As they gradually revived,
they also slowly remembered what they had experienced when they were annihilated.
"Demon Lord!"
Without any hesitation, Shiliye flew up to Lynn first, knelt on one knee, and pledged her loyalty. The angel ladies of the First Plane immediately followed suit, dropping to one knee in unison and paying their Demon Lord the highest respects.
Their eyelashes trembled. Clearly, even they had never imagined they would return from the dead and come back to this world once more.
With a smile on his face, Lynn looked at them and said,
"Rise. I don't deserve such a grand gesture. In any case, if you hadn't guarded this place, those Polluters would probably have taken what they wanted long ago. You did well."
Lynn meant every word.
Both the Demonic Body that Great Lord had left here and that wisp of lingering consciousness were crucial to his future progress.
Without that wisp of lingering consciousness, he probably would never have learned what had happened in the Battle of Heaven, found those ruins, or discovered the secret of the Trinity.
He extended his hand.
The angels immediately felt an invisible force lift them to their feet.
"But there's something else I need to tell you. I'm not the Demon Lord you revere. I'm merely a raven he left in the Mortal World, an incarnation he split off from himself."
Lynn spoke to them solemnly.
"I don't want to hide that from you."
"But I can also promise you that if you're willing to pledge your loyalty to me, I'll lead you to victory in this war and restore the order of the past."
Lynn spoke sincerely, and he truly had no reason to conceal anything or deceive them.
More importantly,
his Matriarch shared a deep connection with them. Even