Volume 2, Chapter 0 – Prologue

Translator Note

I forgot what I wanted to say. Anyway, enjoy. 2 chapters unlocked.

Volume 2: The Divine Punishment Holy Church

In the eastern part of the Deepwinter Forest, tens of thousands of Abyssal Demons, like a pitch-black ocean, were racing through the forest’s interior, rushing toward the central and deeper regions. These were the same Abyssal Demons that had previously attacked the Fort Garros. Once the threat of the Magic Fission Bomb was neutralized, under Yumo’s instructions, the Abyssal Demon horde began an orderly retreat. No longer letting out earth-shaking roars, they also stopped releasing suffocating ripples of Shadow Essence and the scent of blood, as the Abyssal Demon horde entered a very “well-behaved” state, galloping silently through the forest.

The reason the horde was so uncharacteristically quiet was to avoid disturbing the stunning black-haired woman in their midst. At this moment, Yumo sat silently on the back of a seventh tier Abyssal Demon, holding Mengxi in her arms. After glancing back at the location of the Fort Garros, Yumo focused her gaze on Li Yu’s arms. To be precise, she was looking at the little white wolf in Li Yu’s embrace, the demon king tier existence Li Mo who had been dazed by the earlier explosion.

Quietly watching her daughter, Yumo couldn’t help but feel a sense of internal conflict as she recalled the scene of Li Mo being struck by the Magic Fission Bomb and the mournful cry of the giant wolf that had reached her ears.

Initially, Yumo had raised Li Mo and the others to become major stage bosses, meant to serve as EXP packs for the Main Character Group. To be honest, Yumo hadn’t cared whether they lived or died back then. For the Yumo who had first arrived on the Ancheka Continent, she had only one goal: to go home…

She missed her parents, her older sister, and her friends back home more than anything. According to the words of that mysterious goddess, she would be allowed to see the family she longed for as long as she completed the trials. Moreover, compared to staying in the desolate Deepwinter Forest accompanied by mad, bloodthirsty monsters all day, a modern metropolis was undoubtedly more attractive to Yumo…

Beyond that, shortly after becoming the consciousness of the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, Yumo quickly realized how terrifying the Abyssal Demons were, knowing how cruel and bloodthirsty these monsters could be. Although she didn’t know why her heart didn’t feel any repulsion toward them, she felt no psychological burden at all about feeding such monsters to the Main Character Group as EXP packs. Yumo knew that demon king tier Abyssal Demons possessed intelligence, but she didn’t care; after all, when she became the management consciousness of the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, there was already a demon king tier Abyssal Demon by her side, and that fellow was a genuine lunatic…

‘An intelligent demon king tier is nothing more than a more terrifying Abyssal Demon.’

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This concept had been planted in Yumo’s heart long ago. Precisely because of this, Yumo had started raising demon king tier Abyssal Demons without any hesitation.

Then, Yumo discovered to her astonishment that she seemed to have been wrong. Not all demon king tiers were as brutal and bloodthirsty as that first one. The newly raised demon king tiers like Li Mo, Li Yu, and Shuoyue were worlds apart from the psycho she had encountered at the start…

These children were too adorable… Not only were they intelligent, but they were also incredibly cute and well-behaved, often filling Yumo’s heart with warmth. As time passed and she watched these little ones gradually grow up, Yumo’s perspective slowly shifted…

“Mother!”

“Mommy~”

“Honored Mother.” ¹ 母上大人 (mǔ shàng dà rén). 母 (mǔ) = mother, 上 (shàng) = honorific suffix similar to -sama in Japanese, 大人 (dà rén) = your excellency

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The idea of letting these children die for nothing ceased to exist. Even for those Epic Trial Quests that required eighth tier existences to serve as EXP packs, Yumo had no intention of sending her children to their deaths. At most, she would let them put on a performance, and after achieving the goal of training the Main Character Group, she would rescue them… As for how to rescue them, Yumo had thought of many plans, even specifically cultivating human powerhouses like Xiao for that purpose.

