I'm Really Not the Lord of the Abyss - Chapter 9

Alonfus was indifferent to the humans who were about to arrive outside the door.

 

Just as an elephant wouldn’t care about an ant crawling to its feet, the demon stood unchanged in the hall.

 

He glanced at Lu Mi, thinking that the grand plan had just taken a step and it was not the time to expose them. It seemed that he could only casually silence the unlucky guy who happened to come here.

 

This extreme rationality and coldness were vividly displayed on everything else except Lu Mi.

 

Rather, this was the nature of the demon. It was a monster that crawled out of the “abyss” as its name suggested.

 

At this time, Lu Mi, who also heard the footsteps, put the detonation terminal in his hand back to the scene.

 

This thing was no longer useful to him.

 

He took a last look at the scrapped Strong Suppression Device, “It seems that this country is not as peaceful as I imagined.”

 

In just a while, a lot of things had been stirred up.

 

Alonfus recalled the two humans he bumped into when he first came out of the rift.

 

Lu Mi heard the demon’s narrative, was first surprised, then pondered, “Already dead…To be able to do such a big thing, there must be more than two people involved… Never mind, now is not the time to think about these.”

 

Investigating this matter was not enough with just the clues at hand.

 

Speaking of which, why did he unconsciously get involved in what seemed to be more troublesome matters again?

 

Anyway, retreat first.

 

Lu Mi sensed the familiar aura getting closer and closer outside, and stood up without changing his expression.

 

A door made of shadows appeared on the wall on the other side.

 

He took a deep look at the mural on the wall and went straight through the shadow door and through the wall. Seeing this, the demon didn’t care about the humans outside anymore, and consciously followed him in.

 

And outside, the two people who didn’t know that they had almost brushed past with death, just arrived…

 

****

 

“At that time, I was completely dumbfounded!”

 

This was the extraordinary in blue uniform, recounting the situation to others afterwards.

 

At this time, a day had passed since the palace invasion incident, and everyone had a narrow escape. They were exchanging their situations on the ruins of the palace reconstruction.

 

Among them, the most talked-about topic was naturally the group of soldiers in the tunnel that day.

 

“You guys don’t know, when Donald and I pushed open the big door, good heavens–a full view of glittering gold, at that moment I couldn’t say anything other than ‘wow wow’, my mind was completely blank! I even thought I had suddenly traveled to some legendary place where gods live!”

 

“What happened then?”

 

The people around him, who had formed a circle, asked eagerly. It seemed that they all wanted to see the scene at that time, their faces flushed with excitement.

 

“Later, we found something inside…”

 

Like the scrapped Strong Suppression Device, like the suspected terminal for controlling the detonator that was abandoned at the scene.

 

At that time, the two people on the scene had countless waves of shock in their hearts, but the secrets involved were too many and too serious, so he could only vaguely pass it.

 

Fortunately, other people probably also realized something, and they were obviously more interested in the palace itself, “So did you guys figure it out later, what exactly is the palace built under the palace?”

 

“This, actually Donald told me. It’s strange to say, he seems to know a lot about these things.”

 

The extraordinary in blue uniform muttered to himself, then looked around, lowered his voice, and slowly said in a storytelling atmosphere.

 

“He said that the palace was actually established by the Blue Steel Empire hundreds of years ago, and it is a place where the royal family of generations worships and sacrifices.”

 

“Worship what?” Everyone’s curiosity was completely aroused.

 

“This has to mention the super beautiful mural on the main hall! The mural actually tells a legendary story–saying that hundreds of years ago, at the beginning of the establishment of the Blue Steel Empire, it was invaded by many abyss creatures. At that time, the Blue Steel Empire was extremely weak, and it was almost destroyed several times. Later, there appeared a…”

 

The extraordinary in blue uniform gestured back and forth, scratching his head as if he didn’t know how to describe it, “A creature? A god? With white eyes and black pupils, with moth-like wings on its body, and overall it looks very much like a human…”

 

Everyone was silent when they heard this, as if they were stunned by the imagined scene.

