Chapter 771: Hyperion Feels Like She Has Scored Twice
Sixteen hours ago.
Demon Realm, Nakalis.
Under the sky covered with thunderclouds, the Demon King's Palace, hidden in the mist, loomed like a phantom.
The winding path passed through the square in front of the Demon Realm and led directly to the heavy doors of the castle.
In the throne room of the Demon King's Palace.
"Hmm..."
Huprienne slowly woke up from her deep sleep and hummed with fatigue.
Her long silver hair cascaded down like a waterfall, softly covering her black gauze skirt, and the hem of the skirt lightly fell at the foot of the throne.
At this moment, her amber pupils no longer disguised as human, but turned back into the most real demon eyes, and her hair was no longer simply tied with a ribbon, and she could feel the cool touch of the jewelry hair accessories from the Demon Realm.
Huprienne raised her head in a trance, and she was sitting on a majestic throne.
This morning, she and four great demons had just arrived at Brillda, the capital of the Cremon Empire. Before they had time to meet Miss Unity, the allied spy of the Kingdom of Canberra who was responsible for contacting them, they hurriedly took Antanas and others to the Void Gate of Brillda and entered the Shadow World at nine o'clock.
The ground of the castle courtyard was paved with intricate and mysterious patterned stone slabs, and the indoor fountain splashed faint blue particles until the throne room at the deepest part. Rows of black armor stood on both sides, and the hall was filled with a suffocating deep atmosphere.
Last time in the Shadow World, she also opened her eyes here, in the hell-like Ten Thousand Demons Hall, and she was the core of this meeting.
No doubt.
She returned to the palace of the Demon King City Nakalis.
If nothing unexpected happens, this is the final node of the Shadow World of the Blood Moon Destruction Series.
At the end of the story, she will see the end of this era.
Unlike the last time she was scared, she is now familiar with this throne room.
It's simply her home.
And there's a trustworthy mother, Kaliela.
Hyperion heaved a sigh of relief and resumed her princess' demeanor.
Looking at the ministers sitting on both sides of the throne room.
The demons gathered in the hall have different looks, most of them are majestic.
Some of the demon nobles have magic power comparable to Antanas and Pranai, or even more powerful.
Presumably today is another major issue for the demons, and all the great demons have been summoned here.
Soon, Hyperion scanned several familiar figures on the seats.
Antanas and the other four great demons were all there.
They also looked as if they had just woken up from a dream.
Hyperion couldn't help but feel a little fortunate.
This time, she didn't start the Shadow World alone in the Demon Realm.
Instead, there were four great demon challengers accompanying her.
Antanas and the others seemed to have obtained the status of civil officials in the current Demon Realm, and they were her absolute supporters.
But it doesn't matter anyway. With Kaliela around, she won't be lonely and afraid.
By the way, where is Kaliela?
Hyperion subconsciously wanted to turn around and look for Kaliela's location.
"Your Highness, who are you looking for?"
A flat female voice came from behind, and the tone was cold and piercing, which made Hyperion's hair stand on end.
The coldness that surged from the heart made Hyperion tremble all over, and she wanted to activate the invisibility spell to escape from here.
This voice... is not Kaliela?
"..."
Hyperion forced herself to calm down and tried her best to control her expression.
As long as she was still the demon princess sitting in this position.
Even if the assistant behind her was not Kaliela, there would not be much danger.
But the question was where was Kaliela, Kaliela was neither beside the throne nor in the audience.
Hyperion turned back slightly.
Seeing a female demon standing behind her with a sinister face and cold temperament, her eyes were like a pool of stagnant water, which made Hyperion shudder.
Although the other party was a mature beauty, she was morbid. A scorpion tail with distinct joints swayed behind her, as if the tip of the tail would drip deadly venom at any time.
And when the other party saw Hyperion, she actually smiled.
There was a smile on her face, but not in her pupils, or it could be said that her dark pupils were in chaos and it was unclear what she was thinking.
"Your Highness is staring at me like this, do you have anything to say?"
The scorpion-tailed demon looked at Hyperion and asked.
"Nothing, I just think you are very beautiful."
Hupian nodded politely, turned her head quickly, and sat upright on the throne.
"Oh?"
The scorpion-tailed demon seemed very surprised by this answer, and her voice had a hint of emotion that had never been there before.
The other party did not ask much, just looked at the clock, waiting for the time of today's meeting to start.
Hyperion fell into anxiety.
Not only because of the strange and dangerous demon behind him, but more importantly, Hyperion did not understand where Kaliela had gone.
