I'm Really Not the Lord of the Abyss - Chapter 13

“Many new powerful abyss creatures have appeared?”

Lu Mi pondered.

Since Alonfus had said so, it seemed that those awakened ancient monsters were really troublesome…Hopefully, they wouldn’t run into this world.

The silver-eyed youth quietly lowered his eyelashes, and after a moment, he looked up and asked, “What about the others…what happened?”

Before he finished asking, he saw the demon suddenly kneel on one knee, looking up at him.

“I’m very sorry,” the demon said in an apologetic tone, “I informed them of your instructions when you left, but some of them seemed not to believe me.”

At this point, the demon’s eyes darkened slightly.

“They confirmed your departure and then left immediately. I couldn’t track their current whereabouts.”

Although Alonfus had passed on the message, not everyone believed his words.

Therefore, some obediently followed Alonfus, while others, who obviously had some other thoughts, chose to act on their own.

Alonfus was extremely dissatisfied with this–even though he knew that those guys would not obey anyone other than his Master, could they still doubt his loyalty! He was indeed implementing the will of his Master!

“…Is that so?” Lu Mi spoke in a daze, and in his heart…he was relieved!

There were those who could resist being brainwashed by Alonfus!

Lu Mi seemed to see the glory of his originally distant ordinary life rekindled!

However—

Alonfus: “Some of them, for some reason, have been looking for you non-stop, as if they’ve gone mad.”

Lu Mi: “…?”

The demon’s expression was both pitiful and cold as he said, “In my view, it’s really a bit reckless. Petty desires are not worth mentioning in front of a great cause.”

Lu Mi was silent for a while before he asked in an indiscernible tone, “How crazy are they?”

The demon’s eyes flickered, and after a slight hesitation, he answered, “It’s hard to generalize with words, it needs specific analysis for specific individuals.”

Lu Mi: …I see, they’re all uniquely crazy.

He tried to salvage the situation at the last moment, “What about Sequence One, didn’t he stop them?”

Because calling out names might be sensed by the other party, Lu Mi usually used their alternative name.

Alonfus slightly narrowed his eyes, but still answered, “As far as I know, he wanders on the land of the north area all day, seemingly aimless, but he has cleared most of the disobedient forces and monsters in the north, and recently slaughtered a powerful enemy who came from the other three areas and tried to encroach on your territory.”

That reckless momentum, coupled with powerful strength, was like a killing god. Even the farthest south had heard of it and couldn’t avoid it.

If it were on other sequences, it probably wouldn’t be so strange. But who is Sequence One? If this world has seven deadly sins, there wouldn’t be anyone more suitable to be the embodiment of “sloth”. Indifferent to everything, hanging high, letting things flow–such a languid existence suddenly becoming active.

This was enough to show that the other party was abnormal!

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The conversation ended with “considering the long-term plan”.

Lu Mi could sense the existing state above through the Book of Keys, knowing that they were all alive and well. In this way, in the beginning of the chaotic abyss, temporarily maintaining that kind of activity was not a bad thing.

As for the others…

The silver-eyed youth was in a dormitory that couldn’t be more ordinary, slowly sinking into the mental world.

In the afternoon, Sikes and Donald came back.

Probably because they finally returned to a familiar place, Sikes visibly relaxed, even his always tense face softened.

In contrast, Donald’s excitement seemed very abnormal.

“Let me tell you, you absolutely can’t imagine what happened these two days!” Donald’s hearty voice, forcibly raised more than one degree due to excitement, slightly cracked.

Lu Mi recalled the content of the forum, quickly took on the role of a bystander, and cooperatively said, “I saw some news on the Star Network, the royal city seems to have made a big move this time, are you two okay?”

“It’s okay, it’s just that we were quite shocked. But how to say it, we finally came back alive.” Sikes sighed deeply, relaxed completely, sat on the chair and gulped down a large glass of water.

At this time, Donald had already started to vividly describe the scene to Lu Mi with both hands and feet.

When talking about killing the leader of the Snake-headed Winged Dragon, mentioning that silver-blue light, Donald directly called it a divine weapon from heaven! He said it was everywhere in the sky, but nowhere on the ground!

This was the first time Lu Mi discovered that the other party had quite a talent for storytelling.

Sikes took the opportunity to interject, “It’s this one, now all the extraordinaries in the K Star Region are looking for that mysterious person. You are in the archive room, remember to organize this person and this event into an encrypted file, the file number is set as Blue Steel K1218. Put it together with the ones uploaded by other branches at that time, and make a high-level secret collection.”

Lu Mi: “…What are they looking for him for?”

“Of course they have to find him!” Donald, “Such a powerful extraordinary, who doesn’t want to absorb him! It’s estimated that he will be directly recommended to the headquarters…It’s so good, I also want to go and see that place where the strong gather…”

Lu Mi’s tone remained unchanged, “Maybe he’s not interested in this.”

“Uh…” Donald seemed thoughtful.

Under the influence of his father, Donald, who had always pursued the extraordinary world, found it somewhat inconceivable.

But this entanglement didn’t last long. Soon, Donald was completely absorbed in another memory, lost in his own world.

