Though the atmosphere and surroundings were exceptionally oppressive, once the Doctor was completely wrapped in the black cocoon, there were no further abnormalities here apart from the black light radiating from the ritual and the faint whispers nearby. At first, Shade remained highly vigilant, waiting for something to happen, but after a full half hour passed without any change, his attention drifted somewhat.
Glancing at the longsword in his hand, he asked in his heart:
"What exactly is this so-called Demon King?"
Based on the information he had encountered so far, it was not a god.
"She" answered softly, and Shade agreed with that answer:
"But if it isn't a god, then isn't this existence similar to the Mermaid currently in Moon Bay?"
He had actually been considering this question for quite some time:
"That Mermaid has displayed extremely powerful strength, but before I encountered it, wasn't it sealed in Coldwater Port for centuries by a single drop of divinity? In other words, no matter how powerful an existence beneath the gods may be, as long as I still possess divinity, the so-called Demon King or Desire is not some terrifying enemy that cannot be dealt with."
"She" smiled gently:
Then, do you know how to use divinity to seal something?
"Mm... in the Divinity Burning state, wouldn't using Mystic Lock—Tree's Kiss work?"
Shade continued to stare at the unmoving cocoon.
Then the next question is, during the Battle of Moon Bay, according to the Witches, while you were "dead," why was that Mermaid able to directly withstand an attack from the Evil Dragon God without showing any signs of injury afterward?
"This..."
Shade truly had no answer to that question, but Desire being sealed was indeed something that had happened. In other words, the power of divinity had to