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

Just as Leonard had said, from the divine era to the present, all the Transmission Arrays behaved in the form of *"a moment of darkness and then arriving at the destination"*, but the world's time flowed normally.

A week might have passed, or perhaps a year… it mainly depended on the distance traversed between worlds.

All of this followed established rules.

Raphael fell from Heaven to Hell, spending nine days and nine nights in the process. Normally, crossing a world required *"a day and a night"* to complete.

If one genuinely needed to spend this time enveloped within the seal, it certainly would not be called interesting.

And should one move around recklessly during this process, it was indeed somewhat dangerous. For instance, if one inadvertently broke through the Mana-formed *"outer wall"* of the Transmission Array while playing around, they might be mistakenly teleported to an unknown plane.

As for why the gods did this, why they had people lose consciousness during the transmission process, the reasons were varied. Some speculated it was to protect the users...

However, many believed that if the gods acted solely to protect mortals, it made them seem rather bored.

Now, Yila understood clearly that the gods once did manifest and explain themselves—yes, it was precisely to protect mortals.

But now, Yila did not think of the gods as idle. As he was currently within the same Transmission Array with the former god of the empire, *Ra*, he could clearly feel… the gods had truly gone to great lengths to care for their children (mortals).

However...

"Why am I the only one awake?"

Yila asked this question while looking at the inert figures of the others with their eyes closed. He gazed at the divine child, who had been previously tapping on the Transmission Array, and observed the Transmission Array encompassing the other exceptional beings.

Ernie raised her hand, indicating that she was awake as well.

Of course, Wenresa Iluvita and the human woman were not included in this… they had claimed to have other matters to attend to, so they stayed behind in Hell and did not plan to return through the portal.

But everyone knew they had nothing pressing to do.

And thus, it was understood that the divine child was indeed not reading minds any further.

Because...

"Vera: So, those two asked me… did anything unusual happen over there?"

"Yila: Not exactly, but… tell Wenresa and the others to be prepared for reception."

"Tipcapu: Is something wrong?"

"Yila: No, it's just that *Ra* wants to talk alone with me and Ernie."

"Vera: Generally speaking, talking 'alone' with two people is a mistake in phrasing… Yila, are you really a noble? One might question the literacy standards of the Elkaras Family."

"Yila: Shut up!"

Yila scolded Vera within the soul connection without changing his expression; he did not want to continue listening to this person, who could not differentiate between *achievement* and *papermaking*, discuss the literary cultivation of nobles.

"Hmm, because previously… I saw something interesting in the heart of this fire element."

The divine child tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and asked gently, "Earlier, I saw a fragment of your soul's civilization in the heart of that Heavenly Holy Knight, but you seemed to have also promised that it was 'eternal and indestructible.'"

"What's that about? Didn't you come here from beyond the Nine Realms because that civilization was destroyed? How do you guarantee that the newly established civilization will be eternal and indestructible?… Sorry, I don't mean to mock you, I'm just curious."

Hearing her curious question, Yila believed that she had no ulterior motives. He looked at the motionless Raphael and Leonard, as well as the three Demon Gods, and then asked, "Then, why not let everyone hear it?"

Yila suspected some conspiracy was about to unfold… but it seemed it was not the case.

"Eh? Is it okay to say so? Can they also know?"

The divine child blinked, then smiled apologetically and apologized again, "Sorry, sorry. Because I can't read your thoughts anymore, I don't understand these things… I thought you'd be very particular about it."

Then, the divine child swung the pendant hanging from her clothes. With the crisp sound of *"ding"*, everyone opened their eyes… then simultaneously looked at the divine child.

As she woke everyone up, she also let them know what had happened and the dialogue between her and Yila… otherwise, it was likely their memories would have seamlessly transitioned.

From the moment they entered the transmission gate, their memories would have transitioned seamlessly to when Yila had finished his conversation… but now Yila did not mind letting everyone listen, so she did not need to do so.

The extraordinary ones had no way of being angry or questioning it; they could only chuckle bitterly to express their discontent… after all, the presence before them was a god.

"Whew… I thought… no, it's nothing."

Yila said, sighing. He had long known that the gods of this world were kind. He said, "Let me tell you what really happened in the *Federation*…"

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"I see… in other words, the civilization you referred to as the Federation committed 'suicide'?"

The divine child summarized. Although there were some discrepancies in details, this summary was quite accurate, so Yila nodded… after all, he himself did not see Dark Doom (Final AI Judgment Agency·Secret Annihilation) as his enemy.

After all, she was still his direct superior from the Racial Judgment Department… of the planets exterminated by her for *"possibly threatening the Federation"* and *"having values vastly different from those of the Federation"*,

There were some morally ambiguous cases difficult for her to decide, which were submitted to his department after terminating the annihilation program. Yila even needed to thank D.D. (Dark Doom) for handling 99.99% of the department's workload.

Before his superior took over the department, Yila and other employees had to personally adjudicate (determine survival or extinction) thousands of civilizations daily, which caused significant psychological stress, often requiring them to see psychologists.

Thus, Yila's feelings towards D.D. were very complex.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Yila looked at the thoughtful beings present and asked the similarly thoughtful divine child, "So, after reaching the Main Plane and arriving at the empire, what are your plans? I mean… more specifically."

In response to Yila's question, the divine child, who never concealed her thoughts, said casually, "I will announce my return to the empire, let the world know of my return! Bring everything under my rule."

So, can you not be more specific?

Yila smiled wryly, then his expression grew serious, just like the other extraordinary ones. He said, "I need to state that the current era is no longer the divine era, so… the rulers of various countries will not…"

Originally, Yila intended to say, *"will not relinquish their power,"* but...

"I know, weren't there kings during the divine era too?"

The divine child smiled, knowing what Yila misunderstood, and began to explain, "By rule, I mean Divine Right. From the divine era, there was a balance between royal power and divine right. Those who haven't experienced the divine era might not understand…"

"Take the Hundred-Gated Empire, the current empire as an example. I personally crowned the first king and chose the first Pope. Although that Pope later did wrong, so I removed him."

"However, people need faith; otherwise, during natural and man-made disasters, their minds can easily collapse. The rulers also need a church to…"

"..."

"Yila, do you understand? It feels like you're zoning out in the Demon King Territory's morning assembly,"

Ernie asked softly, pulling Yila's sleeve… Clearly, under the explanation of *Ra* the god, she barely understood the principle but knew that faith was necessary.

"Yeah, I understand… sort of."

Yila nodded in response.

Of course, he understood, understood too well… it completely resembled the ancient explanation of the separation of powers he had seen in textbooks back in the Federation.

Yila could even explain it more thoroughly than the divine child, but...

Wasn't it strange for a god to be giving this explanation!!!!