 

Only a few captain-level figures, not knowing what they associated with, suddenly stared at him fixedly.

 

But the extraordinary in blue uniform was still unaware, and continued, “Anyway, the mural is an extraordinary and strangely beautiful creature, and it also has an unusually powerful force, easily killing the attacking monsters.”

 

“Then, it made an agreement with the king of the Blue Steel Empire at that time: It will protect the Blue Steel Empire from the invasion of abyss creatures during the king’s tenure, and correspondingly, the flesh and soul of the king after death must belong to it.”

 

Other people looked at each other, “…This sounds like a wicked god?”

 

“Maybe.” The extraordinary in blue uniform licked his lips with lingering interest, “I don’t know if this legend is true or not, but at least the palace of worship is real. It is said that after that king, the royal family of the Blue Steel Empire will pray for continued protection, and they are willing to pay any price.”

 

…Indeed.

 

With the body of a king after death, in exchange for a hundred years of peace in a country, it is too valuable from a macro perspective.

 

“But it seems that there has been no response, and it has gradually faded away over hundreds of years.”

 

The extraordinary in blue uniform thought for a while, and added–

 

“But according to the situation that the palace of worship has been preserved all the time, the royal family should have never given up…”

 

“Wanting to receive the favor of the gods again…”

 

“Alright!” Seemingly finally reaching the limit of patience, a captain suddenly stood up and interrupted this story that was both full of hopeful pure white and stained with dangerous black.

 

“I see you guys have rested almost enough, go help the royal army rebuild the palace, find something to do. Be ready to attend the thank-you banquet in the evening, and we will return to our respective guilds the next day!”

 

Originally, extraordinaries like them would have to leave immediately after completing the task.

 

However, after all, the incident of the Blue Steel Empire had a great impact, and coupled with the king’s earnest retention, wanting to express his gratitude, these extraordinaries’ guilds made an exception to stay for another day.

 

“Eh, the captain is really… I haven’t had enough yet…”

 

Complaints murmured from all around, but while people said so verbally, their bodies honestly threw themselves into the reconstruction work.

 

By the time they each left, none of the captains from the various guilds spoke, immersed in an inexplicably heavy atmosphere.

 

“That story just now…”

 

“That’s just a story.” As if to deny something, a captain quickly said in a stiff tone, “And you heard it too, it’s been hundreds of years.”

 

The rest of the captains fell silent upon hearing this, saying nothing more.

 

They passed by the ruins of the reconstruction, watching the troops drag away the dead Snake-headed Winged Dragons one by one from the ground, their faces emotionless.

 

Only involuntarily clenching their hands, as if silently telling of the unrest in their hearts.

 

After this incident, there was always a premonition–

 

The sky outside is going to change…

 

On the other side, Lu Mi, who left with the demon, did not immediately return to the K8 Sector guild.

 

He originally wanted to understand the outside world’s reaction to this incident through the extraordinary forum that Donald recommended to him.

 

After all, as a participant in the Blue Steel Empire incident behind the scenes, he might know more than Donald and the others. So he had to see what extent ordinary people outside understood this big event, and then synchronize his intelligence with the innocents, so as not to say anything beyond the scope.

 

As a result, as soon as he opened the forum, he found that the outside world was indeed a bloody storm–

 

[How come I feel like the whole world has changed when I wake up from a sleep?! People around me are discussing the K1 Sector, what happened there??]

 

[I have a relative working in the Blue Steel Empire’s royal city, and I haven’t contacted her yet. Is there any official way? I’m so worried!]

 

[I saw the video of the day uploaded by the residents of the royal city, good heavens! That strange bird is too big, I’m afraid I’m not even enough to fill the gaps of its teeth, how scary!]

 

[Isn’t it! Looking at the photos, the palace is almost leveled, those are all old buildings with a history of hundreds of years…]

 

[Am I the only one who thinks this incident is obviously not simple? The official declaration document came out with a detonator behind it, has the criminal not been caught yet? I always feel that it won’t end so easily!]

 

Speaking of the detonator, it had to mention the group of soldiers who tried to defuse the bomb on the spot that day.

