Volume 1, Chapter 9

After several days of busy work,

Yumo’s adjustments to the purple crystal stones were finally complete. Following that, she began regulating the number of Abyssal Demons within Deepwinter Forest.

The birth of Abyssal Demons occurs through two methods. One is when magical beasts or humanoid races approach within ten kilometers of the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons and are directly transformed into Abyssal Demons by the Shadow Essence within. The other method is through transmission by Abyssal Demons themselves. For example, if a human or magical beast is injured by an Abyssal Demon and fails to treat the wound promptly, they become infected by the Shadow Essence on the wound, eventually losing their sanity and turning into bloodthirsty monsters.

Well,

In a sense, it’s somewhat similar to the zombies in ‘Resident Evil’ that Yumo had seen in her previous life, right?

In any case, over five hundred years ago, before Yumo became the managing Sentient Entity of the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons.

The Shadow Essence within the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons would transform all surrounding living beings into Abyssal Demons. These Abyssal Demons would then rampage uncontrollably, causing their numbers to skyrocket. The rapidly increasing number of Abyssal Demons soon nearly wiped out all living creatures within Deepwinter Forest. Deprived of food, they began advancing outward.

This plunged the entire continent into devastation.

Fortunately, in the face of this unprecedented crisis, the various factions on the continent chose to set aside their differences and unite in cooperation. In the end, they barely managed to repel the invasion of the Abyssal Demons. However, the losses suffered by these factions were also unprecedented, making recovery difficult in the short term.

If the Abyssal Demon hordes had pushed south a few more times,

Hmm…

In that case, there might not have been many living people left on the entire continent…

Starting off with hellish difficulty? If that were the case, how would the Main Character Group even play?! Would there even be a trial?!

Therefore,

After realizing this, around three hundred years ago, Yumo began implementing a strict Abyssal Demon population control plan. At the same time, she also worked to protect the ecological balance within Deepwinter Forest. Only by ensuring a sufficient number of other magical beasts in the forest could the food source for the Abyssal Demons be guaranteed.

With ample food, these children wouldn’t actively charge out of the forest,

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Of course, provided that those idiots on the continent don’t come looking for trouble…

As the saying goes,

Those who bring trouble upon themselves cannot be saved.

After reducing the number of Abyssal Demons and ensuring food supply, Yumo could basically ensure that most Abyssal Demons remained quietly in the central and deep regions of Deepwinter Forest. Even if some Abyssal Demons did charge out of the forest to attack humans, there wasn’t much to worry about.

With Yumo’s assistance, the major factions had already constructed countless defensive lines outside Deepwinter Forest. Blocking a few Abyssal Demons shouldn’t be a big problem.

Hmm, probably, right?

Sigh…

In any case, to give the factions on the continent enough time to recuperate and rebuild, Yumo has indeed gone to great lengths.

However,

Doing this also created another problem. After the frequency of Abyssal Demons appearing before the world drastically decreased, the fear of Abyssal Demons among the new generation also diminished?! Gradually, driven by various bizarre motives, more and more people began foolishly entering Deepwinter Forest, which is a bit annoying…

Well,

Although most of these people, like those exiles, ultimately died in the mouths of Abyssal Demons, their last-ditch counterattacks sometimes managed to kill a few Abyssal Demons…

Since Yumo couldn’t stop these people from seeking death, she simply decided to use them for experiments and reference…

“Sigh…”

After completing the annual ‘demon’ census, Yumo, once again transformed into a crimson ball of light, let out a helpless sigh. The statistical results she had just obtained left her very dissatisfied.

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This year,

The number of Abyssal Demon deaths was only 320?! That’s fifty fewer than last year?! This is the fifth consecutive year of decline!

However,

Why the hell has the number of adventurer deaths risen to 5,300?!

Abyssal Demon deaths keep falling, while adventurer deaths keep climbing?! What the hell!! The Abyssal Demons I placed in the forest outskirts are all the lowest tier! Are they that difficult to deal with?!

Yumo couldn’t help but curse internally.

