With Xin Nuola's help, Pulanei slowly freed himself from the heavy shackles and restraining armor. Every movement seemed difficult, but his eyes sparkled with a new light—a longing for freedom and the future.

He took a deep breath, as if savoring the long-lost hope and courage.

Recalling the new king's gentle yet firm persuasion, Pulanei finally made up his mind to leave the prison with him.

Da Ai Shiren quietly observed Pulanei's every move from the side, a satisfied expression in his eyes.

He had long desired a demon race foreign teacher back in the Purgatory Corridor Academy. Now that his wish had finally come true, he knew that hard work pays off.

With the three of them, no matter in the Northern or Southern Continent, his career would surely flourish.

Da Ai Shiren stood with his arms crossed, waiting for Pulanei to be ready to leave.

"New King, do you need my title imprint? According to my guess, my imprint would likely be defensive and related to detection magic."

Pulanei bowed to Da Ai Shiren and inquired.

If they performed a demon race ritual outside, it might alert the powerful individuals of the terrestrial empires.

But Hellraum Prison was a natural demon race enchantment, perfectly concealing the aura of the demon race ritual.

There probably weren't many demon race trials left in the world, and only a few surviving demon race members. As long as the imprint wasn't too conflicting, Pulanei thought it might be useful to the new king.

"Of course, I appreciate it, Qing Pulanei."

Da Ai Shiren had been about to ask, but Pulanei had already spoken up.

Obtaining this imprint would seemingly make him a Six-Imprint Great Demon, a state between a Great Demon and a quasi-Demon King.

"A slight intrusion, if you'll allow it."

"No matter."

Accepting the response, Pulanei gracefully raised his hand, hovering it in the air before Da Ai Shiren's brow.

In the dim, frost-covered prison cell, the faint light began to tremble, and the surroundings fell into stillness.

Suddenly, the lines of the soul imprint flickered in Pulanei's eyes, a magnificent silver light radiating an irresistible magic.

As the rise of all energy reached a critical point, Pulanei's palm caused the magical currents within the cell to surge. His innate magic intertwined in his palm, and a silver stream of light coalesced before Da Ai Shiren's brow, lifting Da Ai Shiren's black hair and causing it to dance lightly in the wind.

Light and shadow intertwined, containing endless primeval magic, the silver stream of light flowing like a galaxy, mysterious and serene.

The demon race's supreme inheritance ritual gradually formed a mysterious imprint on Da Ai Shiren's brow. The powerful magic rapidly weakened, Pulanei withdrew his hand, and once again held it across his chest, saluting the new king.

"..."

At that moment, a fleeting magical circuit flashed through Da Ai Shiren's emerald pupils, adding a few more complex rhythms.

[Mark of Truth]

[Category: Soul Imprint]

[Grade: Orange Epic]

[Tier: 1]

[Passive Effect: Grants certain resistance to detection-type magic.]

[Note: Acknowledgment from Pulanei of Truth.]

Several superimposed translucent lights intertwined and combined in his emerald eyes, ultimately shattering and solidifying into a completely different magic circuit.

And the demon race aura on his body truly underwent a transformation, particularly intense at this moment. Even though he wore disguise magic to conceal himself as a human, it was as if one could see his radiant, holy spirit-like demon race features.

This bizarre and beautiful phantom represented the beginning of his soul's path to becoming a demon king. The three Great Demons all harbored an instinctive sense of submission.

On one hand, it was because of the Demon King aptitude he possessed at this moment. On the other hand, they were his sworn demon race members.

The three Great Demons didn't dare to raise their heads.

The new king was already a Five-Imprint Great Demon. The imprint offered by Pulanei triggered the changes of the Sixth Imprint.

If they could return to ancient times, in the face of a Six-Imprint Great Demon, whether demon race, human, or other races, they might even feel a shuddering fear even greater than the one they felt now.

However, all of this was quickly restrained by the figure with black hair and green eyes, and all traces of the demon race were concealed by disguise magic.

Lan Qi sensed the new imprint.

Similar to the [Mark of the Fallen] obtained on the fourth basement level, it was resistance to a certain type of magic.

Although there wasn't much to detect on him, the difficulty for others to identify the complete effects when using his magic cards would increase, and his magical state and disguise magic would be harder to see through.

Soon, the figure with black hair and green eyes noticed the somewhat uneasy Pulanei in front of him.

"An excellent imprint, Qing Pulanei, thank you."

Da Ai Shiren lightly patted Pulanei's shoulder, praising him.

This made Pulanei breathe a sigh of relief.

Xin Nuola, behind Pulanei, knew that the new king would say this.

The king was very kind to them. Even though the imprints she and her brother possessed were weak and unworthy of a Demon King, the king still looked genuinely happy.

"Wait for me a moment, I'll go bring a companion over. Antanas, Xin Nuola, please explain to Pulanei the arrangements in the Protoss Empire for the upcoming period."

Da Ai Shiren spoke to Talia's friends, then waved his hand, indicating that he would leave the prison cell for a while.

Since he already had the repeater Antanas, Lan Qi didn't plan to explain the subsequent work and life on the Northern and Southern Continents to Pulanei again.

The three Great Demons watched the new king leave, all relieved.

They hadn't expected to see a Six-Imprint Great Demon again in this era.

"Pulanei, congratulations, the dream life is about to begin..."

Antanas smiled and preemptively began to tell Pulanei about the Hellraum life he was about to usher in, blocking the words that Xin Nuola was about to say.

Her tone was detailed and joyful, even adding some specific work details that she guessed.

"I'm telling you, being around the new king will probably be very exciting. The close relationship between her and the Second Princess, I always feel like the two of them have crossed the line a bit. Wow, if Talia and Iffatia saw it, I don't know what they would think."

Antanas spoke, glancing at the prison door while quietly telling Pulanei, leaving Xin Nuola, who was standing beside him, dumbfounded.

Although Pulanei didn't show much change in expression, it could be seen from his widened eyes the shock in his heart.

In his impression, the road to restoration should have been full of hardships.

Now it felt like they were more or less a sightseeing tour group.

Moreover, Antanas had undoubtedly just been rescued from a special cell in Hellraum Prison as well, so how did she know so much about the king's scandals?

(End of Chapter)