Li Ai Li and Arthur were locked in a stalemate in front of the portal.

Arthur pursed his thin lips.

“I need to go back.” He pointed to the head he was holding.

Li Aili: "..."

She withdrew her hand, turned her head and walked into the spatial portal, her steps showing no trace of lingering attachment.

Arthur hurried after her.

Even though they were only a step apart, Arthur felt as if they were worlds apart...

Ellie, it seems like his Ellie doesn't want him anymore.

The Duke felt as if a knife had been plunged into his heart, twisting and turning inside.

He clutched his chest with one hand, his forehead covered in a fine layer of cold sweat from the pain.

Sweat streamed down his forehead and into his eyes.

His vision blurred, and he looked up, hoping that Ellie would care for him, love him, and cherish him as always.

But Li Aili strode quickly toward Constantinople.

She didn't look back to see why Arthur hadn't followed.

It's like... they don't care at all anymore.

As soon as Li Aili crossed the front courtyard, she saw Conrad come out to greet her.

Conrad's expression changed drastically, and he rushed straight towards the Duke behind Ellie.

Then came Catherine, who came out to greet them, her face pale, and she ran past, lifting her skirt.

Only then did Li Aili belatedly turn around.

She saw the man clutching his chest, his steps faltering as he approached her.

Conrad tried to help him up, but he stubbornly shook him off.

Li Aili felt a little empty inside.

It looks like something inside has been dug out.

But she didn't pay much attention to it.

Li Aili thought, he is a duke, and many people here care about him.

We shouldn't need her.

She has many important things to do now.

After calmly considering all of this, she turned around, lifted her skirt, and left.

Arthur stared blankly as her figure disappeared behind the castle gates.

“Your Highness,” Catherine said with timely concern, “Mr. Asmodeus is already waiting for you.”

“If we delay the time for ‘resurrection’…” she lowered her swan-like neck, “Your Highness, please consider the greater good.”

"Personal feelings can happen anytime..."

Arthur's throat felt dry and itchy.

His Adam's apple bobbed up and down as he swallowed a mouthful of blood.

"I'm fine."

Arthur composed himself.

Where is Asmodeus?

Catherine looked up. "That lord is already waiting in the underground dungeon."

Arthur strode toward the castle, all the way to the underground dungeon.

Walk through the cell block and open the door to the secret room.

The demon lord Asmodeus was facing away from the doorway.

Arthur entered without turning around, leaving only a mysterious and unpredictable silhouette.

The Duke walked to the coffin in the center of the room, knelt on one knee, and slowly opened the coffin lid.

He slowly placed the skull into the coffin.

To make incomplete skeletons whole.

“…Alright,” Arthur said in a low voice.

Asmodeus then slowly turned around.

Originally, the devil's handsome and wicked face was now covered in a black eye.

It looks rather comical.

I'll say it again.

"After his death, he was dismembered, and his body was placed in six great sanctuaries."

“Originally, without my help, he would never have been able to be reborn as a lich.”

Arthur looked at Asmodeus with some impatience, only to see the comical face of the black-eyed man.

Arthur: "..."

Asmodeus: "..."

Arthur frowned slightly, "Your face..."

Almost simultaneously, Asmodeus said, "Don't ask, I don't want to talk about it."

Then, the secret room fell into a brief silence.

Asmodeus: "Where was I...?"

"Oh, right, it was after being dismembered that it was suppressed by six temples for 1,000 years."

Arthur: "If you tell me now that there's no way to revive him, I'll twist your head off."

Asmodeus: "..."

"What I'm trying to say is that I'm not sure what he would become after being transformed into a lich."

"Tsk, even in purgatory, I've never seen anyone more miserable than him."

After saying this, Asmodeus cut his finger and dripped the blood of the Lord of Hell onto the white skull.

The demon's lips curled slightly upward. "However, what happens to the mortal realm is none of my business in Purgatory."

One drop, two drops, three drops of blood.

"Three drops of the Demon Lord's blood broke the shackles of the gods."

Just then, Conrad dragged in a 'stone man'.

Behind him followed Catherine, who had snakeskin.

He walked over to Arthur, bent down and whispered, "Your Highness, this is Bruce's bloodline. It's more suitable than the one we prepared before."

Arthur then said, "Then we'll use this one."

...

Li Aili was tidying up things in the study.

Soon, large patches of dark clouds gathered outside the window.

She walked to the window, frowning slightly as she looked at the suddenly changed weather.

Then, the Sphinx and Bogdard flew toward her window like madmen.

Li Aili: "?"

Fortunately, she reacted quickly and immediately opened the window.

Otherwise, those two could have just barged in.

What happened?

Sphinx: "Evil, evil..."

Then, like a kitten whose mouth has been suddenly pinched, he shut his mouth and dared not say anything more.

Bognar: "I... my lucky star told me there was something terrifying..."

His face was contorted with rage, then he suddenly changed his expression and said, "It's alright now."

Li Aili: "..." Did you two drink fake alcohol?

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