The Witch Hunter System

Chapter 896: Second Great Devil Conference (5)



"Say... if the Divinesun King was looking for something in the Evergreen Territory, do you all think it's still hidden somewhere here?" Astarte queried with a look of wonder.

She couldn't help but feel tempted to uncover the secret.

After all, whatever the Divinesun King was looking for, it was something valuable enough for him to risk coming alone in secret-secret to the point that no one knew about it.

They could only speculate about it, at best.

More importantly, it was also something that the Skymagia King was willing to bury the entire Evergreen Territory in a sea of fire to hide.

The secret was something of utmost value, but at the same time, it was also something the Skymagia King didn't dare to uncover.

Did the Skymagia King even know what was hidden? Or did he only act on mere suspicions? Either way, both possibilities were terrifying to imagine.

Yet, it also strongly aroused Astarte's curiosity.

"That's hard to say," Mephistopheles answered Astarte's question while he was pondering before shortly adding, "However, even until the end, the Lord of the Evergreen Territory defended his innocence against all allegations of his collaborations with the Divinesun Star Kingdom."

"As such, I think it's safe to say that whatever secret is hidden, it was something that even the Lord of the Evergreen Territory didn't know."

"If we take that into account, there's a possibility that whatever hidden secret here doesn't exist at all. Perhaps the Divinesun King and Skymagia King both acted on a mere rumor or suspicion."

"However, that also makes whatever the hidden secret is equally more terrifying-to the point that even I don't want to find out what it is," Mephistopheles stated.

He also had his fair share of greed for valuable treasures, but he treasured his life more. Nevertheless, Astarte hoped Mephistopheles could elaborate further on the subject.

"Why not, Mephistopheles?" Astarte asked before saying, "It's quite clear that the secret has to be something extraordinarily valuable or powerful. If we can obtain it for ourselves, we might be able to raise our position immensely."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Who would want to give up such a chance?" Astarte added thoughtlessly, blinded by greed. While Mephistopheles understood Astarte's point, he couldn't share the same sentiments. "When treasures become far too valuable, it also becomes a disaster to have rather than a blessing, Astarte," Mephistopheles coolly stated.

"Just think about it. We were able to speculate so much after coming together and focusing on this subject. If we had not lived so long and accumulated so much knowledge, we might not have thought about this."

"However, it's also because we are denizens of Gehenna that we were able to think this far. The Skymagia King might have suppressed our realm for so long because he feared we would find out about this."

But then, that raises the question - If the Skymagia King feared us finding out something about the secret hidden in the Evergreen Territory, why didn't he just wipe out the entire Gehenna Realm? Why stop with just the Evergreen Territory?" Mephistopheles mentioned. "Why?" Astarte asked.

"Because of insufficient justifications. Drowning the Evergreen Territory in a sea of the [Eternal Purpleflame], while excessive, was already the limit of what the Skymagia King could do without drawing suspicions," Mephistopheles stated.

"If the Skymagia King had also wiped out the rest of Gehenna, no one would still think he was unleashing his wrath to avenge his beloved daughter. Instead, people will start to suspect he is trying to hide something."

"Whatever the Skymagia King knew about Evergreen Territory, he went to extreme lengths with this much consideration to keep it hidden. Do you understand what that means?"

"It means whatever potential secret buried in the Evergreen Territory is too much for even the Skymagia Royal Family to handle," Mephistopheles stated.

Only a secret that could trigger a bloodbath across countless star kingdoms once news of it spread would make the Skymagia King fear uncovering it so much.

"I see..." Thanatos suddenly broke his silence with a look of enlightenment. "So it was about Goddess Thyia's inheritance. I've only heard a bit about the rumors, but that is, indeed, something we should never try to find out, even if there is only a slight possibility of it existing here."

The Evergreen Territory's magical plant production wasn't just important to Gehenna; it was also very valuable to the Skymagia Star Kingdom.

After all, such a rich life planet was quite rare.

No ruler in their right mind would destroy such a valuable planet unless it were absolutely necessary.

It was only after Thanatos connected the matter to Goddess Thyia's inheritance that he understood why the Skymagia King would go to such extreme lengths to hide it.

"What rumors are you talking about, Lord Thanatos?" Balmodan asked with creased brows.

"There's only one kind of rumor regarding Goddess Thyia's inheritance, Balmodan. It's the kind that says Goddess Thyia's inheritance is hidden somewhere in the Eternal Darkheaven Sector," Thanatos stated.

Mephistopheles, Astarte, and Balmodan all felt speechless at the answer.

The Eternal Darkheaven Sector had countless thousands of galaxies, each containing up to several hundred billion or even a hundred trillion star realms.

Within such a vast space, where would people even know to look?

"The Eternal Darkheaven Sector is so vast. How could anyone possibly find Goddess Thyia's inheritance based on such a vague rumor?" Astarte frowned.

"It's definitely not easy," Thanatos nodded before saying, "However, with so many beings scouring through every high-value life planet in search of it, Goddess Thyia's inheritance will surely be found one day."

"We can only hope it's not here but somewhere far, far away; the further, the better,"

Thanatos sighed.

Goddess Thyia's inheritance was something that would even catch the interest of Tier-9 Star Kingdoms and Holy Lands.

A Tier-1 Star Kingdom like the Skymagia Star Kingdom wouldn't stand a chance of survival if it were caught in the middle of a conflict between Tier-9 Star Kingdoms and Holy Lands.

The battle intensity of such conflicts would completely obliterate the Skymagia Star Kingdom into ruins.

After all, Tier-1 Star Kingdoms took Divine Lords as rulers and would have more than three in

each.

On the other hand, Tier-9 Star Kingdoms took Peak Divine Emperors or Half-step True Divinities as rulers. They could have as many as a hundred million Divine Lords due to their extremely vast domains.

There was simply no comparison between them. The difference was like heaven and earth.