Because of Ira's extreme power, the other leaders' descriptions of his terror, and the respectful attitude of all the leaders... Satan Ye developed a very obvious misconception about the strength of the world's extraordinary beings.
First and foremost, it's worth mentioning that the leaders are by no means weak.
In the context of a typical RPG game, these bosses are practically the strongest underlings of the Demon King, second only to the Four Heavenly Kings in strength.
If we consider the former Demon King... that is, Favignon, as having the strength of the "final boss," then we can naturally consider the leaders as being "second only to the strongest."
Unfortunately, because of Ira's appearance, Satan Ye naturally regarded Ira as the "strongest" level, so the status of the remaining leaders also needed to be shifted down accordingly.
But it shouldn't be like this at all...
After all, there's no need to consider Ira in the ranking of strength levels, because he is a unique powerhouse in the world, and very few people can compare with him.
Well, as mentioned earlier, Ira is one of the few SSRs in the Empire, but... Yuther is ranked alongside him as an SSR because Yuther's strength is roughly at the SSR level, while Ira is ranked as an SSR because there is no concept of UR.
Because the highest level is SSR...
Moreover, even within the same level, there are different grades, but where do all these "strong people" come from in the world? If we don't divide professionals and extraordinary individuals into ten groups based on their average strength, but instead truly divide their strength into tiers, what would happen?
This can easily lead to a situation where one or a few people form a group.
Lotia and Black Black, barring any unforeseen circumstances, should both be considered among the top 5% of the world's strongest... Don't underestimate the monsters, after all, the Demon King's Territory is not a small territory, and Lotia is not a knight captain of a small territory.
Even though she usually behaves like a loyal, ordinary knight captain, Lotia is one of the strongest in the kingdom. To use an RPG analogy, if we consider the maximum level in the Prime Material Plane as 100, then Lotia would be at least level 96.
What? You mean the Outer Ones and some other Legends? Hmm... they're over level 100; and strictly speaking, the Outer Ones who stayed in the Prime Material Plane are like other players who returned to the starting village.
Generally, people won't kill newbies... Of course, there are some who are mentally disturbed, but they will be attacked by outsiders afterward. Some people just have this desire, and there's nothing that can be done about it.
Ira is even more outrageous. If we were to describe it in the context of a game, he would be exploiting a bug in the game, or even stealing the administrator's (World Tree's) authority to play the game.
Therefore, the people of the Demon King's Territory are definitely not weak... at least in the Prime Material Plane, where living conditions are relatively good and it can be called a "starter village," the Demon King's Territory's military strength is definitely stronger than that of the Imperial Capital and the Principality's main city.
Unfortunately, the scenario of two royal capitals colliding and engaging in hand-to-hand combat will not occur.
It could even be said that overwhelming power is meaningless. Ira can indeed kill many people easily, but then what? The world he envisions cannot be achieved through endless killing.
This world is too real, so real that it makes me feel nauseous... No matter how strong one's power is, some dreams can never be realized. After all, he is not a magnetic field expert and cannot go crazy in his fantasies.
Ira wasn't striving to see Utopia again with his own eyes... It wasn't about "seeing" it again, but about "rebuilding" it. He wasn't the only one who left home; he was the only one left alive in that distant place.
The sea is a fascinating thing. Even though it symbolizes adventure away from home, looking at it always brings back memories of my former home… The waves, illuminated by the moonlight, are so beautiful.
"..."
"Splash!"
Accompanied by the sound of surging waves, a... a sleepy fish-man swam up from the sea, then, with his eyes half-closed, hopped and skipped towards the shore, seemingly to do nothing.
Sitting on the beach, looking at the sea, Ira gazed at the mermaid in the moonlight... To be honest, he couldn't quite distinguish between all the mermaids, but judging from this expression, it must be the mermaid leader.
"Um... what are you going to do..."
As Ira spoke, his sudden voice startled the seemingly half-asleep mermaid leader awake. Before Ira could finish speaking, the entire fish nearly jumped back into the sea.
About ten seconds later, she realized that it was Ira who was talking to her.
"Phew, Ira, what are you doing... staying here so late instead of sleeping."
The mermaid leader complained, clutching her heaving chest, "You scared me to death, haha... Is it because we're setting sail tomorrow that you're so excited you can't sleep?"
Yes, we're leaving for Silvermoon Tree Garden tomorrow, but Ira isn't so excited he can't sleep; after all, he's not a primary school student looking forward to spring or autumn outings.
Ira was thinking about the past... and the future.
"I was just thinking, looking at the sea and the moon... What are you doing coming ashore at night instead of sleeping?"
"Ira asked that question."
"shit."
The mermaid leader answered in this way.
"..."
What a vulgar answer! Couldn't you just say "going to the toilet"? But then again, people in this world don't seem to care...
While silently grumbling to himself, Ira nodded, not saying anything like, "You might as well just poop in the sea." But he started to get curious about other things. Looking at the mermaid leader's tail, he asked, "How do you excrete? Do you use an excretory cavity?"
However, if it's a fish, then its reproductive cavity and excretory cavity are shared, right?
"..."
After waiting for a long time without receiving a reply, Ira looked at the mermaid leader's face in confusion, only to see a look of shame and indignation on her face. She did not answer Ira's question, but hurriedly went to... the toilet.
Her face turned bright red with embarrassment; she probably fled in panic.
"..."
It was only then that Ira belatedly realized that merfolk were not a race that could discuss this topic as calmly as he could. Perhaps the only one who could discuss unserious topics with him in such a serious manner was Sirina.
Even Ira sometimes struggles to keep up with Shirina's seriousness about those strange questions.
"..."
Ira silently gazed into the distance, towards the towering World Tree… They were about to meet again. What kind of being was that self-proclaimed god, the consciousness residing in the World Tree?
When they first met, Ira had many guesses, and now he felt that his worst guess had come true, after all…
The gods are dead.
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