After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King
Chapter 320 - 64: Beyond Discussion

Chapter 320: Chapter 64: Beyond Discussion

"I slept for a very, very long time, probably a few thousand years... At that time, I was in the elemental planes, had my own tribe, and many who worshipped me, but I was still very bored. I chose to fall into a deep sleep."

"My awakening came from the summoning of the Outliers. They said that on the Main Material Plane, interesting people had emerged and fascinating things were happening. They said the world might be destroyed, so they called all the Outliers to see... and that includes you, Yila."

Ernie said this, starting from the beginning, while Yila immediately frowned. He sensed something was off and said, "You mean... all the Outliers, all awakened, just to see me?"

*Could it be? Everything I’ve done...*

Yila, having realized something, suddenly turned his gaze to the beautiful jewel decoration placed on top of the wardrobe. At this moment, it was also shimmering with beautiful light.

This was one of the gifts given by all the elves when Cassiopeia first came to the Demon King Territory... Yila always felt something was off as if he was being watched.

*So that’s it?*

If it were the Outliers, it would be simple to hide the Mana Wave within that object...

"Yes, that is indeed a means used by an Outlier to observe you... but that person had no malicious intent."

Ernie continued, sitting very calmly in a chair. Her beautiful gown spread out on Yila’s bed, exposing her weaknesses like molten crystal stones. She continued, "In fact, that person helped block my and the Heavenly Holy Knight’s first attack on you."

"Of course, I have no intention of attacking you now, and you are definitely not the culprit for the Destruction of the World, but that Heavenly Holy Knight and some persistent Outliers might still consider you ’chaos.’ It seems they are on their way here."

"..."

Hearing this, Yila, who was about to destroy the crystal ball, stopped. He squinted at the pearl and said, "So, where is that Outlier you mentioned now?"

Although he asked, Yila had already guessed. The feeling Tipcapu had before was likely correct; that Outlier might have been on the terrace... ready to protect him?

In response to Yila’s question, Ernie honestly replied, "Those two seem to be waiting in the Demon King Territory for the arrival of Raphael, the Heavenly Holy Knight. They even stopped me when I arrived... They are likely here to protect you."

*Protect me... but why?*

Yila pondered, feeling his way through the Demon King Territory’s aura but sensing nothing unusual. He said, "Two of them? Why? Even if they trusted that I’m not ’chaos,’ they shouldn’t protect me."

In an instant, Yila grasped the crux of the matter. With a layperson’s logic, he asked the most reasonable question... but the answer to this question was the most unreasonable.

"Perhaps because it’s interesting? Destruction of the World and ’chaos’ can be fascinating. It’s a solace in their boring lives. Most Outliers have this attitude—they’ve lived so long, it’s hard to understand, right?"

Yila fell silent for a moment, thinking back to the past federation... That federation surrounded countless stars to harvest energy, expertly used ’Eternal Spiral’ and ’Cosmic Restart’ and ’Threat Prediction’ to rule the universe.

*Indeed, they were incredibly bored, so bored that at the moment of the birth of ’Infinite Energy Creation · Third Permanent Mechanism,’ AI judged humanity itself as the ’culprit for human extinction,’ and then carried out the final judgment.*

*So, Yila surprisingly understood. He understood how such bored existences as the Outliers valued so-called ’fun.’"*

"I get it, because they can do anything, so they... hmm?"

Yila said this and then noticed that there was no one else in his room. He tensed up momentarily, only to see Ernie still sitting in the same position, seemingly having never moved...

"You?"

Responding to Yila’s puzzlement, Ernie, having completed her demonstration, explained, "This is proof of becoming an ’Outlier,’ an ability called ’Divine Concealment.’ What hides is not the ’figure’ but the ’existence,’ so your understanding is correct."

Indeed, with such a capability, Yila’s understanding that ’anything that can be done can be achieved, and what cannot be done doesn’t need to be’ was validated.

The world appeared like a playground to the Outliers.

"Outliers... Outliers..."

Yila repeated the word, his fingers lightly tapping the table, before tentatively asking Ernie, "Is there a rule among the Outliers—that they cannot easily harm non-Outliers?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, not only did Ernie freeze for a moment, but even Wenresa and the human woman watching from afar were stunned, as were all other Outliers observing from different planes.

"I see..."

Yila nodded, gleaning the answer from Ernie’s expression. He quickly thought it through and asked, "Then, what is the ’punishment mechanism’? How long do I need to hold out against the Heavenly Holy Knight and other Outliers potentially attacking me before reinforcements arrive?"

Ernie, somewhat surprised, looked at Yila, not understanding how he connected these dots, but she didn’t seem interested in asking. Instead, she directly said, "Outliers must not interfere with the Main Material Plane... that’s the unspoken rule. But you probably can’t expect support."

"However, the rule-abiding Outliers will avenge you."

Ernie added.

"..."

"So... a bunch of thrill-seekers, utterly useless?"

Yila said.

"Very insightful."

Ernie acknowledged Yila’s point.

"..."

"..."

"So, why am I being considered ’chaos’?"

After a brief contemplation, Yila asked, looking at Ernie, who was unperturbed, and said, "Did the gods leave some prophecy? But in the prophecies regarding the ’Calamity,’ there should be no mention of chaos or me."

This statement puzzled Ernie, but she chose to ignore it, as Wenresa and others had also mentioned ’Calamity’ before. She instead said, "No, we don’t know any more about the gods than you do. Our source of information was the stone tablet you found."

*Fair enough, they really don’t know more than I do, so why then...*

"Because the timing matches. In nearly ten thousand years, you’re the only one qualified to be considered chaos. And... we can’t ignore the connection between you and the World Tree."

Ernie said, staring into Yila’s eyes, she asked, "Although I am now almost certain you are not chaos, there should indeed be some connection between you and chaos, right?"

In response to Ernie’s words, Yila instantly thought of the woman with snake eyes who claimed to be ’a god’ and ’Yila’s Golden Finger (cheat),’ residing in the World Tree...

"No connection."

But Yila still answered this way.

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"..."

"..."

"Haha, I see, alright then..."

Ernie laughed, but her smile was unexpectedly lost. She looked very confused and said, "I understand... but I don’t really care much anymore."

"So, if you are not chaos... that’s fine."