Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 940 - 440: Son of the Abyss_2
[However, at this moment, over a hundred demons, including the ’Abyssal Decay Curse Demon Shaman’ before you, are staring at you with the same expression.]
[Their eyes widen in shock, looking incredulous, as if they had seen a ghost.]
[You hear the ’Demon Shaman’ in front of you murmuring, how could this be? How could this have happened?]
[This is clearly just a lowly ’Horned Demon,’ you can’t possibly be the ’Child of the Abyss,’ you can’t possibly be the ’Child of the Abyss’!]
[It rubs its eyes as if to reconfirm your identity...]
[At this point, the multitude of demons beneath the altar suddenly erupt into shouts and roars!] 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
[Shaman Lord! Has your ritual gone wrong?!]
[It must be a mistake in the ritual! What is this thing that has been spawned? A Horned Demon?]
[Expending so many of our clan’s lives, to give birth to the so-called ’Child of the Abyss’—is it just this lowliest of Horned Demons?]
[Using the full might of our clan, accumulating efforts over long years, and sacrificing countless lives, we prepared completely for this ’Birth Ritual’...]
[The shaman actually made a mistake in the birth ritual, are the Demon Clan destined to hide forever in underground caverns, in the darkness of the Abyss...]
[Kill this despicable Horned Demon, and the shaman, you are a criminal of the Demon Clan, even if the Demon Gods forgive you, they will not... atone with your death!]
[Yes, kill this Horned Demon, then kill the shaman, only blood can repay the lives of countless clan members!]
[The ’Demon Shaman’ before you has a face that keeps changing color, now ashen, now ghostly white, it seems to have not predicted this situation at all...]
[Apostle, what is your next move?]
[1. Go on a killing spree. There are over a hundred high-level demons in the hall beneath the altar, their bodies are treasures, the most sought-after magic materials for scholars; how can you leave Treasure Mountain empty-handed? Kill them all, and you could become the richest in Second Capital!]
[2. Flee. Faced with over a hundred demon lords, even with your strength that could take on any top demigod alone, you don’t have a chance here. Don’t be blinded by immense benefits, fleeing is what you should do right now.]
[3. Assume a false identity. With the slim chance of escaping the surrounding demon kings, your only way out now is to take on the identity of the ’Child of the Abyss.’ Of course, you cannot expose your identity as a ’True God’s messenger,’ or you will die a worse death.]
The three options are a blood red in color and continue to tremble.
Lin Xun can’t help but clench his teeth in frustration, "Damn this Underworld Game, a transmission error is it? Throwing me straight into this hopeless situation."
He could only quickly press the third option.
[...]
[Before you can make a move, the ’Demon Shaman’ waves its Bone Staff and bellows loudly!]
[Silence! Silence!]
[The Bone Staff radiates intense magic fluctuations, quelling the noise below the altar.]
[Seizing the opportunity, the ’Demon Shaman’ loudly claims that the ’Child of the Abyss’ birth ritual had been in preparation for a long time and is a crucial step in reviving the great ’Abyss.’ How could it possibly slack off and make a mistake during the ritual!]
[Before the ritual, it had carefully checked each step, there could be no oversight or error!]
[Have you ever considered the possibility?]
[No one has ever seen what the ’Child of the Abyss’ actually looks like!]
[Perhaps the ’Child of the Abyss’ takes the appearance of a lower demon; perhaps this ’Horned Demon’ is the genuine ’Child of the Abyss’!]
[Hearing this, the multitude of demons beneath the altar burst out in even more dissatisfied roars!]
[The scene before them, is clearly the ’Demon Shaman’s mistake during the ritual, and they would never believe such a clumsy explanation.]
[The ’Demon Shaman’ struggled for a while to quiet the crowd below the altar once more, raising the Bone Staff high and declaring loudly...]
[It has a way to verify that this ’Horned Demon’ is not an ordinary low-ranking demon, but the genuine ’Child of the Abyss’!]
[Saying so, it looks at you solemnly and continues...]
