Chapter 323 - The Wish (IV) (1/2)
Alternate World might be a fantasy game with gods, goddesses, and demons alike existing in one place, but that doesn't mean religion does not exist here. And I can exactly tell why Tina is worried about the wish-granting ”heart”. Since it belongs to the Primordial Sea God, can the wish still be granted if it was made by an insect person and not merfolk?
That is the biggest question right now for her and I can understand her hesitations. But there is no point worrying now. If she can't deal with Lemis, when push comes to shove, I will be the one who will finish the job. I know I am not the one supposed to finish everything and even though I killed Lemis's brother, Remis, I should at least give Tina the leverage to kill and end everything, whether she is Alexandria or she is Lifera.
She went down from the tree and observed me gutting all of the Fanged Rabbits.
”I kind of envy you and your followers. You accept all kinds of followers, whether they are just beasts, demons humans, or even monsters, you can immediately make them become part of your group. I feel always detached whenever we are traveling and fighting together. It was like it wasn't worth fighting and reclaiming the throne and just staying still would be much more worth doing instead.”
”It doesn't matter whether you do it today or you don't do it at all. If your sister will commit more things since she is a demon, she will soon get the attention of everything and maybe even the will of the world will make sure that she will go down. If I were you, I would choose wisely whether I will continue or not.”
With my experience in gutting Fanged Rabbits in the past timeline, it only took a few minutes before I finished the job. It's nothing special.
”Let's go back. You can think a bit more about it whether you will use the wish or you will use your own hands to reclaim everything.”
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We returned to our base when I heard explosions and sword clashes.
”That came to our base!” Tina exclaimed.
Rushing back to the base, we saw that we are being overrun by demons and other monsters. Lina and the rest are fighting against them while defending the whole place.
”Master! It seems we are discovered! The demons have attacked us now!”
I didn't wait for the demons to attack me and rushes to everyone who was being attacked and went for them for the kill.
”Let's dispose of them for now. Don't bother defending the base, we can just rebuild it again. Prioritize in killing these f*ckers down!”
The attacking demons are just lesser demons. They are not that strong and they aren't that tough either. They are just too many to handle by one person.
”[HELLFIRE!]”
Lucia unleashed [Hellfire] in the sky, burning all the flying lesser demons in one go. I also took care of the other bastards too and it took a bit of time before they were down. Some have some armored necks and armored bodies so it took twice the effort to kill them but they didn't pose much threat.
With our combined effort, all of the attacking demons were killed and reduced to ashes by Lucia as a finisher.
”It looks like your sister is no longer showing signs of hesitation. She even sent out her army of demons to us. It is clear that she will begin her conquest soon,” Lucia sighed.
”Yes, it seems like she no longer cares whether we are just observing or we are not doing anything. It seems she is very angry at her brother's permanent death already,” Lina added.
I was checking for some clues on how they managed to find us when my quest log has updated.
[Hell Descends]
Type: Side Quest
Target:
Reclamation of the Insect Kingdom: 0/1
Kill Lemis, the Demoness: 0/1
Optional task: Princess Tina delivers the final blow to Lemis, the Demoness: unachieved.
Rewards: Ownership of the Insect Kingdom, ???