readytorunbook Chapter 570 - 570
Chapter 570 - 570
"Who are you?"The Yasaka ancestor's voice faltered as her crimson beast-like pupils fixed intently on Chris, her expression inexplicably turning wary.
Meanwhile...
Eiji: "..."
He was once again rendered speechless.
Damn, this was definitely payback for threatening her earlier, right?
Now that she had the chance, she was determined to get her revenge, wasn't she?
"What's the situation right now? And you're telling me this?"
Eiji shouted while cutting down monsters, "If we don't hurry, this palace will be overrun by the Archduke of Hell! Everyone will die! Can you take responsibility for that?"
Moral blackmail!
Come on, just tell me the enemy's weakness already!
"Princess Iris aside, you seem to be holding up just fine!"
But Chris remained completely unfazed, still grinning with a twisted smile.
"Keep it up, hold out for a few more hours! Once you're on the verge of collapse, then beg me properly! I can wait—I've got nothing better to do anyway!"
Tch!
Eiji's temper flared instantly.
"Chris, do you believe me if I say I'll just abandon the palace right now and strip you naked for some photos?"
What a joke!
The only reason he was slightly at a disadvantage now was because he was protecting the ordinary people inside the palace.
If he didn't care about them, he could just run far away—what did the Archduke of Hell matter? The guy wasn't even strong enough to kill him anyway!
"E-Eiji... brother?"
Princess Iris stared at him in shock.
Eiji brother actually said something like that?!
Her image of him completely shattered, and she wore a devastated expression, as if thinking, "My Eiji brother is gone..."
"Eh? N-No way, right? You wouldn't actually abandon the king and everyone else, would you?"
Chris paled, her forced smile stiffening.
"Wanna test me and see?!"
Eiji bared his teeth in a savage grin and immediately abandoned the monsters, charging straight at Chris.
"W-Wait, wait! Seriously, hold on! I surrender, I surrender! I'll talk, okay?!"
Chris nearly had a heart attack, frantically raising her hands in defeat.
"Asuok is a demon who governs dreams! He can connect to everyone's dreams, using them to interfere with reality. Those monsters, weapons, and even divine artifacts—they're all things he created in dreams and then brought into the real world!"
Damn.
Creating things in dreams and then manifesting them in reality?
Wasn't that basically conjuring things out of thin air?
"See, Iris? In special situations, you have to resort to any means necessary to get what you want. Doesn't matter if the method is dirty—as long as it achieves the goal, it's valid!"
Eiji laughed triumphantly at Iris.
"I see, I understand now!"
Iris's eyes lit up with realization, nodding as if she had just learned a profound lesson.
As expected of Eiji brother! He really knew everything!
If Rein were still conscious right now, she'd probably be having a heart attack.
"Chris, elaborate!"
"Eh?!"
"I mean, explain his weaknesses in detail!"
"You scared me!"
Chris clutched her chest, still shaken.
This man might have looks that even gods couldn't rival, but his personality was absolute trash!
Most women would undoubtedly be captivated by his appearance at first glance, but the moment they got to know his true nature, they'd be utterly disillusioned!
"Listen up. In terms of pure strength, even a Demon Archduke isn't particularly powerful, but they usually possess extraordinary traits—or what we call [Authority]!"
Chris carefully explained to Eiji.
In terms of sheer power, even a Demon Archduke was nothing special in Eiji's eyes. If the two were to face off in a direct clash, it was hard to say who would emerge victorious.
No, Eiji was confident his chances of winning were higher.
But as adversaries of the gods, Demon Archdukes possessed terrifyingly unique traits.
These traits were generally referred to as [Authority].
Some had the Authority to see through past and future, others could distort reality, and some even wielded control over dreams.
The Demon Archduke Asuk—his power lay in the realm of dreams!
His dream Authority far surpassed that of mere succubi. While succubi could only craft dreams, Asuk could use dreams to interfere with reality!
Things he created within dreams could be brought into the real world!
In short, he could manifest objects from dreams!
"In other words, Asuk isn't actually here. He merely appeared in this space after entering a dream—without even needing a medium. Those eyes are just part of the dream, not reality!"
Chris recounted Asuk's abilities with perfect familiarity.
This made Asuk—or rather, the Yasaka ancestor—gasp in shock. Because this was a dream, he couldn't even cause the temperature to rise.
"Regardless, it's absolutely impossible to defeat him here unless we can kill his true body, which is far away in hell, through the dream!"
After saying this, Chris suddenly laughed.
"But even so, to defeat him, we don't actually need to fight him at all!"
"Asuk's power comes entirely from dreams!"
"He is strong because of dreams, and of course, he can also be weakened because of them!"
"I see!"
At this point, Eiji felt a sudden clarity.
"The reason this guy can't be killed is because it's nighttime now!"
It was nighttime, and everyone was asleep.
Everyone was in the world of dreams!
Asuk had absorbed the dreams of the entire capital, transforming them into his own power, which allowed him to appear before them in this form!
The reason he immediately plunged everyone into slumber with black mist was to strengthen himself!
"So, if we can wake the capital's residents from their dreams, he'll naturally disappear from our sight!"
Even Iris caught on, her face lighting up with joy.
"Why does this female thief know my abilities so well?"
The Yasaka ancestor's face twisted with fury.
He had never appeared in the human world before, let alone revealed his abilities!
Yet somehow, someone knew the weaknesses of his Authority so bizarrely well!
"Only those hypocritical gods know the weaknesses of my power... No, wait—you bitch, could you be—?!"
His crimson eyes glared fiercely at Chris, burning with endless rage.
"Filthy demons have no place in this world!"
Chris glared back without backing down.
"Especially not a stinking demon lord like you, reeking of every foul odor imaginable. You're the type I despise most—just looking at you pollutes my eyes!"
"I'll go find a city-wide broadcast!"
Iris's spirits soared.
Through the barrier laid across the sky, voices could reach everyone in the city. The guild used this to alert residents about the Demon Lord Army's attack.
"No need, let me handle this!"
But Eiji suddenly called out to stop her.
He stepped forward with a fierce expression, hands gripping empty air as the silver katana instantly transformed into a pitch-black sword of aurora light, adorned with neatly arranged crimson circular patterns.
"Vile King's Iron Hammer, Reverse Aurora—"