After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King

The Governor was a type of warrior profession... As long as it was Mana, whether from magical creatures, humans (without active restriction), or Elves, it could be absorbed into the body without discrimination and used as their own Mana.

This involved "borrowing," which meant asking the World Tree for this portion of Mana in the name of the "Mana owner (whether alive or dead)"... and then using it to release power.

The "repayment" of this portion of Mana would be delayed.

This led to a problem, although under normal circumstances, it was not something that needed to be considered at all—only creatures within the World Tree system could be utilized by the Governor.

But generally speaking, everyone was part of the World Tree system... Even gods were the same.

However, what if some entities' Mana was older than the World Tree itself? What would happen then? Though the Mana would still be absorbed into the wing pillar by the Governor without hesitation, where would the Mana be borrowed from to use its power?

...

"Sorry, my act of deactivating the shield earlier... was too thoughtless."

Yila said this, speaking softly, with a hint of apology in his ice-blue eyes, "My Mana-formed protection wasn't harmed, so I made an incorrect judgment. It seems I underestimated the Calamity."

"..."

*Something felt off... Something was a bit off.*

Ernie thought so, opening her mouth and looking at Yila, whose tone and words seemed normal... She stared into his ice-blue eyes and said, "It's me... who underestimated you."

*She really didn't expect that Yila could even absorb the Mana of this level of Calamity.*

Speaking of which, Ernie looked up at the empty sky and said, "Lately, you've given us a lot of surprises, so everyone might have been stunned for a moment... Of course, besides surprises, there were also shocks."

"..."

"I'm really sorry for that... Hah~"

Yila responded softly, feeling the Mana within him that was being constrained with difficulty... For the first time, his teeth began to chatter from the cold, but his eyes remained as cold as death.

*No, that wasn't "as usual," that wasn't the typical look Yila should have!*

*Perhaps Yila was indifferent, calm, but it should never have been filled with such terrifying, sinister meaning; it shouldn't have been so... just facing it felt like encountering a *"*calm*"* yet *"*deadly*"* ice and snow.*

"Yila, are you okay?"

For Ernie, who asked this, Yila, shivering from the cold, nodded reluctantly and responded, "For now, I'm okay... But my condition isn't great."

Yila said this while taking a deep breath, speaking as many looked at him, "No mistake about it, this Zero-Degree Deep Cold Mana doesn't have an actual consciousness as its carrier... In other words, the so-called Zero-Degree Beast is just this Mana."

While speaking, the ice-blue Mana poured out from Yila's body, gently enveloping Ernie... After hesitating for a moment, Ernie didn't resist and allowed this Mana to form a new protection around her.

Soon after, the crimson and scarlet shields disappeared simultaneously...

Yila directly exposed his flesh to the previous cold, with no reaction at all. He looked at Ernie and said, "Now, you should be able to feel... this icy Mana's malice toward the world itself."

Indeed, being wrapped in Yila's ice-blue Mana, Ernie could clearly feel that... this Mana was not targeting living beings, nor her, but rather the world itself.

This world was built on the framework of the World Tree.

If Yila hadn't been strictly restraining this Mana, it would have immediately tried to infiltrate Ernie's body, lowering her temperature to absolute zero... This coldness sent chills down her spine.

However, Yila quickly moved the Mana away, saying, "Protect yourself; I'm going to withdraw the Mana... To be honest, I don't feel good either... I can't control this Mana."

Yila said this, watching as Ernie protected herself again. He watched the ice-blue Mana that danced at his fingertips before returning to his body, floating freely like a gossamer, silk-like cold mist.

Yila's words sounded very strange because he was indeed genuinely manipulating the power of the Calamity known as Zero-Degree Deep Cold. This power... was enough to corner an outsider to a dead end; everyone could see that.

This also showed how much Ernie trusted Yila.

"I have temporarily become the consciousness... or decision-maker of the Calamity."

Yila said, explaining casually, "Everything in the world has Mana, and the amount of Mana adaptability determines how much Mana it can carry... Whether it's stones, outsiders, professionals, or civilians; but I have none."

Yes, there wasn't a single trace of Mana belonging to the Governor in his body.

"In other words, when I incorporated the Mana of the Calamity and displayed the wings belonging to that Calamity, I was recognized as part of the Calamity... I am the only 'Calamity's mind,' governing the Calamity."

Saying this, Yila squinted slightly, looking at everything in front of him covered by ice and snow. He made a judgment, his teeth chattering, "But I can't override their will to command them... I can't solve the disaster."

"..."

Finally, Ernie finally realized what was wrong with Yila's current state...

"Yila, you seem to be in a bad mood."

After Ernie spoke, Yila paused, he gently pinched his nose and said, "Yeah, this Mana... has an unexpected impact on me. I'm not sure if you can understand, but they're noisy."

Yila said this, letting out a deep sigh and saying, "They keep clamoring to destroy the world. Although there's no element of 'temptation,' they're simply noisy... so noisy that it makes me irritable."

"..."

"Tsk, so noisy."

Sounding uncharacteristically irritable, Yila decisively entered Ernie's protection, impatiently driving the Zero-Degree Deep Cold Mana out of the shield, then chanting a trigger to release the Crimson Dragon's Mana.

Although she didn't understand how noisy the so-called "noisy" was, Ernie understood Yila's actions. She asked, "Aren't you going to keep some Zero-Degree Deep Cold Mana in your body or give it to your Mage School to study?"

In response to Ernie's words, Yila, finally calmed down, returned to normal. He tiredly rubbed his temples and said, "It's too dangerous to give it to the Three Towers to study."

"As for keeping it in my body as a trump card... In many novels, some protagonists do that, but forcefully using unfamiliar power usually costs the lives of those around the protagonist."

Yila said this, accepting Ernie's support, with the noise of those Manas still echoing in his head. He said, "This investigation is over. Unfortunately... I'm powerless against the Calamity."

To this, Ernie nodded unsurprisingly. She was even a bit surprised that Yila intended to solve the Calamity... She thought this journey was mostly just to gather information, so she hadn't expected much from the beginning.

After all, this was a Calamity even gods found troublesome.

...

"I must inform the whole world about this..."

Yila said this, seeing Ernie nodding without any objections. He said, "We'll look for any information about the 'seal' or 'Ymir Frost Giants' in the Extreme North... If it doesn't work."

"I'm prepared to convene the whole world and hold the—"

"World Conference."