After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 43.2

Sword Saint Ferrol appeared in the wilderness, his expression grim, as if holding back anger.

The era of heroes had finally ended with the death of Hero Luo Jie, and now you suddenly say five missing heroes might return, even that Wang Chang’er had appeared again.

How was he supposed to accept this?

Ferrol was already frustrated by his ranking being suppressed, and this news was another bolt from the blue.

He wanted to know what was really going on, why those relics of the old era were running out again!

Ferrol snorted coldly, grabbing a long sword from the void. He jumped directly off the magic warship, his whole body plunging into the thick black fog.

Various monsters lived in the dream realm, but most were between levels 30-80, just a sword’s work for him.

He concentrated his magic power and slashed horizontally through the air. Countless monsters screamed.

The black fog also dissipated a bit.

Ferrol narrowed his eyes, moving swiftly towards where the magic power concentration was highest, until he actually saw something.

He stopped abruptly, his eyes widening.

A figure appeared in the distance. That person had his back to him, looking at something unknown. Perhaps sensing his gaze, the figure slowly turned around.

Ferrol felt an inexplicable sensation, goosebumps rising. However, as the other turned, the face revealed was actually that of Hero Wang Chang’er!

His sense of crisis suddenly surged, but it was too late. Ferrol couldn’t react in time. By the time his mind realized it, that terrifying slash attack coming towards him had already cut off his left hand.

His instincts, honed through countless life-and-death trainings, were just enough for him to avoid a fatal blow.

Pain came crashing in waves. His survival instinct immediately reacted, activating instant teleportation on the spot!

The crowd on the warship was immediately stunned, because Sword Saint Ferrol, who had just delved into the dream realm to explore, had returned covered in blood!

“Lord Ferrol, what happened?”

“Quickly prepare healing!”

The scene immediately became chaotic, but the violent tremor that followed frightened everyone.

A terrifying slash attack from below struck the center of the warship, its aftershock shattering the clouds and sky, its power frightening everyone into a daze.

There were multiple layers of breaking-grade magic around the warship, it shouldn’t be easily cut through, but what had happened now!

Ferrol was chilled to the bone at this sight, roaring, “Run! Everyone find a way to retreat immediately, get as far away from the border as possible!”

Everyone shuddered, their hair standing on end, their faces full of terror and unease.

But they also realized that if they didn’t leave now, the terrifying enemy below would tear them to pieces completely!

“Run, run quickly!”

As soon as Ferrol finished speaking, everyone fled in panic, completely routed.

They had just escaped when they turned to look. In just seconds, their warship had been completely cut to pieces. That patch of sky was left with only countless fragments of the warship.

“What exactly is going on?”

“Who is the enemy?”

“Someone who can destroy a national warship in seconds must be a human above level 90!”

Monsters couldn’t use slash attacks, that was a technique only humans could use.

In other words, someone under the black fog had launched a slash attack, intending to kill them all.

Who exactly was it? They still attacked knowing they were people of the Great Oedipus Empire. Were they declaring war?

“Could it be the Roman Kingdom?”

Everyone was furious, but Ferrol, after barely stopping his bleeding, said with a dark expression and trembling voice. “It’s a hero.”

One word frightened everyone.

They had just fled in disarray to a teleportation point in a nearby abandoned city, their emotions hadn’t settled yet. How could they comprehend such terrifying news?

“A he-hero wants to kill us?”

An old general, his face full of disbelief, walked straight towards Ferrol.

“Lord Ferrol, did you see it? Is it a hero in the black fog trying to kill us?”

A nearby advisor showed an expression as if the sky was falling, screaming: “Impossible! Heroes are outstanding individuals who saved the world. How could they possibly attack humans? Lord Ferrol must have seen wrong.”

Ferrol leaned against a stone wall, sweating profusely. If it weren’t for the healing magic supporting him, he would have definitely fainted from blood loss by now. But he still had to speak.

“It was Hero Wang Chang’er. I saw him with my own eyes. He slashed at me head-on. This hand of mine was cut off by him.”

How could this be possible? Everyone’s faces turned pale.

The advisor hurriedly said, “Wait, so the rumors about heroes appearing in the black fog are true?”

The old general questioned. “Impossible, it must be fake. How could heroes possibly kill us? It must be a false projection from the dream realm!”

