Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 620 - 621 Deductions

"I didn’t manage to defeat the demon dragon at all. If you think about it carefully, I believe you can figure it out, Sister Bai."

"Huh? Figure, figure what?"

"Uh, Sister Bai, are you serious? Is your brain really...?"

"Huh? No, no... Uh, well, what you said seems to make sense... But, if it wasn’t you who defeated it then…."

Bai blinked in confusion, and touched her bandaged head, looking perplexed.

"But, isn’t that the story being spread within the Church? They say that after you broke through to the Saint rank, under the blessing of a miracle, you gained the strength of level 8 and eventually defeated the dragon."

At these words, Mengxi helplessly smiled.

"Sister Bai, it seems your brain is really got injured badly. Defeating the dragon and such, consider it as a propaganda tactic from the higher-ups."

"Huh? Oh... is that so?"

After knocking her head, Bai showed an expression of sudden realization.

After suffering repeated severe injuries to her head, Bai always felt that her brain would occasionally get muddled.

"So, who defeated the demon dragon then? The dragon wouldn’t just give up attacking you, right? Could it be... the teacher who saved you back then?"

With the emergence of this speculation, Bai’s expression changed dramatically.

The shock continued to overflow from her azure eyes.

Seeing this,

Mengxi frowned slightly.

Then, the girl earnestly shook her head, denying Bai’s guess:

"Impossible. Teacher Yu is indeed powerful. However, she’s only at level 7; she couldn’t possibly contend with someone at that dragon’s level. Sister Bai, you should be aware that even at the peak of level 7, it’s challenging to defeat a level 8 opponent, not to mention that dragon’s stage was close to the peak of level 8."

"Huh? Enmm... it seems so. Challenging opponents above one’s level is almost impossible."

Being explained by Mengxi, Bai nodded slightly in agreement, seemingly accepting Mengxi’s explanation.

"So, someone else saved you at that time?"

"Yes."

"Emm, but who could it be? Who has the ability to defeat that dragon?"

Brushing aside her white hair, Bai fell into a short period of deep thinking.

Mengxi: "..."

Staring at the puzzled Bai, Mengxi chose to remain silent.

Though wordless, her expression became serious.

’Sister Bai, not originally too clever,’

’After multiple severe head injuries, her intelligence might indeed be questionable.’

’However,’

’Even Sister Bai, with a bit of thought, could direct her suspicious gaze towards Sister Yumo’

Mengxi imagined that the higher-ups in the church had likely also noticed Yumo. Although Yumo somehow managed to conceal her Abyssal power and disguise herself as an ordinary human mage, if she caught the attention of the church higher-ups, the risk of exposure remained significant.

’Or perhaps…’

’Sister Yumo might have already been exposed.’

’Once Sister Yumo’s Abyssal identity was revealed, both the church and the Red Leaf royal family would not let her go, and at that time, it might be...’

Thinking of the scene where the black-haired girl was besieged by human powerhouses, Mengxi’s inner worry grew uncontrollably.

However,

After instinctively feeling a wave of anxiety, Mengxi’s mind quickly regained calmness.

"But... do I really need to worry?"

At this moment,

Mengxi pondered a very serious question.

After being embraced by Yumo, she lost consciousness and woke up in this temporary residence of the church. Since then, she knew nothing about what happened after Yumo entered the battlefield.

But one thing was certain: the dragon, transformed from the heart of the Sacred Dragon, had been defeated by Yumo.

’Without Sister Yumo’s victory, it would be impossible for me to be safe here.’

After enduring the baptism of the violent Abyssal power of Sword Demon, Mengxi was sure that the dragon possessed a terrifying power comparable to Sword Demon. Even if not on par with Sword Demon, the difference wouldn’t be too great. The strength of an Abyssal being at the Demon king level was directly proportional to their age.

The older the Abyssal being, the stronger.

In theory, as a newly born Demon king like the Bloody Butterfly, it was impossible to defeat that dragon.

’Unless…’

’Sister Yumo was not a newly born Demon king but, as Little Meliora mentioned, the legendary Demon Lord...’