“What’s wrong with him?” Lu Mi was puzzled by the young man’s sudden dispirited appearance.

“Don’t worry about it.” Sikes had obviously gotten used to it on the way, not even giving a glance, “He’s been like this since we came back from the royal city, like he’s possessed.”

Upon hearing this, Donald, in his daze, cast a resentful glance at the two of them—

He was just thinking about the miracle that night.

The pain of having a big secret but being told not to tell, the discomfort of being unable to share the surging thoughts, how could others understand!

Lu Mi seemed to have figured out something, he quickly skipped over this, and then noticed that Sikes was typing on the terminal on the table.

Given that Sikes didn’t seem to be hiding it, Lu Mi quickly saw the content on it.

“You’re planning to hire?” Lu Mi raised an eyebrow, speaking leisurely.

Sikes responded, “We didn’t really do much recruiting before, for two reasons. One is that we know our own weight. Extraordinaries are scarce in number, and we don’t want to waste good talents…But then, you came not long after.”

At this point, even though some days had passed, Sikes couldn’t help but sound amazed.

Then, he continued, “The second reason is because we didn’t have money.”

Lu Mi seemed to understand, “So now you are?”

Sikes glanced at Donald, who was still lost in thought, and a smile appeared on his serious face.

“This time, the Blue Steel Empire allocated a large amount of bonus to thank the extraordinary branches that went to support, and there is also the intention to continue funding in the future. Although we didn’t get much when it was divided, it’s more than enough to hire one or two employees. I thought about it, what we lack the most now is cleaning staff. After all, such a large manor needs to be cleaned at least once a month, and we don’t have enough manpower. More importantly, cleaning only requires ordinary people, so there should be hope of hiring.”

However, in fact, Sikes was too optimistic.

He didn’t expect that in the K8 Sector, which was backward in all aspects, no one would look for jobs on the Star Network.

Simply put, everyone was still stuck with the old-fashioned terminal that could only be used to make phone calls. And the young people who know a little about these things have basically gone to work in other sectors, and they didn’t want to continue to sink here.

—Perhaps if you don’t hold out hope, you won’t be disappointed.

Just as Sikes was about to give up, a young man suddenly came to the branch manor.

“Hello, sir.”

This person had an exceptionally handsome face, but his cheeks were slightly pale, his tone was slow and measured, and he seemed quite cultured.

The other party slowly said, “I’m here to apply.”

But for some reason, the moment the other party looked up, Sikes met the young man’s scarlet eyes, and his sixth sense suddenly started to ring wildly. He felt a chill in his heart, and when he came back to his senses, his back was covered in sweat.

He stood there motionless, as if he had been frozen in place.

“Who’s there?” Just as the situation was at a stalemate, Lu Mi’s voice suddenly came.

There was never a moment when Sikes didn’t want Lu Mi to appear as much as he did now–no, even though he didn’t know what was going on, he just felt it was dangerous! It would be terrible if Lu Mi got involved!

However, Lu Mi, who was always sharp in his eyes, seemed to have not received his frantic hint this time.

The silver-eyed youth walked over leisurely, glanced seemingly unintentionally, and briefly met the other pair of scarlet eyes.

Then, the silver-eyed youth nodded as usual, “Since you’re here to apply, let’s go in and talk.” He said, opening the iron gate, and then turned back to his colleague who was standing still, “Sikes, aren’t you coming?”

This sentence seemed to be a switch, and Sikes, who suddenly came back to his senses, suddenly realized that the sense of crisis that had just hit his heart had disappeared all at once.

He turned around abruptly, only to see the other two had already gone far away, and he could faintly hear the conversation between them—

“This place is hiring for cleaning, but you’re dressed like a butler.”

“It’s my oversight, but please believe in my sincerity to stay here.”

“I hope you’re sincere.”

“Of course, working…here, in my view, is an extremely noble honor.”

It sounded like a perfectly normal conversation?

Sikes wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, so was it just an illusion just now?

He always felt that the number of strange people in the branch had increased!?

Meanwhile, in another distant place, a man whose face couldn’t be seen was on a call.

The man wore a gold watch on his wrist, with a sandglass emblem on the dial.

“Yes, lord, we have confirmed that our man has been arrested. But rest assured, the ‘jailer’ watching him will definitely not let him say what he shouldn’t.”

He kept responding to the other end of the line, his tone respectful and unusually calm.

“The Blue Steel of the Blue Steel Empire is a very important resource, we were originally bound to win. But now that the king is not dead, our plan to infiltrate the empire is probably…”

“K8 branch? I know, it’s said to be an inconspicuous, down-and-out small household with less than five people… You want me to infiltrate it and take the opportunity to monitor the actions of the entire Blue Steel Empire’s extraordinary guild? I understand.”

“Thank you for valuing me so much, I will definitely not let you down!”

This cadre’s tone was low, he closed the terminal without changing his expression, and looked at a recruitment notice on the Star Network.

(t/n: cadre-Generally refers to public officials in state agencies, the military, people’s organizations, and those who hold certain leadership or management tasks.)