Host, Please Be Honest! What Exactly Are You?

Like so, Butler Feng and the rest continued being punching bags to the best of their abilities, holding them back to some extent.

There were times where one of them would almost get carried off and eaten. But thanks to either Raulin, Zhulyn or Butler Sheng, they would be saved in the nick of time.

But as for Dorian, he was in full concentration mode now!

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Well, one would think that the thing that kept him busy all this time would've been the matter of releasing the girl from the floating barred smoke cell.

But if anyone thought so, then... Oops. Wrong answer.

Dorian examined the thing in his hand again with a strange light in his eyes.

As he expected, these demons managed to bring a real demon relic into this world.

That alone should be an underworld crime!

Demon relics were like the items that the former or current Demon rulers had worn or used during their reign.

These items had stored demonic power of those former people, and were items that any demon, even the most powerful people, sought to gather.

And it was a law and a taboo for these relics to leave the underworld.

Do you know how powerful these relics were?

Heh. It was akin to Poseidon dropping his Trident down on earth for any random person to pick up.

And you know, the longer the demon ruler or powerful demon wears or uses certain items, the stronger those items would be after they die.

Even their rings, if dropped into this world, could cause the next world wars.

These Underworld rulers reigned for millenniums and centuries. So even their clothes and armour were something that people in the underworld scrambled for.

Of course, underworld rulers weren't the only ones capable of leaving such string relics. Any powerful demon ranked 2 places below the Underworld Ruler could probably do so too.

But theirs wouldn't be stronger than their leaders.

Anyway, even with the relics all about, the real issue lies in unlocking the potential of these relics.

In the hands of those who weren't worthy enough, these relics would continue to be ordinary.

And might just be used for ordinary purposes.

Take for example, a holy sword.

In the hands of those who weren't chosen, the sword would remain dormant, but could still be swung around, used and might even get rusted too.

However, after the sword finds or acknowledges its user, it will awaken, and even the rust from it would shake out, revealing a brand new blade.

The same could be said for demon relics.

Heh. How can the relic of a mighty demon be awakened by just anyone?

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The system looked at the relic strangely.

It was a skeletal bone finger... But something else bothered it.

['Host... How do you know that this thing is a relic? Even back in your world, from what I've gathered about your past, you've never seen a relic before. So how do you know that it's this bone finger is one?']

Dorian rolled the finger across his palms with a strange smile on his lips: 'I would also like to know how I know.'

['... Host... Has anyone ever told you that you're scary when you smile like that?']

Shiver. Shiver.

The system looked at its host and shivered like a frightened chicken.

It was seriously starting to suspect its host.

Dorian chuckled and quickly ignored the system.

He glanced around and once again confirmed his thoughts.

They hadn't unlocked the finger's potential and had even discarded the finger as if it were garbage.

So the one thing Dorian was sure of was that these lesser demons might not have known about the finger's might.

So could it be that they accidentally brought it over?

But that wasn't right. Why would they just carry a bony finger without any purpose?

Or could it be that someone in the underworld had secretly chosen these people to be his scapegoats in order to sneak the finger out?

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Dorian suddenly felt uneasy.

Taking it out from the underworld was a crime for underworld creatures.

And if the underworld law enforcers knew about this, any demon, be it a mighty one, could get stripped of their positions in a heartbeat.

Here's the thing.

The underworld was also needed to punish those who the heavens sent down from the mortal realm.

That's right. The heavens and hell must and would always exist.

Those who raped countless men and women, dissected their bodies, and so many other wicked acts, might be damned to suffer a punishment of a thousand years in the underworld, undergoing the literal word Hell!

But bear in mind that the souls that get sent down for punishment also have what one might say was a heavenly tracker on them.

So no demon would dare to... You know... Eat or steal any soul sent from above.

Thus, they did their jobs on the surface as per heaven's requests.

And after receiving the soul, they would punish it according to the rules.

Following that, the soul would get sent back to the heavens, who will in turn judge whether to continue punishing the souls via strange reincarnations and whatnot.

After that, one might be a horse or even a hunted fish.

Well, either way. The underworld dared not mess with the souls sent down for punishment.

And it has been like this since the creation of the underworld.

Because of the gift of human free will, good and evil would continue to exist.

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Now, back to the matter with the relic, it's clear that someone in power had sent it to this world.

Maybe they know of it... Or could it be that they had found a way to awaken it?

Could it be that this relic was one of the key items they would need before the Big Event?

Dorian was deep in thought, while the system was also anxious as well.

['Host... You have to hurry. The others might not be able to last long at this rate.']

'Hmhm,' he replied before keeping the finger aside.

In truth, he could've broken the cage in a minute and a half if he wanted to.

But after seeing the finger, he decided to give the rest a little training session by telling them to hold things off for 4 minutes.

Hey... What could he do?

~Swish!~