Half-Demonoid

Deep within a forest in the Moon Demon Territory.

This place lay beside the border at the edge of the Moon Demon Territory, only a few hundred kilometers from the Succubus Territory.

Shien appeared here in a flash with Shafna in his arms. Just as he was about to continue on their way, Shafna stopped him.

"This is far enough."

Shafna's face was still somewhat pale, but her voice no longer sounded quite so weak.

Shien stopped and looked down at Shafna in his arms.

"Are you sure we don't need to go farther?"

Shien asked.

Though they had already traveled several hundred kilometers, that distance was nothing to someone who could wield Transcendent Class power.

If their opponent wanted to pursue them and knew where they were, he could reach this place in mere seconds.

That was why Shien had wanted to get farther away.

But Shafna felt there was no need.

"He won't expect us to stay this close. We're actually less likely to be found here." Shafna spoke calmly. "Besides, he isn't without reservations. Even if I've been afflicted by a curse, after you displayed power on the same Transcendent Class level, unless he has already made up for his flaws, as a Half-Demonoid, if he truly pursues us without restraint, he'll definitely worry about being killed instead."

Her words revealed both her understanding of the other party and her confidence in having grasped all of his weaknesses.

That made Shien feel relieved, but also suspicious.

"Half-Demonoid?" Shien muttered in confusion. "What kind of Demonoid is that supposed to be?"

"Kind?" Shafna frowned and said irritably, "Don't make Demonoids sound like genetically modified pet dogs."

"But I've never heard of something called a Half-Demonoid." Shien shrugged. "You see things like demigods, half-demons, and half-elves in novels all