After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 90.2

At this moment, Lia, who had been silent all along, couldn’t help but say, “The matter of the seven great magic families isn’t over yet. What exactly they did and how they colluded behind the scenes still needs to be investigated step by step.”

“That’s right, we need to make public the truth about the heroes’ disappearance!”

The young swordsman snorted, “I doubt they’d dare to make up stories now.”

Not to mention anything else, under the power of Abyss Lord Botis, unless someone was extremely foolish and unable to understand the basic situation, who would dare to lie?

The activists immediately took action, and soon all the seven great magic families members present were captured. The arrest of other members was just a matter of time.

At this point, someone reflected and said, “However, what Abyss Lord Amon said was quite strange. The Lord of the Abyss…is kind-hearted?”

At the time, this statement had truly frightened them.

But after they came to their senses, they certainly wouldn’t believe that Amon’s definition of “kind-hearted” was equivalent to human kindness.

Would someone kind-hearted start by talking about civilization’s destruction?

Amon was the Abyss Lord who loved games the most, playing with human hearts like playing with sand. It was best not to take His words at face value.

While the young people were discussing, members of the Executive Branch entered through the doors, seemingly having received news to make arrests.

The Chairperson slowly stood up and said to the executors, “Contact all major empires, ensure none of them escapes.”

As the alliance’s situation turned around, there was bustling activity everywhere.

Meanwhile, Norman Til, who had been the central figure earlier, walked away from the center of events and went alone to the top of the alliance’s tower.

He was still in shock, still processing what had just happened.

The seven elves who usually clung to him would have been passionately discussing by now in the past, but now they were all silent as cicadas in winter, not even daring to come out.

They had never seen such a terrifying existence, wrapped in more than one divine nature, one of which was actually the divine nature of the Elven Ancestor God that They were most familiar with!

In Their historical records, the Elven Ancestor God was extremely proud, equally despising all races and all beings, and would never use His divine nature to protect other beings, yet this fact happened right before Their eyes.

What, what was going on?

They were all dumbfounded, their minds stuttering, completely unable to comprehend.

Half an hour later, They gradually began to speak, asking the silent Norman Til in confusion.

“Who exactly was that…?”

Norman Til was stunned for a moment, his gaze slowly turning toward Them.

He seemed to know something but wasn’t certain, yet his excitement could no longer be contained.

If his thoughts were correct, that person should be…

The elves were full of questions, tugging at his sleeves and collar demanding answers.

Norman Til didn’t answer, deep in thought, then remembered a certain legendary great magic.

Cognitive Blur Magic, also known as the [Event Editing] Magic.

The inventor was – Abyss Lord Agares!

Norman Til’s pupils suddenly contracted.

The elves had never seen Norman Til so startled and anxious, they urged. “Norman Til, you clearly know something, don’t you?”

Norman Til coughed once, “I’m… I’m not quite sure yet.”

The elves looked at him suspiciously, almost tearing his sleeve as they gripped it.

****

Meanwhile, at the Aust Empire Library.

Inpos violently shook Vassago, who was buried in a pile of books, shouting, “They all went out, third brother, are you really sleeping?!”

Vassago frowned, his eyes tightly closed beneath his eyepatch. It took a long while of shaking before he woke up, then learned about what those demons did from Inpos.

“What?!”

Vassago immediately sat up, lifting his eyepatch, and angrily said, “They made Father cosplay again, and it was even Valefor who suggested it!”

Inpos condemned. “Exactly! And they specifically didn’t bring me along. By the time I found out, They had already finished everything. Ah, I missed seeing Father’s cool performance in person.”

“That Amon fellow is really outrageous, he even wanted money when I asked for a recording!”

“Is that really the issue here?”

Vassago was practically speechless, knocking Inpos on the head saying, “Are you all really unaware or just pretending? That Norman Til is big brother’s contractor, big brother can see the continent’s situation through his eyes!”

“What!”

Inpos wore an expression of “was there such a thing,” clearly having forgotten about it.

