Whether it's the Wise King or Duke Regulus, in a certain sense, neither can be considered a good person. When it comes to playing politics, how honest and upright can the methods really be—it's questionable. In the case of Duke Regulus's lack of personal strength, his ability to successfully gain the trust of the Wise King shows he has his own unique advantages.

During the battle between the Sword Saint and the Thunder Emperor, both sides sent out assassins.

The assassin sent by Regulus was the King of the Blood Race, Lisidorwei—although theoretically, the Blood Race now consists of only one person and an egg, Lisidorwei did not hesitate to expend her strength for Doro.

Whether this counts as another betrayal of the Demon King, Lisidorwei isn't actually sure, but her mission was to assassinate the Wise King, and on this point, Lisidorwei did not waver—she inherently disliked the Wise King.

It wasn't the kind of dislike where one merely says they hate the other while still seeing the other as being on the same side; rather, it was genuine dislike, a kind that planned to kill the Wise King.

In the end, though Doro and she, perhaps indeed, cannot be considered "true love," their feelings were not as intense as Lisidorwei had hoped. However, Lisidorwei was sure that apart from Doro, she possessed nothing else; Doro was her only love. This point was undeniable, although, there was still a Mohe between them.

What about the others?

Saintess Charlette, Wise Adriana, Miracle Source Adeline, Song of the End Nephilim—in Lisidorwei's view, they all deserved to die.

Doro allowed these people to live because there were expectations, expectations that they might bring him some surprises. These undefeated, always considering themselves women might have some genius plan to resist Doro, creating something special to delight Doro. Lisidorwei of course respected Doro's will; she wouldn't secretly do anything herself, as she was supposed to be a good wife.

Thus, after arriving by Doro's side, she selectively ignored those three women.

That is, when Nephilim chose to stand on Mohe's side.

But the Wise King was a very unpleasant person. In Lisidorwei's view, the Wise King basically usurped Doro's efforts; the alliance of the major races was mostly completed by Doro. In the end, the Wise King allied with those few women to turn against Doro, subsequently ruining Doro's efforts—all human promises to the major races and the connections established with them were essentially destroyed by the Wise King.

Of course, the Hero is human, and several important members of the Hero's party are human. Naturally, humans were the strongest race in this era, and no one would question it. However, this wasn't a reason to persecute other races or push them to the margins. Yet, these racial matters were not really Lisidorwei's concern, as she did not care much about the other races; she was merely displeased with the Wise King.

If Lisidorwei were to suggest, Mohe shouldn't have taken the Wise King back and resurrected him.

What was the meaning behind turning the Wise King into a girl? Could it be that Doro would really go to great lengths to exact revenge on the Wise King by performing various excessive acts on the Wise King who turned into a girl? Doro hadn't done much to Rose, and Rose hadn't left with her either.

While she didn't understand, Lisidorwei roughly knew this was a maneuver by Mohe; she was using the Wise King in some strategy, a strategy definitely aimed at Doro.

Yet, it was incomprehensible. Even though it was incomprehensible, given the chance to kill the Wise King in this Void Realm, she was happy to do so.

Of course, she knew this task wasn't easy to accomplish.

Her original strength was weaker than the Four Heavenly Kings. After becoming part of the Blood Race, she removed her original shortcomings, growing stronger, capable of facing off against Adeline—though if pushed to the limit, she felt she might be weaker than Adeline, especially as Adeline didn't use Adeline Metal during their duel, an item used against the Demon King.

The Wise King himself was not weak; though most thought the Wise King wasn't proficient in combat, if one were to explore the story of the Wise King and Hero A·Gedora, it would be discovered that upon ascending the throne, the Wise King first met A·Gedora not on the throne but in disguise as an adventurer, after having a scuffle with A·Gedora, they became friends. When the two met in the royal court, A·Gedora revealed a look of astonishment.

There had been a notably deep friendship between the two; although at that time Doro still couldn't be considered particularly powerful, the Wise King was not bad at fighting. This point needed clarification.

In other words, even if she bypassed everyone else and directly launched a surprise attack on the Wise King, there was still a chance the Wise King would be alert.

