Why must the devil be Defeated?

Previously, Lide had already told Shane that unlike the Divine World, the entrance to the Demon Realm wasn't accessible through facilities like the Temple; instead, it lay at the base of some ancient Magic Power Sources that were over a thousand years old.

Because Omni Potanssen was only cut into three worlds by the Demon King a thousand years ago and was turned into the Divine World, Demon Realm, and Human Realm by the Supreme God, the actual existence of the Demon Realm extends back a mere thousand years.

Therefore, the entrance to the Demon Realm has been situated at the base of some ancient Magic Power Sources that have stood for over a thousand years, and can be activated with the Demon Clan's Token.

Ordinarily, the entrance to the Demon Realm remains closed. It only automatically opens when someone holding a Token approaches the bottom of a Magic Power Source and enters its detection range.

Now, led by You Lin, Shane and his companions reached the nearest ancient Magic Power Source to the Imperial City.

"Is it here?"

Shane asked Jiasinta.

"Yes." Jiasinta nodded, saying, "The entrance to the Demon Realm is at the bottom of this Magic Power Source. When you hold the Token near the bottom, the entrance will sense it and open on its own."

"A Token?" Shane thought for a moment, took the Dragon Demon Token that he wore around his neck, and asked Jiasinta, "Just need to take this out, right?"

Upon hearing this, Jiasinta looked at the Token in Shane's hand and then had a system crash.

"A Demon Token...!?"

Jesse and Lis's expressions changed drastically, and they promptly kneeled on one knee before Shane.

Their respectful demeanor was akin to facing the Demon themselves, their faces filled with trepidation.

"What are you doing?"

Shane was startled.

But in truth, it was Jiasinta and the others who were taken aback.

"...Master actually gave you his own Token?"

Jiasinta was silent for a while before speaking out faintly.

That deeply aggrieved demeanor gave Shane the chills.

What in the world was going on with this Violent Dragon?

Why does it feel like a pent-up housewife or an irritable old grandmother?

What is the benefit of taking such extreme stances for you?

Suppressing the chill in his heart, Shane ignored Jiasinta, tightly held onto Lilith, and directed his voice downward toward You Lin beneath him.

"Dive down, You Lin."

At Shane's command, they resolutely took action.

"Roar!"

You Lin immediately understood and dove without hesitation towards the bottom of the large Magic Power Source.

"Boom!"

As You Lin plunged into the spring of condensed magic water, the entire large Magic Power Source erupted like a mine, throwing up a massive wave.

The surrounding demons hastily scattered in panic, clearly unwilling to provoke the Limit Level Black Dragon with overwhelming might.

You Lin carried everyone, rushing down all the way.

Shane only felt the spring water around him press in inexorably, bringing a sense of suffocation.

However, perhaps due to the special nature of the Magic Power Source's water, the light within was surprisingly bright, not dark at all.

Lilith, Jiasinta, Jesse, and Lis seemed unaffected as well, their expressions as usual.

If they wished, they could surely create a barrier to separate the water flow and remain completely unaffected, right?

Before long, You Lin, with everyone on his back, approached the bottom of the source.

"Clang..."

It was then that the Token in Shane's hand began to emit a faint glow.

"Hum!"

The bottom of the source trembled suddenly as if sensing something and began to stir slowly.

The water at the bottom of the source churned like a vortex, spinning faster and faster until it formed a massive whirlpool.

At the center of the whirlpool, a void formed unnoticed.

"That's the entrance to the Demon Realm. By passing through it, you can reach the part of the Demon Realm that this entrance connects to,"

Jiasinta's voice echoed directly in Shane's mind.

"On the other side of the Demon Realm, there will be another large Magic Power Source. In other words, for as many entrances to the Demon Realm there are in the Human Realm with Magic Power Sources, there are just as many corresponding ones in the Demon Realm."

"They are all fixed in location, connected in pairs, and unless some external power intervenes, a power of at least Demon Level strength, the position of these passages won't change."

"The Mitra Kingdom has six entrances in total, each corresponding to a territory of a Demon, conveniently making it six of the Demon's territories each with an entrance to the Mitra Kingdom."

"The Ragna Empire only has four, with two leading to the Moon Demon Territory, one to the Beast Demon Territory, and one that just so happens to lead to the Dragon Demon Territory we're headed for."

"The entrance we're going to use is the one that leads to the Dragon Demon Territory of the Demon Realm."

"Opposite is the Dragon Demon Territory; the Master is probably already there waiting for you."

Hearing this, Shane's gaze no longer left the entrance before him.

Thinking of the girl who had left just a few days ago but suddenly declared her intention to enter into a marriage contract with him, Shane felt exasperated yet couldn't help but miss her.

"If that's the case, then let's go in."

Shane patted You Lin's back.

