After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 100.2

The big orange cat comfortingly stroked His head, patted His back, and said softly, “It’s alright, don’t underestimate Second Brother too much, even if Second Brother misses Father, He wouldn’t create a false memory body to fool us.”

The short-legged cat froze, stopped trembling, lifted His face, and looked intensely at the big orange cat.

“Father is the real father, this point is absolutely certain.”

The big orange cat’s voice seemed to contain magical power, carrying strong persuasion, comforting the short-legged cat.

The short-legged cat said dazedly, “Really meow?”

The big orange cat laughed heartily, “Really really, just now the brothers accidentally thought wrong, we’ve been with Father for so many days, how could we not know whether Father is a dream or a real person?”

The short-legged cat nodded, saying seriously, “Yes meow, Father is Father meow!”

He unusually showed some backbone, His paws like clenched fists.

At this time, the cat-headed demon group also came to their senses.

Then, Samikina popped up, @-ing all demons.

Samikina said, “Everyone don’t argue, Lelagin’s memory should be a medium needed to find Father, not used to create a memory body. You should believe that Second Brother Agares wouldn’t play such a big joke with everyone, the father who returned is our real father, just not completely, that’s why Father’s level is lagging behind, that’s why Father’s system hasn’t recovered.”

One word awakened the demons from their dream. They gradually came to their senses.

Marbas continued. “Don’t think too much, don’t you know how powerful your Second Brother is, how could Second Brother go to such lengths just to immerse in a dream, creating a self-comforting memory body?”

At this point, hope returned to Their eyes one by one.

That’s right, Their wise Second Brother wouldn’t indulge in dreams and abandon reality.

“Fifth brother is right,” Inpos analyzed. “Father isn’t a dream, he exists for real, the dream should be Second Brother’s means of constructing reality! Second Brother used the dream to find Father, not to create Father’s memory body.”

Samikina: “The dream space is known to be vast, even more boundless than reality. Back then we searched the entire abyss but didn’t see Father, searched the entire continent and subspace without a single clue, but why didn’t we think of it? Isn’t there still one place?”

Marbas: “It was a blind spot in our thinking, we were too stupid, actually didn’t think of the possibility of living people entering dreams, Father back then probably didn’t fall into the deepest part of the abyss, but fell into the deepest part of dreams, and our all-knowing Second Brother can see across the entire continent and universe, but may not necessarily be able to see through all dreams.”

Amon looked at the series of arguments, the turbulence in His eyes gradually calming, and followed. “Yes, this also explains why Agares would hypnotize Father.”

Botis took a deep breath, “Second Brother hypnotizing Father was to strengthen that universe-level magic, right.”

Each appearance at night was to strengthen His magic.

Marbas nodded directly, sighing, “I think it’s pretty much certain, having such a powerful Second Brother really troubles us demons.”

Samikina said calmly, “But at least Second Brother successfully found Father, right?”

Whatever the means, this point alone was enough.

As long as Father returned safely, this was enough.

He, They only had this hope. Agares had done it, just needed time to continue maintaining it.

Beelzebub calmed down, immediately entering a thinking state, “But it seems that magic hasn’t been completed yet.”

Samikina agreed: “Yes, if Second Brother’s magic was complete, then Father should be [the level he should be], not just level forty-five.”

Botis said, “Agree with all above. However, our father is also working hard to level up himself.”

Marbas had a flash of insight, exclaiming, “Ah, now I understand, this universe-level magic is probably bidirectional! Second Brother laid down all the conditions, created the environment, but still needs Father’s own efforts to truly complete that universe-level magic!”

This statement shocked all the demons in the group, even Samikina hadn’t thought of this point.

Marbas had the power to see through reality, often suddenly perceiving the truth, speaking insights that no one else could think of.

Second Brother’s universe-level magic… needed Father’s cooperation to complete?

Beleth suddenly understood, exclaiming joyfully. “Come to think of it, I can feel that Father has changed these days, especially in his mindset.”

They all felt this to varying degrees.

Their father used to be very laid-back, partly due to his personality, partly because he had no choice.

The Creator profession was indeed very ineffective in the early stages, couldn’t compare with other heroes at all, you didn’t even have room or means to strive, you had no choice but to be laid-back. Because without talent or strength, you would only suffer more the harder you tried, telling yourself to take things easy could make you feel a bit better. Being “laid-back” was also unavoidable due to both internal and external reasons.

So, Father was willing to be ordinary, always maintaining an ordinary person’s mindset.

Back then, Father worked very hard to survive, but didn’t think much about becoming stronger, also because he knew there was no hope in becoming stronger, so he basically gave up, or placed his hopes in things outside himself.

But, after returning, Father gradually changed.

Father studied magic, researched alchemy, would think and study whenever he had time, Father underwent an obvious mindset change, from being willing to be ordinary, being other heroes’ subordinate, to stepping towards the extraordinary.

Was there pressure from the outside? A little, because in the recent month, major events kept happening, Father had to progress amidst worries.

But more came from Father’s own thoughts, Father himself wanted to become stronger, wanted to walk towards the extraordinary.

In this moment, They suddenly understood why Second Brother Agares deliberately created this kind of “environment.”

People inevitably have inertia, if right after awakening, you find your children have all become incredibly powerful beings, would you still want to become stronger? You could live worry-free relying on your children, would you still want to change your mindset, walk towards the path of the extraordinary?

At least with Father’s previous laid-back mindset, it would be very difficult to think that way.

That’s why Second Brother added the perception blur magic, not letting Father know Their identities so quickly.

Probably this was also to conceal Their dark history, to provide time to prepare for Their history’s rewriting.

Honestly, if without preparation he learned They had all become great demons, Father would definitely be greatly shocked, unable to accept it.

