American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 476 Tower of Babel

When Alma opened her eyes again, she found herself being carried on Roy's back in his demon form, with Roy holding the Truth Instrument and continuing to move forward.

"Are you awake?"

The first person to discover Alma's awakening was, of course, Elareza, who was being carried on Roy's back just like her.

Alma was pale and felt weak all over, as if she had returned to the frail feeling she had when she was still human.

Using the Truth Machine obviously comes at a hidden cost, but thankfully Alma is currently using Adela's body, as succubi have much stronger physiques than humans.

Otherwise, Alma might have already died after using the Truth Machine.

However, Alma didn't care about her physical condition; she was more worried about the baby in her belly.

Fortunately, Alma could still sense the general condition of the baby in her womb. The baby was not affected by the mother's body and was still growing healthily.

However, as her body weakened, Alma gradually felt unable to support the child's growth, which could also be due to her being unconscious for a period of time and not eating.

After all, pregnant women need a lot of nutrition in order for the fetus to grow healthily.

"Elareza, how long have I been asleep?"

Elareza scratched her head, unsure of what to say, because she had long since lost her sense of time.

"Hmm—I don't know, it's probably been about the time it takes to eat two meals! Alma, are you hungry?"

Because Alma was using Adela's body, even though Elareza had long forgotten her sister Adela, the blood connection still made her feel close to Alma.

Although Adela's true soul has probably been devoured by Alma, otherwise she wouldn't have remained silent for so long.

Even during Alma's coma, Adela did not show any signs of consciousness.

"I'm okay."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Alma's stomach growled loudly, the sound particularly jarring in the quiet, dark abyss.

Alma's previously pale cheeks immediately flushed red. Although she had little social experience, she still had a basic sense of shame. On the other hand, the little succubus Eluresa had no sense of shame at all.

"Alma, your stomach is growling so loudly!"

"Elareza, please stop talking!"

"Why can't you tell me?"

Alma anxiously covered Elareza's mouth.

At this moment, Roy took two packaged food items out of his inventory and handed them to Alma on his back.

"Let's eat something first."

Alma took the food and saw that one was a hamburger and the other was a Mexican burrito.

Both of these are high-calorie fast foods, which are considered unhealthy by many wealthy people, but Alma loves them.

Unfortunately, during the more than 20 years at the Amarcham Experimental Park, Alma ate very healthy and nutritious meals, so now she really likes American fast food that is high in oil and salt.

Alma eagerly picked up the hamburger and took a bite. After quickly finishing the whole hamburger, she felt much less hungry and prepared to savor the remaining burrito.

"Roy, have we reached the Tower of Babel yet?"

Roy answered Alma with a helpless expression.

"I've been following the direction of the truth machine's pointer, but this pointer is so strange. Sometimes it turns left, sometimes right, and sometimes it even points behind me. I feel like I'm just going around in circles!"

Upon hearing this, Alma fell silent, then offered some words of comfort to Roy.

"Perhaps it is because the Dark Abyss has no direction that the pointer of the Truth Instrument keeps spinning erratically?"

"That's what I think too, so I'm still following the direction indicated by the Truth Instrument."

Alma ate her burrito while chatting with Roy.

Suddenly, Roy stopped, which puzzled Alma.

"Roy, are you going to rest, Roy?"

Alma turned her head curiously to see what was wrong with Roy, only to find that Roy was completely stunned.

"I think I can see the Tower of Babel!"

"The Tower of Babel! Where is it? Where is it?!"

Elureza excitedly climbed onto Roy's head to look into the distance, and sure enough, she saw a huge black shadow standing in front of her.

The little succubus tilted her head back, trying to see how tall the black shadow was, but even after tilting her head back so far she almost fell over, she still couldn't see the top of the shadow.

"so high!"

"Hold on tight, I'm going to speed up!"

After finding his target, Roy was very excited and quickened his pace to run towards the huge shadow.

Soon they arrived in front of the black shadow, and what came into view was a tall tower made of huge gray stones, roughly estimated to be hundreds of meters in diameter.

