Volume 8, Chapter 44 – The Abyssal Lord’s Misgivings

An emotionless loli…

This was the most accurate portrayal of Tianyin at this very moment.

Her silver long hair shimmered with a captivating luster, her delicate facial features displayed an unparalleled charm, and her slender fair skin was as fine as a baby’s. Although her body was small, it could still stir a powerful instinct of protection deep within others.

As a loli, Tianyin’s appearance alone had already reached the absolute extreme of what a loli could be.

And if one were to speak of personality… if it were the Tianyin from before, she could also be considered extremely cute. But now…

Looking at the exquisite little face that was expressionless and lowered as she studied the map in silence, Xiaobingxue and Fisiel standing to the side exchanged glances.

“What’s going on?”

“No idea, it feels like her state is kind of strange.”

“So weird, did something happen?”

“I just got here, how would I know if you ask me…”

Of course, the above conversation was not spoken aloud, but transmitted through eye contact between the knight girl and the blue haired loli.

“What’s wrong?”

As the two quietly communicated, Tianyin, who had been deep in thought, raised her head and looked at the two exchanging glances with a somewhat hollow gaze.

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“Xiaoyin, it’s actually nothing…”

Xiaobingxue felt that it was better not to say this kind of thing out loud, but before she could finish, she was interrupted by the knight girl beside her.

“My lord, we have noticed that your current state seems somewhat abnormal.”

Upholding the path of a paladin, the girl did not wish to conceal what she had observed. After Tianyin asked, Fisiel spoke the truth decisively in a solemn tone.

“I’m abnormal?”

Calmly repeating the meaning in Fisiel’s words, Tianyin’s face showed not the slightest ripple of emotion.

“I’m very normal, Fisiel.”

There was concern for her within Fisiel’s words, so Tianyin did not blame Fisiel for this so-called offense. However, at this moment, Tianyin truly had fallen into a strange state that even she herself did not notice.

No joy, anger, sorrow, or pleasure. Numbness, emptiness, and even an inability to feel any physical pain.

Yet despite this, bodily sensations still existed, but she had lost the normal responses to those sensations.

“There’s no need to worry about my condition. And compared to myself, the current enemy is still the Abyssal Lord of Inferno, so what we should be more concerned about is when the Abyssal Lord will return.”

The Abyssal Lord had indeed been defeated by the Fortress Emperor. Even so, Tianyin was unable to deduce when the defeated Abyssal Lord would launch another attack on the Northern Fortress.

The crisis of the Northern Fortress had still not been resolved, and if she were to face the Abyssal Lord again, Tianyin could not guarantee victory without the help of other Throne-tier beings.

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Of course, for Tianyin in her current state, although she had no immediate solution, as long as she thought carefully, there would always be a way.

Thinking this, the cute loli once again fell into deep thought.

And as Tianyin pondered, Fisiel and Xiaobingxue once more began exchanging glances.

“This is really not right…”

“Mhm, that’s true… but how do we fix it?”

“No idea, for now we can only take things one step at a time. Hopefully it’s just some kind of ability’s side effect. Maybe she’ll return to normal tomorrow?”

“Yeah, that’s all we can do… but I really don’t know what caused this…”

The Fortress Emperor’s discovery left the two of them deeply worried. Compared to the current Tianyin who was expressionless and unusually cold, Xiaobingxue and Fisiel were far more fond of the Tianyin who had emotions and expressions before…

……

“Did I fail?”

After being defeated by the Fortress Emperor’s surprise attack, the Abyssal Lord immediately withdrew from the battlefield and returned to the kingdom’s main base.

A Throne-tier could traverse thousands of miles in an instant. Although the Main World’s land was vast, under the Abyssal Lord’s spatial traversal speed, it only took a few minutes to escape back to the main base.

And upon returning, she encountered Yunchou, who had already been waiting for a long time.

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“You already anticipated my defeat?”

Yunchou’s early arrival puzzled the Abyssal Lord. In the instant after her confusion, she understood why Yunchou had been waiting in advance.

“Hahahahahaha… are you finding this amusing? Outsider, you actually knew in advance that I would lose? So did you come this time just to watch me make a fool of myself?”

Although the Abyssal Lord’s laughter was as frenzied as ever, the killing intent contained within her crimson eyes was impossible to conceal.

It could be said that toward Yunchou, who had predicted her defeat and arrived early to wait for her, the Abyssal Lord had already developed the intention to turn hostile and kill him.

Even though Yunchou had helped the Abyssal Lord many times, as someone with an unpredictable temperament like the Abyssal Lord, killing or sparing an ally was only a matter of an instant.

“That’s not it, Abyssal Lord. I only just learned of your defeat as well. After all, you also know that some people possess prophetic abilities, right? I just happen to have such people under me.”

Prophecies were nothing but nonsense. This was merely an excuse Yunchou used to soothe the Abyssal Lord’s killing intent.

As long as he could calm her down, the so-called ally relationship between the two could continue.

“Then since you’re not here to watch a show, what did you come to me for?”

“Of course… this time, your defeat was because of the Fortress Emperor’s intervention, right?”

In truth, Yunchou knew very well why the Abyssal Lord had retreated. But some things could not be stated outright and required some buildup.

Yunchou’s words made the Abyssal Lord’s expression extremely unpleasant. Of course, this unpleasantness was due to thinking of that Fortress Emperor.

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After all, her defeat was caused precisely by that guy’s surprise attack.

“That’s right, it was that bastard… that little dwarf’s abilities restrain me too much. I’m not afraid of him, but if he were to join forces with the vessel, I was afraid of dragging things out and giving the Heavenly Father an opportunity to act…”

Yes, the Heavenly Father.

Retreat.

Although the Abyssal Lord was Throne-tier, she was not all knowing like the System. Thus, she did not know of the Heavenly Father’s death. After the Fortress Emperor intervened, she estimated that the Heavenly Father might also make a move, and therefore chose a strategic retreat.

Indeed, although the Abyssal Lord appeared to be an existence that acted purely on impulse without reason, in reality every action she took had its own considerations.

And the Heavenly Father was the Throne-tier she feared the most.

Although the Fortress Emperor’s abilities restrained the Abyssal Lord, she was not afraid of him. But if it were the Heavenly Father… the Abyssal Lord could not guarantee that she would be able to defeat that guy.

“The Heavenly Father?”

After hearing the Abyssal Lord’s words, Yunchou revealed a harmless smile.

“As for the Heavenly Father, he’s actually already dead.”