I'm Really Not the Lord of the Abyss - Chapter 39

The sky suddenly darkened.

The slowly approaching palm was like a collapsing sky.

In the overwhelming sense of doom, this second seemed to stretch indefinitely.

People’s expressions were frozen in shock, fear, astonishment… but more than anything, they were blank, completely unable to react in time.

At this moment, only three people moved—

The fairy species with golden and silver heterochromatic eyes suddenly clenched his fist.

A scene almost identical to one from his memories suddenly surfaced, and for a moment, both his eyes seemed to flare up in a crimson hue.

He tried to crawl forward a step, but his weak body could only let out a dying, unwilling gasp!

The next second, a figure suddenly rushed out from his side.

Like a streak of light that leaped out in an instant, it brushed past the heterochromatic-eyed fairy species, leaving him only enough time to catch a glimpse of a brilliant silver glow.

—Lu Mi charged out.

At the same time, Kano, as if in perfect sync, instantly summoned his twin hooks and swung them backward at the people who were standing dumbfounded behind him.

The gale that was lifted by the twin hooks immediately roared, sweeping all the people along with the chains from their original place in one go, clearing the area that would be affected, and opening up the best battlefield for Lu Mi.

The next second, Lu Mi met the palm that descended from the sky.

The massive shockwave instantly swept out, just sweeping over the heads of the people who had just escaped, and the remaining fragments of Tartarus were completely shattered in this strike. The opposing energies punched a huge hole in the sky.

At this time, the people finally got a moment to catch their breath and barely see what had happened.

They saw Lu Mi alone standing in front of everyone, his silver spear horizontal under that giant palm, and the two sides seemed to be in a stalemate.

From the perspective of this top-down suppression, Lu Mi, who was at the bottom, was naturally at a disadvantage.

But this stalemate didn’t last long.

The next second, Lu Mi’s eyes flashed, and his spear tip flickered through countless tiny magic circles. A full range of amplification and control buffs were instantly stacked, and then—

Zing—!

Like a sudden rebirth, the young man with silver eyes suddenly exerted force with both hands, and the long spear in his hand broke free from the suppression, fiercely slashing across the giant palm in the sky.

“——!!!” A vibrating, clearly non-human scream of pain came from inside the gate.

The spreading sound waves made the aircraft in the sky shake wildly. It was then that the people woke up as if from a dream, overwhelmed by the belated great panic.

“What, what is that monster?!”

“Woah, little master, are you okay?!” Left Law and Right Law hurriedly flew to their little master’s side.

However, the fairy species with golden and silver heterochromatic eyes didn’t answer, just staring blankly at the silver figure in front of him, “He actually, blocked it…”

A nearly overturned amount of blood spilled from the torn open palm.

Lu Mi glanced lightly at the silver spear stained with blood, only to see wisps of black smoke floating out of the blood, emitting an ominous aura. He squinted slightly, then neatly retracted his spear, shaking off the bloodstains.

Looking up again, the giant palm that missed its strike was already retreating back into the gate.

Kano took advantage of the situation to ride the wind to his side, looking up at the slowly departing giant hand, “Could it be behind that door…”

“You felt it too?” Lu Mi didn’t chase after it.

“Mm.” Kano frowned slightly, “The scent of the wind…full of the smell of death, it must be there…”

Lu Mi nodded, taking over, “I didn’t expect that this world would actually have a door leading to the Abyss, and it’s in the Southern Area.”

The Southern Area, the most mysterious place in the entire Abyss. Separated by a river of death that most Abyss species find hard to cross, even they had only occasionally heard of it in legends.

Similarly, the two fairy species that Lu Mi had saved before were from there. He had previously considered whether he could find a rift leading to the Southern Area, originally thought to be a hopeless pipe dream, but now it had really appeared.

Of course, what surprised Lu Mi even more was this gate with obvious man-made traces—now it can almost be certain that it originally existed in Tartarus. Looking at the old man’s shocked expression before, if it weren’t for the destruction of the Tartarus Prison this time, probably no one in this world would know of its existence.

At this point, the giant hand that had made a fleeting appearance had completely disappeared into the gate.

The broken gate did not close, but the scene inside seemed to be blurred by a special power, and only twisted blocks of color could be seen.

“Ugh, why do I suddenly feel so uncomfortable…”

“Ugh!”

From behind, the voices of the crowd suddenly came. One by one, their faces turned pale, and they suddenly felt nauseous.

Kano looked at Lu Mi, who nodded, “It’s the death aura in the blood just now.”

“I see, no wonder you didn’t sever that hand.” Kano said with a sigh, “Humans are really fragile…”

Halfway through his sentence, he suddenly remembered that the young man with silver eyes in front of him was also a bona fide human. The demon’s nonchalant expression suddenly paused, “Are you okay?”

“Me?” Lu Mi tilted his head slightly, answering calmly, “It’s not that serious.”

That is to say, there was an impact! Like Kano, a demon born from the wind, after all, was not the same as flesh-and-blood humans, and the death aura of the Southern Area had an absolute effect on living life.

