After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 7

At that moment, the alarm sounded again.

[The Divine Kingdom of Light has retreated, its movements are unknown, and it is still in the nearby airspace. Residents, please stay alert and stay indoors as much as possible. Do not go out unless necessary. May the Goddess of Harmony protect the Aust Empire.]

Although Xiu Si didn’t know what had happened, he was relieved that no major incident had occurred.

Xiu Si glanced outside.

The children who had just visited the Hero Memorial Hall had all left. They should have gone home or to a safe place.

Outside, soldiers in military uniforms were on high alert everywhere. In the distance, a huge magic circle could be seen in the sky, along with several giant airships like a torrent of steel.

The ground was faintly trembling. It was the movement of large military weapons. It was evident that there were hidden forces underground in the Imperial City.

The Aust Empire was clearly ready to resist the attack of the Divine Kingdom of Light.

****

In the sky, the angels looked down on the earth.

They had golden eyebrows and eyes, wore golden armor, and their skin was so white it shone. Their bodies were so exquisitely beautiful that it seemed unreal.

The leading angel turned his head, his golden eyes narrowed, and he asked, “What did you mean by what you just said?”

In front of him, a human was prostrating on the ground, shivering.

Ji Xinsen had run straight to the Divine Kingdom of Light to escape. Just now, he had hastily told these Angels of Light about what was happening on the ground.

“The Aust Empire has a terrifyingly powerful entity, and he has seen through our plans. He knows everything.”

Ji Xinsen said respectfully.

The angel furrowed his brows and asked directly, “Is he stronger than us?”

Ji Xinsen couldn’t judge, so he recounted what had just happened.

“Because of your baseless judgment, should our glorious Divine Kingdom of Light retreat?”

The Archangel chuckled coldly, his eyes sharp and cold as a viper’s.

The Divine Kingdom of Light had declared war but then halted. From the perspective of the lowly creatures below, weren’t they afraid?

“We, who are so proud of our divine life, and our brilliant and powerful divine kingdom, are we to lose face because of your few words?”

What about the anomaly? Didn’t the Divine Kingdom of Light have its own anomalies?

The Archangel continued to laugh coldly, glancing at the other angels present. These fools had actually halted the declaration of war after listening to Ji Xinsen’s words.

Ridiculous! Too ridiculous. His golden eyes were fierce, releasing a high-energy pressure in an instant.

The angels on the scene immediately knelt down, their legs trembling, and their backs soaked in sweat.

“It’s just a human empire. In the past, we could destroy it if we wanted to, it was just a thought. Even today, nothing will change.”

The Archangel lifted his chin, his eyes narrowed, and he said coldly, “Humans boast and sell themselves, thinking that they have entered the Human Era and have become the masters of the continent. Ridiculous, too ridiculous. One second ago, they were just apes crawling on the ground, and the next moment, they claim to have stood up. If we don’t teach them a lesson, they will never know the vast power of the gods.”

Ji Xinsen was sweating profusely, his heart in his throat.

The Archangel looked down at the movements below, chuckling, “What about the anomaly, who isn’t an anomaly?”

But he didn’t take action immediately, instead continuing to watch thoughtfully, as if brewing some terrifying means.

“Humans should die, all should die!”

****

Inside the palace, the military advisors were all talking at once. Some were terrified, some were trying to remain calm. It had only been a few minutes, and peace was no more. The entire palace had fallen into a state of war.

Everyone was looking at Anna Bellus in the center, waiting for the Empress to make the final decision.

“They won’t leave easily, they will definitely come back.”

Before that, there had to be a way to deal with them.

Legion Commander Philip rushed to the scene, only to see a group of people with tense faces, all ready to die bravely.

At this time, self-defeating was the path to self-destruction, and they had not made risk plans for national crisis.

Whether it was to fight to the end with all their might, or to use other anomalies to fight, dealing with anomalies, they always had to rack their brains and think hard.

The Empire had accumulated power for many years, and it was not without the power to fight, but the incident happened too suddenly. They were caught off guard, without any intelligence, and couldn’t react at all.

“Your Majesty, how should we fight?”

Philip walked straight up.

****

At the same time, regular footsteps echoed in the Hero Memorial Hall.

The light spread on the floor, bringing a bit of warmth.

The open window let in a breeze, and there was the faint sound of pages turning in the wind.

Aelioge’s vision gradually took in the interior of the library.

The bookshelves made of solid wood, up to three or four meters high, were stacked with new and old books. The arrangement of the bookshelves emphasized a kind of geometric aesthetics, with the central reading area as the center, distributed in arcs, long or short. Looking down from above, there was a large area of magic runes.

There were not many people in the library, perhaps there were more just now, but after the alarm sounded, most people left first. The librarian did not remind the people inside to leave, but stood at the door, because the Hero Memorial Hall was blessed by the goddess. What she should do was not to urge the people in the library to leave quickly, but to remind those who wanted to leave to pay attention to safety outside.

So, the library was overly quiet, with only the sound of pages turning.

Aelioge’s footsteps were very light, as if he was deliberately maintaining this quietness. His magic power would automatically reduce his presence, so his existence would not be noticed by people. Even if someone noticed him passing by, they would not notice anything, just like the people outside.

