After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King
Chapter 272 - 16: Do Not Wish to See the World Destroyed with My Own Eyes

Chapter 272: Chapter 16: Do Not Wish to See the World Destroyed with My Own Eyes

Good morning, Demon King Territory! Yesterday, the little demons, were completely exhausted—30 of them! Just the little fairies alone fainted 6, but this has nothing to do with Yila and Satan Ye, of course, nor the Beastman girls either~

Where is Hilena? Hilena indeed followed the fleet! Anyway, let’s welcome the first day of the voyage together!

*Hilena: Ugh!!!!*

*It seems Hilena’s seasickness can’t be cured...*

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"Raphael, have you gotten used to living in Hell?"

"..."

Although the other party greeted him, Raphael did not immediately respond. He glanced at the Demon God, who wore a suit and tie, then closed his eyes again.

During prayer, he did not like doing other things... *though he himself did not particularly dislike interruptions.*

Mephisto roughly knew this, after all, today was "Sunday"; though she herself did not think that in the almost factual "Gods Are Dead" era, prayer held any necessity.

After a few minutes, Raphael finally raised his head and looked directly at Mephisto.

"How is the portal preparation coming?"

Raphael asked simply, standing up, his black wings spreading out behind him again. He said, "I am merely asking, not urging."

From this point, Raphael seemed to be a very good teammate. His integrity was trustworthy, though it was a pity that from the beginning, Yila stood on the opposite side of justice.

Driven by their beliefs, they had to be enemies.

"My sisters are preparing... What about you, do you live here regularly?"

Regarding Mephisto’s question, Raphael looked at the houses casually built with stones around him... they were indeed "stones", not castles built with cut stone bricks like other Fallen Angels.

Raphael did not seem to intend to live in the castle under construction, even though the Fallen Angels specially reserved the largest, closest-to-Heaven, most noble position for him.

"No need. After the trip to the Main Plane, regardless of the outcome, I will not return to Hell."

Saying this, Raphael looked at the eldest sister of the Three Demon Gods, who was shorter than him, and said, "If Yila is Chaos, then I will immediately head to the next battle to save the world..."

If Yila is not, then the conclusion need not be elaborated.

"I have a question, if Yila Elkaras is merely a mortal bewitched by Chaos?"

Mephisto asked this, looking at Raphael, who was serious from beginning to end, and asked, "Then what will you choose? The former or the latter? Life or death?"

"The latter."

"But you are a Heavenly Holy Knight."

"..."

Mephisto’s meaning was too obvious, so obvious that Raphael shook his head in another sigh, saying again, "We and the mortals are all children of the gods. We are older brothers, and mortals are younger brothers... There is no difference, Mephisto."

*What kind of distorted persistence is this? Actually, Mephisto didn’t understand. The lowest logic in this world has always been the strong exploiting the weak... not to mention the current era when gods had long since disappeared.*

*Even in the era of gods, aside from the Heavenly beings as the army of the gods, there were still countless disputes in the Main Plane and within the other Seven Realms... even holy wars to uphold each respective god.*

*This gentleness, this perseverance, was originally unnecessary.*

"Talking about older brothers and younger brothers... There are no gods to supervise you now."

Mephisto crossed her arms and said this, looking at Raphael’s resolute face, asking, "The purpose of you, who claims to be an ’older brother,’ descending from Heaven, is it to fulfill the duty of protecting your younger brothers?"

That was really too ridiculous.

"Why not? You should know the records on the tablets."

Raphael said, shaking his head as if in remembrance, "I and the gods made the same determination. Now that the gods are lost, it should fall upon the elder brother to fulfill the father’s duty... whether it is discipline or protection."

*In other words, if Yila was merely a mortal bewitched by Chaos, then what Raphael could do would be to persuade the other party to return to the right path when calling back their life? Is this a bit too naive?*

*Then hope that Yila Elkaras would take over his responsibility to protect the world?*

*Raphael seemed like he had just stepped out of a fairy tale; he was thinking too optimistically, even if it could be said... even if self-talk requires a limit, he had done it all.*

"I really find it hard to evaluate you, Raphael..."

Mephisto did not know what to say. She found Raphael’s logic very interesting. She said, "Do you think Yila Elkaras, who was deemed an enemy by you for no apparent reason, will appreciate your kindness?"

*From heart to heart, Mephisto surely wouldn’t have a positive attitude.*

"What if they do? What if they don’t? Could I possibly entrust the responsibility to you? You lack the leisure; moreover, I couldn’t possibly entrust the responsibility to Wenresa and the others... I need not elaborate on the reason."

Saying this, Raphael no longer wanted to continue this topic. He shook his head and said, "I only do what I need to do. If I must die, then I will express everything to Yila Elkaras, and everything afterward has nothing to do with me."

*It was clear that Raphael had a very high evaluation of Yila, even reaching the ’quite outstanding’ level, yet he still had to kill Yila, knowing that... Yila was almost impossible to be Chaos itself but merely a Delegator of Chaos.*

At that level, Raphael couldn’t watch Yila be killed by him... then, the outcome was almost inevitable.*

...

*Yila almost couldn’t survive under Raphael’s hands, and what Raphael wanted to entrust would likely leave no trace in Yila’s mind... At least Mephisto thought so.*

*And Raphael almost inevitably had a death-for-death conflict with Yila... that was a fact.*

*In other words, nothing would change either way, no disaster would be avoided... just that Raphael would die, and if Yila could use ’quite outstanding’ Mana... then Yila Elkaras would even become stronger.*

*Everything remained the same, nothing changed.*

...

"What is Raphael thinking?"

On the way leaving, Mephisto thought this, then she suddenly realized Raphael had said, "I and the gods made the same determination." She instantly understood everything...

*This was an even more ridiculous answer—self-destruction.*

*"He just wanted to commit suicide, not regretting doing nothing while watching the world perish, so even if it meant being counterproductive, he wanted to do something randomly... Raphael."*

*"You are really adept at glorifying your cowardice with ’justice.’"*

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