章節 430: Chapter 430: Scream, Your Screams Won't Save You...
In the prime material plane, the Metal World.
Beneath the metal canopy that covers the sky, countless mechanical bases are in constant operation, their buzzing a never-ending drone. The surface of the entire world is covered in metal and steel, devoid of any living creature's presence.
Above the ground, beneath the sky canopy.
Tiny silver specks gather and form, shaping into a gigantic silver dragon.
Garon appears in the Metal World, looking around the familiar environment before his gaze settles on a massive mechanical pillar that stretches from the sky canopy down to the core of the earth.
The sudden arrival of this silver dragon seems out of place in this metal world.
However, the numerous mechanical beings patrolling the land and sky seem oblivious to his presence, continuing their patrols mechanically.
"My lord, welcome."
The armor on the surface of the mechanical pillar opens, and the Heart of Mechanus detaches from luminescent, liquid-like tubes. Its tiny cubic cells pulsate as if alive, flying towards the silver dragon.
"A demon lord of lesser divine power, still alive."
"I'll leave this one to you; I want to see a more powerful and larger mechanical army."
Garon speaks to the Heart of Mechanus, which serves as the vessel for the Mechanical Supreme.
"A living lesser deity is far more valuable for research than a dead one."
"Rest assured, with this specimen, the current technological bottleneck will soon be overcome, and a revitalized mechanical army will once again serve you."
Meanwhile.
The Heart of Mechanus emits a blue light beam, scanning the Lord of the Shadow Shoals, who is sealed within the amber of time.
However, the beam is blocked by the amber and cannot reach the sealed lord within.
"My lord, I cannot breach your amber of time."
"You may release this demon lord now."
Garon looks down at the Lord of the Shadow Shoals, who is trapped within the amber in his dragon claw, his face frozen in a moment of desperate struggle, the usual elegance of a vampire lord completely absent.
With a thought from Garon, the amber dissolves.
The Lord of the Shadow Shoals regains his ability to move, his mind still caught in the moment Garon captured him from the Abyss.
Under the indifferent gaze of the silver dragon, the Lord of the Shadow Shoals trembles and cries out, "Master, ancient god of the deep sea, save me, save your humble servant."
He is calling for help from the deep sea god.
At this moment, the vampire, looking pitiful and insignificant compared to the mountainous dragon, barely the size of the dragon's eyeball, maintains a desperate humanoid form.
Garon looks down at the insect in his palm and says indifferently, "Lord of the Shadow Shoals, Rassle."
"First, see where you are. Stop shouting; even if you scream your throat raw, you cannot be saved from my palm."
A demon lord like the Lord of the Shadow Shoals likely has a special connection with the deep sea god, who would probably be immediately aware of his danger.
Garon doesn't know much about the deep sea god.
The only clear thing is that this demon lord is very wise, having never involved himself directly in conflicts, thus still holding a place in today's Abyss.
As for the status of the Lord of the Shadow Shoals in the eyes of the deep sea god, Garon does not know.
His guess is that it can't be very high.
After all, the origin of the Lord of the Shadow Shoals was merely as an experiment of the deep sea god during a moment of boredom.
Moreover, Garon has now taken the Lord of the Shadow Shoals away from the Abyss.
Even if the deep sea god values this follower, the opportunity to act was already missed.
If the deep sea god dares to descend to the prime material world, Garon is ready to confront this mysterious demon lord.
If he can accurately arrive at the Metal World now under the control of the Mechanical Supreme, with the help of countless mechanical beings in the Metal World, Garon would even dare to try and keep the deep sea god permanently in the prime material world.
At the same time.
After hearing the words of the silver dragon, the Lord of the Shadow Shoals snaps back to reality, looks around, his already pale face turning deathly white, devoid of any blood color.
This place is clearly not the Myriad Abyss Plains anymore.
When he was taken from the Myriad Abyss Plains, the Lord of the Shadow Shoals had no idea.
Just seeing the world full of mechanical beings, he realizes he has fallen into Garon's domain and understands in this moment that the mechanical army in the Myriad Abyss Plains really does relate to this eternal dragon of time.
The Lord of the Shadow Shoals regrets his past decisions.
Had he known earlier, he would never have left the Shadow Sea.
