I'm Really Not the Lord of the Abyss - Chapter 5

“Who are you?!”

The hearts of the people skipped a beat, and they were instantly on alert.

“Are you sure you want to talk here?” Lu Mi calmly gestured upwards.

The next second, several huge Snake-headed Winged Dragons swooped down from the sky.

The battle-seasoned people immediately blocked with their weapons.

The monsters’ claws clashed with the cold knives and firearms. After failing to land a hit, they screeched and flew back into the sky.

Their flight path traced a roller coaster-like large circle. After a few seconds, they would adjust their angle and launch another attack.

“Go!” One of the team leaders gritted his teeth and made a decisive decision, “Retreat to the nearest palace ahead!”

In this life-and-death moment, a suspicious Lu Mi was nothing compared to their current enemy–a man-eating monster!

Lu Mi, the master of another group of real monsters, thought: ..…

As they fought and retreated, Lu Mi found that this king seemed to be a “delicious” type among the monsters. More and more Snake-headed Winged Dragons noticed and flew towards them.

“We’re in trouble…!” A rear-guard team member’s weapon suddenly broke, and the incoming claw made him instinctively close his eyes.

In the blink of an eye, a force from his collar pulled him away, and at the same time, a gust of wind brushed past his cheek.

“What are you dazed for.” A faint voice came from the side.

When the team member opened his eyes, he found that Lu Mi was just letting go of his collar, and a winged dragon in the sky was quickly flying away–in the haste, it almost seemed like it was fleeing.

“Thank you, thank you,” the team member repeatedly said, his face pale.

Lu Mi did not respond, “You’re falling behind,” he reminded.

The team member snapped back to reality, quickly took a few steps towards the team ahead, then hurriedly turned back, “Aren’t you coming with us? This area is about to become a monster’s nest, everyone else has already evacuated! It’s dangerous to be alone!”

Lu Mi checked with Flying Octopus, then nodded at him, “Thank you then.”

The group of extraordinaries continued to escort the king towards the palace a dozen meters away.

Lu Mi was at the very end of the team–every time a silver-blue light flashed at his fingertips, a monster that was about to succeed would flee in panic, but no one noticed this in the chaotic scene.

The team successfully retreated into the palace.

A few people gritted their teeth and pushed the palace door closed, a dozen monsters were stuck at the limit and blocked outside. Monsters that couldn’t brake in time hit the door one after another, like countless dull raindrops, shaking the building bit by bit.

“This building is mixed with blue steel, so the walls are exceptionally hard, it should be able to block for a while.”

“So what do we do next?”

“The outside should have already received our distress signal, as long as we can hold on until then…”

“Aren’t you planning to solve the source?” A voice that did not belong to their companions came.

What?

The startled group of people almost didn’t hear clearly.

This accident came too fast and too urgently. D-levels were not unbeatable, but the number was just too many. These people were now almost exhausted, ammunition emptied, most of them found it hard to continue mentally.

And the monsters were still coming in endlessly, one by one, the extraordinaries who were filled in, like mud spots poured into a flood, were constantly swallowed up, as if there was no end.

“You should be very clear, if you don’t control the abyss rift they come out of, no matter how many extraordinaries come to support, it’s just a drop in the bucket,” Lu Mi said.

“How could you…” The team leader looked at this young man who did not belong to his team, but left a deep impression.

“Captain!” The rear-guard team member hurriedly said, “He just saved me.”

“The Extraordinary Guild will protect every innocent ordinary person.” At this time, the old man who had not spoken since he came in, suddenly spoke slowly.

The old man was sitting on a step not far away, his messy hair fluttering beside his old face, without any pretense of an important person.

“Your Majesty!” The captain showed embarrassment, only then did he react that he almost overlooked him.

After all, they were not the kingdom’s army, in the world of the extraordinaries, there were only monsters, peers, and ordinary people who needed protection – even if they were the nobles among ordinary people, they would also find it hard to react at once, and did not know how to deal with.

“No harm.” The old man laughed, “Now I am just an old man seeking refuge, relying on your protection, just hoping not to add chaos.”

Lu Mi couldn’t help but look at him, thinking that this person was not bad, fortunately, he was not the troublesome nobleman he imagined.

Under such a king, the Blue Steel Empire should be able to remain calm for a long time. If the national customs are good, then his workplace located in this country should also be able to develop peacefully, right?

That’s a beautiful future…He’s already dreaming.

