A Detour Through Heaven

There was absolutely no escaping. Though Duriel possessed agility completely at odds with his enormous insectoid body, in front of Yota, his movements were no different from ultra-slow motion.

Yota merely opened his mouth and gently exhaled, freezing Duriel solid. "Hehehe, don't you like freezing people? This time, you get to enjoy it yourself. How does it feel?"

As he spoke, red Heat Vision flared from his eyes, instantly slicing off all of Duriel's remaining limbs and turning him into a true flesh worm.

"Who exactly are you?" Seeing Heat Vision shooting from Yota's eyes, Duriel panicked. This was far too different from the style of the Dark World! He could not help asking.

Yota sneered without answering. He casually reached out and gave a light slap, and a strange force directly tore Duriel's soul from his body before absorbing it into the Dark Space.

With Duriel's death, quite a bit of equipment dropped from the giant worm's body. Yota left Lana behind to sort through the loot while he entered Duriel's chamber. Following a passage, he found a glowing angel within—the Archangel of Justice, Tyrael.

Seeing Yota, Tyrael spoke.

"Thank you, human. You have restored my freedom..."

The fellow was preparing to launch into a lengthy speech, but Yota simply waved a hand. "Enough with the nonsense. Can you teleport me directly to Worldstone Fortress?"

In the Dark World, Deckard Cain was more like a prophet who handed out quests, while Tyrael was more like an idiot who constantly stabbed his teammates in the back—well-intentioned, yet always making things worse.

Although everything he did was meant to save humanity, his good intentions often brought disaster. In the beginning, he sealed the Three Prime Evils to protect humanity, only to give them the chance to corrupt the Worldstone. Later, he