"What do you mean by 'former glory'? Has the Neya Clan fallen as well?" The curled-horn Half-Blood Demon frowned slightly.
"What do you mean by 'fallen'?" Angel asked softly.
The curled-horn Half-Blood Demon said, "Bowing their heads and submitting to those vile beings in the Bottomless Abyss—that is falling. It is something our noble bloodlines can never tolerate."
"Our noble bloodlines? It seems this curled-horn Half-Blood Demon's bloodline is one of those so-called noble bloodlines too? Could it be the Neya branch His Excellency mentioned?" Kael's curious voice came through the Mind Tether.
"Probably not. From what he revealed just now, he doesn't seem to regard the Neya Clan as his own," Dox replied through the Mind Tether.
Angel did not respond through the Mind Tether, but he agreed with Dox. Given how deeply the other valued the glory of his own bloodline, he could not possibly have shown no reaction when his bloodline was mentioned. Yet when Angel had brought up the Neya Clan, the other's emotions had not stirred in the slightest. That meant he was not from the Neya Clan.
Still, Angel could hear respect for the Neya Clan in his tone. It seemed that this savior bloodline from ten thousand years ago had influenced many other bloodlines.
Angel asked, "Do the vile beings in the Bottomless Abyss refer to Demon Gods and the Ancient Ones?"
The curled-horn Half-Blood Demon narrowed his eyes. "I didn't expect you to know of the Ancient Ones as well. You know far more than I imagined... Yes, the vile beings I speak of include the Demon Gods and the Ancient Ones."
While speaking with him, Angel also parsed every sentence he uttered. The information contained in this sentence was rather interesting.
The most vile beings in the Bottomless Abyss were undoubtedly