Kalis: "???
What's going on?"
He froze for a moment, not reacting immediately.
But Thalyn in the cell grew more and more furious with his insults, spit flying almost outside the cell bars:
"You blood-stained butcher! How dare you hunt down Augustus the Gilded Lion King! Now you collude with an Abyssal Sorceress, you have long fallen into darkness, becoming a lackey of the Night Archon! You deserve to die a thousand deaths!"
The insults poured out like a torrent—from Kalis's "treasonous acts" to "blasphemy against the gods," every word struck like a knife.
Kalis finally realized. It turned out that not only temple soldiers and similar NPCs would be hostile to him because of the Eternal Hatred Curse, but also devout followers of the gods would hate him to the core. He had kindly come to save Thalyn, only to be greeted with a fierce scolding.
"Shut up! Don't insult my beloved!"
Slap!
A crisp slap sounded abruptly. Lilith swung a wisp of pale purple energy through the air, precisely slapping Thalyn across the face.
Kalis's eyes twitched as he looked at the damage number popping up above Thalyn's head, gasping inwardly—that single slap had directly dealt 105,000 damage.
[Celestial Mage Thalyn (Legendary Lord)]
Level: 130
HP: 2,595,000 / 2,700,000
(Target level is too high to display additional data)
"Y-you... you you you..." Thalyn, who had been slapped, was completely stunned.
The Abyssal Princess, who had been teasing him relentlessly just a moment ago, wanting to possess him, had now hit him for another human! Humiliation, anger, and confusion intertwined, leaving the proud Celestial Mage lost for words, his face turning red and then pale alternately.
"My dear Kalis, let's go. Ignore this crazy follower."
Lilith took Kalis's arm again. Her seemingly slender arm erupted with surprising strength, dragging the immobile Kalis toward the stone hall's exit. "To my bedroom, where we will start our sweet life together."
"Stop! You adulterers and fornicators who defile the sacred!"
Thalyn felt the greatest humiliation of his life. He forced himself out of his momentary speechlessness and shouted insults again: "The Divine Pantheon will send down divine punishment, crushing your souls in the Abyss for all eternity, never to be reborn!"
This time, not only Lilith, but even Kalis wanted to shut his mouth with his own hands.
Adulterers and fornicators?
He was clearly an unwilling victim! He tried to save someone only to be framed, couldn't die even if he wanted to, and was stuck in this entanglement—his grievances were simply unspeakable!
"Your Highness, why is there such noise here?"
A deep, hoarse voice suddenly came from the depths of the mine tunnel, carrying a strong stench of Abyssal decay.
Kalis turned his head and saw a bizarre monster approaching slowly. It wore a black robe covered in Abyssal runes, with no hands or feet—instead, eight thick tentacles covered in dark purple scales wriggled to support its body.
Its head was a smooth ellipsoid, with a murky single eye embedded in the center. It looked somewhat similar to Zalathor from Silverpeak Mine, but its size had shrunk to that of a human.
Its attribute panel popped up immediately:
[High-Rank Abyssal Lord Zerakel (Legendary Lord)]
Level: 150
HP: 4,800,000 / 4,800,000
(Target level is too high to display additional data)
Zerakel's level and HP were clearly far higher than Zalathor's, obviously a high-rank combatant of the Abyssal Plane.
However, Kalis was not worried as long as the opponent didn't have Lilith's special shield; with the ten-thousandfold amplification of Ultimate Amplification, he could still one-shot it.
Zerakel's appearance made Thalyn, who had been shouting insults just a moment ago, fall silent instantly, his body tensing up with fear.
Lilith, on the other hand, stiffened slightly, instinctively letting go of Kalis's arm, her tone sounding a little unnatural: "Nothing, Uncle Zerakel. I caught an interesting human and was about to take him back to my bedroom to train."
"Lowly, ugly human."
Zerakel's single eye swept over Kalis, his voice filled with disdain.
He then turned to Lilith, admonishing her in the tone of an elder: "Your Highness, the great Night Archon has decreed: humans are the dirtiest creatures. Touching them will defile the blood of the Abyssal royal family. Hand this human over to me. I will sacrifice him to the Void Rift, making him nourishment for the magic crystal veins."
Lilith frowned, about to refute, but Kalis spoke first, his tone filled with uncontrollable eagerness:
"Great! Honorable Lord Zerakel, sacrifice me quickly! I don't want to stay here for another second!"
