An old being like Ilyas didn't need to rack his brain too much to understand how things were.
There was no free lunch and his life that was spared that day definitely wasn't without purpose.
Looking at Lith, Ilyas now understood that his purpose was probably to serve this guy here and become a subordinate or probably even slave.
Ilyas sighed. There was no pill for regrets and he shouldn't have acted like a high and mighty being, trying to stop someone's ascension like that.
His arrogance had been smashed to bits after he was killed that day.
With a slight melancholic look, Ilyas stared at Lith and decided to just go wherever fate wanted him to go.
Ilyas answered Lith's question with a generic answer and Lith didn't pester him more on this.
Finishing eating the fish attached to the stick, Lith used the same stick and started drawing a few things on the sand.
"You're an old Demon, Mr. Ilyas. A demon that isn't interested in doing demonic things and rather pursues the martial peak. Your ambitions have taken a stop because…"
Lith began reciting the things he had learnt about Ilyas from the Royal Archives.
The information he saw on the tablet was sourced from the Royal Archives. Luna had access to it and could bring things from there to Lith whenever he wanted.
Though, most of the time Lith preferred going to the archives himself as he liked that place. It was cool.
Ilyas was a strong Supreme Rank and with a rich past.
He was similar in age with the King of Angels and was also his biggest rival.
Countless battles had been fought between them and their score had always been a draw.
They both acknowledged each other and considered themselves equals.
However, roughly half a million years ago, the King of Angels decided to stop fighting with Ilyas and got busy.
It was because he had a granddaughter, much to Ilyas's surprise, she was a demon and not an angel.
This guy's only daughter had fallen in love with a demon and ended up conceiving a demon as her daughter.
Due to birth complications, she died, and the demon husband of hers couldn't bear through the pain of his spouse's death and also died, leaving the poor girl alone.
The King of Angels couldn't watch the child suffer and decided to never let her feel that she was alone.
He got busy raising her and Ilyas could do nothing but watch from afar and sigh.
He got bored since his rival wasn't there now and checked up on the worldly affairs to pass time.
Time passed and eventually, Ilyas learnt of the death of the Vampire King.
A new vampire had replaced the king and became the Vampire Queen.
Ilyas didn't bother much with the information since one gone and one arrived, the balance was there.
He then learnt of the Elves becoming a main race due to the ascension of an elf to Supreme Rank.
This brought the total to eight main races and Ilyas felt this balance was good enough and that the Elves shouldn't bother anybody since they'll be living in their own continent.
Ilyas preferred the world to be in balance and not the power scale tilting to one direction. He didn't want the people to kill themselves and make the tragedies of the Chaotic Era to reappear.
Too much life and resources had been lost in history, there was no need for another of such wars.
Then, Ilyas learnt that the King of Angels' granddaughter had grown strong and ascended to Supreme Rank.
He was happy for the King of Angels and sent his wishes to him.
The King of Angels then mentioned about his granddaughter becoming the Demon Queen, to which Ilyas had no objection.
The Demon Race was a main race from the start because Ilyas was a Supreme. He didn't have any interest in ruling them and now someone was taking up that spot, it was always welcomed.
He one hundred percent believed in the King of Angels. He knew that man wasn't someone who schemed and wanted destruction. Rather, that guy was the most benevolent and kind man in the entire world.
He wanted everyone's prosperity and with his granddaughter being the Demon Queen, he was sure that she'd lead the Demons to a better future.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Lucifer shouldn't be much different than the King of Angels, is what Ilyas had thought.
Ilyas eventually went into seclusion at this point and in his seclusion, he felt disturbance in the Dragon Continent. There was a new Supreme Rank ascending there.
Ilyas didn't bother himself with it since the Demons now had two Supremes. They could challenge the Dragons if needed and keep the balance.
It was only later down the line when Ilyas felt the Dragons having a third Supreme Rank was he disturbed and went to cause trouble, resulting in himself getting killed.
Ilyas reflected on this and realized that he was really wrong to do such a thing.
Just like him, others had worked hard to reach such a stage and it definitely wasn't easy to ascend.
Stopping their ascension meant spitting on their years of hard work.
Yes, Ilyas might be afraid of the balance of the world tilting, but then he realized he could easily stop a few newbies himself if he so wanted to and keep the balance.
Ascension shouldn't stop, but sigh, it was too late to regret.
In any case, he now found some meaning to do things with this person appearing here.
Ilyas had no plans to once again offend the being who killed him. He also had no plans right now and thought that he might as well go along with this guy.
Maybe he'll get to see the expert that killed him later and take pointers from them.
It had also been a long time since he saw his rival, so going out might be beneficial, thought Ilyas.
Lith steered the conversation in all the right directions without messing up or making Ilyas feel something off.
Ilyas didn't feel anything off because Lith didn't say anything in regards to that.
Finally, getting to the main topic, Lith said with a serious gaze,
"Mr. Ilyas, things have changed, and the world cannot be peaceful anymore."
"Hmm?" Ilyas's attention was piqued at this.
Lith explained about there being threats of the otherworldly beings and that the people need to get in the groove and be ready at all times for combat.
The world wasn't the same anymore and Lith mentioned that Ilyas might be feeling the abundance of magical energy all around them, to which Ilyas nodded, and Lith then answered why such was the case, surprising him.
Long talks later, Ilyas was convinced.
Anyone would be, with how good Lith was at conversing.
Years of talking to his wives who were high level beings sharpened his skills in this regard. He could now even convince a rock that it wasn't a rock but a mere speck of dust in the boundless universe.
"What am I supposed to do then?" Ilyas got to the point and asked.
"It's simple. All you have to do is…"
The sun began setting and night descended.
Lith and Ilyas's talks soon got over and Lith parted ways with him without talking about any more useless things.
The talks went smoothly and without a hitch. The reason for such a thing happening was all due to a simple fact.
It was Lith's bloodline. It was stated in the archives that Ilyas was afraid of it.
Lith didn't make use of it to scare him, he simply used it to have a respectful conversation with the guy and got him to do things he had planned.
What would Ilyas get in return for helping? It was entertainment, that's it.
Supreme Ranks were bored beings. They needed stimulus every now and then. With how Ilyas was doing the same eat sleep repeat routine in this area, Lith knew he was bored to death.
That's why Lith didn't promise him any reward or provide any benefits. It wasn't a fair trade, and that's why Lith was a great merchant. He prioritized his benefits over the other guy.
Lith came back to the castle with Keith, Bella, and Arbour after this interaction.
Lith dismissed Arbour and then yawning, dragged his maids to his bedroom to sleep.
He said to Keith, Fanny, and Fei that he wanted them to warm his bed, which obviously shocked them, but when they went to sleep, they were stupefied.
Lith actually meant what he said. They really were used to warm the bed and nothing else.
He merely hugged them and slept under one blanket, without doing anything else. His hands also didn't wander around their bodies and stayed in place.
"If you move even slightly, I'll punish you." Lith instructed before dozing off, dumbfounding the girls once again.
With many questions in mind, the maids lay still like pillows on Lith's bed while the latter slept soundly.