I will be a demon in this life!-Chapter 240

A few days later.

Imperial Council.

The atmosphere was tense in the spacious hall with white walls, a gold-tiled floor, and a ceiling painted with scenes alluding to the great battles of past emperors, where the ministers and advisors who formed part of the imperial council were gathered.

The vast majority of those present were careful with their words and actions as they watched the Emperor with his calm expression as he observed them from his throne. For them, behind the Emperor’s inscrutable power and cautious personality lay a depth capable of swallowing up anyone who made a mistake.

At that point, each faction had already presented its position through its representatives.

The bourgeois Seulo Teyirit announced that the neutral faction would provide whatever capital was necessary in the event of a large-scale war.

Folseck Stevenson, the empress’s brother and representative of the conservative faction, stated that his faction would support whatever decision the emperor made.

Andrew Seldent, deputy representative of the pro-war faction, said that they should first crush the Presial kingdom and then demand explanations from the "Republic of Argaris" regarding the intervention of demons in the war on human territory.

After a few minutes of silence, the emperor declared:

"The apostles of the Temple of Endless Sky, led by Mr. Geminis, will participate in the war against the Presial kingdom to eradicate any demons present in the enemy army. The Minister of War, Rasgar Relvin, will be the commander-in-chief. In three months, I want us to have planned a joint strategy to ensure definitive victory against the Presial kingdom."

All the councilors bowed after hearing Emperor Venrac’s irrefutable orders and instructions.

Before anyone could ask to speak, they all lowered their gaze, sensing a strong murderous intent coming from the Emperor, who had already stood up.

"The Republic of Demons will be the next target if they do not hand over the leading figures of that demonic marquisate," thought the Emperor as he walked away from the imperial hall, followed only by his two trusted ministers.

....

In a rocky area with some bushes, under the moonlight, Arian absorbed the energy from the core of a sixth-rank Harpy (starting point).

It had been an exhausting battle, in which Arian had used constant concentrated aura slashes to wound and bring down his fierce and dangerous target.

A few meters away from Arian, sitting around a campfire, were Mina Capriarnis, Saint Selia, Princess Alice Venrac, and a Golden Paladin.

Alice Venrac, with pink hair, blue eyes, and pale skin, wearing a white shirt and high-ranking abyssal snake leather archer’s breastplate, was the daughter of Emperor Richard Venrac.

At that moment, there was some tension in the camp because the Golden Paladin had informed Princess Alice about what had happened regarding the war against the Presial kingdom and also about the powerful explosion that had destroyed some small cities in the Empire.

"Disgusting demons, I hate them," Alice deeply hated demons, especially because she remembered what they had done to her cousin, which ultimately also resulted in the death of her uncle, Duke Venzariac.

At that moment, the Golden Paladin informed her that the Emperor had ordered her to return immediately, which annoyed her even more, because she considered the Great Mountain Range to be the ideal place to test and perfect her skills.

A few hours later, after Arian had finished her meditation, Princess Alice was about to inform everyone of her decision.

Bang!

Everyone raised their guard when they heard a nearby explosion that caused the ground to shake.

Bang!

The Golden Paladin drew his silver sword and covered it with a blue aura, ready to protect the princess.

Similarly, Arian, who had already reached the sixth spiritual core (initial level), also drew his sword, and the saint Selia transferred part of her sacred power to him to enhance the hero’s talent.

Mina Capriarnis held her high-level magic staff, ready to act if necessary.

Bang!

The ground shook even more, and then everything returned to calm.

"That seemed like a battle," said Arian.

"That was a battle in which a beast perished," confirmed the Golden Paladin, who was at the seventh spiritual core (intermediate level).

"It happened very close by, just over a hundred meters away. We should go investigate," said Arian, whose spiritual perception was developing more and more.

The Golden Paladin shook his head. That night, he stood guard, and the princess informed everyone that she would be leaving the next day due to her father’s orders.

.... 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

The next day.

Arian and his group accompanied Alice and the Paladin as they headed out of the Great Mountain Range. On the way, they saw a man dressed in elegant hunting clothes, who had an air of scholarship despite his handsome appearance with his white skin, light brown hair, and blue eyes.

"Stop! Who are you?" exclaimed the Golden Paladin, with one hand on the hilt of his sword.

"I apologize if I caused any misunderstanding. I am Fausto Johanest, son of the merchant Wagner Johanest," Fausto said solemnly.

"Fausto Johanest?" thought the Golden Paladin, but he could not recognize the individual standing before him.

"Sir, were you the one who caused such a commotion in the middle of the mountain range?" asked the beautiful princess Alice.

"Indeed, I hope I haven’t caused you any inconvenience. I was hunting a seventh-rank beast to auction off its core or sell it to my father’s company," explained Fausto.

The princess found Fausto to be an interesting man, but the Golden Paladin was a little concerned to hear that this stranger had hunted a high-rank beast.

"Arian, he is identical to the Arian I saw in the vivid dream I experienced some time ago, although he is not as strong as he should be at this point. It seems that my actions have had a relative influence on his progress. I would kill him right now, but he seems to have a high-ranking artifact protecting him. At this moment, the man in the tower must still be on alert, and provoking another power would be extremely foolish. But that young woman looks a lot like her",Fausto, who had been thinking, realized that the silence had gone on for a long time, so he spoke politely:

"If there’s no problem, I’ll be on my way."