Chapter 207: The Abyss II
"What do you want to do?"
"I don’t know. What do you think we should do?"
Duke Erin and the great sage sat opposite each other and continued to stare at each other for a while.
The great sage Meryon spoke, "but if he really is the one shouldn’t his origin ability have manifested by now?"
"We could be wrong Meryon"
"With what I’ve seen so far I don’t think we are Erindell"
"Can stop calling me that?"
"Why? I thought everyone in your household knows that you are a dragon, a gold dragon for that matter, ancient of ancients, that you are just playing rich human." Meryon grinned.
"You seem to want to leave my home as soon as you just entered" Duke Erin glared at him.
"Wow, our greatest clue to finding the Supreme one is getting sucked into the abyss and we are here arguing"
"Your greatest clue. Like I said, I am not interested in finding some Supreme one like you and your other angels are finding, is this what you fell for?"
"What do you mean is this what I fell for, I searched every realm beyond heaven it was only natural that I come below and I happen to have the guts other angel do not have"
"...like I said, Meryon... do your thing and I will do my thing. If you claim he is your greatest clue to finding your Supreme one I have absolutely no concern, as far as you do not do anything to hinder his growth or kill him"
"But aren’t you worried? That ability should have really manifested already... could it be because he’s not twenty yet, it’s been over two years since he came to this world though, so technically he should be twenty which is his maturity age but his ability has not yet bloom"
"I would say he is getting closer, afterall he isbjow able to create and merge skills" Duke Erin said.
"From what is expected of him, creating and merging skills is like a child’s play. You don’t have enough time on your hands anymore...we don’t have time for child’s play" Meryon said.
Duke Erin paused for a minute then talked, "Meryon, I know you... what is wrong?"
"...dammit" he covered his face and sighed, "someone is trailing minglewitch again"
"Oho, just like the last time"
"Yes. Just like the last time, atleast the last time I knew that person disguised among humans that came to steal something but this time I couldn’t even tell what he was"
"So you moved it and was not able to complete his training with you I guess"
"I just taught him some spatial magic and help him fix the aid, so it can access deeper into his subconscious maybe someday memories that are forgotten will wake again."
"...that could be risky... even though that child is an offspring of Bahamut and Tiamat you shouldn’t be hasty like that, his conscience has traveled across thousand of dimensions for over seven hundred million years, try to forcibly awake him could make a lot of things go wrong"
"I know, I know... but I was really anxious... things are not going well in heaven, the gods are acting cocky while their creators the estelers are missing, even the angels are already loosing their way. If I don’t act fast the least threat the universe will be having is demons, or the gods bringing in another weird creature to play with...we have no track of how the universe is flowing, no one powerful enough to monitor and maintain justice of unknown forces which constantly linger around, even the deities and Estelers who were our biggest hope are no where to be found."
Duke Erin stood up and touched Meryon’s shoulder, "fake elf...you don’t have to be so distress, I know that the weight of the world bothers you but be patient and calm down...I trust Reinard, I know this time he will not disappoint you, there’s something different about this particular one"
"...which is?" Meryon asked with curious eyes.
"He’s selfish" Duke Erin smiled, "in the mean time you should work hard to discover whoever is trailing you... I heard that there are some circles of very powerful humans and other races, and they call themselves pillars of the universe, if you are being traced by them then I guess they may pose more threat than I thought they would...we’ll so far, it’s you they seem a threat to not me...and you are not that strong...just smart...don’t get killed before our moment of harvest" Duke Erin said to Meryon.
"I have a dragon on my side too and compared to you who is already so old, she’s in her prime...it’s you that should be careful not to die from old age"
"Yea yea sure sure"
Meryon stood up, "so about the abyss?"
"Do nothing...let’s watch"
Meryon sighed, "Okay if you say so"
Meryon immediately disappeared.
"Tchi...he could’ve used he door"
Amelia entered, "Fallen angel Empra..."
"Hm hm" Duke Erin shook his head, "he’s not a fallen...he’s the first of them, left before they even knew him hence he was not really known among the ranks of ophanim, he prefers to call himself a fallen so he wouldn’t be full of himself."
"...an ophanim...? Not malakh?" Amelia was surprised.
