Above the Hades Seventh Layer.
Boros, his entire body shrouded in visible aura, flew at high speed toward the other end of the world.
He had assumed he would be besieged relentlessly by countless demons.
Yet aside from a few brainless idiots seeking their own deaths,
most of the demons did not make a move at all, simply watching him leave.
There were two reasons for this.
First, demons were selfish and ruthless by nature, devoid of sentiment. Naturally, they possessed no loyalty to speak of.
Second, Lucifero was highly confident in his own strength and had no interest in using the demons to wear Boros down.
Otherwise, he could have forcibly controlled every demon.
That was the Authority of the "strongest Demon King."
He could freely manipulate the bodies of low- and mid-ranking demons, deciding their lives and deaths at will.
This ability could even cross the barrier between the world and Hades.
That was why some people had argued that Lucifero being defeated by Asta in the "original timeline" was unreasonable.
According to the rules of this Authority,
Liebe inside Asta was also a low-ranking demon. As the Demon King, Lucifero should have been able to crush him with ease.
Unless anti-magic was powerful enough to block the Demon King Authority bestowed by the Hades Will.
Still, it was not entirely impossible.
After all, even Astaroth's time demon had been completely unable to foresee Asta's existence.
It just sounded rather absurd.
Not long afterward,
clusters of black castles carved directly from entire mountains gradually entered Boros's sight.
More importantly, that presence was as close as a flame before his eyes.
He had arrived!
Seeing that the other party remained utterly calm and made no attempt to conceal his aura,
as though it were waiting for him to come