After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 123.1

“What method is this, meow?”

The little short-legged cat asked curiously.

Marbas laughed with a “hehe”, pointing out a method that shocked the little short-legged cat.

The little short-legged cat opened its eyes wide, not understanding but honestly following through.

Time went to six in the afternoon. At first, the method had no effect.

Actually, the method was very simple: projecting various events of Father’s revival in the bedroom. Especially the moment when Father made a brilliant appearance as the Lord of the Abyss.

This was Aelioge’s edited version, video titled [My Father].

The little short-legged cat initially paid attention to the big golden tiger’s situation, but while playing, He himself became engrossed first, staring without blinking, brewing affection in His heart.

After half an hour, He finally came to His senses.

Ah, how did He become absorbed first?

The little short-legged cat suddenly awakened, about to turn and look at the big golden tiger’s situation.

Then unexpectedly met a pair of fierce tiger eyes.

The big golden tiger was awake, watching the edit, His gaze dignified and profound. Since it was dark, there was no light in the room, only the light in His tiger eyes, and the extremely bright peace knot silver chain on His chest.

The little short-legged cat was stunned.

“Big Brother, meow?”

The big golden tiger remained silent, slowly rising and casually pulling out two cat pancakes from underneath.

They had fallen asleep. The demon’s adaptability was astonishingly impressive; they could even sleep in such a state.

The big golden tiger lowered His head, extended His tiger paw, and placed them by the bedside, leaning against Father’s arm.

They seemed to smell Father’s scent, instinctively drawing closer, meowing softly, their heads softly pressed against the person.

If Xiu Si were awake, He would definitely have been shot down in His heart.

The little short-legged cat watched the big golden tiger’s movements, His head completely blank. He should not have seen this for the first time, but after more than eight thousand years, the memory had long been hazy and unclear.

And when He came to His senses, the big golden tiger was no longer on the bed, replaced by a dignified man.

His Big Brother occasionally had purple-black long hair, occasionally golden long hair, not knowing whether it depended on mood or something. Now it was golden long hair. Unlike Second Brother, Big Brother’s appearance was handsome and cold, with sharp eyebrows and eyes, extremely oppressive, his tall and strong body standing straight like a pine tree, his entire demeanor shocking to demons.

Because facing such a powerful existence, no demon or god would think of beauty, only fear, only wanting to flee.

The little short-legged cat stared blankly, seemingly not understanding why Big Brother suddenly transformed into human form.

And the next second, His gaze turned towards Him, dignified and terrifying, making the demon shudder.

The little short-legged cat couldn’t understand Big Brother’s gaze. Sometimes Big Brother would, like Second Brother, reveal an extremely profound gaze, like the starry sky, like the deep sea, bottomless and complex.

He felt panicked facing Big Brother alone as a little demon brother.

And at that moment, the cow cat pancake recovered, and with a boom, it suddenly puffed up like a small bread.

The cow cat awakened, eyes brightening, immediately full of spirit, gaze locked onto the Big Brother demon, then whooshing and pouncing.

Only seen, the man neither dodged nor avoided, allowing a small cow cat to hang on his arm.

“Huff huff, Big Brother meow, you finally woke up, meow~”

The cow cat caught the man and started acting coquettishly, incredibly bold, leaving the little short-legged cat completely stunned.

The man turned his head, lowering his eyes. Though he said nothing, it was as if he had spoken.

The cow cat persisted, shaking her head and saying, “No matter meow or not meow, I’m going to stick to Big Brother, meow.”

She was too daring. If Marbas dared to do this, he would have been turned into a nano-level cat pancake by now.

Truly worthy of little Ayni. The just-awakened gray cat all thought this: not all demons could receive such treatment!

However, the man still picked up the cow cat and placed her on the bed.

The cow cat immediately stood up, with a full battle-ready appearance, her posture seemingly learned from Baal, surprisingly quite well-formed.

With just one thought, the man could pack this mischievous little kitty and throw him into the Infinite Trial.

