The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

Chapter 854: “Goddess of Justice”

Just like that, a total of ninety-eight powerful combatants joined the Buztout House.

The weakest among them were level seventy experts, and the strongest were even Legendary Level, a total of seven, instantly raising the Buztout House’s fighting strength to an astonishing level.

At least, in this era, apart from large factions at the racial level, no other power possessed so many Legendary Level experts.

Even the top-ranking clans in the Demon Race only had two or three Legendary Level experts at most. Only the Dragon Race had slightly more; other clans definitely couldn’t possess so many.

Of course, if it were a comparison of quality, that would be a different story.

After all, the Legendary Level experts within powerful demon clans were generally top-tier existences among Legendary Level.

Even at the same level, demon Legendary Level experts were generally stronger than human Legendary Level experts.

This was a racial advantage.

As a race known for its powerful strength, the Demon Race could suppress the combined forces of the Divine and Human Races. Naturally, their experts were of higher quality.

Unless one awakened a very powerful Unique Skill or possessed a power extremely suitable for combat, within the same level, humans and gods were truly difficult to compare to demon experts.

For example, Yulin, her Unique Skill could amplify her strength sevenfold, making it difficult for ordinary Limit Level experts to contend with her.

And Hartley(Hertleyd), possessing a Unique Skill capable of freezing space-time, even Shien wouldn’t dare to underestimate her. Without using the Holy Sword or [Samsara of Heaven’s Decree], relying only on his half-step Transcendent strength in his normal state, he could very well be defeated if he wasn’t careful.

*赫特雅黛 (Hè tè yǎ dài) is Hertleyd. It actually has the ‘d’, according to the raw [source], but I’ll just use Hartley.*

The Legendary Level experts who joined the Buztout House were only level ninety-six at most. Although stronger than ordinary Legendary Level experts, compared to demons, it was uncertain whether they could defeat a newly promoted level ninety Legendary Level demon.

There was no helping it. Although their Unique Skills weren’t useless, they weren’t particularly powerful either. Otherwise, the kingdom wouldn’t have been able to capture them alive and imprison them in the royal palace’s underground prison for so many years.

In the Demon Race, as long as a Legendary Level newcomer awakened a reasonably powerful Unique Skill, they could definitely rival human experts of this level.

Therefore, even with the addition of seven Legendary Level experts, the Buztout House’s strength was hardly comparable to the powerful clans in the Demon Race.

But undeniably, Legendary Level was still Legendary Level.

With the addition of these experts, the Buztout House’s high-end combat power had far surpassed any human nation.

Frankly, if the head of the household weren’t Shien, the kingdom would never have allowed such a noble faction to emerge, let alone secretly facilitated it.

It could only be said that Shien’s influence as the Hero played a decisive role in the Buztout House’s current state.

However, this news hadn’t spread.

The influx of such a terrifying force into the Buztout House was something that ordinary nobles weren’t privy to, only known to the kingdom’s high-ranking officials.

The reason was simple.

After all, these were villains who had committed heinous crimes. If others were to learn about this, that the kingdom had casually released such a group of criminals without reason, it would definitely cause an uproar and even shake the people’s faith.

Therefore, when Ancil agreed to this matter, he also told Shien,

“I can hand them over to you, but you cannot casually reveal their existence. They must all change their names and appearances, their original identities concealed from everyone.”

This was the deal.

Therefore, after discussing with Riley and Vivian, they decided to give these people complete makeovers.

Specifically, they would arrange new identities for them, making them abandon their original names and even conceal their personal information.

This way, outsiders would only know that a group of mysterious experts had suddenly appeared in the Buztout House, but they would never know that these were people who had committed serious crimes.

This wasn’t difficult to accomplish.

With the kingdom’s support and the combined influence of the Buztout and Lazareth Houses, concealing the origins of these criminals was a piece of cake.

Ordinary factions would never be able to discover their origins; only the Divine and Demon Races might be able to sense something.

But even if they did, they would turn a blind eye, wouldn’t they?

With Shien here, they would be willing to give him this much face.

Even the Divine Race, whose mission was to guide the Human Race, would do this.

Because the Hero was the one they truly needed to support; the Human Race was merely an accessory.

If they had to choose between the Hero and the Human Race, the goddesses would definitely choose the former without hesitation.

It wasn’t that they didn’t care about the Human Race, but they cared more about the Hero.

However, Capeline, who had come to visit, after learning about this matter, solemnly mentioned something to Shien.

