The final eruption of flame demon power was a symptom of magic power overload for Sareth, causing him to be unconscious for three whole days before waking up.
After opening his eyes, Sareth saw a skeleton face. But this face, which was terrifying to ordinary people, made Sareth feel exceptionally familiar. He said, "Mother Cassandra?"
That's right. Standing beside Sareth's bed was the lich Cassandra. Seeing that he had regained consciousness, Cassandra heaved a sigh of relief. "Sareth, why were you so rash?"
Sareth recalled the scene at that time and lowered his head in shame. "Sorry, Mother Cassandra. I made you worry …"
"Fortunately, your foster father teleported back in time. Otherwise, I don't know where you would have been …" Cassandra sighed. "Get up. Master wants to see you."
"Okay!" Sareth nodded and got up from the bed. It seemed that after this incident, he had grown up and become more stable.
After Sareth got up, Cassandra handed him two souls. "Eat something first."
Sareth did not waste any time. He took the souls and threw them into his mouth. Feeling the souls turn into magic power in his stomach and flow into his body to replenish his exhausted magic power, Sareth immediately became much more energetic.
Because of his demon bloodline, Sareth could use souls to strengthen himself. But unlike ordinary demons, he did not have Soul Devouring Addiction. In other words, souls were just icing on the cake for him. Devouring souls would increase his magic power, but even without devouring them, his magic power would still slowly grow.
This kind of growth was a talent that ordinary demons did not have. As demons lived longer, they would only increase their physical strength and not their magic power. This was the biggest difference between half-demons and demons.
Cassandra stretched out her bony palm and let Sareth hold it. Sareth did not mind the cold touch of her hand at all and happily held her hand. The two of them left the room and went to the palace.
In the hall of the palace, Roy was sitting on the throne, and Benia was reporting the results of the war to him.
Benia and Julia had just returned today. Roy's sudden disappearance from the battlefield made them realize that something might have happened in the territory, so they could only hurriedly gather the spoils of war and rush back. Unexpectedly, after returning, they found out that it was because of Sareth.
This also led to Benia looking at him with a sour expression when he appeared in the palace hall.
Sareth did not dare to look at Benia and could only look up at Roy on the throne. "Foster Father, you're back?"
Roy grinned and waved at him. "Come here!"
Sareth cheered softly and quickly ran to Roy's feet and looked up at him. Roy put his hands on his knees and lowered his head to look at the little fellow. "Sareth, do you have anything to say?"
"I'm sorry, Foster Father!" Sareth's face collapsed when he heard this, and he stammered, "I made a mistake …"
"What else? Who else do you want to apologize to? "Roy asked.
Sareth quickly turned around and apologized to Julia, Benia, and Cassandra one by one. "I'm sorry, Mother Julia, Mother Benia, Mother Cassandra. I've caused trouble for you …"
After hearing this, Julia smiled and rubbed Sareth's hair. Benia could not continue maintaining her sour expression, so she snorted and turned her head to the side.
"Sareth!" Roy waited for him to apologize before continuing, "You're a half-demon. I've never hidden this from you, and you should know that you're different from pure demons. You still have half human blood in you, so I didn't completely treat you like a demon. So, do you know how true demons grow up?"
Sareth hesitated for a moment before nodding. "I know. I heard from Mother Benia that every little demon will be sent into the river when they are still demon eggs and drift into the Sea of Birth. After hatching, they will fight each other …"
"Yes. The reason is that among demons, only the strong can survive and obtain a chance to survive!" Roy nodded. "I survived like this back then."
Sareth listened quietly, not daring to interrupt Roy.
Roy stood up and walked down from the throne. As he walked, he said, "But what you might not know is that even a cruel and bloodthirsty race like demons doesn't dare to attack demon eggs and newborn little demons. Demons are a race that values bloodlines, and protecting the young is an instinct. So when your Mother Cassandra wanted to keep you, I agreed."
"To be honest, I don't know if it's good or bad to keep you. After all, I killed your biological father!" Roy told him about Sareth's background in detail.
During this process, Sareth's expression was constantly changing, and Cassandra and Benia were paying attention to his expression.
After Roy finished speaking, Sareth did not say anything for a long time. Finally, he let out a long sigh. "Foster Father, the Kha-Beleth you mentioned, I … I don't have any impression of him. He can't even be called my father."
When Sareth said this, he appeared resolute and decisive. This was indeed the case. Although demons had the need to reproduce, not every demon was equivalent to a father or mother. This concept among demons was very indifferent, and Kha-Beleth could only be considered to have given Sareth half of his bloodline. It would be a joke for Sareth to have any feelings for Kha-Beleth, a guy he had never seen before.
On the contrary, after hearing Isabel entrust this matter to him before she died, Sareth's eyes inexplicably lit up.
