"You didn't want to leave alone? What am I, a child who cannot be left alone?" Yuan shook his head at her reasoning, but a smile tugged at his face.
"By the way, we're inside the Deprived Crimson Valley. The Final Valley, at that."
"...Is that so?" said Supre Ruler Dena, seemingly not surprised by their location.
"You're not surprised? Do you rember being exiled?" Yuan inquired with a raised eyebrow.
She shook her head.
"I think I vaguely rember sothing like that. Not that it matters. I can leave this place whenever I want, anyway."
"Because you were given the title of Supre Ruler, right? Now that I think about it, you might be the first Supre Ruler to be exiled to the Deprived Crimson Valley," Yuan remarked.
"Probably," she calmly replied with a nonchalant look on her face, almost as if she couldn't care less about such an achievent.
"Now, back to my questions."
"You… Why have you returned to this world?" Supre Ruler Dena's expression suddenly turned serious as her crimson eyes stared directly into his.
Yuan sighed before replying, "To be honest, it wasn't my intention. I ended up here by accident."
"So you don't have any business with our world… or our people?" she continued to ask, clearly seeking reassurance.
"Don't worry, I have already promised not to interfere with the people of this world as long as you don't invade my world again."
Supre Ruler Dena nodded and said, "As long as I am here, such a thing will never occur again."
"You an as long as you are the Supre Ruler. Unfortunately, since you have been exiled for so reason, we have a new Supre Ruler," Yuan sighed.
"So what if I had been exiled and replaced? I can simply reclaim my position by getting rid of the current Supre Ruler."
"..."
'Despite her calm voice and cute face, she's saying so awfully terrible thing,' Yuan sighed inwardly. However, he was already used to her character, so it wasn't too surprising.
"If you do that, you'll beco a tyrannical ruler. Do you rember what happened to the last one who tried to rule with absolute authority?" Yuan said a mont later.
"Then what should I do?" she asked him.
"Before we even consider anything, we need to figure out the reason behind your exile. I thought it was because you had turned into Forsaken at first because of what I was told, but that's clearly not the case."
"? A Forsaken? Ridiculous," she quietly sneered in disdain at whoever made up such a bold lie.
"Honestly, I wouldn't bla them if they thought you had turned Forsaken. After all, you were being controlled by that curse." "..."
Supre Ruler Dena fell silent, as she had no excuses for that.
"Anyway, are you ready to leave this place?" Yuan then asked.
Supre Ruler Dena stood up and replied, "Yes."
Yuan also got off the ground and did a quick stretch. The next mont, Supre Ruler Dena withdrew her personal domain, sending them back to the world outside.
When they returned to the Final Valley, Yuan was stunned by the barren landscape that stretched before him.
The crimson sea was gone, but it had already consud all life that once existed there.
"..."
Supre Ruler Dena stared silently at the barren land for a mont before asking quietly, "Am I responsible for this?"
Yuan didn't try to sugarcoat his answer. "Even if it wasn't by your own will, you are technically responsible."
After another mont of silence, Supre Ruler Dena lifted her palm above the lifeless land and let a single drop of her now-crimson blood fall to the ground.
In the next instant, a powerful ripple spread outward, restoring the land's lost life force and breathing new vitality into it.
The land, which had remained dead for billions of years, suddenly ca back to life as crimson grass and weirdly shaped trees began to grow rapidly.
"Where do you want to go?" Supre Ruler Dena asked after taking a mont to admire her own work.
"The Eighth Valley. I have so people waiting for there."
Without another word, Supre Ruler Dena grabbed Yuan's hand and took a step forward.
In the next instant, Yuan was pulled into a different dinsion.
'Void Manipulation!'
He imdiately recognized the power she had used, and it was several levels more advanced than his own.
In re monts, they arrived at the border between the Eighth and Ninth Valleys—sothing that had taken Yuan several years to traverse before.
Seeing how convenient Void Manipulation was, Yuan decided to master it as soon as possible.
anwhile, Lev, who had been hiding not far away, suddenly sensed Yuan's presence return. "This presence… he's back!?"
Realizing whose presence it belonged to, Lev hurried out of his hiding place, unable to hide his excitent.
However, his excitent quickly turned into shock and terror when he noticed the beautiful young woman standing beside Yuan.
She possessed a slender and modest figure, her head almost reaching Yuan's chest, and she looked as though she had only recently reached adulthood. Her pale skin, long crimson hair, and sharp crimson eyes made her appearance both striking and unsettling.
Yet the most frightening thing about her was the terrifying aura she emitted, one that could not be hidden—not that she was trying to hide it in the first place.
"S-S-Supre Ruler Dena?!?!" Lev cried out loud, not daring to believe his eyes.
When he saw her, he subconsciously turned around and started running away, even though Yuan was also with her.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Yuan imdiately activated Demon Sealing Zone to prevent Lev from running away without hurting him.
"Please spare my life!" Lev cried as tears literally flowed from his eyes.
"Calm down. Nobody is trying to take your pitiful life." Yuan sighed out loud, but Lev continued pleading for his life, as if he couldn't hear Yuan.
"Who is this weirdo?" Supre Ruler Dena questioned Yuan about his relationship with this odd individual.
"A friend I made along the way to et you," he replied with a weak smile.
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