Magic Chronicles : Fallen Race

At times like these, one must not lose their composure.

Reji carefully recalled and connected all the key clues - the insect eggs.

When he first encountered the insect eggs, which was also when he first came into contact with the human world, he and Leon speculated that the insect race might have taken advantage of the human-demon war, during the period when both sides were in a stalemate, and parasitized the human world.

But in the subsequent investigation, it was discovered that the insect race was actually the victim. All the parasitism of humans was deliberately man-made, coming from the hands of that Emperor. The insect race was one of the many world races destroyed by the Emperor.

At that time, Reji was very puzzled. Why did the Emperor do this? And why destroy other races?

It was not until he reached Stillwater Prison that he learned the truth from the mouths of those foreign race remnants.

This plane had always been in a morbid state.

As long as a certain race continued to evolve unchecked, the end point would be something even more terrifying than self-destruction - being degenerated by their own mana into some kind of bizarre monster, called the "Evil God's Offspring" by that vampire princess.

The reason why the various races of the plane had been living in peace was because of the existence of the demon race, which greatly restrained the independent evolution of each world. Whenever there were signs of mutation and degeneration, they would be destroyed by the demon race and nipped in the bud.

But this balance was broken a thousand years ago.

Humans defeated the demon race.

The restraining force that prevented other races from "evolving" disappeared.

If this continued unchecked, it wouldn't be long before all races would reach the end point of degeneration in their mad evolution, becoming the Evil God's Offspring, just like the tragedy of the vampires.

The Emperor undoubtedly noticed this.

Because from the Great Sage's notes, Reji saw some fragments of past images.

The starting point of this "Degeneration Disaster" was none other than his own Hero companions.

So the first-generation Radiant Saintess, Freya, who was also the first Emperor, took action.

She chose to replace the role of the demon race.

And did it even more decisively and thoroughly than the demon race.

The vampire princess Louise in Stillwater Prison told him about that past.

A thousand years ago, the Emperor spread an alliance initiative to other races in the plane, luring the leaders of other races to the human world.

Because humans had defeated the evil demon race, almost no foreign race leaders would refuse the Emperor, so they all came.

But what awaited them was a massacre.

The Emperor, through this one false alliance, eliminated the vast majority of foreign race powerhouses, seemingly using some secret technique to seal the corresponding fate tracks of their races with the souls of those leaders, thus cutting off the path for all races to evolve again.

However, this was not only for foreign races.

Even internally, for the Emperor's own human race, it was the same.

Reji recalled the notes of the Second Prince.

The Emperor chose to use insect eggs to control and monitor humans.

As long as a sage, scholar, elite, genius, etc. who might lead human progress was born among humans, the insect eggs in their bodies would release some kind of pheromone.

In this way, the Emperor could truly eliminate those who might become the "protagonists" among humans before they could grow up and leave the starting village, thus restraining human civilization. This resulted in the declining appearance of humans a thousand years later that he saw when he first descended.

Up to this point, this was the truth and the full picture of what happened a thousand years ago that Reji had previously thought.

But now it seems... It was wrong.

The Emperor was far more than that.

Even the Second Prince was probably kept in the dark all along. Perhaps... what the Radiant Saintess who came to him pretending to negotiate said was correct.

The insect eggs were just a disguise put on the table to deceive him, the Demon King.

The Emperor's true purpose was still to use the insect eggs to plant a deeper layer of "radiance" in all humans.

And what she was waiting for might be this very moment.

Only by using the demon race to activate the "Sweep" program could all humans be successfully transformed into faceless spiritual people.

In other words... The true purpose of that Emperor was the same as what she had done to those other world's foreign races before.

She was not only using the faceless people, these spiritual soldiers instilled with the knowledge of his former Hero self, to destroy the demon race.

She also wanted to... Destroy all of humanity.

"Your Majesty, we must stop that mad emperor! This is more important than anything else now!"

When Reji finished his contemplation with closed eyes and opened them, he exchanged glances with Leon below. From the Wisdom Demon's eyes, the two sides understood everything without needing to say much. Leon had also completely figured it out.

The Wisdom Demon was very clear that if they let the Emperor be and were held back by the faceless people, trapped in such a quagmire of war, the number of humans in this world would only decrease.

Once the quantity and quality of the human race fell below a certain threshold, the Demon King would be forced to disappear by the power of the summoning contract.

