Chapter 179 - What Is the Qixi Festival? Bah! I Want to Update! (1/2)

Chapter 179 What Is the Qixi Festival? Bah! I Want to Update!

“Oh, no, no, Your Excellency Lord of the Hollows!” Roy bowed slightly. “I think you must have misunderstood. The mission to capture the Seven Deadly Sins was forced onto me by the Horseman Fury and not me deliberately causing trouble. You should have heard of Fury’s temper and personality, right? How can a high-rank demon like me dare to reject a Horseman of the Apocalypse?”

Roy lowered his head, but at this moment, his eyes were flashing with the cunningness of a proper demon.

Roy was not quite sure what the intentions of the Lord of the Hollows were, but his tone sounded like he was here to interrogate and criticize him.

Roy had used the term Void power from the Warcraft world to draw Fury’s attention away, and Fury had gone to investigate what was going on with the depravation power of this world, ignoring the Seven Deadly Sins mission. This would undoubtedly anger the Charred Council, but Fury’s bad temper was not easy to subdue. If the Charred Council insisted on punishing her, it was very likely that Fury would walk down the path of severing relations with them.

This push should match the intentions of the behind-the-scenes plotters, Demon King Samael and the Mad Queen Lilith. Roy did this to make a good impression on Samael.

It could not be helped. The demon kings that had appeared in this world were Samael and the Destroyer. If nothing unexpected happened, the Destroyer would definitely be killed by the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. There was no future if he followed him. On the contrary, the chess game directed by Samael and Lilith showed unfathomable wisdom. Even though Roy was neutral now, in essence, he still favored Samael.

But it was important to note that changing Fury’s original plan would certainly hurt the interests of some people because they had originally planned to use Fury as a pawn.

The Charred Council was definitely one of the parties whose interests were hurt. And if he was right, the Lord of the Hollows in front of him might be one of them.

Therefore, facing this kind of questioning, Roy simply refused to admit it and pushed it all onto Fury. Anyway, the Lord of the Hollows probably would not confront him…

Of course, this excuse might have the possibility of angering the Lord of the Hollows. Facing a demon lord, Roy and Julia had no chance of winning, so while saying this, he was secretly preparing to activate his Teleport skill. As long as he saw the slightest possibility of the Lord of the Hollows attacking, he would not hesitate to take Julia back to the Abyss. This was what he had been guarding against when he left Fat Tiger in the Abyss.

However, what surprised Roy was that the Lord of the Hollows did not show any sign of anger after hearing Roy’s excuse. He suddenly sighed. “It seems like I really am old. You, a high-rank demon, dared to participate in this game of chess and use Fury as a pawn to pursue your own interests. But I can only hide in an alternate space and place my hopes on others…”

“…” Roy looked at him in confusion, not knowing why he was sighing. However, he did not agree with what the Lord of the Hollows said. He felt that he was not a player in this game.

In fact, Roy’s understanding of the Lord of the Hollows was a bit off. The Lord of the Hollows did not specifically come to question him. Even without Roy’s interference causing the plot to go astray, the Lord of the Hollows would have also looked for Fury of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. He would then use Fury to have her discover step by step the truth of her being deceived by the Charred Council, thereby instigating Fury to rebel.

In other words, the ultimate goal of the Lord of the Hollows actually targeted the Charred Council!

Back then, he left in anger because of disagreements with the other members of the Charred Council. From his point of view, the Charred Council had already decayed over the hundreds of millions of years. The Charred Council used the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to suppress the various races to maintain the so-called balance. This point was understandable, but the crux of the issue was that this ‘maintaining the balance’ began to change later. When he realized that maintaining the balance was just an excuse, and the Charred Council’s true goal was to protect its rule and authority, it had already deviated from the original intention of the Charred Council’s establishment.

The Lord of the Hollows felt that the current Charred Council had already been corrupted and fallen, so he began to oppose the Charred Council.

Similarly, there were many who were dissatisfied with the Charred Council. Angels, demons, the Lords of the Hollows, and even some ancient races… Perhaps the Charred Council did not realize that using the powerful force of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to suppress the various races was only continuously accumulating the dissatisfaction of these races.

Now, this End War between angels and demons was an opportunity for all those standing opposite the Charred Council to jump out and add fuel to the flames.

To collapse the Charred Council, they first had to cut off its limbs, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were its limbs…

When Fury descended into the human world, the Lord of the Hollows had been eyeing Fury. But unexpectedly, Roy appeared in front of Fury first and got her to leave behind the mission and leave. This prevented the Lord of the Hollows from implementing his original plan.

So naturally, the Lord of the Hollows focused his gaze on Roy. He was very curious about what Roy, this high-rank frost demon, wanted to do. Although the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse had always remained neutral, their chances of fighting against demons were much higher than their chances of fighting against angels. However, not only did Roy not fight Fury, but he even made Fury throw her mission to him, which was indeed unbelievable.