Salvos (A Monster Evolution LitRPG) Chapter 523: Never Changing

523. Never Changing

I swept my gaze over my surroundings. I saw the crimson skies glowing above. I spotted the undulating mountains in the distance. Tall white peaks rose over the horizon, and an ocean of black expanded all around . I lay there, floating as I craned my head back to face the sky. The dark sea held still. No gust of wind washed over .

This was the Netherworld. And I was finally back.

Huh.

I said nothing more. I stared up, looking where I had last seen my dad. The mont I fell out of his pocket space, he began to vanish. That ever-changing world of fractal walls faded away, leaving alone down here.

It had been so long since I was last in the Netherworld. This was my ho, but it felt so unfamiliar. And yet, it was nostalgic at the sa ti. I sat up, taking in a deep breath. I smiled as I saw the vast terrain.

I rembered the ti I had spent here to sluggishly crawl over those rocky flatlands, to scale up mountains, and to cross through valleys. The fond mories of staring at rocks were still fresh in my mind. I recalled chasing wild Demons. I thought about the ti I spent together with Haec. The ti I had spent in the Netherworld it was it was

Its so boring!

I groaned, falling back into the dark water. I paused and furrowed my brows.

Well, not the ti I spent with Haec. That was nice. But everything else

I had been so slow back then! It took forever just to swim ashore when I had just been born. And that was when I was still an Infant Demon ti back then seed so much longer than when ti passed now.

And it wasnt a result of magic or anything. I had just experienced so many more things now. So it felt like ti was moving faster. At least, that was Daniels explanation when I asked him why days felt like they were so much shorter now compared to when I first arrived in the Mortal Realm.

In any case, I wasnt in the Mortal Realm. I was back in the Netherworld. I was here to find my first companion.

Haec.

Last I heard, he was under the command of the Demon King. Which was weird, really. I had been fighting Regnorexs forces all this while, trying to keep them out of the Mortal Realm. But maybe if I had actually let them through, I would have just t Haec without returning to the Netherworld.

I shook my head, dismissing the thought.

That was never going to happen. I had other companions I cared about. Friends, too. There were things that mattered to , and I wasnt going to sacrifice the entirety of the Human lands just to see Haec again.

I knew I could see him again through my own ans. I wasnt going to let any of my companions be endangered by the Demon King. I especially wasnt going to let my children get hurt either.

And now, I was back in the Netherworld. I had foiled the Demon Kings plans also enraging him in the process. But that was fine. I just had to avoid him so I didnt die. That wouldnt be too difficult, right?

After all, the Netherworld was a vast place. It wasnt going to be easy for Regnorex to find . But that also ant it wasnt going to be easy for to find Haec.

I looked up again, letting out a soft sigh.

This isnt going to be easy

I trailed off. But I had known it wasnt going to be easy from the very beginning. And yet, I still embarked on my journey to return back to Haec. Because he was my first companion. I made him a promise I wasnt going to break it.

So I was going to find him. I had to find him. No matter what, I was going to have to track Haec down!

...in maybe five minutes.

I groaned as I closed my eyes. I was still hurt. I hadnt fully recovered from the battle I had against Levithus in the Mortal Realm. Sure, I now had [Passive - Weaker Regeneration], but it wasnt nearly as effective as a healing potion, let alone a Potion of Regeneration. I needed to [Rest] for a while. At least a full day. Probably more. Although

I opened my eyes, glancing up.

There is no day or night in the Netherworld.

I murmured to myself. So keeping track of ti wasnt going to be easy. I just had to go based on instinct alone. I felt like I had been floating here for at least an hour, and most of my injuries still remained. It was going to take a while until I recovered.

I guess Ill just wait

I suspected that, with the severity of my injuries, Id only be fully healed in maybe twenty more hours. That was assuming I was right in saying that I had been using [Rest] for an hour now. It would be stupid to roam the Netherworld while hurt. It was extrely dangerous here, especially since the Beast was awake. Sure, I was far enough away that I was probably safe. But there were many more things throughout the Netherworld that would want to kill .

Well probably everything wanted to kill . From wild Demons to the Demon King. So I just waited, looking through my Status in the anwhile.

Salvos (Secelys Sentinel) (The Devils Daughter)

Species: [Prival Demon of Pride]

Secondary Species: [Lesser God]

Subspecies: [Angelic Devil Princess] - Lvl. 158

Class: [Draconic Apprentice] - Lvl. 125

General Skills:

[Advanced Mana Manipulation] - Lvl. 10 (Maxed)

[Corruption Resistance] - Lvl. 1

[Identification] - Lvl. 6

[Racial Skill: True Divinity] - Lvl. 1 (Maxed)

[Racial Skill: Universal Language Comprehension] - Lvl. 2

[Rest] - Lvl. 5

[Wisdom of the Old Gods] - Lvl. 5

[Title Skill: General Status Effect Resistance] - Lvl. 1

[Ttle Skill: Invoke Wrath] - Lvl. 2

[Title Skill: Protection of the Sentinel] - Lvl. 1

[Title Skill: The Devils Grace] - Lvl. 1

[Racial Skill: Divine Essence of the Angelic Devil Princess] - Lvl. 1 (Maxed)

Stats:

[Available Stat Points: 0]

[Vitality]: 255 ( 30) ( 10)

[Strength]: 255 ( 30) ( 10)

[Endurance]: 255 ( 30) ( 10) ( 3)

