The Shepherds Are Dense – Chapter 927

Chapter 926
A Slave to Three Families…
Everything unfolded as Eivass had predicted.
The negative impact of the demon descent on Star Antinomy was not long-lasting—the true disaster lasted for only one night.
The Ouroboros Ring ritual was activated at sunset; by the time the sun rose the next day, all the demons had quietly and uniformly retreated.
Not a single demon could be seen on the streets—under the command of the Fallen Heavenly Envoy, all demons were withdrawing.
The Fallen Heavenly Envoy found a dark place to house the cannon fodder-like Lower Demons.
The Upper Demons, for the most part, entered the Royal Palace and the residences of the nobles.
—As for the original owners of these residences, their fates varied.
A faction of nobles reacted with extreme speed. They quickly defected to the Fallen Heavenly Envoy, largely preserving their influence and wealth—the price being that their children, wives, parents, and servants would be randomly selected and transformed into new demons.
If, under such oppression, one still did not feel their hostility and hatred, these individuals would be accepted into the demon legions. Apart from the demons occupying their houses, their power actually increased—as they began to command the Lower Demons.
As for the nobles who did not choose to surrender immediately… they were apprehended at once.
While some of them were indeed hostile towards demons and could not accept bowing down—the majority, it turned out, were high-ranking individuals accustomed to their power and status, failing to grasp their situation and worth in time.
They actually attempted to bargain with the demons! They even tried to threaten them!
How laughable.
It was akin to a person glaring at a bullet fired from a gun, expecting it to be intimidated and dodge them.
The fate of these foolish nobles was, as expected, sealed.
However, their outcomes differed based on the specific demons they provoked—
The more fortunate ones were either bisected on the spot or had their vital essence drained. The more cruel ones had them sent to the interrogation chambers, where they were subjected to various instruments of torture to collect pain and hatred.
Some idle Succubi also turned their souls into tools for entertainment—making them fall into fabricated terrifying nightmares, giving them the illusion of escape. Some were solitary, while others were in groups.
The hideous expressions on their faces as they struggled in these endless, inescapable nightmares, the intense fluctuations of their spirits filled with hope, desperation, and eventual despair, were as intoxicating as fine wine.
Souls, their power and radiance depleted through intense agitation and torment—these ordinary souls, lacking value, were molded into a rare and delicious form by the suffering created by the demons.
—It was like making cotton candy out of sugar.
Even Queen Louise, who was regent, chose to surrender immediately. She was transformed into a succubus due to her intense desires—which caused the Red Fortress faction to instantly fall apart.
Unlike the situation after the Red Phase’s death—even though they were facing a greater crisis this time, not all Children of the Moon were willing to continue following Louise’s path.
—After all, Children of the Moon possessed absolute suppression over demons.
Normally, the difficulty for Children of the Moon to advance was extremely high.
This was not exclusive to Children of the Moon—other Extraordinary beings on the Path of Love faced similar limitations. Their innate talent on the Path of Love already determined how far they could go.
Unlike paths such as the Path of Devotion or the Path of Wisdom, which could alter one’s destiny through personal effort and serendipity, the talent limits on the Path of Love and the Path of Beauty were often fixed. Without the corresponding talent, no amount of effort could break through the limit.
However, Children of the Moon possessed a special talent… They could not only improve their talent by consuming demons but also possessed an absolute suppression against all demon abilities, rendering them nearly ineffective at the same Energy Level.
At the very least, one needed a higher Priority than the opponent for their abilities to function normally.
The birth of Children of the Moon involved the Father, Snake. This was also why a “Perfect Being” required the assistance of the “8” Sacred Number on the Transcendent Path to reach the perfect “9.”
Even before the Hrasal Empire split, Demon Scholars were nearly extinct.
While part of the reason was their lack of the “Rose Secret Tome,” which prevented them from maintaining a complete self after ascending to Fourth Tier—the primary reason was that starving Children of the Moon, upon entering the imperial capital, had practically devoured all the demons.
