Millennium Witch.

Chapter 140-139- The Death of Rosalyn

After a while, as if noticing something, Yvette looked at the demon boy in front of her and asked in a low voice, "You...you should explain yourself first. Who are you, and who is this 'former Demon King' you're talking about?"

In an instant, an ominous premonition rose in her heart. She remembered that she had confirmed with Dugrabi a hundred years ago that Rosalyn was the ruler of both humans and demons on the East and West continents. She was the supreme commander of the Pan-Human Alliance and the second-generation Demon King of the Demon Race.

The boy before them, however, used the title "the former Demon King." If he wasn't referring to the first Demon King, then it meant...

“I…I am called ‘Lant Quinn’, a demon, from Birch Village. The previous Demon King was the second Supreme Demon King, Her Majesty ‘Rosalind Theon’. You…you should know her, right?” Lant looked at Yvette’s subtle expression and couldn’t help but feel uneasy, worried that he might have mistaken her for someone else.

“Yes, she was my first student.” Yvette took a deep breath, her voice trembling without her even realizing it, and pressed on, “Why do you call her ‘the predecessor’? What happened to her?”

Lant was stunned for a moment before realizing that the Silver Witch was unaware of that matter.

He hesitated for a long time before finally organizing his thoughts and saying with difficulty, "Just a hundred years ago... the great evil god 'The Witch of the End' broke through the seal, triggering the prophesied 'Day of the End' to descend upon the human world. The previous Demon King, together with the Demon God and the True God of the Eastern Continent, fought against the Witch of the End, and the War of Divine Judgment broke out."

His tone was filled with reverence and sorrow, and his voice grew increasingly low: "In the War of Divine Judgment, the gods joined forces, but they could not stop the Witch of the End from opening the Gate of Doomsday. At the critical moment, His Majesty suddenly broke through to godhood and turned the tide... In the end, she sacrificed herself to perish together with the Witch of the End, protecting all living beings in the human world."

Yvette froze, time seemed to stand still around her, the only sound the soft crackling of the burning wood in the fireplace. After a long while, she asked in a hoarse, dry voice, "You mean... Rosalyn... she's dead?"

"Her Majesty fell on the battlefield of the gods. Her sacrifice brought eternal peace to the human world." Lant comforted her softly. "Witch, although Her Majesty has passed away, she lives on forever in the memories of all races in the human world and is an inextinguishable light in the hearts of our race. Please accept my condolences."

The air fell silent once more. The shocking truth left Yvette momentarily speechless.

In the nearly seven hundred years since she transmigrated, she had always thought that her heart was as hard as iron, and that worldly joys and sorrows were far removed from her. But now she realized that she was not as cold and strong as she had imagined.

She walked unsteadily to the sofa, sat down slowly, closed her dark red eyes, and when she opened them again, her gaze was filled with deep weariness. She said softly, "Tell me... tell me the story of your second-generation demon king."

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The snow outside the window continued to fall silently. The temperature difference between indoors and outdoors caused countless fine water droplets to condense on the windowpane, which, illuminated by the fireplace fire, resembled jewels embedded in the snowy landscape.

Through Lant's somewhat hesitant narration, Yvette pieced together Rosalind's life story from the perspective of the demon race.

She first rose to prominence in the Pan-Human Alliance of the Eastern Continent, leading a large army as a leader and defeating the Demon King's army.

Subsequently, in the final battle against the first Demon King, she killed the Demon God's agent with her mortal body and reached an agreement with the Demon God to become the second Demon King of the Demon Abyss Continent, also known as the "Supreme Demon King". Due to her status as the supreme commander of the Pan-Human Alliance, she was revered as the unique "Lord of Humans and Demons".

Under her rule, the Eastern and Western continents ushered in a golden age of development that lasted for a century. She actively promoted trade across the continent, advocated for the equal coexistence of all races, and used natural magic to solve the most pressing problem of food and clothing on the Demon Abyss Continent. She also established the renowned Academy of Truth to spread knowledge and opened its doors to all races, providing an opportunity for equal exchange among all races.

