The Paladin in the Abyss-Chapter 380 - 394: Found It

Chapter 380: Chapter 394: Found It

After the initial battle, Lancelot had maintained a stealthy state, bypassing the Aberrant Demons wandering in the dungeon maze. Defeating these pitiful demons was not a difficult task, but it was a waste of time, and he did not want to startle the snake by hitting the grass.

Aside from the wandering Aberrant Demons, some more powerful beings were imprisoned in the cells. Some were demons, while others were outright monsters. Lancelot saw a large demon with an all-black body and forward-bent spikes on its head like a scorpion’s tail, as well as a humanoid monster with four arms and a purple-red body.

They were locked in cages made of Abyssal Metal, bound with countless chains engraved with Magic Runes, making even moving a finger difficult. Although Lancelot had hidden his figure as much as possible while passing by them, one of the prisoners still noticed his presence.

“Release me, human,” a voice sounded directly at the bottom of Lancelot’s heart, “I will give you everything you desire!”

The voice was still using the common language of humans. Lancelot turned his head and saw the source of the telepathy—a giant demon with dark red skin. Its antlers were very distinctive, stretching outward horizontally on both sides as if wearing an extravagantly styled hat. Its upper body resembled that of a muscular giant, while its lower half consisted of thick bull hooves, currently bound by a spiked iron chain like a beast awaiting slaughter.

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The demon’s eyes, which seemed to be burning, were staring directly at Lancelot’s location, completely ignoring the Human Knight’s attempts to conceal himself. Intuition told him that this demon likely possessed the ability of True Sight, a power typical of High Rank Fiends, which was why it could easily detect his presence.

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Lancelot also noticed that the demon had six fingers on each hand, but they were all nailed to a splint with metal spikes, a device used by the captors to strip the prisoner of their abilities.

The six fingers were a characteristic of Lord Wu’an Grazzt, but not all demons with six fingers were related to Grazzt. Lord Wu’an was said to be a handsome demon with dark skin and a resemblance to humans, whose favorite companions were Succubi, bird demons, and beautiful, ambitious humans.

This meant the over-eighteen-feet-tall monster before him was unlikely to be Lord Wu’an’s offspring. But perhaps there was some connection? After all, this was the Mother of Demons’ castle, and neither Grazzt nor Cang Ye had ever denied the rumors of their filial connection. Perhaps this prisoner was actually Lord Wu’an’s brother?

“Do you want to deal with that bitch Cang Ye? I know all her secrets, the way into her treasury, and the power she fears most!” the demon continued to speak to Lancelot via telepathy, “Just release me, and I will tell you everything!”

Lancelot turned his head and resolutely severed the telepathic connection. Those things were not particularly attractive to him, and he did not currently need anything from this demon. Most importantly, the demon’s aura was much stronger than his own, and Tanari were known for their poor reputation in keeping promises, especially when they possessed the capacity to breach the agreement without facing any consequences.

After Lancelot left, the demons continued to send telepathic messages, striking at his psychic barrier until he was more than a hundred feet away before they subsided. If his mission indeed involved killing Cang Ye, then releasing an enemy imprisoned by the Mother of Demons might actually offer significant help, but that was not on his list of tasks.

The original goal of this operation—to steal the demons’ battle plans—had completely failed. All Lancelot could do now was try to minimize the losses and reduce the cost of failure as much as possible.

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The surrounding environment gradually shifted from a filthy cave to a stone corridor. Every few dozen feet, a burning torch hung on the wall, providing good lighting for the corridor, which made Lancelot’s stealth more challenging. Fortunately, with many corners and corridors, combined with his powerful Spirit Perception that could sense the enemy’s position ahead of time, Lancelot was getting closer to his objective.

Finally, he arrived outside a round building. The building was very large, with a radius of at least two hundred feet, and featuring an entrance at both the front and back, each guarded by three Succubi and six Berserk Demons.

In Lancelot’s senses, the Succubus Paladin was definitely inside this building. After assessing the strength of both sides, he had to abandon the idea of forcibly breaking in. Even if the two sets of demons didn’t support each other, he couldn’t defeat any of the guards on his own.

Besides, both entrances were sealed by heavy metal dungeon gates, and Lancelot did not see any mechanism that looked like it could open the doors. Suppressing his slightly anxious mood, the Human Knight hid himself in an inconspicuous corner and focused his True Yuan in his ears, trying to pick up some useful information from the guards’ casual conversation.

“Have you heard? There’s supposed to be a Succubus Paladin inside now, I don’t know where Ulgog got such a top-grade creature,” one Succubus said to her companion. “I’ve ridden a thousand succubi, but never a paladin.”

“I have,” another Succubus replied with a wicked smile. “Thirty years ago, a foolish wizard apprentice stole his master’s notes, firmly believing that a spell recorded there would make him the greatest wizard. That fool was immediately killed by me, and I had a great time in the Prime Material Plane afterward. The best part was successfully capturing an elf who had just become a paladin a few days earlier.”

“Wow, you must have had a lot of fun with that, huh?”

“Yeah, although I later realized he was actually a male elf, but what does it matter? All elves are beautiful.” The first Succubus laughed, “A paladin’s faith is very strong, so it’s especially wonderful to destroy it. Although his righteous companions eventually took back their bodies, his soul had changed forever. Maybe in a few decades, he will summon me himself, hahahaha…”

“Sigh, I don’t know what Ulgog did to gain so much trust from the Mother of Demons,” the third Succubus spoke up, her tone clearly disgruntled. “Has this damned door ever opened even once? He built such a large interrogation room, enjoys all the pleasures inside alone, and orders us to guard outside. Don’t even think about getting a chance to touch that Succubus Paladin, I bet she either becomes Ulgog’s forbidden fruit, looking down on us whenever she sees us; or she ends up like the other captives, cut into hundreds of pieces, flushed out through that filthy sewer…”