Ferrol was still panting. He had just taken a few steps when he suddenly sensed danger again and shouted. “Quick, leave immediately!”

Just seconds after he finished speaking, this ruined city had already been slashed to pieces.

Seeing this, the crowd fleeing in disarray no longer cared about anything else.

Run! Run as far as possible!

There was a big problem at this dream realm border!

At the same time.

Aelioge chased all the way to the ruined church where Luo Jie was, not caring about anything else, directly transferring underground.

Then in an instant, he also froze.

Because he actually saw Hero Ming Jie in black clothes backstabbing Hero Luo Jie!

The unbelievable scene made him react a moment slower.

That person in black turned their eyes, actually fixing them on him.

Aelioge activated his power without a word. The other party seemed to realize their strength was insufficient and decisively retreated.

As the black fog dispersed, Aelioge didn’t have time to pursue and kill. He first caught Luo Jie, using his vast magic power to maintain Luo Jie’s last trace of life, then fed him the resurrection potion.

Buer’s medicine always had miraculous effects, but it still took a few seconds before Luo Jie barely regained his life force.

That attack just now was clearly meant to kill Luo Jie.

Aelioge’s eyes darkened slightly. He had always suspected there were bad people among the heroes, but didn’t expect someone to brazenly act today.

But this thought only lasted for a moment. He then shook his head, because he sensed the magic power was wrong. What was left here was the magic power of a dream beast.

Of course, this could also be a smokescreen.

Regardless, the current priority was to save Luo Jie. This person couldn’t die. Father would be sad if he died.

Aelioge immediately disappeared, then appeared in the bookstore, secretly calling for Buer.

Buer appeared immediately, staring at Luo Jie whom Aelioge had put down. Her cat eyes flickered, her gaze solemn as she said in a low voice. “The person who attacked him really wanted his life.”

Inpos appeared behind, also startled to see Luo Jie’s condition.

He had nearly lost his life, his heart was pierced through. An ordinary level 90 expert would have died several times over by now.

Only Luo Jie could hold on until now, truly worthy of being a legendary hero who had survived for over 8,000 years.

Aelioge: “Can he be saved?”

Buer looked at Luo Jie, suddenly raised her face and smiled, “Of course I can. Who do you think I am?”

After speaking, she operated her magic power, suspending Luo Jie’s body horizontally in mid-air. She took out a green bottle and without a word, poured it into Luo Jie’s mouth.

The next second, green magic power rose all over Luo Jie’s body. After a struggle, his pale face finally gained some color. One look and you could tell he was saved.

Buer lowered her eyes, even separately extracting the magic power that was eroding Luo Jie.

That magic power seemed to have a life of its own, with extremely strong corrosive properties. Any life form that came into contact with it would lose all vitality and then wither and die.

Theoretically, it could kill Luo Jie, with a 99% success rate, but it happened to encounter Buer.

Buer patted with her paw, and a bottle appeared out of thin air, perfectly containing it, entering the analysis process.

“Done.”

Buer finished with ease, temporarily storing Luo Jie in her subspace pharmacy. His life was saved, but recovery would take time. They’d have to wait patiently.

Aelioge watched the whole process and asked, “Buer, what do you think?”

Among their twenty-something siblings, each had their strengths and weaknesses. Buer’s ability in material analysis and drug production was known to be the ceiling, bar none.

Buer tilted her head, not yet knowing…

Halfway through speaking, she looked into Aelioge’s eyes and said, “Investigation is your specialty, isn’t it?”

Aelioge paused, then nodded.

Buer said coldly, “Heh, after lying dormant for over 8,000 years, that thing finally couldn’t sit still and showed its hand.”

Aelioge said directly. “It’s a good opportunity to catch it.”

“You and Beelzebub go investigate, but Beelzebub has been cursed by the Goddess of Fortune, sometimes unreliable.”

Buer swished her tail, turning to walk back to the bedroom. She suddenly turned her head and said, “The rest of us will protect Father, understand?”

“Yes.”

As soon as the words fell, Aelioge’s human form disappeared.

Inpos was dumbfounded, suddenly feeling that Buer was indeed their elder sibling. It’s just that she loved using siblings for drug experiments, which was most worrying.

“By the way.”