 

All were prepared for death, who knew that they only watched the countdown jump to [00:00], but nothing happened.

 

“This, this is a dud?” The soldiers on the scene could hardly help doubting life.

 

They thought they were about to die, their hearts were about to jump out of their chests!

 

“No, a successfully launched one will never be a non-functional shell.”

 

“It can only be said that it has been successfully dismantled.” The speaking soldier took a deep breath, finally unable to remain calm, “Either before we came, or… after we came, in a way that none of us saw.”

 

“!!”

 

The speaking soldier looked at the people who were shocked into sudden silence, and slowly said word by word, “There is no doubt that thanks to the other party, we survived.”

 

“Remember this, everyone.”

 

He said.

 

“Perhaps, it was the grace of the gods that led to such a miracle.”

 

Miracle? They couldn’t help thinking of the previous one, the one that defeated the leader of the Snake-headed Winged Dragons in a single blow, that was also a miracle.

 

Could these two things be related?

 

Everyone couldn’t help but fall into contemplation, with these words echoing in their ears. The joy of being alive became more deafening, their hearts accelerated, and the noise in their vibrant, hot bodies was thunderous.

 

****

 

Lu Mi was unaware of the profound impact his actions that day had left on everyone’s hearts.

 

Originally, after he had filtered through a large amount of information from the forum, he had a count in his heart and was about to close the forum, but he suddenly saw a special post–

 

[Headhunting Company: Paying a high price for the teeth of the Snake-headed Winged Dragon! No limit to the quantity, if interested, private chat!]

 

The two words “high price” immediately caught Lu Mi’s attention.

 

Money?

 

He’s really too lacking!

 

His conservative savings could only last him for a week of meals. Originally, he was thinking about finding some part-time work, or trying to see if Sikes could advance him some salary.

 

It could only be said that it was fortunate that the K8 guild provided accommodation, otherwise, he might really become the first extraordinary to sleep on the streets because he couldn’t afford the rent.

 

Now, however, another path suddenly appeared before his eyes, which was simply an unexpected joy, and it didn’t count as a wasted trip this time!

 

Lu Mi immediately contacted before the other party was banned by the administrator.

 

The other party was obviously not doing a transaction for the first time, knowing that extraordinaries were not allowed to take private jobs on the surface, so he didn’t even ask about Lu Mi’s identity.

 

“You should be in the royal city of the Blue Steel Empire now, right?” Although the person was asking, his tone was very certain.

 

Lu Mi replied with an emoji: Yes, that’s right.jpg

 

“Indeed, so the teeth of the Snake-headed Winged Dragon in your hands should be from the group that invaded the palace. Since you were able to sneak into the palace to get those teeth, you should also be able to smoothly sneak into the thank-you banquet tonight.”

 

Thank-you banquet?

 

Lu Mi had heard of it, it seemed to be a party held in one of the few intact palaces to thank the troops that came to support.

 

However, due to the recent disaster, the scale of the banquet was not large, and the participants were basically people from various guilds.

 

“It seems that in order to let many extraordinaries who entered the palace for the first time more free, and at the same time keep their intelligence information confidential, they are exceptionally allowed to wear masks to participate.”

 

The person probably had a mole from the headhunting company, got the first-hand intelligence, and knew everything very well.

 

He said to Lu Mi, “Behind the palace where the banquet is held, there is a small garden. We will meet at the southwest corner of the garden at 21:00. At that time, I will be wearing an owl mask, and you should also bring an owl mask.”

 

Lu Mi: “Okay.”

 

Is this the thrill of sneaking around? It seems quite interesting?

 

Alonfus saw Lu Mi put away the terminal, and then asked, “Have you decided what to do next?”

 

“Hmm…” Lu Mi touched his chin, “Go find an owl mask, I remember there are shops selling masks around here, but the price…”

 

He thought about his wallet with some distress, then his eyes turned and he noticed the fluffy wings behind the demon.

 

Lu Mi: “Alon.”

 

“I’m here.”

 

“Your time to play a big role has come.”

 

Alon: “…?”