After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 6

The young man with black hair looked out, gazing indifferently at the city in the sky.

This calmness scared the wits out of Ji Xinsen.

Ji Xinsen’s mind was racing, and he nervously asked, “Why do you say it was intentional?”

Why?

Xiu Si paused, his gaze slowly moving upward, his pure black eyes as deep as the night. He said, “It’s obviously more advantageous that way. Conscience and morality are obstacles to becoming powerful. Negative emotions like fear and hesitation will bind the will, making people unfree.”

His tone was flat, his expression calm, it seemed like he was just stating a fact. If an ordinary person said this, Ji Xinsen would have felt hesitant, doubting its depth.

However, this person was an ‘anomaly’ recognized by the goddess!!

You must have been seen through. He already knows that your true identity is the king of the Kingdom of Jipu.

Ji Xinsen’s legs under the table were shaking, and he immediately sat up straight.

What is an anomaly? At least level 90 and above!

Ji Xinsen was sweating profusely, his thoughts in chaos.

Initially, facing the Divine Kingdom of Light, he did not intentionally lose. He and his citizens had done their best.

After the defeat, his conscience was taken away. He felt a void in his heart. He would no longer feel sympathy for anyone’s pain.

He would only care about his own desires, always dealing with political affairs rationally. Then he found that his efficiency was higher than before, and at the same time, the efficiency of everyone around him was also improving. A year later, the overall productivity and combat power of the country were more than twice as high as before.

What did this mean?

At that time, he stood in the Imperial City, overlooking the panorama of the country, and thought for an afternoon before he suddenly realized.

——Conscience, it turned out to be an obstacle to the development of national power. Just without conscience, the country could actually progress.

After he realized this, he was in a daze for several days, lost his appetite, and had trouble sleeping. Then, a hypothesis formed in his mind.

If the loss of conscience could lead to progress, what about the loss of other things?

A desire for development, wrapped in curiosity, brewed in his heart.

So later, he sent people to actively challenge the Divine Kingdom of Light.

Those war-loving freaks should not let it go. The only risk was that what the Divine Kingdom of Light plundered after victory might not be what he wanted to give. But this was not difficult to solve, as long as they agreed in advance. If you were worried about violations, there was a divine pact as a constraint, what problem couldn’t be solved?

After losing his conscience, as the ruler of a country, he made some deals with foreign enemies for the better development of the country. What was wrong with that? In fact, after several wars, the national strength was stronger, and the citizens were also stronger. Wasn’t this good? What was wrong with that? Wasn’t this the duty of a king?

However, he was attacked by a foreigner and had no choice but to hide here.

The Aust Empire was far away, with medium national strength, few contracted gods, and almost no knowledge of the Kingdom of Jipu. It was a good place to take refuge.

However, Ji Xinsen did not just want to take refuge, he also wanted to find a way to reclaim his kingdom. And during the time he was hiding in the Aust Empire, looking at the current state of the Aust Empire, he had another idea.

That was to help the Aust Empire increase its national strength.

It was not to drag more countries into the abyss, to justify his actions.

And now, has this person seen through his thoughts?!

Ji Xinsen couldn’t believe it. His negative emotions had clearly been plundered, but at this moment, he still felt fear.

In the face of greater terror, ordinary extraordinary methods would inevitably be cracked.

Creatures that did not fear would fear!

It was not his first time coming to the Hero Memorial Hall. He came every day for the past two months, hoping to find some hero’s legacy. Who knew he would run into an anomaly!

Want to escape in front of an anomaly? Impossible!

Ji Xinsen tried to steady his mind. He didn’t know whether the other party was a friend or foe, or what attitude he had towards the upcoming war.

He swallowed, forcing himself to calm down, “Let’s not talk about the kingdom for now, there’s going to be a war here.”

This sentence seemed to be just a change of topic, a casual chat.

The young man with black hair looked at the sky, his black eyes tinged with a hint of gold. In response to Ji Xinsen’s words, the young man seemed to think for a moment, then suddenly spoke, “Do you really want to fight?”

As his words fell, the air seemed to freeze for a moment.

Ji Xinsen could hardly breathe.

These words were definitely directed at him!

Back then, that foreigner, with his martial arts, crushed him, defeated all his legions, and made his way to him. He also pointed his sword at him and coldly said,

——“Do you want to fight?”

This person not only saw through his identity, but also knew about his exile, and might even have been on the scene!

Ji Xinsen had never been so scared before. It was as if his whole life had been seen through, and there was nothing the other party didn’t know.

There was actually a monster in the Hero Memorial Hall!

Cold sweat ran down his back, and just then, the other party slowly turned his gaze, almost meeting his eyes!

Ji Xinsen immediately stood up, almost gasping in panic, “If, if there is a war…”

At this, the young man with black hair slightly raised the corners of his lips, a faint smile on his face. Against the light, his face was clearly solemn.

Xiu Si slowly spoke, “War may be inevitable, but I hope for world peace.”

In an instant, Ji Xinsen felt as if the air had been sucked out of the room. Suffocation, only suffocation.

What did the other party say? He actually said “world peace”!

Even gods might not be able to say that. This was something that even the Goddess of Harmony couldn’t do. The Divine Kingdom, the Abyss, the Continent, and the Subspace, in this world where terrifying and strange things were everywhere, the other party actually casually mentioned hoping for world peace. His greatest ambition was only to rule a country, but the other party’s ambition was to rule the world.

What level of anomaly had he encountered?

Ji Xinsen’s face was pale, his body trembling, he couldn’t bear the other party’s gaze.

