By the Great Abyss Rift, Egg Fortress.
Ever since returning from the borders of the Broken Domain, Altinashi had fallen into an inexplicable state of irritation.
As a result, the creatures imprisoned in the laboratories and operating rooms suffered horrors unlike anything before.
But in the Abyss, no one cared how they felt. To other planes, they were merely another name on a missing persons list, vanished from the face of the earth. Grief had its limits, and being good at forgetting was the nature of intelligent life.
To Altinashi and the demons tormenting them, they had always been expendable materials. Only those who successfully endured the experiments and bodily modifications qualified as worthy slaves or trade goods.
Of course, some creatures of order and goodness might be more valuable before being tainted and altered. Graz'zt, for instance, had quite a taste for that sort of thing—ah, no, this big shot was basically willing to try any flavor. A real man who dared court the Spider Queen Lolth in her true form—now there was someone worth knowing about.
The tragic part was that the Spider Queen had rejected his bold advance, and he had become a favorite subject of mockery among Demon Lords for quite some time. Yet his worshippers were likewise as numerous as crucian carp crossing a river.
Before coming to the Abyss, after hearing some of this big shot's exploits, Li Wei had remarked that if this guy had been born on neighboring Blue Star, he would definitely have claimed a place in the world of internet celebrities. Though more likely, he would have been arrested and thrown in jail by the police for his excessively skilled driving.
Desire, that kind of lust, was magnified without limit or boundary in the Abyss. There were many kinds of