Even if the fortress of Shadow Blood had fallen, it was
just the loss of a demon fortress that could be rebuilt later. But now, he has gambled and lost himself.
"Noble Lord of the Dragon Court, I was merely blinded by the deceit of the Queen of Chaos."
"Please forgive my transgression. I will offer my treasures in exchange for your mercy."
The Lord of the Shadow Shoals forces a smile, looking up at the imposing dragon and speaking in a low voice.
Garon chuckles, saying, "You, as a demon lord, are the most valuable thing here."
Without further words with the Lord of the Shadow Shoals, Garon instructs the Mechanical Supreme, "Take care of your specimen."
The metallic cube pulses as if breathing, seemingly responding to Garon's command.
Mechanical tentacles then extend from the central metal pillar, wrapping around the Lord of the Shadow Shoals.
Watching the shining probes at the tips of the tentacles, the Lord of the Shadow Shoals' face contorts in fear.
Boom!
His blood evaporates instantly.
A cloud of blood mist bursts forth as the Lord of the Shadow Shoals transforms into a blood-red bat, flapping its wings and creating a trail of blood, attempting to use his last bit of strength to escape.
Freeze!
Garon's thought freezes time around the Lord of the Shadow Shoals.
The vague mist of blood in the air solidifies, and the encased blood-red bat remains immobile like a sculpture, lifelike, with only a pair of small eyes filled with despair.
Garon has far surpassed his initial control over time stop.
Under his precise control, the Lord of the Shadow Shoals is physically frozen, but his mind is still active, thus feeling even more fear and despair.
"Thinking of escaping from me?"
The dragon scoffs.
At that moment, the Mechanical Supreme's tentacles coil around.
Hissss!
As the tentacles wrap around layer by layer, the sharp metal probes pierce the Lord of the Shadow Shoals' body, injecting billions of nanoscale metal particles into him.
Sizzling.
Lightning-like radiance flickers over the body of the Lord of the Shadow Shoals.
Garon lifts the time stop, and the Lord of the Shadow Shoals convulses violently, reverting to his humanoid form, his body pierced by metal probes and tightly wrapped by mechanical tentacles.
"Before becoming a demon lord, he was merely an experiment of the deep sea god."
"It's just going back to old habits."
"However, during your experiments, if possible, try to keep his will clear, letting him experience the agony."
Garon speaks calmly to the Mechanical Supreme.
As he speaks, Garon mentally checks off the Lord of the Shadow Shoals from his list of revenges, marking his successful vengeance.
Hearing this, the Lord of the Shadow Shoals' pupils dilate, wanting to plead but already unable to speak under the control of the Mechanical Supreme.
Suppressing a gravely wounded common demon lord in his own domain is not difficult for the Mechanical Supreme.
"As you wish."
The Mechanical Supreme responds.
Whoosh!
As the Lord of the Shadow Shoals watches in despair, the mechanical tentacles pull him back to the central metal pillar, and the armor closes seamlessly, hiding any sign of the Lord of the Shadow Shoals, whose agonized cries also cease with the closing of the outer armor.
The mechanical and magical patterns light up.
Inside the metal pillar, out of sight.
The experiments on the Lord of the Shadow Shoals have begun.
"Before the peculiar mechanical creations reach a weak divine power, the mechanical army of the Abyss can temporarily halt expansion and pull back to the devil frontlines."
"Then focus on analyzing and researching demons and the Abyssal ecology, creating more devices like demon communication disruptors and heavy Abyssal artillery."
"Otherwise, building more large bases is just giving demon lords targets to destroy, a mere waste of resources."
Garon instructs the Mechanical Supreme.
The metallic cube bobs up and down, nodding in response: "I understand."
After communicating about the mechanical army of the Abyss for a while, Garon thinks and asks the Mechanical Supreme, "How is the development at the sub-base in the Fiery Hell going?"
Garon has not forgotten the search for the Dark Axe.
Through information from the Queen of Air, he learned that the Dark Axe is most likely in Fiery Hell, so he had previously ordered the Mechanical Supreme to divert some forces to the Blood War zone of Fiery Hell.
To participate in the Blood War of Fiery Hell as a cover, secretly searching for the whereabouts of the Dark Axe.
According to the Queen of Air, the Dark Axe is most likely in a lair left by the Lord of Horror, so finding the Dark Axe in Fiery Hell means locating the lair of the Lord of Horror.
