After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 71.2

Hilton actively asked Norman Til. “How can we help?”

“To be honest, not much,” Norman Til replied directly, then pointed out. “Your top priority is to win the Harmonious War, which might be able to weaken Them a bit.”

Hilton solemnly said. “Yes. We will try our best to achieve that.”

Although Norman Til had attacked the Divine Kingdom of Destruction last night, their Harmonious War would not be interrupted because of this.

The Divine Kingdom of Destruction would still continue to approach.

Regarding this, Norman Til reminded. “I know you’re on guard against enemy spies and terrorist attacks from secret societies, but sometimes, you don’t need to distinguish too clearly.”

“On such major issues of right and wrong, humans should always be able to discern clearly.”

Someone instinctively wanted to say, isn’t this too idealistic? What if there are people who can’t discern clearly?

Norman Til continued. “I have a child here that I can lend you. They can see through truth and falsehood. Whoever tries to get away with deception will not escape Their eyes.”

The person who was about to speak was immediately silenced.

Had Norman Til foreseen their thoughts?

As he spoke, Norman Til lowered his gaze.

A virtual image of an elf in front of him became corporeal, flying back and forth in the conference room, seeming full of curiosity about the unfamiliar human world.

Several people looked shocked.

Elves are born at level 50, and as they grow up a bit, they reach level 60, making them one of the most talented races on the continent. The one Norman Til had released was actually an elf above level 90.

Indeed, it could be of great help to them!

Everyone was overjoyed.

However, the question still had to return to how to find Federi.

Norman Til seemed to be stuck here as well, falling into silence as he spoke.

At this moment, the young advisor Ashid saw an opportunity and interjected. “Your Excellency Norman Til, regarding finding Federi, I’ve thought of a method.”

Norman Til turned his head to look at Ashid and asked. “What method?”

Everyone else also looked at Ashid.

Ashid said seriously. “My idea is, aren’t there several Abyss Lords who possess the power to find things? Perhaps we could ask Them for help.”

Norman Til paused, then said in surprise. “You have a point. If it’s the Abyss Lords, they might be able to find Federi.”

Hilton nodded. “This approach is indeed feasible.”

Ashid continued. “Especially the Abyss Lord Vassago, I’ve heard Their ability to find things is the strongest.”

Eve said. “They have just appeared in the Oedipus Empire.”

Another advisor added. “To be precise, They first appeared in the Aust Empire, then in the Oedipus Empire. Their position has moved.”

Mentioning this, many people expressed their own views.

“Speaking of this, it’s also intriguing. It’s well known that Abyss Lord Vassago doesn’t like to move around. They haven’t left the Abyss many times in thousands of years, but since that time in the Aust Empire, They… seem to have never gone back.”

“The Abyss Lords’ actions have been very strange lately.”

“The abnormalities of the Abyss Lords started from the Aust Empire. Then the Lord of the Abyss appeared. Is there any connection between these events?”

They would never know that at this very moment, a world-class cognitive blur magic was taking effect, causing them to never reach the truth no matter how they thought about it.

Even the Goddess of Wisdom was affected by this magic, let alone ordinary humans.

The terrifying aspect of cognitive blur magic lies in its ability to influence one’s thinking without leaving any trace.

Under its influence, the human brain would randomly lose a key concept.

For example, in a simple numerical equation like one plus two equals three, it would remove “two”, leaving only “one plus something equals three”. And while trying to solve it, your brain just can’t think of “two”. How can you solve it then?

The only one somewhat immune, Norman Til, didn’t think of much more because he wasn’t aware of the recent news.

He only knew that if they could enlist the help of Abyss Lord Vassago, they might be able to end this human crisis early.

“In the Oedipus Empire? Let me think about what to do.”

Norman Til seemed lost in thought.

Soon after, the military meeting ended, and everyone went about their duties.

****

On the other side, in the Divine Kingdom of Destruction.

“We’ve still been discovered,” Dog Head said coldly, His eyes narrowing slightly, exuding an extremely dangerous aura. “What’s going on? Aren’t we supposed to be the luckiest divine kingdom?”

Dragon Head reported behind Him. “The Goddess of Fortune has disappeared.”

Dog Head was silent for a few seconds, anger flashing in His eyes, but He still returned to calmness, as if He had long anticipated that the Goddess of Fortune would escape.

“Hmph, just like Her style, taking advantage of the chaos to run away.”

