Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 509 - 510: A Cruel Decision [1/2]

Yumo And Mengxi’s new Illustration has been released in Chapter 01,

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"Go, I believe you won’t let me down, Archbishop Fiona."

"Yes, Your Holiness."

After receiving the holy mission for mobilization and the token for the central church army from Kael, Fiona respectfully nodded with a confident tone.

However,

After taking the token, Fiona didn’t leave immediately. Instead, she slowly lifted her head and looked toward Kael’s back with a very hesitant expression. After seeing the scene behind Kael, Fiona couldn’t help but speak up.

"That is, Your Holiness..."

But she stopped as soon as she began to speak. It seemed that she had thought of something and was unsure how to proceed.

Just as Fiona was in a dilemma, Kael’s cold and somewhat meaningful words slowly drifted into her ears, making the Archbishop shiver involuntarily. A drop of cold sweat slowly trickled down from her forehead.

"Archbishop Fiona, you don’t need to concern yourself with matters here."

"..."

Feeling the immense pressure in those words, as well as the tone that allowed no dissent, Fiona reluctantly nodded.

"As you wish, Your Holiness."

As soon as the words left her mouth,

Suppressing her reluctance, she bid farewell to Kael and quickly turned around, hurrying toward the exit of the Heavenly Garden. Under the boost of magic, Fiona quickly disappeared from Kael’s sight.

...

Watching Fiona leave, Kael slowly relaxed his cold expression, revealing his usual pleasant and sunny smile.

And within that smile seemed to hide a lethal blade.

"Being too smart or too ambitious, may not necessarily be a good thing always" he mused, turning his gaze to what was behind him.

"Hmm?"

"ROOOOAAAARRRR!!!"

Almost the moment Kael turned around, a ground-shaking roar suddenly erupted in front of him. The force driven by the roar, like a terrifying air cannon, suddenly hit Kael, causing his robes to flutter wildly.

Along with the shocking, angry roar and the surge of violent power, a white figure rapidly enlarged in Kael’s eyes.

However,

Faced with such immense pressure, Kael only slightly raised his eyebrows. His dark red eyes were full of disdain. Facing the massive beast rushing towards him, Kael wasn’t the least bit panicked.

With a reluctant shake of his head, Kael waved his hand,

The vast holy magic within him erupted like a volcano. A dark red light, like a beast breaking free of its chains, aimed its deadly intent forward. It directly shattered the white figure’s attack, sending it flying ten meters away.

In an instant, the entire Heavenly Garden trembled, and Fiona, who was still quickly walking inside the garden, felt a shiver in her heart.

As expected, after Kael made his move, the beast’s attack was easily neutralized.

"The Divine beast that once guarded the church and fought against Higanbana has fallen to such a state. How pathetic."

Looking at the white beast lying in front of him, words filled with sadness and regret slowly entered the beast’s ears from Kael. This white beast is the Divine beast of Asumos Church, known as Huiming, and is the true owner of this paradise garden.

A few feet away, the beast on the ground is a mix of gold scales and white fur. On all fours, it’s like 30 feet long. It’s got these sharp horns that kinda look like a sheep’s and a tail with a red gem in it. Its legs are massive, and it’s giving Kael the stink eye.

Despite its aggressive demeanor, wanting to tear Kael apart, it was currently powerless. Let alone launching an attack, after taking a basic magic shot from Kael, Huiming was completely drained. Even the struggle to stand was too difficult. After its own effort, Huiming could only weakly collapse back on the ground.

Compared to the once mighty and imposing divine beast of the church, it’s like comparing two different creatures. It’s panting heavily, looking like a dog that’s fallen into the water, utterly disheveled.

"How ugly," Kael said, full of regret as he looked at the non-threatening white divine beast. While sighing, the blonde man slightly raised his eyebrows, looking surprisingly at the broken chains not far away on the stone pillar.

"You managed to break free? Quite unexpected. But that’s all."

Casting a sidelong glance at the nearly shattered blue gem on Huiming’s chest, Kael sighed,

"After breaking free, you’ve lost nearly all your power. How could you possibly hurt me? You’re overestimating yourself."

Sadly, Kael’s words had no effect. Huiming, despite its weak body, struggled to get up and stared at Kael with hateful eyes. Clearly, this divine beast has not given up attacking Kael. A hoarse voice gradually emerged from its mouth,

"Return... my child..."

"Divine beast, I’ve told you already. I won’t let her see you until she completely forgets about you."

"You devil!"

Roaring, Huiming let out a heart-wrenching howl, dragging its frail body to charge forward. Facing such a charge, Kael disdainfully lifted his hand:

"How unsightly, divine beast."

A dark red light flashed in his eyes, and four chains made of dense holy magic appeared from all directions, locking onto Huiming’s limbs. It forcibly interrupted the divine beast’s charge, pulling it back to the center of the square. No matter how much Huiming struggled, the power gap between it and Kael was just too great.

Finally, Huiming was chained back in the middle of the square, looking defeated.

"Why even try?"

After easily suppressing Huiming, Kael walked forward nonchalantly. Although Huiming still tried to bite the jerk in front of him, the remaining strength in its body was continuously being drained due to the chains binding it, leaving it almost no energy to open his mouth. Left with no choice, it let out a series of reluctant growls.

"Kael, you devil..."

"Divine Beast. Huiming, why go to such lengths?"

Kael shrugged, speaking with a sense of helplessness.

"If you willingly pass your power on to your child, wouldn’t you be able to see her?"

"No, I absolutely won’t do that. I’ve said, the curse of Higanbana has not been lifted. Passing the power to that child would make her gradually eaten by the curse. I can’t... harm my child... Until I break the curse, I will never give that child the power."

"Breaking the curse? Divine Beast, you do love to joke. You’ve been trying to break this curse for hundreds of years, to what effect? Just hand over the power, it would be much easier."

"Never!"

"Even if it’s a divine decree from the Goddess?"

"Divine decree?"

Upon hearing this term, Huiming exposed its fangs in anger, its tone filled with disdain.

"What divine decree?! This is all your doing! You are using the name of the Goddess’s decree to do these outrageous things! Kael, you’re a monster! You are desecrating the great Goddess!"

As if wanting to vent all the pent-up anger and frustrations that had accumulated over decades in its heavenly garden, Huiming continuously shouted at Kael in ear-splitting rebuke.

Facing Huiming’s roar and the Divine Beast’s resolute stance, Kael did not get angry but maintained his calm demeanor.

After seeing Huiming tire itself out from shouting, Kael spoke regretfully:

"It seems we couldn’t reach an agreement today either."

"I will never agree to your plan, never!"

"I understand."

Facing the obstinate beast, Kael no longer tried to persuade.

"In that case, I can’t let you and your daughter meet. If you are unwilling to pass on your powers directly, I will have no choice but to let the young Divine Beast inherit the powers by consumption."

"You...doing this will... will kill that child. It will completely cut off the Divine Beast bloodline..."

"No, it won’t. Although the curse of Higanbana can completely destroy an eighth level, there’s still a period of thirty to forty years from the initial to final stages of the curse. That’s enough time to give birth to a new Sacred Beast. It’s just that... hopefully, by then your child won’t be as stubborn as you are."

"You are truly a bastard..."

Ignoring Huiming’s roar, Kael slowly turned around. With a mysterious smile on his face, he walked out of the heavenly garden, hands in pockets.

"This is all for the Goddess sake ..."