After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 65.2

Add to that the gods devouring each other, and in the later stages when divine natures were highly mixed, many gods themselves found it hard to separate their powers.

So right now, the most suspicious was the Primordial God of Humans?

Beelzebub and Aelioge had the same thought.

In Beelzebub’s imagination, the mastermind should be relatively weak, or have been weak for a long period.

And the Primordial God of Humans… had indeed been weak for a long time in the early stages. At that time, all the gods were suppressing Him, believing He wasn’t worthy of being a god, that He was a lowly being evolved from apes to humans, and then from humans to a god.

Among the primordial gods of various races, the Primordial God of Humans was the most suppressed.

It was said that the gods of that time generally felt human nature was the furthest from divine nature, and that human nature was the least likely and least deserving to ascend to divinity.

It wasn’t species discrimination, but status discrimination.

Higher status looked down on lower status, gods looked down on humans, just as humans look down on ants.

Humans always emphasize that they are the lords of all creatures, the spirit of all spirits, and now there were just gods above humans.

Gods looking down on humans was like humans looking down on animals.

In this context, it wasn’t just the Primordial God of Humans, but all beings who climbed up from lower levels were not welcomed by those born as gods.

Beelzebub paused. Why did it seem more and more likely the more he thought about it? Could it really be…?

****

Meanwhile, a major event occurred in the Great Oedipus Empire.

Ram Head, one of the twelve leaders of the Divine Kingdom of Destruction, suddenly appeared in the sky above the imperial city.

The Oedipus Magic Tower was immediately on alert, but they detected that Ram Head was at level 99. The nation’s great protective magic couldn’t stop Him, and there was no individual in the entire empire who could fight against Him.

They immediately reported to the alliance, but Ram Head set up a great magic to block communications, then laid down a grand illusion formation, bringing the Oedipus imperial city under His control.

Ram Head’s reason for coming here was simple. He believed that the number one ranked human was in this imperial city.

And He wanted to find the number one ranked human, remove all obstacles, kill them, and plunge humanity into despair.

But there were too many people in this imperial city. Searching would be too exhausting, and killing them one by one would be troublesome.

Ram Head stood in the void overlooking the entire city, muttering, “A city of nearly a million people. If I kill them all, I fear I’ll be severely cursed by the Goddess of Harmony.”

Each of the twelve leaders had the ability to destroy a city. If they wanted to annihilate the Hammurabi Empire, their overwhelming strength would be more than enough. There was no need to hold a Harmonious War, go through rituals, and make things so complicated.

The reason for such a roundabout approach was nothing more than concern about the Goddess of Harmony.

The curse of the Goddess of Harmony was one of the most troublesome divine curses.

Even in the era of the gods’ battle royale, the Goddess of Harmony was not a deity that ordinary gods could afford to offend.

The God of Light and the God of Darkness were powerful enough, right? They once dominated the heavens, but They were both defeated by the Goddess of Harmony.

In the Gods Era, the Goddess of Harmony and the Goddess of Wisdom were once ultimate beings. After an exceptionally fierce divine war, Their divine ranks fell, and They became weaker afterwards.

Having been ultimate beings meant that Their curses would not be ordinary divine curses, but terrifying curses that shock the origin and establish rules.

Even though the Goddess of Harmony’s power was no longer what it used to be, Her strength still inspired fear in gods and demons.

To achieve the goal smoothly, it was better not to touch taboos.

Besides… Watching humans gradually walk towards despair was also a great pleasure, wasn’t it?

Ram Head chuckled, as if brewing very dangerous thoughts.

“First ranked human, I want to see what kind of character they are.”

At this time, the magic tower of the Oedipus Empire was in chaos, with people panicking.

Many magicians tried to escape but were imprisoned in the city by rules, feeling anxious and restless.

Millard and other old magicians arrived at the scene, only then controlling the situation.

Meanwhile, Levin learned the news early and immediately rushed to the Prime Minister’s house, only to find the Prime Minister missing.

“Where did Norwich go? He couldn’t have received advance warning and run away, could he?”

Levin searched everywhere, but the butler told him, “The Prime Minister left the day before yesterday to handle government affairs in the south. I apologize for not informing Your Majesty.”

Levin was dumbfounded, “How did he leave at just the right time? The invasion of that Ram Head outside happened suddenly, he couldn’t have predicted it, right?”

The butler said calmly, “It’s a coincidence, Your Majesty.”

Levin choked. He would believe it if it were anyone else, but not the Prime Minister. That man always had eyes that seemed to see through everything. What in this world couldn’t he predict?

