FWF #130 - Chapter 130 Numb Souls
#130 - Chapter 130 Numb Souls
“Great Lord of the Abyss, the way for you to gain followers for the Abyssal Cult is very simple.”
“As an Abyssal Priest, you only need to choose a demon, human, dwarf, undead, demon slave, or any other random thing that sincerely desires to join the Abyss. After he or it completes a certain depraved ritual that suits your fancy, you can acknowledge him as a member of the Abyss.”
“These depraved rituals include, but are not limited to, murder, patricide/matricide, offering important treasures, engaging in promiscuous intercourse, and the like.”
“As long as you like it, even if you have him tear apart his own flesh or tear his soul as a depraved ritual, it's actually not impossible. Everything is up to you.”
“Just... that simple?” Wu Wei frowned.
He didn't expect that the things he had been worried about before could be done so easily.
This made him a little unwilling to believe it.
“Of course, for you, it's that simple.”
Hendricks blinked and said seriously.
“Is the way other Abyssal Priests gain followers the same?”
“No, only you are like this.” Hendricks explained.
“What do you mean only I am like this?”
Wu Wei was even more confused.
“Because other Abyssal Priests need to use themselves to communicate with the tentacles of the Abyssal Will when recruiting followers, and this is a very dangerous thing in itself. If many Abyssal Priests do not have a high affinity with the Abyss, they can easily be stimulated by the Abyss and go berserk, and then transform into deformed monsters. The reason for holding the ritual is to allow the Abyssal Priest to increase his affinity with the endless Abyss in this bloody ritual.”
“But you don't need to worry about this at all.”
“Because you hold the Abyssal Codex, in a sense, you are the embodiment of the Abyssal Will walking in the world!”
“This is not a false honorable title, but a true identity certificate.”
“The fact that you can obtain the Abyssal Codex itself means that the Abyssal Will recognizes you, it's just that you haven't paid attention to it.”
“The Abyssal Codex, as the only order in disorder, as the only existence that can suppress chaos in endless chaos, isn't it itself one of the greatest authorities in the entire Abyss?”
“Therefore, no one has a higher Abyssal affinity than you!”
“You are the chosen one, and the only one.”
Hearing this, Wu Wei suddenly understood.
Now he finally understood why those unruly demon heroes, who didn't even submit to the Heavenly King, were so respectful to him.
He also finally understood why these demons, who were once so powerful that they could rival demigods, would become like simps in front of him.
Having figured all this out, Wu Wei glanced at the Abyssal Codex in a state of fusion in his space, and his mood immediately improved a lot.
“Then I understand, I'll go find some creatures willing to join the Abyss and turn them into followers.”
Now that Wu Wei knew the method of creating Abyssal followers, he immediately took action.
And Hendricks also left after confirming that Wu Wei had no other questions to ask him.
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In the original Trial Continent, now in the first level of the Endless Abyss.
Birkin, who is in charge of the distribution of demon slaves (unexpectedly, this scumbag dwarf is still alive), was enjoying the massage of female slaves in his mansion, while perfunctorily looking at the账本 in his hand.
At this time, Birkin's status has greatly increased.
Now he is in charge of all the demon slaves under Wu Wei, and has the right to transfer them to various resource production areas.
The reason for this, in addition to him, as a dwarf, being more proficient in mathematics than illiterate demons.
The most important reason is that he knows better than those demon overseers how to squeeze the value of demon slaves.
He is a qualified slave owner and a natural capitalist!
“Damn it, one hundred and twenty slaves died of exhaustion yesterday, it's really infuriating.”
“These wastes who only know how to eat my food can't stand working only sixteen hours a day!”
“It's really hateful, they must be pretending to be sick! Pretending to be sick with death as an excuse!”
“This is no ordinary laziness, we must take heavy action!”
“I must find a way to solve this problem once and for all!”
Just as Birkin was rubbing his chin, thinking about whether to let his master, the great Lord of the Abyss, recruit a batch of necromancers to turn the corpses of the dead into undead laborers to work twenty-four hours a day, Wu Wei himself suddenly came to Birkin's mansion.
A pair of scarlet eyes like lanterns swept over Birkin and the female slaves trembling with fear behind him, without showing any emotional color.
“L-L-L-Lord... Lord!”
Birkin, who didn't expect the Lord of the Abyss to come to his room in person, was startled by the sudden appearance of Wu Wei, rolled off the sofa, and then scurried to Wu Wei's side.
At first, Birkin thought that the “small wealth” he had embezzled had been discovered by the lord, and that the other party had come to kill him.
But he was obviously overthinking it.
“Birkin, draw out 10,000 of the strongest slaves from the demon slaves under your jurisdiction, and drag them to the nearest city ruins.”
“Yes, Master!” Birkin replied loudly, without the slightest hesitation or delay.
“I'll do it right away!”
Before long, Wu Wei's will was carried out.
A full 10,000 slaves, no more, no less, were brought to the nearest city ruins by the demon overseers.
They were already numb and silent.
Faced with a life worse than death, even the courage to resist had completely disappeared.
Under the supervision of the demon overseers, they looked at the Lord of the Abyss not far away with despairing eyes.
And the Lord of the Abyss also scrutinized them with a pair of indifferent eyes.
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In fact, Wu Wei did this to find suitable followers for the Abyssal Cult.
However, at first, Wu Wei originally wanted to make Birkin the first follower of the Abyssal Cult.
But considering that Birkin's ability to manage demon slaves could not be replaced for the time being, Wu Wei, who sought stability, canceled this plan.
After all, Wu Wei had many warriors under his command, but “talents” like Birkin were the only one he had.
So Wu Wei did not choose Birkin, but set his sights on the demon slaves.
After all, in Wu Wei's view, no existence could be more eager to join the embrace of the Abyss than those demon slaves.
Because under the endless labor, the souls of these demon slaves had long fallen into utter despair.
They would seize any hope of improving themselves.
Wouldn't they?
Wu Wei looked at the 10,000 desperate souls in front of him and revealed an evil smile.