Yet He just watched, as if observing the growth or changes of His younger brothers and sisters, looking at the cow cat, then shifting His gaze to the gray cat, and then the little short-legged cat.

The gray cat was terrified, somewhat afraid that the big brother was measuring their strength, and would make them train more if they weren’t strong enough.

But that did not happen.

The man remained silent as always, revealing no thoughts.

The gray cat felt a bit anxious, but seemed to catch a fleeting look of satisfaction in the man’s eyes.

Then, without a word, the man turned around, taking a final look at His father. Immediately, a spatial passage opened, with distant cosmic scenery appearing on the other side.

They all sensed what Big Brother was about to do.

Continuing to battle the God of the Universe, this time not against one, but two, the most complete, and historically the most powerful God of the Universe.

What they did not know was that after one failure, the God of the Universe went into a crazy replay, developing over ten million battle plans specifically against the Demon God Baal, acquiring the universe’s strongest equipment, and abandoning previous arrogance, becoming serious, calm, and cautious.

Undoubtedly, His strength had increased by more than tenfold. If Baal had not wasted time here and gone earlier, He might have been able to gain a better advantage.

But He still chose to stay here. Not for long, less than two days.

“…”

The man lowered His eyes, as if in deep thought.

The cosmic scenery opposite changed by the second, stars shifting, seemingly manipulated by a great will, forming a domain.

Ordinary gods’ domains could only cover planets, while some powerful gods’ domains could cover star systems, or even broader areas. But the God of the Universe – His domain could actually cover nearly one-tenth of the knowable universe.

The terror was self-evident. Moreover, with the experience of one battle, who would emerge victorious was yet uncertain.

At this moment.

“Big Brother, meow.”

A little short-legged cat walked to the man’s back, tilting up his head.

The demon god’s dark green eyes flickered with faint lightning, remaining silent for a few seconds before turning back. By then, the thunderous light in His eyes had disappeared.

The little short-legged cat asked, “Leaving, meow?”

Upon hearing this, the gray cat became nervous. The cow cat blinked, the strongest demon god’s figure reflected in his eyes.

The demon god gave a light nod.

The three cats furrowed their brows, seemingly wanting to hold Him back. They knew their big brother was powerful, but also knew that the powerful Big Brother could get hurt, would lick His wounds in the quiet, deep nights.

But Baal could not stay here forever. His opponent was constantly growing at an unimaginable speed.

“Meow…”

The gray cat seemed like he wanted to say something.

But the cow cat suddenly punched the air like a boxing cat, full of energy, and loudly declared, “Okay okay, Big Brother charge, meow! Flatten them all, meow!”

Baal swept a glance at the mischievous cow cat. Then turned around, half a step into the spatial passage.

The little short-legged cat opened his mouth, almost about to say “be careful, Big Brother, meow”.

But a voice spoke first.

“Baal.”

The air seemed to pause for a moment. The three cats immediately looked at the speaker – their father.

Before the words fully landed, Baal’s footsteps halted, slowly turning around.

“Be careful on the road, return safely.”

Xiu Si continued.

One human, one demon, their gazes collided.

The peace knot-shaped silver chain on Baal reflected the light of the opposite universe’s stars.

Xiu Si looked at Him, knowing as a father, the things he could do were extremely limited. At most, he could encourage his children, or do something like this, offering his blessings.

After a long silence, Baal finally nodded, turning to step into the spatial passage.

Though He did not say a single word, He had already clearly expressed:

—He would win.

Just that. As always. Therefore, do not worry.

The spatial passage gradually closed, His figure gradually disappearing.

The three cats’ thoughts also changed, from anxiety to confidence. They should believe in their big brother. What mere God of the Universe, no matter how it changed or how strong it became, their big brother was Baal, the demon god!

Big Brother is invincible!

The cow cat immediately rushed into Xiu Si’s arms, excited. “Father, meow! Father, meow!!”

Xiu Si stroked the cow cat’s head, softly saying, “You’ve returned too.”

The cow cat nodded, “Hehe, meow. Did Father miss me, meow?”

Xiu Si’s gaze was warm, answering, “Very much.”