At that time, without the Demon King, could they still face a human race with only one Emperor left?

Leon believed they definitely could not.

Just like a thousand years ago, humans similarly had only one Hero, yet wiped out the Demon King and nine apostles, causing their crushing defeat.

Leon had a very strong premonition.

The current human Emperor, compared to the Hero a thousand years ago, could only be stronger, not weaker.

So...

"Your Majesty, rest assured and leave the Demon Tower and the rear to us."

"In the name of the Wisdom Apostle 'Leon', I will definitely do my utmost to minimize the losses and buy time for Your Majesty!"

"We are the same, Your Majesty!"

Following Leon's words, the Great Demon Hektor, Sword Demon Pierre, Shadow Demon Shermen, Decay Demon Eris, Sorcery Demon Dian, and the white octopus Ulala waving her tentacles.

The seven "old" apostles made a vow before Reji.

Due to the faceless spiritual army, if these old-generation apostles followed Reji to kill the Emperor, they would only become a burden.

The "Hero's knowledge" from back then had already seen through them.

So the only two who could go with Reji to the Empire and assist the Demon King in confronting the Emperor were...

After a brief hesitation, Reji still shook his head.

He solemnly ordered, "I am clear about your determination, but... Vielsia, you stay behind too."

"To fully unleash the power of the elf race, the presence of you is still needed. With you here, I can truly put my mind at ease."

Seeing Leon being the first to frown and about to persuade him, Reji raised his hand, indicating that there was no need for further discussion.

The apostles now were simply worried that without the elves as a main force, he would have a hard time confronting the Emperor.

In response, Reji smiled and said, "What, you don't believe in me?"
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Leon wanted to say something but stopped.

But in the end, he still lowered his head and obeyed the Demon King's arrangement. Seeing this, the other apostles also stopped persuading.

They all understood that this was the Demon King allocating power to protect them.

After all, the faceless spiritual people were the most restraining to this batch of old-generation apostles. Even just defending was not that easy. And with the addition of Vielsia, from the previous example, the pressure would definitely be greatly reduced.

So Vielsia also said no more. The silver-haired elf only pursed her lips, but the gaze she looked at Reji with still had uncontainable worry.

After all, if the elf stayed behind to defend, then on the contrary...

The Demon King going to confront the Emperor would lose a powerful aid.

So... When Reji's gaze fell on the last apostle present, this apostle's resolute eyes did not waver in the slightest.

Even when facing Reji, she answered with a gaze that "would not accept any orders".

Yes.

The only two who could follow Reji to confront the Emperor besides Vielsia were the Succubus Apostle Eileen.

Although she inherited the apostle position of the "Succubus".

Eileen was a new generation.

The previous Succubus had already tested it herself. Those faceless spiritual people were indeed in a state of confusion and helplessness against her attacks, not knowing how to defend at all.

In fact, Reji wanted Eileen to stay behind and defend as well.

He alone would be fine going to the Empire to face the Emperor.

But seeing the Succubus's stance and the similarly unyielding attitude of the other apostles - they no longer needed help, the Succubus must go protect the King.

Reji finally stopped insisting.

He looked into the Succubus's pink eyes and reached out his hand, "Eileen, can I borrow your power?"

"It will always belong to you, Your Majesty." The Succubus did not hesitate to reach out, interlocking their fingers, firmly grasping Reji, as if her determination was such that nothing but death could separate her from her king.

Eileen stood by Reji's side. With this, all the arrangements were complete.

Reji took out the Starlight Crystal from his bosom, and the Hero's Relic, the stone tablet "Map", floated in front of Reji. Then, under the power of the Starlight Crystal, Reji connected to the "anchor point" closest to the Empire and sent a teleportation.

The other apostles remaining in the Demon Tower watched as the Demon King and the Succubus Apostle quickly disappeared in the teleportation array. This scene actually brought a sense of familiarity to the hearts of many old apostles.

This scene was so similar to a thousand years ago.

The last ones to confront that Hero were also the Demon King and the Succubus Apostle.

As if it was a cycle.

But this time...

Leon was the first to look away. He resolutely turned around, dutifully going to fulfill his vow to the Demon King, doing his utmost to delay these faceless armies behind them, slowing down the speed of human extinction, and buying time for his King.

And he also equally believed that Reji would not break his promise.

This time, the ending of the demon race...

Would absolutely not repeat the tragedy of a thousand years ago.