On the other side, the world of the Eye Demons.

Adenis was running anxiously between prayers.

His face was pale.

The words "impossible, the Great Eye cannot abandon this world, there must be some other reason for this change".

But even so, the faith in Adenis's heart continued to crumble.

Then, this collapse reached its peak in an instant when Adenis finally reached the "throne" between prayers and saw the "throne" shining with the brilliance that had lost its great eye.

A reality unusually harsh for Adenes lay before him.

The Great Eye, gone.

"How could it be ......?"

Faced with this shocking fact, Adenis, who dragged his weak body and ran all the way from his slumber, suddenly couldn't support it anymore, stumbled and fell to the ground.

Immediately, as if trying to grasp the last straw, Adenis questioned the 15 Eyedemon Guardian Tablets that had been guarding the Great Eye as a firewall.

"What's going on? Where did the Great Eye go——!? ”

To this, the Eyedemon Guardians answered.

"Sue: The Great Eye has left this world and is going to the unknown."

An icy mechanical female voice rang out between prayers.

Shattering Adenes' last illusions.

Panic, restlessness, confusion...... And, the ensuing anger and resentment quickly consumed Ardenis's sanity.

"I don't know...... Ha! How could you not know? How can you not know——!? ”

Adenis staggered to his feet from the ground and asked loudly.

"Aren't you the firewall of the Great Eye?

"Aren't you always with the Great Eye?

"So, you don't know about this matter, who knows——!?"

However, no matter how angry Adenis shouted.

In the end, all he got was a cold echo without the slightest emotion.

"Yes, no!"

"Calculate, can't!"

"Tracking, can't!"

"Notice: Our creator is Chief Edith, not the Great Eye."

"Notice: The 'firewall' is a duty entrusted to us by the Emperor, not a great eye."

"Sue: We are not companions of the Great Eye, but the Great Eye has not rejected our parasitism."

Calm, sensible, honest.

These Eye-Keepers.

Neither possesses human emotions nor understands human feelings.

They are perfect creations that conform to the Adenis ideal and have no "heart".

Precisely because of this.

So, at this time, no matter how angry and desperate Adenis shows, there will be no delay in their cold words to expose the harsh reality.

It's ironic.

Adenes, who advocated that there was no need for a "heart", was stumped by his own "heart" at this moment when he needed reason the most.

As the Emperor of the Eye Demon World, the first thing he thought of at this moment was neither the safety of his family nor the future of the people, but the question that Denton had asked him.

- The Eye Soul System, which cannot function without relying on the power of the Great Eye, is definitely not the future of the Eye Demon World!

- The Great Eye will one day leave!

- Human beings should survive on their own bodies and solve the problem of existence by their own strength, rather than relying on an incomprehensible force!

- Adenis, your choice, no doubt, was wrong!

Denton's voice against the creation of the Eye Soul System began to ring in Adenis's head.

This made him hold his head and cry out in pain.

"Really...... Am I wrong?

Adenis's voice echoed between empty prayers.

There was no one around.

Only the cold, emotionless mechanical female voice sounded at the right time to answer.

"Sue: It is our mission to realize the emperor's ideals and protect this perfect demon world, but this mission is also given to us by the emperor, so this should be the conclusion reached by the emperor himself, and we can't give an answer."

By this time, however, Adenis had enough of the Eye-Keepers' airless answers.

"Shut up!"

An agitated Adenis rebuked loudly.

"I'm not asking you!"

It's just some tools that don't understand people's hearts, what do you know......

Thinking of this, Adenis's expression froze suddenly, and then suddenly came back to his senses.

Oh my God, what was he thinking?

Adenis raised his hand to cover his face.

Was he angry at the ignorance of the Eye Demon Guardians just now?

After a moment of silence, Adenis looked around with his hand down.

Then, the first thing that came to his mind was such a sentence.

"It turns out that this room is so empty and so dark?"

Realizing this, an unprecedented sense of loneliness suddenly filled Adenis's heart.

Driven by this sense of loneliness, Adenis quickly escaped from the prayers.

……

Outside between prayers.

As soon as Adenis came out, he saw Gallo standing outside the door, looking like he wanted to knock but didn't dare.

"The ...... of Gallo"

"The Great."

Seeing Adenis emerge from between prayers, Gallo breathed a sigh of relief.

Adenis has made it clear.

When he is in between prayers, no one is allowed to disturb him for prayers, no matter what happens.

That's why, before that, Gairo was so hesitant to knock on the door between prayers.

"It's great you're okay."

Gallo first expressed concern for Adenes, and then hurriedly asked.

"Emperor, is there something wrong with the Eye Soul System? Why did everyone who was sleeping in the 'middle of sleep' suddenly wake up? ”

Looking at Gallo in front of him, Adenis suddenly felt a little dazed.

This is...... Gallo, right?

His face was pale, and his steps were vain.

This is understandable.

He's the same now.

Everyone's body has just woken up from a long hibernation, and is currently in a weak physiological state, which is also something that cannot be helped.

But what's going on with this Gairo's eyes?

Why, only panic and anxiety?

Why, there is no light of confidence at all?

It was completely different from the one he remembered as the chief of the guard who had an unyielding fire burning in his eyes, no matter what difficulties he faced.

"The Great!"

Just as he was thinking, another urging from Gallo brought Adenis back to his senses from his trance.

“…… The Great Eye is gone, and so, the Eye Soul system, collapses. ”

Adenis subconsciously chose to tell the truth and live, then reached out and pushed Gallo away, and walked forward on his own.

Behind him, Gallo, who had finally recovered from his stupor, hurriedly caught up with Adenes.

"Wait...... Wait a minute, the Emperor! The Great Eye is gone, the Eye Soul system is broken, what does this mean exactly? ”

"Literally, Gallo."

Adenis walked and watched as he answered Gallo's question.

"The Great Eye has left the World of the Eye Demons...... Compared to this, what happened to the rest of the people in the slumber? What about Arya, Adair, and Aram? ”

Adenis's question gave Gallo room to escape from reality.

"Everyone has woken up from their sleep and can't use the Eye Soul System to re-sleep, so they all seem very restless and helpless."

Gallo began to actively answer Adenis's questions.

"Now, Lord Arria is leading people to reassure the people, Lord Aram is helping, Lord Adair wakes up and quickly leaves the slumber, and now he doesn't know where to go for the time being."

"Well, Arya has become a wonderful girl."

A relieved smile appeared on Adenis's face.

Then, he changed directions.

Instead of falling asleep, I went up the street.

And the scene on the street, should it be said that it is familiar? Or is it unfamiliar?

Under the red sky.

As far as the eye can see, there is a ruined wall, ruins and wreckage.

The empty streets have no popularity at all, except for the smell of decay.

And of course.

After all, the inhabitants of this world, for the past year, have been dormant between slumber, dreaming of happiness.

Other than that, neither they nor themselves thought about what they could do for the world.

Thinking of this, Adenis suddenly smiled bitterly.

Wrong.

The people may think, but he deprives them of the right to think.

Walking to a high platform, Adenis looked down at the ruined and decaying city below, and for a moment he didn't know what kind of expression to show.

This is not only standing higher and higher, but also looking up at the Great Eye with his neck up.

At last, he was willing to bow his head and take a serious look at the current state of the world and his people.

Then, he couldn't help but sigh.

"What have I done in the past thousand years?"

Immediately, a voice that had only existed in my head before sounded in reality.

"Adenis, you've done everything for a thousand years."