A Demon's Journey

The entire Pinhian Republic was in chaos due to attacks and multiple secret schemes of other countries.

However, there was something these neighboring countries never imagined. Actually, they might have thought about it, but it was so preposterous that no one paid it any heed.

They never imagined that someone in the Pinhian Republic would utilize this opportunity to scheme against them.

While these neighboring countries attacked the Pinhian Republic, they essentially opened their borders to ease their loyal subordinates to enter the Pinhian Republic.

The common populace in their nations made sure to stay away from the borders. Thus, only the volunteers would choose to enter the Pinhian Republic's borders.

However, they didn't think that during this chaos, the secret intelligence force in the Pinhian Republic would send their loyal warriors to those countries.

It was the Minister of Business and Industry who proposed this plan.

In reality, Edna subtly suggested this plan to the Minister of Business and Industry, who further passed this strategy to the defense minister.

​ The defense minister seemed quite satisfied with this strategy and immediately began preparations to employ it.

Once Yrellea discovered that the Pinhian Republic's government would utilize her strategy, she ordered her subordinates to recruit subordinates aggressively.

In order to expedite the procedure, she even supplied them with certain drugs capable of manipulating a person's emotions.

Yrellea personally created the core component required to create this drug. This is the ability of her cultivation technique: The Heavenly Poison Scripture.

Since no one else can ever duplicate this core component, Yrellea could easily control the quantity of these drugs.

Thus, these drugs were only created when a demand was generated instead of being used commercially.

Yrellea knew that if these drugs were leaked, her entire organization would be painted in a bad light. The Misty Flower Pavilion will be reduced to a group that can only lurk in the shadows.

To prevent anyone from leaking this drug's secrets, Yrellea hired local mercenaries to monitor her subordinates.

Yrellea was forced to kill many of her subordinates who tried to sell this drug or reveal its information to the general populace.

However, Yrellea didn't falter. She was prepared for this scenario before ordering her subordinates to recruit subordinates aggressively.

The number of employees in Misty Flower Pavilion sharply soared.

After they passed a certain threshold, Yrellea ordered a few of her loyal subordinates to leave the Pinhian Republic and establish the Misty Flower Pavilion in the neighboring countries.

Initially, this was a pilot project, so Yrellea only sent a single subordinate. This subordinate was a First-Rate Enchantress and possessed various skills required for this operation. She was indisputably devoted to Yrellea.

This woman was sent to the Kingdom of Beria in the East. The Kingdom of Beria is a bitter rival of the Pinhian Republic and could be considered as powerful as the Pinhian Republic.

They also held an entity that could rival the Vicious Lightning Paragon. In fact, his reputation and powers were so mysterious that even the Vicious Lightning Paragon didn't wish to face him.

The man is known as the Dreadful Whirlwind Grandmaster. It's not his fighting prowess that the Vicious Lightning Paragon is scared of. It's his mind. The Dreadful Whirlwind Grandmaster is older and more resourceful when compared to the Vicious Lightning Paragon.

The man is considered absolutely terrifying because of his deep tactical plan that completely gobbles his prey. The Vicious Lightning Paragon has to stay on his toes to prevent himself from falling for his schemes.

Just as the Vicious Lightning Paragon, the Dreadful Whirlwind Grandmaster had accepted many disciples across his life. However, only four of them shone as brightly as the Vicious Lightning Paragon's disciples.

Among them, there was a warrior whose talent could be compared to Rueben. This was something the Dreadful Whirlwind Grandmaster had spoken as he had witnessed Rueben's ability.

His name is Aurelio Vulso. He is a King-Ranked Expert with the skill to utilize all kinds of weapons. Similar to Rueben, though, his primary weapon is a bow.

This was also why Aurelio was compared to Rueben, as both are most skilled in archery.

Rueben's latest feat of slaughtering five Demon Kings had terrified most talents and even Emperor-Ranked Expert. Even the Dreadful Whirlwind Grandmaster sweated a bit as he never expected Rueben to be even more monstrous than he imagined.

However, for some reason, Aurelio never felt terrified upon hearing about Rueben's achievement.

He wondered, 'Is that such a big deal? I feel like I can do it too.'

If his master had come to know of his thoughts, he would have scolded Aurelio for being too arrogant. However, this was no mere boast.

Not many people knew this, but Aurelio had fought against a Demon Emperor.

There came a time when an ancient seal was undone in a remote village, and many demons were released in the Kingdom of Beria.

The news quickly spread, and warriors across the Kingdom of Beria were ordered to join this battle. Their task was to slaughter these demons and reduce them to dust.

The Dreadful Whirlwind Grandmaster only sent Aurelio from his faction.

Many people questioned his decision. They thought that the Dreadful Whirlwind Grandmaster was getting too arrogant. He wanted to preserve his personal strength while weakening the kingdom and so on.

However, the results of the battle were evident very quickly.

Aurelio slaughtered more than seventy percent of the demons within a single day.

Due to this feat, he was titled "Generous Blazing Archer." Before this battle, he was called Generous Archer. This was because of his feats of donating his wealth to the needy.

Moreover, he possessed a fantastic personality, and anyone who met him couldn't help but praise him from the bottom of his heart.

While the people knew of Aurelio's battle against the demons, they didn't know that this demon army contained a weakened Demon Emperor.

Aurelio repelled the Demon Emperor and forced him to return to Purgatory.

Aurelio never mentioned his battle against the Demon Emperor since he failed to kill his opponent. This battle against the Demon Emperor occurred deep within the Demon Nest. It demolished the entire nest, leaving no evidence behind.

The bodies of three Demon Kings were left behind, so it was attributed that Aurelio killed them. However, the people didn't know that these three Demon Kings were merely accidental casualties that tried to interfere in Aurelio's battle against the Demon Emperor.

Naturally, Aurelio couldn't take complete credit for massacring them. It was mainly the Demon Emperor's power that slaughtered them.

Aurelio kept the truth concealed. He didn't possess any materialistic desires like acquiring wealth or fame. All he wanted was a good opponent. Thus, even the Dreadful Whirlwind Grandmaster never knew of this incredible feat of his disciple.

After hearing of Rueben's recent feat, Aurelio wanted to fight Rueben and test his ability against an acclaimed genius in archery.

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A/N: I am sure you are all curious why I am focusing on these characters so much. Firstly, just to give you some basic info.

1. I created these characters by taking inspiration from the Mahabharata. Naturally, their background story, abilities, and even character will be different, but the basic essence will be the same.

2. Secondly, these characters will be crucial for Azaroth's liberation. Thus, it's only natural I focus on them.