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

*So exhausting, really half-dead from the fatigue...*

"I've really had enough, why did I end up in such a world?"

Yila complained as he leaned back in his chair. Snake Scale chuckled and snapped his fingers with a "pop," transforming the chair into a large sofa, allowing the young goddess and Yila to both sit back on it.

"After crossing over, I realized at ten years old that Yose seemed like a pretty decent guy. I learned magic, teamed up with him, won the war, got the nobles in line, unified the world, and then... boom! The federation slowly started to take shape."

For the first time ever, Yila kept complaining nonstop. He had never spoken to anyone in this tone before, nor had he ever shown such weakness... Even as a child, he always gave off an air of detached calmness.

"But after just a few good days, bam! Yose died... Not long after that, bam! The nobles couldn't be controlled... I thought, where can't I just blend in? All my connections were still there, so I decided to bail and go join the Elves."

"Even though I ended up in the Demon King Territory, it didn't really matter. People here are pretty kind, strong enough, and have great potential. I watched the Demon King Territory flourish day by day, but then, surprise, surprise! First, I found out all the gods were dead, and then calamity struck!"

Yila's continuous complaining nearly took his breath away... He sighed deeply, holding his head as he gazed sharply at Snake Scale, who was munching on popcorn with a "crunch crunch" sound.

Snake Scale felt a bit embarrassed to keep up her "spectator" stance.

"Uh, maybe I need to take some responsibility."

Snake Scale said awkwardly. The information exchanged between her and Yila was significant enough for the young goddess beside them to realize what kind of relationship they had... but neither of them cared.

"But the main problem still lies with this world itself... The so-called calamities are really just side notes."

Saying this, Snake Scale stood beside Yila, patting his shoulder in a comforting manner, "Don't worry. In the next world, we'll pick carefully together and ensure you achieve your dreams!"

Young Goddess: "!!!"

Yila: "..."

*How could there be a next time for such things? And it's like picking melons at the market, guaranteeing something like "I'll pick you another one, guaranteed to be sweet."*

But it seemed like Yila noticed something.

"Was my crossing over your doing?"

To Yila's question, Snake Scale thought for a moment, then nodded, "You could say it was 'Snake Scale' who did it because you are very suitable to become our Manifestor, so we saved you from that AI that was on a killing spree."

*Thanks a lot for that... Wait, "we"?*

"'We'?"

Yila asked, clearly catching the key point, and Snake Scale nodded. She snapped her fingers and said, "Come out, Xiao Liang! Make an appearance!"

Then nothing happened.

"..."

Snake Scale remained in her finger-snapping pose, motionless. After some time under the watchful eyes of Yila and the young goddess, a voice came from Yila's body—

"Hisss (Xiao Liang is okay)~"

Then, under everyone's gaze, a little girl suddenly emerged from Yila's shadow. Meeting Yila formally for the first time, she nodded and said, "Nice to meet you. I am 'Inheritance' of Snake Scale, the power recorded on the tablet... the power 'Originated from Chaos' to save the world."

Indeed, there were such records.

"Yeah, I am 'Divine' Snake Scale. The gods thought she was the only thing that could oppose me, so they placed her in a treasure chest. Unfortunately, they misunderstood."

Recalling something, Yila looked at the little girl Snake Scale and said, "So, the snake scale I saw after opening the chest was you... I wasn't mistaken."

"Mhm."

"..."

*But judging by their personalities, the little girl Snake Scale seemed much softer... At least she wasn't exactly like the playful older Snake Scale, yet they both did seem to be on my side.*

*They said, they thought I was suitable to be their 'Manifestor'...*

"What does Manifestor mean?"

"In terms you understand, it means host."

"..."

This was simple enough! Why the need to use fancy terms like "Manifestor"?

Yila twitched his lips, suppressing the urge to complain, and said, "So, what makes me special? And... your 'Divine' and 'Inheritance' sound a bit like rules or laws from a novel, no?"

"..."

"..."

Upon hearing this, the two Snake Scales couldn't help but exchange glances, their eyes filled with admiration and regret... Some words should never be spoken or thought of; now there wasn't even the slightest chance of saving the world.

"..."

Under Yila's gaze, which was practically screaming *"What are these two playing at?"*, the older Snake Scale spoke up, "Sort of, our powers are similar to those things... As for your special trait? Well, do you know causality?"

Before Yila could say anything, she continued, "You are very suitable to be our Manifestor because you are 'very suitable.' The reason being that in the future, you will become our Manifestor, so you are very suitable... So, you are very suitable to become our..."

"..."

Yila once again could not help but hold his head. He was really at his limit, barely holding on without fainting, and switched topics to ask another question. "I'll trust your explanation for now... So, the next topic."

This was a very crucial question—

"Why do you think the world is bound to be destroyed? What exactly is the form of this destruction?"

"..."

This question intrigued the young goddess as well.

Finally prepared to explain, Snake Scale propped her chin and said, "Well, it isn't 'Destruction of the World' but 'End.' To put it simply... a 'predestined god' is about to be born."

Obviously, the 'god' Snake Scale referred to was not like the young goddess.

"More precisely, it's the 'Lord of All Worlds.' So, the worlds are getting ready to clean themselves up and welcome their 'connection.'"

The little girl Snake Scale added to the older Snake Scale's explanation, "The world itself will send forth a 'Beast (World Consciousness)' to destroy humanity and all intelligent life, to kill and cleanse everything... This is the world's own intent."

"..."

"I can't win?"

Yila asked.

To this, the older Snake Scale replied, "Uh, yes… But the two of us together could barely win. We could eliminate, injure, or imprison the 'Beast,' but the world would gain nothing from it. It's an unsolvable problem."

"..."

*Damn... this really sucks!*