For some reason, he was reminded of the memory of his birth.

In the damp darkness, he appeared as a consciousness, like a flame suddenly ignited, but without shape, in chaos, constantly falling, with no end in sight.

And that person caught him, shaping him thought by thought, allowing him to take form from the chaos, and finally stand on solid ground.

At first, there were no senses, he could perceive nothing, only knowing that he was in a state of contemplation. With the help of that person’s contemplation, he gradually established himself.

Later, he was completed, finally had a form, and then eagerly opened his eyes, finally seeing that person.

His creator.

The memory of the moment of his birth was his deepest memory, he would never forget it, and even today he would often recall it.

And now, that familiar feeling was getting stronger and stronger.

Aelioge suddenly became tense, walked to the end of the corridor, and suddenly stopped, his emerald eyes trembling slightly.

At the end of the long table by the window, a young man with black hair and black eyes was sitting.

The young man was looking down, concentrating on reading the book on the table, as if trying to understand something, and would nod at some places.

How could Aelioge not recognize who that young man was.

Father!!

It was really his father! He didn’t see it wrong!

Aelioge’s eyes widened, he hadn’t been so excited since he came out of the abyss. His father was right in front of him, there was absolutely no mistake! Even after thousands of years, he had not forgotten what his father looked like.

But, the step that Aelioge had just taken out, inexplicably shrank back, his face tense. Under the bright halo, his emerald earring swayed slightly with his movement.

He paused, his pupils trembled violently, and he immediately held his breath, because he clearly saw that his father was reading a history book of the Demon Era, and seemed to have noticed nothing!

Aelioge immediately thought, if his father knew that they had fought for an era just by fighting, would his father still like him?

Aelioge could see from a distance the historical events written in black and white on the book.

–Demon Era 102, the great demon Eni and the great demon Buson had a dispute over a verbal argument, and fought in the Deep Blue Sea, evaporating seawater within a radius of 187 kilometers.

–Demon Era 198, the great demon Butis and the great demon Buer had a disagreement over preferences, and fought in the high sky of Papas, burning the dome of the sky, and changing the climate.

–Demon Era 207, the great demon Amon built a city, invited the great demon Xidi, because of the disagreement over the color of the sky, they had a fierce battle, leaving a huge pit.

And so on, countless.

Aelioge was in charge of war, and he participated in more fights than less, and if his father knew…!

Aelioge had just had a cold face, but now his face changed dramatically, and he was sweating coldly.

It seemed that his father didn’t know that the great demons in the history book were them, which meant that everything was still in time!

Aelioge thought quickly, both eager to recognize his father, and afraid that his father would know what they had done in the years when his father was not there.

One should know, his father was the one who least liked to see them fight. If he knew that they not only fought, but also fought for thousands of years, and were recorded in the annals year after year, his father might just black out from anger.

Aelioge’s step that he had just taken stopped again, and his mind turned a thousand times in an instant.

At this moment, Xiu Si was looking at the history book, and suddenly, he seemed to sense something, and subconsciously looked towards the entrance of the library.

His gaze settled on the entrance of the corridor, and he saw that there was no one in the passage, it was empty.

Nothing?

Xiu Si’s inner feeling became stronger, his gaze moved down, and he was met with a pair of emerald eyes.

Those eyes were round and sparkling, blinking like twinkling stars. Upon closer inspection, it was a creature about the size and shape of a cat, its tail swaying, its gaze steady.

Xiu Si paused, his heart shook, his premonition instantly cleared, and his face showed surprise. He immediately picked up the cat.

How could he not recognize it, this was his cub!

He was looking for them, and they appeared! No, should he say that he was found?

The form was a bit different from what he remembered, he didn’t think he had created a cub in this form?

Of course, this didn’t prevent Xiu Si from happily holding the cub in his hand, touching the soft back of the cat.

Xiu Si couldn’t help but say, “Did you come to find me? That’s great, I’ve been looking for you too. I disappeared suddenly back then, you must have been very worried.”

The cat blinked, unable to hide its excitement, its claws dancing wildly.

Xiu Si seemed to understand what it was saying, “Is that so, you guys are fine, but you’ve been looking for me?”

Xiu Si breathed a sigh of relief, habitually pinching the cat’s paw, “You guys are fine, that’s good. The abyss is so scary, and there are so many powerful monsters, you guys must have had a hard time.”

He didn’t know, their hardship was only at the beginning, later on, the ones who had a hard time were the abyss creatures other than them.

Hehe, who bullied who!

The cat blinked, its expression very proud, its tail even started to wag.

However, Xiu Si fell into thought, images of his cubs flashed through his mind, trying to recognize which cub this was.

He was clearly the creator, but he couldn’t recognize his own child, this seemed unreasonable. But he didn’t remember having a cub with emerald eyes in the form of a cat, the child who could turn into a cat was…

Xiu Si thought hard, looking at those emerald eyes, as if he was seriously searching his memory.

Aelioge was excited, but was caught off guard when he heard his father say,

“You’ve grown up, Lelagin.”

In an instant, Aelioge paused, his cat eyes trembling violently.

He got the name wrong!