After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 56.2

Ferrol was too pragmatic. If even the Sword God didn’t dare to confront this person, how could he, Ferrol, fight? Wouldn’t that be suicide?

He even had to worry if that mysterious powerful figure might remember there was still a survivor and continue the extermination, cutting the grass and digging up the roots.

Because clearly, the other party had an issue with their entire clan, not just targeting a specific individual.

He wasn’t killed simply because he happened to be away from home. If he rushed to offer himself up, he would surely die miserably.

Therefore, while everyone else was on alert about the incident, Ferrol actually went into hiding and fled to the neighboring Roman Kingdom overnight.

His ambition was flexible; he did what he was capable of doing. Being prideful and inflexible was foolish. Sometimes, to survive, one had to lower their stance.

Putting it nicely, it’s called being pragmatic. Putting it harshly, it’s called being a bully to the weak and a coward to the strong, bending with the wind.

But in Ferrol’s mind, this was called being smart. If he were a low-intelligence hothead incapable of rational thought, he probably wouldn’t have earned the title of Western Sword Saint.

Avoiding survival crises was one thing, but he wouldn’t forget this humiliation either.

During his escape, he learned through various sources that the person who attracted the mysterious powerful figure was definitely King Levin.

After learning the truth, a surge of anger welled up in Ferrol’s chest. He cursed, “Levin, I was the one who put you on the throne, and you dare betray me, finding a powerful figure to deal with me? You’ve grown bold, haven’t you?”

“They say that mysterious powerful figure is Matros’s student. Fine, he can protect you for now, but can he protect you forever?”

Ferrol’s eyes were full of venom, “You destroyed my family, ruined my honor. I must kill you!”

His sword aura burst out, splitting the ground beneath his feet.

At this time, the Roman Kingdom was calm on the surface, but discussions among the people were constant.

Too many things had happened recently: the sudden appearance of the top-ranked individual, the mysterious dream invasion that retreated inexplicably, the more frequent actions of the Abyss Lords than before, and the most shocking of all—the descent of the Lord of the Abyss.

In a street tavern in the Roman Kingdom, several adventurers exchanged information while discussing.

“I heard there was a big incident on the Alliance’s side today.”

“What big incident?”

“The people over there are tight-lipped, but someone from inside leaked that… the Lord of the Abyss appeared at the Alliance Council meeting.”

“What? Isn’t the Alliance Council where a bunch of human powerhouses are stationed? He… He actually walked right in?”

This news shocked everyone present.

Even the tavern keeper looked bewildered.

Because that wasn’t an ordinary place, it was the council venue where human powerhouses gathered, with representatives from most countries present.

The person who knew the information continued, “Yes, but what happened after that is unknown. It seems to have something to do with the hero? Afterwards, the Alliance established a hero search team.”

The matter even involved the hero?

Someone took a sip of wine and pondered, “Then I guess… the Lord of the Abyss is too difficult to deal with, and the current human powerhouses lack strength, so they need to find a hero to face Him?”

“Huh? That’s impossible, isn’t the Lord of the Abyss chaotic evil?”

The rumors spread in all sorts of bizarre ways, causing some people to feel uneasy.

But the Roman Kingdom, from top to bottom, didn’t seem to pay much attention to this matter.

Their king, Roman Ross, had been indulging in revelry and frequenting various art galleries recently, completely neglecting state affairs. Coincidentally, the prime minister of the Roman Kingdom had a similar style. For matters beyond their capabilities, they neither took action to resolve them nor had any methods to do so, displaying a kind of resigned acceptance of their fate.

In fact, this was also due to historical reasons. Their entire kingdom tended to be quite self-romantically inclined. The previous king was a historically great eccentric who could joke and chat with the Otherworld God No. 005 in the face of destruction. Although the current king was still young, he showed promise of surpassing his father and doing even more eccentric things.

“By the way, have you heard? The useless king from the neighboring Great Oedipus Empire has risen to power?”

“Impossible, impossible. He has no money, no power, and ordinary abilities. What could he possibly rise to?”

This topic seemed to have a predetermined conclusion. Not just in the Great Oedipus Empire itself, but even in the public opinion of the neighboring Roman Kingdom, the uselessness of its king was a well-known consensus.

It’s a pity. If only another prince had survived, at least he wouldn’t be so controlled by other families.

But suddenly, someone proposed a different view.

“Ah, you know, there’s a kind of… innocence about him?”

