My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 401 He Will Return Like Lightning
Kalia had no idea why she had that strange intuition.

In short, a subtle idea came to her after the sky shattered.

It seems that I can control the power that has not yet appeared.

It seemed as if some lingering consciousness within her was whispering to her, tempting her to fully unleash the power within her and stop suppressing and limiting her talent and strength.

Although, thick, sticky shadows poured down from the sky, like dark, destructive silt.

But these shadows, which symbolize destruction and silence, seemed gentle and serene to her.

Just like a child returning to its mother's embrace.

Even Flam, who was right next to her at the time, failed to notice the profound impact in time.

Just as Kalia's consciousness was slowly sinking into the seductive whispers, and her resistance and vigilance were weakening with the dumping of the black mud, Sinos conjured up a massive storm cloud that completely obscured the sky, preventing Kalia from continuing to gaze at the heavens.

At the same time, the World Tree power imprint stone that Roland had left on her as a precaution also shattered.

The verdant branches instantly wrapped around Kalia, radiating a gentle yet firm power that dispelled the whispers in her heart.

But that intuition never faded.

She felt she could control the dirty things falling from the sky.

So she asked Flam to take her to find Sinos, to find the family of her pet.

As it turned out, her intuition was correct, and her attempt was successful.

In fact, she didn't even have to put in much effort.

While it can't solve the problem once and for all, it's more than enough to buy time.

Even though the war in recent months has greatly reduced the number of residents in the city of Heria, there are still more than 100,000 residents remaining.

In this world, that's no small sum.

Let alone evacuation, organizing the orderly evacuation of 100,000 people from the city is an unimaginable workload.

At the very least, it will take at least a day to complete.

Nash, now transformed back into a cat, perched atop Flam's head and asked, "Dad! How long can you hold out?"

Looking up at the torrent of shadows rising and falling in the sky under Kalia's influence, Sinos said somewhat somberly, "If Miss Kalia's abilities continue to work, and in conjunction with my plan, we can at least guarantee that these things will arrive in Heria City in two days."

"However, the price is that this mountain range and the vast forest and plains leading to the city of Heria will be permanently turned into dead land."

As Sinos raised his massive dragon head to look up at the sky, he said, "Moreover, if we don't find a way to close that hole, all measures will be like drinking poison to quench thirst. I've already tried the dragons' methods, but the results weren't significant."

"However, I have observed that the reason why the damaged boundary cannot be repaired is because the rituals within that monastery are still in operation and connected to the power of the Whisperer of Eternal Silence."

"In fact, if my spell were not still in effect, the hole in the sky would continue to grow over time."

"Moreover, my power becomes ineffective as soon as I get close to the monastery; otherwise, I could have destroyed the monastery along with its ritual formations."

"Now we have good news and bad news."

"The good news is that the boundary repair spell is still effective. If it weren't for the influence of that ritual, which kept that evil god's power going, I could have easily shut it down."

"The bad news is that to close the door, we have to disrupt the ceremony... To do that, we have to enter the barrier I created and go to the very source of the pollution."

"Moreover, the corrupting power of these shadows is such that even if I were to be exposed to too much of them, I would completely lose my mind, let alone a legendary-level expert."

“This is different from the pollution at sea. The pollution at sea is caused by the slow and persistent influence of the Whisperer of Eternal Silence over tens of thousands of years. Although the area is wide, the overall pollution concentration is not high.”

"But what's hanging over our heads right now... is the power that being personally descended."

"Even though it has been greatly weakened by the rules of the world and the will of the Great Source, it is still not something that ordinary people can do."

"To accomplish this... aside from true gods, there are probably only a few exceptional individuals."

"For example, His Excellency Roland."

“If it is him, he can indeed ignore the pollution. As for the shadow entities that are generated, I can help eliminate them until they get close to the monastery.”

"That way, there's no need to worry about any danger."

Before he could finish speaking, Nash said somewhat impatiently, "Does this mean we have to wait for Roland to come back?! Leah, you've contacted Roland, haven't you? What did he say?"

Kalia didn't answer, but instead looked down at her palm, then slowly asked, "A special individual who can ignore the corruption of evil gods... do I count?"

……

"Your Excellency Roland, what has happened that necessitates a sudden interruption of the ceremony?"

"Many of the materials you requested have a short shelf life and are difficult to collect."

"If it weren't for the high concentration of magic in the Enwa region, it wouldn't be easy to collect all these special magic materials and alchemy materials."

Octavian looked at Roland in front of him with some displeasure.

Although the plan has just begun, the demons are known for their speed of action, especially since this directly involves solving the fog disaster, all the demons are very enthusiastic and proactive.

Even with the Royal Court's proactive measures and the prevention plan left by the Demon King before his death, the Fog Disaster has never caused any large-scale serious incidents in the past three hundred years.