The demon incarnation of Thousand Winds, rarely panicked, scratched his head with his fingertips, and dryly chanted, “Purify, purify—!”

“Wake up, you don’t have that function.” Lu Mi gave him a funny look, “I said it’s not serious, and that bit of death aura will soon be diluted by the air.”

“…Oh.” Although he said so, Kano still secretly made the wind blowing around disperse faster.

“Let’s get everyone down to the ground first.” Lu Mi said, indicating those who were still hugging the chains and retching.

Kano, who originally did not intend to take action, heard this and rarely gave up his principle of letting things take their course, actively using the wind to send everyone to the ground.

And at this moment, the people who were in a bad state, who had experienced the explosion of Tartarus and were scared enough by the palm from the sky, and who had been blown in the gale for a long time, had no energy to continue showing fear.

It wasn’t until everyone was moved to the cliff that was once closest to Tartarus that their hearts seemed to fall back into place.

However, when they subconsciously looked for Lu Mi’s figure, the young man with silver eyes was talking to the old man.

Lu Mi: “What do you know about that door?”

The old man looked at the young man with silver eyes in front of him, took a deep breath, and for the first time was glad that he was a half-dead old man. Some shocking things could be suppressed because he had long been indifferent to everything.

Hearing the young man’s question, the old man looked up at the enchanting open gate in the sky along the young man’s gaze, his eyebrows furrowed as if he was searching for something in his memory.

Seeing this, Lu Mi continued, “It seems that whether it’s the outside world or the people in Tartarus, no one expected its appearance. This door should have existed for a long time. If even you, as the chief warden, have no impression of it, then it is very likely that it was born with Tartarus.”

“..…” The old man suddenly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he asked, “Can I know, what is behind the door?”

Strangely, the old man actually felt that the young man with silver eyes in front of him could answer his question. It seemed that the more he interacted with the other party, the more distant the other party seemed in his eyes, revealing mystery everywhere.

Lu Mi was silent for a moment, looked at him deeply, and then spoke, “It’s a place that even Abyss creatures can’t easily leave…”

However, as soon as his words fell, the two of them were taken aback at the same time. Lu Mi seemed to have understood something in an instant, and his gaze fell on the old man who was about to speak.

Sure enough, the next second, the old man’s eyes suddenly brightened, and he blurted out, “I remember now—! That was a legend once circulated in Tartarus, but by my generation, the only one who still has an impression is this old man—It was said that when Tartarus was first born, its creator said ‘the entrance to hell is here, this is the real Tartarus’…”

The old man took a deep breath, “Until just now, I and the people who came after me all thought that it was referring to the huge inverted pyramid group of Tartarus…”

“I see.” Lu Mi understood, “Tartarus, the River of Death… If that’s the case, then this name is really not wrong.”

The River Styx and the Underworld in mythology, this all makes sense.

It seems that the original builder of Tartarus discovered and created such a door—It can be certain that the prototype of this door must be a rift to the Southern Area of the Abyss, and the Abyss creatures that have entered the Southern Area to this day, only the fairy species can leave, it can be said that there is the most natural cage for Abyss species in this world.

Just like the chaos under the real underworld—vast, boundless, and unable to leave.

Exiling the Abyss species that enter this world to there, both eliminates the hidden dangers and avoids the ambition of this world. Everything is in line with the original intention of Tartarus.

But it seems that for some reason, this plan was eventually abandoned by the creator, and the door was also sealed up.

In any case, Lu Mi must say that this creator was a genius, not to mention other aspects, just being able to create such a sealed door with the technology hundreds of years ago, that person was definitely ahead of this world.

Speaking of which, this door is a bit similar to his Book of Keys…Of course, it might just be an illusion, maybe this is fate.

“So what do we do now?” The old man asked in a deep voice, “Because of the destruction of Tartarus, this door seems to have been opened, the world on the other side of the door—will monsters like that giant hand appear again, and if it comes out, how should we deal with it?”

“Well…” Lu Mi turned his gaze to the other side, “It’s faster to ask the natives over there.”

Where his gaze pointed, Left Law and Right Law were supporting their little master on one side, and looking back at him stupidly on the other.

“Eh?” Left Law and Right Law let out a surprised cry, and said in a flustered manner, “If, if it’s the hand just now, we do know—it’s the Asura species, which is the same as the fairy species, belonging to the Southern Area species, but it is the most powerful species among them!”

(t/n: Asura or Shura=powerful beings or demigods; genie)

Right Law echoed, “Yes, yes, when we fled from our hometown, it was because the Asura species suddenly started to massacre and capture our tribe.”

However, Lu Mi was not affected by the pitiful appearance of the two fairy species, he calmly analyzed, “So, it’s possible that they came for you this time?”

“Should, should it not be?” Left Law showed a nervous expression, “Even if they can feel our aura, they wouldn’t come so quickly, would they?”

“It came for me.” Just then, the fairy species who had been supported by Left Law and Right Law suddenly spoke, his voice slightly hoarse.

