As the saying goes, once you are born and you are twice cooked, Buck, who has once again become a guide, has obviously become a lot more relaxed and natural.

Of course, this also has something to do with the change in his identity.

The last time he served as Dio's guide, Buck was a captive of Dio's hands, and even the job of being a guide was arranged semi-voluntarily after signing a contract. So when leading the way for Dio, Buck always seemed very reluctant, in addition to keeping a stinky face, he also deliberately took a long detour.

This time, Barker, who had already been freed, offered to be a guide for Dio. In addition to Dio, Asterius, who did not want to stay in the Minotaur settlement, also followed.

Compared to Dio, who has a lot of grudges, Buck behaves very respectfully in front of Asterius, who looks a little silly.

Although the predecessor of Asterios, the Minotaur, was only the ancestor of the Minotaur clan, it had no special relationship with the sheep-headed clan. But Buck is now eating under the command of the Minotaur leader Tower, so it is natural for him to pay enough respect to the Minotaur, the ancestor of the Minotaur clan.

Unfortunately, Asterius, who bears the name "Minotaur", is not very interested in Buck with a sheep's head. Rather than the sheep's head, which always came to him, Asterius preferred to look at the scenery around him.

For Asterius, who has been living in the labyrinth for so many years, everything in the outside world is so new to him, which makes Asterius, who rarely comes out and walk, feel very good.

Unfortunately, Asterius' good mood only lasted until they walked through the semi-permanent space door.

As soon as they entered the Demon Realm, Dio and his party subconsciously prepared for battle. Because this demon realm seems too dead and silent, even the air seems to be filled with some kind of unsettling atmosphere.

"Here it is...... The Demon Realm? ”

Looking up at the cloudy sky, Dio subconsciously frowned.

The sky, which was dark with dark clouds, and the arid and cracked earth, and the trees that had long since died, made the world look ...... It's dead from the inside out.

Even for the very adaptable demons, this kind of living environment is too harsh.

"This ...... How did this happen? ”

However, after seeing the scene in front of him, Buck's eyes widened subconsciously, and he said in disbelief: "When the Space Gate was just built, this place was not like this!" ”

“…… Dio! ”

After grabbing a handful of dirt, Asterius said angrily: "This land has been 'killed' by some kind of force!" ”

Although Asterius was a little inexplicable, Dio understood what he was trying to say.

As Buck had said, the place where this semi-permanent spatial portal was built was not originally like this. It's just that some strong people have used forbidden spells and other moves in this place for some reason, so that all the vitality contained in this land has been completely taken away.

This was undoubtedly a very unbearable thing for Asterius, who loved all things in this world, and it was no wonder that he became so angry.

Just as Dio was thinking about how to appease Asterius, a word came from behind them.

"Who are you?"

After hearing this, Dio and the others, who had long been ready for battle, subconsciously turned around, and at the same time took out their respective weapons.

After seeing the "person" who said the sentence just now, Dio couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

What he just spoke, it was a black shadow demon, and it was also a powerful shadow demon with such strength at the peak of the legendary level. In addition, in addition to this strongest Shadow Demon, there are also seven other Shadow Demons silently guarding the surroundings of this semi-permanent space gate, and these Shadow Demons all have legendary strength!

(It's a big deal to have eight legendary Shadow Demons come to see the door...... ）

Dio, who had already grabbed the "angry" in his hand, suddenly became more solemn in his heart.

Eight legendary-level powerful combat power, which will not be low for any force. However, such a combat force was arranged here to guard the door, which was enough to show that the high-level of the Demon Realm attached great importance to this retreat.

At the same time, it also shows how bad the situation in the demon world is at this time!

As early as when Dio and the others passed through the Space Gate and came to this land belonging to the Demon Realm, these shadow demons guarding the Space Gate had already seen their origins.

A powerful human, a suspected existence of a higher demon, and a sheep-headed monster belonging to the devil's line.

Considering the importance of the Space Gate, when they saw that there was actually a human coming out of the Space Gate, these Shadow Demons were ready for battle, and even Buck, the leader of the sheep-headed monster who would not be suspected, was targeted by the two Shadow Demons.

"Wait a minute! This human is a messenger from the Magic Kingdom! And that Minotaur warrior is the guard he hired! ”

Buck, who didn't want to cause any unnecessary strife, threw out the token given to him by the tower at the first time, and at the same time loudly revealed the identities of Dio and Asterius.

As for the Magic Kingdom in Buck's mouth, it is actually the abbreviation of the Demon Race for the United Kingdom of Malt. For the country established by magicians, these demons who are annoyed by some magicians still have a considerable degree of vigilance.

Of course, while being vigilant about this magic kingdom, the vast majority of demons also recognized the strength of the magic kingdom, so Buck would tell Dio's identity in the first place. Because Buck knew very well that many demons who admired strength knew the magic kingdom very well, even more than the Rhine Holy Kingdom, which was dominated by the Holy White Church.

Who told some magicians to always want to summon a few demons or demons to experiment......

After taking the token thrown by Buck and confirming some of the information stored in it, the strongest Shadow Demon finally let his subordinates let down their guard, but he still asked with some doubts: "Messenger of the Magic Kingdom, what is he here for?" ”

"I heard that the Demon Realm has been invaded by the Void, and they have specially come to confirm the situation!"