“What innocence? You mean he’s stupid, right?”

“Not exactly. It’s just that sometimes I think, compared to letting those kings with minds full of conspiracies and schemes to conquer the continent take the throne, letting a simpler king take the throne might be better. At least he’s stupid enough not to meddle in too many things.”

Most people in the tavern scoffed, unable to see how this was a talent for governing, until someone in the back stood up, applauded, and laughed, “Haha, I understand. Non-action is the greatest action, non-governance is the best governance.”

The person who heard this exclaimed in disbelief, “Wow, that’s such a reasonable statement! Your brain couldn’t have come up with that. Where did you hear it from?”

“Over there, that wandering poet.”

The young nobleman smiled and pointed in a direction.

“Where?”

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed.

“He’s surrounded by people, a handsome guy with green eyes. Well, just a bit more handsome than me.”

“A handsome guy? No wonder there are so many people around him.”

“The story he told seemed quite good.”

The tavern was noisy for a while, then people gradually started to leave.

“Let’s go see what that wandering poet is talking about.”

****

On the other side.

When Aelioge learned the news of “the third appearance of the Abyss Lord”, the entire magic city was stunned. After a few seconds, they started cursing.

“Didn’t I just tell you to keep a low profile? Is this what you call low profile? It’s completely the opposite. You’re doing everything to be as high-profile as possible, aren’t you?”

He was on a mountainside. At that time, the sky was gradually darkening, night was falling, and the temperature was slightly cool.

With a slight mental movement, Aelioge immediately raised his eyes and saw a shooting star flash across the sky.

Boom! The earth shook, and the forest swayed.

Aelioge thought to himself that this was not good, Amon had gone to the Continental Human Alliance!

At that moment, the magic towers of the Continental Human Alliance had their alarms at full blast, with red light covering the entire enclosed city area.

“It’s Abyss Lord Amon! He’s trying to break into the Alliance, no! He’s already broken in!”

“What? What does He want to do?”

“We can’t stop Him, call for Mentor Eve!”

At the same time, Eve, who sensed the commotion, immediately reacted. She fully activated her magic power, covering a domain with a radius of over a thousand meters centered on her.

Abyss Lord Amon was a human threat on the same level as Beelzebub, having occupied a human empire and gradually transformed that country into a mad divine kingdom. He was extremely ruthless and one of the most dangerous among the Abyss Lords, requiring close monitoring.

He had been quiet for over a thousand years, and those responsible for keeping watch might have lowered their guard. However, unexpectedly, He suddenly invaded the Alliance!

Eve was about to rush to the scene when suddenly, the alarm sounded again.

[Abyss Lord Aelioge is attacking!]

Eve broke out in a cold sweat. One Amon was troublesome enough, how could there be Aelioge as well? Neither of them was easy to deal with!

She was about to take action, decisively heading towards Amon’s location.

However, immediately after, their excellent intelligence officers updated the information again.

[Latest intel: Aelioge has dragged Amon into subspace and they’re fighting!]

What? Eve, who was about to rush off, almost crashed into a wall due to the sudden news.

“They came here to fight?”

The space stabilized a bit.

Was it a false alarm?

Eve slowed down and fell into deep thought.

Something wasn’t right. Why did the Abyss Lords follow so closely after the Lord of the Abyss had just left? And why were they fighting? What was their relationship, and what exactly was their conflict?

Then, space trembled, and rumbling sounds continued.

As is well known, the space between the real world and subspace is called the buffer zone.

If they were fighting in subspace, the impact on the real world wouldn’t be too severe. However, because the buffer zone was too close to the real world, if the fight became intense, it could very likely cause the space in the real world to shatter.

[Magic Academy Report! The SS-grade defense system has been activated to maximize the isolation of spatial effects from the buffer zone. Please be cautious and stay safe!]

[Intelligence Agency Report! They’re fighting and moving at the same time, they seem to have lost control and can’t stop for now!]

The consecutive alarms really scared people.

Eve was also mentally exhausted. Although Abyss Lords fighting wasn’t a rare occurrence, couldn’t they at least fight somewhere else?

It was… she really wanted to tell the Lord of the Abyss.

Thinking of this, Eve suddenly shuddered, her pupils constricting, as if shocked by her own thoughts.

Abyss Lords fighting… could be reported to the Lord of the Abyss?

