So far, Ellie's plan has been going quite smoothly, and what she has to face next are the last two abyss mazes.
Ellie's feeling about the Abyss Labyrinth of the Human Kingdom is that the time has not come yet, so what remains is the Undead Sky Territory of the Undead under the Union of Kings - which means they have to go deep into the territory of the Union of Kings.
But up to now, Ellie is not very clear about the situation of the alliance of kings, but fortunately... there is someone who knows.
"I never thought that the demon lady would actually send me an invitation."
Holding the invitation letter, looking at the tall castle in the distance, Ellie couldn't help but sigh. To be honest, she still didn't know what deep hatred there was between Ariel and the elves, but the other party was obviously very happy about the annihilation of the elves, and even sent an invitation letter to Ellie to invite her to the celebration dinner.
Hmm... a dinner to celebrate the extermination of the elves?
Ellie had a hard time imagining what kind of tragic scene that would be.
But it just so happened that she also needed to talk to Ariel about the alliance of kings. If she could get Ariel's guarantee to enter the abyss maze, it would be perfect.
"Hello!"
Just as Ellie approached the Demon King's Castle, the monsters hovering in the sky also noticed Ellie's appearance and immediately stepped forward to surround her.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?"
"It was Miss Ariel who invited me to the party."
As she spoke, Ai Li handed out the invitation letter to the aggressive demons in front of her. Seeing the invitation letter, the ferocious demons were immediately frightened. Soon one of the demons took the invitation letter, looked left and right, and after confirming that the invitation letter was real, it immediately bowed its head to Ai Li.
"I'm so sorry, young lady, please follow me."
"Okay, thank you for your help."
Ai Li did not come here to join the kings in a fight this time, so she would naturally not be stupid enough to cause trouble. She nodded, and then entered the Demon King's City under the leadership of the demon.
Ariel's arrival naturally attracted the attention of many monsters. After all, it was rare for a human to walk into the Demon King's castle. When they found out that the other party actually had an invitation letter from Ariel, they were even more surprised. They didn't know where this human came from and why he was related to Ariel.
However, since it was about the Demon King, they couldn't gossip about anything and could only communicate quietly in private.
Ellie was taken to the reception room of the Demon King's Castle by the demons. After waiting for a while, she saw a black-haired girl walking in from another door of the reception room. She was the demon king Ariel who appeared inexplicably that day and stole the head of the elf.
"Hello, Miss Ellie, I didn't expect you to actually come."
Although Ariel's face was somewhat relaxed and joyful, her expression seemed very tired, and there was a hint of darkness between her brows. It seemed that although the Demon King had killed her enemy, she also suffered a lot. At least from Ariel's point of view, the Demon King's spirit was not very strong. Could it be that she was practicing the Seven Wounds Fist?
"I had no intention of coming, but I happened to have something I wanted to consult you about, so I came to see the situation."
Ariel wasn't too polite, as they didn't know each other very well. Besides, Ariel knew her own abilities, so even if she spoke a little casually, she wouldn't dare to do anything to her.
After all, the elves, whom she herself couldn't deal with, were all dealt with by her in one go. If Ariel had a normal mind, she would know what the consequences would be if she went against her.
"Oh? You want to consult me about something?"
As expected, Ariel didn't care about Ellie's attitude, but became curious after hearing her words. She knew how powerful this witch lady was, so was there anything she needed to consult?
"Yes, I heard that there is an abyss maze in the territory where the kings gather. If you don't mind, can you let me go in and take a look?"
So Ai Li put forward her request without any hesitation.
"Abyss maze?"
Ariel was stunned when she heard Ellie's request. She didn't ask Ellie why she wanted to go to the Abyss Labyrinth, but...
"I'm sorry, I can't help you with this..."
"Oh? Why?"
"Because the Abyss Labyrinth... was destroyed."
“…”
Meow meow meow???
Destroyed???
Hearing this, Ai Li was also confused.
Who is this person who plays as well as me?
But soon, her question was answered by Ariel.
And this story begins from the time when the kings united.
As we all know, according to the history of this world, the Alliance of Kings was led by a mysterious figure, whose experience was legendary. He not only created the Undead Clan himself, but also united other demons to form the Alliance of Kings, and then launched a massive attack on humans. It was under his command that most of the humans who originally dominated the land were killed and wounded, and now they can only retreat to the south of the Tianlong Mountains - that is, the land of the Kingdom of Balbagia.