Buck, who had already laid down his weapon, shouted with his hands raised.

"Void invasion? No, it's not an invasion ......"

After casually throwing the token back to Buck, the strongest Shadow Demon said coldly, "It's a war!" A war between the Void and the Demon Realm! ”

While speaking, this shadow demon's body also exuded a rather strong momentum. But after remembering something, the shadow demon silently retracted that momentum, and at the same time said very disappointed: "Hurry up!" No one is allowed to stay around here! ”

Although there are still some doubts about the origin of Dio and the others, the duty of these shadow demons is not to identify whether the person who walks out of the spatial gate is an intruder, but only to protect the spatial gate. Therefore, considering that if he attacked Dio and the others here, the aftermath of the battle would most likely affect the stability of the Space Gate, so this Shadow Demon finally gave up the idea of taking down Dio and the others.

Of course, if you really want to do it, it's still a question of who will actually take it.

Of course, it was a good thing not to be able to do it, so Dio and Asterius put away their weapons one after another. However, before following Buck away, Dio still asked with some curiosity: "Can I ask, how did this neighborhood become like this?" ”

Dio's question was obviously what Asterius and Buck wanted to know, so they focused their attention at the same time.

After glancing at Dio angrily, for the sake of Dio's strength, which didn't seem to be much weaker than him, the strongest Shadow Demon finally opened his mouth to explain.

"In order to prevent this space gate from attracting the attention of those void creatures, His Majesty the Great Demon King Mammon made a special move and used his power to completely kill everything on this land with a diameter of ten kilometers, shaping this death zone."

"The vast majority of Void creatures don't have a strong sense of perception, so with this death zone as a quarantine zone, this spatial gate shouldn't attract the attention of those Void creatures."

Hearing Shadow Fiend say this, Dio couldn't help frowning, and restrained Asterius who wanted to do it through the contract.

Considering the situation in the Demon Realm, Dio could actually understand the thoughts of the Great Demon King of Mamon. However, Dio still does not agree with this approach.

The problem is, this is the Demon Realm after all, so Dio, as a human being, really has no position to question the Great Demon King. At the same time, Dio had to appease Asterius, who was on the verge of storming.

After nodding his head to the Shadow Fiend somewhat casually, Dio pulled the agitated Asterius and left with Buck. And the shadow demons, led by the legendary peak shadow demon, silently watched Dio and his party leave, and then dived into the surrounding shadows again.

The job of gatekeeper is actually very boring. But where the duty lies, these shadow demons who have been entrusted with important tasks do not dare to slack off at all, so as soon as Dio and the others left, they entered a state of alert again, paying attention to all movements within a radius of ten kilometers at all times.

forcibly suppressed Asterius, until after leaving the land full of dead silence, he felt that the faint feeling of being watched finally disappeared, and Dio let go of the restraint on Asterius.

"Whew!"

Asterius, who spewed out two puffs of white gas from his nose, slammed the ground hatefully, and directly blasted a large piece of dirt and sand in front of him, before he asked Dio angrily, "Why did you stop me?" ”

"If I don't stop you, who are you going to do it with?"

Dio, who was holding his hands on his chest, asked rhetorically as the old god was there.

"I ......"

Asked by Dio, Asterius subconsciously opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

Do it with those shadow fiends? That land wasn't killed by those shadow demons, they were just a group of demons in charge of guarding the door, so did it make sense to do anything with them?

Fight with the Great Demon King of Mamon who killed that land? There is nothing logical wrong with this, but the problem is that Asterius does not know where the Grand Demon of Mamon is......

I don't even know where the opponent is, how do I fight?

Therefore, Asterius, who was getting more and more angry in his chest, couldn't find a suitable "enemy" at all, so he could only look at the big hole that had just been beaten out by himself and began to be in a daze.

Just when Asterius couldn't get angry and could only start to circle in place, Dio silently admired the scenery of the Demon Realm.

After leaving the land full of dead silence, Dio finally saw what the real demon world was like.

Without those obstructive dark clouds, a blood-red full moon hung high in the sky, radiating a strange light towards the world. Under the illumination of this blood moon, the earth belonging to the Demon Realm naturally exudes a somewhat strange vitality.

Two snow-white fur rabbits came out of their rabbit holes, and after probing their brains for a while, they ran towards a field full of turnips. A demon wolf that had been waiting for a long time came out at this time, salivating and pounced on the bigger demon rabbit.

What the demon wolf didn't expect was that in the face of its attack, the demon rabbit opened its three-petal mouth without fear and spit out an ice arrow. Although the demon wolf had tried desperately to dodge, the ice arrow still cut its back, leaving it with a long wound.

After the demon wolf who had suffered a loss wailed, he decisively picked up his tail and turned his head and ran. And the demon rabbit who defeated the enemy swaggered and took his little brother to dig radishes.

However, just when the demon rabbit finally dug up a radish, it suddenly found that the radish dug up by his little brother seemed to look a little strange......

After glaring at the two demon rabbits hatefully, the dug out mandala grass screamed decisively. The piercing scream directly killed the two demon rabbits, and then solved the enemy's mandala grass before Shi Shiran replanted himself.

When the place was quiet again, the escaped demon wolf slipped back again, and unceremoniously took the two dead demon rabbits away.

This is the Demon Realm, a place where we must be vigilant at all times.