I'm Really Not the Lord of the Abyss - Chapter 54

The Ark, carrying a massive city, sailed in the sky above.

“Is this enough?” Kano looked at the gradually receding headquarters of the extraordinaries and asked calmly.

At this time, above the airspace, no one dared to stop them.

The huge Ark rose higher and higher, then completely disappeared into the clouds of the atmosphere, like a fleeting blue meteor.

Lu Mi didn’t look at the scene on the ground that had become completely chaotic. No matter the subsequent sensation or shock, it had nothing to do with him.

“They should be able to return safely to Tartarus afterwards.”

Lu Mi was talking about the former Chief Warden and Sholun and others. He believed that after this deterrence, no one would dare to touch their bad luck at this time.

As for other things, whether it’s cooperation or leaving, he believed the old man could make a choice.

The rest of the demons were not interested in the affairs of this world, only asking, “Where are we going next?”

“You haven’t been back to the Northern Area for a long time.” The demons said this with a somewhat resentful tone.

Lu Mi blinked, turned his head to think, “There are still many remaining Abyss species in Tartarus, in addition to that door to the Southern Area… Hmm…”

These were all scattered and not difficult to solve remaining problems, so after pondering for a moment, Lu Mi quickly made a decision.

“Go back to the K8 branch first.” He said.

“What are you going to do there?” Kano wouldn’t think that Lu Mi would continue to work there now.

“To pick up a few people.”

Upon hearing this, everyone’s eyelids jumped together, and then they grinned.

The speed of the Ark was incomparable to ordinary aircraft, and with Lu Mi’s unlimited supply, the people only rested for a while, and they had already arrived at their destination.

Almost the moment the Ark appeared in the sky above the K8 branch, the species in the branch who felt Lu Mi’s breath, moved together!

So Kano and others saw their long-lost “old friends”.

“Ah!” This familiar exclamation, at first listen, was Alonfus.

Alonfus directly spread his black wings, soared with the wind, and stepped onto the Ark.

Afterwards, his heart jumped with the scene he saw.

“Ah, Alonfus, long time no see!” Kano waved at him with a smile, but the wind around him was tumultuous.

The other demons squinted slightly, looking at him expressionlessly, their eyes flickering, not knowing what they were thinking.

“…” Alonfus quickly composed himself, “How could you guys…?”

“Are you surprised to see us?” Walizza’s glamorous eyes slightly raised, “We should be allowed to take the lead for once, Alonfus.”

Hearing this, Alonfus was startled, not because of the other’s aggressive attitude, but because he suddenly realized that he seemed to have missed something.

“My Lord, what is this city?” Alonfus almost anxiously stepped forward, looking at the silver figure he had been longing for, his face showing the excitement and urgency of finally seeing it.

“It’s a relic obtained from the Southern Area.” Lu Mi’s voice carried a faint soothing tone.

“…Southern Area?” Alonfus looked behind Lu Mi.

There, the fairy species with golden and silver pupils were gazing at Lu Mi like a delicate doll, focused and devout.

This was a member he had not seen before.

— Fairy species, he had heard of them, they were a special race in the Southern Area… and they had obtained such a city from the Southern Area…

Alonfus wouldn’t think that Lu Mi had just taken a trip to the Southern Area, his mind suddenly sparked with lightning, creating a thunderous shock!

His black wings suddenly spread open, and because of his intense emotions, they flapped open, scattering black feathers all over the sky. The demon’s scarlet pupils suddenly contracted, then trembled crazily.

“You… couldn’t have?” Alonfus unconsciously stepped forward, his trembling fingertips seeming to touch the hem of that person’s clothes.

Lu Mi sighed resignedly, “Calm down, Alonfus, I just defeated the Asura species of the Southern Area.”

“…Asura species?” Alonfus couldn’t help but murmur, as if he had become a pure repeater.

Kano, who loved to watch the excitement, chuckled lightly and crossed his arms, “Simply put, our king defeated the king of the Southern Area, so—”

He deliberately didn’t finish his sentence.

In other words, this only gave the shadow demon a larger space to imagine.

In that moment, the duel of the two kings, the great war of the two areas, the summoning of the Book of Keys…..the earth-shattering explosive scene had already been replayed in Alonfus’s mind.

— But he himself was not in it!!

What does it mean to be in pain and happy? This is what it means to be in pain and happy!!

Alonfus, a standard career fan, was now excited beyond measure.

Many times, Lu Mi always seemed calm and didn’t care about anything. He didn’t dare to speculate about the king’s thoughts, but he would sometimes worry secretly.

But now the facts told him that his Lord had long had a plan in his heart, and had executed it perfectly to this point, everything was under his control!

“You really are the chosen one by fate!” Alonfus suddenly looked up, and Lu Mi wasn’t sure if he saw the fanatical tears filled in those eyes.

“The territory of the Abyss is only missing one,” Alonfus continued to grit his teeth, suddenly kneeling on one knee and raising his voice, “From now on, I will practice harder, always following you, until—”

The demon squinted slightly, it was close, very close… the days he had only dared to imagine were unprecedentedly close!

