Chapter 185: with translation of chapter title

189. Chapter 189: The fisherman never returns empty-handed, until he himself is fished.

"Such and such, this and that."

After laughing, Asande told Lin Ke the reason why he had laughed like that.

After hearing the account, Lin Ke learned that an abyssal demon had been sealed within the barrier of the fairy world.

And previously, someone from the Fairy King's Court had sent a communication request to that demon.

Or more accurately, it was the communication request sent out by the Fairy King's Court that exposed the demon's existence.

This allowed the wizard legion, which previously did not know of the abyssal demon's existence, to discover this demon.

The known and the unknown are two different states.

It concerns the initiative in war.

The difference is great.

Especially when facing demons from the Abyssal World, these wizards, who are extremely familiar with them and have often taken advantage, are big grudge holders.

And Asande, based on previously obtained intelligence, believed that the Fairy King was very likely to have done something foolish.

That is, he made a deal with the sealed demon and obtained a biochemical modification and enhancement plan with a hook.

Because the development of the fairy world's civilization never included an academic path in biochemistry.

So, such an obvious hook, the Fairy King actually failed to notice it.

Not only did it pitfall himself, but it also pitfall a large batch of already mutated fairies.

If it weren't for the wizard world's interference, the fairy world would sooner or later be fished away by the abyssal world.

"Abyssal demon?"

Lin Ke muttered to himself, deep in thought.

What he was thinking about was not how to deal with that demon.

This is the Paro Sage and the frontline command's affair; it's not up to Lin Ke to overstep and worry needlessly.

Moreover, in the history of the wizard world, there have been too many precedents for dealing with abyssal demons.

Many stable and effective routines have long been formed.

Wizards overcome demons, overcoming them thoroughly.

This is a 'principle' recognized across all realms!

Just take out a somewhat targeted routine, adjust it according to the actual situation, and you can easily deal with that demon.

What Lin Ke was thinking about was that this set, which can almost certainly be confirmed to have come from the demon's hand, is the fairy's biochemical modification and enhancement plan.

Even if a defect was intentionally left in the material ratio, it still reveals an exquisite line of thought, a comprehensive and profound understanding of the fairy's physique and innate abilities, as well as a glimpse of a mature knowledge system.

These things have a certain enlightenment for Lin Ke.

Not only is this reflected in biochemical modification.

It also involves species diversity, species evolution, ecological cycles, and most importantly, the cultivation of 'seeds'.

Furthermore, Lin Ke intuitively realized a principle.

Among all realms, knowledge is the foremost combat power.

Both being rank 4, the Paro Sage can heavily wound the Fairy King with a single strike, while the abyssal demon can deceive the Fairy King.

This is related to the fairy world's upper limit of only rank 5, yet not entirely so.

The Fairy King mainly suffered from lack of culture.

It's like two people both 180 cm tall and 200 jin heavy, one with a body of flabby fat and the other with muscular strength.

Lack of culture is truly terrifying.

Asande then suddenly tilted his head, his expression solemn, as if listening to something.

Then he said to Lin Ke: "Pack up, we're setting off now; Otis the big shot has new discoveries over there."

Being in the "Biochemical Factory", even when the wizard device contact fails, one can still receive messages.

Only a True Spirit Wizard like Asande could do that.

The principle behind it is very similar to quantum communication developed based on quantum superposition and entanglement states.

It is highly secure, can prevent eavesdropping, resist interference, and even achieve long-distance communication in special environments.

For example, now, deep behind enemy lines, relatively far apart.

"Yes."

Lin Ke withdrew his scattered thoughts and neatly gathered the samples and equipment.

After thinking, Lin Ke still took along the scattered potion products and the potions he himself had synthesized.

Just in case they might be useful later.

The two moved swiftly and quickly slipped out of the "Biochemical Factory".

Including but not limited to optical, acoustic, and psychic comprehensive invisibility effects, which are very robust.

The two went in and out, passing by so many fairies, yet not a single fairy noticed them.

Leaving the "Biochemical Factory", Asande chose a direction and charged forward with his head down.

Lin Ke swung his legs, running like a fire-wheeled cart, and hurried to catch up.

After running to a safe distance, Asande stopped, closed his eyes to focus for a moment, and remotely detonated the many "timed bombs" that had been set.

This is also a characteristic of True Spirit Wizards, an advanced application of mental power—or willpower—in actual combat.

Soon after, a thunderous roar came from behind.

At the location of the "Biochemical Factory", a mushroom cloud rose up.

The "Biochemical Factory", which covered a considerable area, was utterly destroyed in an instant, collapsing into a heap of ruins.

Some fairies who had no time to evacuate or relocate were either blown to pieces outright or buried under the rubble, never understanding how they died even in death.

The fairies who happened to be outside the blast radius snapped out of their brief shock and disbelief, then went completely mad.

