue Star from Alfheim, Yan Luo returned to Blue Star from the No.2 Crimson exit.

"Oh? Yan Luo, you’re back?"

When Yan Luo went to Alfheim, he greeted the checkpoint soldiers. As he emerged from the Abyss exit, one of the soldiers smiled and asked, "Did you gain anything from this trip to Alfheim?"

He hadn’t informed the soldiers that his visit to Alfheim was to observe the birth of an Evil God; they assumed he had gone hunting there.

After all, Yan Luo could already hunt Doomsday Level Masters of the Abyss, so City-breaking Level or Catastrophe Level demons were nothing noteworthy to him.

"Gain..." Yan Luo paused, his gaze momentarily unfocused.

After a moment, he took a deep breath, saying wistfully, "Yes, I did gain something..."

Having said that, Yan Luo underwent inspection and then left the checkpoint.

He didn’t know how to tell Julia and them about ’Alfheim having fallen,’ nor could he predict Sasa’s reaction upon learning Yevgenia was trapped within as well.

At this moment, Yan Luo was left with only melancholy in his heart.

The Evil God... the Evil God birthed by Alfheim was more abstract than he imagined. It had no tangible form; all of Alfheim’s elves were its body.

If those who spoke to him really were the two elfin saints, then the newly born Evil God ’Alfheim’ should already be in slumber.

But there were still many demons wandering in the wilderness, and it was uncertain if the Abyss had cut off from Alfheim. Even if the two elfin saints could keep some elves alive, they couldn’t protect all elfin lives.

Thinking about it made Yan Luo deeply sorrowful.

Carrying this melancholy, Yan Luo returned to his villa.

As soon as he opened the door, Sasa’s voice greeted him, "Huh? Yan Luo, you’re back? So soon?"

Yan Luo lifted his eyes to see Sasa and Julia sitting in the villa’s living room, turning to look at him.

Fortunately, Yan Luo usually wore an expressionless face, so they didn’t immediately discern the situation with Alfheim from his expressions.

Yan Luo looked away and lowered his head to change his shoes.

A sudden unease surged in Sasa’s heart, and she turned to gaze at Yan Luo, seriously asking, "How’s Alfheim? Has the Evil God been born?"

"The Evil God..." For the first time, Yan Luo found telling the truth so difficult, his Adam’s apple moving involuntarily.

Seeing Yan Luo like this, Julia suddenly bolted upright, her face turning ashen.

She seemed to have guessed the outcome...

"...It’s been born."

After not much hesitation, Yan Luo decided to tell Sasa and Julia the truth: "Its name is ’Alfheim,’ and its body is all of Alfheim’s elves..."

"What?!" ×2

Before Yan Luo finished, Sasa and Julia exclaimed simultaneously.

After the outburst, Julia’s body went limp, collapsing onto the sofa, her mind replaying scenes of life in Gass City.

Julia’s lips trembled uncontrollably, her nostrils flaring, and hot tears suddenly brimmed in her eyes.

"There’s still hope!"

A sudden thunderclap sounded beside Julia’s ears, and she quickly turned her head towards Yan Luo.

Yan Luo solemnly stated, "At the birth of the Evil God, it connected the spirits of all Alfheim’s elves. The two saints couldn’t escape either, though I think they willingly joined. They used consciousness sealing to seal all the elves of Alfheim, and the Evil God, too, will be sealed with them, its life force sustaining all of Alfheim’s elves’ bodies and souls. As long as we find a way to defeat the Evil God, there’s hope for Alfheim’s elves!"

Julia’s eyes gradually brightened, and she held her breath involuntarily.

After a while, she asked hoarsely, "What you said... is it true?"

Yan Luo nodded, "The two saints told me personally. They retained their self-awareness even after the Evil God’s birth, so I believe they willingly decided to be connected by the Evil God to save Alfheim’s elves."

"...That’s wonderful."

Julia’s eyes suddenly welled up with tears, joyful drops cascading down her cheeks, soaking her own skirt.

"Alfheim is still savable... That’s wonderful!"

Soon, she could hold back no longer and broke into loud sobs.

Sasa watched Julia’s reaction, sighed quietly, walked over to embrace Julia’s head, and Julia reciprocated, clinging tightly to Sasa and crying uncontrollably in her arms.

Sasa pressed her lips together, lifted her gaze towards Yan Luo, "And Ms. Yevgenia...?"

Yan Luo was silent for a moment, then said, "She... is also among them."

"I see..."

Sasa’s eyelashes fluttered, and she lowered her gaze wearily, making no further movements, simply tightening her hold on Julia once more.