Chapter 54 Part 4) Information Part 1 (Patreon)

Inside a domed city, The Demon Queen of Lightning now known as just Ning sat at a table inside a restaurant, called Too Deep. “Ning you know the barrier was broken right?”

 “Mmm… But even if I were to leave, where would I go? There is no place we can hide from those things. Plus I am still hurt from attempting to fight those things.” Ning’s expression was slightly pale. Part of her soul had been sucked out. She had wanted to do something to Linda and the other girls who treated her so kindly but in the end, she was heavily injured and now she was missing part of her soul.

“You can stay with me as long as you want. While I will not say what you did was heroic, because it wasn’t it was foolish. Very foolish. You have no idea how worried I was! You came back covered in blood and basically half-dead. I…” Linda was truly worried. She had never been so panicked in her entire life. Ning had become someone very important to her like a daughter but the stupid girl actually tried to fight the Angels along.

“I-I’m sorry. I will never do anything like that again.” Ning lowered her head and stared at her plate of food. She was hungry but right now she was filled with regret. Linda was the first person to ever treat her so kindly and worry about her from the bottom of her heart. Although technically she was much older than Linda, her mentality was still the same from when she first became a demon queen. This was the same for all demon queens. Their maturity rate was very slow and would take thousands of years to evolve. Ning looked up to Linda as an older sister who cared fore her deeply. This was why she was willing to risk it and try to kill an angel. But sadly she failed and all she did was worry Linda more.

“Good. Now eat before it gets cold. This restaurant is one of the highest rated in the city.” Linda smiled and began digging in. She was glad Ning understood what she did was wrong even if she meant good by it. There had been countless people even stronger than Ning who had tried to kill an angel but they all failed. Those things were just unkillable. Even if you sliced it in half it would just mend itself back together. This was just what they were. An unkilled monster that fed on the souls of women.

“What do we do now that they are free?” Ning suddenly asked.

“We do nothing and continue our day-to-day lives. You said you wish to stay so just spend your days relaxing. I will take care of the rest.” Linda smiled. She did not dare to let Ning do anything else besides rest. Her soul was too weak. If she tried to do any labor it could shorten her life span even more. No matter how long Ning has lived for, her soul was what allowed her to live and with it not injured, unless she can heal it it would only get worse with time. Although she did not tell Ning this. She just wanted Ning to live out her days joyfully without worry.

While the two girls chatted, a small root slowly slithered over to their location. It had slipped into the dome and made its way to the location of the two girls. Only when it was right next to the table did it spring forth and grow revealing a young woman wearing a green dress made of leaves.

Linda and Ning almost jumped out of their skin when the woman suddenly appeared. “Who are you!?” Linda went on guard and positioned herself to get ready to jump in front of Ning.

“My name is Juna, I am from the Holy Kingdom of Serenity, ruled by her holiness herself the Ice Goddess Desaray. I have come here to ask you about the angels.” Juna glanced at Ning and nodded her head slightly before saying: “Darkness, Death, and Cinder are glad to know you are okay.”

“Huh!?” Ning turned to Juna with a look of surprise on her face. She did not understand why the other demon queens would be happy that she was alive. This just did not make sense to her. They were all enemies.

Juna saw her confusion and smiled: “Many things have happened since you disappeared. Her Holiness has taken the others under her care and they are now working alongside her to stop the angels and a man who refers to himself as a god. I have come in hopes of gaining as much information about the angels as possible.”

Juna had noticed her root was able to finally enter the area it could not before so she quickly asked Darkness to help see if she could track the Demon Queen of Lightning again. And sure enough, they were able to once more detect her. This meant she had been traped with in the barrier. It did not take much to understand where the angels came from since the barrier seemed to have been keeping them locked in. With it now gone the angels were able to escape.

Lina furrowed her brow and asked: “What do you plan to do with this information?”

“Kill the angels of course.”