One by one, Aldrian checked the devils’ mories, and once he was done, he killed them by crushing their souls. He then pondered over the information he had gathered.
"Yep, they didn’t know that traitor’s location. That traitor never visited this hideout."
He found this understandable, given that traitor’s experience in the Buran Village hideout.
"However, at least I got so information about a few spies in this city."
Nodding to himself, Aldrian shifted his gaze to the woman in front of him. Unlike earlier, when she had been overwheld by chaotic emotions, she now looked at him with curiosity.
This change made him ask, "Tell about yourself."
The woman tilted her head in confusion.
"Tell about yourself—your life and the place you co from." He said again.
She finally understood what Aldrian ant.
"Darkness... full of darkness... I couldn’t see a thing... just waiting in that place for a long ti," she said, her tone slightly depressed.
Aldrian frowned at this. Did she an that the place she was in before the summoning was completely shrouded in darkness? Had she spent her whole life there, rely waiting to be summoned?
Stepping closer to her, he said, "Let check sothing."
The woman was confused by Aldrian’s words, but she was stunned when he suddenly touched her forehead, sending a tingling sensation through her brain. She didn’t react much as Aldrian delved into her mories, allowing him to check freely.
As she gazed at Aldrian’s face up close, an unexpected shyness washed over her. Her cheeks flushed, and she instinctively tried to lower her head, but she couldn’t as Aldrian was still holding her forehead. She didn’t understand why, but the feeling ca over her all the sa.
After a few seconds, Aldrian removed his finger from her forehead and inwardly shook his head.
"She really cos from the darkness. There is no light whatsoever where she was before. She and the other summons... are they all from that place?"
That place was filled with absolute darkness, even he couldn’t see anything. At tis, he could hear beastly noises, but he had no way of identifying what kind of creatures they were. No matter how far back he traced her mories, he found nothing. That ant she had been there since birth!
With this, he knew that these beasts were in a special place, seemingly designed specifically for them to wait until they were summoned.
Aldrian frowned as he thought about that place. Sothing about it unsettled him, and that is, the possibility that it existed in an entirely different realm or even at higher heavens.
His conjecture aligned with why the devils needed to use a special formation granted by the devil lord, along with significant sacrifices. What if the devil lord’s summoning thod could weaken the law of causality, allowing beasts from higher realms or heavens to descend?
Aldrian’s expression turned solemn. This was bad news. And at that mont, sothing finally clicked in his mind.
"Then... does that an that ’thing’ was able to co into this world because the law of causality has weakened? Is that why?"
He was finally beginning to see the bigger picture regarding the prophesied ti. If his thoughts were correct, then that ti would mark the mont when the devils had completed their preparations.
At that point, the connection between this world and the upper heavens would grow stronger, and the law of causality that separated them would weaken to a certain extent. The law of causality was what prevented beings from the upper heavens from descending recklessly—it was one of the universe’s chanisms for maintaining balance.
However, if the devils—or more specifically, the devil lord—had discovered a way to weaken the laws of causality, then it was no wonder that "thing" could descend into the lower world.
"Although this is still just my guess, I think it’s the most plausible scenario right now. But I still don’t understand what kind of requirents or conditions the devils need to weaken the laws of causality. It seems like only the devil lord knows."
Lowering the law of causality to the point where that "thing" could descend must require an imnse price, yet he had no idea what that was.
Was it similar to the summoning formation?
He shuddered at the thought. If the process was the sa, then just how many sacrifices and how much energy would be needed to weaken the law of causality in this part of the world?
Aldrian’s face grew grim as he thought about the future. He needed to unite all the powers on the continent as soon as possible.
He then turned to the woman but was confused by her expression. Her face was flushed, and her lips trembled slightly before she spoke the words that made his eyes widen.
"Your... Majesty."
He grabbed her shoulders and looked directly into her eyes.
"You... who are you? Why did you call that?" he asked, his voice serious. Yet, beneath his stern gaze, a slight tremor could be seen.