And butler, aren’t you panicking? Why do you look like nothing’s happening? That thing outside could destroy the country if it’s unhappy!

Levin blurted out. “But there’s no need to abandon me, right?”

With the country in crisis and the guards no match for the enemy, all the great families wanted to flee. They couldn’t commit fully to fighting. What could he do? What power did he have in his hands? The opponent was a level 99 or even higher monster!

The Prime Minister had told him before that when encountering such monsters, if you were of no significance to Them and had no powerful backing, death was inevitable and unavoidable. It just depended on Their mood.

Not just you, 99% of humans would meet the same fate. Whether people or countries, they were all insignificant in the face of overwhelming power.

Levin thought rapidly and could only think of one person.

“Maintain order in the city, I’m going to find help.”

Levin turned around and ran faster than a rabbit.

The butler remained in place, his expression unchanged. A few minutes later, he actually revealed a face identical to the Prime Minister’s, and raised his eyes to look at the sky, thinking about something unknown.

****

Several dozen minutes earlier, Xiu Si woke up very early.

Something good happened today. He woke up to find his skill proficiency had increased, and his level had also gone up by one. It seemed that even dreaming could increase experience values.

In the tedious leveling up and learning, he was making steady progress, gradually advancing step by step. It could be said that his efforts were finally paying off, and things were gradually going smoothly.

However, when he got up as usual, he found that all the children at home were sound asleep, with only Celerios active.

Celerios was a very obedient and sensible child. He woke up even earlier than Xiu Si, his small body doing a lot of work, helping to arrange things, tidy up clothes, and even prepared a table of breakfast.

As soon as Xiu Si came out of the bedroom, he saw steaming milk and golden bread on the table, as well as a pair of beautiful, bright green eyes staring at him.

The little cute cat raised its head and obediently said, “Meow meow~”

“Good morning.”

Xiu Si rarely ate anything anymore, but seeing the child’s table full of filial piety, how could he refuse?

The child had grown up and could even make breakfast for father now.

Eat! How could he not eat!

Xiu Si immediately sat down and found it quite delicious upon tasting. His child really knew how to make breakfast.

The little cat blankly watched the smiling young man in black, occasionally swaying its tail, its obedient and adorable appearance melting everyone’s heart.

He thought, Father hasn’t changed, that’s good, but dear Father was hidden away by his brothers and sister. His brothers and sister were bad and deserved to be locked up, not allowed to see Father. But He also knew that His brothers and sister couldn’t stay calm for long, they would soon run out. What should He do then?

He was so weak, He couldn’t beat them outside His domain, and He didn’t dare to fight either. If His brothers and sister scolded Him once, He would cry, how could He dare to fight?

Celerios knew He was stupid and couldn’t think of any solutions. The only thing He could think of was to tell on them to big brother. Big brother would teach them a lesson one by one. His brothers and sister were bad, He was good, big brother would understand.

He made a secret decision in His heart, but unexpectedly was caught by cat paws from behind.

He tremulously raised His head and indeed met His third brother’s deep green eyes looking down at Him.

Vassago grabbed Celerios’ cheeks with both paws. The size difference between the big fat white cat and the little Munchkin cat was overly obvious. The big cat’s shadow completely covered the little cat. On the little cat, the big cat was like a huge snow-white mountain, pressing down on Him so much that He could hardly breathe.

Celerios trembled, His eyes filled with tears, and said tremblingly, “Third brother…”

Vassago snorted coldly, then pinched the nineteenth brother’s face and said, “Little one, you’ve come too.”

Celerios nodded, “Yes.”

Vassago pinched His face, His tone surprisingly gentle, and said, “You now dare to confront Them, you’ve really improved.”

Vassago rarely put on the air of an elder brother, but now His tone was quite convincing.

Back in the day when Father gave Him the task of educating His brothers and sisters, He knew He wasn’t cut out for it, so He slept through it, and the task fell to Samikina.

But as one of the elder brothers in the big family, He actually wasn’t completely unaware of the responsibility. He just knew He wasn’t suited for it, and Samikina was more suitable.

However, His shirking of responsibility seemed to have caused some burden on Samikina.

Thinking of this, Vassago’s eyes darkened, and his mood became somewhat complicated.

Celerios nodded blankly, thinking his third brother would hit Him, but he didn’t. Third brother was good, other brothers and sisters were bad, yes.

Vassago lowered his eyes, thinking to himself, forget it, let’s first count how many fellows know about it now.

