After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King-Chapter 290 - 34: Death Trigger for Two People

Heidlin Miriam Wals flew silently across the sky, looking down at the city below with its scattered lights. She flew, lost in thought... Yes, it was not the enemy (Duchy’s) [military formation], but rather the enemy’s (Duchy’s) city.

It was a frontline city... and there were garrisons stationed inside.

But at the same time, there were also a large number of civilians living there. Despite the martial law and curfew, they had not been evacuated... In this world and era, evacuating the civilians was no different than killing them.

But it was ultimately better than death, wasn’t it?

...

"Shara, you sure know how to pick the right jobs..."

Heidlin spoke to herself helplessly. She looked at the enemy stationed far away, and at Shara, who was also flying in the sky... Shara had taken on the task of destroying the enemy, while Heidlin was responsible for demolishing the Duchy’s stronghold.

However, the civilians in the city wouldn’t be spared... The Death Trigger was not a power that could be easily controlled.

*How should she put it? Heidlin did feel a bit of guilt. Her identity also compelled her to feel sorrow for the fate of those civilians... They were the sacrifices of war. This was war... This was war.*

*There were very few people in this world who would mourn for the death of civilians, but Heidlin was one of them... Her former country didn’t really agree with the idea of "returning to the World Tree"... The reborn dead were no longer the same person.*

*At least, that’s what Heidlin thought.*

Heidlin was not a native of the Empire, as could be inferred from her name and surname... Generally speaking, Empire people would often include one or two [La] characters in their names.

This habit seemed to originate from the Empire’s past deities’ worship, and it continued to this day.

Heidlin was born in a small warring nation, and the wars between small nations filled her childhood with misfortune... Before she fled to the Empire alone and was taken in by Yila as a disciple, she...

"Boom!!!!"

While Heidlin was immersed in her past memories, a colossal roar from the other side of the military formation interrupted her thoughts... She looked that way and realized that Shara had already taken action.

A brilliant fissure appeared in the sky above the Duchy’s army, tearing apart space itself with a dazzling crack, allowing a glimpse of the inside’s dizzying radiance.

It was a color that didn’t exist in this world, a kaleidoscope of hues seemingly black but full of danger... Everything in its path appeared to be devoured by the rift.

All that remained of the substances that passed through was the air itself.

Moreover, the fissure continued to expand until it reached a certain limit... Many of the Duchy’s soldiers, whether sleeping or keeping watch, were completely engulfed.

Nearly ninety percent of the army was lost in an instant...

That was Shara’s [Death Trigger], something triggered at the moment of death—[Deeper than the Origin Dark, More Profound than the Lord’s Plane, Extinguishing without Retain, Gap of Demise], abbreviated as [Source Dark Extinguishing Gap].

It was similar to Marilla Elkaras’s well-known [Using Death to Summon Beasts of the Shadow Realm; Swearing by Life, Revive the Great Fanged Shark of the Abyss] or [Shadow Shark] Death Trigger...

What was born at the moment of death would indiscriminately devour everything around it, turning the consumed substances (life) into nourishment for the resurrection.

Shara’s Death Trigger originated from his talent [Void Exile] before he became a Governor, whereas Marilla’s Death Trigger came from her contracted creature in the Shadow Realm.

Heidlin was certain that her Death Trigger was not from the Main Plane, but she didn’t know its exact origin... However, it ended the ongoing wars and also ended the two small nations themselves.

"Heidlin! What are you doing? Hurry up... I’m heading back first, so I don’t get caught in your crossfire."

Heeding Shara’s reminder as he flew over, she watched him fly away, then looked down at the city beneath her... Heidlin sighed and shook her head at the chaotic city due to the unforeseen event.

Then, swiftly and decisively, she slit her own throat with the short knife in her hand... frёeweɓηovel_coɱ

"Sss~"

Blood sprayed quickly, bearing the message [Heidlin is dead], transmitting it to the abyssal depths... This message continued to be interpreted, transforming into other meanings.

...

[Heidlin is dead]

"Gurgle gurgle~"

...

In the pitch-black Void Realm, bubbles surfaced with a sound.

[The contract will be fulfilled soon]

"Blub blub~"

...

It might have been seawater, or some other kind of liquid, or perhaps the frontlines built purely by the [evil], or maybe a place slightly beyond the frontlines... Something slumbering woke up at this moment.

In the abyssal sea, a gigantic eye opened instantly, a colossal eyeball with no point of reference... Humans would be no bigger than ants in front of the owner of such an eye.

Then a second eye... a third...

Numerous yellowish, orange-red pupils, belonging to the same owner—the [Minions].

The slumbering minions awoke at this moment, cherishing this awakening, even though they knew they would soon fall asleep again.

Because...

[The time for the grand feast has come!!!!!!]

...

...

...

"Splat~"

Heidlin’s blood fell from the sky and landed in the city’s center, causing a bloodstain, drawing the attention of the noisy residents. They looked up curiously, wondering what had pooped.

Then...

"Bang!!!"

They saw a twisted humanoid figure fall from the sky, clearly a woman... And as her twisted body began to turn into meat paste.

Wait, why was the meat paste black, like a swamp?

The panic-stricken people didn’t notice the oddity or the rapidly expanding black swamp that swallowed Heidlin’s body whole.

Then the black swamp spread to every corner of the city at an imperceptible speed, including the professionals stationed there... as if it had always been part of the city.

It even spread a distance beyond the city... But since there was nothing alive to consume further, it only extended a bit more, just like the day Yila killed Heidlin.

Otherwise, the devoured life force wouldn’t have kept Heidlin in bandages for so long.

"Gurgle gurgle~"

As panic spread, countless giant bubbles surfaced in the swamp, hiding something, eager to emerge...

"Boom!!!!!!"

"Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"..."

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"Ah, super dangerous..."

Hearing the commotion, Shara turned his head and sighed. He gazed at the countless enormous glowing tentacles, piercing the sky and earth, wildly thrashing like crazed silver serpents and overwhelming waves.

After this night, it was evident that no trace of the city would remain.

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