Before the attack on the Fort Garros, Yumo had thought that letting the children get a little injured was acceptable… However, after seeing Li Mo get hurt, Yumo rejected her original idea. Li Mo’s mournful cry made Yumo certain: she truly did not want to see her children get hurt…

Originally, Yumo had planned to rescue the children just as they were about to be killed by the Main Character Group, but now she felt she didn’t even want them to serve as bosses for the Advanced Trial. Minor injuries were fine and could be considered training, but she could not accept them being heavily wounded or beaten half-to-death by the protagonist… Even though she now felt no psychological ripples when watching humans being torn apart by Abyssal Demons, seeing Li Mo and Li Yu get hurt caused Yumo’s heart to ache.

Perhaps, after this subtle transformation, Yumo truly considered herself their mother.

However…

‘The trials cannot be stopped…’ Thinking of this, the gravity in Yumo’s crimson eyes deepened.

If her children weren’t going to be the boss-level enemies, where was she supposed to find eighth tier existences willing to oppose the Main Character Group?

This really was a distressing problem. Yumo didn’t have a good answer for the time being… Looking at Li Mo’s small head, Yumo couldn’t help but reveal a look of heartache. “But…”

One thing was separate from another. Heartache was one thing, but a disobedient child still needed to be educated, right? Thinking of this, Yumo’s crimson eyes narrowed slightly, and a hint of a dangerous aura leaked from them. Recalling Li Mo’s actions—mobilizing the Abyssal Demon horde and bombarding the Fort Garros, all of which were done in violation of her orders?! Even after she had explained things so many times…

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‘Seriously, she’s too reckless!’

‘Isn’t she being way too disobedient? If I don’t give her a stern education, won’t my authority as a mother… ugh, I mean father, be completely gone?!’

‘But…’ Yumo tilted her head in frustration. To be honest, she had given that brat Li Mo plenty of beatings in the past, so why was she still so disobedient?! She had hit her hard enough, hadn’t she?! Hmm? Could it be because she had been hit too much? Was she no longer afraid of the pain? Or was it because the girl was so thick-skinned that she didn’t mind being hit at all?

Regardless, looking at it now, her past educational strategies seemed to have some issues and needed to be changed. Well then, how about some mental education?! For example, assigning some Advanced Mathematics? Like Vector Algebra and Analytic Geometry, Multivariable Calculus, Ordinary Differential Equations, the Monotone Convergence Theorem, or the Navier-Stokes equations? Anyway, all those problems that had almost driven her to madness back then could be used to treat her~

The habitually dim-witted Li Mo might be thick-skinned and unafraid of a beating, but these problems would definitely torture her, since she hated using her brain, until she didn’t know whether she was coming or going~

Heh heh heh~

Watching the little white wolf, Miss Yumo couldn’t help but reveal a chilling smile. In an instant, the little white wolf shuddered, trembling uncontrollably for some mysterious reason…

“Meow-woo??” (Why do I have a bad feeling? 0-0)

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Li Mo, who was looking around, naturally had no idea what Miss Yumo was currently thinking. However, Yumo didn’t plan to start the mental education just yet, as the wolf cub was currently in a dazed state and couldn’t properly understand such profound knowledge. Well, more accurately, no one besides Li Yu could communicate with her anyway.

Once Li Mo returned to her normal state, she would slowly settle the score with her. Her backside would be turned into a blooming flower, and her spirit would receive a thorough baptism! Yumo made this decision in her heart and silently recorded it in her little notebook. This most disobedient child had to be strictly disciplined!

Just as Yumo was wearing that eerie smile, the adorable Li Yu slowly flew to Yumo’s side and asked curiously, “Mother, how do you plan to handle this Heavenly Apostle and that silver-haired girl?”

“Hmm?” At her words, Yumo’s thoughts returned from the wolf cub’s education back to reality. After looking thoughtfully at Bai Yanluo, who was being carried by Li Yu, Yumo spoke slowly: “Ummm, as for that Heavenly Apostle, lock her up first. As for this one…”

Looking down at the silver-haired girl who was unconscious and heavily injured in her arms, Yumo gave a slight smile. “We should take her back to the cabin first.”

Treating the wounds and strengthening the body—there were quite a few things to do. Although Yumo didn’t have a suitable answer for how to solve the boss problem for future Advanced Trial missions, cultivating the female lead first was always the right move~

After all, their current strength was still far from being able to handle high-level missions.

‘The road ahead is long~’