Chapter 17  : Truth and Reunion

The Whisper of the Demons is the name of the first prelude to ?Eich’s Seven Hells?.

This future to come signals the start of the Eternal War. With the assistance of the demons, the Ancient Elemental Gods, subordinates of the Goddess of Chaos, who have fought in the ancient wars gradually break away from their seals and bring the continent endless catastrophes.

Following the awakening of the Elemental Gods, the Fire Elemental Warlords, the Wind Elemental Governors, the Water Elemental Monarch and similar elemental beasts gradually become the first boss-class opponents of the gamers.

Not long later, sensing the arrival of a new order, the ambitious and idealists start to make their move. Among them, the most dangerous of all are those who hope to create an independent country, the cultists who welcome the descend of the Malevolent Gods, the Underground Lords who hopes to return back to the surface gloriously and the undead kingdoms who crave for slaughter and destruction.

Of course, the word prelude is a hint that these troublesome things mostly have the shadows of demons behind it. As the Elemental Gods descend one by one, even if it isn’t their real body but their manifestations, the elemental tide will gradually befall and the might of elemental magic becomes even more powerful and the advancement to become an expert becomes easier.

TL: Although I use the word manifestation, it is actually a split body of them.

The continent of Eich will finally reach a magic era where Liches are everywhere and legends are like dogs. Under the elemental tide, the Eich continent and other dimensions become more connected, causing travel between dimensions to be easier, resulting in frequent arrivals of foreign guests.

As the young generations on the surface are heading towards prosperity and the countries are positive about their future and even harboring ambitious thoughts of expanding their land, they didn’t expect that it was a ploy of the demons and the Malevolent Gods of Chaos. As the magic tide arrives and opened the doors between dimension, especially the one to the Abyss, swarms of demons would swarm to the mortal world. But before that, the world would have to survive through the waves of Undead Calamity.

The Alliance among the Underground Lords to invade the surface should be a content of the next installment “The Vulture of War”, which is supposed to be around 10 years from now. It is still a bit too early for it but if we were to think about it, it is to be expected.

After all, the Underground World is still extremely chaotic now and even if the Underground Autarchs were to reorganize the proud and aloof Underground Lords, it would take massive amount of time. Now should be the period in which they reorganize their troops and destroy the nonconformists.

The Sulfur Mountain City which we reside in is an obvious obstacle in their path. Or rather, we shouldn’t use such a description to describe to a human on these Underground Autarchs.

TL: The phrase the author used means that we were blocking a human’s path literally (though it shouldn’t be taken literally)

“It is said that the blood-related daughter of the Spider Queen, the High Priestess Kajah.Lorci, has “Lord Yongye huh?” I seemed to have mumbled, but it is also a question just to see whether anyone would answer.

“It isn’t Lord Yongye. Based on the analysis of the Dragon Empress, the SemiGod Undead Emperor isn’t someone Adam could have dealt with then, needless to mention sealing him. It was more probable that he just got sick of fighting and left the continent.”

The new test subject seems to have acknowledged her situation and took the initiative to hand over valuable news that I wasn’t aware of.

“Furthermore, if Lord Yongye was really sealed here, then it isn’t a target that we could take control of. In the eyes of all living beings, he is a dangerous fellow that shouldn’t be released. Looking for Lord Yongye is just a false rumor that we created. Our true motive is the Ancient Fire Elemental God Arolaweiss.

My lie-detector ring also authenticated that it was the truth. Thinking of the unique traits of the fire element, realization struck me.

This is Sulfur Mountain City, just behind us lies the endless sulfur mountains and a thing like sulfur is easily found in the surroundings of a volcano. For such a large sulfur mountain to exist, it is obvious that it isn’t a product a nature.

“In that game, all of the Ancient Elemental Gods that descended were defeated and exiled in the long battles to come, but the only exception is the Fire Elemental God. Now that I think of it, it isn’t that he didn’t descend, but that the Fire Elemental was in the underground world from the start. After all, what kind of place would be more suited for a fire elemental to live in other than the sulfur mountains.”

