After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 12

“Aelioge!!!”

Vassago was furious, his eyes instantly devoid of melancholy, replaced by hellfire.

He’s too cunning! Aelioge definitely knew about their father’s news, hiding it and not telling them. His unusual behavior was very likely because he had found their father!

Black magic erupted in an instant, causing the entire abyss to tremble.

The abyss creatures were terrified by the sudden pressure, shivering and crawling on the ground, their heads pressed against the earth.

What’s going on? Who had angered the third-ranked Abyss Lord?

The terrifying magic power not only covered the abyss but also swept across the continent outside the abyss.

Nearby demons and ghouls were all startled, including a divine kingdom that was in the nearby sky.

The land of the Dark Divine Kingdom was shaking, countless angels thought it was an enemy attack, but upon closer inspection, they realized that the Abyss Lord was angry.

Who was it, who had angered the Abyss Lord?

Why was there such a big commotion?

“It’s Vassago’s magic power.”

A dark angel stepped out of the clouds, pondering, “Strange, Vassago is considered to have a better temper among the Abyss Lords. He hasn’t been out for hundreds of years, steady and calm, how could he suddenly become furious, who provoked him?”

He thought for a moment, then said, “No, it should be said, who could provoke him?”

At this time, Vassago’s body was full of thunder and lightning, crackling, his black hair stood on end in horror, and his deep green eyes emitted a blazing heat.

Morax and Inpos, who were also in the bedroom, were angry, but not to the extent of Vassago.

This waking up temper was too terrifying.

In a sense, they would rather offend Baal, the first-ranked, and Agares, the second-ranked, than dare to easily offend the “gentle” Vassago.

Vassago sneered, simultaneously unfolding hundreds of magic circles around him. Their purpose was needless to say, of course, it was to track Aelioge.

At the same time.

Aelioge’s body bristled, his cat-like eyes narrowed, and his magic power started to operate rapidly.

Although he had thought he would be discovered by his siblings, he didn’t expect it to happen so quickly, and it was Vassago’s magic power. How could it be so difficult right from the start? Aelioge was prepared, hiding himself to the limit. He and Vassago both possessed the power of “finding lost things”, only slightly weaker, and he was not unfamiliar in this aspect.

However, he was still sweating profusely, trying his best to avoid Vassago’s pressure.

In the end, he managed to escape Vassago’s power, because Vassago was in the abyss, and there was some distance between them.

But without a doubt, Vassago’s next step was to leave the abyss to find him.

Aelioge was unconvinced in his heart. He wanted to be alone with his father, why did they all have to come and disturb him? Back then, they all hindered him, and today, when he had such a good opportunity to monopolize father, why should they destroy it!

The blue-eyed cat was resolute, determined not to let his trouble-making siblings discover him.

****

On the other side.

Below the abyss.

Vassago was burning with anger, his black magic power was running wild, and two long horns even emerged from his forehead, almost revealing his true form.

Although Morax and Inpos were also angry, seeing Vassago about to lose control, they had to calm down and use their magic power to stabilize Vassago.

Vassago had just woken up, still wearing his robe, and his comical eye mask was loosely on his head, but after the magic power erupted, he was like a different demon.

They joined hands and barely stabilized Vassago.

However, after the fire in Vassago’s eyes subsided, his expression became deep, his face was full of shadows, and his body was slightly trembling. Those deep green eyes seemed to contain endless melancholy. After a long time, he said, “Why didn’t father look for me first when he appeared.”

Morax and Inpos were stunned at the same time.

“Does he not want us, only Aelioge?”

Vassago’s voice was hoarse, as the Abyss Lord who had deterred countless gods and demons, his eyes were faintly watery.

The bedroom fell into silence.

Before Morax could say anything.

Inpos said, “No, it must be Aelioge who deceived father, father will not abandon us.”

Vassago’s eyes lit up again, and he immediately said, “Go to the Aust Empire you mentioned, find any place Aelioge disappeared before. Aelioge can hide, but he can’t hide forever. Even if he runs to the subspace, I will definitely catch him!”

“Okay!!”

At this time, it was 7 o’clock in the morning in the Aust Empire.

Xiu Si opened his eyes on time, blinked, calmed his spirit, and couldn’t remember half of his dream from yesterday, only one feeling remained.

–In the dream, he was as carefree and content as a god.

It was such a magical dream, probably the most magical dream in his life. After Xiu Si woke up, he was somewhat dazed, sitting on the bed and reminiscing for a while.

A few minutes later, he remembered his cub, and when he turned his head to look, he saw a black cat sleeping next to the pillow.

The cat looked energetic yesterday, as if it didn’t need to sleep at all, but today it seemed to be exhausted, sleeping and making a humming sound, looking somewhat cute.

Xiu Si didn’t disturb the cat’s sleep, but when he got up, the cat followed him. He looked back and saw that the cat’s eyes were still closed, sleepwalking, not wanting to leave him even in its dreams.

–Just like humans, worry about gains and losses, very insecure.

Xiu Si felt a surge of affection, but after some thought, he realized that this was also his own doing. If he hadn’t suddenly died and left them behind, his cub wouldn’t have ended up like this.

So he picked up the cat and stroked its head. After finishing his chores, he opened his antique shop. He sat at the front desk, and seeing no customers, he continued to supplement his knowledge of modern history.

To find Baal, he needed clues. The continent was vast, with thousands of countries scattered across it. It was the size of the Blue Star multiplied by dozens, and it was hard to say how far the borders extended. Looking for a specific existence on the continent was like finding a needle in a haystack, the difficulty of which was self-evident.

So he had to take it slow.

