After Being Betrayed by the Empire, I Decided to Support the Demon King

Having served the Empire for half of his life, Ela was decisively sold out. He intended to flee to another country but was nearly beaten to death during his escape before being saved by a dragon-gi...

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"The destruction of the world is nothing more than..."

"..."

Raphael shook his head at the words of those outside the established order. He knew he didn't need to say anything more. He simply stood up, looking down at the still indifferent outsiders, and said, "Now... it's not as simple as the destruction of the Nine Realms."

As Raphael spoke, he looked down at the prime plane, where dragons were already flying everywhere, coming to join the battle... The dragons had realized that this was now a true catastrophe for the world.

Even the Dragon Realm was not spared.

“I know you think that even if you die, it doesn’t matter… it’s all meaningless.”

Raphael concluded by reminding the remaining half of the outsiders, saying, "Yes, it is indeed meaningless, because we will all go where we are meant to go... to the [Kingdom] of Illa."

Half of the outsiders are still unwilling to contribute, but surprisingly, this also means that the other half are prepared to help the main plane and try to put up some resistance.

"But how could we not know what our ultimate fate will be? How could our younger brothers and sisters in the main plane not know? How could the demons of hell not know? Even the spirit world!"

As Raphael spoke, he clenched his fist, looked at Vereesa who had opened the portal to the Prime Material Plane, and said, "Even the Void Realm, the most indifferent Void Realm, is more clear-headed than you all right now! So what if the ending is predetermined?!"

"Even if it means death! We will choose one! A magnificent death where we perish together!"

Watching Raphael and the others from outside the realm depart for the prime material world through the [gate], the remaining outsiders exchanged silent glances, while Vereesa remained behind for the time being…

Are you leaving?

Veresa asked.

"Venereza...are you going to help too? Or are you just going to watch for fun?"

"Isn't it true that you people are always so carefree?" asked one of the outsiders, looking hesitantly at Vereesa and then at the human woman waiting to the side.

Such questions naturally raise other unrelated doubts.

Vereesa, along with the human woman, has always been an extremely indifferent person, even the leader among those who are indifferent... the ultimate fun-loving person, but now she seems to have started to dedicate herself to saving the world.

"Ah, how should I put it?"

Vereesa Inluvita didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave. She sat down leisurely and said, "First of all, it's probably because we have nothing to do... what else could it be?"

Otherwise, what else can be done during this time?

"Quietly waiting for the world to end? That's too boring... It's better to do something you want to do, like helping others? That way everyone will be happy... True happiness is about having fun together."

As Vereesa spoke, looking at the human woman who was nodding in agreement, she continued, "Besides that, I also feel... that I have always been indebted to you."

"..."

"!"

!

These words shocked everyone, even the human woman... After all, Vereesa Ilúvatar never seemed like someone who felt indebted.

Throughout Vereesa Ilúvatta's long (waaaaaah! The author was threatened! She won't let me say it!) life, spanning eras, she was always just a selfish person chasing after pleasure.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to give up the fun."

As Veresa Inluvita spoke, laughing as she let her emerald green hair cascade down the recliner behind her, she said, “I feel indebted, I feel indebted to Inla… We’ve been using him for our amusement for a long time.”

That's not quite right, because people weren't actually involved. So it wasn't about "making fun of Yinla," but rather "watching Yinla's live stream for entertainment."

"But we haven't given Yinla much in return, take the theater as an example..."

As always, Vereesa used "drama" and "theatre" as examples, whether it was when she first woke up and met Illa, or when the world was about to end... from beginning to end, as always.

It's impossible to tell whether Vereesa has changed, or what caused those changes.

“We’ve been watching plays all along, but we’ve never paid for tickets. Isn’t that a bit unreasonable? If we’re counting the number of shows, it’s not as simple as just one or two.”

Vereesa's words made the outsiders seem thoughtful, while a small group had already realized that... Vereesa's motives were not so pure, and she seemed to genuinely want to help.

Could he really have fallen for Yimra? That would be really disgusting~

"A play costs about three silver coins, and a day consists of about 10 plays, which is thirty silver coins... So a quarter would be three thousand six hundred silver coins, and a year would be about fifteen thousand silver coins."

Vereesa was making up some ridiculous calculations, but the outsiders were actually buying it. They just listened to the follow-up as amusement: "Over the years, we've accumulated a lot of entrance fees... Money is meaningless now."

"..."

Vereesa paused, cracked her neck, and continued, "So, I'll pay my debt with power... I haven't felt the thrill of battle in a long time, so I've decided to fight to the death, to have fun until I die."

Although the outsiders were somewhat interested, in the end no one decided to help... It wasn't that they were necessarily unwilling, but mainly they were lazy, to put it bluntly, they were just lazy.

Therefore, Vereesa decided to use her trump card.

"In that case, once it's inside Yinla's body, even if he has some complaints, he won't do anything about it."

Veresa said, getting straight to the point—it's okay to die, but after you die, Illa will be in charge. If you don't contribute now, you'll be squeezed out later!

"If I really get disliked, my life might end up like this..."

As she spoke, Vereesa, dressed in sheepskin, walked directly into the doorway, saying slowly and deliberately, "I can't...be...happy...anymore."

"..."

That makes sense!

!

"I've made up my mind!"

"Me too!"

"I've made up my mind too!"

One of the outsiders quickly stood up, prompting the others to do the same. Cold sweat beaded on their foreheads as they made excuses for their change of heart: "That's right! We all owe Yinla so much money!"

"It's time to pay back the tips and tickets we owe!"

"That's right! Today!"

"Please accept my final admission fee!"

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[Outside the main text] Joining the war!

(Almost everyone)