As Magie, the Demon Spirit, was slain by Shane and met his deserved fate, Taiger Forest finally regained complete tranquility.
The demons, driven into frenzy by Lilith’s authority, had also mostly calmed down and returned to their habitats to recuperate.
Everything seemingly returned to the way it was before.
However, this was only on the surface.
In the shadows of the ancient forest, darkness continued to roam.
A refined, elegant man from the Demon Clan, accompanied by several figures in black robes, arrived at a cliff that had turned into ruins.
This place was the very cave where Shane had destroyed the Demon Refining Ceremony.
The refined and elegant man from the Demon Clan looked at the ruins of the cave and murmured,
Following his whisper, the ruins in front of him suddenly exploded.
Debris and dust filled the sky, instantly enveloping the area.
Some of the debris and dust floated towards the man from the Demon Clan, but the figures in black robes around him blocked it.
These figures in black robes merely had to position themselves in front of the Demon Clan man and release their magic power, and the powerful, solid magic power blew away the approaching debris and dust, keeping the Demon Clan man unharmed.
Throughout all this, the Demon Clan man did not move at all, nor did his expression change even slightly, standing there indifferently, protected by the crowd of figures in black robes.
His gaze was fixed on the front, clearly seeing the enormous silhouette that was faintly visible within the cloud of dust and debris.
Before long, the dust dissipated.
"Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa——!!!"
A terrifying roar erupted, generating a massive sound wave.
In the midst of the sound wave, a monster appeared, immense and majestic, with dragon wings, the upper body of a human, and the lower body of a centipede.
The atmosphere around it trembled with its presence, fleeting yet intense enough to alarm sensitive demons within a thousand kilometers.
Consequently, demons within a thousand kilometers panicked and fled, as if countless birds were disturbed and frantically flew away.
Feeling the aura of the monster, the Demon Clan man not only did not feel fear but, on the contrary, revealed a smile.
Saying this, the Demon Clan man chanted a very peculiar and profound magic spell in the direction of the monster.
The magic spell seemed to materialize, floating out one after another, surrounding the monster, and then directly branded itself onto the monster’s body.
A dazzling brilliance suddenly flashed from the monster’s body.
The monster burst into a radiant light, black smoke rose around it, and it gradually shrank, transforming into a crystal clear, incredibly conspicuous stone.
The Demon Clan man stepped forward, picked up the stone, inspected it, and nodded in satisfaction.
"As expected, it has been cultivated to the Limit Level and is now usable."
Leaving these words behind, the Demon Clan man turned and summoned one of the figures in black robes by his side.
The figure in black robes approached the Demon Clan man and immediately tore open his own robe, revealing the body beneath.
That body was not much different from a typical member of the Demon Clan.
However, there was a hollow space at the chest, looking somewhat horrifying.
The Demon Clan man then inserted the crystal clear stone into that hollow.
With this insertion, the crystal clear stone merged directly into the dark hollow of the figure, assimilating with the figure as if becoming a piece of flesh, completely filling the void.
A terrifying aura instantly emanated from the figure in the black robe.
The aura effortlessly crossed the Legendary Level and reached the Limit Level in an instant.
This figure in black robes had become a Limit Level powerhouse.
The Demon Clan man witnessed all this and smiled with delight.
"This way, the four Limit Level Demon Warriors are completely ready."
The Demon Clan man’s gaze swept toward the other three hooded figures.
On those three hooded figures, an aura not inferior to the Limit Level faintly emanated.
No one knew that at this moment, in a remote corner of Taiger Forest, there were four Limit Level beings.
Even though these four Limit Level beings were merely puppets manipulated by others.
"What a grand gesture."
A somewhat ethereal female voice suddenly rang out.
"I didn’t expect you to transform the Demon Infants that the organization painstakingly nurtured into materials for fusing with Magic Life, allowing the four Demon Warriors by your side to merge with the Demon Infants nurtured to the Limit Level, absorb the power of the Demon Infants, and thus transform to the Limit Level. You truly deserve to be the strongest Life Creation Mage today, a Great Apostle of the Old Demon Clan Faction’s Primordial Demon, and the only son of the leader. You’ve gained a new respect from me."