It always felt to Mengxi like Yumo was silly and naive, easily deceived and prone to being fooled into bed at any moment, completely lacking the aura of a leader of the demons. However, after experiencing yesterday’s events and recalling several instances of Yumo’s interventions, Mengxi gradually accepted this notion.

Yumo was too powerful, not at all like a newly awakened Demon king.

’Perhaps, she really is a Demon Lord?’

With this realization, Mengxi nervously raised her hand, pressing it against her chest.

Feeling the lingering influence of the Shadow power from Yumo within her.

The perplexed emotions flooded through the girl’s heart like a burst dam.

-Like, is Yumo really a Demon Lord? If so, why would she come to take care of a Girl of Destiny like me? Keep in mind, the goddess who gave me power is in absolute opposition to her?-

’Even more,’

’She hopes I destroy the Demon Temple…’

’Why would she want her destruction?’

’Sigh…Really..’

’This is annoying...’

’But, Sister Yumo is so silly... Could she have been fooled by someone?’

’Um…’

’It shouldn’t be possible...’

’Even if she’s silly, she wouldn’t be naive enough to nurture an enemy to oppose herself, right?’

...

’Anyway, it seems like I need to ask her about this.’

’Really,’

’She blamed me for deceiving her before, spanked me, but clearly, she has more secrets hidden from me. According to this logic, should I spank Yumo’s butt too?!’

Mengxi couldn’t help feeling a bit annoyed in her heart.

And a bold idea popped up in her mind.

But,

Just as the silver-haired girl pondered, Bai, who was contemplating without any sense of shame, brought up another serious question:

"However, Mengxi! What about the Saintess Assessment now?"

"Hmm? Assessment?"

Mengxi glanced slightly to the side.

"Yeah!"

Bai anxiously nudged Mengxi’s side:

"Didn’t you say bringing the Heart of the Sacred Dragon back to the Church would complete the first trial given by the Goddess? You did gain the recognition of the Sacred Dragon’s Heart, but what about the attacks from Sword Demon and the Demon Dragon afterward? Didn’t they lead to that thing disappearing?! How do we deal with it now?!"

"Oh, about that..."

With Bai’s reminder, Mengxi did recall this matter.

The condition for completing the assessment was indeed to bring the Heart of the Sacred Dragon back to the Church. But now, where did the Heart who now transformed into a Demon Dragon go? And the Church? Isn’t it gone too?

’Does this mean that the assessment has failed?’

"I don’t know, maybe it can be considered a failure."

Mengxi said indifferently.

However, her tone was calm, as if she didn’t care about this matter at all. This made Bai furrow her brows, curiously asking:

"Huh? Aren’t you disappointed? Clearly, you wanted to become a Saintess so badly before?"

"Well, before, that was true."

The silver-haired girl sighed slightly with a hint of bitterness.

Originally,

To better protect Yumo and prevent the Church from detecting and launching an attack against Yumo, Mengxi planned to become the Saintess, control the real power of the Church, and avoid harm to her sister from the Asumos Church. But now?

After realizing how terrifying Yumo’s power was, Mengxi couldn’t help but feel how foolish her thoughts were.

The entire Asumos might not even be able to handle Yumo, and she was just unnecessarily worrying.

"I used to think that way, but now, it doesn’t matter."

"Oh, okay..."

Seeing Mengxi’s indifferent expression, Bai clicked her tongue a bit disappointedly.

After all, she was looking forward to her best friend becoming the new Saintess of the Church. After that, she could fish in troubled waters, earn an endless stream of Originium Prime, and enjoy the life of a parasite.

However,

Just as Bai was trying to figure out how to awaken Mengxi’s radical side.

The tightly closed door opened once again,

As one of the commanders of the Sunlight Squad, Philipp rushed into the girl’s bedroom urgently.

At the moment Philipp appeared, Bai shivered all over and immediately adopted a vigilant posture.

"You! Why are you here?!"

In Bai’s eyes, Philipp was a demon who came to capture her and take her away for treatment.

Regarding this, Philipp rolled her eyes with a complex mood. After magnificently ignoring Bai, he turned his serious gaze to the silver-haired girl on the sickbed:

"Miss Mengxi, the Pope has ordered you to go to the main church, to the side of the Goddess statue, immediately."

Mengxi: "..."