“Yes.” Liana nodded. “Come with me.” Rather than explaining, it would be more impactful for Mephilia to see it with her own eyes.

“All right.” Mephilia and Minoga nodded and followed behind Liana.

Although the news about the demon race had greatly shocked Minoga, she hadn’t forgotten that in the current situation, Princess Liana couldn’t appear in the public eye, so she remained vigilant.

Liana held a flashlight in her hand.

“?” Mephilia had a question mark above her head. “What is this?”

“Just a lighting tool. It uses a light magic stone as the core, with reflective materials similar to mirrors arranged around it. It allows light to be projected outward, achieving the effect of illuminating distant places without continuously consuming mana,” Liana said.

“Oh.” Mephilia nodded, understanding the principle once Liana explained it.

Soon, Liana arrived at the morning’s incident site, but strangely, the giant wolf’s corpse had disappeared. Only traces of withered plants remained on the ground, as if something had drained their life.

“The corpse is gone?” Liana frowned. This was already deep in the forest, where people generally wouldn’t come.

Moreover, even if someone wanted to bury the body, they couldn’t have done it so cleanly. Combined with the withered appearance of some surrounding plants, Liana was certain this was the place.

“I can indeed sense a hint of unusual aura,” Minoga frowned. After arriving at this place, Minoga felt a nauseating magical power that was extremely uncomfortable.

Liana crouched down and reached out to touch the ground. A mass of black mana instantly formed an arm that tried to grab Liana.

Minoga reacted quickly, drawing the sword at her waist and slashing at it.

But the slash had no effect on the arm; the blade simply passed through it.

[Purification!]

Facing this evil aura, Mephilia instinctively used sacred magic, the natural enemy of the demons.

The next second, the black, filthy mana was completely purified, disappearing from the spot.

“So this is a demon?” Mephilia’s heart raced. That aura was truly terrifying.

“So it can lurk in plants or soil?” Liana also felt a wave of fear. “It seems that completely eliminating a demon is a very difficult task. No, this isn’t even a true demon yet; it should just be their advance party.”

“Advance party...” If the advance party already had such power, how terrifying would the real demons be?

No wonder Liana was so uneasy. Although Mephilia was also scared now, she knew that at this moment, she should give Liana enough sense of security.

“Don’t worry, Liana. I’m very powerful. Since the moment my mana awakened, father told me that my magic is very special. I’m the only one who inherited mother’s sacred magic. You just saw it, I simply used sacred magic and solved the problem that even Minoga couldn’t immediately resolve,” Mephilia comforted her.

“Thank you.” Liana certainly knew that Mephilia was comforting her. She actively embraced Mephilia.

She was truly grateful that Mephilia had come to find her without any hesitation and had specially comforted her.

“I’m very happy, you know. When you encountered difficulties, you thought of me first and came to me first, asking me to help you find a solution. I’m really happy,” Mephilia said.

However, Liana hadn’t forgotten the main issue. She approached that patch of land again and crouched down.

This time, no demon remnants attacked Liana, though the land still felt somewhat hot.

“It seems that to thoroughly eliminate the demonic threat, special methods must be used. Defeating them doesn’t completely eliminate them.” Although not everyone could use sacred magic, after severely damaging the demon race, using light magic to finish them off should resolve the issue. This point must be communicated to everyone. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

“Mephilia, you are now very important... no, you’ve always been very important,” Liana emphasized.

“You don’t need to emphasize that specially; I already know,” Mephilia was amused by Liana’s words. “This is an ability I was born with. I absolutely won’t let the evil demonspawns come out and harm this world. At the very least, I won’t let # Nоvеlight # them invade our kingdom.”

Mephilia had received a lot of care during this time. Even though she wasn’t the heir, even though they no longer needed to express their stance to her, when currying favor with other heirs would have been a better choice.

But they still supported her. Even though she was no longer the heir, they encouraged her, saying she was an amazing and excellent princess.

To not disappoint their trust and persistence, Mephilia would definitely prove herself to the King of Lisat.

“Mm.” Liana nodded. The current Mephilia was no longer the somewhat dejected and lost Mephilia from before; she had completely moved on from the matter of being the heir.

“Did Miss Sephirena go back because of the Tree of Life?” Mephilia asked.

“Sort of, but not entirely, since we’re still not clear about the situation in the Elf Forest,” Liana said. “She went back to tell the elves in the Elf Forest about this news, to let them prepare their defenses.”

Indeed, without advance knowledge and precautions, even if they defeated the enemy, they might still be suddenly ambushed like just now, with unimaginable consequences.

And as the mortal enemies of the demon race, elves certainly had many ways to deal with demons.

“It seems we must visit the Elf Forest sometime soon,” Mephilia looked at Liana.

“Yes, let’s go together in a while.” Even if Mephilia hadn’t spoken her invitation, Liana had seen through her thoughts.

“Now, shall we rest for a bit?” Mephilia looked at Liana. Although Liana seemed the same as before.

But after such close contact with a demon for the first time, she must still be somewhat scared. At this moment, she needed to stay by Liana’s side.

“Mm.” Liana nodded. Two close encounters with the demons today had left her feeling extremely exhausted.

“Minoga, if you want to go back, you can return first. Come pick me up tomorrow.” Having been by Mephilia’s side for so long, Mephilia naturally could discern some of Minoga’s thoughts.

After such a serious incident, Minoga would certainly want to inform His Majesty the King immediately. Even preparing a few hours earlier was still considered early.

“Thank you for your understanding, Princess Mephilia.” Minoga nodded.

This barrier was very safe. If one didn’t know in advance about such a place, even a Judge passing by wouldn’t notice it.

“Go on, go on,” Mephilia urged.

“Then I won’t disturb Princess Mephilia and Princess Liana’s private time.” After bowing, Minoga left and returned to the capital to report this matter to the king.

Back in the bedroom, the two lay on the bed, holding hands. “Didn’t I tell you to come tomorrow?”

Mephilia irritably pinched Liana’s palm. “If I had communicated with you in such a depressed atmosphere and only said five words, would you calmly wait until tomorrow? You probably wouldn’t even sleep well.”

“That’s true...”

If Mephilia hadn’t come tonight, neither of them would have slept well.

“Is there more detailed information about the demonkind?” Mephilia asked.

This was something they would have to face in the future, so the more they knew, the better.

“The demon race’s true form seems to be a black crown. Not only did that black arm just now have the mark of a crown, but the giant wolf that attacked me earlier also had a black crown on its head,” Liana recalled the events of the day. Apart from the demonkind’s peculiar mana giving people a very uncomfortable feeling, there was also that crown.

“And their blood is black, not bright red. Plants wither where they pass.” This was Liana’s general understanding of them; their characteristics were quite distinct.

But now, not many people knew or were aware of the demons’ existence, so they wouldn’t think in that direction.

“I don’t know if the demon race’s traces have only appeared here.” After they appeared, Liana felt that there might be demon traces everywhere.

“Indeed, since many people don’t know about the demons, even if they appear, they might not recognize them. So now, we need to spread the news about the demon race quickly,” Mephilia said.

“Yes.” This was also why Liana had asked Mephilia to come.

“This place doesn’t seem very safe anymore. After Miss Sephirena left, you don’t have a guard by your side, Liana. If something unexpected happens when you’re alone, it would be troublesome,” Mephilia said with concern on her face.