“Antoine, Desel Obléan?”
Anastasia opened her mouth with a blank expression, as if she were about to throw a bomb.
Elizabeth's attitude towards him was one of confidence, waiting to see how great things would come out of Anastasia.
But soon her expression became as if time had stopped.
The snake-like being mentioned as the one who entered the eclipse zone of the demon god and awakened the eyes of the demon god.
Because it was her father, Antoine de Sel Oblain.
“That’s right. Your father, Antoine de Cel Oblain, it was he who opened the eyes of the demon back then.”
To Elizabeth, who was doubting whether what she heard was true or not,
Anastasia, the priestess of the ancient demon tribe, spoke with a tone that was beyond firm and left no room for disagreement.
"No way. Master clearly stated that Ulysses Schneider alone, with your support, entered the eclipse zone of the Demon God. If my father had been with me, there's no reason he wouldn't have told me."
Elizabeth denied Anastasia's words.
fierce denial,
But it doesn't seem like her.
The 4th Dimensional Torai Elizabeth shows more determination than Anastasia now when she is confident.
That is, Elizabeth herself knows that there are many contradictions in her own words.
"It's a simple matter. I came here without any involvement with Ulysses or Samantha's support. The fact that the Demon God's Eye was opened means that preparations were already sufficient."
Anastasia, who had no intention of showing any consideration for Elizabeth's circumstances, explained the situation with a calmness that went beyond composure.
Antoine de Sel Oblain had completed his personal preparations to the point where he no longer needed Samantha's support.
It was a planned and extremely personal move with no connection to the empire.
‘Why on earth... why did Father open the Eye of the Demon God... the Eye of the Demon God that only those with a heart like a snake can open...’
Eventually, Elizabeth's eyes became one of acceptance of the truth.
Yes. It wasn't just that Antoine stepped into the eclipse zone of the demon and opened its eyes.
What this essentially means is that Antoine is the opposite of Eugene, the darkness that Drake of Enclema refers to.
"Even I was quite surprised by his appearance at the time. Unlike Ulysses Schneider, he didn't have Samantha's support."
Anastasia continued to tell the story of the situation as she perceived it at the time.
“But when I saw the eyes of the demon begin to react, I understood.”
Passu ...
Then, all of a sudden, she summoned a crystal ball from her right hand.
"Magi, it was originally created by connecting with the impure minds of certain intelligent beings. Violence, selfishness, perverted lust, etc. The violence and lust of the demon race are clearly structures that lend themselves well to magi."
The life forms that react to magic are surprisingly diverse. Humans, after all, are creatures that react to magic, but there are those who survived by absorbing it, and they became the demon tribe.
"However, the Demon Race's genes had a weakness. While their violence and lust possessed tremendous endurance and explosive power, they lacked the depth of their illicit motives. And the Eye of the Demon God required a motive of abysmal depth."
Because of the power of the Demon King who received the grace of the Demon God, the Demons tried to open the eyes of the Demon God themselves and bring down such a Demon King.
An ancient project that has been studied for a long time and attempted hundreds of times, but all have failed.
As a demon race that has evolved by focusing on the aspect of stability in maintaining magic, it has not been able to satisfy the eyes of the demon god who desires the fundamental abyss.
“But strangely enough, the beings who have achieved the opening of the eyes of the Demon God, which has never existed before, are none other than humans.”
Anastasia, who was explaining while looking at the modified binding magic, looked meaningfully at the human Elizabeth.
There are various races other than humans on the continent of Gaia.
And those races possess a much stronger body and mana utilization ability than the average human.
However, in the long-term struggle for survival, those who now rule the continent are none other than humans.
The desires of frail humans were a circuit of desires that were incomparably deeper and more complex than those of other races.
As a result of that desire, while other races showed no significant difference between ancient and modern times, humans achieved crazy progress in all fields.
The human desire to do things that would make even the devil stick out his tongue for the sake of a goal.
The eyes of the demon reacted to such human desires.
“The moment I saw Antoine de Celestial Obléans, who had reacted to the Eye of the Demon God, I could sense how deep the abyss he possessed and how he had prepared to realize that abyss.”
The key becomes proof the moment it opens the door.
Likewise, Antoine de Sel Obléan's sudden appearance convinced Anastasia through his ability to summon the Eye of the Demon God from the Eclipse of the Demon God.
“Why on earth... why did my father use the eyes of the demon...”
If the eyes of the demon hadn't been opened, it might have been possible to rationalize it in some way.
But didn't Elizabeth already know about the opening of Masin's eyes and come here?
Therefore, Elizabeth, who had come to recognize that it was her father who opened the eyes of the demon and that her father had harbored such wrong intentions, wanted to know the exact motive.
“I don’t know the exact details of his motives, but the moment he connects with the Eye of the Demon God and opens it, his wishes come true.”
Swish...!
Anastasia closed her eyes.