“That… that shouldn’t be possible, right? Big brother is conquering the universe, He won’t constantly watch His contractor’s memories.”

Vassago: “Stupid little brother, big brother’s only purpose in contracting with humans is to know about the situation here through the contractor. He won’t watch constantly, but He will definitely check the continent’s situation at regular intervals.”

Inpos became scared. “Then… then…”

“Just wait for death.”

Vassago gave up, “If you practice more now, there might still be time.”

Inpos developed psychological trauma just hearing the word “practice,” but what’s done was done.

Vassago couldn’t do anything about being angry.

…Whatever, he wouldn’t be the only demon getting beaten up when the time came.

Just then, the space beside them distorted.

Botis walked back through the spatial passage, his smile harder to suppress than an AK, still muttering something about “my dear Father.”

Vassago looked at him like he was looking at a pervert, “He’s hopeless.”

Inpos deeply agreed.

When Botis returned and saw the two demons looking at Him this way, a question mark appeared above His head.

“What’s wrong with you two? Are you jealous because you couldn’t be there in person?”

“Heh.”

Right after, Amon also returned through the spatial passage.

Seeing His light footsteps and humming, it was clear His mood was very good.

Botis could be excused for being dizzy and forgetting about Norman Til, but Amon was purely courting death.

The two demons shook their heads simultaneously.

Under their subtle gazes, Amon stopped His steps and looked at Them dissatisfied, “What’s wrong?”

He even emphasized. “I was also helping Father’s friends get revenge.”

The two demons were speechless.

Heh. Who didn’t know He just wanted to watch?

But whatever.

Vassago’s expression turned serious, returning to the main topic, “Why does that human alliance have so many issues?”

“…They do have quite a lot of issues.”

Amon sat on the sofa, swinging His feet like a kitten.

Unlike Vassago who mostly stayed in the abyss, Amon was a demon who frequently entered the mortal world and couldn’t possibly not know about the seven great magic families’ affairs.

Amon’s eyes grew deep, “How should I put it, by the time I knew about them, they were already well-established.”

Vassago asked again. “Why didn’t we do anything about it?”

The heroes were Father’s friends. For Father’s sake, They certainly couldn’t let Father’s friends come to harm.

But though that’s what was said, the problem was that too much time had passed. Over thousands of years, they couldn’t possibly keep track of every hero’s safety, especially since the heroes themselves were strong.

Moreover…the most important point was that They had all fallen into varying degrees of despair, all thinking Father would never return. If Father wasn’t coming back, what was the point of protecting Father’s friends?

As for those human conflicts of interest that were like cycles, They were even less interested.

The seven great magic families existed as they existed, if humans themselves didn’t care, why should They care?

In short, They had different attitudes about this. Barbatos might be more proactive, and Aelioge would also pay some attention.

But ultimately, it wasn’t Their business.

Now though, Father had returned, so things were different.

Everything had to prioritize Father’s wishes, obtain everything Father wanted, accomplish everything Father hoped for.

This was now Amon’s only principle of action.

“Anyway,” Amon thought for a moment and said to Vassago. “The past is the past, and now is now. I have no particular thoughts about humans, it all depends on what Father thinks.”

At this, Vassago paused, then nodded.

Botis, who was playing with figurines nearby, strongly agreed.

Inpos seemed to think of something and asked Amon, “But did you just come back like this? Weren’t there supposed to be people behind the seven families?”

Amon smiled upon hearing this, “Of course I made arrangements. The reason I didn’t pay attention to them before was because I didn’t think they had the ability to collude with otherworld gods.”

Inpos was stunned, “What do you mean?”

Amon said, “They weren’t colluding with otherworld gods, but with the mastermind we’ve been investigating.”

It was their collaboration with the mastermind that led to the heroes’ apparent disappearance, but actual capture.

Amon continued. “So I deliberately let them off the hook, giving them a chance to lure out the mastermind.”

