novelraw Chapter 264 -264-Spirit Stones — Every One of Them Was a Life
Chapter 264 -264-Spirit Stones — Every One of Them Was a Life
The projection of a massive treasury appeared before everyone.
At that moment, in the center of the projection, a gigantic mountain made of sand-like grains suddenly emerged.
Such an obvious landmark made Caelan’s pupils contract slightly.
Shaki, however, let out a mocking laugh and said in a cold voice,
"You don’t need to remember those features, because the mountain itself is made entirely of Emotion Stones. Once this Fallen Revelry is over, I’ll deliver all of them to His Excellency, the Lord of Abyss."
After saying that, she cast Caelan a provocative glance.
Caelan had yet to react, but Evelyn, standing to the side, suddenly cried out in shock.
"What did you say?! Those things that look like grains of sand—you’re telling me those are Emotion Stones??"
Shaki gave this unusually peculiar human girl a strange look.
"What is there to care about? Emotion Stones are generally this size. Is there a problem?"
Evelyn was completely overwhelmed by the mountain of Emotion Stones.
If the body of one Orefiend could only produce a single Emotion Stone, then how many Orefiends must have died here for those stones to pile up into a mountain like this?
Evelyn sucked in a sharp breath. She no longer dared to keep thinking about it.
Because that cold truth made her feel a chill rising from the very depths of her soul.
"So in the end, one Orefiend is reduced to nothing more than a tiny grain like that, right?"
Shaki had never expected that even at a time like this, Evelyn would still be focused on those lowly races. A faint trace of disdain appeared on her face.
"No, you’re thinking of Emotion Stones too simplistically. To be precise, only one qualified vessel can be produced out of every hundred Orefiends."
Hearing this, Evelyn’s face turned pale, and even her slender body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Seeing this, the smile on Shaki’s face became even more wicked and alluring.
"I thought you knew quite a lot, but now it seems you know absolutely nothing. In that case, I don’t mind giving you a little lesson on Orefiends."
"Most Orefiends are practically worthless apart from their ability to mine. They’re no different from useless trash."
"But after they die, they condense a core. Most of those cores are just as useless as they are—mere garbage. Less than one percent of them have any value at all, enough to carry mind power and become Emotion Stones."
At that moment, Evelyn felt a nauseating sensation unlike anything she had ever experienced spreading through her heart.
The Abyss was far darker than she had ever imagined.
No matter what, an Orefiend was still a life. That core was the very foundation on which its existence depended.
Yet in Shaki’s eyes, the lives of those Orefiends were not lives at all. Their purpose for existing was simply to serve the upper demons and mine obediently.
Less than a one percent chance—what did that mean?
It meant that in Shaki’s storage space alone, the number of dead Orefiends had already surpassed ten million!
How was a Shaki like this any different from a mass murderer?
Of course, in Shaki’s own eyes, she was not killing anyone. To her, it was like raising fish and then slaughtering them when it was time to eat. She did not think of that as murder!
Evelyn took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the sickening revulsion rising from within.
This journey into the Abyss had shaken her more deeply than anything before.
In the Abyss, the existence of the Orefiends was destined to be a tragedy! They did not even possess the right to resist their own fate.
Evelyn had every reason to believe that what she was seeing now was only the tip of the iceberg.
The darkness of the Abyss far exceeded anything they could comprehend!
Just then, one of the upper demons suddenly spoke, his tone carrying the dismissive attitude of someone tossing scraps to a beggar.
"Alright, alright, stop standing here blocking the way! It’s only because our Lady Shaki is kind-hearted that she’s willing to give you Fragments of History."
"Of course, if you refuse the conditions, then we’ll expel you from the Abyss!"
Caelan frowned slightly and was just about to fire back when Evelyn gently tugged at the corner of his clothes.
"Caelan, please stay calm. Don’t forget why we came to the Abyss in the first place!"
The anger in Caelan’s chest had yet to fade, and his icy gaze swept across everyone present.
But this time, he chose to withdraw from the Instance on his own initiative. Seeing this, Evelyn followed after him almost without hesitation.
But before leaving, Evelyn suddenly looked toward the place where the Mind Demon King Shaki stood, her eyes filled with coldness.
None of them had expected things to end like this.
But for Evelyn, there was nothing wrong with what she had done. The only problem was that she seemed to have dragged Caelan into it.
At that thought, Evelyn immediately stepped forward and tightly held Caelan’s callused hand.
"I’m sorry. I dragged you into this."
...
On the other side, another emergency meeting was held inside the Factory Instance.
Only this time, the atmosphere of the meeting was far from relaxed or pleasant, because the upper demons present had already begun discussing how to prevent Caelan and Evelyn from causing trouble at tomorrow’s Fallen Revelry.
Because after leaving the Factory Instance, the two of them had vanished without a trace, as though they had disappeared into thin air.
Thus, amid uneasy anxiety, a new day arrived.
The Fallen Revelry came as scheduled, and the newly built City of Revelry gave people a completely new sensation!
At this moment, even the Orefiends were able to catch their breath a little and enjoy a rare day of rest.
Only, they did not know that this would be the first—and the last—day of rest in their entire lives.
Inside the City of Revelry,
Awakeners from different races and even different worlds were frantically unleashing their emotions.
That wild, feverish atmosphere of celebration made them temporarily forget all their troubles.
Every face was lit with madness—absolute release, absolute desire, absolute emotion...
What no one noticed was that while they were freely venting their emotions, those same emotions were also being quietly collected through hidden channels.
For the Orefiends, this Fallen Revelry was something they cherished deeply.
On this day, the older Orefiends no longer had to work, yet they could still enjoy delicious food in unlimited quantities!
Some of them even had the chance to taste the red wine reserved exclusively for upper demons.
Such a beautiful day was something they had never even dared imagine!
"Next, we’re going to hold an interesting event. Everyone, come with me!"