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

"Quaaa!!! That was exhilarating! So much fun!"

"Yila! I shall call you the strongest! Ugh!"

"Too strong! How can we compete, how can anyone compete with Yila's unbeatable drinking skills?! Waa!!!"

"..."

Yila looked at the downed dwarves and poured himself another drink. Surveying the dwarves he had out-drunk, he said, "Sorry, it seems I drank too much... Dwarf King, I had quite a bit of your fine wine."

Previously, Yila and Ernie had planned to leave immediately for the Extreme North after informing about the Calamity of the Sea. But the Dwarf King said that the clan possessed stone tablets related to the seals of the Extreme North and invited them to rest for half a day.

Then, taking advantage of the Dwarf King's absence, the dwarves brought out wine to drink with Yila and Ernie...

Ernie, due to her physique, couldn't handle much alcohol, so it evolved into... Yila drinking against all the leading dwarves gathered here by himself.

Then he single-handedly drank all the dwarves under the table.

Ernie watched in terror, looking at the clear liquor in her cup, she said, "This should be dwarf spirits, right? I've heard about it. Yila, are you really okay?"

It's said that dwarf spirits are among the most potent drinks in the world, and besides dwarves, very few races can handle it. It's already a challenge to out-drink a dwarf... Combining the two, Yila's drinking capacity could be said to be unprecedented.

"Your drinking ability is remarkable. Do you enjoy drinking?"

The Dwarf King — Andriwa Apennine Ymir King said this while facing the cup Yila pushed over. He shook his head, saying, "Thanks, but I don't drink... When drunk, my mind becomes unclear."

Upon hearing this, both Ernie, who knew a bit about dwarves, and Yila were stunned. A dwarf not drinking is like a Witch Demon not experimenting, an elf not being vegetarian; it seemed to defy common sense.

In response, Yila decisively put the drink aside.

"Coincidentally, I don't like alcohol either and rarely drink. For a similar reason."

Yila said this, explaining, "My profession is very special. If my emotions fluctuate too wildly, it could lead to loss of control. So generally, I don't drink, even though I can remain calm."

"Simply put, I may not get drunk, but my students do. My teaching to my fellow professionals is 'No drinking,' so I must lead by example."

Yila said, tidying up the chaotic table with the understanding nodding Dwarf King... Watching this, Ernie's eyebrows twitched wildly. She couldn't help but feel that these two were quite similar.

Not exactly similar… perhaps Yila was more mature?

One could say, in this absurd world, Yila and the Dwarf King were rare normal people—doing what normal people should do, saying what normal people would say, making jokes normal people would make.

They too felt helpless about everything strange around them... but could only begrudgingly accept it.

No wonder earlier when Andriwa sighed, Ernie felt such familiarity... When facing whimsical Wenresa and human women, Yila also sighed like that.

They were clear-minded individuals on earth.

"This is the stone tablet I mentioned earlier, inscribed with divine era text... I can only understand a part of it."

Andriwa said, pushing the stone tablet he had brought out earlier, displaying the engraved text to Yila and Ernie... Yila nodded, translating, "The gods..."

"..."

"..."

Ernie and Andriwa waited for a long time but did not hear the rest of Yila's translation...

Could he understand only these two words?

As the two wondered, Yila tilted his head, seemingly waiting for something. Ernie also thought of something, looking at the human woman stealthily drinking on the side, then sticking out her tongue from the spice... along with Wenresa's exasperated expression.

Was he waiting for her?

Following Ernie's gaze, Yila looked towards the empty space, speaking, "Miss Wenresa, could you lend a hand? Elves probably understand divine era text, right?"

"..."

From Ernie's perspective, Wenresa Iluvita glanced at Yila, then after a brief silence, appeared reluctantly... this startled Andriwa.

"That's a power called 'Divine Concealment,' exclusive to those beyond... It erases presence and form, and even more than that."

Briefly explaining, Yila looked at the Dwarf King who barely accepted it, signaling to Wenresa, saying, "Miss Wenresa, could you help translate the stone tablet's content?"

No need for Yila to say, Wenresa was already deciphering the tablet. She softly patted Yila's shoulder, saying, "No need for such respect, you can just call me by my name, either full name or simply 'Wenresa.'"

Smiling slightly, Wenresa said, "I am Cassiopeia's great-aunt. If you'd like, you can call me great-aunt too..."

Amid Wenresa's voice, the human woman in the wizard hat quickly reappeared in the space, saying, under Andriwa's numb gaze, "Wait, don't you hate being called old? Or did you change your habit... Aunt?"

As soon as the human woman said "aunt," Wenresa Iluvita's fists immediately pressed against her temples... making her forehead break out in cold sweat.

"I was wrong, wuuu~ Please forgive me~~~"

"..."

Yila silently watched the human woman's pleading, lightly laughed, and softly sighed, "As expected of the same family, the process of begging for mercy is so... similar."

They all happily jumped to faces, then fake-cried while sticking like glue.

Amidst the lively chaos, Wenresa completed the translation of the stone tablet—

"'Destruction of the World Act Two — Zero-Degree Deep Cold,' this is the root calamity where no life in the world can be born, sealed by the gods in the Extreme North, with the Ymir Clan as the leader, tasked with repair, revival, inspection, and transmission; Dorf as the second line of defense, responsible for storage, refinement, supplementation, and creation."

"If the seal breaks, deep cold will resurface, that is, in eight years, the Zero-Degree Beast will formally awaken, and Igdrasil will simultaneously approach its end, also known as 'Return to the Origin.'"

"At that point, all will cease."

Wenresa perfectly translated the stone tablet's content into Universal Language... causing the Dwarf King to furrow his brows.

Andriwa Apennine Ymir King, frowning, said, "Dorf refers to dwarves, and the Ymir Clan refers to the large Frost Giants... who are nearly extinct post-divine era, leaving only dwarves like myself with a trace of Ymir bloodline."

"..."

So, the puzzle was solved.

The seal could last from the divine era until now... was testament to the gods' craftsmanship.

And willing sacrifices also reflected so.

...

Indeed, the gods seemed to truly love this world dearly.