Unnoticed, the Old Demon Faction members near the border of the Moon Demon Territory quietly retreated. They had received news that the curse on the Succubus had been dispelled. At this point, there was no longer any chance of harming her.
So, following their leader’s retreat, the members of the Original Demon also withdrew from the area, continuing their infiltration of the Demon Realm.
“Well, that was a close call,” Danas said, snapping his fingers after receiving the news. His father’s failure was exactly what he wanted. Now, his father had retreated, and even the Moon Apostle, who was seemingly carrying out the mission of searching for the Succubus, but was actually monitoring his actions, had also retreated unwillingly, proving the mission’s failure.
Of course…
“Your father and that colleague of yours are definitely still suspicious of you,” the girl’s voice came from behind Danas.
Danas wasn’t fazed.
“It’s only natural to be suspected,” he said calmly, “In such an organization, expecting trust is wishful thinking.”
He knew how ruthless, cold, suspicious, and cautious his father was. If it weren’t for wanting an “insurance policy,” he wouldn’t have been born, nor would he have survived until now.
As for the Moon Apostle, that woman had always disliked him.
Therefore, Danas was prepared for this.
“Then what are you going to do next?” the girl asked, “Your Seventh Demon Lord Creation Plan is nearing completion. You don’t have much time left, do you?”
“I know,” Danas said nonchalantly, “But there’s no point in rushing. For my plan to succeed, I have to wait for my father to make his move.”
“But what if your father directly devours that almost completed true Demon Lord Larva and becomes the seventh Demon Lord himself?” the girl asked tentatively, “What will you do then?”
“Don’t worry,” Danas smiled, “I have a plan.”
“That’s good,” the girl chuckled, “I’ll wait and see.”
“You won’t be disappointed,” Danas promised, a fearless smile on his face, then he murmured, “This peace won’t last much longer, this world.”
“Indeed,” the girl said, as if imagining a certain scene, her tone joyful, “Chaos is coming. I’m looking forward to it more and more.”
“I hope we can reap all the benefits from this chaos,” Danas said, smiling expectantly, “That way, our lives won’t have been in vain.”
“Heh,” the girl chuckled, whether in agreement or disdain, then fell silent.
Danas brushed off the dust on his clothes, about to turn and leave, then paused, looking in a certain direction. There, a vortex suddenly appeared, a mysterious vortex emitting a strange light and fluctuation.
“That’s… the aura of time…?” the girl’s surprised voice reached Danas’s ears.
“The aura of time?” Danas raised an eyebrow, “Could it be…?”
Before he could finish, a figure enveloped in colorful light emerged from the time vortex.
It was a goddess who seemed to embody the passage of time, yet without any sense of age or weariness, but rather a vibrant aura.
“Which time period did I arrive at this time?” the goddess asked, her voice pleasant, like three voices overlapping, with echoes and emphasis, incredibly unique.
“As expected…” Danas’s eyes flickered.
The cloaked Magic Fighters around him reacted, about to step forward and protect him, but Danas stopped them with a raised hand.
“Huh?” The goddess noticed Danas, as if seeing a savior, and quickly flew towards him.
“Hello,” she asked, her voice echoing, “Can you tell me what time it is?”
Danas was silent for a moment, then smiled.
“Of course, beautiful lady,” he said, bowing politely and respectfully, “It’s the thousandth year of the Peace Calendar. Does this answer help you?”
The “Peace Calendar” referred to the calendar used after the war between the three races ended, the Demon King was vanquished, and the various races signed a peace treaty.
The thousandth year of the Peace Calendar meant a thousand years had passed since the beginning of the peaceful era.
“Ah!” The goddess was overjoyed, “Then has any important event happened in the Demon Realm recently?”
“Yes, my lady,” Danas said politely, still maintaining his gentle and refined demeanor, “For example, in the past week, there was a great battle between Kamina, the Poison Demon, and a mysterious Evil God, an incident where the passage to the Human Realm malfunctioned and collapsed, and even the Hero, reappeared after a thousand years, is about to marry Airi, the Dragon Demon. These are all recent hot topics.”
Hearing this, the goddess’s eyes brightened. Although a flicker of guilt appeared in her eyes when she heard about the passage collapsing, upon hearing about the Hero’s arrival, she became excited.
“Wonderful! I’ve finally returned to the correct time!” She clapped her hands joyfully, twirling in mid-air. She was truly innocent, naive, and adorable.
Compared to her, although Danas’s smile was gentlemanly, it also seemed cunning.
“Are you looking for that legendary Hero?” he asked, seemingly friendly.
“Yes!” The goddess nodded vigorously, “I’ve been looking for him for a long time, about ten years, I think?”
“Really?” Danas said, feigning surprise, “You’ve worked hard.”
“Right?” The goddess, as if finding someone to confide in, said with a sad face, “Without a reference point, I couldn’t find the correct entry point in time, so I could only travel randomly, sometimes ending up hundreds of years in the past, sometimes hundreds of years in the future. If it weren’t for the Demon Realm only existing for a thousand years, we might have even traveled back to the time before its creation.”
“The Demon King existed back then, very scary.” She patted her chest, still feeling a lingering fear, “And we wouldn’t be normal existences in that time period. If we interfered with spacetime and changed the future, then the world’s Logic would force us into the river of time, making us correct history and guide it towards the original future. If that happened, we wouldn’t know how long it would take to return.”
“…That does sound difficult,” Danas said after a moment of silence, then asked casually, “But you’ve been to the future? I’m curious, what’s the future like?”
The goddess answered without any hesitation.
“It’s completely different from now! At least, the Demon Realm hundreds of years later is completely different from the current one.”
“For example?” Danas asked, feigning curiosity.
“For example…” The goddess thought for a moment, then said uncertainly, “There are more Demon Lords?”
Danas fell silent.
Then, the goddess seemed to remember something important and said hurriedly,