“Damn it…”
“Damn it, damn it.”
“Damn it aaaah!!!”
Via, running in the rain, tilted her head back and roared with all her might.
She fled from Sophie’s presence, running far away.
In Kado City, the Abyssal Beast had already been killed, many of the Abyssal Eye’s demonized ones had been eliminated by the Demon King and the Silver Sword Princess, and the remaining monsters had been defeated by the Holy Land’s knight order.
The heavy rain extinguished the fires in the city.
It could be said that the crisis in Kado City had been temporarily resolved.
The surviving people were all excited.
But Via’s mood was unbearably painful.
She leaned against the wall, stopping to rest.
Due to overexertion, she felt like the air in her lungs had been drained; every breath hurt.
“Why did things come to this…”
The pink-haired girl bit her lip.
The cold rain slapped her face, somewhat calming her down.
In her previous life, as arch-enemies, the Silver Sword Princess had engaged in a deadly battle with her in the Demon King’s Castle, and the two had perished together.
Before death, she had cursed Selina, binding their souls together.
She realized that because of this, after reincarnation and rebirth, they had become twin sisters.
She had thought it was a curse to drag them both to hell, but who could have imagined it would become the catalyst for them to become sisters.
Fate really played tricks; her action back then to retaliate against Selina had achieved the complete opposite effect.
“The young Sophie and Selina have completely different personalities—they’re fundamentally two different people,” Via murmured softly.
She speculated that what had happened to Sophie was likely similar to her own; recently, due to some accident, she had unexpectedly regained her previous life’s memories.
Regardless of the specifics, one fact couldn’t be changed.
That was, she had become blood kin with her arch-enemy from her previous life in this one.
This was truly ironic; they had once fought to the death to that extent, and now they had become twin sisters.
Next, Via really didn’t know what to do.
Her original plan was to lurk low-key in the human world, let Sophie shelter her, slowly develop and grow stronger, and after regaining her previous life’s strength, return to the Desolate Fallen Continent and reclaim her position as the king of demons.
But her identity had been completely exposed before Sophie.
“Is someone there? Do you need assistance from the Holy Land?”
Not far away, several Holy Land nuns appeared; they seemed to be helping the injured civilians in Kado City and had just spotted the lone Via.
“Not good.”
Via quickly pulled her thoughts back to the present.
Her mana was completely exhausted, and her Abyssal Force had been drained dry by the Demon King Armament; she had almost no fighting power left.
If the Holy Land’s clerics came to capture her, she had no ability to resist.
She didn’t dare gamble on whether Sophie would report her to the Holy Land.
Before she fell into an irretrievable desperate situation, she had to escape from Kado City first.
Thinking this, she slapped her trembling legs; before the clerics approached her, using the heavy rain as cover, she turned around, ran, and disappeared into the entrance of an alley.
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“Citizens, please evacuate from Kado City in an orderly manner!!”
The Abyssal Eye’s demonized ones had been defeated, and the blockades they had set at Kado City’s exits had vanished accordingly.
A large number of frightened civilians were evacuating from here, not wanting to stay in Kado City for even a second longer.
The Saint Luo Empire’s soldiers were maintaining order.
“No one noticed me—good…”
Via picked up a robe at random from the city, draped it over herself to cover her saintess attire, hid in the crowd, and left Kado City with the civilians.
Her vision blurred; every step felt like her consciousness would glitch for half a second.
Injuries from battle, physical limits reached, overconsumption… various negative factors stacked together, making her current state extremely poor.
It seemed that as soon as she stopped, she would immediately lose consciousness.
“Hold on… At least, escape from the city first…”
Via’s small hand clenched into a fist; her nails pierced her palm, the pain stimulating her mind.
In this way, she followed the crowd, passed through the city gate, and reached outside the city.
The Saint Luo Empire’s army and the Holy Land’s reinforcements had already arrived at Kado City.
“…”
Via lowered her head; she didn’t dare approach those clerics, afraid they would sense her lingering Abyssal Force.
Perhaps it was her good luck, or perhaps the chaos caused by this incident was too severe; most clerics didn’t notice that a saintess candidate had mixed into the crowd.
“Sorry!”
Suddenly, someone darted out from behind Via.
Via was shoved, her weak body falling down and crashing to the ground.
It’s over.
The string she had been desperately holding taut finally snapped.
The moment she hit the ground, her vision went black, and she completely lost consciousness.
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“Demon King, my lord, are you really going to the human world?”
In the Demon King’s Castle, the girl named Melu held a broom, puzzled as she asked the young Demon King before her.
“What’s wrong?” Ville looked at the demon maid.
“Demon King, my lord, I heard about this from others. You’re planning to go to the human world alone, and quite a few people are discussing your decision.”
“What’s everyone’s attitude?”
“They’re all opposed.”
“Is that so?” Ville wasn’t particularly surprised.
“Why, Demon King, my lord?” Melu was very puzzled.
“I want to talk with the human higher-ups, try to resolve some issues between humans and demons through communication.”
“Why not bring others with you?”
“That’s the humans’ request,” Ville replied.
He had tried communicating with the humans; their higher-ups indicated they were willing to talk with him, but he absolutely couldn’t bring others, nor carry armaments or weapons.
These demands sounded a bit excessive, but to change the situation between the two races, he still decided to make the attempt.
“I don’t understand, Demon King, my lord. Why go out of your way to meet the humans’ demands? This will make our kin feel dissatisfied with you, and besides, it’s too dangerous. You should be more cautious.”
“I want to try. No demon has ever communicated with humans. Without understanding each other, how can we set aside our conflicts?”
Ville thought of a person.
It was a companion he had known since childhood.
In Selina, he saw some special possibilities; not all humans were enemies.
“The human side is also yearning for peace. I’m willing to believe that there’s this goodwill in their hearts. Someone has to change the status quo, so let me be the first.”