Vassago also thought of this, and pulled down his eyepatch, “Fine fine, you keep watch then, I’m going to sleep.”

Really? Going back to sleep right after waking up?

The three demons turned their heads simultaneously, but in just a second, their third brother had already laid back down.

The three demons: “…”

****

Meanwhile, in the Roman Kingdom.

Two cats happily high-fived, and when they noticed the short-legged cat hadn’t joined in, they picked up the short-legged cat to high-five too.

“Meow meow!”

The ragdoll cat excitedly said, “Sixth sister did great meow!”

The forest cat said, “It was all because Father was so cool meow!”

At the time, the forest cat had originally planned to have Father make an appearance, then arrange everything Herself.

But Father’s actions exceeded Her expectations.

She was there hearing those words, and Her heart couldn’t have been more excited.

Father was so cool meow, so handsome meow!

He dominated the entire scene, didn’t He meow?

And to be honest, She held Her breath while being there.

Her usually calm and gentle Father could be so majestic when necessary!

The ragdoll cat, “So they all obediently listened, right?”

The forest cat smiled, “Of course, they’d be finished if they didn’t listen.”

The ragdoll cat was overjoyed, cuddling close to the forest cat, rubbing Her head against Her.

At this moment, Xiu Si came out after changing clothes, just in time to see Their loving scene.

The old father’s heart was struck again.

Heaven knows how surprised he was when he heard the forest cat mention the level.

Level ninety ah, how hard must his sixth cub have worked to reach level ninety, just thinking about it he knew it wasn’t easy. He just didn’t know if She had a human form yet.

With the forest cat’s power and the methods They had collected over these years, he was able to successfully play the role of the Lord of the Abyss without them discovering any issues.

At that time, he seemed a bit carried away, but now thinking back… was it going too smoothly? It felt like they really had no suspicions at all.

Especially…

Xiu Si thought of that person.

Yes, that person should be Norman Til who was mentioned multiple times in the news.

Former human rank number one, current human rank number two, handsome in his true form, with extraordinary bearing, giving people a sense that everything was under his control.

He almost thought he was seen through, but afterwards…did he actually succeed in hiding it?

Xiu Si felt Norman Til’s gaze was somewhat familiar, strangely reminding him of his eldest cub.

But anyway, at least the matter was resolved.

While he was thinking, he suddenly heard meowing sounds. Looking down, he indeed saw the children running over, all looking up at him with their heads raised, very happy and lively.

Xiu Si couldn’t help but smile, crouched down, and picked up his three cubs all at once.

They were also clever, able to hang on by themselves, just like big cat pendants.

“Thank you all.”

He said sincerely.

“Meow meow~”

Just as the moment of warmth passed, Xiu Si’s system popped up with a notification.

[Congratulations on reaching level 44!]

****

Meanwhile, in the subspace.

Bachin was drinking coffee, lost in thought.

“The Lord of the Abyss has appeared again, with Sixth Sister and Seventh Brother also showing up, enhancing the ‘performance’ effect.”

So, after eliminating all other impossibilities, what was the only possibility left?

Bachin stroked his chin, only thinking of one possibility.

—Father had returned, and that Lord of the Abyss was none other than Father himself!

After He realized this point, His magical power burst forth, making every strand of His hair stand on end.

He was furious because all those siblings apparently knew about Father’s return but didn’t tell Him!

Bachin was practically dying of anger, about to go mad. What kind of family members were they? How could they not tell Him that Father had returned!

He was so angry His eyes turned red, and He immediately opened the mental domain, then furiously tapped His finger, changing to a cat avatar on the spot.

So, where were His brothers and sisters?

At this time, the ragdoll cat was playing with a ball of yarn on the table, glancing at the family contact list.

At first it didn’t notice, but looking again later, it discovered that even Bachin had become a cat-headed demon.

The ragdoll cat was shocked, but seeing it was just changed, it meant He had just found out too.

It snickered and private called Bachin, “Why haven’t you come over meow, we’re all in the Roman Kingdom meow.”