"I didn''t even say anything about that," Leon said to Aria with a wry smile.


    However, Aria gave him the cold shoulder as she threw her cute tantrum. She probably knew that even if he rejected Nyfare''s advances, he still gave it some thought.


    "Ahem, anyway," Leon coughed before changing the topic, "We''ll head to the Dark Fae n first and then visit the ruin after."


    If he wanted to subjugate the Dark Fae n, he would naturally not settle for only 250 of their strongest members; it had to be the entire n.


    "Yes, my Lord!" Nyfare answered with excitement.


    At the same time, the eyes of Saresha and the other dark faes all lit up after learning about their destination.


    They could finally see the day of the Dark Fae n''s liberation.


    Given the strength of all the present dark faes, a mid-rank demon n like the Red Ghoul n was no longer their opponents.


    If the Lord permits it, they would even want to destroy the Red Ghoul n and end the days of oppression with their own hands.


    After leaving the abyss, the group quickly made their way to the Dark Fae n under Nyfare''s guide.


    "Hey, don''t you think Duna has been a bit too indifferent after exiting her seclusion? She''s almost like apletely different person to the past," Aria mentioned the matter to Leon in a whispering voice.


    It had been bothering her for some time.


    Nevertheless, it was also something that Leon had been well aware of, considering he shared a much deeper rtionship with Duna than Aria did.


    After all, those two were ice and fire.


    "I am aware of her indifference. It should have something to do with her significant leap in soul cultivation. Maybe her devil soul awakened substantially," Leon replied quietly back to Aria.


    "That being said, I''m not quite sure of her exact situation until she opens up about it. Still, I pray that she''ll gradually revert back to the way she was prior to entering her secluded cultivation… Let us give her time."


    "Mm," Aria nodded.


    Strangely, she was not used to indifferent Duna; she preferred the version of Duna that picks fights and bickers with her.


    Although Leon and Aria were very quietly with their voices, Duna overheard everything. She was only several paces behind them.


    She remained indifferent to everything on the surface, but their words had her thinking about her changes.


    Nevertheless, it didn''t take long before she stopped thinking about it.


    Sometimeter, the group crossed sixty-five miles of barrennd filled with cracked and dry soils before they entered the even more rough and rocky mountain region.


    At the top of one particr steep rocky mountain was where the Dark Fae n was situated.


    "Our Dark Fae n is just at the top of this rocky mountain, my Lord," Nyfare informed Leon as they arrived at the foot of the steep rocky mountain.


    Even without Nyfare''s introduction, everyone could see something was different about the steep rocky mountain before thempared to the other rocky mountains in the region.


    The rocky wall was filled with the scars of battle and extremely harsh weather.


    Still, they did not hide all the traces of chiseling on the rocky wall, which made the entire steep rocky mountain look like one enormous sculpture.


    More importantly, everyone could see the spiral staircase leading all the way up to the top of it with a single nce.


    Anyone with half a brain would at least know that there was something on the top of the rocky mountain.


    No one would be bored enough to sculpt an entire staircase on a rocky mountain for nothing; it was definitely done with a clear purpose—to grant easy ess to the top.


    "The dark faes are all born with a pair of beautiful ck feathered wings to fly, so this staircase shouldn''t have been made for the dark faes to use, right?" Leon inquired.


    "Yes, my Lord," Nyfare nodded.


    "The Red Ghoul n, Blue Ogre n, and Green Goblin n demanded all the males in the n to sculpt this staircase for them. Reluctant as we were, we had no choice but toply at the time because they threatened to destroy us otherwise."


    "So it wasn''t just one but three mid-rank demon ns that oppressed the Dark Fae n, huh?" Leon muttered.


    Shortly after ncing at the foot of the staircase, Leon turned to face Shadowtail.


    "It seems like your ck Dragon n won''t be able to follow us up the mountain, given your big sizes. Nevertheless, I didn''t bring all of you out of the secret realm just to leave you idling down here either."


    "No, I have a task for all of you," Leon stated.


    "Understood," Shadowtail nodded before expressing his willingness to ept any task given, "Please give us your order, my Lord."


    Nevertheless, Leon didn''t give his order immediately.


    "I''m sure you are all excited to explore the world, so let''s start with the Starfall Dominion. Given the current strength of the ck Dragon n, you shouldn''t have any opponent in this region," Leon mentioned.


    "As such, for your first task, I want you to grab a handful of dark faes to take with you as your guides and go subjugate all the demon ns in this rocky mountain region."


    After Leon issued his order, Shadowtail''s eyes flickered.


    "Understood, my Lord! I hear and obey!" Shadowtail epted the task with honor.


    Shortly after, the Shadowtail shifted its gaze to the dark faes.


    "You should have all overheard the Lord''s words, so I will only ask of you once. Who is willing to follow our ck Dragon n to subjugate the other demon ns in this region?" Shadowtail asked.


    After Nyfare heard that, she immediately bit her lips.


    Every dark fae present was eager to join the ck Dragon n in their subjugation quest. But, unfortunately, she could not join them.


    She had to escort the Lord up the mountain and introduce him to their n.


    "I''ll leave this matter in your hands. Take everyone with you and destroy the other demon ns in my stead," Nyfare said to Saresha.


    "Understood, n Leader," Sareshaplied solemnly.