Chapter 1200: Chapter 1199: Battle Over, But What About The War..?

Chapter 1200: Chapter 1199: Battle Over, But What About The War..?



Resting atop the broken down wall, I swung my legs and looked out over the destroyed city with a conflicted mind as I tried to understand what had just happened over these last few hours; sitting beside me was Jahi, the Demoness basking in the setting sun as she laid down on the cracked stone without a care in the world.

"That was certainly something... a bit quick, but the sheer amount of losses they suffered had to have been the reason why they did what they did. It just doesn't make sense otherwise."

Her words were carried by the cool breeze into the city, but no one was listening for her besides me, so I was the one to reply to her as I said "I sincerely doubt we'll be able to figure out their thought process on this one. Something was happening in the background for sure though. Something we aren't privy to."

"I know, that's what's ticking me off right now. What was their goal? The Fingers had a goal we knew about, but the Fiends not so much. Turning the desert into an entire different biome... what is there to gain?"

The memory of the Tza Fiend abducting me to force me into a fight against the Caliph flooded my mind again, and I growled softly before saying "I don't know either, but that teleporting Fiend had said that they weren't interested in swapping the biome at all. It was change, yes, but it wasn't a change that brought anything necessary with it. My assumption is change doesn't always equate to a positive thing for them.

They mentioned the abundance of things already inside of the desert that everyone has yet to find, so perhaps there are things that need to be excavated beneath the sands, or perhaps some rare herb or animal is waiting for someone to be determined enough to find them." Jahi let out a snort as she sat up, looking over her shoulder and staring out over the golden sands for a few moments only to snort again as she shook her head, those amethyst eyes glimmering with amusement stealing away my attention as I momentarily forgot about everything for a second.

That made me raise my brow as I asked "What? Did you want to have drunk sex?", which drew a laugh from Jahi as she shrugged and replied "Doesn't sound too bad, but no, I had something else in mind. Anyways, it seems we're being called down right now."

Pushing herself off of the wall, Jahi slid down towards the ground and joined the Sultana, who handed the Demoness a letter, which she sliced open and read just as I landed right beside her, nodding her head and handing it to me as she said "That's better than I had expected. Here I was expecting my Mom to order us back posthaste and yet she's saying we can take even more time if we want."

Going over the letter, I raised a brow at that and said "That's not entirely what she said, but if you don't mind interpreting 'take your time, we've received another letter from Lilith' literally and potentially missing out on whatever interesting news they were given, we can. Honestly I'm perfectly content waiting it out for a much needed break, and also..."

I trailed off and glanced at the Sultana, who dryly said "You wouldn't mind draining some of my coffers some more, hm? All these Fiend bones in the possession of an over eager smith hoping to make a name for herself... so she's going to be doing mass production on some high quality weapons that she'll sell to me at a 'discount' despite some of those bones being mine."

Raising my hands and taking on an innocent expression, I murmured "I never said that...", which made the Sultana say "It was very much implied." before she turned back to Jahi and said "Take the time off and rest. You all need it."

And of course, who were we to argue with someone like the Sultana on something like this?

So we were going to take these days to rest, though the curiosity of the letter that the mysterious Lilith had sent to the Empress was certainly pulling us to return to the Empire... but the Sultana was also right in many different ways.