Chapter 362: Family Ranking
The Abyss-Ashe had heard countless stories about this place.
Most of them were complaints from the sword Princess during their idle chats, with only a few tales gathered from Shattered Lake.
Almost every place where sorcerers congregated had an Abyss nearby, sometimes even beneath a city. These Abysses could never be completely eradicated, and the monsters within were endless. A single misstep could lead to an Abyss monster attacking a town.
In the past, when populations and civilizations were still developing, the Abyss was a significant threat to kingdoms and a priority for national defense.
However, as the number of sorcerers surged and sorcerer civilization entered a rapid development era, even though the Abyss strengthened with the increase in sorcerers, the monsters couldn’t match the explosive advancement of sorcerer technology. As a result, the threat of the Abyss diminished year by year.
Eventually, the Abyss’s status dropped from a ‘major threat’ to a ‘daily task’ level, no longer even considered a national defense issue.
The Blood Moon Kingdom chose to hand over the Abyss to adventurers, using it as a means to deal with unruly adventurers who didn’t fit into civilized society, effectively turning the Abyss into a garbage disposal. In contrast, the Gospel Kingdom assigned Bluebeard to suppress each Abyss. However, Bluebeard wasn’t part of the national defense forces but rather a corporate private army. Simply put, the Gospel Kingdom leased the Abyss to corporations, allowing them to manage the Abyss and profit from it.
In the past, the Abyss was a looming threat to humanity; now, it was more like a minor inconvenience.
Of course, this only referred to the first layer of the Abyss. The deeper levels remained a perilous zone where even legendary sorcerers from the Sanctuary could fall.