Chapter 144: Information Exchange

Warm yet sacred light.

From the part Baba wrapped with black wings, light quite sacred for a descendant of the bat the demon king commanded flowed out.

A moment later, when Baba unfolded wings, Elliot’s wound had stopped bleeding, and the scar vanished too.

“Healing ability…? Much more ultimate than thought.”

“Wow, Danju’s familiar even has healing. Big help in battles.”

“What. How bat… wasn’t ordinary pet bat?”

Sa-on, Sara, Elliot’s reactions.

But among them, most shocked was Ion.

“How… did you do that?”

Too flustered, even stuttered.

Descendant of demon king’s bat… having healing, not terrifying horrible curse or poison.

Famous ferocious demon king’s bat had healing?

This okay?

Moment, Bran and Ion eyes met.

Bran shrugged like your shock we already went through.

“I thought want heal Damion. So got heal ability. I now great bat. Helpful bat. Damion hurt anytime call me!”

As Baba said… now truly great bat.

……Doubt if demon king’s bat can have healing, but.

Ion gently petted Baba, proud.

“Yeah, from now on when we hurt, take care well.”

“Yeah!”

Baba grinned widely.

Until then, Ion thought Baba’s healing at most effective on scratches or bruises.

Soon experience beyond imagination, shocked—but later story.

For now, praise Baba proud this ultimate too.

Cleanup somewhat done, command gathered.

Il-on, soon dying, sat cushy chair, leisurely sipped tea.

Beside, red-lipped demon Pi stood annoyed face—why annoyed obvious at glance.

Dressed Earth shirt jeans.

Demon realm attire almost naked, Da-on lent clothes.

Demon refused, but Il-on stared, so haughty face took clothes.

Il-on nodded at Elliot.

“Sorry back then.”

Referring Daisy dungeon, knocked Elliot out.

“……Ahead explain next time.”

Il-on pale face, sturdy build shrunk much—obvious illness to anyone.

Elliot couldn’t scold sick, ended there.

“Demon realm situation now how? War with giants how going?”

Ion asked, Pi answered.

“War ended. Madness spread too fast, we withdrew from bastards’ territory too. Some giants evacuated around temples, meaningless struggle.”

“Not go finish?”

“Anyway extinct in half year, no need risk madness contagion. Just hold key. As long you not lose key, no variables.”

Per memoir, giant extinction regression after 4 months later.

Half year from now, timing exact.

“Hey, giants next your turn, relaxing beat giants now?”

“Better than you mongrels treated in Idea. Time worry us, think your survival path.”

“Brazen talk. We descendants remained Idea without forgetting demon pride to end. You descendants cowardly fled demon realm. Better noble mongrel than adored among cowards!”

“Bastard, thought endure your impudent speech forever cuz kin?!”

Ion worried from start, Bran and Pi indeed opposites.

“Pi-nim, loud voice head hurts.”

“Bran, stop. Fight later when free, now not time argue.”

Il-on and Ion stopped two.

Bran and Pi still glared, but no immediate fight here.

“Dam Il-on, then current situation know up where?”

During Idea and Earth happenings… from April 18 descending being to demon king actually unsealed long ago now missing… pile to talk.

Since Dam Il-on’s <Brainstorming> grasped what, need info exchange time.

“Talk to find out. Didn’t think my prediction 100% right, but that bat unexpected too.”

“Wait. Hey, both not forget? Now dungeon clear first. Know way out here?”

Elliot interjected.

All giants exterminated yet no exit.

Meaning clear method not giant annihilation, other condition.

Dam Il-on nodded, opened mouth.

“Yeah. Know. This illusion dungeon clear method ‘open all treasure chests.’”

Gate stone destroy or monster annihilate better.

Finally gathered personnel scattered into maze for treasure chests.

But Ion and Jin Seong-ha, Il-on and Pi remained central square.

During, Idea made magic device communicate in dungeon.

Before, Age odd-eye cultist left Sansevieria hostage phone remodeled.

Still prototype, communicate only one public device, activated public with Dam Il-on.

Il-on remain square so Pi too.

Accordingly protect injured and byproduct team from demon, Ion and Jin Seong-ha remained.

More, info exchange purpose too.

“Sorry interrupt talk but help request here.”

Jin Seong-ha pointed public phone.

[Shin Min-ji: Treasure chest this crazy bastard write mercury oxide decomposition chemical equation f*ck system crazy?????]

Ion felt very awkward each Shin Min-ji message.

Hahoetal leader really diligent double life….

“Alone I’d trapped forever. Leave this problem to Danju.”

“I know only photosynthesis equation.”

“Why know that…. On-il guild master answer needed.”

Il-on took phone, silently messaged answer.

Like writing multiplication table answers simply.

Not used <Brainstorming>, just basic knowledge.

[Shin Min-ji: Oh jackpot solved thanks!]

Cough, sound, Ion looked up.

Il-on fine moments ago now spat blood.

“Knew overdoing.”

Pi bolted up, wiped blood with wet cloth.

Reunion after already third hemoptysis.

This point, Jin Seong-ha couldn’t not ask.

“On-il guild master… body looks very bad.”

“No concern. Hold till raid end.”

Jin Seong-ha furrowed brows, closed mouth.

Pi covered Il-on’s thin body with blanket.

“Sick from skill side effect, exposed too long demon realm air. Demon realm hard even us stay fine. Stay demon realm would died. Now Earth rest recover.”

“Pi right. You plan go Earth together too?”

“Together Earth confirm recover then return demon realm plan. And age what ‘you’? I over three hundred.”

Jin Seong-ha question, Pi frowned displeased.

But opponent Jin Seong-ha.

“Look quite young. Usual demon lifespan what?”

“Keep short speech. We easily live two thousand!”

“Three hundred of two thousand… young side. Demon teen? Rather I need honorifics.”

“Human too arrogant!”

“Pi-nim, raise voice head hurts.”

“Ah, sorry.”

Ion childish Jin Seong-ha and Pi talk aside, amazed Il-on firmly holding Pi.

“Il-on, your health Earth rest back good right?”

“Yeah. Worry you not me. That power you using ‘supposed magic’…”

“Power? Danju hiding something again?”

Jin Seong-ha immediately lowered voice.

Of course not only Jin Seong-ha overreacted to Il-on’s calm words.

“Damion, why! Damion what happened? Need rest? Need my ultimate?”

“Nothing. Calm play with Ppuru.”

“If nothing why worry Damion? I wanna hear too! Sanse curious too!”

Baba sharply opened round eyes.

Left alone Ppuru slyly wedged head under Jin Seong-ha’s big hand.

Jin Seong-ha kneaded companion monster like dough.

“Want hear details. On-il guild master.”

“…Analyzed Ion’s ‘supposed magic’ with <Brainstorming>, kept error. Meaning impossible with mana only… clearly other ingredient.”

“Not mana, magic, aura other ingredient right.”

“Yeah. What that is yet not revealed.”

Moments ago topic on Il-on’s health now shifted to Ion.

Bit uncomfortable but Ion stayed quiet.

He too curious about this life force… primal energy power.

Jin Seong-ha pondered, said.

“Harry Strange talked about life force power. All beings born with primal energy. Unlike HP deplete just faint, primal deplete death.”

“Life force……. Pi-nim, know?”

“Heard. More use primal energy than life force. Primal energy certainly exists but impossible control will. Artifact from demon god only sense existence, no one succeeded control. Even us demons.”

“Then celestials?”

“Demons can’t control, how celestials?”

Demons, celestials can’t control power?

‘Then me using it what….’

One suspicion: [Sorrow].

[Sorrow] experimented something on heavenly baby perhaps.