The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 265 Larvae and the Demon Laboratory
Seeing the boss's respectful and fawning attitude towards these terrifying monsters called "humans," Gulu couldn't help but shudder.

Humanity?

Are these the names of those monsters?
Gulu's body trembled uncontrollably.

Even the leader is so afraid of "humans"...

How powerful must these monsters, who are called "humans," be?
Could it be that each of them is as powerful as the Giant Bull Demon, the Six-Armed Serpent Demon, or even the Balor Flame Demon?

As a lowly demon with low intelligence, Gollum's simple mind could not comprehend the effect of a forced magical contract. Following the logic of the abyss's survival of the fittest, he immediately believed:
These monsters, which are called "humans," possess unimaginable power.

That's terrifying, that's terrifying...

These terrifying creatures that are called humans must never be provoked...

Gulu lowered his head and began to tremble.

By now, Gulu had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

His homeland—the first level of the bottomless abyss, the Plain of Ten Thousand Abyss, Pazunia—was brutally invaded by a group of terrifying monsters called "humans" from the "Magic Empire Eldoron"!

These terrifying monsters called humans have invaded the homeland of demons, committing arson, murder, looting, and all sorts of evil deeds on this foreign land!
This is the "First Human Invasion"!
Waaah, that's terrifying...

Driven by intense fear, Gulu dragged his utterly exhausted body and picked up another piece of steel component that had just cooled down.

Thanks to the demon's innate fire resistance, it was not burned by the slightly reddened metal.

The work must continue; we absolutely must not touch these terrifying monsters disguised as humans...

Meanwhile, the humans were communicating in a common language that Gollum couldn't understand:
"Oh, so this is the Iron Lake Great Forge of the Eldoron Abyss Colony. It's really impressive."

"Sister, now that we have so many [teleportation arrays], it's so much more convenient to travel back and forth between our homeland and the colonies. I never thought that low-level mages like us, who just graduated from elementary magic school, would have the opportunity to work on the front lines of the colonization."

"Alright, little sister, stop talking and hurry up and check the enchanting progress. According to the plan, we'll be working here for a week until our project is completed, and then we can go home."

"Wow, sis, look at that green coward! It's trembling. Is it scared of us? I never imagined that these demons, who were considered a terrifying calamity during the Abyss invasion, would one day be invaded by us instead..."

"Stop talking nonsense and get to work."

"..."

Gulu couldn't understand the conversation in the common language of humans at all. He just continued to work with the other weak demons, carrying another stack of steel bars, amidst the clanking of his shackles.

Occasionally, he would see some unruly or incompetent troublemakers being taken away by the boss.

It is said that these poor creatures will be sent to a torture chamber called the "laboratory," where humans will cruelly torment these disobedient demons as punishment.

"laboratory"?
What kind of terrifying place is that?
Gulu thought to himself.

……

The first level of the Bottomless Abyss, the Eldoron Abyss Colony, the Molten Iron Lake Main Base, the Research Building, and Arcane Laboratory No. 7.

Helen, a blonde shapeshifter and magical biologist, is using her legendary magical skills to maintain a large magic circle.

Inside the magic circle were a group of large, slightly yellowish worms, the largest of which was over two meters long.

What's even more terrifying is that these abyssal worms almost all have a painfully distorted human face.

Upon closer inspection of the outlines of these faces, one can vaguely discern the characteristics of some intelligent races from the material plane—the long ears of elves, the thick hair of orcs, the large beards of dwarves, and the ugly noses of goblins.

Some even resembled the faces of dragons, an intelligent race far removed from humanoid beings.

"The faces of these larvae, to some extent, represent what they looked like in their previous lives..." "Abyssal larvae, the prototype of demons..."

Helen sighed softly and pointed her fingertips into the air.

"Now, let's begin injecting abyssal energy into the experimental worms..."

This beautiful blonde woman manipulates a magic circle inscribed with runes.

Clumps of purple chaotic energy, accompanied by popping sounds, began to be injected into one of the worms.

The worm twisted and swelled, its body undergoing dramatic changes with a cracking sound.

In a short while, it transformed into a pale creature that was somewhat humanoid, covered in festering sores.

—Original Demon!
The lowest form of demon.

"The experiment was a success."

"The chaotic magic of the abyss has indeed transformed these worms into demons, just as the demon natives described!"

Helen wiped her sweat, turned around, and saw behind her standing Elian with a relieved smile and Gutt with a slightly excited expression.

"Congratulations on your successful experiment, Ms. Helen."

Elion stepped forward, observing the primal demon that had transformed from the worm, the pale, hideous creature covered in festering sores:

"Now, you should have figured out how demons are born, right?"

Helen's expression darkened slightly, and she nodded:

"Yes, I have combined the information provided by the native abyssal demons such as Latour with my own experimental results, and have figured out the origin and evolution of demons."

El-Erian sat down with satisfaction:
"Tell me about it."

Helen said:

"Demons can be born in many ways. For example, demons can be directly conceived in the chaos of the abyss itself."

“That’s right…” Elion nodded, acknowledging Helen’s research findings.

Long before creation, long before the birth of mortal races such as dragons and elves, gods and demons already existed.

At that time, the concepts of good and evil had not yet taken shape in the Colossus; there were only two opposing forces: order and chaos.

At that time, the ancient gods were few in number and all sided with the order.

The chaotic side, on the other hand, consists of endless demons born from the chaos of the universe, seeking to destroy everything.

Therefore, the spontaneous source of chaos in the universe can create demons out of thin air.

Today, the vast majority of this primordial, demon-breeding, and god-rivaling chaotic power of the universe has settled in the bottomless abyss, becoming part of the power of the abyss plane and the source of the [Abyss Will]'s power surpassing that of the gods.

Helen paused, then continued:
"However, there are many demons that do not seem to have been created out of thin air by the chaotic magic of the abyss, but rather transformed from those larvae with human faces."

"These larvae, after absorbing enough abyssal energy, have a chance to become the weakest primal demons. Then, in the battle of flesh and blood, they further advance into more powerful demon species."

"And the source of the [larvae]..."

Helen paused, mustered her courage, and stated her research findings, causing Guter, who was standing nearby, to narrow his eyes:
"They are the souls of mortals who have fallen into the abyss!"

(End of this chapter)