He seemed to have already seen the day when the silver-eyed youth would ascend to the only throne!!

But immediately, Alonfus showed a painful and regretful expression, “Such an important war, I was absent, I couldn’t contribute a bit of strength for you!”

The demon’s outwardly painful expression made Lu Mi, who was actually because he hadn’t been named, cough lightly and turn his head away.

Then, the calm Lu Mi looked at Alonfus and asked, “Why don’t I see Jiabo and Jizhou?”

Alonfus quickly perked up, “They are still in the Mirror World, they probably have a slower response to the outside world’s aura, do you need me to call them over?”

Lu Mi thought for a moment and shook his head, “Never mind, I’ll go personally, and by the way, submit my resignation to the K8 branch.”

“Resignation?” Did he mean what he thought he meant?!

“Specifically, you just stay here and say hello to them.” Lu Mi pointed to the demons and fairy species behind him.

“……”

It was not until everyone watched the figure of the silver-eyed youth leap down from the Ark and disappear that the massive city within the Ark returned to silence.

Alonfus slowly rose, his expression gradually calming down. He rarely showed such intense emotional fluctuations in front of others besides Lu Mi, which showed how explosive the series of news today was.

With the departure of the silver-eyed youth, his enthusiasm also instantly subsided by half, seeming to revert back to that perfect butler.

“Ladies and gentlemen,” the black-winged, ram-horned butler straightened his somewhat disheveled collar and smiled slightly, “If it’s convenient, could you tell me what has happened during this period of time?”

They were waiting for him to say that!

A group of demons looked up with a smile that was not quite a smile, and someone secretly ground their teeth, “More than that, I’m also curious about how you were the first to appear by his side.”

“Ah, that…” Alonfus, “In exchange for information, I might be able to tell you about his great feat of killing the Queen of the Zerg race, about our new companions—those Zergs from the Western Area that you haven’t seen yet.”

Walizza: “…Unfortunately, the Ark just returned from the headquarters of the Extraordinaries, and you missed more than just the Southern Area.”

“…..”

The two sides looked at each other, their eyes burning with a full-hearted unwillingness. Come on, let’s hurt each other!

They each missed an important part of that person’s life, it was…unbearably frustrating!

“If I remember correctly, there is a pile of rubble in the southwest corner of the Ark that has not been repaired yet. Going there to solve the problem should not cause too much damage.” Kano stroked his chin, a light wind swirling around his fingertips.

“Wait,” Fei suddenly stopped everyone, the stern-faced demon said, “Whether it’s venting or sparring, no matter what the final result is, we should make a pact of honesty after this battle.”

“Right.” Aquimolo nodded, “His career is at a critical moment, as his subordinates, we should work together with one heart, personal grudges are not worth mentioning under his brilliance!”

Fei looked up, “You wouldn’t want to cause him unnecessary trouble, would you?”

“…Ah, they’re gone.” It was not until the demons, full of fighting spirit, left towards the direction of the pile of rubble, that Left Law and Right Law, who were hiding behind a rock, carefully came out.

Left Law couldn’t forget the murderous intent of the demons confronting each other, he was incredibly confused, “What exactly is their relationship, good or bad, it’s really hard to understand.”

Right Law thought for a moment and answered, “Probably, as demons—the relationship is quite bad. As Lu Mi’s demons, not good, not bad… maybe…”

Left Law still had a puzzled look on his face, “So the most powerful one is still Lu Mi?”

Right Law nodded very affirmatively this time, gesturing, “Look, this is a pyramid.”

“You’re saying Lu Mi is standing at the top of the pyramid?”

“No, he’s in the sky above the pyramid!”

“Ah…”

It’s already beyond the food chain, dimensionally oppressive!

“Boom—!”

There was a series of loud noises from the pile of rubble in the southwest corner, Left Law suddenly held his head, “It, it’s started!”

Right Law nodded frantically, “Yes, it’s started!”

The two fairy species looked at each other tremblingly, crying without tears under the pressure of a group of high-ranking Abyss species.

—Wu wu wu, Lu Mi, when are you coming back! Demons fighting can’t kill demons, but the poor “fish in the pond” are in danger!!

……

When Lu Mi walked into the K8 branch, Sikes was carrying a pile of documents down the corridor.

He paused in his steps, not knowing why he laughed.

It always seemed that every time he came back, it was this scene, Sikes never finished his work.

“!” Sikes noticed the figure standing in the middle of the corridor, “Lu Mi!??”

So, just like the past few times, the silver-eyed youth went over to help hold up the pile of documents, while Sikes hurriedly took out his glasses from his pocket and put them on.

“…Is it really you!?” Sikes adjusted his glasses, staring dumbfounded at the silver-eyed youth who should not have appeared at this time, “But, aren’t you supposed to be interning in Tartarus now?”

Lu Mi slightly raised the corner of his mouth, “Hmm, due to some reasons, the internship ended early.”

Sikes thought of the previous phone call, “Because of that award?” He joked, “The kind that goes down in history?”

This was Lu Mi’s original words in the communication.

