A Demon's Journey

Shun gasped aloud as he heard the cost of activating the Saint Stele. He was hoping it wasn't something like this. But the reality disappointed him.

He took a deep breath and spoke with a resolute look, "Even if that's the case, you have to do it. You must activate that Saint Stele. Killing a Demon God at the cost of your life is indeed worth it."

King Valliadis had a forced smile on his face as he heard Shun's words. He responded, "I knew you would say something like that. Actually, I was preparing for this situation. This is why I want David to advance to the 6 Star Warrior."

"I will pass all my responsibilities and powers to him before activating the Saint Stele. That should be okay, right?" King Valliadis asked.

Meanwhile, Shun pondered deeply '…If the king dies so suddenly, the entire Kingdom will split apart. It would be much better to wait for David to reach the 6 Star Rank and start handling the entire Kingdom.'

"Alright. I agree to wait for some time, but if I feel that you are backing out at the right moment, I will kill you. At that time, I won't see who stands in my way. They will all die," Shun left the Royal Palace after saying those words.

King Valliadis sighed upon hearing those words. He knew his days were numbered. He summoned all his wives and concubines to inform them of his decision. Since King Valliadis had made up his mind, he wasn't going to be half-hearted about it.

In the meantime, the situation in the Glerian Kingdom was reaching a climax.

The Lamhilhan Theocracy's entire forces were focused on dealing with the demons that had emerged within its territory.

These demons belonged to the Yin Devouring Demon Emperor's army and stayed in the nearby Underground Labyrinth of the Demons within the Lamhilhan Theocracy.

Yin Devouring Demon Emperor and the Serene Ghost Demon Emperor had ordered these demons through a mysterious channel to emerge and cause chaos within the Lamhilhan Theocracy.

Thus, the Lamhilhan Theocracy's forces stayed in their territory and fought the demons. However, the Archangels weren't deployed to deal with these demons.

In fact, five Archangels were dispatched to attack the Glerian Kingdom's Royal Family. The Radiant Church seemed very adamant about slaughtering the Glerian Kingdom's Royal Family and gaining full control of this Kingdom.

Azaroth had already gathered enough Death Energy by traveling around. He used a part of that Death Energy to cultivate some skills.

Azaroth's physique changed slightly as it was imbued with a bit of Death Energy. He could make his body intangible, and only those who had gained a high insight into their respective elements could affect it. This skill was known as the Deathly Intangible Body.

Naturally, this skill would be useless against a 7 Star Warrior since an Emperor Ranked Expert possessed a deep insight of a specific law or multiple laws. However, using this skill, Azaroth could fight against a large number of 6 Star Warriors without getting injured.

Moreover, his attacks would be infused with Death Energy that would steal the opponent's life energy.

This Deathly Intangible Body was very hard to maintain since it required a high degree of concentration and consumed a lot of Ardor.

Azaroth still hadn't set up this array since he didn't know where the battle would occur. He was waiting for an opportunity.

Meanwhile, the Demon Emperor within the Glerian Kingdom had already come into contact with Black Hurricane.

Black Hurricane withdrew from the war against the Sinyalian Kingdom after Yin Devouring Demon Emperor visited him.

Black Hurricane soon summoned his main body and used it to contact Ghost Serene Demon Emperor. Ghost Serene Demon Emperor then ordered all their subordinates to emerge from the Underground Labyrinth and raise hell in the Lamhilhan Theocracy.

Meanwhile, the Ghost Serene Demon Emperor secretly crossed the border and had already infiltrated the Glerian Kingdom.

The two Demon Emperors soon heard about Azaroth from Black Hurricane. They were absolutely startled to hear that someone with a Demon God's bloodline was actually roaming in the Glerian Kingdom.

Their eyes immediately shone with insatiable greed. They knew how valuable a Demon God's bloodline was. To become a Demon God, a Demon would have to evolve his bloodline to a Devil Bloodline by undergoing torture at the lowest level of Purgatory. Only then would they reach the threshold to advance to the Demon God rank.

The other method of obtaining a Devil Bloodline was to steal the Blood Essence of a Demon God Bloodline. Well, this was easier said than done.

A Demon God could kill the Demon Emperors with a mere thought. Only the Demon Emperors who had gained a very deep insight into a particular law could last against a Demon God.

This was also easier said than done. A Demon God could sense the world's laws more easily than a Demon Emperor. Thus, it was an extraordinary feat for a Demon Emperor's understanding of a Law to surpass that of a Demon God's understanding of a Law.

However, such examples were found in the human world. A human's comprehension of the laws was indeed much superior to the demons or celestials.

Anyway, the two Demon Emperors included Azaroth in their plan and wanted to steal his Blood Essence to reach the threshold to advance to the Demon God Rank.

After nearly 3 days later, the Archangels arrived near Crario City. Before they could advance into Crario City, Lennard and Bryon emerged from the Royal Palace. Both of them demonstrated a high battle intent as they glared at these Archangels.

Surprisingly, Lennard remained quiet as he observed the two new Archangels. One of these Archangels was holding a Pitch-Black Spear while the other held a Golden Zither.

Meanwhile, Esther and her comrades noticed something different about Lennard and Bryon. The two were holding weapons! Moreover, the aura of their weapons was very impressive!

They immediately understood that these were Natal weapons.

"If you think that you can win against us by bringing nothing but these measly weapons then you couldn't be any more wrong!" Esther shouted as she tried to intimidate Lennard and Bryon.

Meanwhile, Bryon glanced at his son and asked, "…Ready?"

"Yes, father. I am ready," Lennard spoke while raising his Axe. He seemed ready to rush towards these Archangels and attack them with his Axe.

"What are you waiting for? Charge!" Bryon yelled out and Lennard charged at these Archangels.

Lennard instantly became the focus of all the Archangels as he brandished his Warped Skeletal Cleaver.

His swing was extremely powerful, and the battle axe released Demonic Ardor that startled the Archangels.

Esther immediately countered the Warped Skeletal Cleaver by releasing Radiant Light from her Judgement Trident.

The Judgement Trident managed to deal with the Demonic Ardor, but it couldn't stop the Battle Axe.

The Angel with the Pitch-Black Spear immediately attacked and tried to stop Lennard in his tracks, but it proved to be useless.

The Warped Skeletal Cleaver easily pushed away that Spear and headed towards Esther.

Another two Angels appeared and blocked this Warped Skeletal Cleaver with their mighty swords. Their combined might along with the support from the Judgement Trident finally managed to stop Lennard.

Esther suddenly frowned as she noticed that Bryon was no longer at his position. He had disappeared.