Activating the residual might of the Aeon within the crown, the fire demon who burned his own life truly erupted with the power of a Destruction Emanator at this moment. Compared to true Destruction Emanators like 'Zephyro' and 'Celenova', the power of Duke Inferno at this instant was merely just touching the threshold of an Emanator.
If facing an ordinary Emanator, Duke Inferno might still be able to exchange a few moves with the opponent, but what he had to face now was a so-called 'Nihility Emanator'.
One who had walked too far, too far on the Path of Nihility, thereby being tainted with too much of Nihility's self-annihilation!
"I mourn for the deceased..."
'Pfft—!'
With a sound of a blunt weapon colliding and tearing through flesh, the crimson blade pierced through Duke Inferno's body, ripping open this fire demon's chest.
The moment the blade penetrated the chest, Duke Inferno's movements came to an abrupt halt, and the power of Nihility poured in along with the blade, surging entirely into this fire demon's body.
Affected by the Nihility power, the flames burning on the crown also stagnated.
'Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!'
However, that stagnation of the flames was merely a momentary scorching. After the Nihility power within Duke Inferno's body was burned away by Destruction, even more blazing and brilliant flames ignited on Duke Inferno's body, incessantly burning this fire demon's flesh and blood.
Yet at this moment, the master of Ever-Flame Mansion, the renowned Duke Inferno who shook one region, could no longer converse with the world.
The moment the blade pierced the chest, the power of Nihility had already eroded away this heroic paragon's self-consciousness. The current Duke Inferno was merely left with a useless shell.
Gazing at Duke Inferno's remains gradually being incinerated by the flames, Acheron looked up toward the infinite starry sky above with a sense of something.
A majestic gaze descended from the cosmos onto this place, falling upon the remains of Duke Inferno that were slowly burning.
That was the gaze from the divine being, the gaze from within the Destruction Aeon Nanook. However, an Aeon's benevolence is always fleeting; merely glancing at the fallen fire demon, that great deity withdrew its gaze.
The divine might that had originally enveloped Ever-Flame Mansion also dispersed accordingly, as if everything had been merely a dream of Nanke.
Watching the Destruction Aeon's gaze depart, the woman resheathed the blood-red longsword.
With the woman's actions, the scarlet-red scales on her hand slowly receded, and the beautiful hair that had been dyed snow-white by the Nihility power also reverted to its blue-purple color.
'Step step step...'
Taking steps, she walked to the throne of Duke Inferno, slightly bending down to pick up the peculiar music box on the ground.
From its appearance alone, it looked like an ordinary music box, but amid the fierce fire incineration just now, it had not been damaged in the slightest, still as pristine as when it first left the factory.
"Ifrit's fire demon, finally, at this moment of incineration, did that Lord Deity finally gaze upon you..."
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Herta Space Station...
"Lady Himeko, Miss March, Miss Stelle, Mr. Dan Heng, the space station welcomes your return once again."
Asta raised her wine glass, clinking it with the train crew, after which our Miss Asta took the lead, downing all the red wine in her glass in one go.
"Thank you for the banquet, Miss Asta." With Welt absent at the moment, as the sole elder on the Astral Express, our Lady Himeko naturally took on the role of the train's representative, accepting Asta's toast.
It is worth mentioning that among the people present, aside from Asta and Himeko, everyone else was drinking juice.
The curious March 7th and Stelle sister originally wanted to taste the flavor of a 'grape juice', but they were rebuffed by our Miss Himeko on the grounds of 'you are still children'.
In response, our little March and Stelle sister could only look at each other dryly, then somewhat dejectedly lower their heads.
Regarding Himeko's words 'you are still children', although they very much wanted to retort, they were also somewhat helpless.
Little March was discovered in the Six-Phase Ice by Himeko and Welt and the others, and March 7th who awakened in the Six-Phase Ice had long lost her previous memories, so saying she was currently a baby just over one year old didn't seem problematic.
As for our Stelle sister...
Although it was unknown how much time she had spent with the Stellaron Hunters, setting aside the facts, calculated from the day Kafka implanted the Stellaron into her, she was still just a baby not yet one year old.
As for our Dragon Lord Dan Heng...
To be honest, he actually quite liked drinking alcohol.
Dragons are greedy for wealth and fond of alcohol, it seems to be the case in every world. Back when he was the High Elder of the Vidyadhara, Dan Heng was invincible across the Xianzhou, not even Yingxing, known as the Xianzhou's wine vat, was his match.
However, things have changed with time.
The originally proud young Dragon Lord was ultimately worn down of his edges by those merciless years, his former arrogance and talent now fully sheathed like a blade. As for alcohol, Dan Heng no longer touched a single drop.
The welcome proceeded very smoothly; after a welcoming banquet, it could be said that host and guests were all delighted.
However, somewhat unexpectedly, although our Miss Himeko could drink alcohol, she did seem to have rather poor tolerance for it.
After the banquet, our little March supported the tipsy Himeko back to the train to rest, and this girl complained while walking.
"Himeko, seriously, if you can't hold your liquor, why did you drink so much?"
Watching the two departing figures, our Stelle sister seemed to smile somewhat helplessly, then also planned to return to the train to rest.
However, just as Stelle sister had taken a step to return to the train, a somewhat tipsy voice suddenly called out to her.
Hearing the voice, Stelle sister was slightly stunned, then looked toward the direction from which the voice came.
There, in the direction the voice came from, the space station's stationmaster, our Miss Asta, was smiling broadly and waving at her.
Seeing this, although our Stelle sister was somewhat puzzled, she still obediently went over.
However, what puzzled Stelle was that Asta did not say anything directly to her, but instead mysteriously took her hand and led her to her own room.
"Asta, being so cautious like this, is there some important matter?"
Stelle sister asked with a serious face.
Asta being so mysterious in pulling her to her room must mean there was some important matter she wanted to tell her. Otherwise, why go to such lengths?