Xin Nuola felt the dangerous magic and reacted immediately.

She was even more familiar with Pulanei's every move than Antanas.

The black flames that were about to rise had not yet touched the barrier's light curtain when they completely dissipated as if an error had occurred halfway through their operation.

"Brother, it's me."

Xin Nuola raised her hands, dispelling the attacking magic of the Truth, Pulanei, and quickly indicated that she had no hostility.

"I am Antanas, our own demon, don't attack!"

Antanas also quickly added from the side.

"……?"

Pulanei, who had originally intended to continue the attack, showed a look of confusion.

He did feel that the aura of these two human powerhouses was somewhat similar to the Guardian, Antanas, and his sister, the Law Breaker, Xin Nuola.

Most importantly, being able to instantly dissolve his spells was Xin Nuola's unique ability.

Only Xin Nuola had seen his many spells and had already deciphered most of them, so she could reverse-engineer them at first sight.

The next second, the confusion in Pulanei's eyes deepened, as if he couldn't understand why these two guys could run to his level and use a disguise magic he had never seen before to disguise themselves as humans, even tricking the Heluom Prison by posing as prison guards.

Although when Pulanei carefully observed with his own eyes, he could indeed discover that they had disguise spells woven with demon magic runes, Pulanei could not identify their principles.

It was clearly a spell that had never existed even during the destruction of the Demon Realm.

"Brother, we are here to save you. We have found a new king, who will become our god and lead us to the perfect world we have longed for."

Xin Nuola came to Pulanei, cut off the chains binding him, and told her brother, whom she hadn't seen for a hundred years,

"She is incredibly powerful, yet she values and cherishes us. You will surely feel her love when you see her."

"……"

However.

Pulanei just listened quietly to Xin Nuola's words, slowly lowered his hands, and remained motionless, as if he were still locked in chains.

He didn't even take off the mask that bound him.

Xin Nuola tried hard to unlock the mask behind Pulanei's head, so that he could finally speak.

Under the restraint mask, the handsome face had distinct lines, vaguely showing the similarities between him and Xin Nuola as siblings. The only significant difference was Pulanei's slender eyes. His pupils were like the deepest dark blue in the night sky, with a sense of coldness and distantness, while also concealing a layer of imperceptible mist, making him mysterious and unpredictable.

"……"

Xin Nuola stared blankly at her brother. For some reason, the Demon Realm sage who always had a slight smile on his lips did not have the joy of regaining his freedom at all at this moment.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Back in the Demon Realm, there had always been absolute trust and shared life and death between their siblings. She didn't think that after she had said so much, Pulanei would still think she was joking.

"One day, I will leave and go to the place where we belong, but not today."

The Truth, Pulanei, lowered his eyes, his gaze dimmed, and his lips lightly parted as he said faintly,

"We do not have the ability to survive on the ground now."

"Brother, the new king is very strong, stronger than the three of us, and with the three of us working together, we are not afraid of even the Empire's Great Sages. You can rest assured of our survival."

Xin Nuola said calmly.

She knew what Pulanei was worried about and why he was so pessimistic.

Her brother was timid, but not so timid that he didn't even want the freedom he had gotten.

"……"

Pulanei just shook his head and smiled.

When he looked at Xin Nuola again, his expression was one of complex hesitation.

"I can imagine how powerful the new king is who can rescue both of you so perfectly, and I understand how hard it is for us to wait for such a new king..."

Pulanei muttered, looking at the walls of the prison behind Xin Nuola.

He could often see more than other demons, and therefore, understood deeper meanings.

The new king did not have the ninth rank. If she had the ninth rank, no one in the current Protos Empire would be her opponent, and there would be no need to go to so much trouble to save the three of them.

"The Protos Empire, the shadow of the curse has always been with us, but the entire imperial capital, Heluom, has no response. It will be too late when these foolish guys explore the endless problems and sources of disaster... Sometimes I always feel that everything is yesterday once more, and no one can change the status quo."

Pulanei declared the fate of the Protos Empire, murmuring to himself.

"Did you see something..."

Xin Nuola asked with some concern.

She knew that Pulanei's talent magic must have evolved in the past hundred years.

Because even without an opponent, Pulanei could use his eyes at any time.

Perhaps her brother already possessed certain clairvoyant or precognitive qualities, which could intermittently exert their effect.

What could make her brother so resistant to returning to the ground? Could it be that a drastic change unknown to anyone was taking place in the Protos Empire, and it was now approaching the critical point?

"……"

Pulanei was silent for a long time.

Originally, he didn't want to say it, because he didn't need to help the Protos Empire, but for his compatriots, he decided not to hide it from them.

"The Protos Empire will soon perish, at most in a few years... The bishop election in three days will be the turning point."

Pulanei opened his mouth and slowly told Xin Nuola and Antanas,

"A few days ago, in the north of the Protos Empire, a battle occurred that no one knew about. I saw several unbeatable enemies, and their battle, which could easily destroy us, was just the opening battle for the demise of the Protos Empire..."

"This..."

Xin Nuola and Antanas exchanged glances.

They didn't expect that the Protos Empire on the ground was facing a major change of the century!

At this node, returning to the Protos Empire seemed to be a very bad situation.

Xin Nuola and Antanas also understood immediately that Pulanei's judgment was that using the Heluom Prison as a natural shelter would be safer. He didn't want to be involved in the strife and wanted to bide his time until he reached the ninth rank before going out!

History proved that Pulanei's judgment was often not very wrong. Even if the new king agreed with Pulanei again, the only thing that could not be changed was Pulanei's conservative decision.

Now, even if the new king had her own judgment and felt that leaving the prison was better, it would be difficult to persuade Pulanei, who had made up his mind!

"……"

Seeing the surprised expressions on Xin Nuola and Antanas, Pulanei knew—

The new king also knew nothing about the changes in this Protos Empire.

Currently updated/total owed chapters: 28/36

I have been updating four chapters for two consecutive days, and I can't see clearly anymore. I really can't write the fourth chapter today. I need to lie down for a while.

I will try to continue updating tomorrow.

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