As for the height, Roy had no way of knowing; it might be a thousand meters or ten thousand meters, and the top of the tower was not visible to the naked eye.

Approaching the Tower of Babel and climbing hundreds of stone steps, Roy and his companions finally arrived at the gates of the Tower of Babel.

This gate, made of two solid stone doors, looks hundreds of meters tall; perhaps only giants would be worthy of using such a massive gate.

I looked around and there didn't seem to be any mechanisms to open the door.

"Does this mean we need to push open this door to enter the Tower of Babel?"

Although Alma couldn't see the thickness of the stone gate, she could still feel its weight.

"Perhaps this is the first test for the Tower of Babel."

Roy had already learned from the last Nephilim that leaving the Dark Hell would be extremely difficult.

Putting everything else aside, finding the Tower of Babel would be extremely difficult.

"You two come down first, I want to try pushing open this stone door."

Elresa and Alma jumped out of the pocket woven from the cursed hair and watched Roy warm up.

Roy in his demon form had a strength attribute of 221, which was undeniably strong. However, when he took a stance and began to push the stone door, he only managed to make the stone door move slightly.

The first attempt failed.

"What a heavy stone door!"

To be honest, with Roy's enhanced power in his demon form, he could easily push a 100-meter-high hill, so the stone door in front of him is probably much heavier than ordinary stone.

"Dad, can't you push it? Do you need my help?"

As she spoke, Elareza stretched out her fair hands, trying to push the stone door open together, a small gesture that made Roy laugh.

If Roy, who is ten meters tall, can't move it, how can you move it if you add Elreza, who is 1.7 meters tall?
"No, no! Dad hasn't even used my full strength yet! You all step back a little!"

Upon hearing this, Elareza and Alma took a few steps back.

Roy hadn't used his full strength yet, because he still had several status skills he hadn't used.

First comes Blood Rage!
After activating this skill, Roy's skin immediately developed numerous fine wounds, from which blood continuously gushed out, steaming on his body like flames.

Roy still felt the blood loss wasn't fast enough, because the Blood Rage skill's attribute boost increased the more serious the injury. Therefore, Roy needed to use the Leviathan Axe to bleed himself more, otherwise the Blood Rage buildup wouldn't be as fast as the Super Heal passive skill.

Next, we come to the realm of war!
The War Zone requires being in combat to activate, but this can be mitigated.

In the real world, friendly fire cannot be disabled. Roy can simply let Elreza and Alma attack him. He doesn't need to deal much damage; he just needs to keep himself in combat.

Finally, there's the skill Blood Moon Descent, which has never been used.

This skill can create a large-area field buff that can enhance the attributes of all dark creatures on the field.

However, Roy's main enemies are mostly dark creatures, and using Blood Moon Descent only helps boost the enemies' attributes, making this skill seem rather useless.

A blood moon rose above Roy, and Roy then realized that the Blood Moon Descent skill actually enhanced attributes by a percentage.

This effect... is still not very useful.
If Roy were to fight a dark creature stronger than himself, he would definitely not dare to use Blood Moon Descent, since the boost from Blood Moon Descent would be greater if the enemy had higher attributes than him.

Roy, a dark creature weaker than himself, didn't need to use this skill at all; he could simply crush him.

However, in this situation, if the goal is simply to increase power, the Blood Moon Descent would be extremely useful.

Soon, with the help of various buffs, Roy's strength attribute had exceeded 300, a terrifying power he had never experienced on Earth.

Even a casual movement of the limbs can produce crackling sounds.

At this moment, Roy's muscles were filled with explosive power, leaving Elreza and Alma stunned.

The little succubus even unconsciously squeezed her legs together.

After feeling that the attributes had stacked up sufficiently, Roy began to officially push the stone gate.

This time, Roy finally managed to push the stone door open, although it was very slow, and he only managed to push it a few centimeters with all his might.

"Keep attacking me! I need more power!"

