Necromancer, but pre-collapse civilization

Chapter 581 Hero Template Promotion Quest - Purple

　"So, you're about to embark on another journey to other worlds?"

　After hearing Moros's words, Mebius, who was lounging on the sofa, looked at his lover with some surprise.

　“That’s right, I need extra time to delve deeper into the mysteries of the Time Warp Stance.”

　The necromancer felt there was no need to hide anything from Mebius.

　So he frankly revealed to the mature female scientist with long, smooth, emerald-green hair his plan to embark on a journey to another world to carry out a hero template advancement mission.

　In fact, Moros not only confided in Mebius, but also told Velvi, Alicia, and Eden about this decision without reservation.

　Sitting up straight, Mebius's snake-like eyes, a blend of pink and green, gleamed with a complex light.

　It was a strange expression woven from deep reluctance and boundless understanding.

　"Moros, you've always been like this, willing to cross countless boundaries in pursuit of greater power. But please remember, no matter which world you're in, my heart will always be with you."

　She gently reached out and stroked Moros's face with the most tender touch.

　"Remember, safety comes first, don't push yourself. Your safe return is more important to me than anything else."

　Holding Mebius's cool, delicate hand tightly, Moros gave her a warm and firm smile.

　"Don't worry, this isn't my first time carrying out a hero template promotion mission. I know what I'm doing."

　The necromancer's words exuded composure and confidence, which eased Mebius's worries somewhat.

　After a pause, as if suddenly remembering something, Moros continued in a tone that was both playful and expectant.

　"I will try my best to bring back some local specialties from another world for you. Look forward to it, there might be some unexpected surprises."

　Upon hearing this, Mebius's lips involuntarily curved into a smile full of longing and anticipation.

　The most crucial reason she was willing to accept Moros's feelings was the infinite possibilities he showed her.

　For Möbius, who is always pursuing the path of "infinity," she has never been afraid to pay any price in order to break through the limits of life.

　After carefully arranging all the departure matters, Moros entered the Lord's Hall located on the top floor of the [Congress].

　He slowly raised his arm, his fingertips lightly touching the Lord's Heart, which floated in the center of the hall and emitted a faint, hazy glow, letting the bone-chilling coldness spread from his fingertips to his entire body.

　You have obtained the Hero Template Promotion Quest (Purple). Do you wish to complete it immediately?

　[Note: If you choose no, you will need to wait 24 demiplane standard hours before you can apply for this promotion task again.]

　Compared to when he challenged the Hero Template Promotion Quest (blue), the Necromancer's strength has now made a qualitative leap.

　However, even with his greatly increased strength, he still meticulously reviewed his preparations before embarking on this round of hero template promotion missions.

　【Gift from the Demon Well】Five sets of magic potions (60 bottles), all freshly made, with a shelf life of a full twelve months...

　The backup magic supply, [Power of the Magic Well], totals 30 units, which is more than enough as a backup...

　The storage ring contains a half-finished undead army, a whole regiment (3200 units). While not abundant, it's barely enough to cope...

　A Charon-class light frigate, disassembled into its components, can be reassembled in just half a day…

　150 Honkai Energy Fission Bullets should be enough...

　……

　Once he had confirmed that all preparations were complete, Moros finally spoke.

　"All preparations are complete, it's time to set off."

　After saying that, he didn't hesitate for a moment, his mind focused firmly on that eye-catching option.

　【yes】!

　Just like the scene when we carried out the blue-tier hero template promotion mission last time.

　The moment the necromancer made his selection on the hero panel, the space around him seemed to be struck by some powerful force, and it began to tremble violently.

　Immediately afterwards, a wave of dizziness, both familiar and unfamiliar, surged over him, violently assaulting all his senses.

　Even a demigod-level superhuman like Moros, who has already undergone four leaps in life level, would find it difficult to accurately grasp his own position and direction in the face of such drastic spatial changes.

　However, Moros remained unusually calm in the face of all this.

　Having already made ample mental preparations, he did not show any sign of panic.

　He calmly closed his eyes and quietly waited for the dizziness to subside.

　Fortunately, this process did not last long.

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　Within a few minutes, the dizziness gradually dissipated, and Moros regained his footing.

　When he opened his eyes again, what came into view was the deep red sun in the sky.

　This is an endless, suffocatingly terrifying place.

　This is a place with an extremely harsh environment and where life is extremely dangerous.

　This is a place devoid of morality and ethics, a place of endless slaughter.

　This is an evil place devoid of friendship, kinship, and love, only filled with betrayal, slaughter, and destruction.

　This is one of the most infamous and terrifying lower planes in the Toril universe, home to demons dedicated to death and destruction, and a haven for chaotic and evil souls.

　A bottomless abyss!

　The bottomless abyss is a collection of all ugliness, evil, and chaos reflected through infinite layers and countless changes.

　As it spirals downward through countless layers, it culminates in the ultimate brutality.

　Traditional theories of planes state that the Abyss has 666 layers, but according to the personal verification of truly powerful beings, the actual number of layers in the Abyss far exceeds this figure.

　After all, new dimensions are constantly being ruthlessly swallowed up and drawn into this bottomless abyss.

　However, although the Abyss has countless layers, its highest layer is well-known—that is the Plain of Abyss.

　This is a barren land, devoid of birds and grass, and thick with dust.

　The entire Wanyuan Plain is constantly scorched by the blood-red sun, and three different landforms are interspersed among the dusty plain.

　The massive fissures in the earth's surface, the mounds of corpses left behind by the demons, filled with bloody dust, and the stinking, filthy, yet incredibly dangerous River Styx.

　Many of these massive fissures on the earth's surface are entrances to deeper layers.