This scorpion-tailed demon may not be as strong as Kaliela, but the powerful aura on his body still made Hyperion feel immeasurable.
The other demons present at the bottom of the stairs showed respect to her, Hyperion, and correspondingly, many showed fear of the demon behind her.
The presence of the scorpion-tailed demon made the atmosphere of the entire throne room more solemn and depressing. All the demons were carefully considering their attitudes, fearing that they would anger this evil god.
Hyperion hesitated, not sure whether she should ask the demon who replaced Kaliela beside her at this moment.
The other party is a powerful demon, and his temperament seems to be very cold, and there is a taste of years of precipitation.
But Hyperion did not feel normal maternal nature from the other party, only a chaotic sense of evil.
Just talking to this scorpion-tailed demon could be dangerous.
If there is a choice, Hyperion would rather run down from the stage and find the Ice Witch.
But she is a princess now, it is not suitable for her to do strange or impolite things, and she can't bring the attention of the scorpion-tailed demon behind her to the teacher. Hyperion is very sure that this scorpion-tailed demon is at least the general level as Pranay said, and it has the pressure of the six-seal quasi-king, and is only a little different from the seven-seal Kaliela.
Before figuring out the situation, she chose to remain silent and wait for the other party to speak.
On weekdays, Hyperion has been accustomed to getting along with the demons. She is surrounded by relatives and friends every day, and can also get along well with the demons of the era of Maye Qing.
The question is here again.
Where is Maye Qing?
Where is Lord Misty?
Where is Lord Thunder?
How come the three of them are gone like Kaliela?
With these two generals and one civil official, Hyperion will also feel that she is not afraid of any vampires, and can even fight against the ninth level.
This timeline makes Hyperion feel very strange.
The more Hyperion thinks about it, the more she can't figure out whether this familiar yet unusual new timeline is really connected to their last shadow world and the old demon city Nakalis.
"By the way... how are the vampires doing recently?"
Hyperion couldn't help but ask the scorpion-tailed demon behind her a question.
Since the palace of the demon city is still intact and the demons can still gather here to hold a meeting, it means that the situation outside may not be too dangerous.
If she guessed correctly, Lanqi and she will start in different places again.
He may still be the prime minister of the Polant Empire, leading the coalition forces to fight against the vampires.
Just thinking that Lanqi might be alone, with no one to support him and accompany him, Hyperion felt sad.
"..."
"Your Highness, are you still obsessed with the vampires?"
The scorpion-tailed demon sneered, and the voice floated into Hyperion's ears.
"What do you mean?"
Huprienne didn't understand what the other party meant.
The vampires outside were staring at them to the north every day, and they were mortal enemies with their demons and the Polant Empire. How could she not pay attention to the vampires?
"The vampires surrendered three years ago and are now very stable. You don't have to worry about them anymore."
The scorpion-tailed demon answered concisely.
She didn't care much about the vampires.
Just like she wouldn't remember the names of her defeated generals.
"Your Highness, you just need to focus on the demon world. The past is over, and there is no need to keep any shadow of the old dream."
The mysterious demon behind Hyperion sighed, as if he was no longer surprised by the princess's nostalgic behavior.
"..."
Huprienne was speechless, listening to the great demon.
The blood clan lost?
How many years have passed?
What else does this shadow world need to fight?
She originally thought that the last shadow world of the blood moon world was the final battle of the war, but she didn't expect that it had come to the post-war stage and became a state comparable to passing the level.
Why was it so smooth...
Huprienne felt that such a great victory was a little unbelievable.
"Your Highness, did you dream of some bad memories of the past again?"
The scorpion-tailed great demon observed Hyperion's expression and asked Hyperion.
"... Yeah."
Huprienne pretended to have just woken up, with a trace of confusion in her eyes, and obeyed the great demon.
Since the other party had no intention of hurting her, she nodded obediently.
And for some reason, the other party's soul-stirring voice made her not want to resist her.
No, this seemed to be a magic sound that controlled the mind.
Every cell in Hyperion's body was telling her that the demon behind her was no good, but she almost let down her guard because of the other party's voice!
If Hyperion hadn't often heard the magic sound of the poet of great love, and Hyperion had been trained by Lanqi in the music classroom of Purgatory Corridor Academy to resist music magic, Hyperion felt that she would be obedient to the scorpion-tailed demon if she wasn't careful.
Although everything in this world can be a Calyera, Talia can be a princess-form Calyera, the ice witch teacher is a snow-girl-form Calyera, and Lanqi is a male Calyera, but the scorpion-tailed Calyera behind her is not good no matter how you think about it.
