I'm Really Not the Lord of the Abyss - Chapter 17

When the incredibly large cruise ship broke the water surface and slowly approached, the small boat carrying Lu Mi began to tremble and shook violently.

“What… what is that…!” The sailors’ foreheads were sweating, and they subconsciously opened their mouths wide.

In the vast sea, a luxurious cruise ship suddenly rose from the horizon, like a huge kingdom that had suddenly descended from a distant mirage. 

The unknown metal outlined the ferocious corners of the giant ship, and the body of the ship was decorated with silver patterns, shining under the sky. Combined with the several-story-high buildings on the giant ship, it was endless at a glance, revealing an extremely luxurious taste everywhere.

Such a formation had never appeared in this backward sea area.

This towering behemoth had no intention of evading at all, making the small boat in front of it seem even smaller, like an ant.

In an instant, instructions to dodge came from all over the small boat, the helmsman turned the rudder frantically, and the engine was pulled to its loudest!

“…Hey, wait a minute, we haven’t reached the station yet!” A sailor noticed Lu Mi getting up and hurriedly signaled him not to move.

“No.” Lu Mi looked at the iceberg corner of the giant ship close at hand, “I will disembark here.”

The small boat that Lu Mi was riding was like a sea bus, which would patrol the sea area according to a fixed route. He had ridden back and forth no less than ten times in the past few days, and finally staked out the target!

Without waiting for the sailor to react, Lu Mi gathered strength under his feet and jumped directly.

The sailor could only watch him take off on the spot, a trajectory arc shot towards the high and far giant ship, and then landed on it, disappearing in an instant.

The sailors left in place showed expressions of doubting life, just like the small boat under their feet at this moment, floating aimlessly on the sea.

On the other side, Lu Mi, who had landed on the deck of the giant ship, looked up–good heavens, it was all people!

On the outdoor terrace of the cabin, one by one, professional bodyguards in black were coming and going, and a line of sight fell on the silver-eyed youth who suddenly appeared.

However, this was not an ordinary auction after all, and those who could come here were all tough guys.

Even the bodyguards immediately showed extreme professionalism. They didn’t draw their guns right away, but instead, a leader stepped forward and asked in a deep voice, “May I ask if you have an invitation?”

Lu Mi casually handed it over.

This invitation was included in the task file, and it was specifically noted that it would not be replaced if lost, showing that it was not easy to obtain.

The leader quickly checked it, his subtle expression relaxed, and he switched to a respectful attitude, “The auction is at eight o’clock in the evening, please follow me.”

The rest of the people also let down their guard and made way.

Lu Mi, without looking sideways, calmly walked towards the nearest cabin door.

And after him, a new person arrived on the giant ship–a burly man dressed as a mercenary carrying a double axe descended from the sky, cursing, “I’ve been drifting at sea for three days, and no one even gave me a location. Who the hell can find it!”

“Your invitation has been partially damaged.”

“Huh? It just accidentally fell into the water for a while, are you saying I can’t go in? Do you know how much effort I put in to get this damn thing!”

The argument behind him was blocked outside by the closing cabin door, but it was immediately replaced by new noise.

After Lu Mi entered the cabin, he was immediately drowned in the boiling crowd noise.

Countless people of all kinds gathered together, filling every place on the first floor.

There were those in casual clothes, those in combat suits, those with strange clothes and full of weapons…..They either gathered in groups, loudly attracting the attention of others, or hid alone in the corner, lowering their presence.

At the same time, many eyes swept over Lu Mi who had just entered. Seeing a completely unfamiliar new face, the crowd casually moved away, only a few were still interested in the exceptionally handsome face of the young man.

But they didn’t act rashly.

Under their gaze, Lu Mi looked around and went straight to the second floor.

At this moment, the faces of a group of people changed.

“Where did this newcomer come from…” They murmured.

Some people showed a schadenfreude expression, “Hey, I bet he will be thrown down in half a minute!”

“I bet ten seconds!”

Even the original noise was slightly reduced, and everyone looked in the direction of the second floor as if watching a good show.

Sure enough, there were a lot fewer people on the second floor. The place set up like a restaurant had only a dozen people sitting scattered around.

