Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 359 - 007. Evil Spirit Knight and Fairy of the Lake

Chapter 359: 007. Evil Spirit Knight and Fairy of the Lake

"It’s here!"

Li Aozi crouched and slid, skillfully weaving through obstacles. As he turned around for a fleeting glance backward, he caught sight of a tall man emerging slowly from the shadows, stalking forward as if he were a hound hunched at the waist, his limbs touching the ground, his body wrapped in bandages and tattered armor. A brass chain was tethered around his deformed neck from long-term bondage, and as he crawled forward, he raised his head to reveal six eyeballs crammed into the deep sockets of his eyes.

In the instant their eyes met across the gap, Li Aozi felt like he could hardly breathe, as if the air was thick with frost and piercing cold.

"(In Falysian)... Leave this place."

The deformed knight on all fours slowly approached the spot where the Sword of Maggots had been thrust. Raising his third arm, he picked it up from the ground. Twelve eyeballs were rotating incessantly, seeming to struggle to locate and focus on Li Aozi.

He didn’t actively pursue but casually flung the Sword of Maggots— the next moment, Li Aozi saw human arms sprouting densely from the gaps of walls, floor, and ceiling, relentlessly reaching out for him!

"(In Falysian) You should not disturb the warriors’ eternal rest!"

Each arm emitted a stench of rotting decay, but the flesh seemed plump, with skin looking unnaturally pale. Upon closer inspection, that so-called ’flesh’ was nothing more than maggots writhing all over.

[Entering combat state, assessing...]

[Based on your level, the following information about the enemy is revealed:]

[Name]: ’Heroic Overlord’—Li Deweidens (Warning! Extremely dangerous!)

[Species]: Evil Spirit

[Gender]: None

[Age]: ??

[Template]: Senior Lord NPC (Health Points upper limit +100%)

[Faction]: Falysia Civilization

[Total Level]: lv.100

—[Main Profession]: Destruction Type—[Death Omen Knight].lv.80 (MAX)

—[Secondary Profession]: lv.15 [Knight]/lv.5 [Military Governor]

[Health Points]: ???

[Mana Points]: ???

[Attributes]:

(Due to the hierarchy gap, you cannot see the opponent’s attributes)

[Talent]:

Occupational Talent·Ominous Fate—You are the most ferocious hunter, the most ruthless grim reaper. Your fascination and worship of death allow you to wield the power of death with your Qi Energy. For every unique [Martial Artist] knowledge you learn, you will immediately comprehend a [Mysterious] type skill.

Epsilon·Advanced Effect: Your Qi Energy will carry the Soul Strike effect.

Racial Talent·Spirit Realm Creature—Automatically receive 88% physical damage reduction, but will take equivalent true damage when facing fire or holy attribute damage.

(Due to the hierarchy gap, you cannot see more information about the opponent)

[Specialty]

(Due to the hierarchy gap, you cannot see more information about the opponent)

[Skills Possessed]:

(Since your attributes differ greatly from the opponent, combat-related skills of the main profession are not displayed)

[Hierarchy]: Epsilon (E, the fifth Greek letter)

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"Long time no see, Mr. Li Deweidens!"

Li Aozi joked.

This guy was once a ’good teacher’ who taught players how to memorize maps. Many fell directly at the hands of Li Deweidens, tortured by the uncanny phenomena he constantly summoned until they were in agony.

The arms, teeming with maggots, kept reaching for Li Aozi. The temperature in the air plummeted rapidly, and some wandering souls willingly transformed into Spirit Monsters and lunged at Li Aozi.

In an instant, Li Aozi received three mandatory [Constitution] checks. Even though this body possessed a full 100 points of [Constitution], he failed the third check and his health points went down rapidly.

However, Li Aozi was not at all flustered. He took familiar shortcuts, avoiding dead ends and the long route, effortlessly scaling walls and leaping behind a statue, and before him was a path—After a Dark Path Blooms Bright Flowers—an expressway leading outside.

And just like that, Li Aozi casually escaped from under Li Deweidens’ grasp.

The cool night glow, like a thin veil, lay quietly over the garden, where the sunflowers with human faces frowned, whimpering dream talk as they swayed their branches and leaves.

A woman in a white gown sat slowly in the courtyard, her half-rotted visage on one side and angelic on the other, her golden hair gently tossed by the evening breeze. Her incomprehensible song also spread across the wilderness, lulling spirits to sleep:

(In Falysian)

Boats drift, the moon is distant; the water gently purifies, whose heart is quietly ablaze.

A maiden, amid laurel and abundant flowers, greeted the dawn,

The cunning sorcerer used little tricks,

And took the girl aboard the Lady Nabilu,

In exchange for her chastity was given the symbol of lies,

With her youth, she bought bashing and roaring,

She cried, she cried; water gently purifies, whose heart is fragmented and fluttering.

A young master ascended the solitary island under the black moon and sleepless night,

He, calling himself a collector, asked for no reward,

Rescued her from the sunken ship at the lake’s bottom, a jail,

He stood proud and one-legged, holding a cane,

His gem-like eyes and brown hair so handsome,

Yet he never courted the maiden with tender care,

Swirling with the wind, the starry sky distant; water gently purifies, whose heart is alone and desolate?

......

Clatter.

Li Aozi barged in with great strides, unapologetically disturbing the peace of the place. In the tranquil garden, the woman in the white gown slowly lifted her head with the half of her face that wasn’t rotted and said calmly to Li Aozi:

"I don’t know why you would disturb this tranquility."

As she spoke, she slowly rose:

"Everything here belongs to those warriors who bravely sacrificed themselves to end all wars and atrocities — the blood of the Saraca Legion!"

She stood tall and slowly picked up a sickle from the adjoining courtyard:

"Even if the blood of evil has corrupted their souls, it cannot defile their will."

The white gown fluttered in the evening wind, and it was unclear if it was a funeral garb or a bridal dress. The sensory interweaving of death and happiness delivered a profound psychological impact.

"Even I — Sofia Malin — will not permit you to break their rest," Sofia added, cautiously lifting the sickle, her lips moving lightly:

"I’m no good at fighting, I hope you’ll excuse the display."

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[Entering combat state, evaluating...]

[Based on your level, here is the information you can see about your enemy:]

[Name]: ’Fairy of the Twilight Lake’ — Sofia Malin (Warning! Extremely dangerous!)

[Species]: Evil Spirit/Collectible

[Gender]: None (Psychologically female)

[Age]: ??

[Template]: Senior Lord NPC (Health Points ceiling +100%, can execute targets with less than 5% Health Points directly)

[Faction]: Falysian Civilization

(Due to hierarchy differences, you cannot see more information about the opponent)

[Hierarchy]: Delta (Δ, the sixth Greek letter)