Buer smiled, “Regarding Father, I have a suggestion.”

“What suggestion?”

Inpos didn’t understand, but after Buer finished speaking, he smiled and raised his cat paw saying, “I’ve also told Father this suggestion.”

Buer blinked, “Is that so.”

A few minutes later, King Levin, who had received news from the front line, was stiff all over, his eyes full of disbelief.

“This can’t be true, can it? The heroes…”

“It’s no longer a problem that we Oedipus can solve. We need to ask the Continental Human Alliance!”

On the other side.

Xiu Si had a rare dream of the past.

At that time, the seven of them first appeared before the king.

Without a word, the king immediately knelt down, begging them to save humanity from the gods.

The sincerity was hard to refuse.

He was the first to nod, even though his strength was the weakest among all the heroes, his opinion should have mattered the least.

He thought someone would refuse, but in the end everyone nodded.

“We’re already here, what else can we do but save them?” Ming Jie said, playing with his dagger.

“Yes, I think if we want to go back, we have to complete the mission of saving the world,” Ye Qingyi said.

Wang Chang’er nodded, “We have to do something. In such an absurd world, even if we don’t provoke the gods, they won’t leave us alone.”

Chen Lingxi agreed, “I think so too.”

Justin was silent for a few seconds, “Mm, I agree too.”

After that day, they finally set their goals firmly, left the kingdom, and went around leveling up.

The memories in the dream were very clear. Xiu Si could even see their specific expressions.

He looked for a long time, rising and falling, almost immersed in it. It took a while to wake up. When he opened his eyes, he met a pair of deep green eyes.

Buer lowered her head, blinked, and patted with her cat paw. The warm paw pad touched his face, the small gesture was extremely cute.

Xiu Si woke up and immediately said, “Good morning, Buer.”

The little ragdoll cat jumped happily, then rubbed and cuddled with his head.

After thousands of years, his child really liked the cat form. But he liked it too.

Half an hour later, Xiu Si finished dealing with miscellaneous matters and opened the bookstore door.

For some reason, the expressions of passersby were much more solemn than yesterday, and they were walking hurriedly, with a kind of inexplicable anxiety, as if something big had happened in the Great Oedipus Empire.

Xiu Si felt something was wrong. He opened the system page and saw that the news channel was indeed full of messages.

The latest one was actually – Hero Wang Chang’er allegedly reappeared on the continent.

The next one was, Hero Wang Chang’er attacked the warship of the Great Oedipus Empire, nearly killing Sword Saint Ferrol.

Xiu Si was stunned. He denied this news in his heart because the Wang Chang’er he knew would never do such a thing.

So was it fake? Was someone using his old friend’s identity to cause trouble everywhere?

Looking at the messages one by one, Xiu Si’s brows furrowed deeper and deeper. His old friend’s identity was being stolen, causing a reputation crisis. How could he remain indifferent?

Could it be the work of dream creatures?

But as far as Xiu Si knew, most dream creatures wouldn’t do such complicated things. They were fragmented dreams of various real existences. Just as dreams were illogical, anti-reflective, and intermittent, so was their existence, all kinds of irrationality.

So, who did it?

Xiu Si thought of some outrageous conspiracies, and at this time, he felt a softness on his arm.

Looking down, it was Inpos scratching his arm.

“What’s wrong?”

Xiu Si looked at Inpos, pinching the fidgeting cat paw.

Inpos rolled over, then asked if his father remembered the last “suggestion”.

Xiu Si was stunned for a moment. Of course he remembered, but that suggestion was a bit difficult.

At least… he thought it would be easily seen through.

And Buer shook his hand, as if coquettishly hoping their father would agree to that “suggestion”.

Xiu Si was a bit troubled, but it was hard to refuse his good daughter’s request. He asked, “Do you really think it’s good?”

Buer nodded, patting his belly with a paw, as if saying, leave it to us!

Xiu Si was still hesitant and said, “Even if we do this in this matter… it doesn’t seem to be of much use, right?”

Both cats shook their heads simultaneously, shaking his left and right hands respectively, their eyes shining brightly.

Xiu Si was struck to the heart by his cubs. How could he refuse? Just do it. As the father of the children, it was just a small matter, how could he not do it?

Think positively, it’s almost like cosplay, doing it for the cubs!!