Chapter 147: The Divine Kingdom Descends Upon the Demon King's City

Seeing the distance Serie deliberately put between them, Kurtz caught up in a few steps.

"Wait for me, Serie!"

"No!"

Serie didn't look back, her steps quickening with obvious intent to escape the conversation.

Even her golden hair swayed with her hurried pace, as if only by doing so could she completely shake off the topic that had made her so flustered.

Kurtz no longer pressed on, merely maintaining a half-step distance, following leisurely behind her and enjoying Serie's rare flight in disarray.

He knew her too well.

Clearly, his efforts were not in vain.

Her slightly tensed shoulders and faster-than-usual steps all spoke of her inner turmoil.

And that was indeed the case.

Serie appeared to be looking ahead, but her thoughts had already drifted far away. Kurtz's teasing words continued to echo in her mind.

Are you truly that unwilling to watch me die?

"Foolishly searching the world for me for thirty years."

"Was it really just to occasionally pass by a grave?"

Did she not want him to die?

Of course, she didn't!

This thought quietly surged into her heart, bringing with it a panic that almost suffocated her.

She had thought that after finding this man, the obsession in her heart would dissipate. After that, she would just need to wait for his life to end, and then she would continue on her path alone again.

But she was wrong.

The longer her journey with this man became, the more she couldn't bear to lose him.

The thirty years he was gone were thirty years of aimless wandering. The world was vast, yet there was no trace of him.

Every search brought more disappointment; she had even thought of giving up, and indeed, the stone tablet outside the Godfall Land was the best proof.

But thankfully, she still found him.

However, it would have been better if she hadn't found him. Then there wouldn't have been these ten-plus years of adventure, and there wouldn't be this current panic.

Or rather, it would have been better if she hadn't met this human in the first place; then none of what followed would have happened.

But if she truly hadn't met Kurtz, she would have felt even worse.

So, everything she had just said was just her being stubborn!

Kurtz looked at the silent figure walking ahead, clearly sensing the weight pressing down on her shoulders.

He touched his chest; the strange sensation brought by the Life Goddess's authority seemed to linger there still.

Surprises really had to be saved for the right moment.

Thinking of this, Kurtz quickened his pace, walking side-by-side with Serie.

"How about we rest for a bit? I see some bushes nearby; how about I pick some sweet wild fruits for you?"

Serie's steps paused slightly, and she quickly glanced at him, seeing the familiar smile on his face. Her taut heartstrings seemed to loosen a bit.

She snorted softly, a sign of acceptance, but she still didn't reply, clearly in dilemma, though her steps had slowed considerably.

Time stretched the silhouettes of the two very long.

After a long journey, Kraft and Ailia finally arrived before the so-called Demon King's City.

The two stood at the edge of a broken cliff, overlooking the heart-pounding scene below.

Demon King's City, the legendary dwelling of the First Generation Demon Lord Asmodeus, is an entire city surging with a dark aura, causing the sky to be shrouded in perpetual dark clouds.

At this moment, their presence was also discovered by the demons below.

A shrill horn sounded, echoing off the cliff walls, and immediately after, the ground began to shake with thunderous footsteps.

Countless demonic beasts, like a black tide, emerged from various corners of the castle and from underground passages, rushing towards the two on the cliff.

Even in the air, numerous flying demonic beasts appeared, forming a suffocating black cloud that swooped down towards them with predatory intent.

Instantly, the two were surrounded from all sides.

Facing the demonic beasts with surging dark energy around them, Ailia's holy scripture appeared in her hand, and pure divine power began to emerge like morning light.

She turned her head to Kraft: "Should we fight our way through?"

Her meaning was clear; with their combined strength, they could easily carve a bloody path through this horde of demonic beasts, even directly reaching the Demon King himself.

However, Kraft raised his hand, stopping her next action.

His eyes were fixed on the tallest spire of the Demon King's City, a tower that seemed to pierce the sky.

His mission was never to fight through the demonic army, nor to end the Demon King personally.

"No! Ailia, our mission is complete."

He no longer hesitated, pulling out the teleportation tool Kurtz had given him and injecting magic power into it.

Buzz—!!!

The disc erupted with an unprecedented dazzling light.

The light did not spread outwards but shot straight up, transforming into a pure white pillar of light that pierced through heaven and earth.

The sky above the entire Demon King's City seemed to be violently torn apart by an invisible giant hand.

An irresistible force roughly dispersed the black clouds, and an unimaginably huge, large-scale teleportation array, covering the entire Demon King's City and even dozens of miles around, suddenly appeared.

Such a massive commotion naturally attracted the attention of all creatures, and even the demons turned their gaze towards the sky in primitive terror.

From this enormous teleportation array, they felt a sacred pressure imbued with the weight of ages.

Its sheer scale caused even the demonic beasts, driven by their primal instincts, to shriek and cower, instinctively wanting to flee.

"This, this is!?"

Kraft looked up at the giant teleportation array that obscured the entire sky, so shocked he almost forgot to breathe.

The tool in his hand had already crumbled to dust, and the shock in his heart had begun to churn like a tsunami.

Kurtz!

You bastard!

What on earth have you been hiding from me!?

This is not some magic array for teleporting one person! This... this is practically going to move an entire city!

Ailia also tilted her head slightly, looking at the massive teleportation array in the sky, and a highly complex ripple finally flashed across her usually calm face.

As one of the creators of such a massive teleportation array, she was naturally filled with emotion. Because she had not taught this magic to that person, he had analyzed and replicated this magic solely based on his own talent and even improved upon it.

Truly a talent comparable to a god.

Moreover, from behind the teleportation array, Ailia even detected a familiar aura, one that made her ancient heart quicken.

The next second, the light from the teleportation array reached its brightest.

Space itself let out a groan of unbearable strain.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, a colossal object slowly materialized.

It was a magnificent city radiating soft, holy light, composed of various white halls and soaring spires that seemed to defy gravity itself.

It was an entire Sky City!

Now, this Sky City slowly descended from that massive teleportation array, majestic and terrible in its divine beauty!

The Sky City!

The Skywing Clan's Divine Kingdom!

The Holy City that never falls!

It floated directly above the Demon King's City, like a sword of divine judgment poised to strike.

[End of Chapter]