It could be said that Children of the Moon were the natural enemies of demons. This restraint stemmed from the abnormal “appetite” of the Path of Love, mixed with the “Sacred Transcendence” characteristic brought by the Father, Snake’s blood.
Because of this, Children of the Moon had always looked down on Demon Scholars—not just because of the Red Phase, but because they were not afraid of Demon Scholars in the first place. Except for Winter Demons…
These were Upper Demons specifically designed to counter Children of the Moon; a single one was capable of slaughtering all Children of the Moon in Star Antinomy except for the first Red Phase. This was why, after the Demon Avatar with the Winter Demon died, the Children of the Moon immediately chose to turn hostile… because they had the confidence to do so at the time.
In the eyes of the Children of the Moon then, the Spirit Tower would not move much, the Royal Family was completely controlled, Alchemists could be swayed by benefits, and Demon Scholars were all weaklings—Undoubtedly, Advantage is mine!
Even though the Fallen Heavenly Envoy had descended now, the Children of the Moon still harbored a sense of superiority and suppression over demons…
“Children of the Moon possess absolute suppression over demons”—this was now common knowledge in almost all the countries that Hrasal had split into.
Even Avalon, which restricted extraordinary knowledge, could easily acquire this information. Eivass had taught this point during his first lecture as a teaching assistant.
The Third and Fourth Tier Children of the Moon in the Red Fortress found fighting against a tide of Lower Demons below Third Tier no more difficult than eating a bag of chips.
The only way they could die was likely by being overwhelmed and stuffed to death by the endless sliding tackles of the chips.
Upper Demons were to Children of the Moon like spicy rabbit heads or canned beef—”slightly troublesome to gnaw on” but still delicious and readily available.
This was also why the succubus Emma was so confident that she didn’t use the Rose Secret Tome to suppress the succubus within her—because she was confident she could control it.
The current demon disaster, however, was like opening a can of beef and finding the meat suddenly wriggling and transforming into an alien queen; or like a spicy rabbit head suddenly springing to life, becoming a muscular ferocious rabbit, unleashing a rising dragon punch followed by an endless rabbit dark explosion.
—Damn it, the chips are fighting back!
What was even more absurd was that Queen Louise surrendered instantly…
…No, couldn’t you have run first?
Although we couldn’t defeat the Fallen Heavenly Envoy, couldn’t we handle mere Upper Demons suppressed to Fourth Tier?
With these endless, inexhaustible demons to help, wouldn’t they be able to ascend to Fifth Tier at will?
Even Sixth Tier might not be impossible!
As a result, Louise’s immediate surrender and even her descent into a succubus shattered everyone’s plans.
Because Louise could, at any moment, make the Fallen Heavenly Envoy realize that “Children of the Moon can eat demons to grow stronger.” Louise might not face any issues, and could even be rewarded.
But the other Children of the Moon would be utterly ruined by her!
This led some Children of the Moon to curse her fiercely as they fled in disarray, vowing to eat her sooner or later.
And Louise did not indulge them.
The very next day, she directly informed the Fallen Heavenly Envoy of this matter.
The Fallen Heavenly Envoy immediately ordered the demons to prioritize hunting down these Children of the Moon during the night—to kill every last one of them. But even so, he did not act himself.
—If he had to personally act against mere Third and Fourth Tier little rats, then why did he create these demons? What use would he have for them?
So what if they were suppressed? What if their abilities were rendered ineffective?
I don’t want excuses, just overcome it!!
Even if their own abilities were immune, couldn’t demons still attack their opponents?
To take a step back, don’t they also have Upper Demons directly transformed from humans? Not all of them are demons summoned with suppressed levels… so there are ways, go and do it!
…Although their boss was heartless and completely unreasonable, the demons could only carry out these willful commands.
(End of this chapter)