Many fairies, disregarding the possible secondary explosion and ignoring danger to life, rushed straight into the sky‑filled smoke and dust, attempting to search for and rescue survivors.

If a fairy's innate ability could help with digging, they used that ability.

If the ability couldn't help, they used tools to dig.

If the ability was useless and no handy tool was at hand, they just dug with their bare hands.

Wails filled the fields, curses shook the heavens.

Grief, indignation, sorrow, anger—various emotions spread.

A cloud named despair shrouded the fairies' heads.

Lin Ke felt rather uneasy, took a deep breath, shut off his emotions, and continued to focus on the road.

The fairy king's court, the palace's secret chamber.

The third prince received a series of defeat reports, including:

Three fortresses came under fierce assault, the situation was critical, and they could be breached at any moment;

The otherworldly 'demon' squad lost trace, and even the 'Arcane Sealer' could not be detected;

The 'Bio‑Factory' was blown into ruins, losses were heavy, casualties even heavier;

The area around the fairy king's sleeping holy ground seemed to be scouted by an unknown enemy.

After a long ordeal, they finally got a piece of good news.

That demon, which usually fell into long slumber, was awakened by a summons from the altar.

The demon's consciousness, following the strange fluctuation, descended into the fairy world and into this secret chamber.

Only its voice was heard, its form unseen.

"What do you summon me for? Are you sure you want to cooperate with me?"

The demon's voice was loud and full of menace, giving people a reliable feeling that unconsciously inspires trust.

He seemed to be a warm‑hearted, simple‑minded sort, worthy of trust.

The third prince spoke up, expressing his willingness to help the demon break free of the world barrier in exchange for the demon's promise to act against the otherworldly 'demon'.

"Ha ha ha..."

The demon burst into a loud laugh, appearing very generous and bold, saying, "Rest assured, once I break free of the world barrier and enter your world, no enemy will be a problem. Before an abyssal demon, the ants invading your world are not worth mentioning; I can crush them with a casual swipe."

Upon hearing this, the third prince couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

It's good that this demon is so confident.

Even if it's bragging, one needs the capital to brag.

Given how confident the demon is, even if it can't expel the otherworldly 'demon' from the fairy world, at least it can maintain the current situation and prevent it from worsening.

Thus, as long as we can deal with the otherworldly 'demon', releasing the true demon doesn't matter.

The third prince told himself this, trying to convince himself, who actually didn't trust the demon much.

He decided not to hesitate any longer, and immediately, in the name of the fairy royal family, he compelled the will of the fairy world to release the abyssal demon.

But before that, the third prince wanted a safeguard.

For example, have the demon use a true spirit as a conduit and issue an oath with extremely strong binding force.

Who would have thought—before the third prince could speak, a slightly resentful voice echoed through the chamber via the strange fluctuation: "Ants? Crush them with a casual swipe? When did the abyssal demon dare to look down on mages like this?"

The secret chamber instantly fell into silence.

The third prince wondered in surprise how this somewhat familiar voice could penetrate the chamber while the demon noticed nothing.

The demon, meanwhile, was startled by the sudden hearing of the word 'mage'.

This time it had just awakened and hadn't yet properly observed the fairy world.

A moment later, the demon's voice sounded again.

This time the voice was still loud, but devoid of menace, filled with panic and fear:

"No, don't, stop!"

"Listen to my explanation; I didn't know you had taken a liking to this world."

"Otherwise, how would I dare to speak recklessly!"

"If there's something to say, let's talk it out properly; there's no need to resort to violence right away."

"Let's all be a bit more dignified."

The third prince was instantly stunned, his mouth hanging open.

What the hell is going on here?

The demon, which usually acted extremely arrogant even before the father king, now begged in a low voice.

What has it encountered?

Just who is the other party?

"Noisy!"

An impatient voice continued to travel through the strange fluctuation into the chamber.

The third prince's face instantly froze.

He had heard that voice before, and that word before.

Back when the fairy main force of a hundred thousand was being routed by less than a thousand otherworldly 'demons', and the fairy king had no choice but to intervene.

The other party had simply said that in an impatient tone, then waved a hand nonchalantly, as if shooing away flies.

Immediately, a huge golden palm covered the sky, looming over all the fairies' heads, slowly descending from heaven and lightly patting toward the fairy king.

The fairy king, trapped for some unknown reason, couldn't break free and could only bear the palm head‑on.

The trunks and limbs of the hundred‑thousand fairy main force were tightly bound, unable to move, while their heads all lifted upward at the same time.

Then he personally witnessed the Fairy's Supreme Honorable King take a palm strike with no power to resist.

The half of his body that boldly met the giant palm almost shattered, the shoulder joint of his arm dislocated, with only a thread of skin still clinging to his shoulder.

The Fairy King almost lost his life on the spot, and immediately could not care about anything else.

Taking advantage of the time when Sage Paro was entangled by the suddenly intervening Fairy World's World Will, he fled madly.