Duke Erin just nodded and collected the tea Amelia was holding on a tray.
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"The cat keeps circling that particular spot and none of us seem to care about it" Juan said.
"Leave the black cat Juan... how on earth am I supposed to tell the Duke, Master Reinard entered into the ground on my watch" Cheof Letra continued to grieve while Azes walked in circles.
’I was late... I can’t believe I was late... Father! Father! Can you hear me?...no response.’
Azes suddenly sprang up in anger and all his furs rose up like a normal cat would. ’Dammittt I have never felt so pwerless before in my life!!’
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Reinard was sitting in front of the skeleton manager who was writing with a feather pen as he was asking him questions.
"...hmm, you came to this dimension when the gods brought others that... hm, hm, you were born in the dimension called earth as you said but its weird, your origin speaks of elsewhere...somewhere I’ve never seen or heard of before... have you ever been reincarnated?"
"...No, I suppose... even if I have been reincarnated how will I know since I would have no memory of it"
"How weird... I find it very weird... I want to report this to the first floor manager but he’s busy clearing his floor"
Rein sat patiently in front of the skeleton as the skeleton manager talked to himself and kept writing something.
"When will I be able to go back?" Rein asked.
"You will go back soon, I have no right to hold you here, it’s against the rules of the abyss. I just find your anomaly a bit intriguing and thought maybe I should check if I can find anything on you. Apparently I just discovered many kill order have been placed on you by one particular god"
Rein smirked, ’I think I know who it is’, "So are you going to kill me?"
"No... the abyss has no obligation to fulfill orders from just one person, but if any demon take interest in the subject he or her can decide to do the job and receive the payment"
"Wait demons?...I thought demons were locked somewhere in the central artic"
"...what are you talking about, those are just weak ones, ture demons such as greater demons or archdemons you can find them in the abyss or in hell."
"What is abyss, what is hell?"
"Abyss is the alternate, like a preface of hell... hell is...we’ll our home, in abyss a lot of work goes on, like processing of human souls this and that, each floors have their responsibilities and kill orders can also be placed in the abyss, for a hefty amount though, that’s how we demons make a living... so if you ever want anyone dead, if you have an interesting price to pay, then you can find your way here."
"Wow" Rein exclaimed.
"Okay... you are cleared" the skeleton dropped the feather pen. "You can leave now. Besides let me tell you, it’s going to be turmoil from now on"
"What do you mean?" Rein asked.
"The Abyss recently released close to half the population of humans that were taken into the abyss for management purposes. And different demons have used them in different ways so they are way stronger than you guys when you entered the world. If given some time and opportunity. They would grow at a faster and tremendous pace, but you don’t have to worry, not all of the have corrupted their souls except a very few who could not let go of their greed and reason of death, they could not repent."
"I see...thank you for the information" Rein bowed and walked but soon turn back, "ehm, excuse me sir where is the way back?"
"Do you want to form a contract with me?" The Abyss manager suddenly said.
"Huh?" Rein was surprised.
"I am not much, but I can atleast grant you the ability to use the dead as your army, with me you can control and army of dead and even have some inward abyss connection." The skeleton grinned.
"....uhh...we’ll whichever goes...as far as you can show me the way"
"Hmmm good" The skeleton stretched forth its hand, a purple magic circle appeared over it. "Now, place your hand over it"
Rein did as the skeleton asked and placed his hand on the circle, suddenly blood dropped from his hand and into the circle.
"I Sameel, a fallen angel and now a full demon, the reaper of souls and the commander of the dead, pledge allegiance to...Reinard"
’Wow... a fallen angel?’ Rein was surprised when he heard.
Immediately the circle spinned and disappeared.
’Wow... I can feel something being added to me’
{You have formed a contract with a demon, a fallen angel}
{Your authority has affected the contract}
’Oh...not again...’ Rein lamented.
{Fake body of Samael could not contain effect}
The skeleton began to break, "eh?! What is happening to my body?!...it seems to be breaking, the toy body I made." The skeleton looks at Rein, "let me send you out, we will meet again anyways, I have to go back to my floor. This was just a part-time gig" he slowly disappeared and Rein opened his eyes to his room again.
