Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 767  The True Reason

”Kriss, who?” Ashroth asked with a confused look on his face which made Max narrow his eyes.

”Ah, I remember. You must be asking about that guy who was with you when we met last time, no?” Ashroth asked, his lips curling up in a grin.

Max stared at him expressionlessly but mind was whirling with thoughts because he could faintly feel with his bloodline sense that even though Ashroth appeared nonchalant and seemed to be having fun teasing him, inwardly he was anxious and even terrified and it wasnʼt because of him, or related to Kriss.

For this reason, he couldnʼt help but think something substantial had happened or he had found something which had terrified him.

ʼIs it because…ʼ He shook his head, not wanting to guess because the chances were he most likely wouldnʼt be correct. After all, he didnʼt have enough information to make a right guess.

”Yes, Iʼm asking about him. Where is he?” He asked, calmly nodding his head.

”Tsk! You are no fun, brother-in-law.” Ashroth clicked his tongue seeing he was unfazed. Then, he gestured to one of the two demons in the room and said, ”Several days ago, my subordinate here had heard of a piece of news that two humans, from the battlefield, had entered our territory and were on the run because several Scarlet and Ashen demons were chasing them.”

”A few days ago, those demons caught up to them in this kingdom and almost killed them, but the duo still managed to escape with their lives. Because I have told him to take note of all anomalies, he found out how they looked and when I saw their images, I recognised the man.”

Saying this, he took out an oval shaped, fist sized box that looked like a white stone and poured his demonic energy into it.

Whiz!

Immediately, two images appeared in the air on top of the stone.

Max heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the image. The two in the image were none other than Kriss and Pauline.

ʼSo, they are indeed alive…ʼ He thought, surprised because the vague feeling he had turned out to be true.

”You know where they are right now?” He asked,

Ashroth shook his head, ”They are able to hide their tracks almost perfectly and even the early-stage King demons arenʼt able to track them down. However, If Iʼm not wrong, they should be hiding in the mountains a hundred miles away in the west direction.”

”Alright,” Max nodded before thanking him for giving him the information.

”Haha, itʼs alright, brother-in-law.” Ashroth laughed it off, but then looked at him in surprise when Max didnʼt show any sign of wanting to leave to save them.

”You have something else to tell me, no?” Max asked upon seeing his expression.

Ashroth was taken aback but then smiled wryly, ”So, you noticed, huh?”

He then glanced at the two demons and said, ”You go up and activate the isolation formations.”

”Yes, young lord.” The duo nodded before leaving the underground room. Weng~

A moment later, Max noticed several formations activate and completely isolate the room. He tried to scan the outside of the room with his bloodline sense, but couldnʼt, which told him even emperors most likely wouldnʼt be able to penetrate the formations without destroying them first.

Phew!

Ashroth exhaled deeply, his body visibly relaxing. Then he returned to his original self before waving his hand and taking out two chairs for them to sit.

”Take a seat. I will tell you what I really called you here for.” He said before sitting down in one chair.

ʼMm?ʼ Max inwardly raised an eyebrow, not only at him becoming relaxed as though some people finally werenʼt able to spy on him, but also because he could tell his voice was a few levels colder, not having the same warmth as before when he spoke to him.

He took the seat and watched him contemplate as if thinking what or how to begin.

”I told you about my aunt, right? The one you had met with my little sister.” Ashroth asked, causing Max to nod his head.

”I donʼt know why, but for decades, she has been roaming around the demon and even human continent, looking for a way to leave this place, which she calls a cage. She says both the human and demon continent are just a tiny part of the vast world, but for some reason, this part has been isolated from the rest of the world, imprisoning everyone living here.”

Speaking until here, he looked at Max, wanting to see his reaction which he was sure to be full of surprise, disbelief, confusion or even denial, but… Instead of that, he saw he wore a calm and slightly curious expression which made his lips twitch before his eyes widened slightly in surprise,

”You already knew about it?”

Max shook his head, ”Not really, but due to some things, I guessed this was the case. However, I donʼt know much. So, go ahead, treat me as though I donʼt know anything and tell me everything you know.”

Seeing his eager expression that he was trying to hide, Ashroth could tell he wasnʼt lying, so he nodded, and continued,

”So, she has been trying to find clues and right before the war, she told us that this war was going to bring the opportunity to leave this place. Of course, we didnʼt believe her. Right before seeing your reaction, even I wasnʼt convinced that all this could be true but brought you here on my auntʼs orders.”

He chuckled wryly before his expression turned solemn, ”But since you also seemed to think the same as my aunt, I have no choice but to believe itʼs true and because of that, Iʼm even more worried because a few days ago, my aunt told me that this war… it isnʼt just about conquering the human continent, itʼs to open the gateway leading to the outside world.”

”For this, the upper echelon of the demon race, elven race, human race and other smaller races have colluded and…”