After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 69.2

Aelioge’s gaze shifted, meeting Amon’s eyes.

Despite the lack of light, Amon’s glasses reflected light like a certain eternal elementary school student, exuding an inexplicable sense of mystery.

Aelioge was speechless.

Seeing that Aelioge had no sense of humor, Amon was equally speechless and asked directly. “How are things going on your side?”

Aelioge returned a confident look, saying, “There’s progress, we’ll find out soon.”

Amon coldly replied. “Hurry and uncover the mastermind behind this.”

Aelioge chuckled. “You’re the one who should hurry and finish rewriting history, Seventh Brother with a body full of dark history.”

Amon’s glasses not only reflected light intensely but also shattered, revealing a pair of cold, sharp eyes.

“Don’t mention it!”

The two demons stared at each other across space, as if electricity crackled in the air between them.

A few minutes later, Amon coldly turned his head away.

Aelioge shifted His gaze, sweeping over Helen who was flipping through history books.

This human had noticed their matters and had suitable abilities. She would be perfect as a “spokesperson.”

Little did He know that at this moment, Helen was breaking out in a cold sweat, almost unable to sit still.

How could she not be anxious with three Abyss Lords appearing in one library?

****

Soon after, Aelioge walked out of the library. After confirming everything was normal, He teleported to subspace the next second.

Otherworld God No.001, who had simultaneously devoured two important suspects, couldn’t be found to progress to the next step.

“The sibling stationed in subspace, with widespread informants is…”

A few seconds later, Aelioge seemed to think of someone and immediately vanished, disappearing without a trace.

****

At this time. In the Divine Kingdom of Destruction.

Dragon Head, covered in blood, frantically ran back to the main city, shouting and screaming all the way, frightening many monstrous beings.

Ignoring them, Dragon Head rushed into a room, immediately spotting Dog Head standing with hands behind its back on a high platform.

He rushed towards Dog Head, excitedly saying, “Abyss Lords! They joined forces and killed ten of our leaders!”

Dragon Head frantically poured out the situation to Dog Head in a chaotic manner.

Dog Head’s expression remained unchanged, tossing a healing divine spell to Dragon Head before turning to look at the Goddess of Fortune present, politely asking, “Didn’t you give them luck?”

The Goddess of Fortune tilted her head, her eyes indifferent, not understanding. “I did, but for some things, luck alone is not enough.”

“Oh?”

Dog Head’s eyes sank slightly, his tone seemingly changing, “Could it be because you didn’t give them enough luck?”

No matter how one heard it, this question was challenging the Goddess of Fortune’s stance.

All gods knew that the Goddess of Fortune’s authority had two uses: one was to give individuals the free will to allocate their luck without changing their personal luck; the other was to transfer luck, taking it from one person and giving it to another.

The former could be achieved effortlessly by the Goddess of Fortune, just a thought’s work, while the latter required her to consume divine power.

With her limited divine power now, she wouldn’t easily use the second method.

But weren’t they all in the same boat now? Why not help her companions?

Dog Head narrowed his eyes.

At this, the Goddess of Fortune smiled, opening her white folding fan to cover half her face, “Your Excellency, luck isn’t omnipotent. To deal with Abyss Lords, you need to bring out enough strength.”

Dog Head’s eyes were dark, his emotions unreadable, “Is that so.”

Dragon Head looked left and right, unable to contain his anger, saying, “A full five of them! We went to kill the human ranked first, but encountered five Abyss Lords!”

Dog Head turned his gaze to Dragon Head, “What happened?”

“A white line guided us there,” Dragon Head recalled while speaking. “We didn’t think much of it at the time, assuming it was a provocation from the top-ranked human, so we went directly. But thinking carefully now, it might have been a trap! That person knew five Abyss Lords were living there and deliberately led us there!”

Dog Head raised an eyebrow, “Is that so.”

Dragon Head nodded heavily, certain. “Absolutely!”

Hearing this, the Goddess of Fortune made no comment, slowly closing her eyes, as if she couldn’t muster any interest in what they were saying.

Dog Head said to Dragon Head, “Evil Dragon, have you forgotten? The relationships between Abyss Lords are extremely poor. Once they meet, there will be conflicts. How could there be five Abyss Lords in one place? How are They coexisting harmoniously?”

Dragon Head paused, then immediately said, “There’s another possibility, They were all summoned by humans.”

