After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King
Chapter 201 - 69 Joining the Flame Demon Sect

Chapter 201: Chapter 69 Joining the Flame Demon Sect

"Ernie! Those people, are they your men?!"

"..."

Facing Wenresa Iluvita’s questioning, the female fire elemental drinking the boiling magma did not answer. Instead, she looked around to confirm that she was indeed still in the Elemental Plane.

The fire elemental woman showed a contemplative expression and spoke in the language of the elementals, "*#@#*, Wenresa... *&%@*@* (I really envy you, Wenresa... being able to freely travel between planes. It’s wonderful.)"

Wenresa was one of the few who could freely travel between planes. Other Outliers found it difficult due to their immense power, making it hard to traverse the gaps between planes.

This had nothing to do with the ability to be a Traveling Mage.

"Answer my question. Those people from the Flame Demon Worship Sect attacked Yila. Did you order it?"

The female fire elemental, addressed as Ernie, smiled at Wenresa’s aggressive questioning and responded in Universal Language, "You can’t say it like that. How could I interfere in the affairs of the Main Plane? Maybe those who worship me found clues to chaos on their own?"

Pure nonsense... It was definitely her doing.

"You know Yila is overwhelmingly strong against non-humans, so you sent human followers... But you must have just woken up and didn’t realize that Yila cannot be simply categorized as an ordinary ’Legend.’"

Wenresa said this while watching Ernie’s twitching face. She taunted, "Your goal wasn’t achieved at all, and instead, your subordinates were crushed like chicks. How do you feel now?"

"..."

"Crackle~"

Being ridiculed, the flames around Ernie crackled, making it clear that she was in a terrible mood. Wenresa was right; she was one of those awakened Outliers merely to watch the spectacle. She and her previous two companions were.

So, she hadn’t spent much effort studying what Yila had been doing during her slumber. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have thought that a dozen semi-Legends with teleportation abilities could kill him.

"Yila’s level of danger and horror... There’s no other possibility but that he is Chaos, Wenresa Iluvita! I don’t know what your relationship with him is, but wake up!"

Ernie said this, looking genuinely pained. She continued, "I’ve seen it. As Chaos (Yila) gets angrier, he’s becoming more powerful... Kill him before he harms the world!"

"..."

"I am very awake, Ernie... I know Yila is very likely to be the Chaos sealed by the gods."

Wenresa said this, casually sitting on the scorching stone bench, and continued, "But the worst outcome is ’world destruction,’ right? It’s only that."

As she said this, Wenresa, to Ernie’s disbelief, very casually remarked, "Compared to ’watching a good show,’ it doesn’t count for much... Look at everyone; most probably think the same, right?"

"Among the Outliers, only a few of you take the world’s continuation or your own life too seriously... Actually, none of it matters."

Wenresa picked up the magma drink on the table, thought for a moment, and put it back. She said, "I recall, you became an Outlier just two thousand years ago? That’s why you take things too seriously..."

It was a very absurd scenario.

Those who think ’world destruction doesn’t matter, and it doesn’t matter if I die’ would call those who think ’the world shouldn’t be destroyed’ too serious, instead of the reverse.

But that’s how it was. The Outliers didn’t care; they had no interests left.

Until Yila appeared... Most of the Outliers only focused on interesting things. They didn’t bother thinking about ’world destruction,’ which is why they could say things like ’world destruction doesn’t matter.’

Wenresa said this while looking at Ernie’s ashen face and continued, "So, you admit you ordered your people to attack Yila? You better think about explaining this to everyone else..."

"I never said that. I didn’t order anything... That’s the truth."

Ernie said this, but only she knew the specifics. Pointing at the door, she said, "Now, please leave my home! You are not welcome here!"

Though she said this, Ernie felt a strong sense of helplessness... The one who could destroy the world was right there, but everyone just looked forward to the spectacle, and no one tried to stop it.

It was as if she was the one doing something redundant...

"’Home,’ huh, so nostalgic... Actually, such a thing also has no meaning."

Wenresa said this, spreading her ’meaningless’ philosophy, adding, "Your family is long gone, and everything you knew will gradually become unfamiliar, so you might as well..."

As Wenresa felt the temperature around her gradually rising, she made a universal gesture of surrender, smiled, and faded away, placating the angry fire elemental Outlier, "Alright, alright, goodbye."

"..."

*Completely manipulated...*

Ernie thought, feeling a bit despondent as she sat alone in her empty home. But being manipulated was not the reason for her melancholy... She just didn’t know why the surroundings felt a bit unfamiliar.

The furniture in her house was arranged just as it had been more than a thousand years ago before she went to sleep... But she couldn’t tell exactly what was off. Everything was the same; there was no family.

In her contemplation, Ernie thought of the small elementals living in her home after she woke, the fire elementals she mercilessly drove away... *Was my obsession the reason they lost their home?*

*Her old home probably wasn’t as important as the current one... Maybe she had done something wrong.*

...

"*Sigh, life... feels so meaningless...*"

Ernie murmured to herself, then suddenly realized something, her drooping eyebrows shot up, and she cursed, "Wenresa! What did you do to me?!"

*Why did I make such a lament?!*

"..."

But the next moment, she realized Wenresa hadn’t done anything. If anything, it was she herself "being persuaded," or rather... a natural shift in perspective.

Every Outlier had to go through this, but...

*Does the continued existence of the world have any meaning?*

Ernie controlled her thoughts, not daring to ponder this question.

Not even for a second.

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