Without any hesitation, You Lin spread his Dragon Wings and dove once more, plunging into the center of the vortex.

The whirlpool finally began to shrink, retreating as if its mission was complete, and eventually disappeared entirely.

And in the instant it faded, several figures also made a dive, attempting to follow but failing to catch up.

The owners of the silhouettes seemed anxious.

Vague voices could be heard spreading through the water.

"Wuu wuu wuu... we didn't catch up again...!"

"This… we're going to get scolded horribly by the Nuadra Goddess now!"

"What do we do? We've been lost for several days, and it took us so long to finally find the person that the Nuadra Goddess asked us to watch over...!"

"What should we do now?"

"It's all your fault! Always running off! Chasing butterflies one moment and catching fish the next!"

"But butterflies and fish are so cute!"

The three little figures bickered and hesitated among themselves, all eventually lost in confusion.

Clearly, they didn't know what to do.

In the end, it was the more reliable one who, gritting her teeth, spoke up.

"No choice left, Noerde, Selti, let's 'fuse'!"

"Violet is right, if we 'fuse' and use our authority to open the space-time passage, we can just directly traverse to the Demon Realm!"

"But... but, Violet, Selti, where should we emerge? Without a reference, we could end up in the wrong time!"

"It doesn't matter, at worst we'll traverse space-time a few more times, we must find That Person and keep watch...!"

"Let's do it!"

"Then... then okay..."

With such words, three tiny figures held hands and suddenly their bodies burst into dazzling light.

In the next second, the three figures combined into one, transforming into a Goddess radiant with light, descending upon this world.

With a wave of her hand, the Magic Power Source at the bottom immediately unfolded into a vortex.

However, that vortex was no longer a mere entrance, but a passage capable of traversing space-time.

Then, the Goddess soared into that space-time passage.

Only after the Goddess entered did the space-time passage close up, restoring silence to everything.

...

At the same time, Shane and his companions were flying through a starlight tunnel on You Lin's back, heading towards a luminous exit.

However, suddenly, the entire tunnel began to tremble.

"Roar!"

You Lin let out a cry of panic.

"What...!?"

"Ah...!"

Jesse and Lis also cried out in shock, nearly being thrown off the dragon's back.

The whole tunnel suddenly trembled violently and even twisted, causing You Lin to start swaying uncontrollably as if spinning in an ever-turning space.

"What... what's going on?"

Shane was startled and quickly stabilized his stance.

Lilith also hastily clutched Shane, her face showing rare panic.

Jiasinta was even more shaken.

"It can't be...! Is this the influence of a Demon Level Power on the passage? Who...!?"

This question was impossible to answer.

Not just because there was no one to reply, but because the distortion in the passage had become more terrible, eventually whipping up a storm, which fiercely blew everyone off the dragon's back.

"My lord...!?"

"Ah ah ah...!"

Jesse and Lis were sucked into a sudden exit in the distance amidst their screams.

"Tsk!"

Jiasinta, unable to help herself, didn't even have time to struggle before being sucked into another exit.

"Roar!"

You Lin let out a dragon's cry, but in the end, she couldn't avoid being swallowed by an exit.

Only Shane and Lilith were left, unexpectedly forced to separate in the chaos.

"Lilith!"

Shane tried to rush forward but was carried away by the storm blowing from the deepest part of space, entering an exit.

"Boom!"

Finally, Lilith unleashed her most terrifying power, the evil energy surged, sweeping through the entire passage.

Twelve Black Wings unfurled behind Lilith, carrying her as she forcefully blasted through the spatial storm and headed toward the exit Shane had entered.

But Lilith's full-powered outburst immediately caused a Demon Level Power to once again severely affect the passage, making the distortion even worse.

"Crack crack crack...!"

With the sound of cracking, fissures appeared in the passage.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the passage shattered, causing the entire space to collapse.

Just as Lilith tried to charge into the exit that had taken Shane, the exit vanished along with the collapsing space.

Then, Lilith too fell into the collapsing space, her whereabouts unknown.

...

"Hmm?"

In the Demon Realm, at the shore of a large Magic Power Source, Ai Yi, who had been waiting for a long time, seemed to notice something, suddenly looking up to the bottom of the source.

"The passage collapsed?"

Ai Yi was shocked and immediately dove into the bottom of the source, plunging into the water.

A moment later, Ai Yi emerged again.

Only now, her expression was incredibly grim.

"What's going on?"

Ai Yi was furious.

"Is someone messing with this?"

Ai Yi immediately thought of this possibility.

Given the current situation, even if someone had deliberately sabotaged the passage to harm Shane, it wasn't out of the question.

"Damn!"

On Ai Yi, fearsome Dragon Power erupted.

On this day, Shane's arrival in the Demon Realm was met with the greatest of mishaps.

Thus, the journey to the Demon Realm, under such unexpected circumstances, began.