Capítulo 1109: Chapter 973: Hope
“…”
The unbearable past surfaced in her mind, causing Artemis’s face to turn deeply somber, her hands clenched tightly like they did back then, yet they trembled slightly.
It was a past she was unwilling to ntion no matter what.
It was the only ti in her millennia-long life where she acted on instinct, betrayed her duty, and utterly disgraced herself.
Faced with the world’s greatest evil, the strongest enemy, the most terrifying demonic presence, she, determined to uphold justice and order, ended up fleeing so disgracefully that it couldn’t be described as anything less than humiliating.
As a Goddess, Artemis’s dignity and her pride as the Guardian of justice and order beca laughable during that incident.
“Artemis…”
Nadura cast her a worried glance from the side.
She also didn’t know what the outco was when Artemis challenged the Demon King.
She only received news that Artemis had stord into the enemy’s stronghold, even infiltrated the Demon King’s castle, getting a chance to confront and challenge the Demon King directly.
As for how it turned out… At that ti, neither she, Lidas, nor Anima held any hope.
In fact, they were ntally prepared for the idea that Artemis would die completely after this battle.
The opponent was the Demon King, the true supre being that even the Supre God couldn’t defeat, a manifestation of power, the very symbol of destruction, embodying the concept of “strength.”
Artemis couldn’t win, and would likely face a catastrophic fate.
Ordinarily, a Goddess of the Divine Race couldn’t truly die; as long as the True Seal remained, they could revive countless tis.
But when facing the Demon King, an existence perfectly countering the Divine Race, rendering the all-knowing powers of the Supre God ineffective, these rules were useless.
If she were to die by the hands of the Demon King, the True Seal would certainly be destroyed by the Demon King who could nullify the Goddess’s powers.
Thus, the Divine Race’s greatest nesis was the Demon King, the most feared enemy, even for the Three Great Goddesses.
If Artemis died by the Demon King’s hand, she would never be able to return, vanishing from this world forever.
At that ti, Nadura and the Three Great Goddesses had already made ntal preparations and resolutions for such an outco.
Little did they expect, Artemis ca back.
And when she returned, her condition could only be described as utterly wretched.
As if she had witnessed a real hell, her body wouldn’t stop trembling, her face was ashen, even tears wouldn’t stop flowing—such an appearance shouldn’t belong to the Goddess known as Artemis.
And after that, Artemis seed to lose all vitality, not stepping out of the Divine Race’s camp for several centuries, not even stepping out of her residence, until the Hero was summoned once more. It was as if she found hope, found sothing to rely on, and finally erged again.
This was what Nadura knew.
As for what Artemis saw in the Demon King’s castle, or how she managed to escape, these were facts Nadura was completely unaware of.
Artemis also refused to ntion those tis, always left speechless when the topic arose, staying silent for a long ti before forcing a smile to brush it off.
Perhaps, Lidas and Anima telling Shane this was to see if he could ask Artemis anything about it?
Now, Artemis was once again showing signs of having her scars uncovered.
This caused Nadura to worry involuntarily.
“What’s wrong?”
Shane furrowed his brow, looking at Artemis in confusion.
He naturally knew nothing about it.
“…Nothing.”
Artemis remained silent for a long while before responding with difficulty.
However, under Shane’s gaze and glancing at Lilith who tilted her head beside her, Artemis uncharacteristically didn’t brush off the matter further.
Of course, Artemis didn’t want to ntion her disgraceful past.
But, upon reflecting on it further, Artemis realized that the Demon King’s behavior at the ti was indeed peculiar.
Therefore…
“I cannot assert what kind of existence the Demon King truly is.”
Artemis, reminiscing, furrowed her brow deeply and spoke in a puzzled and serious tone.
“But thinking back now, the Demon King at that ti was indeed rather odd.”
This statent instantly drew everyone’s attention.
“What do you an by odd?”
Shane pursued the question.
Artemis hesitated for a mont before saying, not very confidently,
“She seed very tired, and it seed she had so particular obsession with the Hero. When I first burst in front of her, she seed to think I was the Hero and was expecting sothing. When she realized I wasn’t the Hero, she imdiately lost interest, as if she lost all energy, not wanting to move a muscle.”
Yes, that was indeed the case.
The Demon King’s behavior at that ti gave Artemis such an impression.
Artemis even said self-mockingly,
“You all say I challenged the Demon King, but I don’t feel that it was a challenge at all. It was rely a wake-up call for my foolishness in thinking I could challenge her. The fact that I escaped intact was entirely because she had no interest in and spared . Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have made it out of that castle.”