“Oh? Hammurabi summoned so many but only one Buer responded. Oedipus’s luck seems to be good, getting responses from five at once.”

Dog Head subtly glanced at the Goddess of Fortune and said, “Which five responded?”

Dragon Head recalled. “Vassago, Aelioge, Buer, Celerios, and the usually reclusive Beelzebub.”

Upon hearing Beelzebub’s name, the Goddess of Fortune’s eyes narrowed.

Dog Head analyzed. “Buer, Aelioge, and Celerios are Abyss Lords who frequently interact with humans, but Vassago’s responses to humans can be counted on one hand. As for Beelzebub, He doesn’t have any human contractors at all and is even infamous as a human threat, a race exterminator. Over 3,000 years ago, this demon devoured the entire Evil Insect race. He is reclusive and arrogant, and it’s impossible that He came in response to a human summons.”

“This…”

Dragon Head was confused. Because what Dog Head said was right. How could these five Abyss Lords possibly gather together?

Dog Head seemed to think of something and said in a low voice: “The Lord of the Abyss appeared in Oedipus a few days ago. That must be the reason.”

Dragon Head’s eyes moved, “You mean the Lord of the Abyss ordered them to take action?”

Dog Head scoffed and shook his head, saying, “I don’t know, but what’s certain is that the human ranked first has a significant connection to the Lord of the Abyss.”

“This…”

There was too much information, and Dragon Head almost had brain atrophy. After a while, he asked, “So the human ranked first… are we still going to fight?”

Ten leaders had been eliminated, and they should retaliate fiercely. But looking at the current situation, did they have enough strength?

Moreover, most importantly, if you don’t provoke the human ranked first, they wouldn’t even bother with you. It would be you sending yourself to death, so why bother?

They fought Hammurabi for half a day with nothing happening, but fighting the human ranked first brought them nothing but misery.

Dragon Head suddenly realized this.

But at this point, with so many of their leaders dead, if they did nothing, wouldn’t they lose face for the Divine Kingdom of Destruction?

The whole world knew they had hit a wall with the human ranked first!

This was truly a dilemma.

The Goddess of Fortune watched them with interest, seemingly enjoying the spectacle.

To this, Dog Head surprisingly said, “Actually, we can do without face.”

Dragon Head was dumbfounded. Dog brother, are you serious? We attacked with full force for the sake of face, lost so many leaders, and now you say we can do without face?

However, Dog Head seemed to be serious, saying calmly, “If the human ranked first remains completely neutral, we actually don’t need to bother them.”

Dragon Head couldn’t process this. Ten leaders had died, aren’t you saying this too late?

Dog Head pondered for a moment again, “Forget it, let’s not bother the human ranked first, and focus on the Hammurabi Empire instead.”

Dragon Head was truly choked up, for the first time feeling the urge to throw himself into a river.

Dog Head then changed the subject, as if finally getting to the main point: “The focus now is that the human ranked second has returned, and he is an existence that can threaten us.”

Dragon Head remembered, “That Norman Til?”

Dog Head nodded, “Yes, him. Just now, he returned to the continent, and immediately went to the Hammurabi Empire.”

The Goddess of Fortune seemed a bit interested in this topic, both her eyes opening, filled with the light of countless stars.

Dragon Head asked. “Is he really that strong?”

His tone was doubtful.

Dog Head didn’t explain, but casually opened a projected image.

The room displayed an image of a destroyed planet.

The continent was scorched, the oceans boiling, the sky torn apart, and the nebula shattered.

An incredibly domineering magical power had destroyed everything.

Matter annihilated, rules scattered.

That planet was not small, yet Norman Til actually split it with a single sword strike.

A pure star-destroying level of power, capable of annihilating a medium-sized divine kingdom in a matter of seconds.

“This, this…”

Just seeing this image alone made Dragon Head’s body go cold, breaking out in a cold sweat.

“Was this done by Norman Til?”

“He did it. Upon hearing that humans were in danger, he stopped holding back and directly destroyed this planet, swiftly turning back to the continent.”

Dog Head slowly said. “Do you know why this era is called the Humans Era? There’s a reason.”

Dragon Head paused, his face turning pale.

Dog Head abruptly said, “He is one of the reasons.”

Dragon Head asked in disbelief. “He… can protect an entire race by himself?”

Dog Head glanced at Dragon Head from the corner of his eye and asked back. “Why couldn’t he?”

Dragon Head was speechless.

