The answer "Demon Maid" is quite absurd.
She has lived two lifetis as a demigod, surely she has experienced the demigod examination twice and walked the Path of Origin twice, how could she not know?!
However, Ash did not question this. He pondered for a mont and asked, "There’s sothing I’ve been wanting to ask you for a long ti... Do you rember the golden fish, the seven-colored tail, or the Faded Dream Secret Poison?"
Vishi shook her head: "I don’t know."
Just as expected.
After Vishi was resurrected, Ash did not notice an increase in the number of people infected with the Secret Poison, which he had vaguely anticipated.
"It’s impressive that you actually know about the Secret Poison," the maid blinked, "the Secret Poison is a very important resource, you should treasure it well. When I was reborn, almost all of the Secret Poison was lost, but the advantage is that I can be infected by the Secret Poison once more."
Ash found it unbelievable: "Why would it be lost?"
"Because it was taken back by the Void Realm," Vishi said, "Don’t you understand? This is not knowledge that the Void Realm allows mages to know, which is why for us, it’s ’poison’."
Ash nodded thoughtfully, suddenly asking, "Do you want to know?"
"Not now." The maid shook her head repeatedly: "Actually, if I wanted to know, I could deduce it from mory details, but right now I don’t need it, why bother getting infected by the Secret Poison?"
"Wait," Igula imdiately noticed a loophole in her words: "Does that an you can deduce the content of the demigod examination right now?"
"Yes, I can."
"Ash." The Swindler looked at the Cult Leader.
Ash nodded slightly, looking at Vishi seriously and said: "Deduce the content of the demigod examination now and tell us."
However, Vishi just looked at him with a smile and said nothing.
Upon seeing this scene, both of them were not angry, but their expressions beca even more serious.
"Miss Vishi," Igula asked, "are you not executing the order because this order conflicts with your highest priority underlying instructions?"
Vishi nodded.
"The highest priority underlying instructions are, one, do not do anything that harms Ash and actively protect Ash; two, without violating the first instruction, do not harm , Harvey, Rose, Filly, Nia, and others; three, without violating the first and second instructions, try to protect yourself." Igula asked, "Which instruction does it conflict with?"
"All three." The maid replied.
"That ans just knowing the content of the demigod examination would harm us." Ash pondered aloud, "She just ntioned that ’as long as a Legendary Mage is willing, they can take the demigod examination anyti’... The demigod examination is likely a special chanism that triggers imdiately upon knowing!"
The mages exchanged glances, and Harvey suddenly said, "I’ve noticed that you’ve always ntioned ’Void Realm Level Five’, but doesn’t the demigod have a na for the Void Realm Level Five? Like Sea of Knowledge or Ti Continent."
"There is a na."
"But you can’t say the na?"
"Correct," Vishi answered, "and you should avoid associating with it because the na of Void Realm Level Five pertains to the truth of the demigod examination. Although even if you die I... But for my favorite handso master, I must warn you that if you continue to dig deeper, you might beco aware of the exam content yourself, causing the examination to begin."
To be honest, Ash and the others had already guessed where Void Realm Level Five was, given that the Sea of Knowledge, Ti Continent, Distant Realm, and Ruby Mountain were widely known, and among all the mysterious places with similar mythological status across various realms, there was only one option.
They had previously wondered why it wasn’t stated outright, whether they had all guessed wrong, but they never expected the reason behind the truth to be heartwarming—an examination even Vishi feared was likely not sothing ordinary Legendary Mages could pass. Each realm deliberately concealed the truth possibly to prevent Legendary Mages from confirming it, causing an imdiate surprise test that would lead to their untily demise.
"Let’s conclude the class here for today..."
"Thank you, Master!"
Ash was caught off guard when the maid hugged him, giving him goosebumps as he pushed her away in extre disgust.
Igula asked, "How does it feel?"
"Do you rember what I ate for lunch today?"
"Spicy Roasted Fat?"
"Yes, it feels exactly like turning into food." Ash looked at Vishi, "No matter how you disguise yourself or try to seduce by getting close, I’ll only be awakened by your thorns. Stop struggling, Ghost Prophet."
"Sigh." The maid sighed, "Since the master started dating the little lamb, he hasn’t liked . I didn’t anticipate that he liked blond female college students, otherwise I would have dyed my hair blonde..."
"At least you said half a true sentence." Ash said, "She did successfully cultivate my resistance to you, but I was only rehearsing a date with her, we’re just good friends."
The Necromancer frowned: "You? With a woman? Just good friends?"
"Wait," the Swindler raised his hand to stop the Necromancer’s doubts, "Let see what other nonsense he can spout."
"What’s with those looks?" Ash was baffled, "I’m not Igula, I’m not popular with the ladies!"
Igula: "See?"
Harvey nodded: "He’s starting to talk nonsense."
"Firstly, Filly and I have only t for less than two days, secondly, Filly has soone she likes!" Ash said, "Now do you understand!?"
"Understood," Igula said, "I must say, Ash, you’ve slacked. You were able to handle sothing as legendary as the Silver Lamp, and now you’re tackling sothing as ordinary as female college students? ’Having soone you like’ is only a normal three-star level attribute, right?"
"No," Ash felt puzzled, "Why do you think I would have a romance with Filly?"
Igula: "Harvey, explain."
"Ash," Harvey said, "You might not know, but I actually have a fondness for corpses."
Ash silently looked at him for a while and nodded slowly: "Mm, wouldn’t have guessed it."