“Underground? Within the sulfur mountains?”

“Yes. The Councilors in the Alliance Faction have already sold a portion of the rights to mine in the sulfur mines to us and our Gray Dwarves have found some remains that is very possibly the altar heading to where the Elemental God resides. Now, the few obstacles that remains is the leakage of news. We have to attain the rights to mine in the entire sulfur mountain. Those who are against the sale are also on the assassination list this time. The second is its guardian… The Dragon Empress guessed that Adam built this Sulfur Mountain City to keep watch on Arolaweiss and if we were to touch the seal, the guardian would definitely be alerted. But, against the SemiGod Adam, we might not win even if the Dragon Empress were to go against him personally.

I slapped my forehead. I feel the urge to cry but no tears flowed out.

“Adam, you really are my nemesis, you tripped me 130 years ago and now you are tripping me again. If you didn’t go around bragging, why would other people treat you as the guardian of the Elemental God, they also wouldn’t view this city as the thorn of their eyes. Now you even dragged me into this problem. Can’t you keep your mouth shut properly and stop causing me so much trouble every day.”

“If this is really the land where the Elemental God was sealed, the demons could even interfere here personally. Then, I really have to start preparing.”

Closing my eyes and thinking deeply, many thoughts floated around my mind and just as I vaguely felt like I was onto something, the door was suddenly bashed open. A reminiscent figure and voice made me instinctively lower my upper body and huddle together but I was still a step late.

“Hi, Uncle Bones! Long time no see, Annie has come today to play with you.”

Before flying out of the window, my final thoughts were the flash of pink then the continuously rotating world in my sight and the irrepressible wandering of my mind…

“She sure has grown, I could only fly 30 meters high then… Now, I can see the 300-meter-high rock ceiling and luminescent algae. Hey, mother vulture, you are here to hunt for food I see. Today’s weather isn’t bad huh.”

Although I was flying so high up just as in the past, unexpectedly, I wasn’t angry at all. The reason? While flying up in the sky, my brain kept rewinding the scene I just saw, the reason why my mind keeps popping up weird thoughts…

“Cough, its pink color. I have to remind her that ladies shouldn’t go around spreading their legs to kick other people, otherwise it is very easy for them to flash. Girls sure are mystical creatures, they change totally when they mature. To think that in such a short period of time, she turned from a little brat to a tall and elegant beauty.”

Yes, despite it being just seven to eight years, but in that instant, I saw clearly that the brat that used to stir trouble has grown into a cute young lady.

A fleshy bum and beautiful curves, full of liveliness. The young and innocent face coupled with a good figure and good personality, she is my ideal type.

“Why don’t I consider marriage after I revive? However, after rejecting Adam so many times, if I were to change my word now, isn’t that a little shameful.”

Do I have such a thing as shame? Looks like I don’t. Very quickly, I decided to test if Ann still remembers the Uncle Bones who dotes on her and often play with her, and her promise of marriage that I exchanged with a lollipop.

But just as I enjoying my imagination, a bunch of uninvited my guests arrives…

“Go away, you smelly bird. I am not your prey, I am the fearsome Lich. I am very scary, beware of my bite…”

A bunch of carnivorous vulture surrounds me. Bones seem to their favorite good…

“Go away, smelly birds!! I really will bite you. The touch of a Lich is scary, a Lich who only have its head remaining is also very powerful… Looks like before considering going through with the marriage, I have to first get rid of this bad habit of hers, teach her what can be kicked and what can’t be kicked!!”

Terminology may not be clear before but the world of Eich consists of one main world, and also the biggest piece of land – the Eich continent, the Abyss (where demons and devils roam) and other dimensions which can be considered to be part of Eich as well. Travel through different dimensions are normally difficult in normal times.

The MC comes from a world that is not part of the world of Eich or any of their dimensions. (Thus outside of the system)

Goddess of Chaos refers particularly to Cynthia, while Gods of Chaos refers to the gods under Cynthia’s faction.