Demon Castle, Sheola's study.

Artevans was no stranger to the study, and knocked on the door of the study with Russa, as he had always come here to find the information he wanted.

In the room, Sheola had two cups of tea on the table in the living room, waiting for Artevans and Rusha to arrive. But there was another person in the room besides Siola, and that was Kaina.

At this time, the restoration of Diemore City was slowly progressing, and the bombardment of the town by thousands of low-level spirits had reduced Diemore City to almost complete ruins. Even the Demon Castle was mostly destroyed, but Xiola's study was not damaged at all because of the special defensive magic set up.

"Let me introduce you, this is Kaina? Aluson? Lord Berans, the second daughter of the late Dark Pope, is now High Priest of the Black Temple. When Theola saw Artevans and Azusa arriving, she stood up and introduced Kaina to the two.

Kaina nodded at Artevans and Rusa, then fixed her gaze on Artevans, looking at her carefully.

Although Atvance was a little confused by Kaina, Kaina's gaze did not give Atvance any discomfort. On the contrary, Kaina looked at Artfans with a very soft gaze, and Artfans ignored it and nodded slightly to Kaina. Rusa, on the side, bowed respectfully to Kaina.

"You just talked about the Black Temple?" Artevans asked, turning his gaze to Sheola.

In Sheola's previous description, the "Black Temple" has been gone for ten years, but she did say that Kaina is the current High Priest of the "Black Temple".

"Yes, there is no one else here, and I don't have to hide Kaina-sama's identity, in fact, I also belong to the Black Temple. The two of you have joined forces with me, and I should have told you about this, but please keep it a secret.'

Sheola was always smiling, and in this study, she didn't need to worry about what she was saying leaking out. No one other than those invited by Sheora could enter the study, nor could they learn about the inside of the study by any means from the outside.

What's more, now that Sack, Dvoga, and Ivor are carrying out post-war work with the rest of the soldiers, they won't have time to come to Sheola's study.

Sheola also found an excuse to return to the castle. As for Kaina, what she wanted to do, Sack couldn't intervene.

"Can you tell me who that guy named Octeri is?" Atfans sat down in his chair, took a sip of tea, and asked.

"What do you think he was before that?" Sheola asked rhetorically.

"His personality makes me feel a little annoying, and his strength doesn't seem to be below mine, but from his tone, I can tell that he doesn't really help the Necromancy, but rather wants to achieve some kind of purpose." Atfans put down his cup and replied slowly.

"A mysterious but powerful being." When Artevans fought against Actetri, Rusa stood behind Atfans and had a certain impression of Actory.

Hearing Atfans and Rusa's description, Theora nodded with some satisfaction, "Acteri, the 'transformer' of the original Black Temple, left the Black Temple after Lord Kayla, your mother, was executed. When he reappeared, he was a mystery man. And he's the one who gave advice to the Necrons to deal with the demons."

"According to you, the Necromancy's invasion of the Hell is an act of revenge on Aktri for the execution of the leader of the Order." Artevans thought for a moment and said.

"When my sister was a high priest, Actory was the most faithful of her men." Kaina added.

Although both Artevans and Kaina knew that each other could be regarded as their relatives, and Kaina was the elder of Atvance, the two sat facing each other without a trace of intimacy.

Artevans and Kaina, who knew this very well, tacitly did not mention the relationship between the two, after all, that layer of relationship was really insignificant to the two.

"Is this still something that no one else knows about?" Artfans was referring to Zak, Dvoga, and Ive, as well as the other demon soldiers.

"That's right." Theora replied.

"That's not all you want to tell me."

"And about the aftermath. I will do my best to convince His Majesty the Demon King to recover Trier and create the conditions for seizing power." Theola smiled.

Hearing this, Artevans stared at Theola for a moment. After a few seconds, Artevans took a deep breath, stood up, nodded slightly to Kaina and Siola, and left the study with Rusa.

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"Although I have no interest in the transaction between you, I wonder why it must be him?" After Artevans left, Kaina poured herself a cup of tea, took a sip, and asked Sheola.

"Before the Dvoga and General Ivor became dissatisfied with Your Majesty, it was you who I really wanted to help, but you have definitively rejected me. Later, I felt that Dvogar and General Ivor were the right people to make my plan happen, but now they won't accept my words.'

