American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 482 Leviathan, I'm Here to Negotiate

The ancient sea had day and night; the sun began to set as Roy was roasting Godzilla's tail.

"Is it getting dark? It looks like we'll have to stay on this island tonight."

Roy's battle with Godzilla had wiped out all the creatures around them, so they could finally rest on the island for the night, since they hadn't had much rest during their time in the Dark Abyss.

However, the Ancient Sea is hell after all, and it would be dangerous to just go to sleep there.

Fortunately, the magnificent scepter doesn't need to sleep, and its perception is also very strong, so it can act as a sentinel to remind Roy and Elareza.

Elareza had been complaining of being hungry, but after only a few bites of Godzilla's tail, she collapsed into Roy's arms and fell fast asleep.

Even when resisting the two greatest temptations of life—appetite and sleepiness—the little succubus was ultimately defeated by sleepiness.

Roy patted the little succubus's head. Although her body was much more mature than most women's, her personality was still like a child's.

This seems to be called neoteny continuation in biology?
This refers to the biological phenomenon where a species retains juvenile characteristics even in its mature stage, a phenomenon that is particularly evident in humans.

"Mr. Blake, why do you insist on leaving hell?"

While Roy was eating, the magnificent scepter suddenly spoke.

"Then why should I stay in hell?"

Roy had many reasons to leave Hell, but there was no need to tell the magnificent scepter.

"Isn't hell a good place?"

The ornate scepter continued to question Roy, who shook his head.

"Hell is nice; the environment here is completely different from what I imagined, but it's not my hometown after all. I need to go back to Earth; there are people waiting for me there."

"So that's how it is. It's for the person waiting for you? So you're going to climb all the way up from the bottom of hell, is that it?"

"No one can stop me from returning to the human world."

Roy took a big bite out of Godzilla's flesh, and the magnificent scepter seemed to understand Roy's determination.

Then, Roy remembered the question he had always wanted to ask.

"By the way, Mr. Scepter, who created you?"

The Tower of Babel was clearly not formed naturally; the trials and magnificent scepter inside must have been designed by someone.

So the question is, who was the designer?
The magnificent scepter fell silent.

Roy knew that the creature didn't want to talk when it hadn't said anything for a while.

Actually, it's easy to guess some of it. After all, someone who can design a test that even the Seven Demon Kings of Hell cannot pass must be stronger than the Seven Demon Kings.

Such beings are extremely rare.

"Never mind, I'll just get some sleep. Mr. Scepter, please keep watch this night."

The magnificent scepter breathed a sigh of relief and then began to make guarantees.

"No problem! You can sleep now! With me here, no one can ambush you!"

Roy lay on the beach, hugged Elareza, closed his eyes, and gradually drifted off to sleep.

In the dream, a mysterious voice was still asking Roy, "Are you ready?"

The only difference is that the setting has changed from the dark abyss to the ancient sea.

In his dream, Roy asked the other person what they needed to prepare, but received no response.

Ever since that first dream in the Dark Abyss, the dream has been recurring, driving Roy crazy. He prefers to have more lighthearted dreams, like playing volleyball on a sunny beach with a woman by his side.

"Mr. Blake, wake up! Someone's coming!"

Just as Roy was sitting silently on the beach, two sentences suddenly came from the distant horizon, and then he was pulled out of his dream.

Roy suddenly opened his eyes and found that a strange mist was beginning to spread on the beach, which was quite different from the miasma that usually accompanied the sea.

The miasma at sea is green, has a pungent acidic smell, and is relatively light so it doesn't sink, but the fog in front of us just keeps covering the ground.

"Is anyone here?"

Roy quickly shook Elureza awake, who was still fast asleep. The little succubus could really sleep; she couldn't even hear the magnificent scepter being shouted at so loudly.

"Oh! Dad, what happened?"

Elareza, who was suddenly shaken awake, blinked her eyes, completely confused about the situation.

"Elareza, there's an attack! Stand behind me with Mr. Scepter!"

"Okay, okay!"

The little succubus pulled out her magnificent scepter and stood behind Roy's broad back, instantly calming his previously fearful heart.

