I'm Really Not the Lord of the Abyss - Chapter 44

Finally, the human who seemed to be the captain spoke hesitantly, as if his soul was out of his body, “Our world has seen the first stable rift leading here, we came to explore… Are you… a creature of this world?”

Upon hearing this, Lu Mi fell silent for a moment, then he pointed towards the shore, “Can you see the creatures on the banks?”

The captain looked carefully, then turned to him nervously, “Is there something there?”

Even the different species on the shore who were watching this place in real time were stunned, “Do they have poor eyesight?” They couldn’t see them, but they should be able to see such large giants.

On the contrary, Kano showed a thoughtful expression. The first stable rift leading to the Southern Area, wasn’t that…Tartarus? His expression suddenly froze.

“…” The golden Yindu God showed a clear expression, “This is not where you should be, I will send you back.”

The past and the present, intertwined on this chaotic river. These humans, who did not belong to this point in time, naturally could not see the different species on the shore.

In fact, in the eyes of Captain Hubert, the world he saw was chaotic, and only the golden light in front of him illuminated everything in the boundless river.

Hubert saw the golden creature raise his hand and point, and a ray of light broke out a path – like a golden galaxy, paving the way to a rift not far away in the air.

“…That’s the rift we came from!” Hubert exclaimed with joy.

Then, the ship under their feet slowly rose along the path leading to the rift, and at the same time, the golden deity rose from the ship.

Hubert suddenly rushed to the edge of the ship in a panic, looking at Lu Mi who was looking down at them, “Thank you…Can we come to this world again…Can we see you again next time?”

Lu Mi shook his head, “The two worlds are not yet ready to meet.”

That statement was not an announcement, nor was it forceful, but it made Hubert and the others believe it as if it were a divine revelation. After all, just this eerie river almost wiped them out.

“Captain… Captain Hubert!” Just as the ship was getting closer and closer to the rift, a crew member suddenly dragged out a barrel.

Only then did Hubert seem to react, “Right, this!” He handed the barrel to the golden deity, “When we fell into this river from the rift in the sky, the black mist killed several of our crew members! Originally, we were also doomed, but by some fluke, we fished a few such creatures from the river…I don’t know what it is in this world, but thanks to them, we were temporarily spared from the corrosion of the black gas.”

Lu Mi looked into the barrel and saw several light orbs swimming leisurely in the water.

— Creatures living in the River of Death?

When the black mist touched them, it seemed to be repelled by an invisible shield. At the same time, the light orbs floated up curiously, constantly trying to get closer, as if attracted by the distant gold ornaments on Lu Mi.

This scene further strengthened Hubert’s belief. He returned the barrel to Lu Mi, like a believer returning a gift from God.

“I understand.” The great creature nodded, leading the light orbs to his side, “In exchange, this may be of help to you.”

The deity suddenly handed out a few pages of paper that seemed to be torn off casually, but the people took them very seriously.

“What an incredible experience…” they murmured.

At this time, the ship had already reached the front of the rift, and the golden figure was suspended in mid-air, getting farther and farther away as the ship continued to rise.

Hubert slowly took off his tattered hat, placed it on his chest, and bowed his head, “I will always remember you, today is a great day—”

On this day, for the first time in human history, they set foot in another world. Although the time was short, they truly understood the dangers and vastness of another world.

And, they received help and advice from a mysterious existence.

Those silver pupils were looking at them, but it seemed that they were not just looking at them, but also seeing the long river of time, the past and the future—what a great and mysterious existence, they almost thought they had seen God!

After Hubert and others passed through the rift, they returned to their own world, their own time—this was hundreds of years before Tartarus was built, when the Extraordinaries Guild was still an Adventurers Guild.

At that time, abyss rifts had not appeared many times, so people did not pay attention to the actions of Hubert’s team, even jokingly said, “Yo, the adventurer came back from that weird place?”

“No one has ever come out alive, you guys are really lucky.” At this time, people just regarded the abyss rift as an unknown celestial phenomenon, and everyone kept their distance.

Hubert didn’t care about other people’s eyes, he just said to his crew, “I want to build a shell to protect this rift.”

The crew were used to their captain’s whims from time to time, “What? You want to change to be an architect? This is a big project.”

Hubert spread out the pages given by Lu Mi in his hand, and all the crew immediately gathered around, “What is this?”

“I don’t know… but I guess, it should be the way to build a door and some knowledge about seals…”

The crew immediately slapped their thighs, “So it’s a divine instruction, you should have said it earlier, we’ll help too!”

“…” Hubert silently gave them a glance, obviously condemning their big reversal of attitude, and finally said in the crew’s snickering laughter, “It’s the expectation of the benefactor. He’s right, that world is still too early for our world…”

— This is, the initial team of Tartarus, and its beginning.

In that era when no one could perceive, no one could understand, they quietly walked ahead of the world under the guidance of a hidden figure. Until time in the future, their value and achievements were revealed.

Even later, countless experts in later generations called him “a genius leading the world by hundreds of years”, saying “he created a great miracle with his own hands”, “he dedicated his life to the most magnificent architecture, like a lonely pilgrim.”

People scratched their heads and cheeks wanting to know the reason for his sudden enlightenment and change, but only in the fragments of his diary, they caught some cryptic phrases—

“If that door is built, will there be a day when it will be knocked?”

“Will you be the one who knocks on the door?”

Regarding the “you” here, there are various opinions in later generations, but perhaps most people can never resist the romance of mythology, so gradually a saying emerged, which was recognized and deeply believed by more and more ordinary people.