And Second Brother probably wanted to avoid affecting Father as much as possible, avoid Father becoming emotionally unstable.

Because Father’s condition probably wasn’t completely stable yet, needing Second Brother to stay in dreams to maintain it.

Right, connecting everything like this, many things made sense.

Including Agares being cryptic.

Second Brother probably wanted to create a “normal state” and “natural environment” as much as possible. And if They knew too much, They might accidentally let something slip.

Other demons weren’t worried about, just worried about Buer’s big mouth.

What wouldn’t Buer say, how could anything be kept hidden?

Also Cele couldn’t hide His thoughts, His eyes revealed all His thoughts.

And thinking carefully, Second Brother had said back then to fight less, but They still fought, fought for thousands of years.

In Second Brother’s eyes, They were probably unreliable demons with bad records.

Telling Them would be useless.

Second Brother really… to accomplish big things, first had to hide it from the family demons?

Although Second Brother might have just forgotten to say.

Second Brother’s natural airheadedness would occur from time to time…

In just a short hour, Their emotions fluctuated dramatically, from anxiety and unease to gradually becoming reassured, many things slowly became clear.

Father had returned, but not completely. One wrong move could “break the dream,” so they had to be extremely careful.

At the same time, They knew what They needed to do most.

Protect Father well, create a good environment, and seriously complete rewriting history – They couldn’t be lazy anymore.

Samikina saw that They all seemed to understand, and continued, “That’s basically what’s going on.”

Marbas laughed heartily. “So siblings, you can rest assured, especially you @Cele brother.”

Celerios had already wiped his tears by then, and replied. “I understand meow, Brother Marbas meow.”

They were all at ease.

Although there were still some unclear points, such as how Second Brother found Father, and why Father needed universe-level magic to return to the mortal world.

Questions aside, things had to be taken step by step, and They would eventually know everything.

Amon breathed a sigh of relief, “Speaking of which, Fourth Brother, what’s the situation with Lelagin’s Elf Palace, are you still there?”

Samikina: “I’m still there. I need to solve the magic cube and enter the Elf Palace to understand what’s inside before leaving. However, I roughly know that inside should be the medium related to that universe-level magic.”

Inpos suddenly realized. “So that’s why Lelagin has been staying in the Elf Palace without coming out?”

Even Botis found it unexpected, “He was actually protecting the medium.”

Beleth: “Haha, but everything makes sense now.”

At this point, Amon snorted coldly and sat back in his seat, tucking in his legs in a cat-like posture, “He could have just told me, it wouldn’t have mattered. I’m not a leaky bucket like Buer. Second Brother is really being too distant.”

The other demons thought, you’re the one who needs to be kept in the dark the most, who knows if you’ll act normally.

“Anyway, it’s good that everything is fine.”

Inpos felt relieved as he picked up the books that had fallen on the ground one by one.

Beelzebub lay back down with an ancient book covering his face and said softly, “Alright, be quiet, I need to think about the rewriting history issue.”

Meanwhile, in the bookstore.

The short-legged cat was extremely happy, running in a few steps to Father’s study, crouching by the door, his light green eyes fixed intently on the person, as if wanting to imprint the image in his eyes, seeming to say, I will protect Father well meow, won’t let anything happen to Father meow.

The resolve in His eyes grew stronger, He wasn’t aware of it, but His powers were continuously recovering.

Xiu Si seemed to sense something, looking up from his book halfway through, his gaze meeting the short-legged cat’s eyes.

The short-legged cat trembled for a moment, as if startled, but the next second, He bravely ran over, enthusiastically nuzzling His beloved Father.

Xiu Si didn’t know what had happened, only that his Cele seemed to be in a good mood again.

Well, that’s good.

He stroked His soft fur, looking up to see the big orange cat had come over too.

“Haha, since you’re both here, do you want to study with Father today?”

“Meow!”

They seemed very willing, even excited.

“Shall we begin then?”

****

Meanwhile, in the subspace.

Due to “network lag,” the six demons still didn’t know about the situation with the cat-headed demon group.

As Gusin flipped through the Book of Answers, he also reached conclusions almost identical to those on the other side, one by one.

Gusin himself was shocked and took a long time to process it.

Father’s return, Second Brother’s universe-level magic… there were too many things to take in.

Present were Valefor, Aelioge, Bachin, Buer, Morax and other demons who took a full hour to digest the information Gusin had released.

Gusin held nothing back, but his magical power was limited, and after explaining about the universe-level magic, that was all he could manage.

Gusin said, “My magical power is depleted, it will take at least three days to return to normal.”

The five demons were still in shock and hadn’t recovered, Morax almost fainted because there was too much information, exceeding His comprehension.

Buer was almost lost in thought, gesturing at the air.

Bachin was doing fine though, taking notes from start to finish, appearing very calm with a tech-geek expression.

Valefor was deep in thought, her gaze serious.

Aelioge, however, thought of another matter from a different angle.

When Big Brother and Second Brother fought back then, could it have been because Big Brother didn’t agree with Second Brother’s risky deep dive into dreams?

Very possible.

Big Brother knew beforehand that Second Brother was planning to do this, but didn’t know Second Brother had already implemented it and was halfway successful.

Aelioge nodded, showing a look of sudden realization.

At this point, Gusin didn’t care anymore and interrupted Aelioge’s train of thought, saying, “By the way, Aelioge, why did you turn into a cat in the first place?”

Now almost all siblings were cats, I feel out of place not being a cat, hey.

Aelioge said seriously, “Of course it’s because I thought Father liked feline animals.”

Gusin was puzzled, “Did Father ever say that?”

Aelioge said earnestly. “Don’t you remember? Father didn’t create entirely according to the ‘Key of Solomon,’ Father liked Big Brother the most back then, often fell asleep leaning against Big Brother, and Big Brother’s original form was—”