Artemis’s words caused everyone present to furrow their brows.
You Lin murmured softly,
“If that’s the case, does it an there’s indeed sothing about His Majesty the Demon King that nobody knows about?”
This has beco quite clear.
Whether it is the records on the stone tablet or the impressions provided by Artemis, they all differ significantly from what the world knows about the Demon King.
The demons have also ntioned that the Demon King was soone who cared deeply for them, even soone like Helimis was willing to consider her safety by deliberately crafting the Demon Roar Chain, a treasured artifact of the Demon Clan. This shows that deep within, there is a gentleness that others cannot perceive.
But…
“If that is truly the case, then why did the Demon King start a war?”
Sophie spoke these words with sincere puzzlent.
This is also the biggest question in everyone’s hearts.
Why did that Demon King start a war?
If it wasn’t for conquest, plunder, entertainnt, or to enjoy despair and pain, then what was the reason behind all this?
This wasn’t sothing done on a whim.
The war between the God and Demon Clans lasted tens of thousands of years, taking up most of the history of Omni Potanssen. It has been an ongoing slaughter since the birth of the Life Species.
Thanks to this, in the history of Omni Potanssen, apart from the Super Ancient Era where only the Demon King and the Supre God existed, all other history is war, war, and war.
True peace has only erged in this millennium; compared to the tens of thousands of years of war history, it’s a very small piece of ti.
In such circumstances, what exactly was the reason that the Demon King would start a war that lasted tens of thousands of years?
Not because she was an evil being, bringing terror and calamity to the world with her demonic nature, then what was it?
“Could it be that she really had so kind of burden…”
You Lin was hesitantly about to say sothing, but was interrupted by Artemis.
“At this point, what’s the use of bringing that up?” Artemis said coldly, “Regardless of her reasons, she has hard the world for tens of thousands of years, causing the creatures of the world to suffer from this war for tens of thousands of years, leading countless lives to be spent in sorrow and pain. This is an undeniable fact.”
Yes.
This is an undeniable fact.
No matter the reasons, the Demon King indeed did all this.
Since she did all this, she is guilty.
“Indeed, discussing this now is aningless,” Nadura sighed, “The Demon King has already passed, the war is over, what we face now are new threats, new enemies, and it has nothing to do with the Demon King. Let’s not discuss this anymore.”
These words sowhat eased the heavy and oppressive atmosphere at the scene.
No one present had any objections to this.
As Nadura said, discussing all this now, what purpose does it serve?
The Demon King is dead, the war that lasted tens of thousands of years has ended. Whatever stories or hidden truths there were, it’s too late to pursue them now.
Instead of delving into such pasts and unknown truths, what they should focus on now are the present threats.
Demon Danas.
The newly risen Primordial Demon.
This is the current enemy.
As for the Demon King, all of her past is now history.
At this point, probing into these matters is nothing but asking for trouble.
Only Shane was clearly aware that this is absolutely not sothing insignificant.
Perhaps, though the Demon King has passed, Danas’ true goal is to resurrect her.
Although he hasn’t succeeded yet, he is collecting conditions, collecting all factors.
In this way, even if the Demon King is not yet resurrected, she remains a huge threat.
Moreover, the notion that just because the Demon King has gone, her past should beco history is sothing Shane cannot agree with.
All along, various disputes and events have occurred one after another, seemingly unrelated to the Demon King. In reality, the influence of the Demon King still lingers in this era.
If that weren’t the case, why would the previous Three Clans Summit see the peaks of each race being trapped?
If that weren’t the case, why would the gap between worlds continue to constrain the Divine Race until recently?
All these are due to the power left behind by the Demon King.
Everything in this world can ultimately be traced back to the Demon King and the Supre God.
Even though they no longer appear, the people are still influenced by their existence, restricted by their power, living under their influence.
Even the mighty Goddess of Fate, when faced with matters related to the Demon King, becos utterly deflated.
The enemies know this well, hence they have been trying various thods to collect items related to the Demon King, to study the power related to the Demon King.
anwhile, the only existence that could restrain the Demon King, the supre Goddess, has no interest in any of this.
As a result, this side has been in an overwhelmingly disadvantageous position.
Ignoring the influence of the Demon King, ignoring all about the Demon King, in the future, will only result in reaping what one sows.
“…I need to do sothing.”
Shane could strongly feel that he must take action.
But what exactly should he do?
“I hope that before the worst situation arises, I can successfully acquire enough power to face everything.”
Shane sighed, with such hopes.
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