Episode 18
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Artariaxa observed Freddy's happiness.
Even he understood why Freddy was like this.
This was because the necklace he forcibly handed him, although he coveted it, contained information about a strange being that did not belong to the nine monarchs.
It was said that there was an "Outside" of the abyss. No one knew if that was true, and only the monarchs might know something about it, but it remained a mystery.
The divinity was real.
When he found the necklace in the temple of eternity, he looked at the information and was surprised at what it said.
It was related to someone, or a being, nicknamed the god of death. Artariaxa, at that moment, did not understand what it referred to.
However, the human in front of him seemed to know something about that necklace, because he even clarified it: he had a vague idea what it was about. He had never heard anything about gods in the abyss before, since the only gods Artariaxa admired were the nine monarchs.
They were the ones who gave life to the nine races and built the abyss as it is today.
Hundreds and thousands of dimensions are connected to the abyss.
Among those dimensions is Earth, a place where the human race is the weakest of all.
Humans are weak.
The Earth dimension is considered the weakest of all.
He knew this because humans have a limit, which is level 99. If it were not for that limit, they would not be weak in any sense.
Even though they have limits, humans grow at a ridiculously fast rate compared to the nine races of the abyss.
If they didn't have that limit, they would be the tenth monarch of the abyss.
Freddy, looking at the information, was so surprised.
This was expected. However, the only thing that interested him was the concept.
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-Death necklace.
-Type: Equipment.
-Rank: Eternal.
-Concept: Created by the rulers of the outside, a necklace with the power of death made exclusively for the god of death. It is said to have transcendent characteristics; however, they are restricted because only the god of death can wear it.
-(1) Protection from death: you can evaluate the life of living beings.
-(2) Divinity of death: death follows you as long as you wear the necklace of death.
-(3) Recovery of the magic power of a single use: once it is completely exhausted.
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Although it was little, it was all he needed.
He was not surprised because it was expected.
He certainly needed to go to the temple of eternity, or rather, to the temple of death.
The temple of eternity has an owner. The name of the temple changed because its owner decided so.
However, its previous owner must have been someone important, someone who worshipped the god of death and not the nine monarchs.
If you do not admire the nine monarchs, it is said the nine races will kill you at the least expected moment.
Just a tale, but it seemed to be real at worst.
Freddy then put on the necklace and felt his magical power flow more naturally.
It was no ordinary magical power, it was dark, almost as if it were tainted. However, this was because the title of successor to the god of death bestowed interesting characteristics.
Because of this, his magical power changed, adopting a direct connection with death.
But this was not the only thing.
Internally, Freddy felt another kind of magical power.
"A magical power related to my class."
It was not normal, because it was even stronger than death itself.
Whoever was the Lord of calamity had to be an even more terrifying being than the god of death.
Of course, there was the god of sacrifice, although there was no information about him. He only had the message that appeared when he died before returning.
"This is it."
Artariaxa spoke while briefly observing Freddy.
"Yes, that's enough."
Freddy couldn't have been more satisfied. He had found an amazing necklace and the robe that would be of great help.
In the past, he had worn it a couple of times, and it had saved him on several occasions.
Like that time when a creator descended into his creative abyss and eliminated all the beings in it. However, Freddy managed to escape thanks to the moon robe.
Soon after, Freddy said goodbye to Artariaxa.
"That guy... who is he?"
Although Artariaxa looked at Freddy and what he was capable of doing, she couldn't help but feel a shiver.
Who would have thought he would have such strange abilities, never before seen in the abyss. Not even the nine monarchs possessed that kind of power.
This meant that the abyss would change very soon.
Artariaxa trembled for several seconds.
Because that subject would drastically change the abyss.
"I just hope my life doesn't end soon."
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The detection skill was incredible.
Thanks to it, locating a creative abyss that had not yet opened was possible, even finding its exact location.
The ability was simple to understand: it sensed the magical power of an entrance that would appear very soon.
Of course, it only worked if you were within a hundred kilometers of said future entrance.