Honestly, given Lu Mi’s talent, Sikes didn’t find it surprising that he would make a contribution, but he naturally took the exaggerated words of “going down in history” as a joke from the silver-eyed youth.

Lu Mi didn’t explain anything, he helped carry the documents to the manor’s hall, and when Sikes opened the door, he suddenly said, “Actually, I came back to resign today.”

“……”

Sikes’ hand that had just pushed open the door suddenly stopped, and at the same time, a “thud” sound of a heavy object falling came from inside the hall.

Both of them instinctively looked in the direction of the sound, it was Donald who was in the hall and heard Lu Mi’s words.

A box fell at Donald’s feet, the things inside had already been assembled for the most part, it was a vintage camera. It seemed that because he heard Lu Mi’s words, Donald accidentally knocked over the camera’s tripod.

“Donald,” Sikes said a bit angrily, “Didn’t I tell you not to waste money buying some inexplicable things? Our branch is short of funds!”

“Ah, this, this is not reimbursed by the branch, I found it in a second-hand market!” Donald quickly explained, then left his beloved camera and rushed to Lu Mi, “What did you just say? Resign? Why suddenly resign?”

“Donald, don’t make a fuss.” Sikes already had a guess in his mind, “Lu Mi was recruited by the headquarters, he is going to be promoted to the headquarters.”

Lu Mi was taken aback, then realized that the phone call probably gave Sikes a misunderstanding.

So, under Donald’s “Is that so?” gaze, Lu Mi shook his head, “Not exactly, Sikes, I just, don’t plan to be an extraordinary anymore.”

This time, it was Sikes’ turn to be surprised, he opened his mouth slightly, and a look of “The thing I’m most worried about still happened!” appeared on his face.

As for what Sikes was most worried about? Naturally, it was that talent was wasted, potential was wasted, and the great seedling died halfway—how could this be!?

In Sikes’ view, this seedling Lu Mi had just taken root, and the world had not yet seen his amazing potential!

“Is it because… because after leaving the K8 branch, you found that the outside world is a bit overwhelming?”

Sikes racked his brains to think about the reason, and felt that the biggest problem was probably that their branch could not provide Lu Mi with more support and education.

“Indeed, since you came to the K8 branch, you haven’t experienced a few decent missions… After all, this is a small place, and even Abyss creatures are very rare, almost never appeared…”

Lu Mi watched him continue to speak, and was about to develop into self-reflection and blame, and then help him transfer. So he quickly interrupted, “It has nothing to do with these, it’s my own problem, rather, I really like the life in the K8 branch.”

“Why exactly—?” Donald’s voice rose slightly, and this big boy seemed to have reddened eyes, “I was very happy when you came, meeting a like-minded partner for the first time, thinking we could go on together…..But why are you leaving so soon…?”

His words could not hide his loneliness and loss.

Lu Mi was the first person of the same age that Donald had met in this branch, which was especially significant to him.

Especially for a place like the K8 branch, which was down and out and just starting, he might not be able to get out for a lifetime without any surprises, and Lu Mi gave him the warmth and encouragement he relied on.

“I’m sorry, but I’m not giving up, I’ve found a new path.” Lu Mi’s voice was very calm.

After a long time, Sikes sighed, “Are you sure?”

Lu Mi nodded, “The matter of canceling the extraordinary code number, I’ll be troubling you.” This is equivalent to the original company stamping approval on the resignation letter.

“Alright.” Sikes breathed a long sigh of relief, “Since you’ve decided, I don’t have much to retain, it’s good for young people to go out and venture.”

In Sikes’ view, Lu Mi was probably going to do something else, the biggest brain hole– it’s just that the other party is going to the underworld to do illegal extraordinaries things—Young people, they all love to toss.

Just as Sikes turned to handle the cancellation, Donald finally realized that he was too emotional.

He was like a downcast golden retriever, apologizing in a stutter, “Can we still contact in the future? Don’t delete my terminal number, okay?”

Lu Mi looked at him and finally smiled helplessly, “The place I’m going may not receive a signal, alright, alright, don’t look so gloomy.” He thought for a moment and took out a piece of blue steel from his body.

Donald couldn’t help but widen his eyes, “This kind of pure blue steel!” As the nominal fugitive crown prince of this country, he knew what this meant, “Where did you get it? I’m afraid even the imperial family can’t extract it.”

“It was a long time ago.” Lu Mi thought of the first incident in the small palace garden, “Anyway, this is for you, I made a mark on it, if you want to find me, just crush a part of it.”

“…What if it’s all crushed?”

“I only have this one piece.”

“Alright.” Donald couldn’t help but complain about his coldness. Isn’t this strictly limiting the number of “calls”, this piece of blue steel itself is not big, at most it can be used a dozen times.

“Don’t say anymore, leave a photo before you go.” Donald patted the newly bought camera, “It’s said to be a magical camera!”

“That’s just a second-hand gimmick.”

Although he said so, Lu Mi still cooperated with him.

On the other hand, when Sikes wanted to change Lu Mi’s “in-service status” on the star network, he found that the other party’s information had been blocked by the system, and he could not even access it.