428 Interruption Upon Finalization (1/2)
Though prior beliefs could cloud one's judgment of the situation, considering the Great Elder's temperament that he exhibited so far, he would at least choose to confirm the possibility before denying it.
'Besides, he seems to trust my words very much…'
While I didn't know the cause of this trust just like I didn't get to know the reason behind his acknowledgement of the Future Teller's advice, I could tell it was genuine to a certain extent.
In fact, it seemed that the Great Elder's questions weren't spoken out of disbelief, but of shock instead, as if he automatically acknowledged what I said as the truth. It was just that it wasn't as apparent for the first second.
'I should make time to investigate both this and what I experienced earlier after the emergency is dealt with…'
”If that's the case, then it's hard to say if the situation is salvageable. How is it that the people of the other domain managed to deal with a similar situation…?”
It was finally the turn of the Great Elder to exhibit an expression of deep contemplation that seemed to be on the verge of turning into one of despair.
'His knowledge of demons shouldn't be shallow…'
”The situation there wasn't as advanced as this one, to begin with. However, there is no need to lose hope so early, while the timing could have been better, it isn't too late just yet.”
It was obvious from the Great Elder's expression that he knew of the demons' true horrors, but he also seemed to have some sort of a misunderstanding.
”While it's true that the demons have found their own loopholes to access the domain, it's limited to a great extent. After all, that's the only reason they are using the Shadow Alliance to act instead of revealing themselves.”
According to my experience so far, the demons' access to the domains was still rather limited, they were only able to use methods such as communicating with people of the domain or initiating demon seeds through hidden schemes. What the Great Elder feared about the possibility of the demons' army sweeping through the domain with ease was still preventable.
Most importantly, while the time was indeed too late to prevent the spread of corruption, that wasn't the case when it came to the opening of the demon bases. Otherwise, the demons would have already stomped away all resistance like the Dragon Clan.
”It's true that demons are the ones who instigated this all, but it was all done through sneaky limited means, the true actors are still the Shadow Alliance.”
”Haaa… that would be for the best. Indeed, since you already experienced the demon's advent and managed to tell the tale, the situation shouldn't be as bad as I expected it to be, but we should already act upon whatever preventive measures that you have in mind!”
The Great Elder's expression finally eased as he seemed to have digested the information I gave and reached a proper conclusion.