8 Appearance of the Demon King of Tyranny? Ally or Enemy?

"I guess it's your turn now, Treyni," Aria turned to the Dryad who she had shown more suprises than she had experienced in her long life.

Treyni who now appeared dignified and confident nodded, and asked, "Before that, I would like to be bold and ask, what your relationship with Storm Dragon Veldora is? I can feel that you have his Divine Protection."

Aria nodded in understanding, while patting Fenrir so he could relax. Her wolf didn't like the fact that his Mother was being questioned when she was going out of her way to give these lower lifeforms some benefits.

As for the Divine Protection Aria received, she was aware of it, and could have expelled or hid it if she so wished. But she kept it as it could make things fun and cause possible misunderstandings. The other reason was that it increased her affinity and control with the wind, space, and water elements. Who was she to say no to freebies?

Unlike cultivators, she was well aware of the immensity of heaven and earth, and she could very well see Mt. Tai. Seriously though, she knew that even as powerful as she was currently, their are still beings she can't hope to match.

'I'm talking about you, Anos!'

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[ In a Multiverse, Far, Far Away ]

"Dear, look, it's our baby."

"How cute. I'm sure he'll become a splendid man."

The pair of husband and wife smiled at each other, relieved that their prayer brought their son back to life.

"Have you thought about his name?"

"Ah, his name is—"

"My name is Anos! Anos Voldigoad!" To the shock of the parents, their newborn stated, with a firm voice.

The baby, Anos Voldigoad, the Demon King of Tyranny stretched as he muttered, "Even though two thousand years has passed, it was an instant. Hm?"

The Founding Ancestor paused, as he sensed someone mention his name. Usually that wouldn't be a surprise, for being the Demon King of Tyranny made him infamous, as such he created a spell to tune out any prayers and such.

Yet, the same spell alerted him, and what made him raise an eyebrow was that he couldn't sense who muttered his name in any of the realms, not even a vague feeling.

"Having only 10% of my power is already showing its drawbacks. Oh well, it'll just take longer than usual until I can find the coordinates." Shrugging his shoulders, Anos faced his new parents.

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[ Central World, Great Jura Forest ]

Aria who was about to answer Treyni's question suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, 'Don't tell me…I remember in some novels and fantasy in general, that saying a super powerful person's name alerts the person…There's no way Anos could tell right?'

Aria shook her head, there was no way that Anos could reach her when she had her ability [Living Anomaly]. It gave her resistance against; Fate, Causality, Reality Warping, Divination, Analysis of any kind, Control.

'But then again, I estimate that these resistances scale to my current power, as I believe that if someone like Featherine wanted to do anything to me, I would be totally helpless.' Aria thought, not feeling all too panicked as with Essence of Blank, all these problems would be solved in time—Time being the last thing she lacked.

For now, she came out her accelerated thoughts and answered Treyni, "You can consider us…friends who share the same name, while being part of the same dysfunctional family." Aria couldn't help but chuckle at her own reply, it sounded so stupid yet fitted perfectly, considering the way Velzard and Velgrynd treated Veldora. And the fact that they consider Veldanava a brother instead of a father.

Treyni on the other hand ignored Aria's laugh and focused on the important part; Friends. Same name. Family. The first she could reluctantly accept given Aria's power and what she had seen. The second was one of the most absurd things, but then again she had his Divine Protection. The last one…

'I give up.' The manager of the great forest didn't have it in her to try understand this new Elemental Queen… "Wait, Lady Echidna, why can't I sense the natural aura of a Elemental Queen around you, anymore?"

Aria just smiled mischievously, "You couldn't sense when you first met could you?"

Now that she thought about it, Treyni realised that was indeed the case, 'Does she have a way to hide her status?'

"As long as you know…Anyways, will you girls come out now? What's with you Dryads spying on others?" Aria smiled amusedly as she looked at the green heads sticking out from behind the trees.

'These girls really need to put some of effort into hiding properly.' Is what she wanted to say, but she quickly realised that their presence seemed one with nature, as Treyni clearly didn't sense them, if her reaction was anything to go by.

"Trya! Doris! What are you doing here?" Treyni worriedly asked.

"Sister, we felt something warm." The youngest of the three sisters, Doris, softly muttered, as she stared at Aria in awe and curiosity.

"It is as Doris says, Elder Sister. We didn't expect to see an Elemental Queen, I now realise why Doris and I, along with the rest of the Dryads felt compelled to come here." Trya, the middle sibling said, her elegance closely matching Treyni's.

"This…I guess I should have expected this." Treyni muttered, as she stared at the numerous Dryads who are poking their heads from behind the trees.

The only reason why they didn't rush out and jump on Aria was out fear, they instinctively knew that Fenrir had long sensed them, and was letting them be, but they didn't know what would happen if they got too comfortable.

"Fufufu~ Of course you didn't sense us, Elder Sister, you were after all enjoying being pampered by Lady Echidna." Trya smiled mischievously when she saw the blush on her sister's cheeks, it was a first for all of them.

'Should I just make a harem of Dryads?' This thought couldn't help but appear in Aria's mind, before she quickly squished, Treyni was enough for her!

"So, how should we do this?" Aria asked, gaining everyone's attention, she kept going on a tangent, forgetting that she had work to do. But you couldn't really blame her, she was in a world that was once fiction, talking with people she wouldn't have thought she could talk to, and had enough power to flatten the world and still not be winded.

So yeah, of course she will get a little sidetracked…Or a lot…At least she will enjoy life, right?

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A/N: Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

How many of you felt that what I wrote at the end of the chapter made it feel like the book was being finished😂

Also, how many of you were misled by the title of the chapter? Don't lie, ya'll thought Anos really appeared and snapped Aria out of existence, didn't you?🤣🤣