After knowing that Gloxinia continued to join the Ten Commandments despite knowing the truth, King fell silent. Yes, among all races, human thinking is the most complex. Undoubtedly, there are more good people among them, but once they turn bad, they have no bottom line. So, these races don't want to have much to do with humans.
But not having any interaction with them is also completely impossible. Being stuck in old ways and not adapting will eventually lead to the disconnection of one's race from the outside world, and they would be finished sooner or later. So, there's no choice in the matter.
Thinking carefully, the fact that King's friends' bodies kept circulating in the human market shows how many people have bought them. Moreover, human nobles have a special obsession with... unique races.
Even though their appearance doesn't differ much from humans, as long as they are considered a unique race, humans will be attracted to them.
King couldn't do anything now. In fact, Gloxinia's choice wasn't entirely wrong. Strictly speaking, even if the Demon Clan entered the continent, as long as he preserved the Fairy Clan, there wouldn't be much of a problem.
Although the Demon Clan also has despicable individuals, even more so perhaps, compared to humans, they are too inferior.
But no one wants this place to become like the Demon Realm, a barren wasteland. After all, this is their home.
"Alright, enough talking. Your strength is impressive. If you can, try to kill me. I can't forgive humans, so I won't help them. If you can kill me, then go ahead and do it!"
Gloxinia spoke up. In fact, he had no other choice. After joining the Ten Commandments, he couldn't be accepted by humans, even though they themselves had pushed him into this situation. That's the most helpless part of it all.
He couldn't go back, but he also didn't want to continue hurting the people he cared about. So, the best outcome for him would be... death. After passing on their legacies to Diane and King, as in the original story, they chose to die gracefully.
At that time, both he and Drole were no longer afraid of death.
In the past, Drole surrendered because he didn't want to die. Although it was indeed shameful for a strong person to surrender, no one wants to die, not even the Demon King. That's why he tried to take over Meliodas's body by any means necessary.
Death is fatal to almost all life.
"Is that so? You've made your peace then. Come at me!"
King shook his head. Since Gloxinia had made peace with death, he wouldn't hold back. After all, Gloxinia, as the first Fairy King, had betrayed the Fairy Clan and joined the enemy, the Ten Commandments. He was already condemned.
As for the reason, sorry, no one would care about such things. For example, killing is killing. Few people would care about the reasons behind it.
King and Gloxinia clashed, but the difference in their strength was enormous. Gloxinia's combat power was at most... a few tens of thousands, while King's was several hundred thousand. This wasn't just a difference of a few times, as the combat class increased, the gap in strength grew larger. So Gloxinia was simply no match for King.
After just a few exchanges, King's Sacred Treasure severed the weapon Gloxinia held in his hand. Even the healing ability he has couldn't condense in time. He was defeated quickly.
"Amazing, I didn't expect the Fairy King of this generation to have reach this level. You're indeed very strong. I'm relieved to entrust the Fairy Clan to you. Come on, do it!"
Gloxinia smiled, and King remained silent, not saying anything. Instead, he acted directly. It was Gloxinia's choice, and he had no right to interfere. So now, he sent Gloxinia on his way directly.
Even after death, Gloxinia still retained a faint smile, as this could be considered a kind of liberation. As for the Commandment, it was directly caught by King the moment it emerged and then placed in the bottle prepared by Merlin.
The bottle had been reinforced and could contain Commandments, which were also their targets. Knowing that the source of the Demon King's power was the Commandments, there was no need to hesitate anymore; they just had to act.
By completely collecting the Commandments, the Demon King's power would be halved, as most of his power resided within the Commandments.
Commandments were what he prepared to find a body, so one could say he was quite despicable. However, he didn't expect Meliodas to abandon the Love Commandment back then.
After dealing with the Commandments at hand, King turned his attention to the others. The current battle was completely one-sided, as the opponents were no match of them at all.
After Gloxinia died, Drole also accepted death calmly.
He had made the decision to join the Ten Commandments because he was afraid of dying, and after thousands of years, he had thought it over clearly. So, now, he died at Diane's hands.
One by one, the Ten Commandments were handled without much resistance.
Those who opposed Escanor were burned to ashes, and even Melascula had all seven of her hearts hunted down by Ban, instantly killing her. It was a completely one-sided battle.
In less than ten minutes, only Estarossa and Zeldris remained.
The rest of the Commandments had already been collected.
"You both see it now, don't you? Everything has come to an end. Zeldris, you found your life's goal earlier than I did. The Demon King isn't choosing the next Demon King for any other reason than to take over their bodies."
"The Commandments are what he uses to take over bodies. It's his essence, his collective form. He's old, and he needs a young body to as his new vessel. You might become his new target!"
Meliodas, knowing the Demon King's goal, tried to persuade his brother not to act rashly. After all, the Demon King was not worthy of their loyalty now. His only goal from beginning to end was to take over their bodies.
As for Estarossa, Asahi didn't elaborate much, so their memories hadn't recovered yet.
"Hey, hey, hey! Is it really okay to ignore me like this?! I'm still here!"
Estarossa said somewhat annoyed. He wondered what's wrong with these two. They completely ignored him and talked about other topics. He was extremely displeased.
After all, he was still Meliodas's brother and Zeldris's brother. As siblings, these two just ignored him and talked about something else. He was beyond annoyed, he was boiling with anger.