Abyssal Chronicles-Chapter 1046: Bad News

"Ugh, the Felder Family... why did it have to be those guys?" Yuki muttered glumly.

Satoru could only nod helplessly, his dark eyes reflecting the same disgust as his wife’s. "Yeah..."

The Felder Family was one of the major powers in Heaven Nation, founded by several top experts who had followed the Holy Maiden there. After over a hundred years of development, they had become an overwhelming force. Not only did they consistently produce powerful fighters, but they also maintained connections with the Sword Spirit Race, one of the Alliance’s supreme races.

Among the Alliance’s twelve core races, each had a level 9 expert backing them. With the Sword Spirit Race supporting them, no one in the human world except the Holy Maiden could keep the Felder Family in check.

To be honest, Satoru despised the Felder Family - or rather, all ability users from Blue Star did. Despite sharing the same origins, the Felders considered themselves superior just because they came from Heaven Nation. Their previous visitors to Blue Star had been insufferably arrogant, even showing contempt for human life. One of Satoru’s female colleagues had her eyes gouged out just because the Felder Family’s eldest son was dissatisfied with the banquet arrangements...

That incident still haunted Satoru. If not for the massive power gap and political implications, he would have loved nothing more than to beat that eldest son to a pulp.

This family was just that detestable... but due to their overwhelming strength and potential, even the Holy Maiden seemed unwilling to restrain them. Everyone understood that the Holy Maiden’s fundamental goal was to create powerful beings - ones capable of defending the Source Star Universe and fighting against the Abyssal Demons from the Outer Realm.

Though cruel, that supreme Holy Maiden seemed to have little sympathy for the weak.

Because of this, after becoming the Special Police Squad Captain, Satoru had always tried to avoid any contact with the Felder Family.

While he had managed to avoid them... something happened two months ago. Little Mina had somehow encountered those bastards...

And worse still, they wanted to take her to Heaven Nation.

This filled Satoru with both anger and confusion.

"Honestly, why are they so fixated on taking Mina?" Satoru crossed his arms, sitting on a garden stump with an annoyed expression. "Why would such a prestigious Heaven Nation family target an ordinary girl?"

"Could they be interested in her looks?"

"Hmm... true, she’s as ethereally beautiful as Yumo... but," Satoru shook his head after some thought. "That can’t be the reason. While Mina is graceful, she’s not breathtakingly beautiful like Yumo is now. Heaven Nation has countless girls of similar beauty as Mina. Besides, women there become even more stunning after cultivating and purifying their bodies... The Felder Family, who’s seen plenty of Heaven Nation beauties, has no reason to fixate on Mina, let alone try to forcibly take her away."

"You’re right, it is strange," Yuki nodded in agreement. But as she did so, she cast an odd look at her husband. "But why haven’t you told Senior Yumo about this? Mina is her sister, and Senior Yumo doted on her sister the most back when she was a student. She must still care deeply about Little Mina now."

"I know," Satoru sighed deeply. "That’s exactly why I don’t dare tell her."

"Why not?"

"You know how it is - the Felder Family is a pillar of Heaven Nation with the Sword Spirit Race backing them. Given how protective Yumo is, if she learns someone’s targeting her sister, she’d probably rush over to destroy the Felder Family in minutes, maybe even wipe out the Sword Spirit Race while she’s at it."

"Is Senior that powerful?"

"If you saw her power level report, you wouldn’t ask that question."

"But wouldn’t solving everything that way be good?"

"How could it be? The Holy Maiden cultivated Yumo probably intending to use her power to control the out-of-control Abyss Demons. But no matter what, all races in the Source Star Universe still harbor deep-rooted hostility toward demons. Getting Alliance races to accept Yumo’s existence is already difficult enough... if she attacks the Felder Family and Sword Spirit Race now... who else would accept her? Even the Guiding Saint can’t do whatever she wants - the Holy Maiden must consider the bigger picture."

"Is that so..." Yuki lowered her head troubled.

"Then what should we do? We can’t keep hiding this from Senior forever. Besides... you don’t want Mina to be taken by the Felder Family either, right? Those people treat earth’s girls like toys. If something happens to Mina, even if the Alliance accepts Yumo, she’d never accept the Alliance!"

"I know, that’s why I’ve already requested a meeting with Master. I want to ask the Commander to help contact the Guiding Saint in Heaven Nation... and ask her to handle this matter."

Satoru gently patted Yuki’s shoulder, speaking softly: "It’ll be fine, we’ll solve this. For now... let’s head back. Although Yumo can be a bit slow sometimes, she might get suspicious if we stay out here much longer."

"Alright, I understand."

The couple stood up, masking their worried expressions with friendly smiles.

Having not seen their friend for so long, Satoru planned to have some drinks and chat through the night - he was quite curious about Yumo’s experiences in the other world.

However, at that moment, his backup phone suddenly vibrated.

Beep beep beep...

Satoru’s expression changed drastically at the sound.

This phone was given to him by his master, the Commander, and only rang for emergencies.

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True, he had requested a meeting with the Commander, but he hadn’t specified why... logically, the Commander shouldn’t be using emergency communications to reach him. Had Yumo’s situation been exposed? Was the Commander coming to question him? Had they already mobilized troops and high-level ability users to move against Yumo?

Either way... an intense sense of foreboding filled Satoru’s mind.

"Honey..." Yuki’s eyes showed concern, seemingly understanding the implications of the emergency call.

In this tense atmosphere, Satoru answered the backup phone. When he held it to his ear, a familiar, steady voice filled with invisible pressure came through.

"Satoru, sorry to disturb you at this time—"

Huh?

This tone doesn’t sound like he’s coming to punish anyone? Does he not know about Yumo yet?

Satoru wondered internally.

But outwardly, the Special Police Captain immediately responded with a respectful yet forceful tone:

"It’s no problem, Commander. What’s the urgent matter?"

"Come to the War Zone Command Center immediately. There’s an emergency announcement."

"Emergency?"

"Yes. At the eastern boundary of Source Star, not far from Blue Star... Abyssal Demon hordes are gathering... their numbers... are absolutely staggering."