Liam and Elie. anything but the purfect combination. In fact they are destined to be the death of each other yet they travel together on the way to the human kingdom. It is a long trip and they travel there mostly without complaint.... Mostly.

"Why? We have been walking for a month now. Don't you humans have teleportation rooms?" Elie asked with a slight tear in her eye as she looks around at the endless forest she found herself in. Snow has piled up to waist hight making the trip ever more annoying for a demon that has lived on a continent that is famous for lakes of lava and volcanic activity.

"Well. That sort of magic is saved for nobles. It prevents bandits from having easy access to commit a crime and escape to the other end of the continent. Also note that I highly doubt The Demon would get a free pass to one even if I am there" Liam said as he proceeded through the snow casting some light fire magic to melt the snow in front of him.

"But..." Elie continued protesting however she halted once she felt a powerful flow of mana near by.

"Hey look. A camp fire" Liam said as he looked up to the sky an saw a thin line of smoke. Elie could feel that in the direction of said smoke was a strong power yet she felt no hostility so didn't speak up about it.

Liam walked towards the camp fire practically dragging Elie along to investigate and when they arrived they saw an old man. Elie felt something was strange about this old man yet said nothing about it.

"hmm? Ah so people still come through this forest?" The old man said with a wide grin. He was cooking some fish at his camp fire yet there was no river or lake nearby. The fish were still fresh as well however in this world of magic a sight like this isn't to uncommon.

"Ah, yes, me and my friend here were just passing through and are on our way to the human capital city to speak with the king" Liam said with a smile holding nothing back. Elie gave Liam a quick glare to try and signal not to just let information like that slip yet the old man spoke before they could finish.

"Ah. So you are holding your final battle there?" The old man asked with an ominous smile. he wore thick clothing and a large hood so the only thing able to be seen on his face was his smile however he gave off a strange energy that neither of them knew.

"...No. we decided to settle thing more diplomatically" Liam said seriously as he let his mana expand and harden around him like a shield.

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"No need to worry. I don't seek to fight a battle I will never win" The old man said cautiously. Neither side wanted to start a conflict so Liam released his mana back into his mana pool.

"Then good day to you sir however we best be going" Elie said noticing that they may have to travel much faster if they don't want any rumours spreading of The Hero helping The Demon before they spoke with each king.

"Yes. You may want to get going quickly Demon. Because your very existence is being hunted down as we speak" The old man said as he looked off to the north. Elie took a moment to understand what the old man meant however she took the warning to heart after realising where he was looking and she calmly accepted her fate.

"Come on Liam. We best be going now" Elie said as she dashed off into the distance leaving nothing but a shadow of her each step as she ran.

"Hey. Wait up for me" Liam said as he tried to understand what the old man said but he didn't have all the details so he just shut up and followed Elie through the forest.

The old man took off his hood revealing dark black hair and he stood up while cracking his neck. His eyes were glowing a soft blood red with the fired of his eyes looking to the north with the sun burning down on his right. his skin started to break off in the sun and he moved into the shade as he contemplated the events taking place all over the great nations.

"So you have finally woken up? Oh proud warrior who lived for so long yet was forgotten so quickly. I hope you can find a place in this new world just like the rest of us" The old man said as he slowly faded away into the shadows and vanished without a trace.

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I am sorry that the chapter was both way to short and took so long however as I was copying it and pasting it onto royal road I accidentally deleted it. I will absolutely come back over and make this chapter longer however this is the key parts the chapter was going to mention anyway. You can just ignore it when I re fix up the chapter or you can read it again except with a lot more detail and a little less rushed. Again. I am very sorry and I hope to never make that mistake again.