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

Countless platforms and staircases filled every inch of the surrounding space... Layers upon layers of overlapping, interweaving pure white surfaces irregularly arranged, existing on the ground and high above.

Extending infinitely outward...

Extending upward.

Extending downward.

Spreading inward and even outward, continuing toward the previous second or the next second; continuing in the direction of existence and nonexistence.

If one kept walking forward like this, where would one go?

How big was this platform?

Or perhaps, the concept of "length" itself did not exist in this place; the platform underfoot... Could be understood as one centimeter or one hundred meters. Was it big or small?

Was it long or short?

Yila did not know this... But undoubtedly, he was now very awake, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a black space irregularly filled with staircases and surfaces.

However, inexplicably, Yila felt a distinct clarity... It would be better if he were just muddled and confused upon reaching this place, but unfortunately, he was completely awake now.

*"Rule... Rules..."*

Inexplicably, Yila thought of this term that Snake Shedding had mentioned when they were in the World Tree... If this place was related to "rules," then it was the Realm of Rules—

*Realm of Rules*

...

But interestingly, Yila felt a sense of dissonance, an extremely strong sense of dissonance—

No change in time, no concept of space, no sense of passage, not even the need to walk on the stairs or the platform, because... Even standing on the platform could not guarantee that one was truly standing.

Standing and sitting were no different, standing and lying were very similar...

In the Realm of Rules, if one were muddled and confused, one wouldn't be affected by their miscellaneous thoughts, all thoughts would be used to construct the Realm of Rules... The "rules" unique to each person.

But if someone were perfectly awake,

Then the Realm of Rules was merely a place.

Yila looked around, bewildered; he saw numerous tightly closed doors around him and the square area under his feet, only a tiny spot... Beyond the platform, there was only nothingness.

Yila tentatively extended his foot, stepping towards the nothingness... He tested it briefly, but found nothing to stamp on, so he retracted his foot.

And from a normal perspective, outside the platform was emptiness; perhaps other times there would be different situations, but undoubtedly... Yila did not have that ability now.

"Where is this place? Is this... the Realm of Rules?"

Yila muttered to himself. He remembered that before he got here, he should have fallen asleep early... Unable to sleep due to the anger boiling in his heart.

As a result, he found himself here as soon as he opened his eyes.

Yila looked down at his clothes and saw his familiar outfit... Not the suit from the Federation era, but the magic armor from the Main Plane era.

Then, at the next moment,

This realm... suddenly collapsed.

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"..."

Yila jolted up, looking at the familiar room and the bright screen; he saw Snake Shedding sitting in his seat, watching the Main Plane's live broadcast... He blurted out words: "Realm of Rules?!"

Hearing this term, Snake Shedding suddenly turned her head; she opened her mouth... but said nothing.

"Alright, this is a complete disaster, waking up with all these memories intact... I was probably fully awake in the Realm of Rules, but it doesn't matter anymore."

Snake Shedding said this, looking at Yila, who was awake and pondering the dream, she continued: "Regarding the rules, the world, everything about Snake Shedding, I will explain it to you slowly later. For now... I'm not sure whether to let you see this."

Saying this, Snake Shedding moved aside, revealing the screen behind her...

"..."

Very coincidentally, the screen showed the moment just before Isabella was crushed by the World Tree Beast; as soon as Yila saw it, he saw smiling Isabella being crushed by the giant wood.

"!!!!!"

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Yila's anger index: 99.99%

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"Ha... ha... ha..."

Yila panted, holding Isabella, who had just arrived in this world, in his arms in the street. His eyes showed obvious turmoil... What could he say? Seeing that scene as soon as he woke up had too much of a psychological impact on him.

Surprisingly, Isabella gently patted his back, now calmer... In the past, the person who was shaken and the one who comforted the other had reversed roles entirely.

Now the situation seemed completely flipped.

Isabella even looked somewhat proud.

"Hmm~ Yila, you... do care about me a lot~"

Isabella said this, hugging Yila, and then whispered: "Lord Yila, this is the first time I've seen you so vulnerable. It looks like you're trembling... I suppose it's not because of fear or sadness, right?"

If you ask whether it is or not, then certainly not...

But if you ask whether it's good or not, then absolutely not.

"Hmm, maybe I shouldn't keep watching... Things about the Main Plane, I should set them aside for now."

Yila said this, releasing Isabella, pointing to the scarlet markings on his neck, even redder than before, nearly turning purple—the World Spell, looking like he was about to explode from anger.

If one looked closely, one could see... Yila was trembling from fury.

"..."

"We're here! Wow, so this is Mr. Yila's world?"

"Prince Satan Ye... I failed to protect you."

"It's okay, it's okay~"

At that moment, voices of Satan Ye, Hilena, and Lodya came from behind Yila and Isabella... Along with many monsters and outliers appearing together.

Was it a total wipeout?

"Eh? Is Mr. Yila also waiting for us?"

Satan Ye said this, tilting her head cutely, somewhat unsurely touching her head, innocently saying: "Even though my head was blown off, it grew back here? So amazing."

"..."

However, this remark became the final straw that broke Yila's composure... Even with his immensely strong will, Yila could no longer accept the current situation.

Hilena seemed to notice something, looking at the rapidly turning scarlet Yila and the helplessly shrugging Isabella, she whispered to Satan Ye: "Prince Satan Ye, Lord Yila's condition seems a bit off."

Yes, quite off, extremely off.

"Oh ho~ Finished."

Snake Shedding, walking down the street, said this.

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Yila's anger index: 1000%