After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King
Chapter 344 - 87 Old Friends Will Meet Again

Chapter 344: Chapter 87 Old Friends Will Meet Again

"Yila, damn it... A true traitor! All these improvements made in the Demon King Territory, yet never disclosed during the Empire! King, your daughter too, why does she always side with outsiders?"

In the pitch-black darkness, Caligula flipped through the records about Yila inscribed by the gods, lamenting with a look of profound discontent, but even he knew.

Under the Empire’s system, with him, Caligula, around, Yila couldn’t unleash her potential... Although it was their own choice, it was also human nature, a clash of new and old beliefs...

There was nothing to scorn, but likewise... Caligula had no right to say these words.

Therefore, Yose, who wore a dignified robe similar to Isabella’s and was addressed as "King" by Caligula, did not respond to his former confidant’s intention.

Yose merely watched silently, gazing at the massive screen that seemed to be projected in the dark world... On the screen was Yila, recording something in front of the Magma Lake.

"Hey hey hey, isn’t that my adorable Satan Ye~"

A hearty, somewhat naive male voice came, and a heavy hand patted Yose on the shoulder as he laughed: "Yose, your daughter, she’s still not up to par, huh..."

"..."

Yose turned his head and saw the Demon King, Crimson Dragon, with horns, wearing a vest and pendant. Squinting his eyes, Yose refuted: "No way! Isabella is way more adorable!"

"My daughter is cuter!"

"My daughter is way cuter!"

"You bastard!"

"You’re the bastard!"

"..."

Those two were at it again...

In the dark space, those sitting, lying down, standing, whether people, magical beasts, all had the same thought... Yose and Favignano actually got along quite well.

Here, both were quite popular—a cheerful and always smiling and endearing Empire king prone to pranks, and a straightforward and hearty, open king of magic beasts.

Yet neither had any kingly airs.

However, whenever they talked about their daughters, it would always turn out like this...

...

In this place gathering all the "deceased," apart from replaying Yila’s entire life, it also continuously livestreamed Yila from various angles for some reason.

And the deceased here could also watch their preferred perspectives, such as observing their children or students still living.

It was highly questionable what kind of place this really was.

All this seemed unreasonable since everyone here was supposed to be dead, awaiting reincarnation without any consciousness in the World Tree.

As Yose and Favignano bickered, a figure slowly appeared out of nowhere...

...

Wearing a tailcoat and possessing red eyes, the confused vampire looked at himself and then at the lively and joyful beings around him, examining the pitch-black surroundings.

Kayin didn’t know why he was here; he remembered distinctly offering himself to be killed by Yila... Yes, he was absolutely sure. After that, he lost consciousness.

And then, drifting and floating... he vagued through to this place.

Then, Kayin saw Yose... As mentioned before, Kayin was an old fan of Yila, tracking her since she first appeared on the battlefield, so he knew who Yose was and knew that Yose had died.

Ah, so this is inside the World Tree? So it’s not as deathly silent as the rumors say, and even... it seems even the World Tree itself is a fan of Yila, playing her live streams here?!

Awesome!

Kayin’s eyes sparkled. Seeing the large crowd also watching Yila, he settled into a comfortable position and, excitedly, began trying to chat: "Everyone..."

This clearly showed how much Kayin liked Yila, for he didn’t even question his own illogical assumption that the World Tree was a fan of Yila... because he genuinely believed Yila deserved to be liked.

Even more amusingly, his guess was not far from the truth.

"Hey? Aren’t you...?!"

Just then, a lofty woman’s voice rang out, imbued with inexplicable meaning... Kayin looked up and saw a woman seated on a beautiful throne.

It was a very beautiful woman... But it would be shallow to merely describe her as "beautiful." More accurately, it was a transcendent mix of beauty and wickedness.

But it gave off a very dangerous vibe.

To describe it... this woman exuded divinity, a god among gods, even a king among gods, a figure of ultimate malignance yet imbued with overwhelming greatness.

"The one causing troubles for Yila?"

The woman said, and with her words, everyone looked toward Kayin... Yes, everyone recognized this was the guy who had driven Yila to rage.

Though he atoned by death in the end.

"..."

Kayin opened his mouth, sensing things were not looking good... If everyone here were Yila’s fans, did he provoke Yila by killing that succubus earlier? If so, he might be in trouble.

"Well, actually I..."

Kayin tried to defend himself, but the woman with snake-like vertical pupils, like a "serpent," like a "god," evidently the highest-ranking figure within the World Tree, didn’t give him a chance to explain.

"No need for words, beat him!"

With the woman’s commanding voice, the helpless Kayin was instantly overwhelmed by a mob beating... Amid the chaos, bits of his voice emerged—

"I did it... for... Yila..."

"Easy... who’s..."

"Ah! Wait... not..."

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"Yila~ Yila~"

Watching the farce, the woman couldn’t help but laugh, resting her chin as she observed Lodya reporting on the "snake woman," and Yila wide-eyed on the screen.

In the next instant, Yila seemed to look toward the screen... as if he intentionally looked over and made eye contact with the woman and the non-bickering Yose and Favignano, though everyone knew it was just an illusion.

"..."

Noting the two silent kings, the woman chuckled softly, reading their thoughts: "Since I sent that horse back to the Main Plane, you’ve both had that thinking look, haven’t you?"

Both men, their thoughts exposed, looked simultaneously in her direction... gazing at this "god".

"Don’t worry, there will come a day~"

The woman said, gently blinking her oppressive vertical pupils, her gaze sweeping over the countless deceased amassed over millennia in this dark space.

In the World Tree, Goddess of the Serpent, Chaos, Source of Destruction; who stole the authority of the world, all for merely...

"Old friends will surely reunite."