"How do I place the rune System?" Standing in a dark alley near the tavern, Michael questioned the system.

[Place your right hand on the wall before you. A prompt will appear]

"Alright," said Michael, placing his right hand on the brick wall in front of him.N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.

[This is a suitable place for a teleportation rune. Does the host wish to mark this area and add the location to runic teleportation locations?]

"Yes"

The very next second he agreed to the system's prompt, a dim golden light appeared from his right hand. The dim light then transformed itself into an orb of light before it disappeared into the wall.

He opened the teleportation locations in the system to see the name Flamefair tavern among the list. Looking at the list, he only needed to focus his gaze on the name Abyssal as another prompt appeared.

[Does the host wish to teleport to the Abyssal?]

"Yes and equip my Lucifer armor"

An unearthly humming sound rang in his head while everything began to turn dark around him.

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"Fuck!" Michael stumbled on the wall as he felt like throwing up. The world was spinning around him as every muscle in his body ached.

Teleportation was not a new experience for him. Regardless, using this function was a whole new experience for him.

[The host is feeling the aftermath of the teleportation. Your body will soon adapt to the new experience and next time you teleport, you won't be feeling like this]

Michael's legs trembled as he leaned on the wall, waiting for his body to feel better. After taking a few deep breaths, he looked around and realized that he's standing in his room in Abyssal.

The fancy bed and sofa Gaya forced him to buy was a dead giveaway.

"Uwak!" Michael heard something hitting the ground as he turned to see Nightmare throwing up on the floor.

"Uwak!" his shiny crimson red scales lost their glow. Nightmare tried to speak but all that came out of his mouth was the meat he ate yesterday.

"Stay in this room. Don't come outside"

"I wish... uwak" Nightmare threw up again. Michael steadied himself before leaving the room. Navigating through the dark halls and corridors, Michael reached the throne hall.

"I should put lights on this place"

It was a place built by the order of the death for the dark lord but it didn't mean the place to be dark. He wanted to put some lights on so Abyssal could feel less gloomy and dreary.

Considering Gaya left the Abyssal to go to the sect, the throne hall was empty. Instead of calling Dular to ask where Aria is, Michael walked towards where the rooms were located.

First, he wanted to feel so helpless before giving her a ray of hope. Aria's legs failed her as she dropped to the ground after hearing his words. Anger and helplessness started to cannibalize her soul.

"Healing them is not impossible. However, it will take time" her heart skipped a beat as she looked up at him. Her mouth kept opening and closing without uttering a single word.

"Your absolute loyalty is my price for healing your brothers" Aria had nothing to give him except her body and she was ready to give herself to him if he could heal him and required her to do so.

Yet, he didn't ask her body but loyalty.

"If I have to be a slave to him to save my brothers, so be it," Aria said to herself before kneeling in front of him.

"I will die for you if it would bring my brothers back"

"Do you accept to be my subordinate?"

"Yes, master"

[Does the host wish to accept Aria as a subordinate?]

"Yes"

Subordinate: Aria

Cultivation Level: Body Refining stage level 2

Race: Human

Status: Healthy

Trait: Assassin

Loyalty towards the host: 28%

Her loyalty level did not surprise him, after all, he hadn't healed her brothers yet and she barely knew him.

[The system recommends the host to keep injecting them with the 90% pure healing potion to prevent any more pieces of their souls from departing]

The system's voice sounded in his mind as he retrieved a healing potion he specifically made for him and Gaya from the system storage. He then handed it over to Aria before gesturing at her to stand up.

"Inject this to their bodies. This will keep your brothers alive and give their bodies the strength to withstand the healing process as starting the process now would kill them" Aria clenched onto the healing potion like her life depending on it.

"Meet me at the throne hall in ten minutes. I want to know more about you and the slave mine where you found your brothers" said Michael before leaving the room.

He was very curious about what kind of experiments were going on in the slave mines and who was doing these experiments on the slaves. Infiltrating the mines would give him more information before deciding what to do with the mine. Besides, it would always be a great help for him to kill bad guys and earn experience points.

Whoever running the experiments on the slaves had no idea that they just drew the attention of someone they shouldn't have, Lucifer.