Chapter 2048: Chapter 1148: Secrets in the Depths Underground
Tick, tick, tick.
In a dark and damp underground passage, droplets of water slowly seep from the roof of the cave, constantly sliding down the stone walls covered with magical moss, forming muddy puddles on the uneven ground.
The murky ripples reflect a bleak, confined, and rugged environnt.
At the end of the dimly lit tunnel, a faint glow emanates, leading towards a vast underground space.
Three to five faint magic spheres are suspended from the roof of the underground space, outlining the silhouettes of towering buildings below.
This dark space clearly hides an underground city.
Under the illumination of the magic spheres, this can be clearly seen.
The layout of the entire city is extrely peculiar, with the outer areas consisting entirely of neatly arranged, identical two-story houses.
Between these identical houses, narrow passages are left all around, barely enough for two people to walk side by side, making it feel cramped, as if the houses are not ant for living.
In the core area in the middle of the underground city, normalcy is restored.
Wide streets and elegantly constructed houses are all in place, and at the very center, there is even a massive plaza.
Clang, clang, clang.
The dense sound of chains resounds in a block of the core region of the underground city.
A group of prisoners, emaciated and struggling to walk, are slowly moving under the supervision of black-robed figures towards the city center.
The sound of chains cos from the heavy shackles dragging by these frail figures, both male and female, but all with faces full of fear, their dirty expressions etched with trepidation.
“A bunch of dawdling good-for-nothings, hurry up!”
A harsh shout rang out. The leading black-robed person’s aura is full of rage, wielding a skull wand glowing with sinister green light, he barks coldly, “Or I’ll lt you down!”
The green light of the skull wand illuminates the sinister white mask of the black-robed person, which is the symbol of the Black Abyss Brotherhood, numbered 00019.
Upon hearing the threat from No. 19 Black-robed Person, the frail figures all shiver, trying to walk faster.
However, due to the overwhelming heaviness of the shackles, the attempt to quicken their pace only leaves deeper bruises on their ankles.
At the end of the line of frail figures, a sallow-faced young man gasps for breath, trying his best to keep up with the group.
Just a few days ago, he had witnessed a fellow who had fallen behind being lted into a stinking, smoke-billowing skeleton by the green fire emitted from the black-robed person’s skull wand.
The young man is nad Li Fan, an Otherworldly Lord, or more precisely, this frail group around him consists entirely of Otherworldly Lords.
While struggling to keep up with the group, Li Fan’s eyes, filled with despair, slowly moved onto the crowded yet identical two-story buildings beside him.
These are not ordinary houses but all Level 5 Lord’s Mansions!
The densely packed Lord’s Mansions, with a lord behind each, are all like him—Otherworldly Lords.
And now, these lords are like fish on a chopping board, cautiously attempting to survive under the knives of the black-robed figures.
Li Fan knows they are lords raised by the Black Abyss Brotherhood.
He does not know the exact number of Otherworldly Lords like him here, but one thing is certain: every day, lords die here, and every day, lords are transported in.
Their sole task is to receive a Recruitnt Order every morning, then head to the central plaza to summon together, assisting the black-robed figures in performing the “Retrograde Ritual.”
As for why the Lord’s Mansions are all Level 5, it’s because the black-robed figures provide enough resources to upgrade the mansion to Level 5 if the transported lord’s mansion is at a lower level, allowing them to receive a Tier 2 Recruitnt Order each day.
Additionally, along with the entire territory, the transported lords undergo two baptisms.
The first is to destroy all other buildings, leaving only the Lord’s Mansion.
The second is being inflicted with a dreadful curse, preventing them from communicating with the outside world through the lord panel, including the Chat Channel, trades, private ssages, or any ans of communication.
If any lord attempts to contact the outside world, the curse will imdiately activate, causing the contacting lord to explode and die on the spot.
Li Fan was suddenly transported here half a month ago, and when he understood everything amid fear, his nurous subordinates who accompanied him day and night had all perished protecting him.
It’s said that those surviving subordinates are taken away, and shortly after, their owner finds the territory’s population dwindled to one, with only the owner remaining.
Though witnessing his subordinates perish and facing the threat of death at any mont, most lords, including Li Fan, have not given up the last hope.
Though their territories are not within the Coldfla Kingdom, under Master Leo’s protection, many of them are mbers of the Master Leo Fan Club.
Li Fan believes that if he persists, Master Leo will surely appear to save them!
This is why, despite his frail body, Li Fan has continued until today.
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