To kill the Demon King, the necessary conditions are sufficient force to defeat the Demon King, the Hero's Sword with divine attributes, the Hero's Armor, and the Sealing Skill.

From a theoretical standpoint, the conditions needed to kill the Hero are the same.

Hero A·Gedora's strength, compared to more than ten years ago, is undoubtedly weakened, although he still defeated Charlette—however, it is believed that without the Hero's Sword, A·Gedora did not have absolute confidence in defeating Charlette.

A vase heavy enough requires a dozen less substantial items for balance, and A·Gedora is the same; only with enough strong opponents is there a way to defeat him.

And the Sealing Skill is precisely my specialty, the only problem lies with the creation of deities.

The Hero's Sword and the Hero's Armor, these two items—how to use them on the Hero himself.

The fact that A·Gedora can still summon the Hero's Sword is indeed a very troubling matter; the issue is not about borrowing the Hero's Sword to kill him but how to survive under it.

Therefore, I can only seek other alternatives.

"The Demon King's supreme masterpiece."

In truth, the creations of deities are extremely limited; many things considered "great" were actually created by the Demon King over long years. In recent years, what's comparable are Adriana's creation of World Reflection and Earthly Heaven. It is well known—these two things, although considered great, cannot defeat the Demon King, and thus cannot defeat the Hero. The Earthly Heaven, theoretically with infinite potential, has been completely petrified in Butuo City.

Even the church cannot afford such a huge cost to undo the petrification of the entire Earthly Heaven. In fact, it has been proven that those things are of no use.

Something stronger, greater, even the Demon King himself would consider it great—the things that can truly harm the Hero are needed.

Such a thing does exist.

Right in front of Adriana.

Called "The Demon King's Horns."

The horns symbolize creation and destruction, among which the symbol of destruction is something that can harm Hero A·Gedora. If made into a magic item, it would be a fatal blow to the Hero.

Even the Demon King probably wouldn't have thought so, right? That her horns would be used as a weapon... After all, using this as a means against A·Gedora has a high probability of returning the horns directly to the hands of the Demon King, making her powerful once again, allowing her to regain the ability to create numerous Demon Race members.

At this stage, she should only be able to create a small number of Demon Race members.

Last time in Butuo City, only gargoyles appeared, and the scale was not particularly large, at least far less than the peak era's gargoyle army.

With these methods combined, Adriana has a high chance of slicing A·Gedora into many parts just like the Demon King back then, hiding them across the world—like shattering a giant vase, allowing that almost "primordial point" gravity to disappear and turn into many fragments hidden across the world; while each piece has its own gravity, a delicate layout can maintain balance. This is the most beneficial answer for the world.

As for the Demon King?

After Hero A·Gedora's death, another crusade against the Demon King will naturally be warranted. She, not yet restored to her full form, killing her would be no harder than killing A·Gedora.

It's merely a convenient task.

Moreover, can the Demon King resist not absorbing the horns before her?

This is an open plot.

Of course, there are many presumptions in this plan, such as how to turn the Demon King's horns into magic items? Or at what stage has the Elf Race's research of the Demon King's liver reached? They had already taken away the blood of Snow Elves to irrigate the mother tree, aiming to analyze the Demon King's liver. What is the outcome now?

Using the Elf—will the Elf truly, as I desire, pierce the Demon King's horn into A·Gedora's body to give him the fatal blow?

Anyway, this is a very dangerous strategy, with too many unexpected factors to guard against. But for killing a figure like the Demon King, and the Hero, can success be achieved without such complex scheming?

The more complicated the plan, the more it tends to fail at the simplest point. Adriana understands this problem, but what else can she do? She hopes to possess such power to crush the Demon King and Hero directly from the front—but should she also then dispose of herself?

Therefore, it's a challenge from the weak to the strong, inevitably relying on wisdom, intrigue, cunning, and secrecy for support, to possibly defeat a great power.

Adriana knows she cannot panic.

She must remain calm enough to manage.

...

Rastina and Rose arrived at the Elf Kingdom. In fact, when they heard about the Life Dew, they were both stunned. They knew very well what a thing like the Life Dew entailed.