On Earth, Erlesa was basically unstoppable, but in Hell, her strength was somewhat lacking.

In the battle during the day, she probably couldn't even beat that sea monster, let alone Godzilla.

"Mr. Scepter, can you sense how many enemies there are?"

Elaresa knew that the magnificent scepter had very strong perception abilities, so she asked it a question.

"Of course! There are four people around right now! Wait, their numbers are increasing, there are more than a dozen now!"

Upon hearing this, Roy asked another question.

Are they all humanoid creatures?

Yes! They're about your size!

This made Roy feel very strange.

As is well known, there were no humanoid demons in the ancient sea. There were only strange snakes and sea monsters, as well as some amphibians and fish, but both of them were at the bottom of the food chain.

At that moment, a voice that Roy recognized very well came from the mist.

"Roy Black, my lord wishes to see you."

Roy flipped through his audio memories and instantly recalled the owner of the voice.

“It’s you, Elliott Spencer!”

A tall man emerged from the mist, dressed in a priest's robe, his bald head covered in nails.

That's right, this man is Nailhead from "Haunted Cop"! He's also the leader of the Hellish Monks!

Roy summoned these Hell Monks during the Ravensfall incident and killed them, but unexpectedly they were resurrected.

As for the master that Elliott Spencer mentioned, it was undoubtedly Leviathan.

Roy knew that entering the Ancient Sea would likely be discovered by the King of Jealousy, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly; he hadn't even found the pyramid yet.

"Nice to meet you again, Roy Black!"

Elliott Spencer's face showed neither joy nor sorrow. Death was merely a unique experience for him, because his soul was in Leviathan's hands. As long as his soul was not completely destroyed, he could be resurrected indefinitely until Leviathan no longer needed him.

Therefore, Elliott Spencer didn't harbor much hatred towards Roy, who had killed him, but his men didn't feel the same way.

The female nail-headed monk, the butter-headed monk, the twin monks, and others who had appeared before all looked at Roy with resentful expressions, as if they wished they could devour him alive.

"What, Leviathan wants to die again?"

Roy shielded Elureza with one hand, while using the other to draw the Leviathan Axe to stop the hellish monks from slowly approaching. The aura emanating from the Leviathan Axe caused the hellish monks to take a few steps back; they could smell that it was the aura of Leviathan. Only Elliott Spencer remained unmoved.

“Roy Black, all your struggles are in vain! This is the Ancient Sea, and no one can disobey our Lord’s command.”

Indeed, Leviathan has home-field advantage in the Ancient Sea, and the road to the City of Eternal Night is most likely near its pyramid, so Roy will inevitably have to face Leviathan in a match.

"I didn't say I wouldn't go with you to see Leviathan, but your way of inviting guests is quite unique. You like to show up while the guests are sleeping, don't you?"

Elliott Spencer squinted at Roy.

"Oh, then I apologize for my recklessness! Now, can you come with me?"

"Then lead the way."

Knowing he couldn't escape this time, Roy prepared to face the King of Jealousy head-on.

The only concern is the little succubus; if she gets into a fight with Leviathan, she might not be able to take care of Elareza.

We can only take one step at a time.

"plz follow me!"

Seeing Roy's cooperation, Elliott Spencer signaled to the other Hell Monks not to approach Roy, lest they provoke him.

Nailhead led Roy and Elareza into the mist, and the next second they arrived in front of a huge pyramid. Many octagonal rhomboid buildings floated in the sky around them, which looked like the bases of two pyramids joined together.

After the sacrifice of the Box of Mourning is completed, what is actually summoned is this octagonal rhomboid building.

However, most people can only see the lower half of the octagonal rhombus-shaped building, while the upper half is usually on the other side of the portal.

“My lord is waiting for you inside.”

Elliott Spencer stopped at the massive entrance outside the pyramid.

Roy took a deep breath and was about to lead Elareza inside when the female version of Nailhead blocked her way.

“Roy Black, my lord only spoke your name; she cannot go in!”

This guy seems to have his eye on Elareza.

Without saying a word, Roy punched her in the face, sending her flying.

