The Abyss God (Genshin Impact x Male Reader)

Chapter 4: Punishment

You walked through the hallways of your enormous dark castle, the lower part of your trenchcoat silently fluttering behind you, as your heavy, but slow footsteps echoed throughout the space, as a ominous omen for anyone further down. You could've just teleported there using your powers, but you decided against it, as you wanted to take a stroll and stretch your muscles a bit. Even the most powerful deities can get stiff when not moving too much. The moonlight shone through the big, tall windows reflecting on the polished black floor, illuminating the hallway. Your shadow was casted in the wall opposing the windows and slithered further and further as you walked. You then turned a corner and went into a corridor that went deeper down into the fortress that you commanded, where there weren't any windows, only extinguished torches along the wall that reignited with brilliant purple and bright magenta as you walked past them. At the end of the corridor were two humongous double doors that reached up all the way into the ceiling that was 50 meters higher. Next to them stood a figure on either side that stared at your approaching stature with their bright completely white eyes, full of obedience and malevolence. They both stood two meters tall and their face, except for their eyes, was obscured by a large hood of a cape that reached until their ankles. They wore dark grey, traditional knight armour and had a two-handed longsword on their hip and a halberd in their hands. They were empty armour suits possessed by geists, dark spirits of your own creation and they acted as your personal guard. As you walked further, the sound of stone scraping against stone became continuously louder and the two doors to your throne room opened.

It was a rectangular room that expanded itself endlessly in all directions, all in all it was as big as the entire city of Mondstadt itself. A dark red carpet went from the doors all the way to the other way of the humongous room, flanked by braziers on either side with 25 meters in between each one, all of which stood and layed on a checkered floor of black and white tiles. Which were lit in the same colors as the torches outside of the room as your lone figure walked past them and the doors closed behind you. Along the walls possessed knights stood ten meters apart from one another, their white glowing eyes trailing your every move. Every 100 meters there was a chandelier hanging from the ceiling, illuminating the room even further. At the end of the 400 meter long room was an elevated platform of 10 by 5 meters and 1 meter high elevated dark grey platform with 4 steps of 25 centimeters high. On it was a seat made from stone so black that it seemed to be absorbing all the light that shone on it, with scarlet cushions on the seat, back and arm rest.  You ascended the steps and sat on your throne, legs crossed and your head resting on your right hand, balled into a fist, which in turn rested on the arm rest. You just sat down when the doors opened again.

Lumine walked in with two Abyss Lectors and the Herald trailing behind her in a diamond shape. Once 10 meters from the bottom step of your raised plateau they stopped and knelt down, head bowed to the ground, avoiding any and all eye contact with you. All the guards had their eyes fixated on the newcomers in the room, ready to fight if need came to be. You swiped your left hand, a signal for the possessed knights to stand down, as the four wouldn't pose any danger. Not like they'll be able to lay a hand on you anyway. 'What is it?' you said in a voice that was as cold and hallow as the night. 'Raven told us that a small force has gathered at the gates of Mondstadt and are slowly making their way to here, My Lord,' Lumine said. 'Oh, I see,' you said, annoyance clearly audible, 'Raven!' A corvid flew in through the doors and landed next to Lumine, where it transformed into your head investigator, who was kneeling and bowed her head deeply, her face obscured by the mask you have her. 'Yes, My Lord,' she said. 'What gave you the idea that you could tell your information to Lumine earlier than to me?!' Your voice boomed through the chamber making your underlings shake to their very core. Raven flinched and bowed so deep that her head touched the ground. 'I'm sorry My Lord! Please forgive me My Lord! It won't happen...' she cried, but couldn't finish her sentence as she all of a sudden couldn't breathe. Her body slowly but surely was levitated into the air and was gagging for air, while she was kicking her legs and tried to get hold of the invisible hand that was strangling her. Your right hand's fingers almost unnoticably moved closer and closer together and with each millimeter they got closer Raven's gagging became more frequent and her legs kicked quicker and harder. Her mask fell off, due to her bodily movements and showed her eyes, once full of fire and obedience, now filled with despair and agony. She saw her short lived life flashing before her very eyes, when all of a sudden she felt a huge relief and fell to the ground. She layed there on her side gasping for air and trying to process the terrifying experience she just has been through. She had just got up till her hands and knees, when your voice already called out to her. 'You know the rules and so do I, so don't break them. Next time, I won't be so merciful,' you said and waved her off angrily, 'Now get out of my sight!' 'Yes, My Lord. At once, My Lord.' She scurried backwards with her head still bowed until she was outside the doors, which directly closed, blocking her from your view. 'Anything else, Lumine?' you asked her, your voice having a softer tone. Lumine's scared expression turned into a neutral one and said: 'What should we do about that force, My Lord?' 'We'll let them get till here and just explain our situation. If they don't agree, we can always crush them, of course. We'll see, maybe that brother of yours is part of it,' you explained. 'What of he is, My Lord?' she asked. 'He'll be all yours, but on one condition: I'll get to step in if it threatens to get out of hand. Is that clear?' you set your condition. 'Crystal clear, My Lord,' she said. 'For the rest something you want to discuss?' you asked her. 'No, My Lord.' 'You're all dismissed then,' you said and with that they left the throne room, while bowing, only turning around after they were out of your sight. A small force from Mondstadt huh? you thought, I wonder if that descendant and artificial human are part of it too? Additionally will that fake be there too? If so, things are shaping up to become very entertaining. And at that thought you laughed out loud, like a cliche villain.

A/N: Hello there. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Who is the artificial human? Who's the descendant? And who's 'that fake'?

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