NCCnovel Chapter 862 - 862
Chapter 862 - 862
Kyouya Mitsurugi took out a healing potion from his belongings with a look of self-blame and sprinkled it on Jedius. Before long, Jedius's injuries were healed.As a demon, Eiji possessed the power to manipulate causality.
He had just drawn upon the causality of death—if the two dared to take even one step forward, the outcome awaiting them would be certain death!
However, Jedius's bravery had earned him a sliver of Eiji's respect, so at the last moment, Eiji had held back.
Otherwise, Jedius would have been torn apart by now.
"...I have a wish!"
Jedius shakily rose to his feet. Though his expression was frail, his eyes held astonishing determination.
"I want to end the war!"
"Oh?"
Eiji curled his lips in amusement.
"I know that ten years ago, such a naive idea would have been utterly impossible to realize. But now, the situation has changed!"
The blond, blue-eyed youth spoke calmly and steadily.
A decade ago, the conflict between demons and humans was brutal. Neither side spared civilians, often causing widespread devastation. When a city fell, tens of thousands could perish at the hands of demons!
But ten years ago, Wiz stormed the Demon King's Castle and forced the old Demon King to sign a pact forbidding harm to civilians. Since then, the war situation had gradually improved, and the demons steadily restrained their behavior.
Now, a decade later, the demons no longer killed a single civilian. The war was limited to clashes between the Demon Lord Army and the knights or adventurers, minimizing harm to non-combatants.
These days, only occasional small-scale skirmishes occurred between the two sides, with no large-scale battles breaking out.
All of this was thanks to Wiz.
Without her, humanity would still be living in fear and misery, with no end in sight.
Now, ending the war was no longer just a dream!
"Was it this desire to end the war that gave you the strength to break free from the causality of death?"
"Exactly!"
Jedius nodded resolutely.
"Though we may still be enemies on the surface, I know that humans and demons have long been integrating. Various demons now live in human cities—this itself is proof that peace is possible!"
In this day and age, it was even possible to see demons like succubi running businesses in human towns, even in beginner villages.
Admittedly, there were still many demons with ill intentions toward humans, but hope for peace was far from lost!
Jedius had always been committed to this cause.
The old Demon King had always remained in the Demon King's Castle, which was protected by a barrier that no one, not even gods, could breach, leaving Jedius powerless.
But now, a new Demon King had replaced the old one and had appeared near a beginner village. Unlike the reclusive old Demon King, the new one often ventured out, giving Jedius a chance to change the status quo!
For this reason, he had specially gathered such a large team, endured countless hardships, disregarded his own safety, ventured deep into enemy territory, and finally broke through to the fifth floor to face the Demon King!
"We came here because we admire Your Highness's determination!" Kyouya Mitsurugi said with a look of respect.
"Eh? Is that so?" Yuyu swallowed nervously and quickly tried to make herself less noticeable.
She had been completely unaware of this matter, after all, she was just an adventurer hired by Jedith.
"I see." Eiji nodded in admiration.
No wonder Jedith, despite not being recognized by the divine artifact and being far inferior to Iris in strength, could surpass her and become the undisputed heir to the throne.
This prince indeed had some skills, worthy of being Iris's brother.
"However, you cannot defeat me." Eiji folded his hands in front of his abdomen.
Though he still sat with his legs crossed, this undoubtedly meant he was finally taking things a bit more seriously.
"That's right..." Jedith nodded gravely.
The new Demon King was too powerful!
As expected of someone who forced the old Demon King to abdicate through sheer strength—they couldn't even get close to him. Without needing to release a hint of hostility, he could kill them all with a wave of his hand!
"But I can give you a chance." However, the words that followed from the Demon King's mouth made Jedith's eyes light up.
"As long as you can break through the barrier and enter the Demon King's Castle, I will order the Demon Lord Army to cease the war with humanity!"
"Enter the Demon King's Castle?"
"Correct. Not this miniature Demon King's Castle, but the real one!"
"This..." Jedith immediately furrowed his brows.
That massive Demon King's Castle coiled at the northern edge of the continent!
Surrounded by a barrier jointly maintained by the Eight Generals, it remained unbroken to this day. Aside from the "Ice Witch" of the past, no one had ever entered that castle!
Even the Ice Witch back then didn't break the barrier head-on—she entered the castle through teleportation with the help of a noble figure, who some say was the Great Duke of Hell, Barnier.
In short, absolutely no one could break that barrier now!
If they could break the barrier, they would have already stormed in and forced the old Demon King to sign a peace treaty!
It was precisely because they couldn't that they came to Axel to find you, the new Demon King!
"Let me give you a hint." Seeing Jedith's troubled expression and knowing the task was nearly impossible, Eiji added another statement.
"The barrier around the Demon King's Castle is extremely sturdy. Even a battle-hardened god cannot break it without a special divine artifact—but that's only when the barrier is maintained by all Eight Generals together. In fact, if the barrier is maintained by just two generals, a god could easily shatter it!"
Jedith perked up his ears, listening intently, but grew more and more alarmed.
A god?
Where would he find a god?
And even one god could only break a barrier maintained by two generals—what use would that be? There were eight generals on the other side!
"From what I know, there are at least two gods in this country." Eiji dropped a bombshell.
Airi Yasaka frowned deeply.
She moved her lips as if to speak, but ultimately remained silent.
"If we could find those two deities, breaking the barrier maintained by the four generals would be effortless... However, that depends on whether you can accomplish it!"
Eiji looked meaningfully at Jedius.
"You mean..."
A flicker of understanding crossed Jedius' expression—he was no fool and immediately grasped the implication in Eiji's words.
"I understand! Thank you, Your Majesty the Demon King!"
He expressed his gratitude to Eiji with utmost sincerity.
Then, supported by Kyouya Mitsurugi, he began making his way toward the palace exit.
Yuyu shuddered slightly before hastily and stealthily following after them.