Even though the Hell Monks' resilience far surpasses that of humans, this punch still caused half of the female version of Nailhead's face to collapse.

The other hellish monks immediately assumed fighting stances.

The female version of Nailhead struggled to her feet, her expression turning extremely ugly.

"Roy Black, how dare you!"

Roy looked at the female version of Nailhead with disdain. These hellish monks were no match for him on the Santiago, and it was even less likely that they could defeat him now.

"You're nothing but Leviathan's dogs. Dogs better not bark at guests, or they'll get beaten up!"

After this barrage of criticism, all the Hellish monks present looked extremely uncomfortable, including the usually calm Elliott Spencer.

But what Roy said was true; Leviathan didn't care about the dignity or face of these hellish monks.

"Let him in, and that succubus too!"

The deep roar of Leviathan echoed from inside the pyramid, revealing that the King of Envy was eager to see Roy.

Hearing Leviathan's words, the hellish monks could only retreat, staring at Roy with venomous eyes.

"Roy Black, that's all you can say for now. Soon you'll be just like us! No, you'll be even more despicable than us!"

The female version of Nailhead uttered a vicious curse in a metallic, abrasive voice.

Roy didn't tolerate this either, and directly used Dark Touch to pierce her chest with his tentacles.

"You should have waited until I went inside before barking, not now!"

The female version of Nailhead was drained of her flesh and blood by Roy in a very short time, but she had a strange expression of pleasure on her face, because the Hell Monks mistook pain for pleasure.

Roy couldn't help but show a look of disgust, then ignored the Hell Monk and led Elreza into the pyramid.

The interior of the pyramid looked surprisingly advanced; Roy felt as if he had entered not a pyramid, but an alien base.

However, what's rather incongruous is that there are many different kinds of snakes inside the pyramids, in all sizes and colors, making it feel like entering a snake pit.

Leviathan truly lives up to his title as the king of snakes; his dwelling place is filled with small snakes. I wonder if these snakes are Leviathan's offspring.

Roy unleashed his aura, and most of the curious little snakes were immediately frightened away, but some stubborn little snakes still wanted to taste his saltiness.

One of the snakes fell from above Roy's head onto his shoulder and bit him.

Roy didn't feel anything at all, after all, his physique was already that strong, it was Elareza who reminded him.

"Dad, there's a snake on your shoulder!"

Without a second thought, Roy slapped the oblivious little snake on the shoulder, flattening it into a pancake, inevitably getting his hands stained with blood.

"fine."

The two continued walking forward, passing through a long corridor before finally arriving at a spacious hall.

Roy was surprised to find a snake, about the size of a human, sitting coiled on a throne.

"Roy Black, I'm so glad to see you again!"

This snake spoke in a human voice, and its eyes were filled with deep malice.

"Are you Leviathan?"

You should call me the King of Jealousy!

Roy hadn't expected the King of Jealousy to shrink so much; the Leviathan he'd seen in Ravensfall was bigger than a mountain.

Is there something different about the inside of this pyramid?

After carefully sensing it, Roy could indeed feel a certain spatial force field in this hall, perhaps some kind of magic had shrunk Leviathan's size.

Indeed, if someone is very large, it can be somewhat inconvenient to move around; they might even tear the house apart if they just turn over in their sleep.

However, this greatly reduces the deterrent effect of Leviathan, making it less oppressive than it was during the Ravensfall incident.

However, Leviathan actually has something smaller than its current size, and that is its mind.

The Jealous King is a very vengeful fellow; he can hold a grudge for a lifetime over the smallest things. Roy once made him lose face, so naturally, he never forgot it.

"Roy Black, you've finally fallen into my hands!"

Leviathan slowly climbed down from the throne, his eyes fixed on Roy.

"Leviathan, I'm here to negotiate!"

Upon hearing this, Leviathan frowned deeply, sensing that there was something wrong with what was said.

(Why not ask Doctor Strange?)
"Negotiate terms? What right do you have to negotiate terms with me?"

Roy took the magnificent scepter from Elareza and raised it high.

"Because I am Satan's messenger!"

(End of this chapter)