Chapter 208 Hope in Abyss. Part-1.

Chapter 208 Hope in Abyss. Part-1.

'Exception' is a word used for those beings who are truly exceptional among their kin.

Talent, status, power, and skills aren't the only things that can make someone exceptional.

It takes millions or even billions of years for a single 'Exception' to appear, but with its appearance the world changes by a vast amount.

Sometimes even that exception doesn't get to grow up to its full potential but its existence must not be questioned.

'Exceptions' are what create new possibilities and hopes for a new and better future.

One such uncertain 'Exception' also appeared in the long-lived Demon Race. Its existence impacted others like a torch in the dark.

And this 'Exception' might have been the long-awaited hope of the Demon Race itself.

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The demon continent of Esalith is located in the southern hemisphere of the planet.

Esalith is the closest place to the south pole of the planet, heavy snowstorms ravage the land of this continent all year long and most of the southern area of this continent is covered in thick snow.

Very few plants grow on the whole continent of Esalith and there are no edible plant species on this continent.

Because farming is impossible on this continent, all lower or above-rank demons kill and devour each other for food.

The demon race has no actual civilization, all lower and above-rank demons live in small and big tribes that hunt down each other for food and entertainment.

If heavy snowfall happens and the number of lower-rank demons dwindles greatly, then the upper-rank demons wage wars against other races to plunder food.

But even in such pointless wars, the lower-ranked demons suffer the most, they have to serve the upper-ranked demons and act as cannon fodders in those wars after all.

Usually, this type of war results in a counter-attack of the alliance, which ends up wiping out the whole invading army of the demon race.

Millions of casualties occur with each war, yet no one cares about it. Instead of the numbers being reduced, more demons are born after the wars, thus their numbers increase. The most uptodate novels are published on n0velbjn((.))com

This situation gives headaches to all the members of the racial alliance, but the demon race doesn't care about these subtle things.

The only thing that drives the demon race to kill and destroy is the lack of food and their genetically inherited war-hungry mentality.

For some odd reason, all demons have the same chaotic and sadistic personality.

They all like to play with the weak and bully them to their heart's content, and they avoid the strong like a plague.

The sadistic personality of finding entertainment in other's suffering is one of the main reasons why the demon race is not able to coexist peacefully with the other races.

Wherever the demon armies pass by, they destroy the ecosystem and lay waste to that place.

Miasma spreads everywhere due to these demon armies and contaminates the area with 'Corruption', which is very difficult to purify.

But even among the demon race 'Exceptions' can be born and that's exactly what happened on that one fateful day.

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Demon Continent, Esalith.

A small Dark Werewolf tribe lived at the southernmost edge of the continent. The tribe had migrated here just a few months ago to escape the pursuit of a large demon hound pack.

In her attempts to find the 'truth' the young demon wolf figured out that introducing herself politely was the key to the start of a conversation and to introduce herself, she needed a 'Name'.

Individual names are a luxury on the demon continent. Only S-

rank or above-level demons have true names that define their existence.

All the demons below S-rank are usually nameless and have no sense of 'Self' at all.

For a young demon like her to have awakened such a complex thought process and a sense of 'Self', it was already an extremely rare event.

The young wolf traveled along with her tribe around the southernmost area all year long.

She confronted many demon hound packs all year long and aggression was very frequent among them.

Every battle made her question the reason behind that fight, and gradually a thought appeared in her mind.

'What if there is a way to make all demons live peacefully with each other?'

This one thought made her very different from all of the demons. Her thoughts were not like any other demon that existed in this world.

She looked at her kin with eyes of wisdom, her existence itself was different from any other demon.

She experimented and tried to use various methods to make friends with other demons but all of them failed miserably.

All of her attempts brought her nothing but retaliation and anger from the other party.

But this didn't reduce her curiosity at all, instead, she became even more obsessed with one simple thought.

'There must be a way out there, which can make all demons live peacefully with each other...'

Her mind was already made up, all she needed now was just one opportunity.

And sure enough, that opportunity also came on one faithful day when her tribe was attacked by the same large demon hound pack that had pursued them before they migrated to this area.

The attack of the hounds brought great misfortune for her tribe, but that turned out to be the perfect opportunity for her.

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Author's Notes.

Yo! It's your beloved author here! A new volume starts from here onwards. I will call it the 'Truth arc' for some obvious reasons.

Many hidden meanings and truths are going to be revealed in this arc and with the start of this arc we have finally reached the intermission in this story.

Question of the day.

Who do you speculate this young wolf demon is?

1. A new character (Demon girls are here, let's go!!)

2. A mystery character (The author is cooking something it seems...)

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