Demon Realm.
Wearing the mask of a sentinel, Cecily stood on the Royal Capital's city walls. She was overlooking the city.
In Cecily's eyes, the Royal Capital was a patient on the verge of death.
A portion of the high level demons, due to their overwhelming individual prowess, rarely bothered to live in communities like humans. Only the weak demons truly sought to live in communities.
As such, cities were constructed for the sake of the weak demons.
"Your Highness Cecily, I cannot comprehend why you're doing this."
A figure wearing a pitch-black armor walked over to Cecily. He was an entire head taller than Cecily. Once he removed his helmet, the fierce appearance of a Sin Demon was revealed.
Standing on the stones that composed the city walls, the huge Sin Demon looked down at a building being built beneath the wall.
"Rather than spending time and resources to have those weak demons learn the knowledge of humans, it is better to toss them all into the endless abyss. Their blood and flesh will be turned into powerful Sin Demon warriors. Those warriors would each be able to tear to shreds countless such weaklings."
The Sin Demon suddenly clasped his palms. The sound of armored gauntlets being rubbed against one another was extremely ear-piercing. Dark green flames were emitting out from his mouth.
"Did my elder brother have you come here to tell me this? Legion Commander?" Beneath Cecily's mask, her scarlet eyes swept a glance at the Sin Demon. This Sin Demon was a Legion Commander of the frontier stronghold. Yesterday, he returned to the Royal Capital with a small army.
"This is His Highness Knox's wish. Unfortunately, the Royal Capital is currently fully under your control. Thus, we are unable to carry on that plan."
This Sin Demon seemed to not know about what 'speaking appropriately' was. His words could most definitely provoke the relationship between Cecily and First Prince Knox.
While this Sin Demon might've come to the Royal Capital to seek Cecily's help, but once they've resolved the crisis of humanity's invasion, Knox will most definitely order for his claws to aim toward the Royal Capital.
"Legion Commander… I have some words that I wish for you to pass on to my elder brother." Cecily looked to the building being constructed below the city walls, "He owes a thanks."
"Thanks?" The Sin Demon revealed a frown. His head crooked slightly before he finally remembered something, "His Highness Knox actually mentioned to express thanks to you. Thank you for being willing to aid him with the Royal Capital's reserves."
"The person he should be thanking isn't me. Instead, it's those weak demons you spoke of. The food and supplies that you all in the front lines have been using for over a dozen years were all provided by these weak demons' manual labor. I thank you all for your protection on their behalf. Well then, I've said enough."
Cecily seemed to be fed up with continued conversation with the stubborn Sin Demon. After she finished speaking, she leaped down the city walls.
Disturbances appeared in the Royal Capital's distant streets. Without any warning sign, a Horned Demon's body suddenly started to expand. The expansion was extremely frantic.
Sentinels immediately appeared at the location of disturbance. However, the Horned Demon's powers increased to a terrifying level. It was impossible for one or two sentinels to handle the Horned Demon.
By the time Cecily arrived at the street, the Horned Demon's body was already showing extreme distortion. The Sentinels trying to contain the Horned Demon were in life-threatening danger.
"The second time."
As Cecily looked at the distorted Horned Demon, her head started hurting again. The headache was very brief.
By the time her headache disappeared, Cecily had already drawn the long sword from behind her waist. A gray light flashed through as her body disappeared from where she stood.
The terrifying screams being emitted by the distorted Horned Demon came to a sudden stop. Its body was split apart by countless invisible 'threads.' Piece by piece, flesh started falling toward the ground.
Cecily's body reappeared behind the distorted Horned Demon. The sword in her hand was emitting an unimaginable heat. The blood stains on the sword disappeared in a burst of steam.
"Dispose the corpse," Cecily ordered the other sentinels present.
The blocks of flesh were set on flame. Soon, only the bloodstains that served as proof of a battle remained on the street,
This was already the second time. Cecily inserted her sword back into its sheath and began to recall the sinister appearance of the distorted Horned Demon.
Last time around, it was a Water Elemental servant. This time, it was a Horned Demon commoner.
Cecily was certain that the cause of their abnormal transformation had something to do with the broad scale farm crops turning to gray ash.
Gray colored mist... The Heresy Tribunal...
Cecily recalled the organization mentioned by her younger brother Joshua. When she thought of this, her head started aching again.
"Your Highness Cecily!"
"Your Highness, thank you for the rescue…"
Even though Cecily was wearing the mask of a sentinel, the surrounding populace was able to recognize her by her long scarlet hair. The people began to kneel on the street.
The prestige Cecily enjoyed in the Royal Capital was most definitely not something that the First Prince could even hope to reach. The more lower status the demon populace was, the more they loved and respected the red-haired princess.
"If you want to thank me, then send your children to school!"
After leaving those words, Cecily left the street. She left the follow-ups of this matter to the other sentinels.
Anomaly like what happened to the Royal Capital's resident earlier was extremely rare. However, Cecily's headache was becoming more frequent.
It was not a physical pain. Instead, it was a mental pain.
Cecily was walking on the streets of the Royal Capital. There wasn't much sign of life on the streets. Most of the shops have closed down already. There were not a lot of people walking on the streets either.
It was currently a period of unrest for the Royal Capital. It was also the most difficult period.
The majority of the farmland outside the city were affected by the gray plague. Many livestocks also died from unknown illnesses. Because of that, rumors filled the Royal Capital.
It was impossible for Cecily to control the panic with the strength of the sentinels. Fortunately, Joshua in the distant Norland came to her aid. For the time being, they've managed to resolve the food crisis.
But, Cecily doesn't know how much longer this city 'on the verge of death' could continue to last.
Humanity's army decided to attack the Demon Realm at such a time. If the frontier stronghold was to fall, the Demon Realm will receive a devastating strike.
That being said, Cecily believed that the 'plague' that filled the city would destroy the city before the war.
What should she do?
Cecily recalled Prophet who she dispatched to the human world. Prophet could be said to be her final hope.
No… There was another hope.
A transparent window suddenly appeared before Cecily. It was a message. The person who sent the message was 'Firebringer.'
When she saw the message, Cecily immediately stopped her footsteps.
'Elder sister, I have sudden news to tell you. There might be a human envoy from Farucci coming to visit the Royal Capital in the coming days. Of course, I will be with them.. I hope that you can make preparations to receive them."