His usual calm deanor was nowhere to be found. And it was understandable—there were only a few who had ever called him that, and they were all figures from his visions or monts of enlightennt.
For this spiritual beast to address him that way... it could only an she had t him in the past or knew him personally.
However, he grew even more confused. She had been in that place full of darkness since birth—there was no way she could have t him. So how?
The woman trembled, looking at him with a slightly fearful expression. Aldrian’s sudden outburst had startled her. She thought she had done sothing wrong and that he was berating her.
"I’m sorry," she said in a trembling voice.
Her reaction made Aldrian realize what he had done. He quickly released his grip and took a deep breath to calm himself. Then, he gave her a reassuring smile.
"Alright, I’m sorry for startling you. You didn’t do anything wrong, and I wasn’t scolding you, so don’t worry," he said gently, trying to put her at ease. "I just want to know—why did you call ’Your Majesty’?"
Seeing that Aldrian wasn’t angry with her, the woman relaxed and answered him.
"I don’t know... you, Master... but... you are... ’Your Majesty.’"
Aldrian frowned, trying to make sense of her words. From what he could understand, she didn’t seem to know why she called him that either. But if that was the case, how did she know to address him the sa way so of the people in his visions had?
He wanted to press her further, but through his connection to her, he could tell that she was just as confused as he was. She had spoken purely on instinct, which ant it was sothing ingrained in her since birth.
He still didn’t know how these clones had been created, but if she sohow knew about him, then the only possibility was that the main body—the original—was the one who knew him. After all, their essence was the sa.
Aldrian sighed, there are many things he needed to do in the future. But for now, his priority was returning to the hunt for the traitor.
"Let’s go back. We’ve already taken too much ti."
With that, Aldrian teleported them back to the underground hall where the summoning formation was located. The spatial gate had already been closed by him after the giant phoenix fully erged from the underground base, he had done so to prevent any unnecessary commotion.
As they reappeared in the hall with the bodies of the devils he had just killed, Aldrian imdiately noticed Arthur and the other Paladins. They were already there, cautiously observing the area.
The sudden appearance of Aldrian startled them, and they nearly attacked, but they quickly stopped upon realizing it was him.
They stared in confusion at the dead bodies of the devils, but what unsettled them was the unfamiliar woman standing beside Aldrian. The mont they laid eyes on her, an instinctive tremble ran through their hearts. She was breathtakingly beautiful, yet sothing about her presence felt like bad news. Her re aura made their bodies and souls tremble.
"Young Master, who is she?" Arthur asked.
Aldrian smiled. "Let introduce her to you. She is the sa as the beast I summoned in Buran Village earlier—another spiritual beast in human form."
The others widened their eyes slightly. Aldrian had successfully tad yet another powerful being? Then... was the screech they had heard earlier from her?
The mory of that sound made them tremble. The sheer pressure and overwhelming aura of a peak Emperor Stage being were no joke. They had previously experienced the Pope’s aura, who was at the sa level, but what they had sensed earlier felt even more intimidating, more powerful.
However, that terrifying aura and pressure disappeared shortly after. Once they had finished dealing with their side, killing every last devil in their path, they had hurried in this direction, hoping to assist Aldrian.
But what they found instead was the black flas, its origin unknown to them. Even without touching it, they could sense the terrifying power it contained. The re thought of those flas burning them sent a shiver down their spines, they were certain it could kill them with ease.
The woman glanced around at the scene. With a simple wave of her hand, the remnants of the flas were extinguished. The suffocating heat vanished instantly, making them sigh in relief.
"Let’s return to the surface. I can already sense a few presences approaching this place. Martinez and Gloria seem to be bringing people from the city," Aldrian said.
Arthur and the others nodded before quickly making their way out.
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At the entrance, the human form of Great Peng stood motionless, gazing at it. He remained there with his aura and energy fully retracted, ensuring that others would not sense his devil characteristics.
As he waited for his master’s return, he suddenly felt several presences approaching. His eyes shifted in that direction.
They were flying toward him at high speed!
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