“Great God Federi bound Her here, Her divine power was too weak to escape, but yesterday was just the right opportunity.”

Dragon Head, suppressing his fear, said. “We are already looking for Her.”

“Have you found Her?”

“…No.”

“Useless!”

Dog Head would normally maintain composure, but after experiencing several setbacks, He completely dropped His act.

Dragon Head was sweating profusely and said, “It’s suspected that… the Goddess of Wisdom assisted Her escape.”

Dog Head’s face darkened as He cursed. “One after another, they’re really troublesome. This generation of divine bodies is just like this, what’s the point of struggling?”

He seemed to extremely not understand.

He had a deep-rooted aversion to conceptual gods, yet couldn’t eliminate Them.

How hateful!

“Chase.”

Dog Head turned around, His face twisted behind the mask, pure black divine power contaminating the nearby space.

“I want to see where the Goddess of Wisdom can hide Her!”

Dragon Head immediately answered. “Yes!”

After speaking, He disappeared in a second, leaving behind Dog Head with His fierce gaze.

Dog Head assisted Federi for no other reason than to eliminate conceptual gods. He didn’t care which specific ones were eliminated, just the more the better. It would be best if all conceptual gods were eliminated, leaving the universe without eternity, and the starry sky without stars.

As for why He hated Them so much?

Dog Head chuckled, “I simply can’t stand Them.”

Conceptual gods should just die!

****

On another side.

It was 7 AM in the Oedipus Empire.

Xiu Si woke up as usual and continued his leveling work.

The little short-legged cat had pretended to sleep for a few minutes last night and drowsily fell asleep with Xiu Si.

Just as Xiu Si got up, He also woke up, slowly poking His head out from under the covers, His light-colored greenish eyes blinking.

He was confused for a few minutes, then suddenly memories of yesterday resurfaced, frightening Him so much that He immediately rushed to Vassago’s cat bed.

“Third Brother meow, Third Brother meow, wake up meow!”

Vassago was awakened by the noise, His eyes not yet open, but His aggressive cat claws were already out.

Celerios was very scared and quickly told Vassago about yesterday’s events.

After listening, Vassago was completely stunned. He sat up, eyes wide open, almost doubting if He was dreaming.

But Celerios wouldn’t lie, and the most crucial evidence, the “blanket,” was even placed on the bed.

“Agares has been here all along? Then why didn’t He come out?”

Vassago was furious, His two paws hitting the ground, almost cracking the floor.

Celerios was scared and backed away, shaking His head repeatedly, “I don’t know meow, He disappeared again meow.”

“…”

Vassago was speechless. After calming down and thinking for a moment, although Agares often spoke in riddles, He wouldn’t go so far as to be cryptic about this matter, right?

Vassago rested His chin on His paw, closed His eyes to sense the magical power, and slowly said, “Oh, what you saw yesterday was probably His projection.”

“Projection meow?”

The little short-legged cat tilted His head.

Vassago seemed to think of something else and said in shock, “Ah, it’s possible that He was the first to find Father.”

“Meow?”

The little short-legged cat opened His eyes wide.

Vassago continued thinking, “He may not be able to truly come out, only able to appear as a projection after Father enters a dream.”

“If He were free and unrestrained, He wouldn’t hide and avoid seeing Father, making Father worry.”

The little short-legged cat heard that the situation was complicated and asked worriedly. “What happened to Second Brother meow?”

“I don’t know, perhaps He’s playing Sleeping Beauty somewhere.”

Vassago tilted His head and corrected Himself. “Oh no, it should be Sleeping Demon?”

The little short-legged cat was bewildered, almost unable to understand what His Third Brother was saying.

Vassago speculated. “He’s very likely planning something.”

“During the planning period, He can’t leave the deep dream state. He can only spiritually protect Father.”

The little short-legged cat was amazed, their Second Brother was so impressive meow!

And then, Vassago suddenly realized something, “I see, I know now!”

Little short-legged cat: “Meow?”

“Priest Xilin clearly encountered Father alone but didn’t make a move, the reason might just be Agares!”

Vassago said excitedly. “He didn’t act because He was wary of Second Brother!”

This was very possible!

No wonder something felt off, the mastermind clearly had the chance to kill Father but didn’t act.

Did He not want to? No! He wanted to badly.

But He was wary of Agares!

Agares knows everything, He almost knows everything, and might have known everything early on.

