The Rise of a Celestial [Arifureta Fanfic]

Chapter 22: Leaving the Abyss

Infinite stars and worlds floated and spun in a dark space, devoid of any light. There were no moons or luminous stars, commonly known as suns.

These worlds seemed that had perished, they contained no life, they were just wasteland planets. Wastelands of fragmented and destroyed worlds were all there were as if chaos itself had consumed them and given them the blessing.

Chilling, tenebrous growls that would make even the legs of self-proclaimed world gods shake until they peed their pants echoed through the chaotic void. With each growl, the uninhabited worlds trembled, the closest ones even fragmenting and exploding.

"Grrrrrrrrrrr..." "Grrrrrrrrrrr....".

The grunt-like breathing was as if an extremely terrifying entity was sleeping peacefully in the dark void, accompanied only by the countless stars surrounding it.

No matter where one looked, however, there was nothing, simply darkness more chilling than the mouth of the abyss.

Or so it seemed...

It was always said that if you stared into the abyss, the abyss stared back. Although no one could say whether that saying had true meaning, no one could deny that the abyss could certainly swallow the will of a being.

That was certainly when the abyss opened its eyes or was it the master of the abyss or chaos? No one knew yet.

The two pairs of eyes swept their gaze across the entirety of the Chaotic Verse. The formerly dark abyss instantly became painted a faint red, as if space had been tinged with crimson blood. With his gaze alone, the spatial ripples began to ripple.

The four red eyes, which could easily be compared to some of the largest stars, blinked lazily.

Thanks to the illumination of their eyes, the body of the giant entity became visible.

Four arms that could embrace a stellar fountain, two long legs that rested on the chaotic void. Its gigantic head contained four gigantic eyes. However, it had no mouth, or at least, not on its head.

Its firm, bulging grayish chest was covered by a gigantic mouth in a vertical and horizontal shape, almost resembling a cross. Sharp, gleaming teeth that threatened to penetrate everything along with a small amber ball of fire were visible inside its mouth.

It was ferocious and, at the same time, terrifying and intimidating. It was as if this gigantic entity could swallow dozens of worlds with a single breath.

The entity had felt its body go numb as if danger was stalking it, something that had interrupted its eternal slumber. However, he seemed to have soon lost interest and closed his eyes again.

Who was he? An existence that could endanger him? What a joke!

The instant his gigantic eyes closed, the reddish abyss was painted black again. And after a few long minutes of silence, the monstrous growl that made worlds tremble began to rumble again.

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Nader's soft caresses ran down Yue's bareback, who was curled up and purring like a tame kitten on his chest.

A small smile hung on Yue's bright face. Her frail arms were tightly wrapped around his neck. Her eyelids fluttered with happiness as she rubbed her face against Nader's chest.

Yuki, who had previously watched them have sex for a whole day, was cuddled close to them, her crimson eyes fixed on both of them.

At this wonderful sight, Nader couldn't help but smile warmly.

Suddenly, however, his expression froze, and his body shivered slightly.

Feeling Nader's body stiffen, Yue lifted her chin and looked at him.