Caelan and Evelyn continued scouting the surrounding area.
With the help of Caelan’s [Eye of Insight], they quickly gained a rough understanding of the terrain nearby.
What surprised both of them was that even within the Abyss, cities existed.
Only, the cities here did not seem very large. To be more precise, they looked more like one small town after another.
Seeing this, even Caelan’s eyes revealed a trace of surprise.
The Abyss seed rather different from what he had imagined!
"Should we go take a look around one of the nearby towns first?"
Evelyn offered her suggestion. After thinking for a mont, Caelan nodded in agreent.
This trip to the Abyss had another purpose for him as well: he wanted to find a way to exchange for a large quantity of materials and bring them back to human territory.
Based on the limited records about the Abyss, Caelan knew that there were so materials here that were extrely common—things like pollution cores, corruptive aura, and the like.
Any one of those materials, if taken out into the outside world, would be considered a rare and precious resource for the entire human race and even the other races, easily worth several million gold coins or more.
But in the Abyss, those sa materials were the cheapest of the cheap—so common that no one would even bother collecting them on purpose!
No matter how he looked at it, since he was already here, Caelan fully intended to play the role of a middleman and make a fortune.
And with Caesar’s startup funds on top of that, if this operation went well, he would make an absolutely massive profit!
Just then, the figure of the Supre Staff floated over to their side.
After sensing the aura of the Abyss, the Supre Staff flew about happily in every direction.
"What an interesting place. So much filth gathered together, and yet it’s actually producing a constant stream of magic power. Truly incredible!"
"By the way, are we setting out now?"
"Hurry up, I can’t wait anymore!!"
Under the Supre Staff’s urging, Caelan and Evelyn imdiately headed toward the nearest town.
After all, this was their first ti in the Abyss, so they needed to head into a town and gather so useful information.
At the sa ti, deep within the distant forest, many pairs of eyes were watching Caelan and Evelyn with curiosity.
"What a fascinating staff—it can actually talk!?"
"Two humans actually stepped into our Abyss. Looks like they’re quite confident in their own strength!"
"By human standards, that guy should count as pretty handso, right?? I need to find a chance to capture him and eat him up little by little!"
"Sis, calm down, sis! They only have 5-star strength and still dared to co to the Abyss. That probably ans they’re not simple!"
"Tch, what’s so special about them? You coward! They’re only 5-star. What, do you think his strength can reach the heavens??"
"Sis, stop talking, I can barely hold myself back anymore!"
"Mmm~!"
...
In the Abyss, there were intelligent races as well.
The ones speaking just now belonged to one of the demon race’s branches—the succubus clan.
As for the characteristics of that race... well, those who understood, understood.
The reason they had chosen to remain hidden in this forest was because it was the exclusive hunting ground of the succubus clan.
On this level of the Abyss, every branch race had its own hunting ground.
And without exception, their prey consisted of creatures from outside the Abyss. Almost all beings who entered the Abyss would respawn at a few fixed locations.
So these succubi only needed to wait quietly for their prey to co to them.
Of course, the demon races that stayed behind in these hunting grounds, lying in wait, were generally not very strong.
The truly powerful demons all chose to take the initiative—going out to search for and hunt surface-dwellers themselves.
Because they were not very strong, the demons guarding these hunting grounds would not imdiately rush out to attack the mont they spotted prey. Instead, they chose to observe first.
This was a pattern they had gradually learned after paying for it with a great deal of blood.
So even though they could tell that Caelan and Evelyn themselves were not especially strong, they still did not act rashly.
anwhile, Caelan and Evelyn continued walking and chatting, becoming much more familiar with each other along the way.
"To be honest, I’ve never actually seen you fight before, Evelyn!"
Hearing that, Evelyn shot him a huge eye-roll.
"Caelan, why don’t you just say outright that you want to help you kill monsters?"
"It’s no big deal. I can help. Though... you felt it too, didn’t you? That strong malice?"
In truth, both Caelan and Evelyn had already sensed the waves of malice coming from around them.
It was obvious that sothing hostile had set its sights on them!
And Caelan’s aning was equally obvious—
Evelyn would be the one making the next move.
Even though Evelyn had rolled her eyes at him, she still assud a combat stance.
But in the very next instant, more than a dozen demonic shadows appeared before them.
In the blink of an eye, Caelan and Evelyn found themselves completely surrounded by succubi.
The appearance of these succubi made Caelan pause for a mont.
Because he was surprised to discover that the succubi of the Abyss had even more exaggerated figures than the ones described in illustrations!
Evelyn, on the other hand, found the sight rather eye-searing—especially after noticing Caelan’s gaze, which caused a flash of anger to appear on her face at once!
These damned succubi!
Just then, the leader of the succubi suddenly spoke.
"Beautiful miss, handso little brother, where are you planning to go?"
"If you need help, we can lead the way for you. Of course, in return, you only need to pay a tiny little fee."
Evelyn’s eyes turned cold as she stared at the succubus before her.
"No need. Please move aside. We know where we’re going."
But the succubi had no intention of stepping aside. Smiling, they continued,
"I see. Then all you need to do is hand over the most valuable thing you’re carrying, and we can let you leave safely."
"Even though we’re demon race, we really hate all that killing and fighting."
At that point, the succubus leader seed to think of sothing. She instinctively turned to look at Caelan, then licked her lips and said,
"Of course, if you’re willing to lend us your boyfriend for one night, then you won’t have to pay anything at all!"
"So then? Isn’t my proposal very interesting?"
Caelan was just about to explain their relationship—
when Evelyn angrily snapped,
"Don’t even think about it!"
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