The increasingly poor performance of these adventurers made Yumo doubt the quality of the continent’s strong individuals. Could it be that because Abyssal Demons haven’t invaded for too long, those people lost their sense of crisis and stopped training properly?

If this continues,

How will these people on the continent cooperate with the Main Character Group to attack Deepwinter Forest in the future?!

“They really are a bunch of useless trash!”

Quite unusually, Yumo couldn’t help but curse a few times in her mind.

She even began considering whether she should have Li Mo and the others cause some trouble recently? To reawaken those fools’ sense of crisis? It wouldn’t need to be too much trouble; wiping out one of the small countries near Deepwinter Forest should be enough…

Or perhaps, find a way to help them reform their education and training systems?

Ah…

If only she could leave this damned forest and personally train some people. Even without using Shadow Essence, she had countless techniques, sword arts, and high-level magic scrolls that could help improve their combat power. The drawback is that she couldn’t control them very well.

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‘Forget it, forget it, I won’t think about this problem anymore. I can’t leave anyway.’

Yumo said ‘self-deprecatingly’.

Then,

Her attention locked onto the open space directly in front of the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons.

On the open space, hundreds of various magical beasts were trembling as they lay prostrate on the ground. Beside them were several hideous monsters resembling wyverns, covered in black aura—Abyssal Demons. Under the gaze of these six Seventh-tier Abyssal Demons, these usually ferocious magical beasts had become as docile and well-behaved as little puppies, lying quietly on the ground without moving.

It seemed that if they moved, the Abyssal Demons would tear them apart and devour them.

However, the aura of these magical beasts still agitated the Abyssal Demons near the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons. Even the Seventh-tier Abyssal Demons couldn’t resist their inherent nature to loathe other living beings. A violent atmosphere permeated the surroundings of the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons. If Yumo hadn’t given them orders, these Abyssal Demons would probably have swarmed forward long ago, turning these hundreds of magical beasts into a feast.

However,

As crimson light rippled, the frenzied atmosphere outside the hall immediately calmed when the red light representing Yumo’s consciousness appeared. The Abyssal Demons couldn’t help but restrain their killing intent and instinctively prostrated themselves on the ground…

Looking at this group of magical beasts, gathered by Li Mo and surrounded by Abyssal Demons, Yumo was quite satisfied.

Although that girl Li Mo caused her a lot of trouble in daily life, her efficiency in handling tasks was truly first-class. Within less than half an hour of Yumo giving the order, she had delivered these hundreds of magical beasts right before her.

‘I’ll praise her when she returns.’

Yumo thought to herself.

Then, she shifted her attention to these magical beasts.

‘Time to replenish the numbers.’

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The next moment,

As waves of crimson light rippled around the light sphere, a sense of unease immediately spread among the magical beast group! Relying on their extraordinary instinctive perception, the magical beasts sensed unprecedented danger the moment the red light appeared! They began to stir restlessly!

Escape became the only thought in the minds of these magical beasts at that moment.

However, the Abyssal Demons standing on all sides undoubtedly sealed off all their escape routes!

Under such circumstances, the magical beasts could only continuously emit mournful cries where they were.

And as they wailed, waves of eerie black energy spread from the ground, continuously invading the bodies of the magical beast group! As this power invaded, the mournful cries from the magical beasts’ mouths were gradually replaced by frenzied roars.

Their appearances gradually became ferocious, terrifying, but undoubtedly also stronger and more powerful! Their aura continuously climbed. Originally, the magical beast group’s strength was roughly around the Third or fourth tier, but now their overall strength had reached the fifth or sixth tier!

Oh…

No, perhaps they shouldn’t be called magical beasts anymore.

They had already become new Abyssal Demons…

‘Hmm, not bad aura~’

Looking down at this group of successfully transformed newborn Abyssal Demons, Yumo mused playfully in her mind.

And just at that moment,

Yumo’s Sentient Entity suddenly paused, because some uninvited guests had already intruded into the influence range of the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, which made Yumo feel slightly displeased.

‘Hmm, there seem to be quite a few annoying fellows recently…’