Elreza and Alma quickly continued their attack on Roy. Both of them primarily used ranged attacks, and each attack increased the duration of War Field and the effect of Blood Rage.

"what--"

With Roy's shouts, his strength increased from 300 to 310, then to 320...

Finally, when Roy's strength attribute broke through 400, his body seemed to undergo some kind of qualitative change, and his demonic form expanded further, reaching an astonishing twenty meters.

At the same time, huge bone spurs grew at the joints of his body, and even the horns on his head became exceptionally large.

At this moment, Roy finally started pushing the door faster, and the huge stone door was slowly pushed open by Roy.

"Hu, hu, hu!"

Roy quickly exited his demon form; the process of pushing open the door was as exhausting as if he had just fought a team battle with 12 beautiful women.

"The door is open!"

Elureza curiously poked her little head inside the Tower of Babel. Her head was even thinner than the stone door, making her look quite comical.

However, after the little succubus spoke, the dark Tower of Babel suddenly lit up with fire, indicating that it was voice-activated.

After catching his breath, Roy and Alma walked into the Tower of Babel together.

The first floor of the Tower of Babel was very empty, with only voice-activated braziers on the walls and a spiral staircase leading upwards.

"Do we have to climb the stairs again?"

Alma looked up at the spiral staircase, trying to find the location of the second floor, but even after straining her eyes almost to the point of blindness, she still couldn't see it.

"Dad, it's so high! It feels like we'll be climbing these stairs for ages!"

Elaresa pouted. She hated physical exertion the most. Alma was pregnant, so naturally she couldn't climb such high stairs.

"Then climb up, I'll carry you up!"

Roy transforms into a demon again and carries Elreza and Alma up the Tower of Babel.

The Tower of Babel seemed to have no end, so Roy could only keep climbing with his head down, resting when he was tired and eating when he was hungry.

He didn't know how long he climbed—a day, a week, a month, or a year—but Roy finally reached the second floor.

"Roy, are you okay?"

Alma noticed that Roy was in very poor condition.

"Phew! This is bad! I feel extremely tired."

Roy couldn't hold on and knelt on one knee.

"How could this be?"

A hint of heartache appeared on Alma's face, and Elareza, standing beside her, explained Roy's situation.

"Because Dad hasn't had a full meal in a long time."

Roy has a huge appetite; what he eats in one meal can last Alma for ten to fifteen days.

Although Alma is now using Adela's body, her diet has not changed, unlike Elareza who can simply eat pink mood foods or, at worst, use baby shakes.

During the long period in the Dark Abyss, when food could not be replenished, Roy could only conserve food and eat as little as possible to maintain the minimum food intake.

Leave the food for Alma, since she is pregnant and the growing fetus requires energy from the mother.

Today, Roy finally couldn't take it anymore.

At this moment, Alma's expression was very complicated, a mixture of regret, heartache, and self-blame.

"Roy, you should eat something now!"

Roy exhaled and stood up.

"There's no food left, but I can hold on. Once I get out of the bottom of hell, I'm sure I'll find food!"

With that, Roy pushed open the huge iron gate in front of him.

Behind the iron gate was a huge room that resembled an arena, but there were no spectators or anyone else. Only a stone statue stood in the center of the room, which puzzled everyone.

"What does it mean?"

Elareza stepped forward and poked the statue, which then quickly transformed into her likeness and attacked her.

This startled the little succubus, but after she dodged the attack, the statue immediately returned to its original state and position.

"What... what's going on? It seems like the stone statue just drained my power?"

Elareza looked at her hands with a puzzled expression.

Roy frowned as well. This stone statue was definitely not just a decoration, but he would have to observe it to find out what it meant.

"Look, there are words on this door!"

Alma pointed to another door, which did indeed have a line of words on it, but it wasn't in the language of Earth; it was in the language of Hell.

Roy happened to possess the Key of Solomon, which contained knowledge of the writing of Hell.

"Prove your ability!? What does that mean?"

(Alma/Adela)
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(End of this chapter)