Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 202 - 203: Assessment of Value

The mission of the Chosen Ones is to save the world that is on the brink of destruction by the abyssal demons.

Facing the powerful abyssal demons, the goddess bestows the Chosen Ones with certain special abilities to help them improve their strength and enhance the combat power of human forces.

As the son of Destiny,

Xue Tianao has a unique, artificial intelligence-like existence (aka System) in his brain. Through daily communication, words and actions, the aura around him, and the strength of his soul, the ’System’ can help Xue Tianao assess the value of a person and give an evaluation.

Since it is a special ability granted by the goddess, the artificial intelligence can evaluate anyone.

From the weakest, comparable to trash ’F,’ to the top tier ’S.’

Through the scores given by the ’System,’ Xue Tianao knows who he needs to win over and who can be directly ignored in order to achieve his goals, improve his strength and power. For example, the Nobels who were loyal to the former emperor in the hall just now are ’C’ levels

These people are dispensable.

For Xue Tianao, winning over those with higher value not only increases the success rate of completing trials, but also brings him an unprecedented sense of accomplishment, making it one of his interests.

In addition,

He is quite appreciative of talent,

For those who are loyal to him, Xue Tianao is never stingy, always providing them with the best treatment.

Of course, if those with extremely high value cannot be used by him or might even be used by the enemy, Xue Tianao does not mind destroying them to prevent them from becoming a threat in the future.

Among the many people Xue Tianao has met

The most desirable talent, and the woman he most wants to take into his harem, is none other than the girl of Destiny from the Asumos Church!

What a beautiful, kind, pure, courageous, and strong woman she is!

From the moment Xue Tianao saw her, he ’fell in love’ with her.

Not only beautiful and extraordinarily gifted,

Miss Mengxi’s ’value assessment’ result in the ’System’ was even more shocking to Xue Tianao.

The evaluation result was ’off the charts’

That is to say,

Mengxi’s value is too higher than it to be estimated!

Is it worthy of being the girl of Destiny? Truly unfathomable. If Xue Tianao could win over Mengxi, such a person, he would surely receive unparalleled point rewards from the System. With these points and some time for development, expelling the abyssal demons and destroying the Demon Temple would only be a matter of time!

The world will eventually be ’saved’ by him.

After all, he is the ’protagonist’ of this world.

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"Not bad, not bad…"

After hearing his subordinate’s report, Xue Tianao smiled with great satisfaction,

Although Mengxi is only confirmed to come to Sky dome, with his ability, winning over such a proud saint is not difficult. The only trouble is, how to explain this to the girls in his harem…

Oh, right!

Speaking of those girls?

"Anqi!"

"Your servant is here."

Kneeling in the hall, the man with citrus-colored short hair immediately responded upon hearing Xue Tianao’s call, "Your Majesty, do you have any further orders?"

Looking solemnly at Anqi, Xue Tianao slowly descended the steps of the throne:

"Didn’t I ask you to investigate the whereabouts of Captain Talowey earlier? Where is she now? Any news?"

"I’m sorry, Your Majesty, but there’s still no news, like a stone sinking into the ocean. However, you don’t have to worry. Captain Talowey is a seventh-rank, so it’s not easy for her to encounter any trouble. Perhaps this time, like before, she’s only temporarily missing. Once the Second Army Group takes over the defense of the Northern Border, a large-scale search will begin, and there should be news soon."

"I hope so."

"Your Majesty, if you’re so worried, why not ask Princess Fengling more about it? After all, didn’t she last see Talowey in the Northern Border?"

"Her? Hehe."

Speaking of his younger sister, the Fourth Princess Fengling, Xue Tianao revealed a bitter and helpless expression.

This girl was both his sister and not his sister.

She was also someone Xue Tianao wanted to win over. Because of her constitution, Xue Tianao had always wanted to take her into his harem.

However, she had always refused to accept him because of those ridiculous ethics.

Now, knowing that he had killed Luo Jie and become the new emperor of the Snowy Night, she ignored him even more and constantly made a fuss. Left with no choice, Xue Tianao ordered her to be imprisoned in the palace, allowing Fengling to calm down.

