 Add: What we saw was a massive pit. It was overflowing with demonic energy. Aisha: It was sure intimidating. Ugh...! It felt like I was getting sucked in, just from looking at it. Chung: It looked very close, despite the distance. I kept checking where I was standing, to make sure I wasn't standing at the edge of the cliff. Elsword: Lu thought we should warn you when she saw it, so we came back. Victoria: So you found it, too. We knew there was a small Abyss around here for a while now.- Victoria: It was too big to take care of it, but we thought it might disappear on its own since it hasn't increased in size...
 Vasili: Is that... why you've come back? Just to warn us? Elesis: Yeah. It sounded really dangerous. All the beasts and spirits probably ran away because of the Abyss, too.- Elsword: We don't know how dangerous this Abyss is, but you should be careful, since your village might be affected.
- Vasili: Aah, I... see... Thank you...
 Lu: Hmph, what are you doing, standing as if you belong here. Stirbargen: Don't mind me. I'm just listening.- Aisha: Oh, uh... So, about that Abyss... We don't really know anything about it other than the fact that it's dangerous. Could you tell us more about it?
- Victoria: As you've seen, Abyss is a pit where demonic energy flows out. It appears all across the Demon Realm, but you can find more around here.
- Victoria: It's not that common, so I'm not surprised it's the first time you've seen it.
- Lu: Yes. It used to appear in my land as well. But Abyss itself it quite a rare phenomenon.
- Lu: Even rarer still, in Varnimyr and Aegirp's land. So it must have slipped my mind.
 Rena: Something like that just appears without warning? I wouldn't be able to sleep from worrying about it. Diana: It's fine! We have some resistance to the demonic energy of Abyss. Not a lot, but enough to buy us time.- Vasili: We would have tried to get rid of it, if the Abyss was in its early stages... But that's no longer an option.
- Victoria: Abyss starts off small, but continues to grow. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule.
- Victoria: It might remain the same for hundreds of years, or disappear before the day is even over.
 Laby: Maybe, maybe not. So it does whatever it wants!- Diana: Yes. But there's one common trait. No matter the size, the demonic energy from Abyss is very dense.
- Victoria: The kind that will make you lose consciousness from merely approaching it. That's why even the greatest demons avoid Abyss.
- Vasili: There are monsters and curses in Abyss. It's best you never approach it.
- Stirbargen: Heading inside Abyss on your own basically means you forfeit your own life!
 Ain: The reason why we haven't encountered any beasts in Red Demon Territory, and what Ms. Elf and I felt... They were all effects of that Abyss.- Chung: There's so much information, it's difficult to take it all in. So, what you're saying is that we shouldn't go near that Abyss?
- Laby: But the Abyss is right in the way of where we have to go! Should we go around it?
- Stirbargen: Hmph, wishful thinking.
- Stirbargen: But you guys have potential! Why don't you challenge the Abyss? It'll be fun!
- Lu: Hey now! Who are you trying to drag into danger!
- Vasili: ...... Excuse me.
- Vasili: I do know a way out of Red Demon Territory by going around the Abyss. If you'd like...
- Elsword: What? Of course! You'll be doing us a favor.
- Stirbargen: Ah ah.
- Vasili: Or... not...?
- Lu: Don't pressure the child.
 Raven: There's no reason for us to go all at once. We'll go check out the premises while you rest here.
 Rose: This book... Let's see... This is the only part that's legible. 'A Story I Heard When I Was Young'.- Rose: 'In the beginning, they say, only a small darkness existed in a desolate wasteland.'
- Rose: 'A lonely point, an opening in the earth, a handprint left by god.'
- Rose: 'It swallowed the lands and grew.'
- Rose: 'And we crawled out of it, or so they say.'
- Rose: 'The visage of sin, that which escapes the long darkness and crawls out towards the light.'
- Rose: 'Cursed being, return back to the beginning.'
- Laby: So spooooky. What do they mean, cursed being?
- Rena: All the stories in the Demon Realm seem to have an ominous feel to it. Like that song Lu sang to us in Varnimyr.
- Victoria: That's legend for you. I did hear a theory that all demons originate from Abyss.
- Victoria: That only monsters exist in Abyss, but when they left, they obtained identity, will, and knowledge.
- Aisha: Genesis? It doesn't seem so scary anymore from that angle.
- Rena: Is that so...? It seems too grim, don't you think? And the speaker seems to have changed.
- Chung: .......
- Elsword: Chung. Are you alright?
- Chung: Yes. Did I miss something?
- Aisha: Not really. Just worried you're feeling uneasy because of the compass.
- Chung: Ah, it's fine. I was just thinking about what the Red Demon King said.
- Chung: When we went near the Abyss, the compass suddenly moved, as if it were snatched by something invisible.
- Chung: After that, it hasn't stopped pointing towards the Abyss.
- Aisha: I'm glad you're not feeling uneasy, but yeah... It's strange, isn't it?
- Chung: I imbued the power of my guardian stone into the compass. That means the compass is pointing towards something that has similar properties to that of the El.
- Aisha: Like the Dark El?
- Chung: I'm not sure... But it's possible. Our purpose it to check if the Dark El is fit to completely restore Large El and to retrieve it, if it's a match.
- Elsword: But we can't go there. It sounds too dangerous.
- Chung: Yes. That's why everyone's searching for a way to go around the Abyss. I understand.
- Chung: But... I still want to confirm with my own eyes. I don't know what it is, but if we don't check, the compass will continue to point to the Abyss.
- Aisha: Chung....
- Chung: If I said I wished to go on my own...
- Elsword: .......
- Elsword: Don't be stupid. If you try that, I'm going to stop you.
- Aisha: Elsword! Don't be so harsh...
- Elsword: I don't think it's the Dark El. And...
- Elsword: If you have to go, we're all going together.
- Chung: .......
 Ara: Hey, everyone?- Ara: We have much to tell you. Will you all come this way?
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Unexpected Reunion
Serpentium