“If Goddess Artemis were here, she definitely wouldn’t ignore these villains. You have to be careful.”

Goddess of Justice, Artemis.

As famous as Lilith, her power comparable to a Demon Lord, ranking among the top three in the Divine Race.

According to Capeline, this goddess had a very strong sense of justice.

She was the guardian of order and a symbol of peace, someone who couldn’t tolerate any evil.

“In that goddess’s eyes, all evil should be eradicated, be it the Demon King, the Demon Lords, or even the Evil Gods.”

As she said this, Capeline glanced at Lilith, who was nestled in Shien’s arms.

“Because of this, many Evil Gods in the Divine Realm consider Goddess Artemis their enemy, and there are many stories in history of her taking action against Evil Gods of her own race. Don’t fall prey to that goddess.”

Capeline’s sudden reminder made Shien realize that there were indeed many people in his household who weren’t exactly righteous.

Lilith was an Evil God, and the strongest one at that.

Shafney was a Demon Lord, the strongest enemy in the eyes of the Divine Race, besides the Demon King.

Yulin was a transformed dragon, formerly a monster.

Even Diere was a human who could demonify, her power definitely not righteous in nature.

Adding this group of heinous criminals…

“Good heavens, I’ve practically created a villainous faction.”

Judging from their origins alone, such a faction was probably even more hardcore than the Old Demon Faction.

If the legendary Goddess of Justice were to descend, the Buztout House might truly become a den of thieves in her eyes, an existence she couldn’t tolerate.

And with the Tripartite Conference approaching, the Goddess of Justice, who ranked among the top three in the Divine Race, would definitely appear.

At that time, with Shien’s identity, he would definitely attract her attention.

Then, as long as she paid a little attention to Shien and discovered the situation in the Buztout House, it was hard to guarantee that she wouldn’t, in her hatred of evil, personally come to the Buztout House.

“Would she really take action against me?”

Shien couldn’t quite believe it.

“Probably not against you.” Capeline looked at Shien deeply and said, “But against others, that goddess might.”

“…” Shien was speechless.

Was this another flag for getting involved with some troublesome figure?

Shien also mentioned this matter to Shafney, only to receive her affirmation.

“If it’s that goddess, she might indeed do that.”

Shafney actually said this.

She also reminded Shien,

“Remember I told you that Transcendent Level existences can’t be born under normal circumstances?”

Shien nodded.

He remembered Shafney mentioning this.

According to her, the limit of life was a law of the world etched into the [Logic], and it was absolutely impossible to break through under normal circumstances.

Only the Hero, Demon Lords, and the three goddesses were exceptions.

The former was because he came from another world and, conceptually, was on the same level as the Demon King and the Supreme God, not bound by the laws of this world.

The latter two were naturally transcendent due to the Demon King and Supreme God.

Apart from these three, even if other Transcendent Level beings appeared, they would have some problems.

For example, the half-Demon Lord, as an incomplete Demon Lord, his combat power fluctuated, his condition unstable.

For example, the mysterious owner of the Greater Spirit of Death could only enter transcendence with external forces, which also had its limitations.

The three Goddesses of Time were simply divided into three individuals, only reaching Limit Level when separated, each only mastering part of their power. Only when they were united as one could they enter transcendence.

Lilith was even worse, born with her rationality separated, losing control for ten thousand years before returning to her original state with Shien’s help.

And even so, Lilith’s intelligence definitely wasn’t high, unable to even speak, likely to remain like this for the rest of her life.

Goddess of Justice Artemis, as the opposite existence to Lilith, a sister born at the same time, also had her own problems.

“Her hatred of evil is the problem.”

Shafney said this.

“As the embodiment of justice, she must constantly uphold justice and maintain order, becoming the guardian of order and justice herself, imbuing everything she does with this meaning.”

Such an Artemis couldn’t tolerate the evil before her.

Even if it was her own kin, or even family.

“If the three goddesses committed any heinous acts, she would definitely rise up and punish them, wouldn’t she?”

Shafney’s expression was clearly troubled when mentioning this goddess.

“Because of this, that goddess especially despises us demons, especially Kamina, Millu, and little Airi. She particularly hates them and would like to eliminate them all.”

This was unavoidable.

Airi and Kamina were once considered the most brutal Demon Lords and naturally wouldn’t escape Artemis’s hostility.

Millu was even more dangerous, seemingly naive and innocent, but lacking all sense of restraint. The nature of her power was also definitely the kind Artemis hated most, bar none.

“This is truly troublesome.”

Shien sighed with feeling.