The third-ranked Him, the fourth-ranked Samikina, the fifth-ranked Marbas, the seventh-ranked Amon, the tenth-ranked Buer, the fifteenth-ranked Aelioge, the nineteenth-ranked Celerios, the twenty-first-ranked Morax, the twenty-second-ranked Inpos, and lastly, the outsider Beelzebub.

Already… ten siblings knew.

Vassago hadn’t realized until he counted, and was startled. How long had it been? How could the information have leaked so quickly?

Who exactly leaked it? Huh?

Ten out of twenty-four siblings knew.

Moreover, Samikina was currently looking for Lelagin, meaning Lelagin would soon come over too.

If this continued, it seemed like their family might really have a grand reunion?

Vassago had always been calm, but now he couldn’t help feeling a sense of crisis. Especially since his eldest brother might find out at any time. The scene would be too beautiful to imagine when that happened.

He shouldn’t have deceived Father back then, but should have honestly confessed.

He was lost in thought, which to Xiu Si, looked like his cat cub was depressed.

What’s wrong?

Xiu Si watched the chubby white cat hugging the little Munchkin, looking full of brotherly love, and felt somewhat gratified inside. Counting, it seemed they had found almost half of the children. Once he leveled up more, he would soon be able to go to the subspace to see if he could find Baal.

However, did Vassago have some worries? Why did he seem so gloomy?

As Xiu Si was thinking, the white cat put down the little Munchkin and softly walked over, leaning against him with a somewhat listless air.

What’s wrong? Xiu Si was puzzled, thinking to himself that he should make his child happy.

So he gently stroked the white cat’s fur, his hands caressing from both sides to the cheeks, massaging a bit, then gently pinching the ears with his fingers. The white cat purred comfortably, its eyes narrowing, no longer showing the previous melancholy, replaced by relaxation and laziness. It tilted its head, its cheek pressing against its father’s palm, looking as if it wanted more petting.

Xiu Si smiled, scratched under the cat’s chin, and the cat comfortably stretched out its neck. He then continued to massage its back, and the cat purred again in comfort, even rolling over to expose its belly.

Xiu Si suddenly said, “Tell Father, is there something bothering you?”

The white cat, relaxed from the petting, almost spoke in human language, but stopped just in time, only meowing vaguely.

“You say there’s nothing wrong?”

Xiu Si blinked, seeming somewhat doubtful.

Celerios watched enviously from the side, not daring to come closer, until the other casually picked Him up too, petting His ears and stroking His belly, making Him purr comfortably and almost fall asleep.

“Then do you know why your other siblings are always sleeping?”

The little cute cat showed a puzzled expression.

The white cat seemed to freeze for a moment, then shook its head.

Xiu Si was about to say something, but didn’t, his eyes showing some contemplation.

He felt that his children’s love for sleeping…seemed to have some other reason.

What exactly was it, what were they hiding from him?

Xiu Si felt a bit sad, but he believed his children wouldn’t do bad things, they were probably just being a little mischievous.

It had happened before. They would sometimes hide things from him.

Without exception, those things were always for his own good.

Thousands of years had passed, and his children hadn’t changed much, just perhaps having more thoughts than before.

Xiu Si lowered his eyes, stroking the white cat’s fur from head to back, and said, “Whatever you do doesn’t matter, but be careful not to push yourselves too hard or get hurt, okay?”

The white cat paused.

“If there’s anything you can’t solve, you should tell Father, understand?”

Xiu Si smiled gently.

Little did he know that the white cat’s emotions had already exploded, with tens of thousands of words of confession ready to be published in his heart!

Meow, Father trusted Him so much, He was so unfilial, He was really so unfilial!

If Father wasn’t right in front of Him, the white cat would have slapped himself.

Celerios, true to being a fool, didn’t quite understand what was being said.

Just then, an incredibly loud challenge rang out from outside.

“Human Rank Number One, stop hiding. I know you’re in the Imperial City. Come out quickly, or I’ll kill one person every minute until I slaughter the entire city.”

Ram Head stood in the air above the central plaza of the Imperial City, a prime location visible to almost everyone.

Levin, who was on his way to the bookstore, heard His challenge and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Hearing this, Xiu Si looked up, his hand stroking the white cat stopping.

The white cat slightly furrowed His brow, thinking to Himself what thing outside was howling.

Then, feeling this wasn’t intimidating enough, Ram Head released His pressure, terrifying demonic power covering the entire Imperial City.

Just as Xiu Si was about to stand up, the ground suddenly shook under the pressure of the demonic power, causing him to lose his balance and stumble.

The white cat saw this, His pupils shaking.

Daring to scare Father, die!