[Wisdom]: 400 ( 30) ( 10) ( 50)

[Agility]: 440 ( 30) ( 10) ( 5)

Skills:

[Available Skill Points: 9]

[Angels Wings] - Lvl. 11

[Barrage of Cinders] - Lvl. 20 (Maxed)

[Divine Demons Mark] - Lvl. 20 (Maxed)

[Divine Haste] - Lvl. 20 (Maxed)

[Intimidation] - Lvl. 10 (Maxed)

[Faux Limbs] - Lvl. 25 (Maxed)

[Divine Nebular Construct] - Lvl. 25 (Maxed)

[Divine Radiant Slash] - Lvl. 15 (Maxed)

[Sacred Hellfire] - Lvl. 10

[Salvo of Vanity] - Lvl. 25 (Maxed)

[The Call of Armageddon] - Lvl. 10

[The Holy Flas] - Lvl. 15

[Passive - Angelic Premonition] - Lvl. 10

[Passive - Weapon Mastery] - Lvl. 20 (Maxed)

[Available Grand Skill Points: 0]

[My Fla Shall Burn Until Eternity Ends] - Lvl. 2

[Unused Skill Slot] x4

Secondary Skills:

[Available Secondary Skill Points: 1]

[Draconic Fury] - Lvl. 15

[Fragnted Pocket Dinsion] - Lvl. 10

[Full Phase] - Lvl. 9

[Greater Teleportation] - Lvl. 20 (Maxed)

[Manifestation of the Old Gods] - Lvl. 5

[Truth Divination] - Lvl. 5

[Warped Ti] - Lvl. 20 (Maxed)

[Passive - Dragon Scales] - Lvl. 10 (Maxed)

[Passive - Master of Material Manipulation] - Lvl. 5

[Passive - Weaker Regeneration] - Lvl.5

My Grand Skill had ended I still had Divine Essence, but I no longer had the additional Stats given to when it was active. Right now, it was a passive effect. Just like with my shapeshifting. I could conjure up the iridescent flas whenever I wanted. It just took more energy from .

I did have a second Grand Skill which I recently leveled. After killing Belzu, I was awarded a Grand Skill Point, which I used on [My Flas Shall Burn Until Eternity Ends]. I didnt really notice any drastic imdiate change when that happened.

Well, I did feel like I could use that second Grand Skill again a bit sooner than before. But I highly doubted that that was the only change. There had to be sothing else to it. I just didnt know what yet.

I would probably figure it out later when I actually could use [My Flas Shall Burn Until Eternity Ends] again. I wasnt going to cast it imdiately, but only in battle. It would be a waste to use a Grand Skill just to test it out. I assud that it probably just had a longer duration before my aura of invulnerability ended.

But maybe it could be sothing else.

All I knew was that using the cooldown for [My Flas Shall Burn Until Eternity Ends] as a gauge for how much ti passed seed to be pretty effective. I just had to wait. It was not like anything happened in the Netherworld anyway besides Demons killing each other. All the ti I spent here with Haec, the environnt never changed, unlike the Mortal Realm. So I was content with just lying here in the ocean.

Or at least, so I thought. was about a quarter way through the cooldown ti when I heard a crackle in the distance. Blinking, I sat up in the black water.

What was that?

I wondered aloud as I looked into the distance. But as I scanned the horizon, I saw nothing. No wild Demons, and no change in scenery. I narrowed my eyes.

I could have sworn I heard

Boom! I heard the thunderous clap again. This ti, it was much louder. I frowned and looked around . Again, I saw nothing. But then I suddenly began to feel really warm. An intense heat ca from beneath .

I looked down with a frown as the black ocean began bubbling. At first, I saw only little bits of bubbles rising up to the top of the dark liquid. But then the entire sea was covered in this effervescent foam. It started to burn , and I yelped.

Ouch why is this happening?

I flew up to the sky, summoning a pair of bat-like wings. My own wings. Not from my [Angelic Wings]. I flew up as I stared at the dark bubbling ocean. It began to rapidly evaporate, diminishing in size as I just gaped.

What is going on?

But no answer ca. Instead, the entire world was shrouded in darkness for a brief instant. I heard a crackle a mont later as my vision returned. I glanced up, squinting as I finally saw it. The crimson sky above brightened. Not with an overcast of white clouds, but with a white scar that seed to tear its way through the do overhead.

Lightning thundered down from the cracking crimson sky. But it flashed with a dark radiance. A blackness that seed similar to my own black fire. It struck the sea, and a dark steam trailed up to the sky.

I blinked a few tis. For the first ti that I had ever seen, the unchanging Netherworld shifted. Everything began to change around . I opened my mouth

And that was when the earth cracked open.

That, my dear daughter, is the beginning of Revelation.

Sal chuckled as he looked down at Salvos from above. He didnt leave. He hadnt returned to the fold between the planes. Instead, he hovered in the crimson sky. His pocket space was invisible to her eyes, but it hadnt moved from where she had last seen him.

He couldnt be seen, and neither could he be touched. As far as Salvos was concerned, his pocket space was completely incorporeal. He was both present in this plane, while also being sowhere else. Just a little twisting of dinsions.

Shell figure it out eventually if she survives.

The Devil shook his head, watching as the Netherworld quaked. The ground rumbled, and valleys were split open. Crevices and ravines tore their way through the entire plane as Sal leant forward.

Now, you shall experience the true terror of the Netherworld.

He couldnt wait to see what happened next.