Xiu Si opened a modern history book, the dense small characters on it recorded major historical events of dozens of countries in chronological order.

Most of them were wars between humans and non-human beings. At a glance, it was full of the history of the founding and destruction of nations.

After the Harmonious War was implemented, indeed, weaker races had more chances to survive, but there were always loopholes in the rules.

Although the Goddess of Harmony prohibited the war victors from making genocidal demands, the gods were still gods, how could they not think of exploiting the loopholes in the language rules.

With word games, they could also deceive the rule judgment of the Goddess of Harmony.

For example, two hundred years ago, the newly revived Divine Kingdom of Light defeated a human empire and took away the reproductive ability of the nation’s people.

This was clearly an act of genocide, but it complied with the rules of war because there was no direct harm to the people.

After the war, in less than a hundred years, this once powerful human empire disintegrated and was annihilated.

The Divine Kingdom of Light was a real warlike nation, from the Gods Era to the present, it was as perverse as ever.

Xiu Si turned his head and continued to flip through a collection of illustrations.

The Divine Kingdom of Light had created a total of twelve archangels in its history. The current number was unknown. One came yesterday, probably killed, and the other archangels knew, they would definitely come for revenge.

The reason for revenge was not so much about caring for their siblings, but about the dignity of the angels and the glory of the Divine Kingdom of Light being damaged.

“But there’s one thing…it’s hard to say.”

Xiu Si pondered.

As everyone knows, archangels are the direct creations of gods, hand-molded, sharing the nature and power of gods, so their number is scarce. A god can create many archangels, but at the same time, there can only be nine at most. If one dies, it can be replenished, but the number of simultaneous existences will not exceed nine.

And the God of Light is one of the few powerful gods who have eight archangels at the same time in the same period, ranking first or second among the gods. The Divine Kingdom of Light under his rule is needless to say, of course, it is a leading power among the divine kingdoms, which means that they are not opponents that the Aust Empire can fight against. It might be okay now, but it would be hard to say if the Divine Kingdom of Light was alarmed.

Although Xiu Si didn’t have much war capability, he couldn’t help but care about the survival of his race.

Just then, it seemed like the cat woke up, its head rubbed against his arm, its eyes were still dazed, but this action made him see a magical meaning.

It seemed to say– don’t worry about the outside, I will solve everything, father just needs to be here.

It looked like just a small animal, and it hadn’t even fully woken up, but it was inexplicably reliable.

Xiu Si smiled, his eyes soft. His own cub not only grew up, became independent, but also wanted to protect his father. Who wouldn’t be gratified to see this?

However. Xiu Si said lightly, “Don’t look at father like this, father is a hero, although he doesn’t have much combat ability, he is not just to be protected.”

This was not self-praise, Xiu Si’s upgrade was steady and solid, step by step. The advantage of slow advancement was that every step was very solid.

One should know that he was a 3D modeler before, without patience and a heart willing to be lonely, it was hard to do such a “boring” job.

After all, unlike art design that emphasized creativity, as a modeler who switched careers halfway, his work rarely had original design elements, he just builds 3D models based on the given drafts.

When he first started learning, he didn’t do anything else, he just sorted out points, lines, and surfaces. After modeling more, he gradually became proficient, advanced to learn binding bones, setting up rigid bodies, etc. This kind of work certainly required meticulousness.

Later, he also designed his own original models and learned to make animations with keyframes. His spare time was all spent on learning and progressing, more or less, he was a bit of a workaholic.

Xiu Si recalled, feeling even more emotional. After his creation skill was activated, a new modeling software screen would be created in the panel space, and then he would use his heart as a mouse to model and design on it.

He was thinking at the time, how could there be such a game that suits him so well, was the difficulty specifically provided for the profession of a modeler? Unexpectedly, it was indeed suitable, too suitable, to the point that the game became real.

Xiu Si reminisced for a moment, and couldn’t help but stroke the cat. God knows what kind of feeling it was for him as a modeler to see the cub he created moving.

Amazement, excitement, emotion, exhilaration…even now, he still feels this way.

Xiu Si squinted his eyes and said, “So, we need to find your other siblings quickly.”

He didn’t notice that after he said this, the cat that was affectionately rubbing against him stiffened.

****

Almost at the same time.

The Aust Empire’s military, which was on guard against the Divine Kingdom of Light, felt a sense of unease.

Legion Commander Philip looked up and saw that the sky was full of dense clouds, and there was an indescribable sense of suffocation between heaven and earth.

The people around him were extremely nervous, but he let out a subtle sigh of relief. Under the puzzled eyes of others, he explained, “It’s not the Divine Kingdom of Light, you guys don’t worry.”

But they were still a bit panicked, because this was clearly a prelude to the arrival of a high-ranking existence.

In response to this, Philip seemed very familiar, saying, “This is the magic power of an Abyss Lord, it should be an Abyss Lord visiting.”

Compared to the war-crazy Divine Kingdom of Light, the Abyss Lords were extremely friendly. Under the current circumstances, even if they passed by, there was no need to disturb each other.

However. Philip suddenly remembered, didn’t he send Ronald to investigate the young man suspected of being an Abyss Lord? Where was the investigation report, where was Ronald? Was there no progress at all?

Almost at the same time, the void in front of him suddenly shattered, and a black-haired youth with deep green eyes walked out of it.

In an instant, his terrifying pressure controlled the entire scene.

The youth opened his mouth and asked, “You are Aelioge’s contractor.”

Philip was instantly drenched in sweat.

At the same time.

In a certain antique shop, a cat’s fur exploded in an instant.

They, they’re here?!