"Mhmm, I understand! Thanks, Ren."
The previously nervous and anxious Evelyn felt a lot better after talking with Grey. She was glad to have so many reliable companions coming with her to defeat the Demon King.
It was going to be a long journey, but Evelyn felt determined to defeat the Demon King and get back home to her mother who was waiting for her!
It took them three months to reach the Demon Continent, after traveling across the Tresna Kingdom and two more nations.
The horses needed to frequently rest, the weather determined whether they could continue onward, and there were a lot of demons and monsters on the road. The Hero's group used this opportunity to continue to teach Eveyln the topics that she couldn't get to when she was in the capital and to train her in combat.
In the beginning, Evelyn vomited when she killed her first monster. It took some time to console her, but she finally stopped shaking after killing that first monster.
Demons and monsters were a bit different. Monsters were created by corrupted magical energy coming from the Fallen God's crystal where he laid to rest. While demons were the intelligent monsters that could communicate with each other. They were also able to organize themselves; control other monsters and even create armies.
Demons could only be killed by those who could use magic, especially holy magic, which was why Evelyn had to do the final attack on the demons.
Training in a controlled environment was much different than getting real combat and battlefield experience. Grey felt that Evelyn did her best to harden her heart and didn't give up.
He was a bit curious about how the previous Evelyn's were. Did the other Hosts train her enough?
[To answer your question, Grey, the Gods said that the Evelyn we see here is a lot stronger than the previous two times a Host had tried to help her. The other two Hosts... Well, the first one was strong, but he wasn't good at teaching. He was one of those geniuses who could not understand why people could not pick things up as quickly as he could, so that led him to his downfall. As for the other Host, she was so obsessed with Crown Prince Zyair that she forgot to take care of Evelyn properly, which made Evelyn much weaker than she is now.]
'I'm utterly speechless.'
[This was when Hosts did not have to worry about the Villain System. Plus, a lot of Hosts who were good with A-ranked worlds tried their hand at S-ranked worlds and found it too difficult, so they didn't care as much as we do now. Don't worry. I'm going to change this system and make sure people who are qualified will do their job well!]
Well, it was a good thing he was here. Evelyn was not untalented, actually, she was quite hardworking and smart, she just needed time and decent tutors to help her out. She was like a rough gem that just needed to be polished to show how beautiful it was.
"Hey everyone, I think we made it to the Demon Continent." Azul's voice woke up everyone in the carriage.
They all peered out of the window and witnessed an eerily strange sight. There was a clear dividing line that separated the Demon Continent from the rest of the world. The once beautiful green grass was scarce and purple. It looked as if the ground was made of hard purple rocks and occasional purple plants. Everything looked like a muted purple in the Demon Continent.
Even the sky was purple and the clouds were always black and gray. There didn't seem to be any water in sight. The trees had no leaves and looked as if they had died and dried up.
But there were all sorts of monsters and demons roaming the continent. They looked as if they hadn't eaten a good meal in years.
"With how dead the Demon Continent is, it's no wonder they leave and terrorize humans and animals." Faylan couldn't help but comment while touching a handful of sand on the ground. It was dry and deprived of life.
The horses that accompanied them on this journey refused to take a step closer. They resisted no matter how much the others pulled and prodded and even wanted to turn around.
Everyone got off the carriage and looked at the horses that tried to turn around but couldn't.
Grey felt bad and didn't want to force them to come with them. "We should let them go. I can carry the carriage and when we come back, we can walk to the nearest village to see if they have any horses we can buy."
Everyone knew he had some sort of dimensional space so they felt that was fine. Plus, the horses looked like they would rather die than go into the Demon Continent.
Vincent and Azul released the horses and they ran in the opposite direction of the demon continent. As for where they went, no one knew. They could only hope that the horses would stay safe from monsters and demons...
"Well, I guess we are walking from here on out!" Evelyn pointed in the direction where there was a large mountain. Everyone knew that the Demon King lived in that mountain.
Grey couldn't help but chuckle at Evelyn's pose.
Azul took out the map that was created by other Heroes. "Everyone, we have to stick together. There's a good spot that we can rest at so let's go there first."
Everyone nodded and took their first steps into the Demon Continent.
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kuro_kama: Is it just me, who thought the purple hue would look nice? No one?
Grandpa Marky: I also think it would look nice :D Also, four more chapters until the end of this arc! After this arc, there's two chapters for the finale and then the extra chapters. We are getting so closeeeeee! Almost there yall :D Are you excited? I am.
Also, I'm so exhausted. I've been sleeping like 10 to 12 hours a day just to feel normal. XD I don't think that's normal but oh well. I don't have health insurance so I just gotta hope and pray my body holds up haha. Anyway, that's it from meee. I will see you all next week (unless someone pays for the ko-fi goal)!
Have a lovely day/night my beautiful grandchildren <3
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