Chapter 159 - resolving the problem
I looked at Amy and asked,
"What are we going to do?"
"I can go and kill them. That pressure doesn’t affect me because of my physique."
She shook her head.
"No. If we kill them, those demons will start fighting, and we can’t handle the consequences. We might die from the backlash of the battle, so hold yourself back."
I nodded and looked at Luna.
She was fine, but the sudden pressure had made her spit out some blood.
"Luna, how are you feeling now? Any better?"
I asked with concern, my voice filled with worry.
She looked at me and smiled.
"Oh, I’m completely fine."
Then Elena came closer to Luna and Elara and healed them with Light magic.
They gradually began to recover.
I looked at Amy and asked,
"How about we leave and go to Mom’s side? If we stay here, we aren’t going anywhere."
Amy thought for a moment before nodding. She then looked at Elena.
"What do you think, Elena?"
Elena had already fully healed Luna and Elara. She nodded.
"That’s a good idea."
"But can you guys endure the pressure?"
I nodded proudly.
"Yeah. It won’t even affect me."
Amy said,
"I can too, with my Aura."
Then all eyes turned toward Luna and Elara.
I spoke up.
"I can resist the pressure with nothing but my physique, so my full power is available. I can teleport us to the barrier of the Secret Realm, and then, after we step outside, I can teleport us directly to Mom’s side."
Elena looked at me and nodded.
"Okay, then. We’ll use your teleportation. Amy, use your Aura to help stabilize Elara. I’ll make sure Luna is fine."
She nodded.
Then Elena looked at Luna.
"Luna, even if I use my Aura, it will only help a little. You have to endure the pressure yourself."
Luna nodded.
"Hey, I’m not a fragile doll. I can endure it."
Elena smiled and brushed Luna’s hair.
"Yeah, you are."
Then she smiled.
"Let’s go."
I canceled the spatial barrier.
Amy and Elena immediately released their Aura and shared some of it with Luna and Elara.
Both Luna and Elara placed a hand on me.
I used my Perception to locate the destination and immediately activated Teleport.
In an instant, we reached the barrier.
We stepped outside, and I immediately located my mother.
Then I used Teleport once again.
As soon as we appeared beside the others, the Empress noticed us.
She immediately released her Aura toward Luna and healed her in the blink of an eye. She also shared a portion of her Aura with Luna and Elara, making sure they were completely fine.
The killing intent surrounding her instantly disappeared.
She looked at Luna and Elena with a gentle expression.
"Elena, Luna, you’re safe now. I won’t let even a scratch happen to you."
Her voice was gentle.
The Empress was ruthless toward others, but she was extremely caring toward her own people.
Mom also came toward us, while Astrid remained ready to fight at any moment.
She wanted to come over as well, but she couldn’t afford to leave her position.
Mom looked over all of us, making sure we were fine.
Then she looked at me.
"Gray, you changed a little."
I grinned and nodded.
"Hmm. I awakened my physique, so I changed a little."
Mom smiled.
"Hmm. I can see that you’ve grown much stronger."
Then she looked at Amy.
"Amy, how are you?"
Amy replied,
"I’m fine, Mom. But what about those demons?"
Mom looked toward them for a moment.
"Don’t worry about them. If they come looking for a fight, we’ll slaughter them."
"But the other races won’t let that happen because their people are still inside the Secret Realm."
Then a powerful demon stepped forward and spoke.
"If you kill our successors, we will make sure no one leaves this place, even if it means losing our own lives."
Then the leaders of the other races stepped forward as well.
The demon who had spoken stepped back, and the Demon King of their race stepped forward.
All the powerful figures exchanged glances.
Their overwhelming auras spread across the area.
The people still inside the Secret Realm began losing consciousness and falling to the ground.
Astrid immediately came toward us and covered all of us with her own Aura, preventing us from being affected.
I looked at the powerful figures surrounding us.
Watching their strength only made my desire to become stronger grow even more.
Astrid looked at me.
"So, Gray, how was the Secret Realm? Was it very difficult?"
I nodded slightly.
"Yes. It was a little difficult, but it was fun. More than anything, it was fun."
Astrid simply sighed.
"It’s not fun, Gray. You make everything sound like it’s fun. Tell me, what moment didn’t you make fun?"
"Cooking, training, even eating and playing."
I smiled and nodded.
"Yeah. Otherwise, it would be boring."
Astrid sighed again.
Then the Dragon Lord spoke to the Demon King.
"What is the meaning of this? Do you intend to go to war?"
His dark gaze met the Dragon Lord’s.
Neither side flinched or blinked.
The Demon King finally spoke.
"I can’t let my younger generation die like that. If we don’t intervene, the human race will kill them."
He looked at the Empress.
She simply smiled coldly.
"Oh, really? You speak as though we came after your people."
"Your race’s people were the ones who came after mine. Just because they were weaker doesn’t make their deaths our fault."
The Demon King looked at her for a moment.
Then he did something I didn’t expect.
He nodded.
"All right. It was our fault. But I won’t let them die."
The Empress looked at him with a cold voice.
"You should be glad your pressure didn’t affect my daughter. If something had happened to her because of you, I would make your entire race disappear at any cost."
The Demon King’s eyes darkened.
"Don’t get cocky. Do you really think your puny human race can do anything against us, let alone erase us?"
The intensity of the Empress’s Aura suddenly increased.
"Try us and see whether we have the ability or not."
She glanced around.
"Look at them. Most of them dropped like flies, while only my children managed to come out safely."
She smirked provocatively.
This time, it wasn’t only the Demon King who frowned.
The other races were irritated as well.
They wanted to protest.
They could argue that this wasn’t their strongest younger generation.
Their most talented younger generations were trained directly by their leaders, and they couldn’t afford to send those people into this place.
Most of them weren’t willing to take that risk.
But they wouldn’t say that here.
It was beneath them.
Then the Elf Queen stepped forward.
"How about this? You get your demons and leave. Does anyone have any objections?"
She looked around.
No one objected.
The Demon King accepted the condition.
"Fine. I give you my word as the Demon King. As soon as we retrieve our members, we will leave this location."
The Vampire Queen simply sneered.
"Huh. A demon giving his word. What an amusing sight."
The Demon King didn’t comment.
He retracted his Aura, and the other leaders did the same.
I simply watched them and yawned.
Mom, who was standing beside me, looked at me.
"Gray, you seem tired."
I nodded.
"Yes, Mom. Can we go now? They can handle the rest, right? I don’t think those demons will wake up anytime soon. It’s a waste. Those demons had to intervene at the last moment and ruin everything. Luna and I were about to have fun."
Mom raised an eyebrow.
"Fun?"
I nodded and held my fingers close together, showing a tiny gap.
"We were this close to robbing those demons."
Luna came over as well.
"Yes, Aunt Seraphina. It was a total waste."
Mom looked at the two of us.
A small smile appeared on her face as she placed a hand on my head and gently ruffled my hair.
"You two seem to have had a lot of fun in there."
I nodded.
"Yeah. In the end, I awakened my physique and my class. They’re very powerful. My physique is so powerful that it couldn’t be fully awakened because I’m still too weak to handle it."
Her interest immediately increased.
But she simply said,
"We can talk about that later."
I nodded with a smile.
Then we watched as the leaders continued talking and came to an agreement while waiting for their children to wake up.
They couldn’t use anything to wake them because magic couldn’t affect anything inside the barrier.
The only reason their presence could affect the people inside was because the barrier only nullified magic that attempted to enter it.
For example, they could launch a fireball into the barrier, but once it entered, they would lose control over it.
So, all they could do was wait.
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