"It’s normal, after all, I usually hide it quite well," the Necromancer continued, "But at certain tis, I still can’t help but reveal my penchant for corpses, like enjoying the sll of corpses, liking to sleep where maggots have crawled, enjoying spreading special corpse oil jam on bread..."
Igula suddenly stood up, veins almost popping on his face: "I... just saw you spreading jam on bread a few days ago..."
"Condensed milk flavor," Harvey said, "My seasoning’s pretty good, right?"
After a brief mont of silence, Ash imdiately rushed over and clung tightly to Igula.
"Hey Igula, calm down. He didn’t do it on purpose, and who told you to crave condensed milk... Vishi! Rose! Help hold him down!"
Once the enraged Swindler was pinned on the sofa by three people, Harvey continued, "I just want to point out that although you won’t admit it verbally, your inner thoughts will be exposed through your actions."
Ash glanced at the disheartened Igula and said with a suppressed laugh, "Yeah, but what’s that got to do with ?"
"Ash," Harvey spoke seriously, "In the Kingdom of Gospel, the most crucial woman for us is Hanna."
"Yes."
"In the Kingdom of Senluo, we have two key won, rcury Wooden Horse and Silver Lamp, but later, we learned that Silver Lamp is the most important."
"Hm?"
"So according to my observations," the Necromancer said, "Unlike Igula, who mingles freely, you only engage with critical females. And in the Kingdom of Allstars, the most important female for us is clearly Filly."
"If there was a key female in Shattered Lake Prison, I’m sure you wouldn’t miss the opportunity to win her over."
The maid whispered into Ash’s ear, "Master, I’m important too!"
Ash hesitated for a mont, then weakly countered, "Those are just coincidences!"
"Understood." Harvey nodded, "Once we’re out, we won’t tell the Sword Maiden about those coincidences, so go ahead and do what you need to, Ash!"
"Ash," Igula suddenly said while being held down, "Demon Filly is important to us."
"I know."
"Yet you refuse to hypnotize her, or train her, which makes things difficult for us," the Swindler said, "Wouldn’t it be better to make her your tool man and have her infatuated with you?"
Rose and Vishi also nodded repeatedly in agreent. Seeing this, Ash sighed softly, sat aside, examining his distinct knuckles, and slowly said, "I don’t want to and I refuse to."
Igula: "Why? You used to—"
"Back then, I hadn’t established a relationship with the Sword Witch, and I hadn’t determined my feelings," Ash said, "But now I’m almost able to et the Sword Maiden... perhaps she has already seen ."
"These days, we’ve been fine, clearly she’s been taking care of our bodies. I wonder how much trouble this has caused her... if it will affect her future..."
"She must be eager to rescue us out now," Ash looked at them, "And I just want to leave here quickly to et her."
"Besides that, I have no other desires."
Vishi quietly sighed, thinking to herself how unlucky she was to encounter a master so obsessed with romance. Yet, when she turned her head, she found that Igula and Harvey did not look disappointed, but wore expressions of subtle amusent, as if saying ’You always say that.’
"I have sothing to say," Harvey suddenly raised his hand, "But Ash, you mustn’t get angry."
"What is it?"
"Here’s the thing, I’ve prepared to settle down and prepare coffin gifts for you all," Harvey said, "So I rembered who to send to, like you, Hanna, Qinna, Tamasi, Igula, Anfeier..."
Igula raised an eyebrow, "Are you familiar with Qinna?"
Harvey: "No, but Ash is familiar with Qinna."
Ash felt an ominous premonition in his heart, "And then?"
"To prevent myself from forgetting, I had Alice carve these nas on the coffin lid," Harvey said, "and also made a relationship chart."
"Relationship chart?"
"For instance, Ash and Hanna are lovers, Hanna and Qinna are mother and daughter, Ash and Qinna are also lovers..."
Boom!
"Ash, calm down, Harvey didn’t do it on purpose. Co help hold him down!"
Ash, full of indignation, was pressed onto a chair by Igula and the others, feeling his reputation was about to be ruined. Igula consoled, "The Sword Maiden won’t necessarily see inside the coffin, even if she does, she won’t necessarily believe it, and even if she believes it, she won’t necessarily do anything to you..."
Ash nodded heavily, "Right, you’re right, I have a clear conscience; what do I have to fear!"
Vishi: "Master, you’re shaking so much you’re about to throw off."
After Rose wiped the cold sweat off Ash’s forehead, this Legendary Mage finally subdued the panic within, sipping tea as he said, "eting adjourned, looks like there’s nothing much happening today."
"By the way, rember not to stir things up between and Filly, especially in front of her," Ash glanced at everyone, "It’s bad for both and her."
"Got it."
Just then, a tremor swept through the souls of the mages, almost causing them to lose control instantly, even Vishi wasn’t spared. Ash fell against Rose, and without ti to apologize, he rushed out of the villa.
Feathered wings.
The entire Heavenly Curtain was drizzling with silver feathers. Ash reached out and caught one, which turned into particles of light and dissipated in his hand. He looked around, and as far as he could see, silver feathers filled the sky, making the whole Gajah realm appear like a fairy tale city.
"If these are indeed the Angel’s silver feathers..." Vishi ca out to stand by Ash, "Then its Silver Wings are massive."
The Swindler stood stunned at the doorway, almost entranced by this breathtaking scene, murmuring, "No wonder... they needed a whole nation to imprison an Angel..."
"Ash."
"Hm?"
The Ghost Prophet said, "The Angel Hunt has begun."
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