"Master Artevans, he is indeed a perfect candidate, although he is not crazy at this time, but he is full of desire, and most of all, he craves power." Sheola said as she touched the crystal ball on the table with her hand. The crystal ball mirrors the figure of Atvance.

Theola stared at Artevans, not knowing what she was thinking.

"What do you see through your power?" Kaina looked at Sheola's expression and felt that it was not what she had imagined, that Sheora wanted to pull Sack down from the throne, and that there might be a plan behind Sheola that she didn't know.

"I can't say what I saw, but I know I have to get Master Artevans on that path." Sheola was still staring at the figure of Artevans in the crystal ball, but her magic eyes began to glow with an eerie light.

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Although post-battle restoration work began almost immediately after the Necromantic Army was completely cleared, the battle took a toll on the demons. Not a single building in the city was intact, most of the city was completely destroyed, few soldiers remained, and civilians were killed and wounded by the fighting.

Sheola concocted a lie to Sark, covering up the fact that Artevans had killed half of the captured civilians as his own energy supply. However, due to the fact that the surviving part of the civilians were hit by the dark aura when Artevans killed Zaris and Fisk, and later by Aruba forcibly erased that part of their memories, they were still in a trance when they were picked up by Dvoga's troops.

However, because of this, the remaining civilians will not be witnesses to expose the actions of Atvance and Arubusa, and Atvance is reassured.

The Necronomicon didn't seem to continue to send troops after this attack was unsuccessful, which also gave the demons some respite.

After a few days, the town still had no way to return to its pre-war state, and the castle was mostly deserted. Just as Artevans felt when he first stepped into the castle, the ground floor on the surface of the Demon Castle was actually a certain height above the ground, and there were some unknown spaces hidden below.

Sack tried to find the entrance to the space, but Kaina said she didn't know, so she had to give up.

Instead, some improvised yurts were erected outside the castle to serve as soldiers' houses, and the undamaged rooms inside the castle were slightly remodeled to become the bedrooms of the higher-ups. The Demon King's Hall also returned to the top of the castle, but due to the destruction of the drawbridge connecting the tower, it could only be maintained by the Philosopher's Stone hidden in the city walls, suspended above the castle.

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Inside the Demon King's Palace.

"Your Majesty, I think it should be counterattacked. The Necrons have spent a lot of power attacking us this time without success, and there should be weakness within us, so it's a good time for us to fight back."

Dvoga was inside the palace, trying to express his thoughts. In Dvoga's view, the Necronomicon, despite their incredible ability to reproduce and their numbers, are ultimately limited.

From the years of fighting, Dvoga realized that after each large-scale attack, the Necronomicon would have a long gap period, with neither a frontal attack nor any attack. Based on this, Dvoga speculated that after each large-scale attack, the Necrons would store up and restore the lost spirits in preparation for the next large-scale attack.

After the end of this war, although the demons paid a heavy price, they finally won. Sack was a testament to his performances both during and after the war, and he regained the hearts and minds of the people, as well as the loyalty of Dvoga and Ive.

In the face of Dvoga's words, Sack was not carried away by a long-awaited victory, he was thinking.

Iver on the side looked a little anxious, "Your Majesty, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we now have Lord Kaina, and we also have that guy named Atfans and that chick named Eruba. I don't think it's impossible for us to reclaim Trier in one fell swoop.'"

At this moment, the door of the main hall was opened, and Theola slowly walked in. She nodded to Dvoga and Ivor, and then saluted Sark.

"I think what you two said makes a lot of sense, and Your Majesty should consider it." Sheola already knew what Dvoga and Ivor were saying, so she spoke to Sack.

"Do you have any opinions?" I'd like to hear your opinion.'" Sack asked, when he saw Theola coming.

"It's really a good opportunity to fight back, and we now have a lot of fighting power that we can trust. But the Dvogars and General Ivor seem to have been a little too impulsive.'

Theola paused and continued, "Despite our great fighting power, there is still a numerical disadvantage, and we have to be on guard. If you act rashly and rush into Trier, the result may be surrounded by countless necromancers and be counter-killed. I think we should control the entrance to Trier before we make a decision.'

"So, what's your plan?" Sack nodded, Sheola's words clearly spoke to his heart, and the reason why he didn't immediately respond to Dvoga's words was precisely because he was concerned about this.

"If you want to control the entrance to Trier, you must have troops stationed in Yerland. Therefore first sweep away the danger of Jearam.'" Sheola smiled, meaningfully......