"Your biological mother, Isabel, is still around, but she's the Chosen of the Dragon of Light. In the end, Elrath bestowed her with power, and she was reborn as a seraph after her death," Roy explained. "But the trouble is that after we left Ashan, I've been trying to find out about the situation in Ashan, but there's no news. That world … seems to have been completely destroyed by the appearance of the Dragon of Chaos, Urgash. In the Infinite Worlds, I haven't found any information about Ashan, so I don't know what happened to your mother, Isabel."
"No need. I won't look for her!" Sareth smiled self-deprecatingly and looked at his palm. "Moreover, she's already become an angel. With my current appearance, will she still approve of me?"
Roy looked at him in surprise and found that Sareth seemed to have matured a little. It seemed like it was not just the experience of almost being killed. Perhaps for men, this bizarre life experience was really a catalyst for his maturity. If I had known earlier, I would have told him earlier.
"Okay, think about these things yourself!" Roy said. "No matter what, since you call me Foster Father, I will always protect you. Whether you think you're a human or a demon, it doesn't matter to me. But your reckless actions this time put you in danger, and it made me understand some things. I can't let you stay in Frostfire City anymore. It's time to let you go out and gain experience."
Sareth looked up in surprise and cried out, "Foster Father?! Are you chasing me away? "
"How is that possible?" He lowered his head and rubbed Sareth's hair with his fingers. "I'm just letting you go out and live alone for a while. I believe you can see that only powerful strength can ensure your survival. You're a half-demon, and your bloodline is destined to cause a lot of trouble. I can save you once or twice, but I can't save you forever. You have to learn to protect yourself and learn to use your powerful talent and strength." Roy laughed and rubbed Sareth's hair with his fingers.
"Do you want me to go to the upper level of the Abyss?" Sareth asked weakly.
"No, I can't let you stay in the Abyss!" Roy shook his head. "Your bloodline is a huge stimulus to demons. It's too dangerous to let you stay in the Abyss. I just want you to gain experience, not to let you die. So, go to a human world through a Gate of the Abyss!"
"A … human world?" When Sareth heard this term, he suddenly felt a little scared. For him, who had grown up in the Abyss, he actually felt that the human world was very strange and terrifying.
"Yes!" Roy nodded and saw his fear. "Of course, it's called training, but I actually have a mission for you. Sareth, can I trust you?"
Hearing Roy's words, Sareth suddenly became energetic. He raised his head abruptly and said in disbelief, "Foster Father, you … you're saying that you have a mission for me?!"
"Yes, how is it?" Roy asked.
"Is … is it really possible? No, I mean … I … I … "Sareth was a little incoherent.
Suddenly hearing that he could carry out the mission, this kind of trust, which was like being treated as an adult, made Sareth feel at a loss.
After a while, he mustered up his courage and said, "Yes, Foster Father. Leave it to me!"
Roy walked back to the throne and sat down before saying to Sareth, "It's been nine years since I brought you back. In fact, during these nine years, I've been trying to go to other worlds in the Infinite Worlds. However, the world repulsive effect is much more sensitive to demon lords, and it's much stronger. I can no longer go to other worlds like before. At most, I can only rely on magic to create a projection clone to go there. But the power of this projection clone is too weak, and it doesn't even have one-tenth of my strength. Under such circumstances, I can't collect souls at all.
"And you, Sareth, your half-demon bloodline allows you to travel freely between the Infinite Worlds and the Abyss. So the mission I'm giving you is to find a way to help me collect a large number of souls after you go to the human world or summon me through a sacrificial ritual!" Roy stared at him. "Collecting souls may be relatively simple, but it's not easy to complete the sacrificial ritual. You can choose this yourself."
"Okay!" Sareth nodded hurriedly.
"In addition, the world you're going to this time is a little special!" Roy took out the Demon Bible stele from the system space and handed it to Sareth to see. "This thing is called the Demon Bible, and there are about seven of them. I don't know how many years ago, a demon lord named Sparda brought one of the Demon Bible to a certain world. The most important mission you have to do is to find out the whereabouts of Sparda and the Demon Bible in this world. It's best if you can obtain them. If you can't, you can summon me to get them personally!
"I call this world the Devil May Cry world. During the three days you were unconscious, I've already located this world!" Roy said. "But this world is also facing the invasion of demons, so after you go, pay attention to protect yourself, understand?"
In fact, this news was also related to Roy's war with Demon Lord Saratos. At the beginning, Roy had learned that Saratos had a Demon Bible stele in his hands. At the end of the battle, when Roy was about to kill Demon Lord Saratos, he told the truth, saying that a demon lord named Sparda had snatched the stele from him many years ago …
After a few months of war, this was the result. Roy was furious, so he finally twisted Saratos's head off …
"Yes, Foster Father!" Sareth took the Demon Bible and looked at it carefully, firmly remembering its appearance in his heart …
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