— He must be talking to the god in his heart.

…….

The legend had not ended.

In the River of Death, every move of Lu Mi was caught in the eyes of the different species on the shore.

They saw the golden deity cast his gaze on the light orbs around him.

At this time, the fairy species had already felt something, their eyes showing shock.

Those light orbs seemed to like the aura on Lu Mi, and were affectionately circling around him. Until Lu Mi suddenly cut his fingertip, and the golden blood fell from his hand.

Plop—

A drop of blood was melted into the light orb, and then the light orb turned into a small light person, and then more.

“Bo—” These transformed new creatures were given flesh and blood, from ignorant energy bodies they gained life, and made their first sound to this world!

They cheered around the deity who gave them consciousness, just like the plants in the world thanking the earth, the birds thanking the sky, and the planets returning to the embrace of the universe.

Left Law and Right Law could hardly speak at this time, they trembled from their throats, “Little Master…That wouldn’t be…”

The other fairy species were also completely stunned.

Shi Guang looked at the scene in the illusion, his beautiful pupils seemed to be glowing.

In fact, from the first time he met him, he couldn’t suppress his closeness and longing for him—“Please don’t look at me.” That first sentence was not shy, but he was afraid that if he didn’t keep his distance, he would expose a state that even he was afraid of.

When the silver-eyed youth changed into this posture, that fascination surged crazily, and it was already very telling that he, a pure-blooded fairy, had such a reaction.

Just didn’t expect that the truth is always more shocking.

“He is the creator of our fairy species, the true Yindu God.” Shi Guang tried to make himself look calm enough.

But the subtle tremor in his voice could not be suppressed.

At this time, the other species on the banks of the River of Death finally realized that those little light people were the first generation of fairy species. Because they had just been born and hadn’t had time to learn, they were closer to the pure innocence of the fairies in fairy tales.

— But their power was absolutely terrifying.

People saw those little fairies flying over the surface of the river with Lu Mi, wherever they arrived, the area within a kilometer was clear without a trace of haze.

The silver-eyed youth was surrounded by the utmost brilliance, wherever he was, there was a radiance of ten thousand feet.

Looking from afar, it was like a moving kingdom of God, directly turning hell into a golden cathedral. It was unimaginable, beyond reach.

From this, it can be seen that the fairy species of this era may already be the product of several versions of degeneration after the first generation, although they are closer to human form, but this is not necessarily a symbol of their power no longer pure.

“…We have witnessed a piece of legendary history?” The rebel side was already dumbfounded.

The ghost-faced young man took a long breath, did not speak, just focused on looking at the situation in the river.

After familiarizing the little fairies with his power, Lu Mi felt a repulsive force.

He should leave this time node.

The fact is that the illusions that appear on the River of Death are all mediums leading to the past, and the time vortex here is completely chaotic. Ferrying— is not necessarily the meaning of guiding travelers lost in time.

“Bo— Bo—” Those little fairies seemed to sense something, and came over to rub his fingertips reluctantly.

“I’ll come to see you next time.” Lu Mi said to himself, since he already knew the truth, he could come back next time through another sea mirage.

The little fairies suddenly lit up, as if they saw the excited expression on their faces.

They will wait obediently, before the “God” comes again, they will first strive to learn from God, purify this river, and then help the creatures that fall into the river like God helped the ship before! — Will they be praised the next time God comes?

The golden wings spread out, they watched the golden Yindu God retreat into the void, disappearing in an invisible wave of suddenness.

Wait, and look forward to…

Once again, Lu Mi appeared on the River of Death, still not far from the shore.

But this time, the people on the shore involuntarily took a step back, as if they were afraid of the dazzling light—no one could remain calm after witnessing these scenes, this was a living legend!

“So the Yindu God really exists, now he’s back—or should I say, appeared! Is that right?”

This was the joyful shout of the enslaved species in the Southern Area.

But Lu Mi did not forget to attack the Asura King who was attacking him.

The giant had been silent since just now, until the silver-eyed youth’s gaze fell on him, then he slowly opened his mouth, “At that time…I was on the shore.”

The Asura King’s deep voice made the species stiffen, only then did they realize that they were too happy too soon.

“That time? At that time?” Lu Mi appeared very calm, his clear eyes looked down at him without ripples, “So it is, so you really saw me for the first time in history.”

The Asura King witnessed the first appearance of the Yindu God and the birth of the fairy species at that time, and since then he had believed in him.

“If you descend in this way…” The Asura King only knew today that the Yindu God was actually an existence traveling through the river of time, so his past calls—now entangled in whether he could go back to the past to respond was meaningless, he took a deep breath, “Now I only ask you one thing, if I want to cross the River of Death…”

“Hmm?” He hadn’t finished speaking, when he saw the golden deity suddenly turn his head to look at the other side of the River of Death.

What’s there?

On the other side of the vast river, one couldn’t see the shore at all, it’s just the turbulent river water, and the death aura that had been purified and diluted a lot.

— Why don’t you look at me!?

With the help of the aura around the deity, the Asura King, who had temporarily shaken off the influence of the death aura entwining him, suddenly had a splitting headache again.

But he didn’t know that the deity was squinting his eyes, sensing the contract aura getting closer and closer from the distant land.

So many people? Lu Mi’s silver eyes seemed to space out for a moment, especially when he felt that group of people coming straight here, as if they didn’t stop because of the River of Death.

Kano, who also belonged to the demon species, smelled a group of annoying aura from the wind.