Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 225 Mission: 08-7 The Emperor Leads the Army in Person
"If you're a gentleman, shouldn't you lend me a hand and help me up?"

Seeing that Nero was still in the mood to joke, V knew that nothing was wrong with her. He smiled bitterly and responded, "How about I lend you my cane?"

In front of the two of them, the huge body of the Cerberus had slowly begun to collapse, and in a moment it turned into a glowing ball that fell into Nero's hands.

"It seems that it is not necessary."

Nero replied, turning his newly acquired magic tool into a long staff and saying, "The cane seems to have come on its own."

However, compared to a cane, this long stick, the incarnation of the three-headed dog of Hell, was clearly more suitable for a guide stick. Nero sat up with the stick and poked the ground again with his hand. Noticing no change, he felt a little puzzled.

"This guy said that only the King of the Demon Realm can pass through this door, but where is the door?"

"It's right down there," Griffin shrieked. "You're too weak, little girl. You need to use that same momentum you had just now! Or..."

Griffin, who was about to speak but hesitated, was glanced at by Nero, and he stopped talking in anger. Nero also confirmed that Griffin might have accidentally recognized the power of the Yama Blade and was testing something.

"Too bad I don't have the strength. V, how about you?"

At Nero's gaze, V shook his head repeatedly: "Do I look like I can do such heavy work?"

How shameful! What father would let his daughter do heavy work?

Forget it, considering he's disabled. After muttering this inwardly, Nero knew that V wouldn't be able to summon Nightmare for the time being. But there was a way. As Griffin had said, just leave it to the Yama Blade. There was nothing in this world that the Yama Blade couldn't cut. If there was, it was the owner's fault, not the Yama Blade's.

Do I really have to pull out the Yama Sword in front of V?

Nero pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized she had a new, untested ability. She stood up and brushed off the dust on her skirt. Just as V closed her eyes, coughing from the dust, she activated the power of the magic stone.

When V opened his eyes again, the ground had been cut open by an unknown force, revealing a chaotic and mysterious space below.

The power the Sloth Stone bestowed upon Nero could perhaps be described as "wasting time." Much like the false Noble Phantasm once wielded by Samael under the false identity of Mephistopheles, it could slow down the perception of time for others. Nero had just seized upon V's moment of distraction, prolonging it so that he could not see what was happening next.

However, if Nero used more power through direct contact, he could also force V to sleep, so in order to maintain consistency with the other two abilities, Nero decided to name it "Touch of Sleep".

V saw the ground being cut open and looked at Griffin in confusion. However, the big bird seemed to have a new soul, and it kept its mouth tightly shut like a wooden sculpture and said nothing. And when V looked at Nero——

"How come you broke the ground just by coughing?"

Faced with Nero's surprised question, even V couldn't help but ask himself: Could it be that I really did it?

But the path was finally opened. V put aside his doubts and jumped down with Nero.

The top of the Demonic World Tree, its deepest and most core place.

What appeared before V was a scene that he could never forget, but one that he thought he would never see again.

Gliding through the air, dragged by Griffin, V gazed down at the neglected yet vibrant estate below. His mind flashed back to his own fleeting glimpse of the estate engulfed in flames, and his heart ached for a moment. "Does he still remember?"

Hearing V mutter to himself, Nero looked over and asked, "Remember what?"

"this place."

V answered simply, "This is me... this is our home."

V might remember, but it's unlikely that Urizen did. Nero had some recollection of this part of the story. She remembered that Urizen even said that she didn't remember having a mother.

For Nero, while this place could be considered her family's "ancestral home," it was ultimately just an illusion, unworthy of remembrance. Her gaze swept across the ground, finally settling on a small, leafless, blood-red tree with twisted branches.

"That's it." She pointed to V.

"Indeed, there certainly wasn't such a tree here originally."

Therefore, that is the fruit that the Demon World Tree will bear - in a sense, it can be said to be the "main body".

All V had to do next was to take out the black sword, which resembled the Blade of Power, and plunge it into the tree, and the game would be over. This would undoubtedly have an irreversible effect on the Demonic World Tree, bringing both Urizen and the Beast of Six Hundred and Sixty-Six to naught.

The two of them landed on the ground. V released his grip on Griffin and pulled a sky-blue card from the book—his Gift Card. With a flick of the card, V materialized the longsword, dragging it—which was clearly still a struggle for him—slowly towards the Demonic Tree.

The fruit of the Demon Realm Tree had yet to ripen, its dark bark surging with blood and magic extracted from its roots, giving it a blood-red hue. It stood about ten meters tall, its twisted, snake-like trunk nearly as thick as a man, perfect for felling with the sword in V's hand.

He came to the foot of the tree, and with a ferocious look on his face, he exerted all his strength to lift the sword. Then, he thrust it upwards with all his might.

"V! Watch out!"

Suddenly, Griffin, who was watching this scene, let out a sharp cry. Lightning wrapped around its body, it seemed to be about to attack, but before it could move, it was caught by a tentacle. The fibrous tentacles bound it tightly and threw it to the ground, instantly knocking it unconscious.

Nero instantly turned towards the direction of the tentacles, and without hesitation, she wanted to draw her Yama Blade to block them. However, before she could do so, she was also attacked, and the spiky blood-red crystal hit her waist, sending her flying.

Before V could react to Griffin's warning, roots emerged from the Demonic World Tree and attacked him and the nearby Shadow. A tentacle deftly snatched the sword from his hand and respectfully presented it to the newcomer.

Yes, just when Nero and V were about to succeed, Urizen arrived.

He reached out and took the sword from the tentacle-like tree roots, making a scornful sound.

"Spartan sword?"

He stretched out his hand and pinched the magic sword, which was only the size of a toothpick to him, and it broke into countless pieces in an instant.

"This kind of thing is useless."

(End of this chapter)