After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 10

Just a moment ago, Xiu Si’s panel level was only at 19, but now it had suddenly risen to 20 without any warning. He was taken aback, clueless, but after all, leveling up was something no one would dislike.

Xiu Si turned his gaze to the additional 11 achievement points. Achievement points were like the universal currency of the game system, which could be used for leveling up, but he usually used them to add talent points to his cubs.

Back in the day, he had roamed around with the other six heroes. Because they were a team, he also received the same level of points.

Now…

Xiu Si flipped to the creation guidebook. He did want to add talent points to his cubs, but the handbook was all grayed out, unclickable. How could he add them?

At that moment, the cat in his arms scratched him.

He looked down, meeting those emerald eyes.

“Should I use them for myself?”

The cat nodded.

Xiu Si was stunned, touched by his cub’s filial piety. His cub had grown up and knew how to care for its father.

However, Xiu Si asked, “Don’t you need to level up?”

The cat confidently nodded heavily, showing a demeanor of independence that no longer needed parental care.

Xiu Si was a bit shocked. His cub had not only grown up, but also become independent. Aelioge had always been a relatively weak child in his impression, always bullied by the older ones in the big family. He didn’t expect that after thousands of years, Aelioge had completely become independent.

Such confident eyes, they were a bit like Baal and Agares.

“Alright, I understand.”

Xiu Si was relieved, half of the points went into his own experience, and the other half empowered his creation level.

“The Key of Solomon” had seventy-two demons, but he had only created more than twenty creations. He hadn’t finished creating, and it was impossible to finish. After all, his strength was limited, time was limited, and resources did not allow it.

Watching the experience bar steadily load, Xiu Si, as a gamer, felt greatly satisfied. Seeing that everything outside was fine now, he picked out a few books, intending to borrow and read them.

The librarian quickly helped him complete the borrowing process. He wasn’t a citizen of the Aust Empire, but they didn’t stop him.

“You respect the heroes a lot.”

Librarian Aili smiled at him.

Just after a national crisis, she didn’t seem to be in a state of shock at all. Her tenacity was evident from her work attitude alone.

Xiu Si hadn’t been in the Aust Empire for many days, but he had already noticed something. Under the rule of Empress Anna Bellus, the citizens of this country were generally strong in spirit. No one panicked and caused chaos at the brink of national disaster.

In a sense, humans were forced to become strong. In this environment, powerful extraordinary species often descended like sudden natural disasters. If one’s mental quality wasn’t good, it would be hard to endure such days of constant fear.

Xiu Si walked out of the Hero Memorial Hall, suddenly murmuring to himself, “It’s said to be the Human Era, but humans still have it tough.”

The cat in his arms lifted its head, its emerald eyes dimmed, seemingly lost in thought.

Xiu Si still remembered the words that the king had said to him back then.

–“What kind of world do you think this is?”

–“Don’t quite understand the question? Then let me rephrase it… if you were to describe this world, how would you describe it?”

At that time, as a newly awakened gamer, he had just begun to understand the reality of this world.

Terrifying and cruel gods, and even more terrifying were the giant gods in the sky. Their thoughts could create a civilization, literally turning their hands into clouds and rain.

Compared to them, humans were insignificant, with no advantages to be seen, only to be oppressed and trampled upon.

As of today…Xiu Si looked up at the sky.

The land in the sky turned into clouds, releasing dazzling, intense light. It was already dusk, but the visible scene was still bright.

The distant warships were in the sky, scattered around, receiving residual energy and sky cleaning. Soldiers of different duties were each completing their own work, and the efficiency seemed very high.

“It’s really good.”

Although he hadn’t done anything himself, world peace was always a happy thing. Xiu Si gave a faint smile, his black eyes reflecting the sunset glow, and he walked back to the antique shop with the cat.

The cat was looking around as if on guard against something, its fur slightly bristled, and its emerald eyes were fixed in the direction of the palace.

Xiu Si didn’t notice and put the cat on the table. As a gamer, one good thing was that he didn’t need to eat to replenish energy. His body wasn’t a real flesh body, but was made of magic, so he didn’t need to replenish material energy.

The same was true for his creations.

****

That day, in the Divine Kingdom of Light mainland.

The golden-eyed, golden-haired archangel had a dark expression, his divine power raging around him, scaring many passing angels.

His younger brother had died. Just a moment ago, he had instinctively sensed it.

His younger brother had been killed, killed by the lowly creatures of the lower world.

“Abyss Lord, Aust Empire…haha, you all must die!”

The angel’s rage burned across the entire sky. After a while, he suddenly reached into the void and pulled out a person.