Indeed, often a single super-powerful individual could determine the rise or fall of a civilization. They had investigated Norman Til before, but at that time, he wasn’t this strong. However, unexpectedly, in just a few months, Norman Til had advanced and upgraded again.

Dog Head clasped his hands behind his back, his gaze cold and majestic, “Now that he’s back, our strategy needs to change. We can’t be so reckless anymore.”

That’s right. The situation had changed, so they couldn’t waste their strength on the human ranked first anymore.

Norman Til could undoubtedly threaten them, even the entire Divine Kingdom of Destruction.

The depth of the human ranked first’s power was unknown, essentially a bottomless pit that no number of leaders would be enough to fill.

Rather than allocating part of their forces to target the human ranked first, it would be better to concentrate their strength on dealing with the human ranked second.

Dragon Head thought for a moment, seeming to accept this strategic adjustment, and nervously asked Dog Head. “Are we buying time for the Great God Federi?”

Dragon Head didn’t know the specific inside information because He wasn’t qualified to directly communicate with Federi. Whatever He needed to know, He could only get through Dog Head.

“Yes.”

Dog Head nodded, the lip line behind his mask curving upward, “The Great God Federi is close to success.”

Just a bit of timing, a bit of luck, and He would successfully control this generation’s God of Destruction, seize His authority, and usurp His divine position.

At that time, would they still need to fight the Harmonious War? They could directly crush and slaughter. All of humanity would perish!

Dog Head’s eyes revealed a cold killing intent, as if victory was already within grasp.

The Goddess of Fortune glanced at them from the corner of her eye, smiling faintly without a word.

****

Meanwhile.

The Hammurabi Empire was in an uproar.

Norman Til’s appearance undoubtedly brought confidence to everyone.

In the imperial palace, the emperor personally received Norman Til.

General Hilton and others also hurried to the scene.

From afar, they heard the conversation between the emperor and Norman Til.

Norman Til: “Someone parachuted to first ranked? I heard about this. Haha, I never thought the position I occupied for decades would suddenly be gone.”

Emperor: “Are you not concerned?”

Norman Til laughed. “Of course I’m concerned, concerned enough to want to meet this person right now.”

Emperor: “Do you want to compete with them?”

Norman Til nodded, “I do, but now is not the time for competition. We should actively cooperate with them instead.”

The emperor’s eyes darkened slightly, “Sigh, unfortunately, it seems that person is neutral and probably won’t cooperate with us.”

“Neutral? Then there’s nothing we can do. We’ll have to rely on ourselves. Since I’m back, leave the Divine Kingdom of Destruction to me.”

Norman Til was calm and composed, without a trace of arrogance. Words that would sound boastful from others sounded completely natural coming from him.

Hilton stopped at the doorway. Without even seeing the person, he couldn’t help but think: As expected of the contractor of the Demon God Baal. This must be the so-called natural aura of a born powerhouse.

****

On the other side, it was 9 PM.

Xiu Si and Justin were chatting about everything when they finally noticed how late it had gotten.

Justin stood up. “Brother Xiu, I’ll take my leave now. I almost forgot I need to find Luo Jie about something.”

Xiu Si was surprised. “You know where Luo Jie is?”

Justin nodded, “He’s in a somewhat inconvenient place. Let’s meet again after I solve this problem.”

“Alright, be careful, both of you.”

Xiu Si bid farewell to Justin, standing at the door for a while, as if sorting out his feelings.

He was glad Justin had returned safely. He hoped Justin and Luo Jie weren’t busy with anything dangerous.

Xiu Si felt a bit melancholic, not about his friends, but about himself.

He had a feeling and muttered. “If only I had more power, then I could be of help.”

The little ragdoll heard this and raised its head, its eyes sparkling.

Meow, Father is troubled, what should we do, meow.

It instinctively wanted to pounce into Father’s arms, but as it stretched out its paw, it accidentally stepped on something soft.

Celerios whimpered, “Sister meow, that’s my tail meow.”

The little ragdoll stopped and looked at Celerios, seemingly suddenly thinking of something.

That’s right, isn’t Father just worried about not having something to practice on?

The small short-legged cat was cornered by the little ragdoll cat, shrinking into the shadows in the corner.

He looked at his domineering sister helplessly, trembling as he asked, “Sister…”

The little ragdoll shook its head, suddenly grabbing the small short-legged cat’s shoulders, its eyes shining with excitement as it said, “Younger brother, quickly drop some equipment!”