''The Thunder Emperor watched the legion's retreat, suddenly turning to look behind him: "Adriana, is this part of your plan?"

"A·Gedora could never withstand this. Even though he has changed a lot, these things won't change."

At this moment, Adriana wore a magic hat, obscuring most of her face. "Exploiting his feelings is truly something that makes one feel pained... yet it is something that must be done to kill him."

The Thunder Emperor saw the tears sliding down Adriana's cheek and knew she was not lying.

"You're a disgusting person; you'd better die here."

With his army, the Thunder Emperor continued to retreat. He had realized that on this battlefield, there was no place for normal people. It was a battlefield for madmen and lunatics. He would not bury his legion here. This legion involved numerous aristocratic powers. If buried here, even if the Human Central Empire did not fall into complete chaos, it would surely suffer substantial damage.

There was no need to get involved with these lunatics.

Wise Adriana's obsession with killing the Hero and the Demon King had already driven her into madness.

He feared he might also be just another pawn.

At this very moment, inside the Ice and Snow Kingdom.

Ah Xion looked bewildered and at a loss as she watched Mohe; she appeared desperate. Doro's state was definitely very bad. Amid her face of despair was a trace of hope, hoping Mohe could say something comforting.

Such a Doro wasn't the Doro she had always looked upon.

"Alas~ truly heartbreaking," Mohe could only sigh. "Though I've known for a long time this would be the outcome, when it truly happens, I can't help but feel sympathy in my heart. If the Hero needs it, perhaps I'd lend her a comforting embrace."

Lend him an embrace?

Mohe looked sympathetically at Ah Xion: "You don't need to worry, Miss Sword Saint. After all, I've already placed Rose and Rastina there... when Mr. Doro has killed his intended target, finding himself lost and empty, he will receive the comfort he needs. Nothing soothes a man's heart more than a woman's embrace."

Rose and Rastina?

Just the two of them?

Why not Lisidorwei? In such times, the one most capable of soothing Doro's inner hurt should be his wife, Lisidorwei — even Ah Xion thought so.

But she finally remembered something.

"You placed that potion..."

"Shh~"

Mohe made a silencing gesture: "Don't say nonsense~ if you also want it."

Although the answer was hard to endure, Ah Xion couldn't help but feel relieved because Mohe was indeed prepared — so whether it was the Life Dew or the demon king's liver, it wasn't her true objective? She merely sent two girls to the Elf Kingdom to comfort the current Doro?

Did she know the outcome before Doro even brought her here?

Was it astrology?

Ah Xion did not know.

"Well... Next, Miss Sword Saint, go help deal with Adriana. I have some words I'd like to say to Miss Elf."

"...Okay."

Faced with the demon king's instructions, with Doro absent, Ah Xion found no reason to refuse. In any case, the other party certainly considered more than she had. If she was being manipulated, she'd never escape, so she might as well submit... Holding onto such thoughts, Ah Xion completely relaxed and flew into the sky.

Mohe clapped her hands and leisurely walked to Elf's room.

Elf sat alone, isolated by the bedside.

"In the end, he still found out!"

"If he hadn't guessed, would you have told him?"

"Of course."

The smile on Mohe's face gradually surfaced: "Do you think I'm a good person? Our dear Mr. Doro is the villain who killed me and cut me into thirteen pieces~ If he had shown me any mercy back then, maybe I would have reciprocated with kindness, but he did not."

She laughed even more recklessly: "Such things truly bring me pleasure! Elf! Is there anything more anticipated than the Hero Doro's breakdown and fall? No one in this world can stop him! In the Elf Kingdom, there is sure to be a massacre equivalent to what happened to the Snow Elves! And when such a massacre occurs, Mr. Doro can no longer be the Hero A·Gedora!"

Her eyes were so dark and profound as if they aimed to swallow all the light in the world: "The only safe haven he can choose, the only place allowing him solace in this world for him, is me! He can only trust me, revere me, even adore me! He has nowhere else to go! He will completely become my beloved Tearing Celestial King!"

The demon king was sincerely jubilant: "For many existences in this world, checkmate— now it's the grand opening of the demon king's return~"

Demon King Mohe, in front of Elf, made no effort to hide her thoughts, voicing her inner truth.

"Aren't you afraid I'll tell him by revealing this to me?"

"You're already dead, Miss Elf. Haven't you figured this out yet?"

Mohe tilted her head, looking at Elf: "Dead people shouldn't meddle in matters for the living. Besides — even if you tell him, so what? I've never concealed my purpose. I've always approached him with sincerity. There's no one more concerned about his feelings than me, no one gentler to him than me... He has already understood this with his own body. Falling in love with me isn't beyond imagination, is it?"

...

Anger burned within his heart. The flames grew more intense and passionate, the wrenching of his heart more severe, and questions birthed endlessly in his mind.

"Adriana probably knows the situation, intending to have me eliminate the Elf Queen and thoroughly obstruct the Elf Race's analysis of the demon king's lung…"

He was more aware than anyone that he was being used. He was more aware than anyone that he was in some sort of scheme.

But so what?

Anger burned his reason, pain and guilt gnawed at his soul.

If back then, he had made a choice... If back then, he had resisted; if back then, he hadn't slinked away, becoming a vagabond!

Elf wouldn't have died!

She wouldn't have existed as a spirit for so many years, and he would remain ignorant!

In the past, Doro thought of his actions as weak... But he never hated his weakness as much as he did now.

As a strong one, if he didn't do anything...

No, he could no longer think; he had to, had to release all this anger.

He could hear voices.

Could hear the voices echoing around his ears.

That was the first voice he heard on the day he became a Hero.

"My Hero, please calm yourself. I am by your side."

Was it saying that?

Ah... couldn't hear it clearly, couldn't hear it clearly at all. Hero?

What a ridiculous title. Whose hero was he? Did he defeat the Demon King? Did he conquer the greatest evil in this world?

Ah~

How utterly laughable!

Because he vanquished the Demon King, did anything in this world change?

Why would the Snow Elves still!

"Shut up!"

The moment such words left Doro's mouth, his world turned silent. No further sounds were conveyed, and he clearly knew he had lost connection with the Hero's Sword and Hero's Armor.

From this moment on, he bid farewell to the identity of a Hero entirely.

But it didn't matter.

For he was the Tearing Celestial King.

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