This necromancer is going to seduce the beautiful girls who are already dead.

"Who is it?" Leona stood up curiously, staring at Abyss, waiting for him to reveal the answer.

“This man is my master…” Abyss said to everyone, “He has never shown this power to me before, but his appearance is the same as Miss Lillian described, and he is also a very witty person…”

"Master!?" everyone exclaimed in surprise.

Chapter 210 The Mysterious Cause of Master's Death

“Hmm… According to this description, the person you assassinated was my master…” Abyss became completely serious, and his speech quickened. “But I know nothing about his power… He has never shown me the ability to easily strip away the mobility of those around him.”

“Although I knew your master was powerful, I never imagined he was this powerful…” Rebecca exclaimed from the side, “I originally thought your strength was already the strongest on the continent…”

“Your master is so mysterious,” Leona nodded and said. “Such a powerful person couldn’t possibly have died of the plague, could he?”

Leona's question is spot on. According to the Abyss, his master, Glad, was supposed to have died from an incurable plague while dissecting zombies. Although the Abyss also had some doubts about this past, he had never been able to prove that his master's death was caused by any other reason.

Now, based on Donna and Lillian's accounts, Abyss can truly conclude that his master possesses a powerful force he has never shown him. If such a power exists, then the cause of his master's death, "Plague," becomes rather untenable.

But now, the Abyss has no other clues pointing to the true cause of its master's death. And before his death, the master repeatedly asked the Abyss not to resurrect him. The Abyss will not disobey its master's last wish, because it knows that its master, who is always unconventional, must have his reasons for making such a request.

As for what the truth is, it's hard to say right now. We can only suppress our curiosity for now and find a suitable time to start the investigation.

“The person we assassinated was actually your master…” Lillian repeated in surprise.

“By the way…do you have any other impressions…like what my master was doing at the time?” Abyss asked.

Donna and Lillian both shook their heads at the same time. Donna said, "Ever since we were controlled by the Lord of Delusion, we have been in a daze. When He assigns us tasks, He never gives us any detailed descriptions. When we assassinated your master, we just took action immediately after receiving the order, without any further investigation. And after the mission failed, the Lord of Delusion did not ask us to do it a second time."

“Perhaps Abyss’s master had already accomplished something, and the Lord of Delusion was unable to stop him,” Rebecca pondered. “Judging from the fact that we have been repeatedly harassed by the Lord of Delusion along the way, He is not the type to give up at the slightest setback.”

“Hmm…that’s what I think too…” Abyss nodded slowly.

As for other matters, Donna and Lillian's memories are less detailed. They spent most of their time in standby mode, waiting for the Lord of Delusions' orders. As puppets, they had no entertainment and no need for communication, so those days left no trace in their memories.

"So that's all we know for now." Abyss was speaking rather slowly, so Rebecca temporarily spoke in his place, saying, "The Lord of Delusion is indeed quite cautious, not letting you know too much."

"What's next? Can we fight?" Leona asked from the side. She hadn't fought in a while and was really itching to get back to it.

“Next… is to rescue Sophia… her body,” Abis said.

Sofia nodded seriously.

Although Sophia is now with the Abyss, she is only in a spiritual state, and many of her past abilities cannot be fully utilized. To unleash her former power, her body, which is still controlled by the Lord of Delusion, must be freed.

As for the method of rescue, it's actually not complicated. Now that Donna and Lillian have been rescued, all we need to do is lure Sophia's body out so she can see the two who have been rescued. Once that happens, her wish will be fulfilled, and the curse on her body will be lifted.

The most difficult problem right now is how to lure out Sofia's body.

After several setbacks, the Lord of Delusion will likely become more cautious in sending Sophia to attack. It's unclear whether the Lord of Delusion is aware of the recent loss of three puppets, which might directly prevent him from readily deploying Sophia to launch an attack.

To lure out Sophia's body, one must find the weakness of the Lord of Delusion and do what He does not want the Abyss to do, so that He will be anxious and send Sophia to hinder the Abyss.

But now Abyss doesn't even know what the Lord of Delusion is planning to do, let alone how to force the Lord of Delusion to take action.

Everyone had thought of this problem and fell silent.

“Let’s think about what patterns there are in the things the Lord of Delusion has prevented us from doing before,” Rebecca said, resting her chin on her hand as she pondered. “Knowing these patterns will allow us to alert the Lord of Delusion and force him to take action.”

“The pattern…” Leona, who had been following the Abyss all the way, recalled that she couldn’t quite understand the reason why the Lord of Delusion was hindering them. “Actually, although the Lord of Delusion did a lot of things to hinder us along the way, these things were actually done by the Abyss for my sake. We were just looking for the seven Moon Knights.”

