Chapter 874 - The Desolate Demon Territory
The moment Leon shifted his attention to Aria, she also glanced back at him with wonder.
"Did you find anything you like when you cleared out the undead beings in the underground space?" Leon asked her.
There were a lot of rare treasures down there; he didn't mind if Aria took a liking to everything she saw and pocketed them all.
He wouldn't have mentioned the undead beings to her if he had been concerned over such a trivial matter.
If she wanted the world, then he would give her the world.
Nevertheless, Aria's eyes brightened once Leon brought up the topic.
"Ah, I was just about to mention this matter to you before we leave. There's a lot of good stuff down there, but I'm sure you already know this," Aria mentioned.
Shortly after, she took her tier-7 interspatial ring and hand over to him.
"I collected everything I found valuable and sorted them out in this interspatial ring; some of these items are really high-tier. I'm not sure if we should take all of these items outside. It'll cause chaos if anyone finds out about these items."
Aria mentioned her concern.
"True, but if anything happens, we can always hide in the realmship," Leon stated.
Given the state of the realmship, it couldn't be moved from its present location, but the range of its spatial function was quite extensive.
It covered the demon's territory, Infertile Plains, and everything west of those regions, all the way to the realmship.
The same coverage applies to other directions around the realmship.
Since Leon was connected to the realmship, he could order the realm spirit to bring him and everyone around him back as long as he was within its range.
After Leon inspected the contents of the tier-7 interspatial ring for a moment, he handed it back to Aria without taking anything.
"Keep it," Leon said with a smile.
"You don't want anything from it?" Aria asked with surprise before adding, "There are quite a few Celestial-level items in here; the Celestial Sparks, for example. You don't want any of it?"
Leon shook his head.
"I have a few Celestial Sparks on me myself. But apart from the Celestial Water Spark, which can resolve the Infertile Plains' water shortage, I don't have any use for these other Celestial Sparks," Leon stated.
Shortly after, he reminded her, "Refining these Celestial Sparks can quickly bring us up to the Celestial Realm, but the price is not worth it in the long term. Our goals should be higher."
"Mm," Aria nodded.
"In that case, I will just put these items back in a secure location. I don't feel at ease carrying such priceless treasures on me."
Leon nodded.
…
Half an hour later, everyone was ready to leave the realmship. They gathered around Leon with everything they needed.
"Seems like we are ready to go," Leon commented with a nod after sweeping everyone a glance.
'Sent us out, Tak-si.'
'Yes, Master.'
Tak-si locked onto the destination in Leon's mind before activating the realmship's spatial function and sending everyone out.
Swish!
The scenery quickly changed as Leon returned to the edge of the abyss in the demon's territory—or rather, the Starfall Dominion as the demons called it.
"This is… the Starfall Dominion! We're finally back," Nyfarella and the rest of the dark faes quickly recognized the region and celebrated.
They felt they had been gone for a long time.
At that moment, Saresha and the others were filled with eagerness to return to the Dark Fae Clan and check on their homes.
"So this is what the outside looks like…"
Shadowtail and the rest of the Black Dragon Clan also observed their surroundings with wonder and curiosity.
"Why did you send us here, Leon? Wouldn't it have been better if you sent us back to the Darkmoon Tribe directly?" Darlene turned to Leon with a puzzled look.
"Can you imagine how the warriors in the Infertile Plains will react with so many dark faes and dark wyrms suddenly appearing within human settlements? We'll be targeted from all sides," Leon answered with a wry smile.
"I don't think that will be a problem for us, though. We have Duna and the Demon Lord-level earth dragons on our side," Aria interjected.
She had never seen a more powerful lineup than this; in fact, this might be the most powerful force in the world.
No one would be their opponent.
"That's true," Leon nodded.
"However, that's not what I'm concerned about. If I want to unite all the human tribes under me, I must let them know I am on their side. It won't do if the warriors view us as traitors of humanity. Well, this problem can be fixed with some explanation. Still, it's a hassle, and I want to avoid inconvenience where possible."
"Furthermore, I wanted to check out the Starfall Dominion on our way back. After all, there are a lot of ruins and primordial heritage hidden in this land. We might just find some suitable cultivation methods for you and Darlene while we are at it."
After listening to Leon say that much, Aria had nothing else to say and nodded.
"Good idea. I didn't think that far," Aria said.
Nevertheless, Leon observed his surroundings before locking his eye son the abyss in the center, which was rather deep.
The object that fell from outer space must have been incredibly huge to create such a land.
"Hm?" Leon suddenly noticed the dark fae leader's frown before he asked, "What's the matter, Nyfarella?"
"My Lord, don't you think this place is rather deserted? There isn't a single demon within sight of this place," Nyfarella mentioned her discovery. "Demons never leave this place empty, so Nyfarella finds this most strange."
"Now that you mentioned it, there are no human corpses around here either… It seems like the demons and humans didn't battle after I sent them back first…" Leon muttered.
He could understand if the humans returned to the Infertile Plains, but what the demons?
Where did all the demons go?
After a few moments of wondering, Leon recalled that he destroyed the Teleportation Array shortly after he booted everyone out.
The heavenly staircase wouldn't have maintained its formation in the sky.
"Did the demons fall in the abyss but never came back out?" Leon wondered out loud.