Reborn as an Extra

Chapter 877: What do you seek in the future? Part-3.

The Demon Palace was massive and filled with many wonders; there were magic devices that could be used to hide or manipulate the space around the castle and could even be used to turn the glacial field around the castle into a warm flower field!

Hot springs, magical training grounds, an endless supply of daily resources through all sorts of artifacts, and a steady supply of mana crystals—there was everything that an awakener might need in their entire life!

If not for the contamination of miasma, the Demon King Palace was the most ideal place to live in from Rio’s point of view.

The duo toured through all sorts of novelties in the castle, and the Demon King was happy to show it all to Rio with a patient smile on his face.

If someone who didn’t know anything saw them like that, it would have been easy to mistake the Demon King as an enthusiastic friend showing off his wealth in front of his close friend Rio!

The tour lasted for almost an entire day, and by the end of it, the entirety of it felt like a rare hangout event not with friends but with the main villain of the game!

But... as all things must come to an end eventually, the small exploration tour of the palace soon came to an end as the duo finally reached the uppermost rooftop of the castle.

"From here, older Demon Kings used to issue commands and use speeches to motivate their demon armies and generals before marching off into battle..."

While speaking about the rooftop, a faint look of pride appeared on the Demon King’s face.

"Generations of Demon Kings and Demon Generals stood here at one time and then marched off into battle without caring about life and death."

"From a cultural sense, this place is the most sacred site for the Demon Race, I guess."

Hearing those words, Rio leaned against the stone railing of the rooftop and glanced towards the massive empty snow-covered plains stretched far and wide until the horizon in the south of the castle.

"The Demon Race also has sacred sites? That’s surprising... before coming to the demon continent, I used to think it was all just an endless wasteland filled with barbaric demons killing each other everywhere and spreading violence..."

"But you guys seem more sophisticated than I was expecting... who even made this castle? It couldn’t have been those low-rank demons, right?"

The architecture, the design, the structure—everything about the Demon Castle was a masterpiece, and Rio could even go as far as to say that he had never seen a palace more beautiful than this.

"Haha, the demon race is indeed filled with mostly barbaric violence and destruction..."

"But that’s not really the true nature of it; this is all just artificially created by miasma. Don’t forget, all demons were once part of the other races that were loved by mana; they weren’t always the current bloodthirsty monsters..."

"They also had dignity at one point in time... it’s miasma that has turned them all into this. Some of them still endure and manage to retain their sanity, but most can’t, resulting in a race filled with mad monstrosities..."

The Demon King placed his hand on the smooth marble of the gargoyle statue near the railings and continued with a gentle smile on his face,

"As for the Demon Palace... it was not always called the ’Demon King’s Palace’... before the descent of mana and miasma into this world, this building was once known as..."

"The Grand Temple of Origin!!"

*RUMBLE!!!* *RUMBLE!!!*

The moment he spoke those words, purple lightning flashed in the sky as if the heavens had become angry at the Demon King for speaking out these few words!

Seeing the anger of the heavens appear almost instantly, Rio realized that the Demon King was telling the truth; if he wasn’t, the heavens would not have reacted so violently just from the mention of a name.

"Haha, the heavenly will be still always so pedantic and stubborn... despite being corrupted so thoroughly by miasma, it still refuses to let mortals speak out the true secrets of the universe..."

Shaking his head in helplessness, the Demon King revealed another great secret to Rio,

"The Grand Temple of Origin was built by the ’Nebo Civilization,’ which also built the ’World Tree,’ ’The Crown of Endless Realms,’ and the ’Source of Elemental Life,’ along with many other mythical artifacts!"

"Even the first prototype of the spire of ascension now buried in the dragon valley was created by us!"

*CRACKLE!!!* *RUMMMBLLEEEE!!*

"The Nebo Civilization was a mighty ruler of most of the universe before the mana and miasma descent began..."

"They firmly believed in ’origin,’ ’the world,’ and the ’heaven’s will’; they worshipped these three primarily for good fortune and greater boons..."

The Demon King placed his hand on his chest and declared with a calm voice,

"Before becoming a demon, before the discord of miasma and mana began, I, Nebo Dahaka, was once the ’Grand Priest’ of this grand temple!"

*RUMBLE!!!* *RUMBLEE!!!*

Hearing those words, Rio was no longer surprised and only felt that it was obvious.

Unlike the previous Demon Kings who were pretty much insane and always craved violence, Nebo Dahaka was a unique king.

Unlike the previous Demon Kings, who didn’t even make it past a hundred years before being killed one after another due to their overly violent nature causing them to seek death, Nebo Dahaka was very calm and collected.

He had reigned over the demon race for a thousand years now, and during his reign, massive world-level wars and demon expeditions almost never happened!

Ever since the appearance of Nebo Dahaka, the demon race has become much more peaceful than it once used to be!

From the day Raika showed Rio the history of the ’Nebo Civilization,’ he had already suspected the identity of the Demon King, as the other party literally had ’Nebo’ as his first name!

The Demon King had taken the name of his civilization as his true name, which clearly showed his stance in the matter and his love for his lost civilization!