"To make a long story short, this time I went to theocratic country with Satan Ye and Vera. We were ambushed by two cults... one called the Flame Demon Sect and the other the White Wings Sect. I took Vera and extracted part of a soul from a knowledgeable person, and from that, we uncovered a truth."
As Yila spoke, aside from Senata, who had known since yesterday, the expressions of everyone else turned solemn. Each person started making guesses, as many had some understanding of the origination of these ’cults.’
Adoring strong persons, ancestors, or natural phenomena; worshipping anything besides gods—such were the cults. If they inexplicably wanted to kill someone, it was highly likely that the entity they worshipped desired that person’s death.
And when Yila mentioned matters concerning the very survival of the Demon King Territory, it indicated that the opponent might have an unusual identity.
"From the memories we extracted, the ones directing those two cults came from Heaven and the Elemental Realm. Their identities were the Lord of Fire Element and a Heavenly Holy Knight. Those two..."
Yila took a deep breath, looked around at everyone who seemed to have guessed something, and said with some feeling, "They’re undoubtedly outliers."
When Yila said this, many leaders gasped. Although they had suspected the enemies couldn’t be ordinary, this level of enemy was simply too absurd.
It needed to be reiterated that the level of outliers wasn’t comparable to ordinary "enemies." If professionals fighting professionals was like high school students having a brawl, then battles among ordinary people were akin to kindergarten children fighting.
When professionals faced ordinary people, the difference was as stark as that...
So on this basis, what kind of existence was an ’outlier’? Or rather, the reason they were called outliers was their transcendency.
Because they shouldn’t be compared to all other beings.
If professionals were unarmed high school students in the mundane world, and some might be more formidable, holding a samurai sword, then outliers would be akin to a Tiger tank.
Or even more outrageous, like a Gundam, a Transformer, a Godzilla, or a Super Saiyan—completely unimaginable beings with whom comparison was futile.
This was the difference between outliers and all beings in the Main Plane.
"Uh, though I don’t know what an outlier is... Yila, can’t you win?"
Wolf, who seemed unclear about the term ’outlier,’ said this, her ears twitching in confusion. She had witnessed Yila’s world-ending power and found it hard to imagine there could be anyone stronger.
Indeed, though ’outlier’ was an esoteric term, it was understandable to some, making it seem somewhat less impressive, yet inevitably, some did not grasp its meaning.
Like the impoverished-born Wolf.
"In the novels you read, the most terrifying, dreadful Evil Dragon... imagine that dragon."
Yila’s words made Wolf recall the novels she’d read. Nodding, she said, "I understand. It’s like such an Evil Dragon, right?"
Although Wolf thought she understood, she did not.
"An ’outlier’ can easily crush such an Evil Dragon."
Now, everyone began to realize the seriousness of the situation.
"Of course, the ones targeting me aren’t just those two outliers. I heard there’s also the only outlier from the Blood Realm, and some others who, for various reasons, can’t come to the Main Material Plane to act directly against me... In other words, I’m now the focal point."
Yila said this, shaking his head in resignation as he slowly spoke, "The reason relates to that stone tablet. It seems the outliers believe I am the chaos mentioned in the stone tablet, destined to destroy the World Tree."
The leaders seemed to see a mixture of unwillingness, dissatisfaction with the outliers’ hegemony, wrongful resentment, and a desire to resist in Yila’s eyes.
*Yes, being inexplicably labeled as the culprit for world destruction was utterly absurd and laughable. If the so-called outliers condemned so blindly, it indicated their ignorance.*
While all the leaders felt indignant on Yila’s behalf...
"Though I’m not sure whether I am or not... there’s a certain probability that I am."
Yila said this, then quickly switched the topic amid everyone’s renewed shock: "But what I want to say isn’t actually this. I just wanted to inform you... When the enemy arrives, I’ll move the battlefield away."
Yila said this simply, skipping over the topic, and continued, "Moving forward, I intend to implement something called the ’Luxury Plan’ as a short-term development direction for the Demon King Territory. This plan is managed by..."
Blake Black was the first to speak out, interrupting Yila’s presentation: "How do we deal with the outliers? What do you mean by ’move the battlefield away’? Are you going to get yourself killed?"
*Did he set up a short-term plan because he knew he would die afterward...*
"Ah, it’s not like that. I’m just worried about the Demon King Territory getting affected... Collapsed houses are no big deal, but I worry about people getting hurt."
Yila said this, blinking as he looked around, realizing everyone was concerned about the outliers, so he began explaining the process in detail: "When the outliers attack, I’ll immediately move the battlefield to the distant plains."
"That means beyond the forest. Over there, the Demon King Territory won’t be affected, and I’ll find a way to deal with the two outliers and then return to the Territory... That’s all."
Yila said, his face normal.
*Too strange, simply too strange... This was akin to, ’How do you put an elephant in a fridge? Three steps: 1. Open the fridge door, 2. Put the elephant inside, 3. Close the fridge door.’ Strange.*
*He didn’t mention how to deal with the outliers at all, huh?*
"What should we do during the outliers’ attack?"
Lodya asked, the dark flames in her helmet burning steadily. She was prepared to hold off an outlier for Yila... Rationally speaking, they indeed needed to help hold one back, then deal with them one by one.
"Ah, this? Well, you should protect Satan Ye and your companions while ensuring the Demon King Territory’s assets are safeguarded... That’s all."