Chapter 10 Ten Days Later

Pellant Empire, northern region.

Chikel Manor, a rural residence of the Pellant Empire, is located in Birkenheg County, about six hundred kilometers north of the capital, Hershalem.

Border manors may be chosen as venues for high-level negotiations when more privacy and security are required.

The manor was gifted to the royal family by Sir Arthur decades ago, with the aim of providing state officials with a place to rest and work away from the hustle and bustle of the capital, Hershalem.

Located in the northernmost border county of the Pellant Empire, the climate is still cold even in August, with continuous drizzle and a sky covered with heavy clouds, making the daytime as dim as dusk.

It's only ten o'clock in the morning.

The heavy clouds are already low, and people on the streets are hurrying by, blending into the surrounding gray walls.

The buildings in the main city of Birkenheg County are mostly made of stone. Years of wind and rain erosion still make them look solid. The streets of the city are narrow and winding, and the cobblestone pavement shines with a blue-gray luster under the rain, reflecting the outline of the surrounding buildings.

A Snowfield Deer carriage, printed with the royal emblem of the Demon Realm, drove past, still covered with unmelted snow. The wheels hummed and splashed a spray of water.

Hyperion in the carriage glanced out the window and then half-closed the curtain again.

"Sigh."

She sighed.

Unlike the Demon King's Castle, which is full of revelry every night, after passing through the Land of Eternal Night and arriving at the Pellant Empire, all she sees is a never-ending overcast sky.

"When we get to Chikel Manor later, can I just leave the negotiations to Calieria?"

Hyperion looked at the Fallen Viscount Calieria, who was sitting opposite her with her eyes closed.

"Yes, Your Highness only needs to complete the basic etiquette steps, and leave the rest to me. I will negotiate everything with the Pellant Empire."

Calieria stated calmly.

All the Demon Realm's diplomatic affairs are currently arranged by her personally, and the Pellant Empire quickly coordinated the schedule to welcome Princess Hyperion's visit, but the preliminary meeting place was set in Birkenheg County, this city on the northern border of Pellant.

Unsurprisingly, the representative of the Pellant Empire to meet the demon delegation was Duke Moretti, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. When she asked to see the Prime Minister, she was very tactfully rejected.

"Okay."

Hyperion accepted gladly.

Although she always felt guilty that she was a princess of little use, Ranchi comforted her, saying that she was a very excellent princess, young and promising.

It was obviously Ranchi's gentle polite words... for some reason, she felt that Ranchi really thought so.

Today is the thirty-ninth day of this Shadow World. Unconsciously, she has been in the Shadow World for more than a month.

Originally, it would only take about seven days to travel from the border of the Demon Realm to the border of Pellant, passing through the Land of Eternal Night.

But in order to complete the mission objectives, they went to Purgatory City Pasquale, the location of the Demon Realm's ancestral land, after leaving the Demon King's Castle Nakaris, which took some time.

It is worth mentioning that the Purgatory Corridor Academy is also in Purgatory City Pasquale.

Although Ranchi missed this school very much, he gave up his personal desires due to the travel schedule.

After she and Ranchi arrived at the ancestral land of the Demon Realm, [Mission Objective 1: The ancestral land of the Demon Realm may have a seal on the progenitor of the Blood Clan, and the ancestral land of the Demon Realm can find some kind of key formula principle] was successfully completed.

Although the ancestral land cannot kill the Blood Clan, its supreme demonic power can automatically lock down all creatures other than the Demon Clan who rashly enter.

In the current mission objectives of the Shadow World, the method of defeating the Blood Clan refers to completely incapacitating and capturing them after successfully defeating them, and then successfully transporting them to the ancestral land of the Demon Clan in Purgatory City Pasquale.

This is the correct way to seal the Blood Clan.

However, after Ranchi told the Fallen Viscount the recipe for Blood Abundance, the Fallen Viscount also wavered.

The Fallen Viscount also began to consider the huge commercial value of the Blood Clan, and the possibility of the Demon Clan buying and selling Blood Clans, and raising them in captivity.

Not only that, Ranchi also suggested that she reach an agreement with the human kingdoms, with the Demon Realm buying back high-level Blood Clans that humans cannot easily imprison at a high price or exchanging them for strategic resources, forming an industrial chain. The human kingdoms on the front lines of the northern continent would desperately fight the Blood Clan, and the Blood Clans they caught could be sold to the Demon Realm to exchange for money.

Hyperion covered her ears on the spot and didn't listen to the rest. Listening any further and all her merits would be lost.

However, after they left Purgatory City Pasquale, Ranchi left the Poet of Great Love in the ancestral land of the Demon Clan.