As soon as Lu Mi came up, he saw that the aura of these people was not at the same level as those below.

They were like the kings in a lion group, each defining their own territory, each emitting a field of “keep away from strangers”, and they didn’t even give Lu Mi a glance.

Lu Mi didn’t care, he just found an empty seat and was about to sit down.

The next second, a sharp black light shot towards his temple, the faint sound of breaking the air was barely audible.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Mi gently held the shadow of the black hidden weapon, also fixing the object to which the shadow belonged.

The dart suddenly stagnated, hovering a step away in mid-air, and was lightly taken by Lu Mi.

The person who threw the hidden weapon’s eyelids jumped, meeting Lu Mi’s gaze–those silver eyes contained no emotion, but it made his heart tremble.

The rest of the people, because of Lu Mi’s move, couldn’t help but glance sideways, their expressions varied.

“Hehe, I just wanted to tell you.” The man who threw the dart pointed to a figure on the table next to Lu Mi, “The seat you’re sitting in belongs to that guy.”

Lu Mi looked over accordingly.

Sitting there was a person shrouded in a hood, only seeing the black broken hair exposed from the hat, judging from the body size, it was a male.

Seemingly aware of Lu Mi’s gaze, the man casually pulled his hat down a bit, his voice sounded very young, “I never said that.”

The man who threw the dart twitched his face when he heard this–among the people present, the other party had the least experience. He intended to use the other party as a stepping stone, but who knew that the other party didn’t give him face at all. This damn brat!

His gaze became fierce, and the innocent hooded man who attracted a wave of hatred still sat motionless.

And at this time, Lu Mi was playing with the dart in his hand, turned his wrist and threw it back the same way, “Here’s your thing back.”

The man who threw the dart chuckled and caught it, silently hiding the fierceness in his eyes: It was still ignorance after all, his most powerful weapon was not the hidden weapon, he dared to touch the poison smeared on it with his bare hands…

“Hiss!” While imagining the other party’s miserable situation, suddenly, a corrosive severe pain came from his fingertips.

The man looked down and found that his special gloves had been corroded, and the poison smeared on the dart turned to corrode his skin.

How is this possible!? The man stumbled up, suddenly bumping into the chair.

Facing the other party’s incredulous gaze, Lu Mi smiled slightly, “I’m quite good at identifying poisons, and I helped you improve it by the way.”

No matter how powerful the poison of the mortal world was, could it be more abnormal than the abyss? In his Book of Keys, there were not a few demons with deadly poison.

The man didn’t have time to speak at all, he gasped a few times, and rushed down the stairs to find a way to detoxify.

And those waiting on the first floor hadn’t seen Lu Mi come down for a long time, and were feeling strange, but now they heard the hurried footsteps coming down and couldn’t help but look forward to it.

“Here it comes….wait, it doesn’t seem to be the person who just went up?”

The crowd looked at the man’s distant back view who had bumped them in astonishment, “Isn’t that a famous mercenary on the underworld list…”

“How did he get into an embarrassing situation!”

“Hmph, a bunch of fools! Can’t you see, the one who pretended to be a pig to eat the tiger before, he just hit the nail on the head!” The big man who spoke suppressed his voice, “The strong ones now are getting stranger and stranger, what are all these quirks…”

(t/n: pretended to be a pig to eat the tiger-a metaphor for the trick of deliberately pretending to be a weakling to let the opponent ignore, and then taking the opportunity to win the final victory)

Hey, f*cking awesome, but just don’t say, just play! How can the people below live happily!

The remaining few people on the second floor regained their calm, but a few more faint glances fell on the silver-eyed youth.

Just then, a group of people came down from the upper third floor.

To be precise, it was a group of guards surrounding a young man dressed in noble clothes.

The moment the noble young man appeared, the people on the second floor all silently turned their eyes away, some unmoved, some hidden disdain. But no one went to cause trouble, because in fact, many nobles were their patrons. Even if they were not now, they would inevitably deal with them as employers in the future, so there was no need to offend.

From this, it could be inferred that the third floor is probably where the nobles stay.

The young man looked disgusted, “Where did all these bugs come from! Hurry up and clean them up for me, I don’t want to see one!”

