Demi-human Girls Completion Manual Chapter 1538 - 82: The Curse of the Undying

As the power from Chaos and Order, respectively from Elliog and Moli, poured into Helair’s barrier below, the gate sealing the base opened wider, revealing its terrifying presence to the outside world.

The abyssal hole at the center of the hall grew deeper, and a faint red mist began to emanate from it. Anyone who saw the mist felt their hair stand on end, as if a fear from the depths of the soul had gripped them.

"Uh..."

Moli’s reaction was particularly intense; unknowingly, her hair began to darken again, as if she heard clear, unthinking whispers from the mist.

She heard the call of the red mist, seeming to drag her closer to the hole,

"All phenomena... are like a dream or illusion... like dew or like a flash of lightning..."

"What... what?"

She understood the words whispered in the mist but couldn’t grasp the profound meaning behind them. Her action of outputting pure life energy paused momentarily, attracted by the dreamlike red mist.

"Hey! Whale-man! Focus! This isn’t class!"

"Ah... ah! Sorry!"

Moli awakened from the dream, quickly shook off the unthinking words from the mist, and refocused on Paimon’s barrier before her, but couldn’t help asking Elliog beside her,

"Elliog Demon, did you... not hear some presence speaking?"

"You’re talking about those meaningless whispers in the red mist? Ignore them, those sounds are the pollution from the Spirit Realm, worry about those noises frying your mind."

"Hmm..."

Strange, meaningless noise, but the red mist clearly speaks...

Moli didn’t have time to analyze whether Elliog understood what the red mist was saying, because in the next moment, the tremors throughout the dynasty became more evident, as if an earthquake had begun, and even the magma sealed by the Mother Goddess beneath the black reef began to boil actively.

The Death Lord struggled to stand, hastily reached out to steady himself on the wall, and said helplessly,

"Wait, do you demons always cause such chaos and noise whenever you use gates? Wouldn’t other Demon Gods complain?"

Leaning against the door, Sidi, his body weak from exhaustion, slid to the ground, but even so, he had the leisure to answer the Death Lord’s question,

"Of course not, this is just because I refused Barbatos entry, and the phenomenon caused by his forced breach... Essentially, this is a direct conflict of power between him and me, a domestic dispute, kid, very scary~"

"..."

The Death Lord raised an eyebrow, while Fisher, based on Sidi’s increasingly difficult stance, guessed that his resistance against Barbatos’s entry had reached its limit. After all, Sidi was merely of the Thirteen Rank at most, while they had two Eighteenth Rank Demon Gods; him holding on for a few minutes was already remarkable.

"Everyone, I can’t hold it anymore, if I persist, my soul will be damaged... I’m counting down from twenty; they’ll enter the dynasty soon. Twenty, nineteen..."

"Is this all you’ve got, Sidi?! Weren’t you boasting earlier that you had Barbatos under control? How are you unable to hold out even two minutes now?!"

Elliog, looking at the barely cracked barrier beneath the hole, couldn’t help but curse through gritted teeth, while Sidi gave a helpless smile, cupping his face, stopping the countdown and saying,

"That was in bed, usually I could..."

Fisher couldn’t let them waste time any longer; after thinking for a moment, he immediately prepared to head outside,

"I’ll go to the Love and Desire Gate and see if I can buy time; you quickly take out the base and seal them back inside..."

"No!"

"No! Mr. Fischer can’t possibly hold them both back at once!"

At these words, Elliog and Moli simultaneously paused their efforts to crack Paimon’s barrier, especially Elliog, who stood up directly and approached Fisher, speaking to him solemnly,

"You can’t go alone; it’s practically seeking death... but there’s no time. I’ll go with you; let them continue breaking Paimon’s barrier here and quickly take out the base."

"Two Eighteenth Rank beings, does one more or less make a difference?"

"It does; I know Agares and Barbatos, they’ll listen to me, maybe even understand Paimon’s conspiracy... at worst, it could delay them longer. You going alone, are you familiar with them?"

"Then here..."

"Leave it to Sidi and Moli, they..."

Sidi raised his hand helplessly, smilingly saying,

"Everyone, we agreed beforehand; I’m neutral, I won’t help you."

Veins bulged on Elliog’s forehead, and the fireball behind her tail grew larger, clearly angered. She instantly appeared before Sidi, grabbing him up and pinning him against the wall, furiously saying,

"Sidi! How many times have I told you, this is Paimon’s conspiracy; it’s not about helping your husband. You’ve already helped us block Barbatos; do you still need to hesitate about helping us a second time? It’s not like you’re confronting Barbatos directly, can you at least help us with Paimon’s barrier?"