Of course, the main force of the mechanical army is still in the Myriad Abyss Plains.
"No clues yet."
The Mechanical Supreme thinks carefully and adds, "In the Flame
Mountains of the second layer of Fiery Hell, the mechanical army encountered a strange place, but it probably isn't much related to the Lord of Horror you mentioned."
Garon's interest piques, "Let's hear it."
The Mechanical Supreme explains, "After establishing a base in the Flame Mountains, I sent micro mechanical mosquitoes in all directions to gather information. Although many were destroyed by lava eruptions, ash rain, and demon attacks, these are normal occurrences."
"However, one batch of mechanical mosquitoes lost contact after heading to a mysterious location. The last blurry image transmitted was a strange city shaped like a crescent, standing on the slope of a volcano."
"I later sent a small combat unit to investigate, but found that the crescent city had mysteriously disappeared."
Garon muses, "It might be the private domain of some powerful demon lord."
The most formidable beings in Fiery Hell are the demons known as Yugoloths, a large classification of demons akin to Obirith and Tanar'ri demons, though not as representative of the Abyss as the latter two.
"Unlikely."
The Mechanical Supreme continues.
"In that crescent city, I saw demons and devils, as well as humans, elves, dwarves, and even dragons, all coexisting peacefully and harmoniously."
A city where multiple races coexist peacefully wouldn't belong to a demon lord.
"Can you still pinpoint its location?"
Garon asks.
"The missing mechanical mosquitoes weren't destroyed, just cut off from external communication. Although I can sporadically receive weak signals, it's very faint."
The silver dragon recalls the records of mysterious realms and races in Fiery Hell, his expression thoughtful.
"Interesting."
"Let me know once you can pinpoint its location."
Garon instructs the Mechanical Supreme slowly.
Not lingering in the Metal World, Garon uses time travel to return to the Dragon Court plane.
Deep within the Eternal Hall, in the dragon's nest, surrounded by ripples of the River of Time, the silver dragon's form solidifies and lands on layers of gold and silver treasures.
He looks down towards the depths of the treasure.
Yuna is still asleep, her physical and mental state nearly perfect.
Standing guard beside his partner, Garon also closes his eyes and falls into sleep.
Although the skirmish in the Abyss lasted only a few seconds, Garon expended significant power to capture the Lord of the Shadow Shoals so swiftly.
While the Lord of the Shadow Shoals is among the weakest of demon lords with lesser divine power, he is still a demon lord.
In the quiet dragon's nest, time slowly passes.
Quickly, a year slips by quietly.
Apart from the unceasing strife for the title of Demon King within the Abyss, other planes of existence are relatively peaceful, with no wars worth mentioning.
During this time, Garon, newly invested with the authority of the Dragon Web, naturally progresses beyond lesser divine power to a divine rank of eleven, reaching the level of intermediate deity.
By the level of divine power alone, Garon now ranks among the foremost in the dragon pantheon.
This means that Garon's followers are more numerous than those of a typical dragon god.
This is expected.
Though a newly ascended dragon god, not yet a century into his deity and bolstered by his legendary status as a Time Dragon, his dazzling performance in the War of Glory, and his rise through the plunder of a rival deity's entire divine force followed by the creation of the Dragon Web, Garon becomes the most talked-about dragon god.
However, his rapid ascent soon after his divinity starts.
This reignites interest in the Eternal Dragon of Time, who had begun to fade from the limelight after nearly thirty years, making him a hot topic of discussion among many beings once again.
Beings with grievances against the dragon pantheon become even more uneasy.
Especially upon learning that Garon, for a relatively minor grievance, even pursued vengeance into the Abyss.
At this moment.
Bored, controlling a mechanical true dragon in the Myriad Abyss Plains' Blood War, Garon suddenly shifts his expression, withdrawing his mental will from the mechanical dragon, handing its control over to the Mechanical Supreme's AI.
Layers of gold and silver jewels rise and separate as if stirred by an invisible hand, revealing Yuna's figure.
Her pale purple eyes just opening, she looks up and meets Garon's gaze.
After more than a year of sleep, adjusting herself to peak condition, Yuna wakes up.
"Garon, I'm ready."
Yuna leaps from the bottom of the dragon's nest, the coins and jewels that had just risen flying precisely back into place.
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