"Could finding the Moon Knight lead to something detrimental to the Lord of Delusion?" Flora thought for a moment and said.

“I can’t be sure, but I don’t think so. After all, the seven Moon Knights have been living in Eternal Night City for a while now. They just live here like the other undead, and I haven’t seen anything different happen when the seven of them are together.” Rebecca shook her head.

"So it's something else that the Lord of Delusion wants to obstruct?" Leona shrugged. "Could it be that He wants to obstruct the Abyss from granting my wish?"

Rebecca fell into deep thought after hearing what Leona said.

If the Lord of Delusion doesn't want Leona to have her wish granted... why? Because if Leona's wish is granted, the complete Power Offering will be unlocked, and the Abyss will inherit 100% of Leona's fighting spirit, and may even possess Leona's power as the creator god...

"Does the Lord of Delusion not want Abyss to become stronger?" Rebecca said, looking at Abyss beside her.

Abyss reacted slowly for a moment, then finally nodded: "Perhaps...that's how it is...we can prepare for action...at least let's give it a try."

"What do we do?" Leona asked.

“I want to help Rebecca… fulfill her wish…” Abyss gave a belated smile.

Chapter 211 Abyss's Thoughts

Rebecca was genuinely surprised by Abyss's decision. She stared at Abyss, but saw no hint of joking on his seemingly foolish face.

“My wish… is very difficult to fulfill,” Rebecca said with a wry smile. “Even I know that my wish is like a child’s whim. I didn’t even expect it to come true…”

Rebecca's wish is indeed very difficult to fulfill; she wants to create a machine that can travel back in time and change history. Such a machine only exists in novels or plays.

The Abyss does indeed possess the ability to alter the flow of time; this technology is used in alchemical laboratories and Helheim, and the magical catfish can even bring the flow of time almost to a standstill. However, altering the flow of time does not prevent it from moving forward; the Abyss cannot make it move backward. This represents a difference in difficulty between two dimensions.

Moreover, can such a machine really be used at will? Could it cause a chain reaction that leads to the disappearance of some people by altering history? Could it be that while it appears to have changed history, it has actually just created a parallel universe with a different historical timeline?

These issues haven't been considered or investigated yet, so Abyss's sudden desire to help Rebecca fulfill this wish seems somewhat unrealistic.

“Your wish… may have more than one way… to be fulfilled…” Abyss said slowly.

Even the usually clever Rebecca couldn't understand what Abyss meant. Abyss looked mysterious, as if he had no intention of telling her.

“You…” Rebecca sighed and shook her head.

She was feeling conflicted. On one hand, she was somewhat at a loss because of the Abyss's sudden decision; on the other hand, she was flattered because the Abyss intended to fulfill her greatest wish in life.

She already liked the Abyss a lot, and now that the Abyss seemed so confident and reliable, it was hard not to make her heart flutter again.

"Let's help Rebecca fulfill her wish!" Leona, who was standing nearby, immediately got motivated. She stood up from her seat (which made her a little shorter) and said proudly, "As a loyal best friend, of course I'll go to great lengths for this!"

Sheila had been waiting for a while, and now that she finally had her chance, she said, not wanting to be outdone, "I will also do my best to help!"

“Since the Abyss has made its decision, I won’t raise any objections.” Rebecca looked gratefully at Leona and Sheila, then said, “I just hope that you don’t overdo it. Safety comes first, and once your safety is threatened, don’t take any more risks. My wish is not worth anyone going through fire and water for.”

Rebecca knew that if she rejected Abyss's idea now, Abyss probably wouldn't persist for long. But since Abyss had come up with this path first, there must be a reason. Rebecca, who always preferred to support Abyss from behind the scenes, didn't want to disrupt Abyss's plans because of her own concerns.

“Don’t worry… I won’t let them take any risks.” Abyss nodded to Rebecca with a very reliable expression.

“And you, you’re always willing to do anything to achieve your goals, you even hit yourself when you’re really angry,” Rebecca said to Abyss with a mixture of disappointment and frustration. “You’re not allowed to put yourself in danger either, understand?”

“Okay…” Abyss nodded after a two-second pause.

The four dark elves had already heard Flora recount Rebecca's wish, and they were all quite surprised that the Abyss intended to use this as a ploy to lure the snake out of its hole.

Although they are the most elite assassins on the continent and have access to things that are far beyond the reach of ordinary people, they still find it hard to imagine a machine that can turn back time.

"Do we need to help with this?" Sophia, a kind-hearted person, asked Abyss.