“What’s wrong?”

The young man with black hair seemed to notice his abnormality, his eyes were friendly and full of concern.

But this was even more terrifying!

Ji Xinsen couldn’t bear it any longer, he instinctively activated spatial transfer.

By the time Xiu Si turned his head to look, the person who had just spoken was gone. He was puzzled, looking at the empty spot, murmuring to himself, “Did I say something wrong?”

Or did the other party have some urgent matter, so he ran away in a hurry?

He reflected on it, he had just casually reasoned that part of the conversation. Why did he suspect that the king did it on purpose? Mainly because he lost his conscience after the first war. Besides…

Xiu Si was a bit shy, thinking to himself, it was actually because he was still a bit of a chuunibyou, right? He had read too many dark and cruel works in high school, and it was inevitable that he would think in that direction, unable to control his imagination.

Sometimes when he talked about it, he couldn’t control his words, and he was even told by other heroes – ‘Xiu Ge, you wouldn’t be a natural black, would you? I’ve seen a lot of dark and cruel things too, but I wouldn’t think like you’.

Of course, Xiu Si didn’t think so himself, his self-perception was always positive and uplifting.

However…

“Without a conscience, is the national power actually stronger?”

Xiu Si shook his head, feeling it was baseless, but he believed that even if it became stronger, it was only for a certain period of time, this method could not truly become stronger.

Let’s not talk about this for now.

Xiu Si turned his head, looking at the sky becoming brighter and brighter, almost blinding.

Should the Aust Empire accept or reject the challenge of the Divine Kingdom of Light?

Just looking at the current strength, a human country ranked in the forties could not possibly defeat the Divine Kingdom of Light, whether it was a regular war or a Harmonious War, there was absolutely no chance of winning.

Unless there were individual super-level powers to reverse the situation and crush the enemy.

But did the Empire have any?

Xiu Si fell into thought, he didn’t expect that he would face a life-and-death issue so soon after his resurrection. He might not be safe once the war started.

****

On the other side, the Aust Empire’s military staff rushed to the palace.

The high-ranking officials of the military were all present, dressed in serious uniforms, full of killing intent, all looking reverently at the empress on the high platform.

Whether to fight or not, the decision maker was none other than the one they admired and surrounded.

The Empress–Anna Bellus.

At this moment, she looked up into the distance, as if communicating with the far away.

****

On the Hero Memorial Square, Luo Jie received the news, his face heavy, he turned his gaze and glanced at Prince Torila behind him.

Torila didn’t understand, but he felt that the situation was very bad, this might be a crisis of national extinction!

How could those war freaks from the Divine Kingdom of Light target our Aust Empire?

And Luo Jie’s gaze shifted, settling on Aelioge.

“Can you help?”

He asked directly.

Aelioge seemed lost in thought, staring in one direction. When he heard the question, he returned a cold look.

“My contract with humans is almost up.”

Luo Jie laughed, “Isn’t it not yet?”

Aelioge’s face was indifferent, as if he had nothing to say to Luo Jie, “The contract is just for borrowing power, I don’t need to participate.”

Luo Jie looked at him, thinking that was indeed the case. Abyss Lords each had their own powers, incredibly strong, willing to contract with humans, lending power to humans was already very good, but wanting them to take action personally, wasn’t that too greedy?

But with the war imminent, this was not a problem.

Luo Jie pondered, “You’ve been looking for something, haven’t you? Today, as long as you help, I promise to do my best to help you find it.”

Aelioge was unswayed, as if he was very clear that Luo Jie couldn’t find it, so this proposal was meaningless to him.

Luo Jie frowned slightly, his gaze sweeping over the Divine Kingdom of Light.

If he were a hundred years younger, he would have charged in alone, there would be no need to find people, he really was “old”.

But just then, the Divine Kingdom of Light suddenly rose, moving away from the Imperial City of the Aust Empire.

The huge sky castle went straight into the clouds, gradually disappearing, even vanishing.

Was it…leaving?

Declared war and then left?

Luo Jie was shocked.

The Divine Kingdom of Light was known for its love of war, there was no history of not fighting after declaring war, but now, what were they doing?

Torila came over excitedly, “Grandpa Luo Jie, are they afraid of you?”

Luo Jie’s mouth twitched, he wished it was. His news in the Aust Empire was known to few people, but the Divine Kingdom of Light should not be ignorant.

The Divine Kingdom of Light definitely knew he was here, under this premise, they invited war, how could they retreat because of him.

But he also couldn’t figure out why, did something happen to the Divine Kingdom of Light?

Almost everyone had this doubt.

The legion commander, Philip, was preparing nervously, only to see the enemy retreat, he couldn’t help feeling frustrated.

“What’s going on?”

“Are they afraid to fight?”

“That must be it, I heard before, our Aust Empire has a super strong protector!”

The military was in a discussion.

The prime minister immediately scolded, “Don’t be careless, they might be playing us!”

Everyone immediately became serious.

****

At this time, seeing that the sky was not so bright, Xiu Si breathed a sigh of relief, although he didn’t know what had happened, at least the war wouldn’t start immediately.

His gaze moved down, falling on his own value panel, looking at the inexplicably added creation skill points, he fell into thought.

“Why did I suddenly get skill points?”

****

On the other side.

Aelioge ignored Luo Jie’s inexplicable gaze and walked straight into the Hero Memorial Hall.

His intuition was getting stronger and stronger, he turned his head and looked towards the end of the corridor.

——The Hero Memorial Library.