In fact, the Alliance of Kings itself is a group of demon kings united together. Of course, the leading ruler is the Undead King. The reason why Ariel joined the Alliance of Kings is also very simple, that is, to destroy the elves.
As a result, one hundred and fifty years ago, the Undead King passed away.
This is what the human side of history wrote, but what are the facts?
The truth is…Ariel doesn’t know what’s going on either.
According to Ariel, the army was about to cross the Tianlong Mountains, but at this time, the kings jointly discovered an abyss maze. At that time, most of the demon kings had no interest in this abyss maze. After all, it would not be too late to take anything after destroying humans.
But unexpectedly, the Undead King was very interested in the Abyss Maze and even led a team to the maze himself.
As a result… I don’t know what happened in the maze, but in short, the abyss maze suddenly exploded, and when the other demon kings found out something was wrong and rushed over, the mountain where the maze was located had completely collapsed. And the Undead King was no longer moving.
At first, everyone thought that the Undead King was buried there. After all, it was called the Undead King, and no one thought that a landslide would kill it. So everyone tried their best to search for it, and finally found the remains of the Undead King in the ruins.
Well, it's dead.
Although no one knows how he died, the Undead King is still dead.
Now everyone is confused.
What should we do? The Kings were fighting well together, but the Lord let his curiosity get the better of him and ran into the Abyss Labyrinth, killing himself?
How should they deal with this?
At first, the demon kings present wanted to conceal this matter, and announced to the public that the Undead King had fallen into a trap in the labyrinth and was seriously injured and recuperating. But the truth could not be hidden, and soon other demon kings also knew about it. For them, it was simply impossible for the Undead King to go to the Abyss Labyrinth and die - this must be your conspiracy, could it be that one of you wanted to sit on the throne and designed to kill the Undead King!
Otherwise, how could he die so stupidly?
The demon kings were speechless in response to these people's questions.
Although this is true, the problem is that the Undead King really died so stupidly! We don’t want to believe it!
So after this, the Union of Kings fell apart, and humans took the opportunity to launch a counterattack and captured the border fortress - they also regarded this as their first step in resisting the Union of Kings, but they had no idea that the Union of Kings had no mood to care about the life and death of humans at the moment. They just wanted to figure out what was going on, and who should lead the Union of Kings next!
Now the demon kings in the alliance of kings are divided into three factions. One faction thinks that the Immortal King is dead, so there is no point in continuing the alliance. We will meet again in the future, so I will withdraw from the alliance of kings and go home to be the king of the mountain.
The other faction tried desperately to sit on the throne, rule over the kings and unite with other demon kings, but unfortunately the strength of the demon kings were actually similar, and no one was willing to submit to the other, so the battle was delayed.
The last group is the neutral group. I don’t know what to do now, but I will see what you do first…
Ariel belongs to the neutral faction. She originally joined the Union of Kings in order to use the power of the Union of Kings to destroy the elves, and she does not care about the survival of the Union of Kings itself.
Especially now that her great revenge has been taken, she looks more like a salted fish lying on a beach chair, just waiting to spend her old age in peace.
As for why Ellie couldn't go to the Abyss Labyrinth, it was because after the Undead King died there, the entire Abyss Labyrinth was completely blocked by the Alliance of Kings and became a restricted area. If Ellie went in, she would be surrounded by the people of the Alliance of Kings, and then things would get really messy.
Besides, the Abyss Maze has been blown to pieces, and Ellie went there... Is she going to dig a hole?
"How can we know if we don't dig?"
Ellie knew very well that these mazes were not so easy to destroy. Besides, how could the inheritance of magic from the Age of Gods be destroyed so easily? However, it was beyond her expectation that the Undead King would die in the maze. Although the Abyss Maze was indeed a dead place from a human perspective, the Forth Maze used as a training ground in Barbania had been there for many years, and only one legendary adventurer had reached the 65th floor.
But the Demon King’s army is different. The Undead King commands all the Demon Kings, so his strength is needless to say. And according to Ellie’s observation, even with Ariel’s strength, it would be easy for him to pass through the Abyss Maze. How could he die in there?
Could it be that she was just like Irena, who became too proud of herself after obtaining the magic of the Age of Gods and ended up killing herself?
After all, he is a legendary figure who almost caused the extinction of mankind. He can't be so stupid, right?
Although she didn't know what was going on, Ellie understood the situation of the abyss maze here. Of course, she would not stop going there because of this. For Ellie, a collapsed abyss maze could not stop her at all.
But before that, she stayed and attended the party at Ariel's invitation.
After all, she was quite interested in the Demon King's banquet.