When Antoine entered the eclipse zone of the Demon God, she could clearly see his energy and his general shape. However, it was different when the Demon God's Eye, a sacred relic that could not be measured even by her own abilities, began to activate.
She herself felt as if she had been given an oracle, and the situation at the time came to her in an abstract and symbolic form.
“The advent of the Demon King. Antoine longed for the advent of the Demon King. And by killing the Demon King, he hoped to release the desire that had been pent up within him.”
Anastasia once again pieced together and interpreted the fragments of symbols that flashed through her mind.
Anastasia tells Elizabeth her conclusions accordingly.
It didn't seem that strange of a reason to open the eyes of the demon with a snake-like heart.
“Are you saying you’re trying to summon a goddess?”
But Elizabeth, who possessed a wealth of knowledge, interpreted it differently.
"Yes. Antoine, born from the grace of the Demon God, possesses a special talent, and wishes to fulfill his wish through the descent of the Goddess."
The Demon King, dotted with the opening of the Demon God's Eye, is a Demon King created through the intervention of the Demon God, or rather, through the grace of the Demon God. While this Demon King differs from the Demon Kings of the Demon Clan in many ways, another lesser-known characteristic is that he brings about the descent of the Goddess.
"Dimensions strive to maintain balance, and the more the Demon God intervenes, the more justification there is for the Goddess to intervene! Is Father trying to exploit this?"
This is a principle of balance in another world that is not officially taught in the Seonghwangcheong at this point.
If we admit this, we would be putting the demon and the goddess on the same level.
But Elizabeth is not only a wizard, but also has studied black magic in depth.
Antoine's calculations were clearly visible to her.
[Welcome, Imperial Knights, who have come to take my life...]
Victoria and her group crossed the passage leading to the underground for about 10 minutes.
The quest target, Laonzena, appeared before them.
As if imprisoning the most dangerous prisoners in an underground prison, a large, bottomless cliff stretched out like an island, and there stood Laonzena.
“Is the author Laonzena, Victoria?”
Even though Victoria and her party were sword experts, it was a steep cliff that was difficult to cross with their abilities.
But Farnese and Vincent reacted with surprise to something else.
It was none other than Laonzena's appearance.
[Kekekeke... It's been a while since I've had a guest, and this is what I'm seeing. I was once praised as a prosecutor with the visuals of a beautiful young woman...]
Laonzena, who suffered from the severe side effects of the elixir, ended up looking almost like a demon from ancient times.
Her skin was a shade of lavender, and her upper body and face were lined with dark red veins. Her hair was as coarse as a lion's mane.
"What on earth were you planning? Given the layout of the passage, if you hadn't spoken to us first, it would have been much later. Or were you hoping we'd find you?"
But Questmaster Victoria didn't seem very interested in that.
Because she found Laonzena's attitude more interesting.
Laonzena, who started talking to me as if telling me where she was.
I thought it was because they were fully prepared to face off.
But even if the structure provided a certain level of safety, it wasn't perfect enough to warrant such a feat. That's why Victoria couldn't fathom his intentions.
[I'd like to confirm. Are you, by any chance, Victoria von Bayern, daughter of Constantin von Bayern?]
Then, Laonzena asked a rather unexpected question.
“Are you curious about my identity? Why are you curious about that?”
Victoria tried to block Laonzena's trick.
[Haven't you ever wondered what my intentions were? I'm asking to answer that.]
However, Laonzena appealed that it was not at all unrelated to Victoria's question.
“....”
Victoria was lost in thought for a moment,
“That’s right. I am Victoria von Bayern.”
Since the passage was closed, it was Laonzena who held the sword, so Victoria confirmed his guess.
[I see. Hehehe... That Antoine guy is really meticulous. He's eliminating me and fulfilling his personal goals at the same time.]
Laonzena, who confirmed that her guess was correct, taunted Antoine again.
[You want to get rid of me and escape. But escape won't be easy.]
After that, he started talking about Victoria's side again.
[But if you accept my offer, I will give you my neck and provide you with a way out of here.]
Then he made a sweet offer that I didn't understand.
“What is your suggestion?”
Victoria, who was intrigued by Laonzena's attitude, primarily wanted to find out more about his intentions.
[Victoria, all other prosecutors, please step back. And I want you to come here and speak directly with me when I lower my leg.]
Laonjena asked Victoria for a one-on-one conversation.
“Absurd!”
"No, Victoria! I have no reason to agree to such a proposal!"
Farnese and Vincent protested. Even if Laonzenara was weakened by the side effects of the leap, it would be difficult for Victoria, an expert, to deal with him alone.
"Why should I accept such a proposal? It's such an outrageous demand, Laonzena."
Victoria, too, was naturally indifferent.
At that moment, Laonzena threw out a keyword that she could never ignore.
“It’s a story about your mother, Adrian von Bayern.”
It was none other than her mother, Adrian, who had passed away when she was young.