　Descending through certain specific fissures, travelers will soon reach the corresponding abyssal layer; however, randomly jumping into unknown fissures leading to unfamiliar abyssal layers is an extremely dangerous act.

　Because you don't know where the rift's exit will be, if you're unlucky, it's normal to end up right in front of the demon lord.

Chapter 582 Survival Challenge and the Warm Welcome of the Bottomless Abyss

　[Hero Template Promotion Quest (Purple), Abyss Survival Challenge!]

　[Objective: Survive in the abyss for at least one year. Any departure during this period will be considered a mission failure.]

　[Tip 1: Survival time is the cornerstone of task completion evaluation; the longer the survival time, the higher the evaluation upon completion!]

　[Tip 2: Every decision and action you take during the task, regardless of its size, will affect the final task evaluation. Please make careful choices and face the challenge in the best possible way!]

　[Tip 3: Task completion rating directly affects rewards!]

　Gazing at the notification that appeared on the hero panel, Moros's face remained calm and expressionless.

　However, if you focus your gaze on his deep eyes, you can catch a subtle change.

　His pupils involuntarily contracted the moment he came across the detailed requirements for the hero template promotion quest.

　The Hero Template Promotion Quest is undoubtedly the most difficult of all the quests.

　none of them!

　For this reason, in most cases, when heroes face such tasks, they are often given a series of multi-stage tasks as a challenge.

　Multi-ring tasks, as the name suggests, cleverly break down a large and complex high-difficulty task into several relatively independent and easy-to-complete smaller tasks.

　Although this approach limits the degree of freedom in tasks and the process is relatively complicated, it must be admitted that its gradual increase in difficulty provides a greater possibility for task completion.

　However, what was presented to Moros at this moment was a complete, original, single task.

　What's even more astonishing is that this is the most challenging survival mission of all.

　Survival missions, in essence, require heroes to survive for a specified time in a perilous area using only their own abilities.

　The fact that even the simple act of "surviving" has become so difficult, even serving as a trial for advancing to the hero template level, speaks volumes about the level of difficulty involved.

　What's even more chilling is that this mission did not employ a multi-stage format to reduce its difficulty.

　It can be said that the difficulty of this hero template promotion task has far exceeded that of the blue-quality hero template promotion task he performed last time.

　However, given that this hero template upgrade is a leap from the blue elite template to the purple epic level hero panel, such a difficult upgrade challenge is actually quite reasonable.

　Even in the world of Ashan, purple epic-level heroes have become the backbone of various factions.

　Their value and status are far beyond what ordinary white, excellent green, or even elite blue heroes can compare to.

　Therefore, in the beginning

　After the initial shock subsided, Moros quickly regained his composure and focused all his attention on a detailed analysis of the mission intelligence.

　The term "bottomless abyss" undoubtedly refers to the lower plane in the Toril universe where demons run rampant.

　Considering the deep red sun hanging overhead and the surrounding environment, the necromancer, whose knowledge of dimensional physics was fairly solid, had a rough idea of ​​the abyss layer where he was located.

　At the very top of the bottomless abyss lies the vast and boundless Plain of Ten Thousand Abyss.

　Just as Moros was about to glean more information from the mission prompts on the hero panel, a sharp and piercing cry suddenly came from the sky, interrupting his thoughts.

　Following the sound, he saw a large number of dark figures gathering in the sky filled with elemental energy, like dark clouds pressing down, swooping down in his direction with the force of thunder.

　With his profound knowledge of demonology, Moros immediately recognized these shadowy figures as Tanaris demons known as "Flomo".

　Fromon is a low-level demon found in the bottomless abyss.

　They have thin, spiky bodies, a mouthful of small, irregular teeth, twisted limbs, and a pair of withered, broken wings.

　In the world of the Abyss, where demons roam freely, Flomo might only be considered a small-sized demon, but this "small-sized" is only relative to those large-sized demons.

　For most humanoid races, the Flomo, standing eight feet tall and weighing around four hundred pounds, is already a colossal being.

　Even the werewolf after its transformation is only slightly taller than that.

　However, although these things are quite large and can fly, their strength is rather disappointing.

　Most of the Fromon's strength only stays at the low level.

　What exactly is the concept of a low-level demon?

　Although they can easily tear apart fully armed mortal soldiers, in the world of the Abyss where the strong are respected, they are nothing more than food for other powerful demons and cannon fodder on the battlefield.

　These low-level demons also use very ordinary attack methods.

　Their most common attack tactic is to first intimidate their target with a deafening scream, then swoop down from the air and launch a fatal blow with their sharp beak and claws.

　For any mid-level spellcaster, Flomo is not a troublesome problem, but rather a windfall.

　The body of a demon is an extremely precious magical material, its value measured in gold coins.

　Many spellcasters go to great lengths to summon demons to the material plane, just to collect the local specialties of these bottomless abysses.

　I'm really craving it!

　Of course, there were also quite a few spellcasters who went too far, bringing a little bit of demonic shock to their regions.

　After all, any demon born from the bottomless abyss possesses an innate spell-like ability—[summoning demons].

　With this kind of magical ability, a demon army can be summoned in a short time with just the arrival of a single demon.

　If this is left unchecked and allowed to develop unchecked, then a legion-sized demon army will not be a distant fantasy.

　Getting back to the point, a single Fromon is indeed not a difficult enemy to deal with.

　However, if it were a swarm of Flood demons like the one currently launching a fierce dive towards Moros, their sheer number would force even high-level spellcasters to take it very seriously.

　These individuals, whose individual strength is mediocre, become as terrifying as a disaster when they gather together and act in groups.

　Even a well-trained army would be devoured if it encountered them unprepared.

　Unfortunately, the group of Flomos were facing a demigod-level necromancer.

　Faced with the impending attack, Moros showed neither surprise nor anger at being provoked.