Moreover, the other side has a formidable assassin too.

Nephilim, Song of the End.

This Curse Master's assassinations were even deadlier; after all, she could curse someone regardless of distance. Of course—without their hair, blood, nails, etc., the curse was still bearable for the strong, usually only slightly affecting one's state. Thus, in a battle with others, one shouldn't leave enough materials for Nephilim to perform her curses.

Needless to say, the White Church was on their side. With the blessing of Divine Art, the curse wasn't something intimidating.

Only Nephilim as an individual needed attention.

—She isn't just capable of cursing; the Curse Master Alliance itself is composed of various elements. At times, when a curse cannot complete a task—for instance, if some individuals knew they would be cursed, they might secure a divinely powered object from a church to protect themselves—then Curse Masters would opt for other methods to complete their tasks.

A typical method being assassination.

So, the people in the Curse Master Alliance, basically… are all experts in assassination, and some even say the Curse Master Alliance is the Assassin Alliance. The curse masters do not agree with this, as most of their bodies are still very frail; even when using weapons, it is just daggers used to cut their own hands to drip blood and cast curses.

Moreover, they are not adept at gathering intelligence; it's all just curses.

But everyone knows — it's terrifying.

In reality, there is a very important issue: a lot of power sources remain unknown.

The most typical example is magic. People don't know when magic was born, nor do they know who first discovered magic or created it — they know the source of curses is the Demon King, the source of divine art is the Goddess, and recently, they learned that the origin of Alchemy is the World Tree.

Many things with unknown origins exist, such as Astrology, certain Combat Techniques, Swordsmanship…

The Goddess does not exist in the human realm; she merely guides mankind, granting them gifts and power. However, the Demon King indeed exists in the world; the source of curses still exists to this day. Curses, being the Demon King's power, once ruled the world for an unknowably long time until Doro appeared and defeated this lifeforce. The curse power derived as the source is feared by everyone.

No one can truly know to what extent curses can reach, so even after joining humanity later, curse masters are still feared.

Because the Demon King never truly died, even before the Hero's squad carried out their final battle, some questioned whether the curse masters might temporarily rebel or whether casting curses on the Demon King would, in fact, provide him with power — these discussions never terminated. At that time, A･Gedora stood alone, siding with Hidden Nephilim to oppose the masses.

It's hard to say whether this choice was correct.

Lisidorwei moved through the canyon, transforming into a stream-like liquid of blood, constantly traversing the ground, unnoticed by anyone.

The soldiers on both sides had already laid out in the canyon, hidden among the forests in the canyon were many scouts.

This was Lisidorwei's target. She intended to directly kill a soldier and then hide her blood form within the other's body, then manipulate the other's body to return to the Demon King's camp during the "shift change." In the Demon King's camp, she would continue to change bodies, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate the Wise King; even if unsuccessful, she could at least instill fear in this side's forces. The most crucial aspect for her was "concealment."

The Blood Race had never existed before, so Lisidorwei was not overly worried about anyone discovering her concealed within different "corpses."

As she was moving in this manner.

A portion of the blood started turning pitch black,

Transformed into blood, Lisidorwei immediately severed her own blood.

She abruptly gathered into a human form, smaller in stature than before.

She looked in a particular direction.

"Hidden Nephilim!"

The curse master she was contemplating just moments ago was now before her.

"Lisidorwei, it seems you left some things in Mohe's mansion." Hidden Nephilim held a maid outfit in her hand, which then turned to ashes, "Why didn't you take your work clothes with you?"

"What meaning does cursing me serve? If I guess correctly, your task should be assassinating Duke Regulus, or something of the sort."

"You're right."

"If that's the case, what's the reason for stopping me?"

"Why do you think I would completely heed the Wise King's words?"

Hidden Nephilim said puzzledly, "I have my own judgment. Stopping you is the most reasonable choice at the moment."

Lisidorwei stared at her for a while: "Alright, honestly, I indeed wanted to duel with you, our positions should have originally been the same. I originally admired you; you met him earlier than I did, got closer to him than I, yet you betrayed him. Was it for profit?"

"Aren't you also standing by his side for profit? I merely made a mistaken judgment."

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