Faced with the Level 120 Lilith with a special shield, he was completely powerless to resist. Instead of continuing to be entangled, he might as well lose 20% experience and respawn in the main city; at least he could escape this nightmare.
Who knew what absurd thing this Abyssal Princess would do next? The NPCs in Eternal Realm were incredibly intelligent; there might not even be such a thing as "taboos" for them!
"You! Don't talk nonsense!"
Lilith panicked, immediately saying to Zerakel: "Uncle Zerakel, don't listen to him! He's already my exclusive pet. I'm going to take him back and train him personally!"
"Who's your pet?"
Kalis immediately resorted to provocation, deliberately mentioning the existence that Abyssal monsters hated the most: "I am an envoy of the Divine Pantheon, a glory of holy light, and the heir to Caron, the God of War! If you have the courage, kill me—otherwise, I will lead the believers of the gods to flatten your Void Rift!"
He only knew the name of Caron, the God of War, so he simply threw it out, hoping that the opponent would kill him quickly and painlessly.
But to his surprise, the expressions of Lilith and Zerakel changed instantly. A look of intense shock flashed in both the single eye and the purple eyes.
"Y-you are Caron's heir?!"
The air froze instantly—even Thalyn in the cell forgot to breathe.
"That's right, it's me!"
Kalis's heart tightened, but he pressed on regardless. "Aren't you angry? Hurry up and attack, avenge your Abyssal compatriots killed by Caron!"
However, the two Abyssal powerhouses did not attack immediately. Instead, they looked at each other, and a hint of reverence even appeared in their eyes.
"Although Caron is our archenemy, his bravery and strategy are admired even by the great Night Archon."
Zerakel's tone was solemn. "The fact that you can become his heir means you are by no means ordinary, truly worthy of being Your Highness's companion."
Kalis: "..."
He almost spat out a mouthful of blood. This was probably what it meant to lift a rock only to drop it on his own foot.
He suddenly remembered that in Augustus the Gilded Lion King's final words earlier, it was mentioned that Caron, the God of War, had been killed by the Night Archon himself.
The two in front of him, one was the daughter of the Night Archon, the other a high-ranking lord under his command.
Instead of inciting murderous intent, mentioning Caron's name had actually made them "look up to him"?
Damn it, now he was really done for. He was afraid he would be forcibly taken back to the Abyssal bedroom...
"So you're Caron's heir!"
Lilith's eyes rekindled with fiery infatuation. She hugged Kalis's arm tightly, her voice excited: "No wonder you're so handsome and extraordinary! No wonder I fell in love with you at first sight! Great! Let's go see Father now, ask him to preside over our wedding immediately!"
Kalis fell into complete despair, losing even the strength to struggle.
"Hahahaha——!"
At that moment, Thalyn in the cell suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, filled with jealousy and ridicule.
"What are you laughing at?"
Lilith's eyebrows furrowed.
"I'm laughing at how stupid you are!"
Thalyn pointed at Kalis, roaring like a madman: "This man is not Caron's heir at all! On the contrary, he personally killed Caron's mount, Augustus the Gilded Lion King! He is cursed by Augustus's lifelong divine power! You actually took a god-blaspheming executioner for an upright person—what a ridiculous joke! Hahaha!"
Jealousy had long clouded his judgment, making him forget that the Abyssal demons were the common enemy of humanity.
"What?"
Lilith's smile froze instantly.
"Is this true?"
Zerakel's single eye stared firmly at Kalis, his voice deep.
"Yes yes yes! I killed Augustus!"
Kalis nodded frantically as if clutching a lifeline. "Kill me quickly! Avenge Augustus! And by the way, help your Abyss eliminate this thorn in your side!"
Lilith and Zerakel looked at each other, falling silent for a moment.
Just as Kalis thought he would finally be free, Zerakel spoke slowly:
"Killing Augustus is equivalent to helping us cut the weeds and remove the roots, eliminating Caron's last remaining followers, it's not a bad thing at all."
Kalis: "..."
He was really going crazy.
Doing good deeds got him scolded; doing bad deeds got him praised. Why was it so hard to die?
"But..."
Lilith looked at him, suddenly sighing softly, a hint of regret flashing in her eyes. "Although Father personally killed Caron, he has always regarded him as his lifelong confidant, and he also cherished Augustus, who escaped. If he finds out you killed Augustus, he will definitely make things difficult for you, and may even kill you directly."
She let go of Kalis's arm, her tone filled with reluctance: "I can't let you see him—otherwise, you will surely die."