After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens Chapter 112 Discussion

The premise sounds good, but quite frankly, with all the differing POVs (and there are a LOT given this guy popped out 24 kids before his untimely disappearance), it drags on quite a bit. Though it shows there's roughly 150 chapters, I personally would say it's about the length of a normal CN with 400 chapter.

Also all the kids have pretty much the same attitude towards their dad: adoration, respect, bursting with filial piety. I am frankly more surprised we didn't get 1 or 2 that felt resentment, but maybe they just got over it in the 8, 000 years he disappeared from their lives.

As for the plot stuff, it's got a generous helping of the MC showing off (thanks to his kids) not that he's aware of it due to plot reasons (and maybe personality reasons too).

As at chapter 112, we learned Spoiler

the main antagonist who caused the MC's disappearance way back then is the embodiment of evil itself that manifested itself in one of the MC's old acquaintances called Arnold. The narrative keeps pushing that Arnold is the bad guy here but the back of my brain is still somewhat convinced he's actually been trying to help the MC. There was one throwaway line about how the MC reminisced about Arnold and how the guy said he'd help the MC get back home for sure (the MC was isekaiied from Earth... at least an Earth-like planet anyway) which my brain latched onto and came up with the hypothesis that the reason the antagonist captured 5 of the other 6 heroes and was trying to capture the last one may have been to send the MC home. It's a bit of a stretch, and it seems like that's not where it's going, but it's a fun thought train.

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Also, at one point there were 7 Great Magic Clans that were revealed to be corrupt and aided in the abduction of the heroes, and I couldn't help but think 'Really? ALL of them? What the hell? Surely there must've been one or two that weren't corrupt to the core... I mean, why would these fellows want to cover for their ancestors mistakes when it's clearly the dumb thing to do when Spoiler

you have the Lord of the Abyss hanging over your heads...’

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It turns out they really were that dumb. Maybe the prolonged exposure to Spoiler

Evil Personified

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