“Young man,” the old man said to Lu Mi for some reason, “We also want to cut off the source of this disaster and let it subside as soon as possible, but now it’s hard to do.”

“So, I want to ask -” Lu Mi was not surprised, word by word, “What’s wrong with the thing you control the abyss rift?”

Whoosh!

Not only the captain, but the rest of the extraordinaries in blue uniforms also stood up in unison, looking at him in shock and alert, “How do you know so much?!”

Lu Mi was genuinely puzzled, “Is this hard to guess?”

“…Tell him.” The old man sighed, “Since he has been involved, we are all people who have escaped from death, don’t know if we can survive this…Besides, sooner or later everyone will know.”

The captain moved his lips.

Indeed, regardless of whether this disaster could be quelled in the end, people would eventually know the causes and consequences of this event. It was a necessary explanation.

“This abyss rift appeared in the palace a day ago. At that time, a few abyss creatures ran out. We discovered them in time, and the only one that escaped was later caught by another branch.”

The captain organized his language and slowly began to speak.

Flying Octopus, hiding under Lu Mi’s collar, blew a bubble in dissatisfaction: Nonsense! I was clearly defeated by the Master, and then you guys took advantage of it! Hmph…

The captain, who didn’t know he had been sprayed by an abyss creature, continued, “After that, we used the newly developed Strong Suppression Device from the General Science Academy to control the rift. The matter should have ended there, but…”

“Hold on,” Lu Mi interrupted him, disregarding the captain’s dissatisfied and aggrieved look, and asked, “What is the principle of that Strong Suppression Device?”

The rear-guard team member immediately interjected, “After years of research, the General Science Academy has simulated several high-risk, and even a B-level abyss creature’s mental fluctuations inside it. As long as it is released, no abyss creatures dare to approach there.”

The captain silently looked at this unimpressive member.

However, the king was also listening with interest on the side. After all, this information known only to the extraordinaries was something ordinary people might never have access to in their lifetime.

So he had to continue, “That’s it. But today, the well-operated Strong Suppression Device suddenly shut down for some reason. We immediately sent a team to repair it, but as soon as they set off, a large group of Snake-headed Winged Dragons flew out from the other side of the rift.”

“After His Majesty the King learned of this, he activated the protective shield–which was originally used to protect the palace from external abyss creatures, but now it has just become a cage to trap them.”

“But because of this, the palace has become a disaster area. The K1 branch has almost all been dispatched, and it is only barely protecting the people in the palace to evacuate to a relatively safe place. But if this continues, no one knows what will happen.”

“…I see, I understand.” After listening to their narration, Lu Mi also figured out the causes and consequences of this incident.

Although there were some key doubts, such as the inexplicable failure of the Strong Suppression Device, and the clearly easier to deal with few lone monsters in the previous time, this time it suddenly became a large group of increased difficulty…But for him, it was not a big problem.

“Wait, where are you going?” The captain asked Lu Mi, who suddenly turned around, and the rest of the people also looked over in confusion.

“Ah, thank you for clarifying for me.” Lu Mi answered the question, glanced at the embarrassed people behind him with the corner of his eye, and the corner of his lips raised an imperceptible curve.

He said, “As the price for me to solve this trouble for you, please, forget that you have seen me.”

“What…?!”

An invisible force spread out, causing everyone present to suddenly faint, as if falling into a dream.

“!” The captain, with the strongest mental power, resisted for half a second, and opened his mouth with difficulty with his buzzing head, “Who are you exactly…”

His words were not finished, only vaguely heard a voice from familiar to strange saying, “Just a good-hearted person who is brave enough to do what is right.”

As soon as the voice fell, a Snake-headed Winged Dragon, several times larger than all the previous winged dragons, suddenly appeared outside the window.

This unprecedentedly huge monster spread its wings and glided over the palace, with every wind-shivering feather on its body infinitely clear.

In an instant, all the window glass burst open, falling down like a goddess scattering flowers.

“It’s finally here.” Lu Mi hooked the corner of his mouth. These prey were indeed coming for the king, because the other party smelled more delicious?

Flying Octopus sensed the dangerous aura and instinctively wanted to escape, but in the next second, it was directly taken out by Lu Mi, who was stepping on the window frame.

“Oh, oh, oh, oh…!”

Lu Mi leaped out of the window frame, and Flying Octopus, with the pressure of the superior creature constantly coming from above its head, half of its body rose into the air, leaving only one tentacle tightly holding onto the boss’s clothes, screaming in fear and inexplicable excitement.

Crash!