Everything is weird.
There is ominousness in the peace.
The more Hyperion thought about it, the more anxious she became. Hyperion really didn't know what was going on now.
[Shadow World: Eternal Punishment]
[Level: Level 8]
[Total number of challengers: 9]
Just as Hyperion was thinking about the answer, she saw the information emerging from the Shadow World——
[Twelve years ago, you followed him back to the Polant Empire. ]
[The good times didn't last long. The Polant Empire immediately became the first front after the war began, and was madly retaliated and marched all out by the Horning Empire. ]
[For your safety, Kaliela ordered you to be recalled, and you returned to the Demon Realm with Sieglei under the protection of the Demon King's Army. ]
[Although you don't want to leave him alone on the front line, for the sake of the overall situation, you must protect Sieglei and return to the Demon Realm. ]
[Six years ago, the Vampires launched key battles that determined the direction of the war. The Battle of Oberon, the Encirclement and Annihilation of the Land of Evernight, and the Defense of Nekalis all broke out in the same year. 】
[After paying huge sacrifices, the northern countries led by the Pollant Empire successfully withstood the offensive and joined forces with the demons to defend Naikalis, the logistics and military support center of the demon world. 】
After reading this, Hyperion finally let go of her hanging heart.
The shadow world prompt she saw should be the twelve-year story from the perspective of Miss Witch under this projection timeline.
[Under the desperate protection of the Fallen Lord Kaliera, you who should have died in late autumn many years ago survived again. 】
[After all, your survival has not brought about any change. You will still lose if you should lose, and you will win if you should win. You know that you should not drag him down and can only watch him go further and further away. 】
[You know that his body is like black iron and his heart is like glass. Before the troubled times are ended, he will not waver in any way. Even if fate takes away more from him, it will not be able to stop his strength. You are destined to gradually be unable to keep up with him. . 】
[The most important thing you can do for him is to ensure that you survive, wait for him to return one day, and leave him a pure land of soul forever. 】
[Three years ago, the northern countries led by the Paulante Empire were victorious. 】
[But you haven't been able to wait for him to come back. 】
[You are very worried, you don’t understand what is wrong with him now. 】
[But you have too much time to take care of yourself now. There has been a lot of turmoil in the demon world recently. You also need his help. You can only find a way to find him. 】
[Mission Objective 1: Protect the little spark left by Kaliela. 】
[Task Objective 2: Understand the state of mind of Lancross of the Black Sun. (Unfinished)]
[Mission Objective 3: All challengers survive until the end of the 21-day time limit. 】
【……】
"...?"
Hyperion's heart trembled after reading it.
The little spark that Caliera left behind?
What happened to Caliera?
She had no idea what the second mission objective was, but the first mission objective was undoubtedly hers.
"Excuse me, Fallen Lord Kaliela..."
Hyperion became more and more anxious as she thought about it, and finally couldn't bear to inquire about the big demon behind her, her tone was slightly weak.
"Forget Kaliera, she is already in the past tense. At this moment, you only need to bear in mind the name of Merogas, the blasphemous one I blasphemed."
The great scorpion-tailed demon said proudly, with the domineering aura of an absolutely powerful man in his voice.
"Now I am the demon regent, they are not."
She looked down at the officials in the audience and showed a slightly malicious smile.
Hyperion was stunned for a moment.
Calliera, past tense?
She suppressed the tears that were almost uncontrollable, pursed her lips, her eyes flashed with hot crystal light, and finally the tears began to fall down.
She couldn't accept this fact.
Coming to the shadow world of this era, her biggest expectation is to see Kaliela.
It turns out that just twelve years after her arrival, Kaliera was gone forever.
"I don't want not to see Kaliela..."
She whimpered aggrievedly, and her tears wetted the skirt she was holding tightly with her hands.
"Your Highness, I should have told you not to mention Kaliela in front of me again. Did you just challenge my authority?"
Melogas smiled sinisterly, bent down and stared at Hyperion from the side, his snake-like eyes were heart-stopping.
"..."
Hyperion's crying suddenly stopped, and her pupils were locked by Melogas, unable to move.
She tensed her back as if falling into an ice cave. She had never encountered such a terrifying female demon and that clammy magic power.
At that moment, she felt that if she continued to anger the blasphemous Qing, she might give him a punishment beyond death on the spot.
"Don't be afraid, Your Highness, how could I hurt you? After all, I am your aunt."
The blasphemous Lord Melogas turned to smile like a mask and said to Hyperion,
"As long as you obey my words, you will be my good girl. No one can take you away from me..."