However, this year, the Elf Race actually intends to publicly auction the Life Dew!

This is definitely not something that should be publicly auctioned. It is the perfect gift for political trade with other nations' dignitaries. Auctioning it publicly might gain some wealth…but even wealth comparable to rival nations, so what? When you don't have the power to protect your wealth, it's just paper.

Is the Elf Race very short of money? Why would they sell the Life Dew?

Honestly, a self-sufficient race living within the forest suddenly needing a large amount of money is a very peculiar situation—Rastina and Rose both sensed that something was amiss.

Rastina furrowed her brows tightly: "If that's the situation, how could we possibly buy it? Even if the Gold-Seeking Commerce Association came, there's no guarantee they could buy it. This thing doesn't depreciate—buying it would make it an eternal treasure, the ultimate asset for a commerce association…"

Without a doubt, for anything resembling a commerce association, this is something they cannot give up—even if it's a hot potato in hand, it has worthwhile value. How could Mohe Manor's wealth alone win the Life Dew at the auction?

This is an impossible mission.

Rastina was sure of this. But the one who assigned her this task was the Demon King… was her true goal really the Life Dew? Ultimately, is having Miss Rose follow her a plan to use unconventional means to obtain that person's Dew?

Speaking of which, what exactly is Miss Rose's true identity? Does such a person really exist among the Demon Race?

Rose was very clear about her purpose for coming here—it was the Demon King's liver.

But why did Mohe mention the Life Dew? Is there a necessary connection between this and the Demon King's liver?

At times like these, Rose felt helpless.

Firstly, although she holds some power and has now become the Charming Demon, considered a formidable force, she may even bear the Sacred Name—perhaps she might be even stronger than Lisidorwei in a fight.

However, that is not a reason for her to act recklessly in the Elf Kingdom; this is one of the world's three major races, the Elf Race. Aside from the Hero and the Demon King themselves, no one can seize their Life Dew here.

Another aspect, Rose knew clearly that she wasn't smart enough. To engage in some sort of cunning strategy was truly beyond her capacity; she lacked that kind of wisdom.

But Mohe should have known this well—her choice to bring Rastina and herself surely had its purpose, yet she deliberately withheld crucial information, which was truly frustrating.

I really hope that one day Doro cannot endure this Demon King's enigmatic manner and gives her a stern lesson, making this Demon King realize how terrible being enigmatic is…

"Since she wants us to participate in the bidding, let's go then, whether we can obtain it is another issue. Following her intentions doesn't seem wrong," Rose could only think this way, "But, perhaps…"

"Perhaps?"

"Nothing."

...

"Your Majesty, is it certain that the Life Dew will be sold this year? Even though it could provide us with an additional Great Elemental Tutor Level mage, it's being sold to others. Those people cannot properly use the Benediction of the Mother Tree and only use the Dew to perpetuate their youth — it is a desecration of the Mother Tree!"

Someone spoke passionately, while in the direction she faced, a "gigantic" Elf sat upon the throne: "Desecration of the Mother Tree? Very well, then you go find the money—we are currently utilizing the power of the Mother Tree to analyze the Demon King's liver, seeking the secrets of Magic therein with the aim of achieving greater magic realms. Do you think magical experiments don't require funding? If you can find the money, I'll immediately retract the Elf Dewdrops!"

"Your Majesty, please quell your anger! She merely spoke without thought, pay no heed to it. I know very well, no one reveres the Mother Tree as you do, no one more than you detests having the Life Dew disseminated. But for the development of the Elf Race, to avoid being swallowed by humans in the coming years, this is necessary."

The elderly Elf spoke in such a manner.

The expression of the Elf Queen relaxed slightly: "The High Priest understands my meaning. You all have lived for so many years, yet you don't comprehend a simple principle that even human children understand: 'The whetstone doesn't delay the woodcutter's work'. Is your ancient life only for guarding ancient rules? Why are humans powerful? Why can humans be considered central? Have you never thought about such questions?"

She looked at her Elven subordinates with disappointment. Perhaps—

The Elf Race had no chance of victory from the start.

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