Abyss shook his head: "You should stay in Helheim now... wait for the right time... then go out... we don't need your help."

"Abyss, do you have any ideas?" Flora asked Abyss curiously. "To help Rebecca realize her dream, we need a starting point. How can we take the first step?"

Abyss glanced around at everyone watching the scene, then shrugged nonchalantly and said, "No."

Leona's newly ignited fighting spirit was extinguished by Abyss's nonchalant "no." She nearly fell under the table.

"Wow! You don't even know where to start?" Leona pointed at the Abyss. "I thought you knew what to do! Why are you acting so confident!"

“There’s no way we’d even think about it.” Rebecca laughed without any surprise. “Whether a time-reversal machine can even be made is unknown, let alone knowing how to make it. But that’s not a big deal. As long as we go out and investigate slowly, we’ll eventually find some clues—after all, our team is exceptionally capable.”

“Oh, that’s true.” Leona scratched her head and sat back down in her chair.

“We should take action…” Abis slowly stood up from his seat. “Although I don’t have any specific ideas… I think… we could ask some of the dead.”

"The dead?" Leona asked. "Were they residents of Helheim?"

“No… they are ancient dead… not in Helheim… in their tombs,” the Abyss said.

In the ancient times of the continent of Hai-Tver, magic and alchemy did not have the rational systems they have now; everything was in a state of chaos. Alchemy, where you threw things into a pot and relied on luck for the result, goes without saying. Even some magic was developed by many mad mages using the lives of living people as test subjects.

At that time, mages conducted numerous human experiments; not only necromancers, but mages from various schools of thought did so. It wasn't until later that experimenting on living people was considered barbaric and illegal—in the past, mages were noble and superior beings, completely unrestrained by any system.

Some of the magic from that chaotic era has been passed down and improved over generations into the technologically mature modern magic, while some has been lost due to major flaws or the difficulty in learning and recording it.

Abyss's idea was to obtain some unique magic from the ancient people, which might become an important clue for him to fulfill Rebecca's wish.

"So... let's set off now... I have a very detailed map of tomb distribution here... it was left to me by my master..."

“You guys have really dug up every grave on the continent…” Leona gave Abyss a disdainful look.

Chapter 212 Visiting the Ancient Mage

This was a long, gentle stone staircase that wound its way down into the ground. Sunlight streaming in from the surface filtered through the dense vegetation at the entrance, casting dim, dappled patterns of light inside. These lights illuminated three people descending together.

“Wow, this is an ancient burial site…” Leona walked ahead with her hands behind her back, looking around at the surroundings, and said leisurely, “This place is so simple. I thought ancient people would put a lot of thought into funerals, after all, they believed that people have an afterlife.”

“Oh, most ancient tombs are indeed quite exquisitely designed and contain many good things, but the tomb we have here is a bit different. The owner of this tomb was a wild mage with a bad reputation and no apprentices. He dug this tomb for himself.” Abyss shrugged and said to Leona, “He wasn’t an architect either, so it looks a bit rough.”

This was Sheila's first time entering such an ancient tomb, and the atmosphere here seemed far more sinister than the tombs of heroes. Slippery moss grew in many places, and the air was filled with a damp, slightly fishy smell. An uneasy feeling made her stay close to the Abyss.

Leona continued walking inside with a carefree attitude: "Wow... wild mages, sometimes I think you unaffiliated wild mages must be quite lonely, not to mention those who don't even have an apprentice—speaking of which, aren't there any wild mages thinking about settling down?"

“Many wild sorcerers are not good at socializing, and they are not very interested in starting a family.” Abyss shook his head. “It’s like what my master once told me: ‘Women will only affect the speed at which I chant spells.’”

"Then how did your master train you?" Leona glared at Abyss.

Abis scratched his head: "Perhaps it's because his teaching methods are more flexible—oh, right, Leona, my master and I came in here once before, there's a trap a few steps ahead."

"Huh? A trap? Why would I worry about that?" Leona glanced back at the Abyss, but didn't stop walking.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several rusty iron spears suddenly emerged from the ground and walls, piercing Leona from all directions. These spears were no match for Leona's strength, and they shattered almost simultaneously.

"That's it?" Leona smiled dismissively.

However, her smile quickly froze. Inside those broken iron spears lay a cluster of glass tubes filled with a strange liquid, which had leaked out when the spears were destroyed, dripping onto Leona.

hissing...

The sound of corrosion rang out, and when Leona came to her senses, the unisex long-sleeved top and pants she was wearing had been replaced by a backless top and super short shorts.

"Waaaaaahh ...