Now, Fengling was completely unwilling to talk to him,

Besides knowing that Fengling and Talowey had fought in the Northern Border, Xue Tianao was unclear about anything else.

"Talking to her is useless; she won’t tell me anything right now. You continue to search for the Captain’s whereabouts. As for the princess, I will slowly find a way to make her speak up."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Anqi respectfully replied.

But as soon as he finished speaking, it seemed that Anqi thought of something and looked up at Xue Tianao again,

"Your Majesty, speaking of which, the princess has been attacking the barrier lately and is quite restless. Should we send more guards over there?"

"Hmm?"

Xue Tianao carelessly shook his head,

"It doesn’t matter; she can’t break the barrier no matter how much she fusses. I’ve cleared all the magic tools and weapons in the princess’s palace, leaving only living necessities, some food, and... those two spirit beasts... She can’t cause any trouble."

However, speaking of the spirit beasts,

Xue Tianao couldn’t help but frown,

’Those two spirit beasts clearly haven’t made a contract with Fengling. Why are they so obediently staying by her side?...’

Strange, these two proud spirit beasts usually wouldn’t stay with a human unless it’s their master, right?

...

...

After pondering for a moment, Xue Tianao still couldn’t figure out the situation, but he didn’t intend to think about it too much. After all, his sister was a valuable ’A’ grade existence, and it wouldn’t be surprising if she had the ability to attract small spirit beasts. Besides, those two little creatures with such humble strength couldn’t make much of a fuss.

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Meanwhile, on the eastern side of the palace,

Within the heavily guarded Princess’s Palace, surrounded by multiple barriers,

Fengling, with dazzling golden hair that could be considered a national treasure, helplessly and weakly collapsed onto the bed after several unsuccessful attempts to break through the barrier. Shoes, stockings, armor, skirts, and so on were casually discarded and scattered across the floor,

Feeling exhausted, Fengling unceremoniously lay on the bed, wearing only a thin piece of underwear. The previously elegant and noble princess was now incredibly unkempt and casual. The room was filled with a chaotic mess of clothes, tools, and equipment, already piled up like a mountain,

If it weren’t for Fengling occasionally throwing out food scraps, this bedroom would probably be no different from a garbage dump.

But,

This was also inevitable,

As a princess, Fengling had no knowledge of housekeeping.

Without her maids to care for her, Fengling had become no different from a useless person.

"Damn you, Xue Tianao..."

After cursing a few times, the exhausted Fengling soon fell into a deep sleep.

As Fengling fell asleep, two small ’spirit beasts’ hiding behind a nearby sofa cautiously poked their heads out. Seeing the mess all over the floor, Liyu, who had transformed into a bird, couldn’t help but frown. After living with her mother for so long, she had grown accustomed to a tidy and clean life, and she couldn’t stand such a disordered scene.

If it weren’t for the need to hide her identity now, Liyu would really want to clean up the room for this useless princess.

In contrast to Liyu, the sloppy little white wolf next to her didn’t care at all,

Its head was even topped with the underwear that Fengling had thrown at it earlier,

Paired with its tongue-lolling appearance, it looked like a lecherous wolf~

This caused Liyu to frown again and fan away the underwear on Limo’s head with her wing,

"Chirp! Chirp?!" (Sister, don’t wear that kind of thing!)

"?|?O?|? Ow~, ow ow ow? Meow?" (Oh oh, got it, so what now?)

"Chirp~" (Now~)

After carefully sensing the aura around the princess, Liyu nodded her bird head,

"Chirp chirp, chirp." (She’s asleep, we can go now! It’s time to secretly cause some trouble!)

"Meowwwww!" (Yay!)

After confirming that Fengling had fallen into a deep sleep due to exhaustion, the two sisters took advantage of the opportunity and slipped out of Fengling’s bedroom, arriving at the palace wall and the location of the barrier. Then, Limo slowly raised her claw and casually tore a small opening in the barrier,

And then,

The two sisters stealthily slipped out of the heavy encirclement of the royal guards...