Although we could see the lights in the distance, it still took another hour before we had finally drawn close enough that I could see the Abyss itself. Lying on the northern edge of Dioshin and Jespain, and cutting off Shei Gescar from the southern part of the world, the Abyss appeared to be exactly as Lord Duran described it. It was a massive crack in the earth. It was about a mile wide, and it was filled with blackness.
You couldn’t truly see down into the canyon, as the blackness absorbed all light, giving it the feeling of a crack leading down for eternity with no end. I tried to send out my mana sense to see if the black stuff was miasma, but as soon as the mana touched the crack, it disappeared. I felt a sucking sensation which reminded of the Absorb skill. I imdiately cut off my mana sense. This thing had devoured it.
“According to Lord Duran, nothing that falls into the Abyss cos back out,” I repeated. “Light, mana, people… no wonder it’s called the Abyss.”
After seeing it and looking down into that chasm, I instantly understood why they had chosen that na. It was extrely apt. It was nothing but an abyss. He had also said that nothing could pass over it. The forest had suddenly died away, and even grass didn’t grow around the edges of the Abyss. The airship stopped sowhere around the edge of the forest, then turned horizontal to the Abyss, and started moving again. The airship would sail alongside the Abyss, but the closer it got to it, the more likely it would be sucked in.
“This is the path that they want to allow us to travel across Dioshin?” Pait asked, a slightly annoyed expression on his face.
The Esre had co out onto the deck after feeling the ship changing course to investigate the situation, and Pait was the first to comnt.
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“It makes sense.” The smooth-talking dignitary responded. “Where else would every tribe allow people to pass than a no man’s land like this? They fulfill their promise, while not giving us anything.”
“The trade path is being given to and Chalm.” I corrected him, dropping down the barrier that had been protecting my girls. “I don’t recall the esre being involved.”
By that point, they had all dressed again and we were all excitedly looking at the lights. These lights supposedly ca every six months, and they were shown over the abyss like so colorful light show. Yet, I couldn’t even get a read on what they were. Was it Gaia? Mana? Miasma? Any attempt to probe it with mana imdiately fell into the Abyss. If everything fell into the Abyss, why was this light being released from it? There were more questions than answers.
“Hmph.” The dignitary only responded with a grunt, but Pait shot an appreciative look.
Even though my words weren’t in esre interest, it seed like our mutual dislike of the smooth-talking esre outweighed any issues we had.
“Master… there is sothing strange about this Abyss.” Miki declared.
“Yeah, that’s pretty obvious,” I responded, staring into the dark pit one more ti with a shudder.
“No.” She shook her head. “You misunderstand. I an, that rainbow being released, I feel like…”
“It’s familiar, but not.” Shao finished.
The door thudded open, and the massive golem Terra ca out from her hiding. She stared out at the lights as well.
“Terra?”
“It’s… like Gaia.” She responded.
Miki nodded. “I was going to say so too. It feels like spirit fire.”
“And my miasma.” Shao nodded.
“Fairy dust,” Celeste added.
“What are you guys saying?”
“Master… we’re saying that whatever that is… is another mana source.” Miki declared.
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