Chapter 1036: The Balancer of the Three Races

Any one of the documents in front of Lingyun, if placed before other major powers in this world, would be something that would drive them into a frenzy or even cause them to fight over it; yet now, these documents were placed openly and honestly before Lingyun.

Although these documents might not be of much use to Lingyun himself, for those Cursed Children within the Cloud Realm, they were absolutely the best research materials.

However, behind such immense benefits, there must inevitably be terrifying crises. For Sirzechs to be able to produce these important documents from all three of the Three Great Factions at once, it must have been done with the consent of Azazel and Michael; otherwise, it would surely have triggered a pincer attack on the Devils by the Angels and Fallen Angels. In other words, was Sirzechs coming to see him something that happened after the Three Great Factions had consulted with one another?

As for why it was Sirzechs who came to see him, Lingyun also had certain speculations in his heart. First, regarding the Fallen Angels, one must know that Lingyun had previously taken action and brazenly killed one of the Fallen Angel Cadres, Kokabiel, and even Azazel, who had come to his door, had been slightly intimidated by Lingyun; thus, appearing in person now was not a good choice. As for the Angel side, first of all, Lingyun and the Angel side had no prior interaction and were basically in the state of strangers. At the same time, because of Asia, the two Holy Sword Users from the Church seemed to have some unpleasantness with Lingyun, and because of this, the Angels also had a bit of concern.

After excluding the Angels and Fallen Angels, what remained were the Devils, and it just so happened that the relationship between the Devils and Lingyun could be considered quite good. On one hand, Lingyun was Rias Gremory's teacher, and he once knew that Rias and her subordinates had defeated the Phenex Family, which possessed an extremely high win rate, in a Rating Game; on the other hand, Shirone, who had been adopted by Rias, was actually a being under Lingyun's protection. Under these circumstances, Sirzechs, acting as both Rias's brother and the Devil King Lucifer, was the best choice to approach Lingyun.

"I want to know, since the Three Great Factions have brought out such expensive rewards, what exactly do they want to get from me?" Lingyun placed the documents in his hand onto the table.

"I hope, Mr. Lingyun, that you can become the balancer between the three races!" Sirzechs said with a serious expression.

"The balancer between the three races?" Lingyun could not help but raise an eyebrow.

"That's right. The three races of Devils, Angels, and Fallen Angels are about to hold a summit, and the three of us—Azazel, Michael, and I—intend to have the Three Great Factions sign a peace treaty during this summit!"

Hearing Sirzechs's words, no expression of surprise appeared on Lingyun's face. In fact, although the three races currently appeared to be in a state of ceasefire, the small frictions between them had never ceased. Just like people such as Kokabiel, who wanted to incite a great war between the three races once again, they would stop at nothing—even stealing holy swords or attacking Rias—to restart the war between the three races. And people like Kokabiel existed among both the Devils and the Angels, and their numbers were likely not small.

Although Sirzechs and the others were the leaders of the three races in name, they could not make everyone within the three races completely obey them. And those who dared to stir up war between the three races again would certainly not be weaklings within the Three Great Factions. Since they were not weaklings, the destruction they caused was sometimes quite astonishing. If even one of the things done by people like Kokabiel were to succeed, it would inevitably ignite the flames of war between the three races once again.

However, such a thing was something the current leaders of the three races absolutely did not want to see. The war between the three races had existed for an unknown amount of time; for the sake of this battle, the three races had paid an unknown price, to the point where they were now facing a situation where the new generation could not keep up with the old, and they had to find their own ways to continue the existence of their races. If the fighting were to continue like this, there would only be one final result: the three races would perish together!

To prevent such a situation from occurring, the signing of a peace treaty between the three races was an inevitable necessity. However, the only thing Lingyun had not expected was that Sirzechs would actually come to find him, wanting him to become the balancer between the three races.

"Why me?" Lingyun asked.

"Only by having a powerful external deterrent can the Three Great Factions live in peace."

"Are you so sure that I can become a powerful external deterrent?" Lingyun raised an eyebrow slightly.

"For the sake of this matter, Azazel has paid a not-insignificant price!"

"Azazel, a price—are you talking about Kokabiel?"

"That's right. Now the top brass of the Three Great Factions all know that Kokabiel didn't even have the power to fight back in front of you! Moreover, by your side, there exist many unpredictable powerhouses. With you holding the fort, those within the Three Great Factions who have ideas will surely not dare to do anything; after all, once they do such a thing, their end will be the same as that unlucky fellow Kokabiel! In the face of a threat to their lives, many people will surely back down!"

"Are you sure I have this qualification?"

"The moment I saw you for the first time, I knew you had this qualification!" Sirzechs nodded.

"I might not stay in this place for a very long time!" Lingyun had not forgotten that the true purpose of his coming to this world was to find Baiyin for Tokisaki Kurumi; he could not stay in this world for too long.

"This..." Hearing Lingyun say this, Sirzechs could not help but be stunned for a moment.

But in the end, he still slowly opened his mouth to say: "No, just having you for a period of time is enough!"

"Oh?"

"As long as those people see the effect that true peace brings to the three races, those who are wavering will surely stand on the side of peace. In this way, even if you leave in the future, those who want to cause chaos will surely be isolated and helpless. At that time, with our abilities, we will be able to directly suppress those guys!" Sirzechs clenched his fists and said.

"However, just this alone is not enough for your three races to bring out such precious things simultaneously, right?" Lingyun's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop as he spoke.

Seeing Lingyun's action, a bitter smile could not help but appear on Sirzechs's face.

"As expected of Rias's teacher; this kind of insight is truly not something an ordinary person can compare to!"

"Then now, state your ultimate goal!" Although Lingyun had already roughly guessed what Sirzechs's thoughts were, he still wanted to confirm it once more.