Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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When Luo Mi woke up, he was met with a pair of bright red eyes.
He paused for a moment, the new knowledge crammed into his head making him subconsciously put some kind of anti-biting device or mouth ring on his face.
The demon Anos noticed the strange look in Luo Mi’s eyes and frowned slightly: “What did Zixiang do to you?”
Luo Mi snapped back to reality and gave a dry laugh: “Nothing… uh, how did you know?”
The demon Anos scoffed, “How could I not detect if you used magic on me?”
Seeing that Luo Mi was in a stable state, they guessed that he was communicating with Lord Zixiang, so they didn’t dare to disturb him. Of course, it would be best if Lord Zixiang could be sensible.
Judging from the results, it was clear that Lord Zixiang was very clever.
The demon Anos’s gaze fell on Luo Mi’s lower abdomen— where there was a pale green light invisible to ordinary people: “Did Zixiang give this to you?”
Luo Mi rubbed his face, clearing the clutter from his mind, and organized his thoughts before recounting his conversation with Lord Zixiang— of course, omitting some content that wouldn’t pass censorship.
The demon Anos relaxed his brow and chuckled, “Zixiang is as cowardly as ever.”
He reached out and touched Luo Mi’s lower abdomen. “This bloodline power is currently sealed. To be on the safe side, wait until I find you two more before you try to digest it.”
Luo Mi thought so too: “Will leaving this here have any side effects?”
“No.” The demon Anos flickered his fingertips with magic, checking Luo Mi’s condition. “If there’s anything unusual, I’ll have an excuse to cause trouble for Zixiang.”
At this point, a hint of regret even crept into his voice.
Luo Mi thought to himself that Lord Zixiang was so timid probably because she was frightened by you.
After finishing his business, the demon Anos lingered for a while, trying to find an excuse to stay in Luo Mi’s tent.
Based on his understanding of Luo Mi, he knew that if he showed even the slightest weakness or attachment, Luo Mi would easily indulge and give in. Furthermore, the succubus’s nature made Luo Mi extremely craving their bodies, so…
“Why aren’t you leaving yet?” Luo Mi looked at him with his round eyes and urged, “Go back quickly.”
The demon Anos stared intently at the cruel succubus.
The look that used to easily win him over failed this time. Luo Mi avoided his gaze, but his attitude of driving him away remained unchanged.
Even after being chased back to his tent, the demon Anos still found it hard to believe.
This never happened when he was competing for favor with his other self!
It must be Zixiang whispering something in his ear to that innocent little succubus! The demon Anos narrowed his eyes, somewhat regretting not going along.
….
The next day, after getting up, Luo Mi told the Holy Son Anos about Lord Zixiang’s goodwill again.
The Holy Son listened attentively and nodded, saying, “According to the records of the Holy See, Lord Zixiang rarely provoked the Holy See. Several times when the Holy See sent expeditionary forces into the Demon Realm, Lord Zixiang mostly avoided them. Even when she captured the Knight Legion, she did not harm their lives.”
“Of course, the knights of the Holy See are also excellent food for succubi…” Luo Mi muttered to himself, then said, “Then we don’t need to go looking for her, right?”
The Holy Son pondered for a moment: “Indeed, she just happened to be passing by and did this on a whim. But won’t this energy have any negative effects on your body? I think it’s better to separate it.”
Luo Mi shook his head: “The lord said no.”
Saint Anos said naturally, “His judgment may not be accurate, and even if it is accurate, he may not tell you the whole story.”
Luo Mi thought to himself: Why are you so skilled at applying eye drops[1]? Did you learn to be bad from the demon Anos?
The demon Anos snapped his fingers, causing the tents and other objects to vanish into magic, before scoffing, “Speaking ill of others behind their backs is the decorum of a Holy Son of the Church?”
The Holy Son Anos said, “I am saying this to your face.”
Luo Mi couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
Before the demon Anos could cast a malevolent glance his way, Luo Mi quickly composed himself and said, “We should continue on our way.”
….
After traversing the territory of Lord Zixiang, they finally arrived at their destination: the territory of Lord Blackwing.
Before arriving, Luo Mi had a lot of curiosity about the Blackwing Lord’s place.
This was, after all, the territory managed by half of Anos’s soul, and the end of their journey. What secrets could be hidden here?
When they actually arrived, Luo Mi was slightly disappointed: this place was not much different from the other demon realms. However, compared to the chaos and disorder of other territories, the demons here had formed communities, and each demon community had a ruler to maintain order, making this territory seem more like a human town.
Apart from that, there was nothing special.
Seemingly sensing Luo Mi’s disappointment, the demon Anos snorted softly, “Don’t rush, let’s go deeper into the territory.”
Luo Mi estimated the distance: “It will take several more days to get there.”
“We’ll be there soon.” The demon Anos drew a circle in the air with his index finger, a trace of magic flashing and disappearing in an instant.
Before long, a huge magic circle appeared in front of them.
The Holy Son examined it for a moment, then raised an eyebrow slightly: “Summoning?”
“Come on.” The demon Anos beckoned to Luo Mi. “This summoning magic circle can just hold two people. We can go over there. Let him wait for us here.”
Luo Mi twitched the corner of his mouth, glanced at the Holy Son Anos, and sighed: “Stop fooling around.”
“I’m not kidding you.” The demon Anos spread his hands. “This summoning circle is actually for me to move quickly within my territory. I usually only bring one subordinate with me.”
The most powerful demon paused, then conceded, “How about this, I’ll give him the location and coordinates, and let him fly there himself, it’ll just be a little slower.”
