Death... and me

Huban was satisfied by Zandolf's answer. "At least you admit it. That's why my Essence Race can't afford to appear at the moment even though you managed to put the Devils on their back feet."

Zandolf immediately understood those words. "You are the one who wants to use us to get rid of the devils before showing yourselves!"

"Hahaha!" Huban laughed in response. "That's exactly what we want to do. Regardless of how much of an advantage the Realm of Gods' Three Powers have against the Devils, they will definitely have to use a lot of their forces to get rid of the Devils here. All we need to do is wait."

Seeing Zandolf's expression, Huban snorted as well. "Hmph! What is that face for? You admit you would take the chance to use us, but you don't like when we want to use you instead? Do you see the hypocrisy in that?"

Essefy, who had been silent until now, raised his hand. "Then, what will happen to us here? Are we going to be killed to make sure the others outside won't find out about you?"

Joju, on his side, snorted. "Do not take us to be the same as you. Unless you give us a reason to end your lives, we won't do such a thing. All we talked about until now is speculation of what could happen depending on the circumstances. However, none of it has happened yet."

Huban agreed with him. "Joju is right. However, we also can't allow you to leave before this war is over, so you will be our guest for the time being."

"You can't do this! If I don't return to my army, the Realm of Gods' will send people to investigate. You would definitely be found by then!" Zandolf tried to arrange an excuse to leave.

Yet, Huban and the others weren't the least bit concerned. "There is no need to worry. No one will find this place. I already took the necessary measures to hide the entrance even better than before. Besides, you said it yourself, you spent a huge effort to find this place, would others do the same? First of all... does anyone else even know you came here? After all, this is still the Devils' Territory."

Zandolf's expression turned even worse. It was true. He didn't tell anyone about coming to this place. He looked around, trying to see if there was a way out. However, it was then that he was assaulted by a huge Divine Energy pressure, a pressure that surpassed even the Regal Azure Dragon, Placake! "Y-You..."

Zandolf then looked at Huban, who was exerting that pressure. Because his Divine Sense had been freed, he finally used it to feel Huban. Yet, even as a Divinity Realm cultivator, he couldn't see Huban's cultivation level. "You succeeded in surpassing the Divinity Realm!"

That Divine ENergy pressure then disappeared without a trace. "Succeeded? Hahaha! As if! However, it is not right to say that I'm in the Divinity Realm either. How can I say it? You might think about it as me being in a division between the Divinity Realm and the Realm above. In a certain way, I'm still in the Divinity Realm, although there is almost no Divinity Realm, Elder Devil, or Archangel capable of contending against me."

Zandolf swallowed some saliva. "Then what was all that talk about being suppressed by our Realm of Gods' Three Powers? You alone can stand above all of the Divinity Realm experts! As long as you are here, you can demand anything you want!"

Yet, Huban looked at him as if he was looking at an idiot. "To think that even a Divinity Realm Middle Stage like you doesn't know about the true experts of the Three Realms... Well, it is not like those old monsters like to make an appearance anyway."

"As I thought..." Rean suddenly said. "I noticed from the very start you were definitely stronger than any common Peak Divinity Realm or similar being. For you to not come out must mean that you aren't the only one in this Division between Divinity and beyond."

Huban nodded. "I don't know where they are or what they are doing, but they are definitely keeping an eye on these developments of this war."

Zandolf truly didn't know that there were others like Huban. "Is that really true? Are there really others like you in the Realm of Gods?"

"There are," Huban confirmed. "However, none of us can come out and interfere with anything."

Everyone got confused. "Someone of your level can't interfere with anything?" It seemed hard to believe anything could stop someone like Huban.

Joju, on their side, was the one to answer. "It's the agreement. The appearance of an expert as Senior Huban could literally change the overall power of the Realm of Gods, Underworld, and Heavens. That's why they never come out, they never intervene, they never try to change the course of anything. So, in a certain way, you could say that Senior Huban isn't of much help to the situation of our Essence Race."

"Doesn't that mean that some people, devils, and angels know about Huban's existence?" Rean asked curiously.

Huban confirmed. "That's correct. Well, I haven't seen any of those monsters for a very, very long time, so I don't know if they are dead or alive. The same could be said about me to them."

Huban then looked at Zandolf. "If you want to learn more about it, you can ask that blue lizard Placake or that nosy brat Fosleve. They know about it, so perhaps they are willing to tell you more. As for me, I'm not part of your powers, so I won't tell you more about it. Just stay here and cultivate properly. This war probably won't last more than one or two hundred years. What is that for cultivators like you? Nothing but a blink of an eye."

Zandolf felt helpless, but he still gritted his teeth and asked. "Alright, I know that trying to flee with you here is basically impossible. However, I still wish to know, what do I have to do to reach the same level as you?"