I didn't know exactly what abyss was about to open, but there was something strange about it.
He was on Everest, ascending as the cold and fog was rapidly accumulating.
Agents from the Abyss Management Department would be arriving at any moment.
This was because they possessed a strange machine capable of detecting a newly opened creative abyss.
Therefore, the man with the detection ability climbed straight to the top of Everest as fast as he could.
He was tall, with a toned body, moderate musculature and a natural physique. His hair was as black as a wolf's mouth and his eyes as red as blood.
Normally, he was wandering everywhere.
This person's name was Hashin. However, in the future he would be the fourth strongest in the world, behind the sword lady.
No one knew his identity because he was always wandering in the creative abysses while hiding his identity.
Because of this, and thanks to his detection ability, Hashin would manage to enter the creative abysses first before the Abyss Management Department sent agents.
If they arrived, Hashin would not be able to enter and would have to leave.
Because he had no license, and no one knew him.
In the future he would be recognized because, on one occasion, he revealed himself and killed the previous fourth-ranked man.
As he wandered Everest, Hashin felt the magical power of the creative abyss become more intense.
This was because it was closer.
Earlier he had detected it while shopping in a store not far from Everest.
It was said that there were high-level magical beasts on Everest, but for some reason there were none in the vicinity.
Everything was completely empty, and the only sound was the heavy blizzards as the fog was rapidly gathering.
"Everything is too quiet, there shouldn't even be a lack of magical beasts."
Hashin thought for a moment as he frowned.
The silence was overwhelming, as if the magical beasts had moved away from that place.
"Maybe it's because of the magic power of the creative abyss."
The magical beasts could detect magical power.
If it was absurd magic power in quantity, then they would flee from that place. If it came from a higher ranked abyss, they would also flee.
However, there was another possibility.
If they detected a being with terrifying magic power, they would try to get away as fast as possible.
These magical beasts were so intelligent that they almost seemed like they could talk.
"It must be because of the abyss that is about to open."
He didn't even know what kind of abyss it would be that would open in a few hours.
Once you feel the magical power of a creative abyss about to open, you can tell exactly how much time is left.
Depending on the intensity of the magical power: if it was stronger, the entrance would be closer to opening, and if it was weaker, it would take at least a whole day to appear.
Hashin climbed as fast as he could to the top of Everest, where the entrance to the creative abyss was about to open.
Suddenly, he frowned and stood still.
This was because he saw a person with a black robe and purple hair standing with his back turned, just in the direction where the magic power of the creative abyss was manifesting.
"It's impossible for anyone else to know that a creative abyss is about to open."
It was impossible because Hashin was the only person with "Detection", the ability that allowed him to know when a creative abyss was about to open, before the rest of the world.
Therefore, he was surprised to see someone else waiting for the creative abyss.
Hashin cautiously approached the man standing there.
The man's shoulders and hair were covered in snow.
"How long has he been here?"
As Hashin approached, he spoke directly to him.
"Hey, what are you doing here?"
The man, hearing this, slowly turned to look at him and blinked for a few seconds before answering.
"Do you have anything hot?"
"....."
The question confused Hashin, who frowned even more.
"Who are you and why are you here?"
"First tell me, do you have anything warm? The cold is stronger than I thought."
Hashin said nothing more, only sighed. He took out a canteen that could store hot water and handed it to the man.
The purple-haired man drank the water and then handed it back to Hashin.
"So..."
Hashin asked.
"Ah, right. Like you, I came for the creative abyss that will open at 2 in the morning."
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[Author's note.]
With this we finished the introduction of the most important thing for you to understand how this story works, introduction of characters, explanations about ranks, how strong level 99 is, item ranks, rank of the creative abyss etc.
Of course if you noticed that everything was pure narrative, I had already said that, that the first 19 chapters would be quite narrative, although there will also be several narrative chapters later, well anyway, it could be boring but it was the introduction of everything so please I hope you had patience and got to the end of the introduction.
Next chapter starts the first narrative arc.