The shattered glass passed through a slow-motion second and completely fell to the ground, shattering loudly.

The remaining people in the palace suddenly woke up.

“What happened? I just seemed…”

“You guys, look!”

No one realized the trance of just one second, their full attention was already attracted by the bigger crisis appearing outside the window.

“It’s the leader of the Snake-headed Winged Dragons!” The captain recognized this extremely tricky monster at a glance, “Damn it, didn’t the assault team’s elites stop it?!”

“Wait, it seems like someone is flying towards it!”

“What did you say?!”

A group of people quickly rushed to the window, straining to look outside.

In the sky above, indeed, there was a small black dot rushing towards the monster. Even the extraordinaries, whose senses are far sharper than ordinary people, could only see the black and white color on the person’s clothes at this time.

Black and white…It feels a bit familiar, but I can’t remember where I’ve seen it before?

While the captain was frowning and thinking without result, the rest of the people were holding their breath and concentrating, unconsciously gripping the window frame.

That little black dot is so small compared to the monster, where did this brave warrior come from?!

However, at this moment, a spark of hope indeed ignited in the hearts of this group of people. It was just a small cluster, but it actually illuminated the originally dark world.

…Will it be a one in a million miracle that appears at this time? Or deeper despair after falling?

Lu Mi, who had risen to mid-air, didn’t know about the roller coaster-like ups and downs of the people on the ground.

He knew these abyss creatures too well, the point of capturing the thief first and then the king was exceptionally effective among them. 

(t/n: 擒贼擒王 capturing the thief first and then the king-In order to round up bandits, one must catch their ringleader first.)

Rather, abyss creatures are more obsessed with the concept of “king” and “leader”!

The leader of the Snake-headed Winged Dragons looked at the tiny human being who was not as big as its eyes. Its cold eyes were without ripples, its mouth stirred up a red light, and the surrounding air twisted in an instant under the high temperature.

It wanted to slap the person in front of it to death, just like slapping any mosquito in the past.

However, it saw the human with a pair of silver eyes stretch out his right hand…

Here comes the spear.

In the next second, a blue-silver electric arc appeared out of thin air, and in a few moments, it instantly condensed into a silver-blue long spear.

The body of the spear was flowing with colors as gorgeous as the starry sky, as if it was adorned with picked stars and washed in the Milky Way.

It appeared like a miracle, responding to the silent call of its master.

The leader of the Snake-headed Winged Dragons had seen countless weapons of the extraordinaries, and there were not no such cold weapons. But this time, it didn’t sense any aura on it, not even a killing intent.

This looked more like a peerless treasure that should be displayed in an art gallery, a treasure of the town for generations, and let artists rave about it.

However, the leader of the Snake-headed Winged Dragons did not take it lightly because of this. It showed the calmness of a leader, and without even probing, it directly launched its strongest attack–

The hot flame spewed out, mixed with golden bursting magma, splashing out like a waterfall.

The nearest tower directly melted in half, like liquefied rubber mud and collapsed, in the blink of an eye, it was impossible to see its original appearance.

Flying Octopus screamed in the face of the coming high temperature.

Lu Mi was completely unaffected, suddenly gripping the handle of his spear tightly, and murmuring two words–

“Enchant.”

As the words fell, that second seemed to be infinitely stretched.

At this time, far away, the assault team, which was originally responsible for restraining the leader of the Snake-headed Winged Dragons, but failed due to heavy casualties, was rushing over from a great distance.

This team encountered Donald and Sikes, who had finally arrived at the palace at the cost of overloading and scrapping the aircraft, on the way.

The two of them rescued them from the entanglement of several monsters.

“Sir…Where is the King? Where is His Majesty?” Donald anxiously grabbed the clothes of a K1 branch extraordinary person, and was forcibly pulled away by Sikes.

Sikes: “Calm down!”

“The King should be there!” The other party raised his gray face, sweating profusely, pointing to the position of the leader of the Snake-headed Winged Dragons in the high sky.

“What did you say…?!”

Even Sikes was not calm this time.

They all looked up at the sky together, just catching the huge figure of the Snake-headed Winged Dragon, they felt desperate.

And at this moment, everyone suddenly noticed a silver-blue light that was infinitely elongated.

“Wait, what is that…”

That silver-blue brilliance was like the dawn of the day, but it only appeared for a moment, and then, the purest black slowly surged out of the void.

Even across such a long distance, they could all perceive the empty coldness in that black, which was completely different from the flames of the leader of the Snake-headed Winged Dragons.

