Darkness. Profound darkness.
This was the deepest part of the Abyss. Black liquid matter drifted slowly upward, while various abyssal creatures swam through it. A colossal hall towered there, its enormous ancient doors tightly shut.
If one entered the abyssal hall, they would find it grand yet somewhat empty. There were no acquired decorations inside. Covering the domed ceiling were eyeballs of varying sizes, each making a faint gurgling sound with a viscous quality.
The only thing standing in the hall was the high seat that had existed since time immemorial. Upon it sat a towering figure clad in dark golden armor. The armor was imposing, though slightly bulky. This figure was none other than the Lord of the Abyss.
Crack~
A faint brittle sound rang out. Cracks appeared across the Lord of the Abyss's dark golden armguard, growing denser by the moment. Finally, the armor encasing its entire arm shattered and fell beneath the high seat.
Beneath the shattered dark golden armor was not skin, but a close-fitting suit of armor that looked as though black metal had been melted into liquid and cast directly onto its body. Wisps of dark power spread from it, forming a rough V-shape as one blood-red eye after another opened.
Boom!
The dark golden armor covering the Lord of the Abyss's entire body shattered. Its aura actually rose another level from its current foundation. The blood-red eyes narrowed slightly, while overlapping whispers rang out in the darkness behind it:
"Helos—Abyssal language, transliterated. Elemental Scholar."
That was right. It was Elemental Scholar Helos, whose whereabouts were unknown. He had broken one of the Lord of the Abyss's secret treasures. This ambitious Lord of the Abyss had not revealed its full strength before. Its dark golden armor, whose cost was astonishingly high, had blocked a