After being forced to step down, the once-annoying nun eloped with me.

The demons, which were originally in hibernation, are gradually showing signs of awakening.

The demon, which was already active, began a slow evolution using the leaked magic power.

But all of this couldn't keep up with the speed at which the artificial magic reactor output magic into the transmission pipes.

Soon, the concentration of magic inside the cave had reached a point where the entire area was about to overflow.

The magic that had existed in everything like air condensed into a liquid. Under the influence of this magical liquid, the hateful flesh on the golem's body began to writhe unnaturally.

Kino, sweat dripping down her face, said, "We have to run." The artificial magic reactor generated far more magic than she had imagined, and the modified Hate Flesh required less magic than she had expected.

If we don't run now, it might be too late!

Urged on by Kino, the remaining four ironclad warships of the reconnaissance team quickly weighed anchor and fled. And at that very instant, as the seabed gradually filled with magic, the demon servants far away in the Roman Demon Realm sensed...

Before he could even realize why the aura of his kind was suddenly emanating from the seabed, he was caught off guard.

He suddenly noticed that the people of the United Nations of the continent of Elusia seemed to be planning a large-scale attack on the Demon Realm.

Chapter Fifteen: [The Battle on Two Fronts]

In the Roman Demon Realm, the demon servant noticed the human's actions—but he didn't expect that the human would act at this critical juncture when the maid was staying in the Demon Realm.

He had assumed that the humans would choose the moment the head maid left the house, lure her into a suitable trap, and then try every means to surround and assassinate her—but now it seems that the other side actually wanted to wipe them all out in one fell swoop?

...to capture them all in one fell swoop. A brilliant plan.

But why would the presence and traces of our own kind suddenly appear at this critical juncture? And why on a continent that has already sunk?

The demon servant fell into deep thought. But it was at this moment that he noticed that the Allied Nations' military operation had deployed two formidable enemies that the entire Roman Demon Realm combined could not contend with.

One is the embodiment of light.

The other is the Holy Maiden of Light.

Neither of them is a powerhouse that the current Roman Demon Realm can contend with. Their appearance means that the United Nations will completely destroy the Roman Demon Realm, and they themselves will ultimately be doomed, perhaps without even the slightest chance to resist.

Unless the Roman demons can unite at this critical juncture, but—

The demon servant glanced at the Roman demons of the Roman Demon Realm. The Roman demons were still in a state of chaos and had no possibility of uniting.

So we're doomed?

The demon servant sighed heavily once again... but at that moment, he realized something.

Why this particular time?

"...Is it because of the head maid's activities?"

Although the head maid's activities are becoming increasingly intense, they haven't yet reached the point where the United Nations and the surrounding human nations need to "take risks to deal with" them. At least, they haven't reached the point where it's necessary to risk sacrificing a large number of troops, let alone venturing into what is considered forbidden territory for them—the heart of the Roman Demon Realm.

"Or are they finally planning to deal with us? But at this critical juncture... isn't it too late?"

That doesn't seem likely. If they had truly intended to eliminate us from the beginning, they could have done so months ago—there's no need to wait until now. Unless they have some unspeakable reason.

Even if we use the excuse of "the Regent going out on a visit" to explain it... now the United Nations simply doesn't let the Regent show his face, and two divine women can solve the problem. Doesn't this prove that they have the ability to kill us at any time?

"...Or perhaps, it's related to the aura of our kind that suddenly appeared on the seabed?"

After much deliberation, the demon servant could only focus his curiosity on the sudden appearance of a familiar aura. Although he felt his speculation was absurd, at this point, it seemed to be the only possibility.

The underwater race is connected to the sudden attack by the United Nations.

But the question is, why are they connected? The sudden appearance of their kind in a location related to the sunken continent of Arlandis, which happens to be the homeland of all the Sirens.

The Sirens' homeland...and the sudden appearance of their own kind...

...

"No way..."

If demons had human hearts, they might be pounding violently right now.

The demon servant was forced to think in the direction of something he had naively believed would not happen.

The Sirens' flesh magic can destroy the border regions of the Demon Realm. Moreover, this destruction is almost permanent, the kind that even the demon servants themselves cannot repair.

Similarly, if the ancient Sirens' flesh magic could create walls that even demons couldn't destroy... then it's entirely possible that they could directly seal the cracks in the Great Demonic Calamity.

This time, the aura of their own kind appeared at the site where Arlandis, the Sirens' homeland, sank... If these kin were previously unable to sense each other due to dormancy or other reasons, then the fact that they can now sense each other means...

"Those lunatics...do they want to dive into the deep sea or even raise the entire continent, and then find a way to obtain the technology or relics that block our path?!"

The demon servant trembled, his increasingly loud mutterings revealing his fear of humanity.

As a demon, he acknowledges the multifaceted nature of human evolution and change—but he can never understand when humanity's "madness" will finally stop.

He thought the regent was crazy enough, he thought the Romans were crazy enough—but now it seems he underestimated human madness.

They actually want to raise an entire continent?! This is a feat that even demons would have to sacrifice tens of thousands of lives to accomplish! And yet, these humans, lacking all resources, actually intend to complete a task that would make even demons feel sorry for them?