Along with such a voice, a woman appeared here at some unknown time.
She was a woman clad only in a white garment, standing barefoot, her skin pale, with long straight black hair, and a tall figure, appearing almost ghost-like and ethereal.
The woman looked at the Demon Clan man, then at the four terrifying Demon Warriors by his side, and couldn’t help but laugh.
"However, in order to nurture your own Demon Warriors, you diverted the precious Demon Infants on your own. Aren’t you afraid of your father causing trouble for you, or the other two Great Apostles seizing the opportunity to bring you down in front of your father, Mister Danass?"
Upon hearing these words, Danass shrugged his shoulders.
"You don’t need to scare me, Miss Moro. I naturally have my father’s permission for this." Danass said with a composed demeanor, even teasing the other party, "On the other hand, is it alright for you to simply wander to such a place? You are now the princess of the Ragna Empire, aren’t you? I heard that there is a prince in the Imperial City who is plotting against you."
Regarding Danass’s teasing, the woman named Moro showed she didn’t care at all.
"That’s what makes it fun." Moro laughed lightly, as if finding some amusement, "I just love to see the descendants of the heroes struggling defiantly before me. That way, when I drag them to the Abyss and they witness true despair, the pain they show makes me happy."
These words were chilling.
Danass, however, was not surprised.
"What poor taste." Danass said indifferently: "This taste can even be compared to my unworthy Apostle."
"That Demon Spirit?" Moro raised an eyebrow, her expression mockingly amused, "So, you just abandoned her like that? Don’t you feel it’s a pity?"
"It’s not that I don’t feel it’s a pity," Danass replied with a smile. "After all, she is the only remaining Demon Spirit in the world, with decent strength. It really is a pity to just discard her."
Yet, there was no trace of regret on Danass’s face.
"That Demon Spirit might seem obedient on the surface, but she is indeed a restless woman," Danass said. "She claimed it was for the future of the ’Primordial Demon’ that she wanted to annihilate Elf Country and destroy the Elf Clan, all in order to satisfy her own pathetic taste for evil; did she really think I wouldn’t see through her?"
"So, you pretended to tell her that you’d support her plan, even going so far as to lend her the completed Demon Infants and those Legendary Demon Refining Ceremonies to attack Elf Country >>
Danass appeared not to want to be targeted by a legendarily evil Demon Spirit.
That way, he could stumble at any moment.
Therefore, Danass simply resorted to using others to eliminate her.
"With so many Demons by Shane Beizitu’s side, plus an Evil God Lillith, even if that Demon Spirit has strong survival skills, she couldn’t possibly escape."
"Actually, that Demon Spirit was quite useful; it’s just that her character is too vile and not very controllable. Moreover, knowing our internal information, she could betray us at any moment. It’s not a bad idea to eliminate her now."
Indeed, Magie would never have imagined that she would end up in her current plight, all thanks to Danass.
"Enough about me, let’s talk about you." Danass changed the subject, looked at Moro, and smiled: "I heard you recently set your sights on a little girl, but you still haven’t caught her and she’s driven you mad, hasn’t she?"
"Hmph." Moro’s smile vanished, and she became visibly displeased, "That little devil indeed knows how to dodge, and she’s extremely wary of me. Every time I make a move, she immediately disappears without a trace, not showing even a slight vulnerability. Really annoying."
"I see." Danass suddenly realized, "No wonder you ran out here; is it because you intentionally disappeared to let the little girl lower her guard and show herself?"
"Something like that." Moro said unsatisfactorily, "Although I don’t know if that little devil will be fooled, my plan in the Empire is nearing its end. If she doesn’t take the bait soon, I’m in trouble."
"You have it tough too." Danass sympathetically said, "I have indeed spent a lot of effort nurturing four Limit Level Demon Warriors, but the path you’ve taken has been even more painstaking; one careless move could cost you everything."
"I will bet everything." Moro fixed her gaze on Danass, word by word, "Aren’t you thinking the same?"
"Indeed." Danass replied lightly, "To secure a place for us in the future, we can only bet everything."
For that, darkness will continue to stir.
Forever, unstoppable.