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

The Council of Kings was convened once again... This time, the topic was still about the Calamities. The remaining three Calamities: the Calamity above Heaven, the Calamity below Hell (being resolved), and the Calamity of the Resurrection of the Dead.

Similarly, this was also the first time the Council of Kings was held without Yila... Instead, Ernie, who held her speech manuscript tightly, stuttered through her hosting duties.

After all, she had always been Yila's follower... Everyone had seen this for themselves. If she were to lead the council, it would be easier for everyone to accept.

"During this period, Mr. Yila has already gone to the Dragon Realm and has specifically investigated the ten Calamities. He has also learned that most of the Calamities have been resolved."

"The names of the Calamities are as follows—"

"The First Calamity: Four-Legged Uprising; the Second Calamity: Zero-Degree Deep Cold; the Third Calamity: Sea Erosion Left Skull; the Fourth Calamity: Resurrection of the Dead; the Fifth Calamity: Outer Realm Beast; the Sixth Calamity: God of Reversed Star; the Seventh Calamity: Fallen God; the Eighth Calamity: Resentful Black Dragon Snake; the Ninth Calamity: Heart Maze; the Tenth Calamity: Tower of Silence."

"Among the Calamities that everyone is unfamiliar with, the 'God of Reversed Star' refers to the Calamity sealed above Heaven. The 'Resurrection of the Dead' literally means the calamity of the dead attacking the Main Plane, which has not yet shown any signs."

"The 'Resentful Black Dragon Snake,' although not familiar to everyone, has actually been resolved by Mr. Yila. It is a very strong magic beast with a single snake-like entity, but for Yila, it was easy to kill."

Ernie's speech... no, her recitation, was indeed too dry and uninteresting. It was far from Yila's level. Even many kings and nobles would do better than her while taking the stage.

However, the content of her words made it impossible for everyone to feel bored.

Unconsciously, Yila seemed to have resolved another Calamity... Even the most uncouth and isolated king had to admit that Yila was truly a great person.

This era was led by Yila and also continued because of Yila.

Even if Ernie's document stated it was 'easy to kill,' no one truly believed that eliminating a Calamity was merely a piece of cake for Yila... nor would they take his contributions for granted.

Resolving Calamities was not something Yila had to do... Everyone knew this clearly in their hearts.

"The Ninth Calamity, the Heart Maze, is a slightly more complex Calamity. It usually attaches itself to powerful individuals whose hearts are easily troubled, making them harbor thoughts of world destruction. So far, there have been two cases... both resolved by Yila through communication."

"They are exceptions, one being Ernie from the Demon King Territory and the other the Starlight Body from the theocratic country."

"..."

Ernie, who was reading the speech, paused for a moment. She looked up and exchanged glances with the kings beneath her, then awkwardly smiled... It was quite evident that the speech was definitely not written by her.

After clearing her throat twice, Ernie continued, "Ahem, the Calamity of the Fallen God, after the last Calamity was resolved, everyone should also know the story of Evil God Dark Fisher. The Calamity of the Tower of Silence dates back to the divine era..."

"..."

Yes, as written in the document, after resolving the Sea Calamity last time, along with the followers of the Evil God and the Evil God's final wish, Yila had informed everyone without reservation.

The direct impact of this matter was that bards began to sing the story of the Evil God, adding a lot of artistic descriptions. Many people even processed the story itself... In short, they paired Yila and the god as a couple.

Although it was strange, being able to provide mortals with some entertaining stories during such a frequent calamity era, the kings, upon confirming Yila himself did not mind much, did not interfere.

The world itself, the people themselves, still appeared to live in peace and harmony, even more harmoniously, with almost no conflict between races... This dream-like state was proof that the world was on the brink of collapse.

The most obvious statistic was the population. The number of mortals of various races had nearly halved compared to the period before frequent calamities... The number of war professionals had also similarly decreased.

The former mainly starved or froze to death due to the extreme cold calamity; the latter mostly died on the front lines fighting the beastly and sea calamities, cherishing the former.

In such suffering, people had to do something to divert their attention, for example... idol worship.

"The 'Outer Realm Beast' refers to the Calamity sealed beneath the Hell Plane, which everyone should also be aware of... Currently, it seems that the Calamity was once the god worshiped by the empire for a thousand years—the Sun God 'Ra,' now also being resolved by Yila."

Ernie said, squinting at the speech note stating, "Hand the microphone to Cat Youyou and ask her to explain the specific situation." She paused... Who was this? She had never heard of this person before. Although she had read the list given to her, she had forgotten some of it.

However, with Ernie's "Cat Youyou?" voice, a cat beastman came forward. Ernie handed the microphone to her with relief... listening to the cat beastman talk about Yila and the young goddess in the Beastman Country.

At this time, the two had almost traveled to the Duchy.

Following the Council of Kings' schedule, there would be a break and time for everyone's discussion. Subsequently, Ernie would still have to get on stage to talk about exhuming and burning underground corpses...

Ernie, contemplating the agenda, couldn't help but sigh inwardly... Giving a speech was truly exhausting. Next time she would refuse to do it no matter what and leave the job to Raphael.

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"The empire's god... Hmm, the empire is fortunate to have met Yila."

The Duchy's chairperson, Orphelus, sighed, looking straight at Isabella, with a peculiar meaning in her praise, saying, "I heard that Yila had a great relationship with King Yose before he became famous. King Yose has great vision and is admirable."

Everyone knew that Yila and Isabella had had a falling out. In other words, Orphelus was indirectly mocking Isabella.

As her assistant, Duke Novak's mouth twitched noticeably... knowing that their chairperson was asking for trouble again.

"Miss Marilagreta Orphelus, I have always been Lord Yila's student, in the past and even now, consistently; as a partner of Lord Yila, we are also pleased to continue our trade with Duke Novak."

Isabella responded, leaving Orphelus speechless.

"..."

Observing this exchange, Satan Ye fell into confusion... She did not realize what kind of riddle these two individuals were playing. She looked to Hilena for help.

Hilena: ...

...

How should I put it, Hilena understood but was too embarrassed to speak plainly here... Although Isabella mentioned Novak, what she actually wanted to convey had nothing to do with Duke Novak.

Simply put—

*"I am, after all, Yila's student. We had a pretty good relationship, just a little unpleasantness in between, but who the hell are you? Do you have the right to speak here? Mind your own business!"*