It was as if the galaxy had retreated, and the world had returned to the original black universe.

And in the space where no one could see, on the automatically opened book of keys, it was staying on a certain name that was flashing crazily on one page–

[Sequence 3, Alonfus*]

*For the unsolvable part of the full true name.

It is the demon of shadow and devouring.

[Known, the contract concluded on the supreme book.]

The deafening rule echoed in the void, that voice was not the language of any life, and it seemed to be just an illusion between heartbeats.

[If I call your name, you should dedicate your power to me.]

[——Who are you?] In the mental world, behind the huge door, it seemed that someone’s deep questioning came.

[——My hand holds your chain, I am the one who drives you, the one who drives the lambs on the grassland.]

This was correct.

The door opened with a bang.

The rules of the contract, along with the true name, turned into a huge magic circle under the youth’s feet.

The gorgeous patterns were the unknown of this world, derived from the unrestrained mythology of another world.

“This is -!” The leader of the Snake-headed Winged Dragons already had the ability to speak, but its contempt for humans made it disdain to communicate.

But at this moment, with the emergence of this power, it couldn’t help but widen its eyes. The sharp vertical pupils shrank into a point, and a hoarse low growl came from its throat.

“No, it’s impossible, how can a mere human have such power…”

“I am your master.”

Lu Mi flew up with a spear, knocking the Snake-headed Winged Dragon onto the high tower behind him.

The copper bell, which had already been destroyed by half, rang with a clang. Immediately afterwards, it was firmly nailed by the long spear that penetrated the monster.

Countless people were shocked watching this scene, but with the huge body of the Snake-headed Winged Dragon blocking, they had no idea what exactly happened.

Only a few extraordinaries murmured in extreme fear, “It suppressed a C-level monster with just one hit…”

When did such a person appear in the Blue Steel Empire! No, is that really still a human?!

A pitch-black hole suddenly appeared directly below the leader of the Snake-headed Winged Dragons, countless black chains shot out from inside, tightly entwining it, and firmly dragging it towards the hole.

The other winged dragons scattered around trembled all over, they felt the pain of the leader, and made waves of screams and cries.

Countless winged dragons immediately threw away their prey in the horrified eyes of the people, and rushed towards the position of their leader like moths to a fire.

Even if there was an enemy that they absolutely cannot match in front of them, even if the instinct was screaming for fear.

What cruel and pure creatures.

Lu Mi sighed like this, but his actions were not polite at all.

And at this moment, in another world called the abyss–

A horned demon suddenly raised his head, his body trembling finely due to the sudden emotional stimulation.

“It was used…”

His master is using his power!

The moment he realized this, it was as if he was bathed in infinite glory.

Blood surged to his heart, like a machine about to burst. The slender nails hidden at his fingertips slowly extended, emitting a cold light, and every joint was convulsing madly.

However, even though his mental world had reached an irresistible climax, on the surface, there was hardly any change in the demon’s expression except for a slight distortion.

In fact, if the object wasn’t the most special person in this world, the demon wouldn’t reveal any flaws at all.

“Alonfus, where are you going?” His nominal colleague questioned his sudden departure.

Alonfus glanced at him, concealing his excitedly reddened eyes, and smiled impeccably.

“Ah, I just remembered that I have to deal with something, I’ll probably be back soon.”

“Oh, then you go and come back quickly. It’s so boring when the master is not around, there’s no one to talk to.”

Of course.

Alonfus’s departing footsteps did not stop, and he casually squinted his crimson eyes.

What do you think these monsters gathered together for?

Demons were solitary and eccentric creatures, with a strong sense of territory. Just smelling the scent of their own kind makes them feel nauseous and they would rather avoid it.

Without that only tether, without that moon they could cluster around, the beasts naturally couldn’t continue to tolerate each other, and it was quite normal for them to bite each other in disgust, even revealing their true forms.

Alonfus, sensing the power being used, arrived in front of an abyss rift.

He casually tore apart a creature trying to rush into the rift, cleaned the blood off his hands, and gently said, “Sorry, my master is having fun on the other side, I can’t let you guys go over and spoil the fun.”

He then straightened his clothes, hesitated for a moment, and picked up the claw dropped by the creature and scratched a few lines on his body.

In the splashing blood, the demon’s crimson eyes were startlingly bright, and he finally stepped solemnly into the rift.

——Ah, I can’t stand it anymore. Let’s just say I was chased by other creatures and ran in in a panic.