The cow cat’s eyes sparkled with stars, seemingly instantly happy.

“Baal has gone to battle?”

Xiu Si asked, his heart still savoring Baal’s human form. Unexpected, but somehow reasonable.

“Yes, meow.”

The gray cat stepped forward, noticing Xiu Si’s magical power changes, eyes showing shock. Because even He could barely comprehend it now.

As the great mentor revered by human magicians, with thousands of years of research on magical power and its natural changes, Inpos deeply understands its intricacies. He had seen countless magical power nature transformations, yet this was the first time seeing the change happening on his father’s body.

Was it because his father was the unique Creator profession, so the magic power changes rooted in the profession were thus unique?

Well, his father had made significant progress after this sleep. Without mentioning other things, his level was already at 79, and it felt like reaching max level in a day and night wouldn’t be anything sudden.

The gray cat fell into deep thought.

At this moment, Xiu Si continued the previous topic, “Is Baal’s opponent very strong?”

The gray cat was slightly stunned.

The cow cat answered first, “Yes, meow, but Big Brother is stronger, meow! Flatten them with one punch, meow!”

She was full of confidence, even mimicking her big brother by making a stern face and punching the air. Not exactly the same, but remarkably similar, clearly from constantly observing.

Xiu Si laughed, “Hmm, I see.”

The cow cat rubbed his head, pawing, “So Father doesn’t need to worry, meow.”

Xiu Si nodded, suddenly saying, “It’s okay, I’ll become stronger too.”

“Meow!”

The cow cat seemed surprised Xiu Si would say this.

The gray cat, seeing her reaction, thought of course – how would you know that Father has been working hard recently to upgrade, working to transform from ordinary to extraordinary, with his mindset changing these days.

Xiu Si smiled at the cow cat. “Surprised? Father has changed too. I don’t want to always be protected, I also want to protect you.”

The cow cat opened her eyes wide, then vigorously shook her head, grabbing her little fist. “Father is protecting us, meow!”

“Just the cheerleading squad, perhaps,” Xiu Si thought with a faint smile, feeling like his little daughter was comforting herself.

But the little short-legged cat also followed. “Yes, meow. Father is protecting us, meow!”

Cele thinks so too? Xiu Si glanced at the little short-legged cat, a flash of contemplation in his eyes.

Besides following their wishes, giving them life, giving them form, what valuable things had he done?

He couldn’t think of anything. His contributions to them seemed far less than their contributions to him; the love he could give them was too little.

The cow cat pressed her paw. “Really, meow!”

Her eyes were sparkling, clear, transparent, and bright, extremely lovely.

Xiu Si’s heart stirred, unable to help asking, “What else have I done?”

The cow cat drew in the air, magical power forming lines, painting images, seeming to want to prove something. But after scribbling, feeling it wasn’t right, she’d wipe and draw again.

Her excited and earnest appearance was truly endearing.

The gray cat walked over, thinking about the words. He knew what the cow cat wanted to say – that their father would always rescue them in dangerous times, and when they were extremely confused, troubled, or anxious, without knowing their direction, he would miraculously appear beside them or in their minds.

They initially thought Agares was doing this. That Second Brother was always encouraging them using their father’s image.

But after Beelzebub’s battle with Federi, and Barbatos escaping from Chaos’ body, though they didn’t say anything on the surface, they probably all thought the same thing in their hearts.

Perhaps those years of support weren’t created imageries by Second Brother, but their father himself, who could perceive their situations and help them timely.

Even during the battle with the Abyss God was the same—

The gray cat’s gaze changed, wanting to explain, but such things were hard to articulate. Their father himself didn’t know, and their one-sided explanation would lack convincing power, though with their father’s filter, he would probably still believe them.

Xiu Si sensed their hesitation and changed the subject, “So it’s already evening?”

He saw the darkness outside the window.

The gray cat was stunned, and nodded.

Xiu Si got up from the bed, “I’ll go make something to eat.”

Hearing the word “eat”, the Devon Rex cat’s ears twitched, gradually opening his eyes.