Chapter 85: A Different Demon Realm
"Hahahahahaha! Honestly, I really enjoy bringing others through the border outside of the official entry period," Ke’Oth chuckled. "Just to see their dumbfounded expressions. It’s absolutely hilarious!"
Illiya and the rest: Thanks, we don’t find it funny at all.
Seeing their faces collapse into deadpan annoyance, Ke’Oth very sensibly dropped the mischief and switched to a more serious tone. He began explaining, "Actually, the border is dangerous. It’s a fair system. If the demon race wants to communicate or trade with the outside world, the border is the only means. If demons lose access to it, their development stalls completely. No matter how strong the foundation was before, their future progress becomes visibly stagnant—even the slightly perceptive can tell."
"But fortunately, the border is fair. While it gives the demon race only one path to connect to the outside, it also grants us something unique compared to other races on the main continent—a special ability: the power to cross the border rapidly and without injury!"
"Surprised, aren’t you? Isn’t it amazing?" Ke’Oth’s voice was brimming with pride. If they could see his demon form, they would notice the tail behind him wagging joyfully like a puppy’s.
It was probably for the best that Illiya and the others couldn’t see that. Otherwise, they might seriously start questioning everything they thought they knew about demons. Whatever ferocious filter they still had left would shatter entirely. The impression that demons were all just big goofballs would be permanently seared into their minds.
Illiya honestly couldn’t bear to look.
He truly couldn’t figure the demons out. No wonder his teacher used to say that the contents of books weren’t always the absolute truth. Even the books that was passed down from ancient times shouldn’t be blindly trusted. Sometimes, what you see with your own eyes is even more misleading than what’s written down.
Demons were really... a strange race.