Chapter 2474: The Final Seal to the Demonic Realm |
"W-What the hell is this?! Why are there only two seals left?!" The first Demon Sealer to the scene exclaimed in shock after seeing the situation.
"There should be nine! Nine! What the hell happened here?!"
The Demon Sealer’s first suspicion fell upon the guards. After all, for seven seals to suddenly vanish without a trace this quickly was simply impossible unless someone had tampered with them.
"Tell me the truth! Are you imbeciles responsible for this?!" The Demon Sealer pointed at the guards and shouted.
"What kind of nonsense is that?!" The guards exclaimed, looking absolutely bewildered by the Demon Sealer’s random accusation.
"If we were responsible, why the hell would we even report it?!" They started defending themselves with logical takes.
"Moreover, none of us could even get through the barrier to reach the seals!"
"You’ve gone too far with that baseless accusation, Demon Sealer!"
After hearing their words, the Demon Sealer realized his mistake and quickly apologized, "I’m sorry for jumping to conclusions."
"Enough of this. I only care about one thing right now—whether you can fix the seals or not," one of the guards asked the Demon Sealer, who immediately wore a dumbfounded look on his face.
"Me? Fix the seals?" The Demon Sealer pointed at himself and repeated out loud in a dazed voice.
"If you cannot even fix it, why are you here?" asked another guard.
"To hold off the demons until we receive help—if they come!" The Demon Sealer said in a terrified voice.
"What?! So we’re really just going to let the demons return and invade our world again?!"
"There must be something we can do!"
The Demon Sealer shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, only the Divine Paragon can seal the Demonic Realm, and he’s long gone."
"Why does it have to be the Divine Paragon? There are plenty of powerful Array Masters out there who are capable of sealing things," asked one of the guards.
"Do you really think you’re the first one to think of that? We’ve had multiple level 9 Array Masters try, but not a single one of them could keep the Demonic Realm sealed for longer than half a day! Meanwhile, the Divine Paragon’s seal has remained intact for multiple eras!" The Demon Sealer explained in a loud voice, sounding offended.
"T-The seal! It’s starting to shatter again!" One of the guards suddenly shouted.
"What?!"
The Demon Sealer snapped his head to look at the seals, and sure enough, one of the two remaining seals had begun to crack.
"Damn it! The situation is far worse than I was told!" he gritted his teeth as he retrieved a communication jade slip before talking into it.
"We need all of the Demon Sealers in the Seventh Heaven to make their way to the entrance to the Demonic Realm as soon as possible! There are only two seals remaining, and one of them is breaking as I am speaking!"
"Tell the guys at the Demon Sealing Grotto to come as well! This isn’t the time to fight amongst ourselves! If the Demonic Realm is unsealed, we’re looking at another war with the demons!"
Once the Demon Sealers understood how dire their situation truly was, every single one of them within the Seventh Heaven dropped whatever they were doing and headed over to the Demonic Realm’s entrance.
Of course, this included those spectating the Demon Slaying Parade.
"What’s going on? Why are so many of them suddenly leaving? Are they already bored?"
The Demon Sealers’ sudden, mass departure immediately drew the crowd’s curiosity, not to mention all of them had deep frowns on their faces as they left. This caused many to wonder if something had happened that required their urgent attention.
"I bet it’s the demon worshippers again. They’ve been so active lately."
"Hey, where are you going? Did something happen?"
Someone decided to ask, but they were completely ignored.
"Rude bastards."
Although they were curious, they soon put it out of their minds and turned their attention back to the Demon Slaying Parade.
The second day of the Demon Slaying Parade came to end in the blink of an eye.
"Once again, Yan Hara has decided to completely ignore the higher-ranking demons in favor of hunting the Lower Demons for easy points! However, she won’t be able to keep up with this tactic once they are all gone and only the high-ranking demons remain!" The announcer said out loud, his voice laced with open disdain.
Meanwhile, Yan Hara finally realized the situation.
’These dirty, foul bastards! If you’re going to cheat, at least make it less obvious! To think they’d try and waste my time like this!"
Although Yan Hara was annoyed by Qian Chu’s antics, she wasn’t worried in the slightest—in fact, she felt excited.
’I can’t wait to see their faces when I win even with all their cheating,’ she laughed inwardly as she continued sealing demons at a remarkable pace.
As the second day came to an end, so did one of the last two seals to the Demonic Realm.
"O-One! There is only one seal remaining!" One of the guards started screaming in terror.
"Shut the hell up! We can see that!" The Demon Sealer angrily shouted.
"Screw this!" Another guard suddenly shouted, "I didn’t sign up to fight demons! I quit!" .
Without another word, he flew away, disappearing from the others’ sight.
Once the first guard ran away, the others quickly followed, and in the blink of an eye, only the Demon Sealer remained at the site.
"These cowardly bastards..."
Although the Demon Sealer was angry at the guards for running away, he also understood their feelings, as the urge to flee was gnawing at him as well.
"I didn’t become a Demon Sealer just to run from demons! Besides... if they invade our world again, it won’t matter where we flee, as nowhere will be safe!" The Demon Sealer clenched his fists so hard that blood began to drip from them.