Not only that... but they seem to have succeeded?

No, impossible, impossible!

This is absolutely wrong!

The demon servant frantically tried to contact his kind in the deep sea—but what worried him even more was that the demons there seemed to have undergone severe degeneration in order to adapt to the extreme environment.

Almost all of their evolutionary abilities were used for the [Sustaining Life] and [Hibernation] options. In other words, they reside on the deep seabed, a sea that previously contained absolutely no magic, and even food was extremely scarce...

This further exacerbated the demon servants' unease: for demons, barely surviving in such extreme conditions, had somehow developed a shared sense of empathy...

Doesn't this mean...?

"They're about to succeed? Although I don't know what stage they've reached, at least they've successfully transmitted magic to the deep sea, thousands of meters below! How did they do that?!"

The demon servant was bewildered.

He couldn't understand how this was done. If he could, he wanted to see it for himself, then try to imitate and learn, and finally try to feed it back to the great rift in the sky, hoping to make it open sooner.

But he couldn't bear to witness it all.

Because the United Nations' army... has already entered the Roman Demon Realm. He must immediately decide where to use his last reserves, and more importantly, he can no longer leave this continent.

Is this where my life is going to end?

The demon servant sighed heavily.

He ignored the head maid and Prince Garsen, as well as the demon Roman and the primal demons in the Demon Realm.

After all, everything here was doomed—but before that, he had to leave one last glimmer of hope for the grand plan of the demon invasion.

...How to remind their fellow tribesmen on the other side is a good question.

The demon servants can be chosen before their kind have re-evolved [intelligence].

We have no choice but to take a gamble.

... .....

Theresa and Lalumia are leading their team into the Roman Demon Realm. They won't attack the core of the realm on the first day, as they need to allow their troops to acclimatize to the environment while also ensuring that the demons' activity is gradually confined to a small area.

After all, the destruction of the Demon Realm also means that all the demons within it will be unleashed at once.

If we don't want the Demon Realm to disappear and the entire continent to be overrun by demons of all sizes, then appropriate "encirclement and guidance" work is still necessary.

But if this happens...

"It will take a relatively long time—about a day."

Theresa muttered to herself, pointing and assigning tasks to the magical puppets on the map of the magic network. Then, she curled her lip at the mental mist in the magic realm that could block the vision of living beings:

"And this fog is a bit troublesome. I suggest we deal with the fog first before going deeper."

"So, Theresa, what do you plan to do?"

"I prefer things to be simple and straightforward—and it turns out that straightforward plans are often the most effective."

The psychic fog obscures the vision of all living beings. While it has no effect on golems, it's a good problem for magical puppets.

Theresa's decision was to break through the environmental restrictions of the Demon Realm directly through violent means. And the resource she would need to consume was divine power.

Although Lalumia's divine power is vast, it cannot be squandered at will—but in a sense, Theresa, as Lalumia's representative, also possesses divine power.

It's like when parents give a child pocket money after they earn it, and then the money is saved up... Although the total amount isn't as large as Lalumia's, it's enough for emergencies or to temporarily lift environmental restrictions in a certain place.

Faced with Theresa's determination, Lalumia offered neither advice nor questions.

She simply patted Theresa's hair to encourage her, then stood aside and said:

"I'll be watching. Let's begin."

"kindness."

Theresa responded. Then she closed her eyes and gathered a silvery-white light, formed from divine power, in her hands.

The light was blinding, like a sudden blazing sun illuminating the night sky—it easily wiped away the surrounding demonic mist, suppressed the signs of corruption to the extreme, and constantly squeezed its own existence.

The extremes must be reversed.

When divine power accumulates to a certain extent, the originally harmless divine power will turn into a terrifying bomb.

What Theresa needed was a bomb.

She continued to strengthen the divine power ball in her hand with divine magic, and finally, under the watchful eyes of the magical dolls, she gently tossed the divine power ball into the sky.

"Close your eyes and turn around."

She closed her eyes.

With a dazzling burst of silvery-white light, the mental fog surrounding the Roman Demon Realm temporarily dissipated. Moreover, the immense divine power even caused irreversible damage to the realm's ecosystem.

A large number of Roman demons went mad after being suddenly burned by divine power. With their habitat destroyed, their efficiency naturally decreased further.

Faced with their lives threatened, the demons began converging on the safe zones loyal to the Demon Realm. It was during this convergence that Larumia noticed that around the Demon Realm's Mother Nest, the demons' telepathic communication seemed to be transmitting massive amounts of magical energy and information...

Lalumia frowned and instinctively tried to stop her, but she realized that the demon's mind was something that an ordinary god like herself could not stop—if she had a way to destroy the demon's body, then she could naturally end the demon's mind in a life-like sense.

The problem is, they haven't even reached that intelligent demon yet. Let alone the high-ranking demons who were already marked as abducting civilians.

Lalumia could only watch as the demon's thoughts, carrying immense power, departed the Demon Realm. Watching those thoughts drift towards the other side of the sea, she shook her head and said:

"Perhaps we've already caused trouble for Yang Hao and the others."

"Then let's speed things up here, and then find an opportunity to go over and help, right?"