He abandoned the hundred-thousand-strong Fairy main force and the six-thousand guard unit without a second thought.

Only after the Third Prince had desperately cut down wave after wave of blocking fleeing troops with his own guard unit did he escape back to the Royal Court.

The Third Prince could never forget the memory of that scene.

After returning, he often had nightmares, dreaming of that scene and waking up in a cold sweat, terrified by those words.

Now, the nightmare has intruded into reality.

"It's over!"

The Third Prince leaned back, dazedly sitting in the wheelchair, his whole spirit utterly drained, all thoughts turned to ash.

Even the true demon who had placed their last hope in them, upon seeing the false "demon," became so meek and fearful; what could the Fairy royal family use to block the enemy?

What has happened to the Fairy World?

Why have they provoked such a powerful enemy?

At the world barrier of the Fairy World.

A fourth-rank Abyssal Demon, gazing at the phantom of the rune formation appearing within the world barrier and at the divine sense incarnation of the rune formation's master, suffered agonizingly to death.

He had been sleeping soundly, but upon waking, he found himself targeted by the wicked wizard.

The problem is that it hadn't even noticed, merely boasting and deceiving the stupid fairies into letting it out, never once thinking to first observe the situation of the Fairy World.

Carelessness killed the demon, alas.

On the Abyss's extremely abstract face appeared a fawning expression, and it said ingratiatingly:

"O great wizard, you are magnanimous; please spare me this once."

"I've been sealed here long enough; it's been over a hundred years without escape—could you give me a hand?"

"We can talk this out nicely."

"Oh, right—I can stand guard for you, as long as you stop."

"Everything can be negotiated."

"It's all negotiable, great wizard."

"Heh…"

Sage Paro gave a cold chuckle, paying no heed to the shameless Abyssal Demon's wishful thinking.

Among the myriad worlds, there are plenty of supernatural beings willing to stand guard for wizards.

No matter how you choose, it's impossible to pick an Abyssal Demon whose every bone is rebellious.

However, since this Abyssal Demon shares a fate with me, I cannot simply kill it.

I must thoroughly extract its marrow and squeeze out every last drop of its value.

Sage Paro's divine sense incarnation began chanting the lengthy but necessary incantation, aided by the rune formation set up by two hundred first-rank or higher wizards of the guard corps, to draw the favor of the Wizard World's Will upon him.

Then, using that minuscule resonance of the World Will as a fulcrum, he pried open more of the World Will to gain greater attention.

Soon, Sage Paro's chanting received a response.

The boundless World Will of the Wizard World projected a gaze toward this place.

The Abyssal Demon trembled with fear, its heart filled with resentment, cursing nonstop.

Wizards—this is what they hate the most, damn it.

Whether it's a duel or a brawl, once the terms are set, they can take it.

We're both fourth-rank beings—who's afraid of whom?

At worst, if we can't win, we flee if possible, otherwise we die.

If our strength isn't enough, there's nothing else to say.

Convinced in heart and word.

But wizards just won't have it; they insist on invoking the descent of the World Will.

Just because the Wizard World's World Will, infused with the souls of four saints who willingly sacrificed themselves, is a bit wiser than the World Wills of other super-civilizations, does that mean they can do as they please?

Just to bully us, treating the Abyssal World's World Will as a fool that even entraps its own demons, right?

Truly, they have no martial virtue at all!

Truly, they are damned unlucky!

The Abyssal Demon's heart wept like rain.

A brilliant golden light rope sprang into being, one end easily piercing the world barrier that had sealed the Abyssal Demon—through which it had tried countless means to escape—looping around the demon's neck and tying a knot.

One end fell into the hand of Sage Paro's divine sense incarnation.

This scene was just like an owner leading a dog.

Having done all this, the Wizard World's Will quickly withdrew.

After seeing off the Wizard World's Will, Sage Paro's divine sense incarnation also swiftly faded away.

Within the world barrier, only a phantom of the rune formation remained.

And a Abyssal Demon whose neck was encircled by a brilliant golden rope ring, resembling a dog more than a bat.

Floating Fortress.

Wizard Paro withdrew his divine sense incarnation, opened his eyes, and signaled the guard corps captain to stand down.

He ordered the personal guard to keep holding on a little longer, maintain the demon-sealing rune formation for a time, and wait out that abyssal demon.

Feeling pleased, he then returned to the comprehensive command hall.

Having a nest of a 4th-level Abyssal Demon, one can attract countless low-level demons.

The Fairy World is still relatively weak.

Once fully conquered, when the Fairy World's World Will takes the form of the Wizard World's World Will, the countless low-level demons attracted can be used as a nourishing holy product.

Nourish the Fairy World well.

Let the Fairy World's World Will experience the compassion from the Wizard World.

From then on, wholeheartedly follow the Wizard World.

No longer harboring any second thoughts.

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