Lu Mi met those beautiful heterochromatic eyes, the dark-skinned fairy species was also staring at him, his feathered eyelashes trembling, “This door has actually been discovered by those Asura species a long time ago, all along…they have been guarding on the other side of the door, waiting for the opportunity to go to this world when the door opens one day.”

When these words fell, all the humans present couldn’t help but get goosebumps. To think that for so many years, there was such a group of terrifying monsters just behind a door they didn’t know about, watching this side… Hiss—!

Everyone couldn’t help but take a cold breath subconsciously.

The timing of the explosion of Tartarus was good, just when Lu Mi was there! (Not)

And at this moment, the old man was also staring in surprise at the speaking fairy species—although he had imprisoned many Abyss creatures during his tenure, this fairy species was undoubtedly one of the ones that left a deep impression on him.

After all, the other party had “surrendered” himself. He still remembered that when the other party suddenly appeared at the gate of Tartarus, it caused a commotion for a while, who knew that when the guards arrived, they just surrendered, making a big event end with a lot of thunder and little rain.

(t/n: a lot of thunder and little rain=metaphor for exaggerating words but doing nothing (much said but little done)

Later, the old man had once gone to find this fairy species. After all, he had already met Kano at that time and was very hopeful of getting to know another Abyss species that could communicate. This unique fairy species gave him a sense of possibility.

Who knew, this fairy species completely refused to communicate, showing a self-closed attitude, and never spoke in Tartarus from beginning to end—it’s not an exaggeration to say that this is the first time the old man has heard his voice!

The old man showed a contemplative expression and tentatively said, “You came to Tartarus before because you knew about this door and wanted to use it to return to the Abyss?”

“I don’t think so.” Lu Mi said at this time, “The loosening of that door should not be an overnight thing. Although there is the impact of the explosion this time, time itself is also a factor. Besides, what I can think of is the corrosion of the death aura on the other side of the door—”

He paused slightly here, and at the same time, the fairy species with heterochromatic eyes was looking at him with an inexplicable expression.

Lu Mi: “Although it’s just a guess, looking at your weak appearance now… are you constantly eliminating or purifying this death aura, guarding the seal?”

——?!

When these words fell, let alone the old man, even Left Law and Right Law on the scene were shocked.

Thinking about it, during this long period of time, the silent fairy species had been silently drawing a prison on the ground, guarding the unknown seal.

Because the world is different, so it is not understood by anyone.

Because they also emit death aura, they refuse anyone’s approach.

As an alien, facing the seal alone—as the old man said, from the standpoint of the other party, the opening of the door actually means that he can go back, but the other party obviously gave up this point, perhaps considering the peace of the two worlds?

…No, wait, does the Abyss actually have such orderly and kind species? How suddenly I’m not used to it! Or is this just an exception?

“Wuwuwu—Little Master, you’ve suffered wuwuwu…” The sentimental Left Law immediately wailed, instantly feeling that the panic he had been rolling in the human world for these years was nothing at all.

“Alright, let’s deal with our injuries first, leave those mutants to me, and the rest of the people to you, okay?” Against the backdrop of Left Law’s wailing, Lu Mi calmly instructed everyone.

“…There should be a supply station that usually supplies Tartarus 500 meters away, I’ll take them there first, and the prisoners also need to be settled as soon as possible.” The old man quickly made a decision from his stupor, then looked at the fairy species, and then at Lu Mi, “Are you staying here?”

Lu Mi nodded, looking up at the gate floating in the air, “This matter won’t just end like this, maybe there will be new situations appearing soon and I have a feeling…”

This time, maybe he has to go back to that place…

It’s really a headache, his salary payment scope clearly does not include these businesses…

It’s not an exaggeration to say that if another giant appears, no one among all the humans present except Lu Mi can handle it.

Most likely, people would become the fish in the pond that were affected by the fight between the immortals, so they all agreed to Lu Mi’s instructions, hoping not to drag him down, and the unwillingness of a few people could only be hidden in their hearts.

“Alright, while everyone else is gone, let’s have a good chat.” When only Lu Mi and the Abyss species were left on the cliff, he recalled the sentence “If it’s true, please thank him for me” when the old man passed by him just now, and then looked at the fairy species who was also staring at him, “If there’s time—”

He glanced at the gate in the air that was slowly opening up clusters of color blocks, “We might be able to take the initiative.”

However, the fairy species suddenly reached out to him.

Under the slightly surprised gaze of the young man with silver eyes, that slender and scarred hand gently touched the corner of the young man’s eye.

Suddenly, a wisp of faint death aura that only the fairy species could see was eliminated at his fingertips.

At this moment, Lu Mi suddenly noticed that the ears of the fairy species were actually not quite the same as humans, a little pointed.

Under his wandering gaze, the single-sided earring hanging on that pointed ear, similar to a ruby, suddenly swayed slightly.

It turned out that the owner of the earring suddenly turned his head, his voice trembling slightly, “Please…don’t look at me…”

Lu Mi: ? Is this person so shy?

Kano on the side fell silent, he stared at the fairy species with a meaningful gaze.

Until Left Law and Right Law suddenly felt a bit cold, they looked over but only saw the harmless refreshing smile of the demon.