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No matter how scared, time keeps moving forward.

Even though the great war has ended, the story doesn't stop, and life goes on.

Unlike a storyline where the hero defeats the demon king, the defeated side still has to live on, and the victorious side has to return to their daily lives as well.

However, when life and death intertwine, some things undergo fundamental changes.

After the war, Allen City's dark side slowly emerged.

From the common people to the royal palace, everyone claimed to be purging the "evil," and any demon had to be executed by fire.

As this phenomenon repeated itself, people began to question what exactly they were clearing away.

"No! We are not demons! We're not!"

A woman desperately struggled as she was pushed onto the execution platform.

"Mom! Mingming!"

"No, no, let my son go!"

No one paid her any attention, and some even pointed and gossiped.

The woman fiercely pushed away the soldiers who had caught her, but in the next moment, a spear pierced through.

Her own son, her beloved child, was fatally shot through the heart.

"No... no..."

"Hey hey hey! Why bother killing if you're going to burn her anyway?"

"So annoying!"

"Seriously..."

Ignoring the conversation between the two soldiers, the tears in her eyes had long dried up.

The mother stared blankly as her son lay lifeless, her trembling hands faintly remembering the warmth of his hands.

Suddenly, someone kicked her from behind, not even allowing her to hold onto her dead son.

"Don't waste time, there are still more people behind you!"

"I... I curse you all!!!"

Held captive by two soldiers on either side, the woman was brought to a pile of hay near the execution platform and tied up.

In the midst of it all, she delivered a kick and hit one of the soldiers.

"Hey! You filthy demon, behave!"

The soldier retaliated with a slap, but even though the woman was beaten beyond recognition, she continued to shout.

"I curse you all, you're all going to die?!"

Another spear came, driven by a soldier who had grown tired of her, and it pierced through the woman's mouth.

"Hey hey hey~ I already said, why kill if you're going to burn her anyway?"

"Take a look at the audience below~ It doesn't matter anyway."

The two soldiers glanced at the crowd below. Even though people were bustling in the streets, there were still many gathered around the execution platform.

"Damn it!? Another demon, just die already!"

"Oh my, my child used to play with these two, I hope he's safe?!"

"Sigh... I never expected I'd be deceived for over twenty years, horrible demons..."

"I... I..."

Finally, amidst the cacophony, the woman's voice could only be drowned out by the flames.

Some rejoiced, some fell silent, and in the furthest corner of the street, a man watched from afar.

Behind his glasses were a pair of solemn eyes, reflecting the man's helplessness.

Daniel, Allen's strategist who led the Allen Army to victory against the demons.

Daniel once again draped himself in a cloak, concealing his identity, quietly observing the commotion on the street.

This time, as he watched another person burned to death, whether she was a demon or not, Daniel felt a pang of pain.

He was powerless to stop this world bound by errors, and demons being evil, Daniel understood that this was not an absolute truth.

However, even knowing this, Daniel is powerless to change the "common sense" engraved in the hearts of the people.

The awareness of anti-demons has spread to an extent that exceeds the jurisdiction of the city of Allen.

The buried fear in their hearts only needs one moment to be completely overturned.

In the land known as the "Allen Continent" by future generations, in the year 502 of Attersass, after the death of the Grand Chancellor, another dark period arrived.

The gears of fate are turning once again, and in a small village south of Seven Sins City, a young man who will rewrite this situation is looking out the window at the scenery.

"Ah... I'm so bored to death!!"