Are you serious? Luo Mi’s lips twitched slightly, and he finally offered his suggestion: “Why don’t you two just merge again?”
The demon and the holy son exchanged a glance, then simultaneously looked away, both revealing expressions of disgust.
Before Luo Mi could even try to persuade him, the demon Anos looked at the holy son Anos again and suddenly curled up the corners of his mouth: “If you’re willing to beg me, I’m not unwilling to compromise myself a little.”
The Holy Son glanced at him indifferently, then turned his azure eyes to Luo Mi, revealing only a clear trust and tenderness.
Looking at him like that, Luo Mi had no way of agreeing. So he took a deep breath and said, “My lord, I thought we had reached a consensus that we would not abandon anyone— so I will not abandon His Highness, nor will I abandon you.”
At this point, Luo Mi seemed to recall that he had little credibility in this area in the past, and earnestly added, “I promise, at least from now on.”
The last sentence softened the demon lord’s expression.
He said to Luo Mi in a somewhat fierce tone, “You’d better remember that.”
Only after speaking did he reluctantly turn into a shadow and merge with the Holy Son.
Luo Mi stared at Anos’s heterochromatic eyes, one blue and one red, for a moment, and felt a pang of sadness. It seemed that his decision to abandon the Blackwing Lord and follow the Holy Son had left a shadow on this powerful demon.
It seems that all he wanted was this promise, even if it was just a promise.
Luo Mi pursed his lips, letting the temporarily merged Anos hold him in his arms, and walked into the summoning magic circle.
….
When they opened their eyes again, they had already arrived at the depths of the Demon Realm.
Luo Mi’s pupils contracted slightly, as if he could hardly believe the town he was seeing.
A row of utility poles stood on both sides of the smooth cement road, surrounded by buildings of varying heights. Lights shone sporadically behind glass windows, and rows of display screens could be vaguely seen through the open windows. The glass covers of the nearby streetlights were broken, but this did not prevent the streetlights inside from emitting a soft light, casting long shadows on the ground.
Luo Mi stared blankly at the scene before him, his voice slightly hesitant as he spoke, “What is this?”
Earth?
Anos gently placed him on the ground and replied, “These are the remains of the Fifth Epoch.”
The Fifth Era? Luo Mi’s frozen thought process finally started working again, recalling a description he had heard before: “The era known as the Glorious Era, but which ended after only five hundred years?”
The fact that it didn’t sound like Earth made Luo Mi’s tense mood relax a lot.
Upon closer inspection, Luo Mi noticed that although the scene before him was very similar to modern society, there were many differences in the details. For example, there were many doorplates with an ancient European style, and although it had clearly entered the stage of electrical civilization, it was surprisingly quite backward in some aspects, presenting a different course of civilization development than Earth.
Anos nodded: “The Glorious Era was destroyed by divine punishment, and after destroying the Omega Empire, the gods also swapped the territory of the Omega Empire with the Demon Realm.”
This information surprised Luo Mi quite a bit: “Why?”
Anos shook his head: “My guess is that God wants to erase any trace of the Fifth Age, but I can’t be sure yet.”
What would be the significance of erasing the Fifth Age for the God? But it seems to have been quite successful… Luo Mi recalled everything she had seen in this world, and indeed there was not much information related to the Fifth Age.
Anos spread his black wings and pointed to the church in the center of the town: “Let’s go, our destination is there.”
Luo Mi also spread his wings and flew behind, observing the town along the way. Suddenly, he remembered something: “So, the territory of the Duchy used to belong to the Demon Realm?”
“Yes. So the rampant demons in the duchy are not only due to the indulgence of the nobles, but also because that land itself has bred countless demons. This is not something the Papacy can solve in a short time; it can only be purified through the establishment of churches and a sacred system, relying on faith to cleanse the land generation after generation.”
Now Luo Mi understood why the Blackwing Lord had held a ceremony in the Duchy of Perde earlier.
The town, now just the ruins, wasn’t very big, and the two of them quickly flew to the church in the center of town.
The interior of the church still maintained a similar style to the churches in the Light Domain, except for the addition of many messy wires and indicator lights, making it look more like a large power distribution center than a church.
In the very center of the church, where a cross should hang, there was now a silver oval sphere about two meters long and wide, connected to all the wires, with a lens in the middle that looked like a projector.
Anos walked up to the silver ball, stared at it quietly for a while with his heterochromatic eyes, and then said, “I brought Lian.”
Luo Mi held his breath, suddenly feeling a little nervous.
The silver elliptical lens lit up, emitted a humming sound like a computer case starting up, and then projected a phantom shadow.
The figure was dressed in a pure white robe, with silver hair flowing smoothly over its shoulders, and even its eyes were silver.
His face was handsome, with a look that Luo Mi was very familiar with: almost exactly like Anos.
Luo Mi felt a sense of relief, as if another shoe had dropped. He wasn’t surprised; instead, he felt a sense of relief.
The system had never specified how many Anos there were in the tasks it marked for him, so Luo Mi had also guessed the existence of other Anos, and the silver-eyed angel God Heart was naturally a prime suspect.
Anos’s silvery-white eyes fell on Luo Mi in the projection, a slight smile curving his lips, his voice carrying a hint of electricity: “It’s nice to see you again, Lian.”
“Or perhaps, should I call you Luo Mi?”
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[1] Applying eye drops figuratively means to secretly cause someone to suffer injustice or trouble by reporting on them to a leader or superior in an exaggerated or malicious manner. It is similar to gossiping or “snitching” to create problems for someone else.