[All demons know that ’horned demons’ of the lowly herbivorous kind are like cattle and sheep; beyond their use as food and labor, they serve no other purpose.]
[Horned demons lack intelligence, they do not speak, and their power is feeble, with no chance of ascending in the hierarchy.]
[But that’s just ordinary horned demons. If such a lowly demon is a ’Child of the Abyss’, it must be different from the common horned demons!]
[You’re rushing to deny the birth of a ’Child of the Abyss’ before even witnessing what makes it different...]
[Do you want the last chance for the revival of the Demon Clan to vanish? Do you wish for the great ’Abyss’ to remain in a state of Chaos forever?!]
[The speech of the ’Demon Shaman’ finally managed to stabilize the situation for now.]
[It continued to speak loudly, now let the ’Child of the Abyss’ prove its identity, prove it is not a lowly demon, prove it is not just a ’horned demon’!]
[The ’Demon Shaman’s words carried strong confidence, a confidence that even infected many demons below the altar, their eyes widened as they stared at you, waiting for you, who sat on the ground expressionlessly for so long, to vindicate yourself.]
[But you noticed that although the ’Demon Shaman’ seemed sure of itself, its gaze towards you was very tense, the clenching claws gripping the Bone Staff pulsing with protruding veins...]
[You instantly understood that deep down the ’Demon Shaman’ also did not believe you were the so-called ’Child of the Abyss’.]
[Many Demon Lords below the altar were eyeing you intently, the intense pressure making you somewhat uneasy.]
[You knew that if you could not demonstrate the qualities expected of the ’Child of the Abyss’, you would be faced with the fury of countless demons.]
[Just as you were unsure of what to do, you suddenly caught sight of the tall stele beside the altar.]
[From the moment of your ’birth,’ you had noticed this stele inscribed with countless characters—only at that time, there was no chance to read the text upon it...]
[You hastily scanned the two lines on the stele, and an idea suddenly took shape in your mind...]
[You stood up abruptly, facing the host of Demon Lords below the altar, and sternly rebuked them...]
[All demons are the faithful descendants of the great ’Abyss’, yet why do they not kneel before the ’Child of the Abyss’?!]
[Now... Kneel down at once! Pray that you may be forgiven for your insolence!]
[The numerous demons below the altar couldn’t help but show shock, looking at each other in disbelief...]
[They had never seen a ’horned demon’ speak, just as humans had never witnessed livestock like cattle and sheep talk.]
[Your performance already made many demons waver in their initial beliefs, but to have them kneel to a lowly demon at the bottom of the food chain and acknowledge your identity as the ’Child of the Abyss’—this demonstration was far from sufficient!]
[You let out a cold laugh, your peripheral vision catching the stele beside you, and you began to loudly recite the text recorded upon it.]
[In the beginning of the world, the ’Abyss’ was the only God, and all things in the universe were born from the Abyss!]
[At that time, the only sovereigns of the world were demons who worshiped the ’Abyss,’ while intelligent creatures like humans and the Dragon Clan were slaves to the demons.]
[Every demon thought this rule would last for Eternity...]
[But then came the chief of Evil Gods, the source of Chaos, ’Almighty True Knowledge,’ traversing the endless cosmos to descend!]
[Almighty True Knowledge was an extremely evil deity; upon their arrival, without any negotiations, they launched a godly war against the great ’Abyss’!]
[Flames of war broke out in the dark depths of the Abyss, and the land of peace turned into a realm strewn with corpses...]
[After a long and drawn-out godly war, ’Abyss’ was defeated by the evil god and perished...]
[But the fall of ’Abyss’ wasn’t the ending, it was the beginning of everything!]
[At the moment of ’Abyss’s demise, all Divinity was released. A part was consumed by the chief of Evil Gods, sending it into a slumber.]
[Another part left this world, wandering the cosmos, seeking an opportunity for a grand return...]
[You paused as you spoke, if this was indeed real history, you had not anticipated it at all.]
[The inscriptions on the stele hadn’t come to an end. You continued to read...]
