After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King-Chapter 304 - 48 On Nihilism

"Ernie, have you made your decision?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

In the unhurried *silence*, a fiery Lord of Fire Element opened her eyes... She, known as [Ernie], was one of the exceptions of the Elemental Realm, the one who, along with Raphael, was once eager to save the world.

But at this moment, she just sat quietly in what used to be called [home].

"Ernie?"

A voice, magnetic and androgynous, came from the blood-red crystal in front of her, seemingly reminding her of something, it continued, "If you are willing, you can use the Blood Realm as a springboard to get to the Main Plane and assist the Heavenly Holy Knight."

"..."

But Ernie did not respond; she stared blankly at the ground beneath her feet... Ever since she had a conversation with Wenresa, she had always been like this.

*What was she thinking?*

"Are you going?"

To the urging from the Blood Crystal, Ernie gently closed her eyes, then in a hoarse voice, she asked, "Vlad... where is your [home] now?"

This seemingly pointless question made the voice in the Blood Crystal, known as [Vlad], pause in confusion, before answering seriously, "I was born in the Main Plane, so my home is also in the Main Plane."

"..."

"Your family is gone, isn’t it? What should have been [home] now has nothing left..."

Ernie said, looking around her surroundings, expressing her thoughts, "On the ruins over there, others have chosen to build their own [homes], that is a home... That is not our home, it belongs to others."

Blood Crystal: "Is that so? Then where is our home?"

To that voice, Ernie shook her head, looking at the familiar yet strange sights before her, and said decisively, "We have no home, our home... was eternally marked in the past the moment we became exceptions."

"..."

To tell the truth, the voice in the Blood Crystal was not quite sure why Ernie would say so many irrelevant things...

"So, are you still going to the Main Plane? Don’t you want to protect the world anymore?"

Ernie pondered for a while in response to the voice from the Blood Crystal, then as if making some decision, she first shook her head, then nodded, and said, "Please, I want to go to the Main Plane."

As soon as she finished speaking, a blood-red portal opened from the Blood Crystal... This was the passage to the Blood Realm, just like how the Blood Clan from the Main Plane would go to the Blood Realm.

Moreover, the Blood Realm, as a springboard between worlds, had a great advantage; as one of the non-Nine Realms, the Blood Realm could often ignore the rules of nine days and nine nights... within the Nine Realms’ transitions.

However, during this transition, powers would be restricted and would degrade more severely.

As Ernie took her first step into the Blood Realm, she could immediately smell the thick scent of blood. She looked around at the buildings like blood-colored glass, and finally, her gaze settled on the handsome man standing there.

"Vlad, you don’t seem like someone who wants to save the world."

Based on Ernie’s understanding of this Blood Clan exception, he would not care about the survival of the World Tree... If the Blood Realm was not affected, he would undoubtedly take an *indifferent* stance.

Being so enthusiastic about [salvation] as now was very unusual.

"Of course, my goals are much smaller than yours; I don’t even have many thoughts about that Yila..."

Vlad replied, sipping the red liquid from his teacup, "I am very interested in the castle in Hell, and to activate it, I need the blood of a succubus... That is my only goal."

Ernie had no opinion on this and did not intend to express any.

Ernie looked at the bustling Blood Clan around her in the Blood Realm, narrowed her eyes, and said, "Isn’t what you’re doing considered a violation? Don’t you have Blood Clan from the Main Plane here?"

Yes, the Blood Clan who escaped from the Main Plane were here... Except for the one captured by the Demon King and imprisoned in the Half-plane Prison, the Blood Clan were all in the Blood Realm, waiting for the moment to return to the Demon King Territory.

*Or rather, "dreaming of returning to the Demon King Territory."*

"You all have no right to criticize me; I am just trying to save some kin."

The Blood Clan exception said, but in his brows, there wasn’t the slightest hint of pity for his [kin], only some [interesting] emotions leaked out... In other words, this exception was also one who enjoyed watching the chaos.

Acting out of entertainment, no different from Wenresa and the others, he just found a different way to seek fun...

*This world, after all, was beyond saving...*

"No, I am not planning to break any rules either."

Ernie said, watching the puzzled look in his eyes, explaining her thoughts, "I just want to go to the Main Plane... just like Wenresa and the others."

*In other words, just for travel?*

To this, the Blood Clan exception did not get angry, showing an intriguing smile, asked lightly, "Then what prompted you to have such a thought? Do you think... this world is not worth saving?"

*Not worth it? Perhaps.*

*But it seems that something else isn’t worth it.*

"I miss home... Vlad."

Ernie said, sighing lightly, "You obviously wouldn’t understand, because you don’t mind seeing the World Tree’s destruction, but I can’t... I feel it’s wrong, yet I can’t find the reason, nor can I find the justification."

Ernie said, looking very confused, sighing and holding her head, "I have no right to do anything, to save anything... because what I cared about should have faded away long ago."

*Perhaps the fate of all exceptions is to become jesters... no, using that term seems too frivolous; more accurately, it is [nihilism], [amusement to death].*

"The World Tree will be annihilated, races will die out, just like every moment now, in some Half-planes, just as it happens... The Nine Realms will collapse, but it is just the Nine Realms, and all of this is too insignificant."

Ernie said, sighing, finally concluding, "That’s what my rationale tells me, but I myself, have no way to ignore all of this, at the very least... I want an answer from Yila Elkaras!"

"But is it really meaningful? I am not sure... So, I want to go to the Main Plane—just to take a look."

"..."

Infinite Planes, the gods are dead... maybe Wenresa was right—

"Everything is meaningless."

...

*But Ernie... at least Ernie herself, couldn’t accept this viewpoint, even though she knew all of this was true, even though she knew these things very clearly.*

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