[Ciel, do you have anything that can help her quickly recover? If so then give it to me, I’ll pay you in corpses.] said Zixin, bringing Ciel back to his senses.
"My Lord, I don’t have such medicine at the moment but if you give me time..."
[We don’t have time.]
"My Lord, I do have a healing elixir and it’s an instant recovery elixir, I’m offering it to you for free." said Harl. As a City Lord, he was very smart and cunning, some might say even more cunning than Devils. Harl then offered a glass bottle with purple liquid inside.
"That’s the Troll’s Blood Essence Drop. City Lord Harl, you actually have such a valuable treasure and even offering it up for free?!" exclaimed Ciel in genuine shock. Trolls were creatures not found in the Demon Domain but in the Living Domain. Their blood and heart were valuable treasures that could bring even someone on the verge of death back to life in an instant, the effects depended on the Troll’s rank of course.
Zixin took the vial, opened it and fed Poldi the liquid inside. After she’d finished drinking the content, her wounds began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye. While waiting, Zixin’s attention was diverted towards the two City Guards.
[You two, where did you obtain your chain whips?] he asked.
"Replying to My Lord, the City Guards and the weapons they used were all created by the Demon Kings, it’s not specified which Demon King exactly but there’s information about where the materials to create these guns were obtained." explained Harl on behalf of the City Guards.
"In the Ancient Warzone."
[The Ancient Warzone?]
"Yes, the Ancient Warzone is a dangerous place here in the Underworld. It’s a prehistoric site that’s rumoured to have existed since the beginning of time. It’s also rumoured that it was a war between the Death Domain and the Life Domain and many powerful demons and experts met their demise. If you want resources and materials, you’ll definitely find them there but it’s very dangerous."
[Wow, such a magical place exists in the Underworld, I want to go there this instant.] said Zixin excitedly.
"Then it would be my pleasure to escort you there," said Harl.
[And who’s the best blacksmith here? I want a master to forge my weapon.]
"The Ancient Warzone has many master blacksmiths. The blacksmiths living in kingdoms were all subordinates or slaves of the master blacksmiths from the Ancient Warzone."
[Good. You’re fully healed right?] Zixin asked Poldi who had completely recovered.
[Yes, I’ve completely recovered, thank you for saving my life. I’m willing to serve My Lord for the rest of my life to repay this debt.] replied Poldi.
[Good, because I also want to visit the River of Burning Souls. A place that could give birth to a powerful demon like you is definitely worth visiting.]
[My life is now in My Lord’s hands.]
"My Lord, you may use my carriage if you wish to do so. The Ancient Warzone isn’t a place we can reach by walking or running there." said Harl.
[What if Poldi carries us, how long will it take us to reach our destination?]
"With her as our ride, I’d say half a month to a month."
"Six months to a year of travelling."
[Poldi, you’ll take us to the Ancient Warzone. You don’t mind right?] asked Zixin.
[Of course not but only you My Lord and the other Noble Lord can sit on my head. The rest will sit on my abdomen.]
[Fine with me, let’s go.]
Back on the Living Domain, the Demon Plane had expanded greatly with the constant demon invasions. Now, it was the size of multiple Planes combined into one because that’s what it did. On this multi-galaxy sized flat planet, an enormous tree took centreplace and stood majestically.
It had beautiful grey leaves that were tinged with a hue of whiteness and were formed by flames. Each leaf was the size of a planet and the tree released Death Qi into the air. The tree shook slightly and some leaves would fall on the ground, a rare and beautiful phenomenon or was it?
If one looked carefully, they’d realise that different kinds of beautiful birds were perched on the Nether Tree and Gozzl was nowhere to be found.
"Little Tree, you have a really beautiful place. It’s so beautiful that I’m thinking of living here permanently. I’ll have your wars be my source of entertainment and eat all the new creatures birthed by this Plane." said one of the birds.
"Sparrow, do you have no shame? As an Immortal, why are you bullying a sapling? She already said that the worm is gone so why are you making things difficult for her?" said a robin bird.
"Hahaha, look at you bunch of cowards. Do you all not dare to go to the Underworld? A bunch of chicke...cowards!" said the mockingbird.
"Mockingbird, were you about to mock the Royal Family?" asked the sparrow.
"I...I wouldn’t dare!" the mockingbird shook its head in fear.
"Caw, caw, since you guys don’t dare to visit the Underworld to capture the worm then I’ll go. After I capture it, I’m thinking of offering it to one of the Royal Families of our Race and ask for nobility, hahaha!" laughed the crow before it entered, opened a portal and flew inside it.
"That damn crow is definitely up to something. Why would it tell us its plan unless there’s a hidden agenda involved."
"It obviously is planning something against us. As he’s comprehended the ▪▪▪, he can freely traverse the Death Domain while the rest of us would just be courting death if we went there."
"I wish I could go to Earth but the Royalties just won’t allow us inside. I wonder if I’ll get a reward by offering that monk to the Buddhist Temple."
"If you want to be captured by those crazy baldies, go for it."
"The Living Domain is vast and endless, I’m sure there’s a Monk Temple out there with pure hearts and still follows teachings of the deities. Forget it, I’ll just sleep here for a while."
’If not for being weak, I would have...forget it.’