So He protected Father before any danger could occur.

Although Vassago didn’t know how Agares did it, or how He knew, based on His understanding of Agares, He was certain that Agares would definitely do this.

So, where was the key figure, Agares?

Vassago turned His head, His gaze penetrating the wall, falling on the focused Xiu Si.

“In Father’s dream.”

This sounded like the location was already locked, very easy to find. In fact, it wasn’t, because human dreams are not individual dreams, all conscious dreams are collective dreams.

The difficulty of finding Agares would not be reduced.

The good news was, They now knew that when Father falls asleep and dreams, Agares’ projection might come out to take care of Father.

So He just needed to seize this opportunity, capture Agares’ projection, and might be able to know where Agares’ true form actually is, and what He’s planning.

Vassago nodded, having sorted things out pretty much. When He looked up, He saw the little short-legged cat had confused Himself, looking bewildered and puzzled, appearing truly extremely stupid.

Vassago unhesitatingly patted the cat’s head with His paw.

The little short-legged cat was immediately frightened, His fur standing on end, looking at Vassago with tears in His eyes.

“Third Brother meow… I don’t understand meow.”

Vassago was also at a loss with Him, pinching His face and saying, “I know you’re stupid, but you can’t always be stupid. You need to become smart to protect Father, understand?”

The little short-legged cat nodded seriously, “Mm-hmm meow, I’ll try hard meow.”

Vassago withdrew His paw, “Anyway, take it slowly. I’ll find Agares as soon as possible to see what exactly He’s doing.”

The little short-legged cat obediently said, “Okay meow.”

By the way, Vassago also noticed that His Father was working hard to level up.

In a short period of time, there had been great progress in both basic level and skills, as well as magic use.

With the same effort, if it were other heroes’ leveling channels, they would probably have doubled their levels by now.

But their Father’s leveling was so slow.

Was it the harsh leveling process unique to the [Creator] profession, or some other reason?

Vassago gazed at Xiu Si, silent for a long time.

****

At the same time.

It was 9 AM in the Oedipus Empire.

There was a commotion in the palace.

Levin hurriedly ran over, only to see an extraordinary man standing in the center of the great hall.

He was none other than Norman Til himself, who had shocked all of humanity last night!

Levin was stunned on the spot, as if overwhelmed by the other’s aura, his legs weak and his mind blank.

Norman Til turned around, his gaze falling on Levin, and said calmly. “Your Majesty, I am Norman Til. I was just passing through Oedipus and have something I’d like to ask you about.”

Levin had no possibility of refusing, and immediately nodded in agreement.

“Please ask, anything I know, I’ll tell you without reservation!”

****

Around 10 AM.

The passersby in front of the bookstore cast envious glances.

“Oh my, did you see? The shop owner has another new kitty. My goodness, its legs are so short, it looks like it might trip while walking. Auntie here is so fond of it.”

“Yes, and this little kitty seems very friendly to people.”

They didn’t know that the little short-legged cat understood everything completely, and was so frightened that it immediately hid next to Xiu Si, its paws clutching Xiu Si’s clothing, its light eyes showing a faint glow.

Xiu Si was concentrating on shaping a small object, not paying much attention to his surroundings.

He had discovered a method very suitable for training mental power and improving creation ability.

Namely — from large to small.

Remember the “Carved Olive-stone Boat”? It’s similar to that. It’s about carving large landscapes onto small objects, the smaller the better, the more detailed the more marvelous.

You need to condense your spiritual consciousness into an extremely fine needle and thread to be able to complete this work.

When mastered, you could even carve “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” on a walnut.

Haha, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. But that’s indeed the idea.

It’s also very similar to his previous approach of simplifying magic.

What is matter, is the most important thing about matter its structure or its material content?

He proposed structure, felt it wasn’t concise enough, and then extracted structure from structure, striving to propose the most essential structure.

What other benefits does this have?

The answer is convenience.

After understanding the structure, creation becomes particularly convenient, completed with just a thought, without the need for too much thinking.

Xiu Si became increasingly skilled through practice, gradually mastering it, and gained the most meaningful experience in the repeated deconstruction and reconstruction.

He was so focused that he didn’t notice what was happening around him.

Norman Til happened to walk down this street, almost brushing past his position.

The little short-legged cat seemed to sense some dangerous aura, alertly turning to look, and just happened to see Norman Til.

At first glance, He didn’t react.

At second glance, He was startled!