Chapter 116 Two Elizabeths

A cheerful and high-spirited atmosphere filled the long hall as everyone raised their glasses to celebrate the return of the "Great Sage." Lanina, the demon lord's lieutenant, had reappeared, which clearly brought immense confidence to the remnants of the demon army. Hao Ren curiously observed the scene in the hall, where humans and orcs were drinking and laughing together, demons squatted on the ground arguing with dwarves about whether hammers or axes were better, and elves and dark elves studied the patterns on the table together – the last two were clearly drunk.

This was the most loyal group under Izhaks, the ones who had remained in the city and refused to surrender even when the demon army was on the verge of collapse. They had all been more or less infected by the demons' rough "culture," to the point where even the elves were drinking shamelessly, but they also enjoyed a kind of happiness in this chaotic revelry that only they could understand.

Perhaps their compatriots in the mortal realm would condemn their betrayal of tradition and their adoption of foreign customs, but here, no one cared.

Izhaks and Lanina accepted the tributes from the crowd and began to discuss matters with their old subordinates. Gadamore, who had been granted the privilege of sitting next to Izhaks, cautiously asked, "My lord, should we announce your return…?"

Izhaks waved his hand. "No, just let everyone know that I disappeared for a year. No need to spread it around. The city's order is well maintained; let's keep it that way."

Gadamore nodded in understanding and then followed up with, "What are your plans for the future?"

"I have some questions for you to confirm," Izhaks said with a smile, then suddenly patted Elizabeth's little head. "Little girl, be honest, was that crystal in the hands of the alliance your doing?"

Elizabeth was busy tearing apart a large piece of roasted meat and competing with Lily to see who could gnaw the bones faster. Without looking up, she replied, "Yeah, it was."

"I knew it was you when I saw your 'Papa Number Three'," Izhaks chuckled. "We never understood what was going on, but now it's clear… you wanted to make them fight among themselves, right?"

Elizabeth had grease all over her face, truly embodying the style of a demon princess, not caring about her image at the banquet. Gripping the roasted meat, she explained to Izhaks in a businesslike manner, "Not just infighting, but also to divert their attention so I'd have a chance to run out and test a few spatial points."

"Test spatial points?" Izhaks seemed to understand something. "So… that's why you came out this time?"

Elizabeth nodded. "Yeah. After we found a way to enter and exit that mysterious space, we started testing the spatial gate's teleportation patterns. Those patterns are very chaotic, and each gate randomly connects to different places. Recently, we roughly figured out three relatively stable exits. The safest one is here: near the Shattered Plains of the Second Plane. The other two lead to the Obsidian Plains and directly to the mortal realm's main base. We mainly came out of the alternate dimension this time to collect data."

"That's too risky, moving the entire city out of the alternate dimension," Izhaks frowned. "Banuk拉克 and Seradon should already be gathering their forces to attack, and the Holy See Alliance is also reinforcing the Second Plane. They must have received news of Demon King's City's appearance."

"Let them come. We'll just hide back when the time comes," Elizabeth said, shaking her head full of golden hair. A sly glint flashed in her dark red eyes. "After we confirm a few more fixed exits, we'll just run around randomly, dragging them all over the place… Let's see when those fools will be exhausted to death."

"Such a childish temper." Izhaks scoffed, but his face still carried a smile, clearly quite satisfied with his daughter's abilities.

Hao Ren looked at the little demon princess, who was no different from a human girl except for a pair of small horns on her head, and suddenly remembered something. He then conveniently pulled Dou Dou out of his portable space. "Oh right, there's another member I haven't introduced to you yet: this is Dou Dou, her full name is also Elizabeth…"

It was nap time for the little mermaid, but it was almost time for her to wake up according to the clock. Hao Ren poked her tail, and Dou Dou sprang up like a carp jumping out of water (here, "like a carp jumping out of water" is not a figure of speech). She was surprised to find that she had woken up in another strange place, and she happily fluttered around, greeting the people around her. "Hello, Papa, hello, Dog Sister, hello, Beard, hello, Bat Sister, hello, Table, hello, Food… Papa, I want food!"

"This little one is really at the age where she's growing," Vivian quickly broke off half a chopstick and handed it to Dou Dou. "Speaking of which, who is Beard?"

Sentis•Hot Hammer stroked his large beard that was like a screen. "Compared to my beard, my face might not be very noticeable…"

Elizabeth•Little Demon King looked at the little mermaid jumping around on the table and greeting the cups and dishes with surprise. "Wow! What is that?"

Elizabeth•Dou Dou•Fish looked up and greeted the little girl. "Hello! Are you here to rent a room from our house too?"

The little one followed her landlord father and was already familiar with the business.

In short, the two Elizabeths had such a historic meeting.

At this time, Lily was still holding a meat bone and comparing with Elizabeth, "Come, come, let's compare the speed of gnawing bones again…"

Hao Ren felt that the only thing these guys beside him were good at was blending into the atmosphere.

Gadamore seemed to have something to say from the beginning, and finally felt it was time to speak. "My lord, you came back this time… are you going to lead us to counterattack the mortal realm?"

As soon as this question came out, the table immediately quieted down. Even Lily, who was happily gnawing on the bones, stopped subconsciously, the tail behind her shaking gently in the air. Nangong Wuyue sighed leisurely. "Given the current situation… Big Guy, you might really have a chance."

Izhaks wore a smile – of course, it was generally difficult to discern when Izhaks' face was smiling, especially now that his face, which had not recovered from the car accident, should show a smile. But that was not important – he was silent for a while, and suddenly shook his head unexpectedly to many people: "No."

Many people were stunned, but Hao Ren nodded as if he had expected it. He had understood what kind of guy Izhaks was as early as in Kadessa City – a steadfast proponent to the point of being almost paranoid, but also with a strange, demonic "chivalry." He would neither regret his past choices (even if later facts proved that this choice was not feasible at all), nor would he feel annoyed by the failure that had already become a reality – he would not turn back.

Gadamore lowered his head thoughtfully, seemingly not very surprised by this answer. On the other hand, a high-ranking demon with a scar on his face on the other side exclaimed, "My lord! What did you say?"

"My mission is over," Izhaks smiled. "Facts have proved that the task of unifying the world is not suitable for a demon. Demons' methods cannot do this kind of work, so let the task be handed over to future possible candidates – the alliance of all races has pointed out the way for the world. I believe that sooner or later there will be a guy who is more suitable for integrating this world than me."

The demon with a scar on his face was one of Izhaks' veteran generals. Hao Ren still remembered that his name was Ramondino. Obviously, he was a standard combat faction. At this moment, he reacted the most to Izhaks' decision. The scar on his face was almost about to burst under emotional agitation. "My lord! How can you give up so easily? Are you going to abandon us? We waited in that space for a year, just to prepare for the moment of counterattack – you actually gave up yourself?"

"No, I don't plan to abandon you," Izhaks shook his head, exchanged a look with Hao Ren, and continued after receiving an affirmative answer. "I will find you a new place to settle down, where everyone can go. But this world and my entanglement are over."

Izhaks paused after finishing speaking, then looked into Ramondino's eyes and continued: "You should still remember why I initially launched this war – to go to the stars. Now I have achieved this goal. As for this world… I pushed it once, and that's all a demon can do."

Ramondino seemed to want to say something, but Izhaks just waved his hand: "Sit down, this is my first family dinner after a long separation with my daughter, we will talk about anything else later."