"By the way, shouldn't the focus of your attention now be the Demon King? He's the key!"
Asahi suddenly spoke up, awakening everyone once again. He was right. Their target should indeed be the Demon King. Though the Demon King's soul is still in Purgatory for now, he will eventually come out, which will pose a significant problem.
At any rate, he still possesses a power level of over a million. In such a situation, if he decides to play dirty, they won't stand a chance.
"That guy is in Purgatory, but not everyone here can go to such a place!"
Meliodas remarked, as Purgatory is not a friendly place.
"Exactly, Purgatory is dangerous. My father went in for just a moment, and when he came back, he was completely different. He knew the horrors of Purgatory."
Merlin recounted what she knew about hell, mentioning the issue of time flow. When her father went in, he aged rapidly upon returning, not because of any influence, but due to the time difference inside.
Moreover, there's the terrifying power within Purgatory. Once someone enters, their physical bodies are doomed, and their consciousness might not be clear, even leading to getting lost.
Merlin's father, for instance, took just a step inside, but when he managed to find his way back, much time had passed. In summary, there's a huge time difference between Purgatory and the human world.
This can be regarded as a wonder of this world. The Purgatory is automatically created by the world, not artificially. The difference in time flow is due to the world's authority, so it's limited to this world alone. If one leaves this world, it's irrelevant.
Still, this is already very advantageous for Asahi's training. As training in such a place would save him a lot of time.
After hearing about Purgatory, Escanor and Diane, who are mere mortals, couldn't help but felt helpless.
Although they are strong, entering such a place would still pose significant problems for them, so they clearly cannot go.
"I can provide you with a protective shield that will allow you to move freely in hell. It just so happens that I plan to see how you guys defeat the Demon King. So now is a good opportunity."
Asahi spoke up. This matter is too simple for him. He just needs to place a protective shield around these people, and then they can go bother the Demon King.
He's also curious about the Demon King's expression when he sees them.
As for Zeldris, after he found someone he likes, he immediately lived in seclusion. He no longer wants to continue fighting. Only he remains of the Ten Commandments, or rather, he himself is no longer a Commandment since the Commandment are gone.
Without the Commandment, he naturally isn't one of the Ten Commandments anymore, and he can just do whatever he wants.
As for Meliodas and the others, with Asahi's help, they also entered Purgatory. And because there's Asahi's barrier, they won't be affected by these things and won't get lost.
In the original work, Ban got lost for who knows how long. When his body adapts to the slowness of this world, he begins to look for Meliodas.
The souls here, if they can't find a place to settle down after a long time, will lose their memories and become monsters.
Because of the constant defeats by the Demon King, Meliodas's soul also ended up like this, only recovering after meeting Ban. The bond between these two in the original work was truly exceptional.
But now, because of Asahi's appearance, although the relationship between the two is not bad, it can only be considered ordinary now, lacking the life-and-death brotherhood from the original work.
"Purgatory is indeed terrifying. Those things are lost souls, right? So, where is the Demon King now? I can't wait to go bother him!"
Ban said eagerly, itching for a fight with the Demon King since he has never fought him yet.
"You have to ask Meliodas about this. My power has been disturbed too much in this kind of place, and I can only rely on Meliodas!"
Merlin bypassed Asahi directly. After all, he brought them here to watch the show, not to be a babysitter and a navigator.
So this time, they have to deal with the Demon King themselves, instead of looking at Asahi for help.
And Meliodas himself is the son of the Demon King and has gained most of the Demon King's power now, so it shouldn't be difficult for him to sense the Demon King's whereabouts.
Sure enough, in less than half a minute, Meliodas found the Demon King's location. He was still raging there, after all, his power suddenly vanished. Not raging would be surprising instead.
In this way, the group of people move quickly. Since they will not get lost, it is much easier to find the Demon King.
However, before they found the Demon King, they encountered a rather cute wild boar. Yes, this was... Hawk's brother, Wild.
They looked almost identical, except this one... had two more tusks.
Moreover, this guy is also had extraordinary talent, as he can survive in such a place. It can only be said that the vitality of this race is really strong. As for Hawk and their mother, they've been thrown to the mainland by the Demon King.
The Demon King planned to use Hawk's nostrils to spy on Meliodas, but how could he know that Meliodas and his group would come here directly this time?
"What are you guys? Are there other intelligent beings in Purgatory?"
Seeing Meliodas and the others, the boar was astonished. After all, he had never encountered any special beings here, only some mindless beasts. Other than himself, there were no other creatures with intelligence.
That's why he has always been challenging the Demon King here. And perhaps, the Demon King himself is also bored, that's why he hasn't killed this guy, keeping him around to alleviate his boredom.
"To think there's still a pig with intelligence, it's truly incredible!"
Merlin looked at the boar with great interest, while the others also showed intrigued expressions.
Afterward, they chatted with the boar for a while and learned about Wild's purpose here. They were somewhat speechless that... a boar had actually challenged the Demon King so many times.
They don't know how strong Wild was, but to dare to challenge Demon King directly like this, isn't this a suicidal way to act? But somehow, this guy survived, which is truly amazing.