Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

On the other side.

Bubbles drifted past her eyes, Aslit squinted, surrounded by darkness. The icy sea covered the stinging pain brought by black magic.

"...Did I fail again?"

The blood-red moonlight penetrated the surface, reaching Aslit's eyes, bringing back her consciousness. She gripped the knife in her hand tightly.

"...It's not over yet."

Struggling to swim upward, Aslit dragged her body onto the water's surface. The sea water dripped down onto the trembling surface, causing ripples.

Attempting to gather the surrounding magic power, confirming the disrupted magic recovery, Aslit was preparing to regenerate her wings to pounce on Bai Jin who was analyzing the barrier when a middle-aged man resolutely stood in front of her.

"Aslit."

The middle-aged man called her name. Unlike previous times, this call carried no regret or lament, only a decision to bring things to an end.

Aslit grasped the long knife firmly, black currents flickering on the blade, glaring at the father who once raised her,

"At this point, are you still thinking of lecturing me, persuading me to go back?"

Kula Doreen shook his head, "There's no need for that anymore.

Aslit, I once thought that if I could pull you up before you truly fell into an abyss, I would do so even at the cost of my old life.

...Even now, as long as I can pull you out of the falling abyss, I am willing to use my life as the price.

However...

I understand now.

I was ultimately a step too late. It's not that you fell into the abyss, but that you chose the abyss. You chose to believe that the self that plunged into the abyss could complete a transformation. You're already completely immersed in it.

For you, leaving the abyss has become an incredibly painful thing."

In the past, Kula Doreen often heard stories of how certain families had an ungrateful child.

When hearing about how the parents of such ungrateful children let things slide, Kula Doreen often lamented how those parents failed.

Now, standing in their position, Kula Doreen somewhat understood those parents' feelings.

But he would never say, "Because she is my daughter, there is nothing I can do."

Since Aslit chose the abyss, and since it was his fault that led her to choose the abyss, he must end everything with his own two hands before she makes greater mistakes.

Waves pounded against the shores of the nearby island. Amid the rustling sound, Kula Doreen drew his long knife once more.

"Aslit.

You might not want to hear my apology, but I am sorry.

I failed to raise you to be an outstanding person, failed to notice your abnormality in time, failed to pull you back before you went towards the abyss...

And for what I am about to do next, I am sorry.

As a father, I am completely unqualified.

But... I don't want to see you continue like this, fighting for people who don't care whether you live or die, hurting your own kin, your own family, your own people.

Therefore, a resolution must be made."

A dark ghost shadow emerged from the back of Kula Doreen and merged into his body.

Aslit propped herself up with her sword, and a similar dark ghost shadow emerged from her back, merging into her. She was unmoved by what Kula Doreen said:

"If you want to kill me, just say you want to kill me. Don't babble on, self-righteously moving yourself. It only makes me feel sick!"

"Your heart has already been blinded," Kula Doreen slowly assumed a stance, "No more words are needed. Let us speak with swords! This too, was once our most common form of conversation."

"Just as I wanted. You ruined my plans last time, I haven't settled that score with you yet."

Though Bai Jin in the air was the main target, given the current situation, Aslit knew that unless she knocked this old man down completely, he would continue to obstruct her vehemently.

Aslit mirrored Kula Doreen's stance.

The great battle was about to begin. Both charged at each other almost simultaneously, their figures disappearing, with the next moment the crisp clash of long knives resonating over the water, stirring up waves.

Aslit and Kula Doreen's figures manifested simultaneously in the center of the waves.

In a blink of an eye, Aslit collided several times with Kula Doreen.

Broken Wind Style is a fast and precise swordsmanship style. A duel between fellow practitioners is a contest of who is faster, more precise, stronger.

Even the duel between Kula Doreen and Aslit did not violate this principle.

This was a life-and-death duel, both tightening their nerves, the clash of blades unceasingly echoing.

In such a duel, whoever showed a flaw first would be the first to be defeated.

In the sky, Bai Jin fully analyzed the structure of the Eternal Night Barrier.

Completely dismantling the barrier was too difficult, so Bai Jin planned to first pierce a large hole in it to let some sunlight in and alleviate the immediate danger, then gradually enlarge the opening to let in more sunlight.

Thus, while analyzing the magic array, Bai Jin also calculated the angle that would maximize the sunlight on the castle where Count Blood resided.

With Aslit being restrained by Kula Doreen and Count Blood yet to appear, Yang Yu and others presumably were stalling Count Blood, yet they could not be complacent, prompting Bai Jin to remain vigilant while busy.

After about two or three minutes, Bai Jin completed a preliminary analysis of Count Blood's Eternal Night Barrier.

Yet attempting to meddle with the Eternal Night Barrier without attracting Count Blood's attention was quite difficult.

If there were any accidents little could be done...

Just as Bai Jin thought this, a loud crash occurred as an out-of-control warship collided with the barrier. The shaky ship instantly fell apart; the magic engine suffered a violent collision, resulting in a chain explosion, turning the entire ship into a blazing inferno on the sea.

Luo Luosi, along with the crew, had already boarded the lifeboat, watching the explosion from afar.

Taking away the straw, Luo Luosi sat on his slightly cracked shell, mumbling:

"This kid, he'll probably owe quite a sum afterward. A battleship of such quality costs an astronomical number...

None of my business.

These decisions were made out of necessity...

To insist, there is a little responsibility on my part.

Considering how hard I worked, let's not be too picky.

Surely, you can come back, right?"

Gazing at the distant castle, Luo Luosi sat cross-legged within the shell. Going over would take too much time and might even be a hindrance. He Meng, a single Slime flying over, was capable enough to be of considerable help. For now, sitting on the lifeboat, silently praying for Yang Yu and the others to succeed was all he could do.

Whether intentionally or not, the timing of the ship crashing into the barrier was just right for Bai Jin. As the barrier shook, he unobtrusively injected his magic power into the magic barrier, beginning to unravel Count Blood's Eternal Night Barrier.

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