It was a strange and terrifying idea. But oddly, it seemed somewhat reasonable. Eve couldn’t help but recall that gray-robed youth.

Although the Lord of the Abyss was also terrifying and majestic, he gave a much milder impression, at least not as moody as the Abyss Lords who would easily lose their temper and start wars impulsively.

Then, Eve had a sudden thought and muttered to herself. “Come to think of it, does the Lord of the Abyss know about the Abyss Lords fighting outside?”

This was a strange question. But she oddly felt that the Lord of the Abyss probably didn’t know. If he knew… would the Lord of the Abyss perhaps stop them?

But the conflicts between Abyss Lords had become a major part of the history of the Demons Era, how could the Lord of the Abyss not know?

Eve suddenly remembered the Lord of the Abyss’ own words about “waking up”.

That’s right, was it possible that the Lord of the Abyss had only woken up recently and actually didn’t know about the Abyss Lords’ affairs?

She was silent for a few seconds, strangely feeling that it wasn’t impossible.

Perhaps the Lord of the Abyss really had just woken up recently, and upon waking, found that the familiar hero was gone, so he came to the Alliance to take a look.

However, she could only speculate about this matter.

Otherwise, could you go and confirm with the Lord of the Abyss?

Eve shook her head, believing that the urgent matter at hand was the conflict between the two Abyss Lords.

She hoped they wouldn’t fight too intensely. If the real world’s space shattered, it wouldn’t be easy to restructure.

The Continental Human Alliance was located in the central area where various countries converged, belonging to an anarchic region, but its size was comparable to a small country.

This area had intertwining magic veins, with the quantity and quality of magic ore far surpassing other regions.

Back in the day, this was the place that Hero Ye Qingyi personally chose.

It had been over 8,000 years since its establishment, development, and construction. With a long history and deep cultural heritage, it was one of humanity’s strongest fortresses, gathering the wisdom and sweat of countless generations.

Humans had fought against numerous ancient gods and outer gods here, had once abandoned and fled from it, but later still had to fight to reclaim it.

This was a place concerning human dignity, and could not be easily given up to non-human entities.

Eve felt somewhat emotional. She turned her head and saw that the magic curtain had already been deployed.

The space magic team must have been mobilized.

“Stabilize the buffer zone, good, I’ll go help too.”

A few seconds later, Eve vanished and reappeared at the magic tower.

“Lady Eve, you’ve come at the right time!”

“We’ll leave this side’s space magic to you!”

The elders shamelessly handed over the heavy work to her. Her expression stiffened slightly, but she had no choice but to agree.

“Everything will be fine.”

****

At the same time.

Amon was burning with rage, his beautiful youthful face slightly distorted with anger. He cursed, “Aelioge, what are you so nervous about? Can’t I even pass through human territory?”

Aelioge coldly replied, “Can’t I just dislike you?”

“And you, why do you tolerate Inpos and Buer doing this?”

Amon trembled with anger, his magical power transforming into countless venomous snakes behind him, baring their fangs and continuously releasing pressure.

“We only have one father, no one can replace him. What’s your purpose in doing this? Have you gone mad with boredom?”

Aelioge stared at Amon, not bothering to explain, his demeanor cold and cruel.

Amon felt like he was punching cotton. He continued to berate, “Oh, and you’re even looking for a hero? You’re really putting on quite a show. I really don’t know how Samikina can let you all be. By rights, Marbas should have lost it long ago. Your imposter is really lucky, but meeting me is the end of that luck. Impersonating Father, heh, you need to be taught a lesson.”

His verbal pressure hadn’t angered Aelioge at all.

Instead, Aelioge became increasingly calm.

Amon frowned, even more bewildered, “What? Don’t tell me you’re actually taking that imposter seriously?”

Aelioge remained silent, his gaze very calm, to an almost eerie degree.

The air was silent for a few seconds.

Amon had an ominous feeling, staring into Aelioge’s eyes he said, “Why aren’t you saying anything?”

Aelioge remained silent. Perhaps feeling the time was right, he suddenly changed from his previous indifference and laughed unrestrained.

Amon looked completely confused, “What are you doing? Have you really gone mad?”

Aelioge shook his head, a smile still on his lips, and slowly said, “What you just said, and what you previously claimed about abandoning father, I’ve recorded it all, including video.”

Amon’s heart skipped a beat, “What did you record it for?”

Aelioge narrowed his eyes, “What do you think?”

Amon’s pupils trembled.