More than ten days later—
The remaining members of the Elyuans race had been completely wiped out.
The elves of the Elsella Kingdom were now busy handling the aftermath across Fae Star.
Such as, for instance, the mountains upon mountains of corpses.
During the massacre unleashed by the High Rank demons, billions of bodies had been left scattered without care.
They littered the land, filled the rivers, and floated across the seas—corpses as far as the eye could see.
After all, the demons couldn't possibly eat them all.
As time went on, maggots and rot had overtaken the remains, spreading disease and stench across the realm. It was a biohazard that had to be dealt with.
Otherwise, plague would inevitably break out.
And even the rivers would become contaminated.
Seated on the edge of a cliff, staring at the floating remains of marine life drifting across the sea, Orsaga asked the nearby Alison,
"Still hung up on it?"
She answered calmly, "A little."
Orsaga scratched his head in mild frustration. "You just killed some people. What's there to be conflicted about? It's already done."
To an Abyssal Demon like him, taking lives was no different than breathing.
So he really couldn't understand how Alison had been mulling it over for days.
After a moment of thought, Alison exhaled a long sigh. "You're right… what's the point of overthinking it now?"
She turned her gaze toward the idly lounging Orsaga and asked curiously,
"Why are you here alone? Those two women didn't follow you?"
The two women she was referring to were Iris and Kayla, whom Orsaga had met back on Talandra Star.
A few days ago, feeling that it had been a while since he saw them, Orsaga had teleported them both here.
Then… tensions rose.
The moment they met Alison and Golarial, friction started.
Though they didn't openly argue, neither side bothered to hide their dislike.
Back-and-forth cold looks, subtle mind games—it was a non-stop court drama.
Orsaga, who had lived a carefree, unbothered life, was for the first time struck with a feeling of absolute pain in the ass.
It took considerable effort for him to rein in these four otherworldly troublemakers and prevent an outright fallout.
At Alison's question, Orsaga pulled a cigarette from his personal storage space, lit it casually, then fished out a speaker and turned on some background music.
With the weary tone of a middle-aged man, he replied with a hint of melancholy:
"They went to dig through the Elyuans archives. Since they ran businesses back on Talandra Star, they're naturally curious about all this."
"...What the hell is wrong with you?"
Watching him change background tracks after every line he spoke, Alison could only conclude: he was acting up again.
After flipping through more than a dozen tracks and failing to find the perfect one, Orsaga kicked the speaker away in frustration.
"Doesn't this add more atmosphere?" he said. "Helps reflect my mood."
Unable to understand his logic, Alison decided to change the subject.
"Compared to me and Golarial, Iris and Kayla seem to know far less about you. When you brought them here, they were clearly horrified by all the corpses."
"True enough," Orsaga admitted.
"My time with them has only been a few years, so their understanding of me is… limited."
Iris and Kayla knew he was an Abyssal Demon, but they didn't know much about his actions.
Massacres, exterminations, and the like—they clearly clashed with their moral bottom line.
And could very well provoke an emotional reaction.
Alison offered a friendly suggestion:
"Maybe you should lie to them. Sometimes, lies are easier to accept."
But Orsaga simply shook his head.
"Maybe it's an emotional thing… but I just don't want to lie to you four."
His tone was calm, but Alison could hear the stubbornness in it.
She realized then that this was likely a decision Orsaga wouldn't be changing anytime soon.
Looking up at the sun-like star in the sky—which looked nothing like the one from her homeland—she sighed softly.
"Suit yourself. Just don't let it become a problem."
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A few days later.
All the corpses and hazardous remains on the planet had been cleared away.
With the help of magical runes, the tens of millions of citizens from the Elsella Kingdom were registered and officially integrated into the Ente Plane.
A full-scale planetary transformation project was now underway.
Policies tailored to elven customs—such as reforestation, dismantling industrial parks, and restoring natural land—were being rolled out.
A sense of hopeful renewal surged across the entire planet.
At the very least, the despair and decay of the Abyss were nowhere to be seen.
Everyone looked like they were basking in the light of a better future.
In addition, various long-term development projects regarding the future of Fae Star were being constructed at full speed.
Anything standing in the way of the new vision was crushed under the power of the extraordinary.
Mountains were moved. Seas were filled.
After a full month of effort—
Thirty-eight thousand magic formations had been installed, consisting of 12,764,198,488 runes, spread evenly across the entire planet.
Standing atop a mountain, holding the construction progress report in hand, Orsaga rubbed his chin and said,
"Yeah, looks about right…"
"'Looks about right'?" Golarial shot him a helpless look. "Don't mess this up."
Orsaga waved her off confidently.
"It's just a planetary barrier. Sure, I'm only at Lesser-Rank Demon level right now, but I've totally got this. You've got to trust my professional expertise! Even if… I've never actually made one of these before."
Iris, who had wandered over to watch, immediately interjected:
"Who's supposed to have confidence after hearing that?"
Orsaga shrugged dismissively. "You don't get it. This is the confidence of a master."
Alison rolled her eyes. "Enough boasting. Just get on with it."
The planetary barrier they were about to set up was Orsaga's final contingency plan for Fae Star.
It would offer defense against attacks, block spatial teleportation, mask the planet's presence, and prevent detection.
In short—unless someone launched an all-out attack with force equivalent to Orsaga's true form, no one was getting through.
Of course, that wasn't all.
More importantly, it came with advanced temperature regulation, ultra-HD video playback, full 3D surround-sound BGM streaming… and many other essential features.
An all-season air-conditioned planet, with lounge-style video projection—just thinking about it made him a little giddy.
The elves like Golarial didn't quite grasp what those features even meant.
But Iris and Kayla? They'd already accused him—more than once—of basically building the galaxy's biggest smart home system.
Under everyone's impatient urging—
Orsaga stepped into the center of the ritual and activated his soul.
Though his current strength was only Lesser-Rank Demon, his control hadn't weakened at all.
A surge of immense energy rippled through the network of magical runes across the entire planet.
Thirty-eight thousand energy vortexes erupted, shooting into the skies—
Linking one by one to form a seamless network.
Guided by this power, the planet's outer structure began to transform.
A translucent ripple slowly expanded, spreading across the entire globe like a thin veil.
Fae Star vanished from the outside world's observation in real time.
As for those still living on the planet—
They looked up to see a sky full of stars, more brilliant than they had ever imagined.
There was a surreal, breathtaking beauty to it—as if they had somehow grown closer to the stars themselves.
Of course… that was just an illusion.
Orsaga hadn't added any "stellar resonance" function to the outer barrier.
The real reason?
He'd simply changed the dynamic wallpaper.
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