The ancestral land of the Demon Clan is also the eternal resting place of the Demon King.

Ninth-Order Great Demons who die in the Demon Realm can transform into trials for Great Demons, and after the Demon King dies, they can integrate their last strength and life force into the ancestral land, making the Demon Clan's barrier stronger.

Unfortunately, Pulane had confirmed to Ranchi and Hyperion that after leaving the Shadow World, all the states and buffs obtained in the Shadow World would be removed, including the Shadow Great Demon marks woven by the Shadow World. Even if they obtained the Great Demon mark in the Shadow World, they would not be able to bring it back to the real world.

Ranchi himself couldn't figure out why in a short period of time in the ancestral land of the Demon Clan, he just thought it was very beautiful.

But the Poet of Great Love had insights, just like when she observed the Primordial Stone Slab, so Ranchi simply left her there.

Anyway, the magic card that is brought into the Shadow World by binding her soul, as long as it is not unbound, will return to her soul space at the end of the Shadow World, no matter where it is lost.

Hyperion quietly thought to herself, looking out the window through the gap in the curtain.

The rain slowly dripped from the eaves of the carriage, making a crisp ticking sound, intertwined with the occasional chimes from the church bell tower in the distance.

There were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road beside the carriage. Occasionally, citizens hurried past, all wrapped in thick coats, with their heads lowered to avoid the biting cold wind and drizzle.

Even without looking at a map, Hyperion knew that they were getting closer and closer to Chikel Manor on the suburban side of the city.

"Pellant Empire...? Have we arrived?"

Sigrid nestled beside Hyperion, rubbed her eyes in a daze, and woke up as if she had heard a keyword.

The first moment she opened her eyes, she saw Calieria sitting opposite her.

"We're here. Sigrid, just stay with the princess."

Calieria said to the little wolf girl.

Currently, this wolf clan orphan has obtained their Demon Realm identity and is also a key protection target of her, the Fallen Viscount.

However, Sigrid's identity is still that of a Pellant Empire citizen, and she is traveling with them as a guide to the Land of Eternal Night hired by their Demon Realm delegation.

"No problem."

Sigrid nodded, lazily lying on Hyperion's lap, yawned, and continued to rest.

This Great Demon called the Fallen Viscount is very magical. When Sigrid first saw her, she thought her mother was still alive and had become a demon. Later, she asked Hyperion and found out that Calieria would present the appearance of the woman they most wanted to see. When Hyperion first saw Calieria, she also thought she looked like her mother.

However, Ms. Calieria is obviously very young, and it's too impolite to think of this unmarried woman as her mother.

"..."

The Fallen Viscount originally intended to say something, but she held back.

Since the princess has no objections, then she has no objections either.

"Sigrid, I'll call you when we're about to get out of the carriage."

Hyperion just smiled helplessly, put her hand lightly on Sigrid's head, and stroked her light hair.

Children are prone to drowsiness, which is normal, and she has heard that Sigrid has been working continuously for a long time without rest, accumulating fatigue that does not belong to her age.

"Thank you, Sister."

Sigrid murmured.

"Sister, where did Loki go?"

After being quiet for a while, Sigrid asked again.

She found that Loki had disappeared after she woke up just now.

"He said he has his own work, so he got out of the carriage when we arrived in the Pellant Empire. He'll meet up with us later."

Hyperion lowered her head and said softly to Sigrid.

"That's right, Loki's secretary once said that he is a very distinguished person in the Pellant Empire, and I can't do anything disrespectful to him. He also gave me a particularly complicated instruction manual, but later Loki himself didn't mind anything, so I just got along with him casually..."

Sigrid muttered to herself in a sleep-talking tone.

She almost forgot that Loki was actually from the Pellant Empire, and only cared about playing with him in the Demon Realm.

"Heh, how distinguished can he be in the Pellant Empire? There is no one in my intelligence network that matches him."

Calieria smiled with a disdainful shrug.

To be honest, she has accumulated some resentment towards Nameless Viscount along the way. She always felt that Nameless Viscount respected her too much, as if he regarded her as an old demon. She even tried to stare directly into Nameless Viscount's eyes in retaliation, but it still had no effect on him. She just couldn't control or influence this man.

"Uh."

Hyperion didn't know what to say for a moment.

Actually, she was mentally prepared when she didn't see Ranchi in the Demon Realm. She wouldn't be surprised no matter what Loki's identity was in the Pellant Empire.

After all, she had been to the Northern Continent.

Hyperion shook her head and didn't think about it anymore.

Although the faces of the people in this Pellant Empire still looked anxious, and the city was shrouded in darkness, without any hope of victory, Ranchi said that the darkest moment is often before dawn, and as long as they get through it, everything will be reversed.