“Yes, yes, maybe the sea is humid, attracting some small bugs and ants, we have already sent people to drive them away, do you want to go outside for some air?” The guard asked carefully.

The young man thought of the scene where moths were floating everywhere above, and his whole body got goosebumps. He inadvertently glanced at Lu Mi downstairs, and immediately pointed, “I want to hire you.”

“Young Master, we can also protect you…” The guards were wary of these people of unknown origin.

“Do you look as good as him!” The young man spoke confidently.

The guard looked over and immediately fell silent. Indeed, the silver-eyed youth among the many fierce people was like a pearl lost in the mud, bringing a holy light that made the entire hall bright and clean.

Lu Mi leisurely stroked his chin, glanced at the young man with a smile, “I’m quite expensive.”

This glance, directly meeting the young man’s silver eyes, the noble young man didn’t know why his heart jumped, and he was a little stunned.

Lu Mi looked at the other party’s breath-stopping appearance, and then lowered his eyes with a “how terrible” cry–he almost forgot, this familiarity that makes him more attractive to prey, the sea area buff!

And at this time, the noble young man had already spoken, but he was a bit stuttering, “I, I, I, I’m not short of money!”

The rest of the people on the second floor couldn’t help but cast envious and jealous eyes at Lu Mi. This person was obviously the type of “foolish and rich, come quickly”. They loved to meet such employers the most! How come they don’t have such luck!

(t/n: foolish and rich, come quickly-describes people who are very stupid but very rich)

“Well then.” Lu Mi slowly stood up. Anyway, he didn’t mind making a little extra money during the mission, who would mind too much money.

As for the rule that “extraordinaries are not allowed to take private jobs”, he was now playing the role of an illegal extraordinary who participates in illegal gatherings, which was also a necessary part of making the character more perfect.

Although Lu Mi’s reluctant tone made the others’ teeth itch with hate, the noble young man was obviously very happy.

“My name is Grant.” Fortunately, he still had a bit of sanity and knew to hide his family name.

Afterwards, Lu Mi followed Grant around the giant ship for a while.

This giant ship with security work in place actually wouldn’t have any danger, just some thorns. After discovering the young man’s obvious noble identity, they also didn’t want to cause trouble and walked away.

Except for…

Lu Mi’s gaze rested on a wall, where a moth was resting and flapping its wings.

“Annoying, isn’t it?” Grant noticed his gaze and started complaining, “I don’t know where it came from, this ship hasn’t been cleaned for years, I didn’t even know it had become a bug nest.”

——No, this shouldn’t have been something originally on this ship.

Lu Mi squinted slightly, looking towards the distant sea.

It was clear not long ago, but at some point, thick clouds had accumulated. From here, all that could be seen were the falling dark clouds, rendering the distance into a gray haze.

More and more bugs appeared in the sea area, and the staff on the deck of the giant ship were running back and forth with insect nets, but they couldn’t catch them all.

The silver-eyed youth looked at the gloom in the distance and suddenly said, “If I save you, do I get a bonus?”

“Huh?” Grant was puzzled.

The next second, a silver-blue lightning bolt shot straight at him from Lu Mi’s hand.

The noble young man’s pupils suddenly shrank, the lightning brushed past his cheek, he didn’t even have time to see the true body of that silver spear.

The strong wind accompanied by the roar struck behind the noble young man, heavily hitting the creature that was planning to attack him.

It wasn’t until a sharp cry of some creature came to his ears that Grant turned his head in a daze, only in time to see a huge monster of unprecedented size fleeing in a blurry silhouette.

…Was he, was he saved?

“What happened?” This was what Grant wanted to know the most, “Just now, what was that?”

The young man’s face still had a look of panic, and Lu Mi in front of him seemed like his lifesaver.

But Lu Mi sighed–this was bad.

He looked at the familiar yet strange posture of the creature that had flown away, frowning with some annoyance.

——That was a real and genuine Zerg race, and it looked more like an ancient Zerg race. The most troublesome species in the abyss, dominating the western area, why would it appear here?

According to the habits of the Zerg race, they would rapidly build their own nests in new territories, and the first to come out to hunt were just the vanguard.

Oh, no, he might have to work overtime again.

TN: This character “虫” can either be insect, worm, or Zerg.