It was Ji Xinsen, who was in a state of disarray.

Ji Xinsen was desperately fleeing, but suddenly his neck was grabbed, and in the blink of an eye, he was here.

And when he saw the archangel for the first time, he understood, and quickly knelt down to beg for mercy.

The archangel didn’t care about him at all, he went straight to the point, roaring, “Tell me, what exactly happened!”

****

On the other hand, regarding Aelioge’s request, although the Empire didn’t understand the reason, they had no choice but to carry it out.

Altering history was not a simple matter, it required the best historians. At the same time, this was a major project, requiring the organization of a special team.

Some old historians were firmly opposed, insisting that they would never engage in altering history.

However, the Empress persuaded them with just a few words.

Anna: “Actually, we’re not asking you to alter historical facts, all you need to do is change the interpretation.”

The scholars paused.

Anna: “For example, the fights between the Abyss Lords are not fights, but exchanges of feelings. They are all beings of the Abyss, and there seems to be a kinship between them, which can be explained as…exchanges between relatives. After all, Abyss creatures are different from humans, and we can’t use human logic to reason.”

The scholars suddenly understood, it seemed to make sense.

Perhaps for the Abyss Lords, fighting really was a means of communication? You’re not an Abyss Lord, how would you know? From this perspective, the history they had previously studied was nothing more than conjecture about the Abyss Lords from a human perspective, and couldn’t be said to be the truth.

This made sense!

Seeing that they had already started working, Anna smiled faintly.

****

On the other side.

Several legion commanders were discussing at a meeting.

Everyone looked at Philip.

Philip was the contractor of the Abyss Lord Aelioge, and should understand Aelioge better than anyone else.

Why Aelioge suddenly took action himself was a very important topic.

But Philip shook his head, “He didn’t say anything.”

Another person said, “But it’s clearly not in line with his usual style, it’s like…a complete change.”

Philip nodded, he really didn’t know anything about this. There wasn’t necessarily any communication between a contractor and a contracted demon. He and Aelioge had hardly spoken a few words to this day, and asking questions was almost impossible. If he asked Aelioge, Aelioge wouldn’t pay attention to him.

They were at a loss, but this matter was beneficial to them, only that the Empire also needed to increase its power.

The Divine Kingdom of Light had suffered a defeat this time and was bound to retaliate fiercely.

They didn’t have much time left.

“We must strive for all the power we can.”

****

At this time. The night had fallen.

Morax: “How is it?”

He turned his head to look at Vassago.

Vassago shook his head, “I can’t find where Aelioge is, he must have deliberately hidden his aura.”

Morax frowned. “This is too strange, he never does this, something unprecedented must have happened.”

Vassago: “But what could affect him?”

That’s right, with Aelioge’s current power, what could affect Aelioge? Making him act out of character, even going so far as to protect humans.

It couldn’t possibly be that he suddenly awakened a love for humans, could it?

Morax pondered for a few minutes, then suddenly said seriously, “Find Vassago.” (TL: or “Find him Vassago.”)

Vassago was the third-ranked creation among them, part of his power was to declare the past and the future, to find all hidden and lost things. Even if he used his power, he couldn’t find their father, but finding Aelioge should not be a problem.

Vassago nodded, “Let’s go.”

****

On the other side. Around eight o’clock in the evening, Xiu Si was studying late into the night, and couldn’t help but speak halfway through his reading.

“Why are there so many of your names in the Demons Era, and they are all Abyss Lords, isn’t this too coincidental?”

The cat stiffened and quickly shook its head.

“Is it?”

Xiu Si stroked his chin, as if in deep thought.

Aelioge had already prepared his rhetoric, he was now in a state of amnesia, knowing nothing. If the truth were to be revealed one day, he could still explain that he didn’t know.

But no matter what, the work of revising the history of the Aust Empire had to be accelerated, otherwise, if his father found out, it would be troublesome. Not only did they fight all day, but they also made it into the history books. Wouldn’t a pacifist like his father be angry to death when he found out?

The cat was uneasy in its heart and didn’t dare to make a sound.

And at the same time.

Ronald walked to the front of the antique shop. He had been delayed by the war during the day, and now he finally had some free time. He had to carry out the investigation task assigned by Legion Commander Philip, to investigate who exactly was the young man brought by Priest Xilin.

He walked to the door, feeling nervous, and after a long time of mental preparation, he finally pushed the door open.

The lights in the shop were bright, the young man was reading with his head down, flipping through a page.

Ronald had just muttered to himself that there was no anomaly, but when he turned his gaze, he noticed the cat lying on the table.

In an instant, Ronald almost fell apart.

Ah, ah?