Chapter 346. The Turning Point (3)
The expedition had seized every realm except the Realm of Void.
"...Why do you not persecute us?" a former slave asked.
"Protecting civilians is the right thing to do," a member of the expedition replied. "If you cooperate with us, we have no reason to be hostile. Our target is the Demon King of Void and the ones that follow him—no one else."
"...Thank you! Truly, thank you!" another cried.
Those who had lived as slaves for so long didn't trust the expedition at first. But when their kin who had already cooperated with the expedition joined them, they quickly opened their hearts.
The Realm of Lust, the Realm of Havoc—after suffering terrible tyranny for more than three hundred years, they were finally given freedom.
They had been treated like animals because they failed to awaken dark mana. The first thing the expedition had done after taking most of the Demon Realm was to begin purifying it.
"There were installations everywhere that emitted dark mana," one engineer reported.
"We will install dark mana purification facilities immediately, following the blueprints distributed by Lord Shiker," another added.
Their task was to make the Demon Realm normal again—to erase traces of dark mana. So long as the Demon King of Void lived, dark mana would continue to leak out, but regions far from the Realm of Void were less saturated. The expedition's goal was to preserve the altered ecosystems created by the dark mana while reducing its toxicity as much as possible.
Fortunately, with the help of the many races in the expedition, work began on removing primarily the dark mana itself. During that process, Caron had cast a single spell.
"Caron, I always thought this, but your ability to solve problems without getting your hands dirty is the best. You've easily surpassed me," Fayle said through the communication orb.