These policies enabled the demon race, which was originally considered an anomaly and lived a difficult life on the Demon Abyss Continent, to gradually rise to become one of the most powerful races among demons, and to rival the royal family of the "Abyss Demons" from the era of the first Demon King.

Later, the Witch of the End broke free of her seal and descended to the mortal realm. The gods of the Eastern and Western continents set aside their past grievances and engaged in a final battle against this great evil goddess. In this battle, the Supreme Demon King Rosalind, who was originally thought to be only a demigod and a supporting character in the divine war, broke through the mortal boundaries in adversity and ascended to godhood on the spot. She became the only being in the creation myth to achieve the position of a true god with a mortal body, and perished together with the Witch of the End, preventing the end of the world from coming. Afterwards, due to her true godhood and her act of saving the world, combined with her life experience, she was jointly revered by the Eastern and Western continents as the "Goddess of Truth and Magic." Even the major churches of the Eastern continent issued announcements one after another, incorporating her into their respective historical and mythological systems.

After several tens of minutes of narration, Yvette's emotions calmed down, leaving her with mixed feelings.

If this information is true, she can feel some relief despite her sadness. At least Rosalyn's life has been extraordinary and has come to a satisfactory end, which is something even she, as her teacher, can be proud of.

Then she recalled the scene 120 years ago when she saw Dugrabi off in the Water Tower Kingdom. At that time, when the aurora and the abyss appeared and disappeared, she vaguely guessed that the End Witch's plan had been ruined and Rosalyn might have been one of the participants. However, she did not expect that it would end in such a tragic yet perfect ending.

She let out a long, silent breath and asked softly, "And then what? After she fell, how did your world change?"

"I... I don't know much about the situation in the Eastern Continent. But in the Western Continent, not many years after the fall of the previous Demon King, the Abyss Demons launched a war against our race..."

At this point, Lant's eyes suddenly reddened, and his voice choked with emotion: "In recent years, the demons of the abyss have been pressing forward, plundering large swathes of our demon race's land. They have also carried out indiscriminate massacres of surrendered villages. My father, mother, and sister... all of them died at their hands!"

Before he could finish speaking, Lant suddenly slid off the chair and knelt down again in front of Yvette with a thud, his forehead hitting the thick carpet hard.

"Witch!" he cried, his voice filled with grief and rage, his body trembling. "I beg you! I plead with you! Please help me, grant me the power to avenge my family! I'll do anything for revenge!"

Yvette looked at him silently, and after a while, she suddenly said, "Look up."

Lant immediately looked up and met her gaze without flinching. In those young, fiery eyes, Yvette saw layers of shadows, all thick darkness stained with blood and fire, twisted by deep-seated hatred.

As someone who considered herself discerning, Yvette was certain that this was a young man with strong likes and dislikes. When the topic of the previous Demon Queen Rosalind was mentioned, his remembrance and admiration were genuine and heartfelt, but when the conversation turned to the demons of the abyss, a surge of hatred immediately welled up, and he wished he could skin and tear those demons apart.

Combining his descriptions of history with the knowledge she had gained about the Western Continent from Dugrabi long ago, she could confirm that the demon race was definitely "pro-Rosalind" in their attitude towards Rosalind. On the other hand, the abyss demons, who were originally the royal family of the demon race, had their treatment reduced and their privileges lost because of Rosalind's policies. It was obvious that they were "anti-Rosalind," at most refraining from acting due to the authority of the Supreme Demon King. It was only after Rosalind's death that the resentment suppressed for a hundred years finally erupted, turning into a bloody purge and revenge against the demon race.

Of course, based solely on these one-sided accounts, Yvette doesn't know whether Rosalyn showed any extra favoritism or care to the demon race when she was the Demon King in the Demon Abyss Continent.

But the fact that the Abyss Demons are the opposite is self-evident.

With this in mind, Yvette immediately made a clear judgment.

She looked at the demon boy kneeling before her and calmly asked, "Then, are you willing to learn magic from me?"

　Publish first, then revise.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)