"My King, you... we... we..."
They had never imagined that Sora would give them such an incredibly precious divine core. Everything Sora had done was for them!
Erica, Liliana, and Ena were completely unable to find words to describe their feelings at this moment...
Surprise, astonishment, excitement... but more than anything, endless gratitude!
The three girls couldn't imagine anyone else in the world who would give them such a precious thing without batting an eye.
No one, absolutely no one else!
"Alright, stop looking so surprised. Although Sun Wukong's and the others' divine cores and authorities are not bad, in my eyes, they are far from being as valuable as you all. You are my most precious treasures!"
Though feeling a little smug, seeing the three girls seemingly overly shocked, Sora shook his head speechlessly. He gently stroked the girls' hair and said with a smile.
He had no evil intention of buying their loyalty. For the three girls whose bodies and souls already belonged completely to him, Sora had no need for that. Everything he said came from the heart.
Sora felt no pain or regret in giving the powers of Sun Wukong and the others to the three girls. As his knights and women, everything about Erica, Liliana, and Ena belonged to him—their bodies, their souls, everything!
Although power was the foundation of everything and very important, Sora would never lose himself in the pursuit of power. It wouldn't do to have too little power, but having too much wasn't necessarily a good thing either. As long as it was enough, it was fine.
Moreover, as long as he conquered this world, he would become its master, and power itself would become meaningless to him.
"Oh, my King, why did I ever meet you? Even if you asked me to die, I couldn't refuse you..."
Her slender arms wrapped around Sora's neck. The softest part of Erica's heart had been completely occupied by a certain evil man. Moved to tears, her noble and beautiful face was filled with endless infatuation.
"Erica, I will never let you die. I only want you to go crazy for me..."
With an endlessly evil voice, Sora gently bit the girl's delicate and lovely earlobe.
As if stimulated, Erica's body and soul trembled. Obeying her body's instincts, the knight girl offered her demon king a kiss as passionate as fire.
Exchanging a glance, the silver-haired knight and the black-haired miko were not to be outdone. Savoring the sweetness of his three beautiful knights in turn, Sora's heart was filled with a sense of endless, satisfying pleasure.
In truth, it wasn't as if Sora didn't have his own little selfish thoughts in making the three girls into demon kings.
After merging with the divine cores of Sun Wukong and the others, the three girls' bodies would soon be transformed into powerful demon king bodies. Tsk tsk tsk, by then, he should be able to "ravage" them even more wantonly!
Alright, this guy's wickedness was truly hopeless, sweatdrop...
Watching Sora and the three girls without any inhibition, a faint blush appeared on the cheeks of Athena, Metis, and the Cult Leader.
With a light snort, Metis felt a little sour as she watched the happy and moved Erica, Liliana, and Ena.
The precious divine cores and authorities that she and the others had obtained through a life-and-death struggle, which should have belonged to her master, ended up benefiting those three!
Although she was a little unhappy, since it was her master's decision, Metis said nothing.
Athena and the Cult Leader showed nothing, but whenever they looked at Sora, a different kind of strange light would unnaturally appear in their eyes...
"Alright, things are pretty much wrapped up. Let's go find Yuri and the little one."
After finishing his passionate kisses with his three knight girls, Sora didn't linger. He led the women and started walking in the direction of Yuri and Hikari.
The town had completely vanished, and a crater several thousand feet wide was clearly visible even from high in the sky. After this battle, the once-prosperous and ancient city of Nikko had become history...
...
The Netherworld, the border between life and death—
In a quaint little wooden hut, three figures sat around a hearth: a bearded man with his chest exposed, the storm god Susanoo, who embodied numerous legends and myths; a shriveled old monk shrouded in a black robe, an enlightened being; and the dignified and noble Glass-eyed Princess.
"Yare yare, that kid is really something else. He actually defeated the Great Sage and his junior brothers!"
Taking a large swig of strong liquor, the bearded Susanoo's tone was filled with undisguised amazement.
He had been watching Sora's battle. To be honest, at the beginning, Susanoo didn't have high hopes for Sora. Although the kid had some strength, and his knights and women were not bad, the enemy they were facing this time was simply too powerful.
Especially when he saw the ultimate authority unleashed by Marshal of the Canopy Zhu Ganglie, even Susanoo was startled. If that little miko hadn't used her ability at the critical moment to weaken the power of that stellar sword light, the entire Earth might have been pierced through!
"Hmph, he slayed the Great Sage, whom we were going to use against the King of the End. Can he take responsibility for that?!"
It was the hoarse voice of the old monk. He had had a very bad impression of Sora ever since he first met him. In the old monk's eyes, Sora was just a willful great demon king, not a good person!
"Old Master, the Great Sage is not a benevolent being either. He might not necessarily help us against the King of the End. However, Lord Kusanagi is on our side. The fact that Lord Kusanagi was able to defeat the Great Sage, doesn't that prove he has the power to stop the King of the End?"
The Glass-eyed Princess's brow furrowed slightly. The old monk was pinning a huge blame on Sora without distinguishing right from wrong, which made her very uncomfortable. She couldn't help but defend Sora.
"Hmph! Stop the King of the End? With that arrogant and foolish kid?"
"If he hadn't been saved by a human girl, he and his women would have died at the hands of Marshal of the Canopy long ago!"
"Although I don't know what his relationship with that woman is, after finally obtaining the divine cores and authorities of the Great Sage and the others, he gave such precious and important things to three useless girls. It's simply childish, foolish, and utterly stupid!"
Feeling that Sora was a willful, arrogant, childish, foolish, and hopeless fellow, the old monk's tone was filled with utmost sarcasm and disdain.
Taking a deep look at the old monk, the Glass-eyed Princess suddenly found that she no longer wanted to say anything to this so-called enlightened high monk.
Although he was usually a bit naggy and stubborn in personality, he was indeed a sage who sincerely thought for humanity and had a devout heart. The Glass-eyed Princess had always respected the old monk, but now, she only felt endless disgust towards him!!!
To insist on imposing one's so-called justice and ideas on others, even if such a person is righteous, they are still loathsome.
Conversely, Lord Kusanagi giving the divine cores and authorities of the Great Sage and the others to those three girls was precisely a sign of his sentimentality and care for those around him. As a woman herself, the Glass-eyed Princess had nothing but endless admiration and praise for Sora.
Comparing the two, the impressions of the old monk and Sora in the Glass-eyed Princess's heart had become complete opposites.
The Glass-eyed Princess was a noble and gentle person. She would not argue with the old monk anymore. In a flash, she disappeared from the spot.
"God Susanoo, it seems the princess has been blinded by that kid..."
Watching the princess leave, a shadow of gloom flashed in the old monk's eyes, and he spoke in a tone of grief and lament.
Gulp gulp...
After a moment of silence and taking a sip of liquor, Susanoo suddenly said,
"Old Master, one of those three useless girls you mentioned just happens to be a successor of mine!"
With a distinctly playful look in his eyes, watching the old monk's expression, which looked as if he had eaten a fly, Susanoo pursed his lips and thought to himself that this old monk was truly dull.
The delightful princess had left. Looking at the mummy-like old monk before him, Susanoo felt that even his liquor didn't taste as good anymore. He also vanished from the small wooden hut in a flash.
Looking at the now-empty wooden hut, the old monk's expression was grim, his heart filled with endless anger...