However, this kind of elusive disaster, which would recur after a period of time even with the installation of stabilizers, still caused the deaths of a considerable number of demons.

Therefore, the demons of the entire Enwa region united like never before when it came to gathering materials and manpower. Within a few hours, they had collected one-third of the required materials, and it seemed they would have all the materials by tonight.

At this moment, the Demon King beside Roland glanced at Roland: "What message did Kalia send you? You seem so uneasy after reading it? Has something happened to Heria?"

Roland nodded: "Lia said the sky shattered. A great deal of shadow pollution, seen at sea, poured down from the broken hole in the sky."

"That is to say, Nash's father, Mr. Sinos, did not leave and temporarily stopped the spread of the pollution, but there is no sign of the hole in the sky being repaired."

The Demon King didn't press further, but instead asked, "That Storm Dragon? If even it can't close the shattered boundary in the sky, then the situation is far more serious than Enwa's."

“At least here in Enwa, the clan chief and the entire Carrion King’s Court are still fighting, buying time and slowing down the erosion of the border.”

"But the situation in the territory of Wislova... if not stopped urgently, could very well escalate, just like what happened to Enwa more than three hundred years ago..."

The Demon King recalled the battle when he and the King of Carrion faced the two supreme evil gods.

As a result of the battle, the Carrion King lost ninety percent of his physical body and will need a great deal of time to repair it.

However, with the help of the Great Source's will and the weakening effect of the boundary, it temporarily repelled a wisp of the Annihilation Throat's will.

At that time, the supreme demon king, who was empowered by multiple "evil gods," completely thwarted the attack of the Whisperer of Eternal Silence, but his soul was affected by its power.

By the time she realized it, it was too late to turn back. She could only create a prototype to split her soul, and then half-commit suicide through the hero's intervention.

Why say it's semi-suicide?
Having been to the underworld and stripped of all her authority, leaving only the divine power of the Ulcer Mother, she was no match for the hero of that time.

After all, the authority of the Ulcer Mother is not very useful in direct combat, but it is fine for polluting the environment and creating large-scale plague disasters.

During the war, she frequently used this authority to weaken the logistical support of human armies.

Sigh... I'm getting carried away again.

The Demon King looked at Roland: "I also know those methods of yours, it's just that I can't use them as quickly as you can. And the effects aren't as good."

"So, I'll do some preliminary work for you to avoid wasting those materials, and we can start the formal work when you come back."

"Is this okay?"

As the Demon King spoke, he glanced coldly at Octavian, who had been ignored for a long time.

After a brief silence, Octavian knelt on one knee, bowed his head, and said, "Your will."

Roland sighed, then took out a bag of fine gold ingots that had already been engraved with runes from his storage ring: "Take this, Your Excellency Octavian."

"Engraving runes is not a troublesome thing for me."

"I started processing it after receiving the message."

"I originally wanted to wait until I got back before starting the plan, as that would be more prudent."

"But since His Majesty the Demon King is willing to stay and carry out the plan for me, then I have nothing to worry about."

"These are runes used at those key points."

"The remaining runes don't need to be inscribed by me; having someone else do it would have the same effect. As long as the runes at these nodes are working, the rune devices in other locations can be replaced at will."

Octavian remained kneeling on the ground, bowing his head and raising his hands respectfully to receive the runestone from Roland.

The Demon King then looked at Roland: "Why did you just call me Your Majesty?"

"?" Roland gave the Demon King a strange look: "Isn't this giving you face?"

"...Don't add it anymore."

The Demon King crossed his arms somewhat unhappily, and after a brief silence, added softly.

Roland smiled helplessly, then walked towards the outside of the Covenant Temple: "Polia, Cellina, and I will head back now."

"I'll trouble you with the things here."

The Demon King nodded, saying nothing more, and simply watched Roland's retreating figure as he strode out of the Covenant Temple, walking towards the outside of the temple amidst the salutes of the demon soldiers.

She still didn't voice the question that was on her mind.

Will you come back for me?
That was what she originally intended to say.

But in the end, he didn't speak, or even ask a question in the consciousness link.

She just laughed self-deprecatingly until a huge bone dragon took flight outside the temple window, at which point she turned to look at Octavian, who was still kneeling on the ground.

“Alright Octavian, let’s do as Roland says and get started.”

"Yes."

Octavian respectfully agreed, and only slowly rose from the ground after the Demon King entered the resting room inside the temple.

At this moment, the second strongest member of the Gargoyle Royal Court, the designated heir to the Royal Court, and the guardian of the Covenant Temple began to ponder a question.

Did he misunderstand Caesar?
Looking back now, my father's initial guess seems to have some merit.

Ah, as expected, experience is the best teacher; he saw through His Majesty the Demon King's thoughts at a glance.

It seems that even someone as old as Zhongdeng (a nickname for a Chinese doctor) still has much to learn.

(End of this chapter)