A Demon's Journey

Surprisingly, all the top-grade sects of the Glerian Kingdom accepted Tiana's banquet invitation.

Azaroth found it slightly shocking that the Red Crown Sect accepted the invitation. This was the sect considered directly under the Royal Family. Why would it accept their banquet invitation?

He understood that the relations between the Red Crown Sect and the Royal Family weren't as strong as he had imagined. Cracks had already begun to appear that were broadening with time.

He didn't focus on the Red Crown Sect any longer. He was more interested in the number of sects attending the banquet.

After reading through all the invitations, Azaroth realized that only 30% of the total number of sects in the Glerian Kingdom had accepted his invitation.

Fortunately, it included all the top-grade sects, or else they couldn't have achieved the purpose of this banquet.

Once he finished reading all their acceptance letters, Azaroth continued to set up the seven-tier arrays. These arrays were Passive Suppression Array, Malevolent Restraining Array, Thousand Spear Exploding Array, and Ardor Enhancing Array.

These were the four primary arrays that Azaroth was setting up. There were also some secondary six-tier arrays that he set up to compliment them.

He was preparing himself for an all-out war against all these guests! Even if they all joined forces, they could forget about coming out alive from the banquet unless a 7 Star Warrior accompanied them.

Azaroth was more or less sure that there was no 7 Star Warrior in the Glerian Kingdom. If there was, this warrior would have made his presence known a decade ago when the Demon Emperor began to wreak havoc in the Glerian Kingdom.

The Glerian Kingdom wouldn't have waited for Margeria to arrive.

But Azaroth also didn't dare to completely underestimate the Glerian Kingdom. Considering that all the top grade sects had a 6 Star Warrior each, they would have already joined forces and revolted against the Royal Family.

However, even after all these years, none of them dared to revolt. This proved that the Royal Family held a trump card that these sects feared more than anything.

Unless someone could deal with this trump card, these sects wouldn't dare to stand against the Royal Family.

Azaroth guessed that this trump card could only be a couple of things. A couple of 7 Star Warriors or a special power would temporarily allow someone to advance to a 7 Star Warrior.

This special power could only be a law fragment. It might also be both.

Thus, Azaroth had to be prepared for all possibilities. During this banquet, he had to make all these sects believe that the Sacred Ice Aurora Valley Sect could deal with the Royal Family's trump cards!

Other than setting up arrays, Azaroth also concocted seven distinct medicinal pellets. He didn't concoct a lot of pellets, just a pair for each sect joining the banquet.

In a sense, this was a complimentary reward for joining this banquet.

However, this was meant to be much more than a complimentary reward. It was because all these pellets were very high grade and would greatly assist in awakening the true potential of sects' disciples.

The sects were bound to understand the value of this pellet. Each one would be compelled to forget a secret agreement with the Sacred Ice Aurora Valley Sect for these pellets.

Nearly two weeks later, the banquet officially began.

At this banquet, all the envoys had come in pairs. In other words, only the sect master and the strongest warrior after him arrived at this banquet. It was a condition mentioned in the invitation letter.

The first one to arrive was Erica, along with her daughter Christina.

Christina and Tiana were rather good friends, and the two started to talk about random stuff. It was mostly Christina doing the talking and Tiana attentively listening to her friend.

Meanwhile, Erica met up with Azaroth and understood her task for the upcoming banquet.

Erica was taken aback as she never expected her actions to lead to this. She thought that the Royal Family's envoys would trouble Azaroth quite a bit.

However, Azaroth actually responded decisively and boldly, that thoroughly stunned Erica!

After Erica arrived, Azaroth tested the power of his arrays on her. The results were shocking.

Azaroth noticed his Suppressive Array completely restraining Erica. It was to the point that she couldn't even move.

Even Azaroth hadn't expected such a great result. Erica was not some random 6 Star Warrior. She had even gained insight into law, yet she was helpless against the suppressive array.

Azaroth thought 'The 6 Star Warriors of this generation are much weaker than my expectations. Is it because they haven't properly gained insight into law or for some other reason?'

Well, this question didn't matter much to Azaroth. The fact remained that his arrays worked properly.

Meanwhile, Erica was utterly terrified as she experienced a compelling force over her. She could feel that even the power of laws around her was completely suppressed.

At this moment, Marin, the Great Kun Spirit inside Erica, muttered, "This is an ancient array that was last used in the Great War millions of years ago!"

"The Great War?" Erica had an inquiring look in her eyes.

"Nothing. It's better if you don't know. There is too much karma involved," Marin responded quickly.

Erica didn't understand what Marin meant by karma, but she didn't ask any further. She knew that he must have his reasons for concealing information regarding the Great War from her.

"Hmm. Actually, you are being suppressed because you gained insight into the Water Law through my assistance. It wasn't entirely by your own capability, so you can't use the water law to its complete potential. If you had understood the law completely, at the least, you could move your fingers," Marin spoke.

Erica rolled her eyes at that statement. It basically meant that it wouldn't have mattered much. What could she do just by moving her fingers? Nothing!

Anyway, it had been 3-4 days since then, and the other Sect Masters had arrived as well.

The Origin Sect Master, Felix Harrer, brought Patrick along with him. Other than him, Patrick was one of the strongest 5 Star Experts of the Origin Sect.

The Origin Sect did have a 6 Star Warrior, but it was the previous sect master. And his current location was unknown. While he passed down his position, he informed the sect to only contact him if the sect was on the brink of complete destruction.

This was why Felix hadn't contacted the previous sect master even during the demon invasion because the Origin Sect could resist them. And even now, he hadn't contacted the previous sect master because his condition hadn't been satisfied.

However, Felix planned to contact the previous sect master after this banquet in case he felt that the Sacred Ice Aurora Valley Sect was worth supporting.

Patrick, alongside him, remained silent all the way. He didn't try to manipulate Felix's mind and actually honestly informed him of his thoughts.

This was because Patrick had no idea Sacred Ice Aurora Valley Sect belonged to Azaroth. Thus, his genuine thoughts helped him build a good relationship with Felix on this journey.

Felix naturally knew of Patrick's entire history, but he couldn't care about the personal matters of his elders. He just didn't want this matter to affect the Origin Sect's strength.