My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Chapter 90: Ancient Demon Ancestors

"Nightmare Demon Ancestor. How did you break through so easily? You are only one step into godhood."

"Wait, that’s one step away, and you will no longer be constrained by mortal boundaries. It’s about the time for your ascension and tribulation."

"Hey, did you old things fail to realize this Old Nightmare is no longer haunted by the curse?"

"You are right. The curse... Nightmare Clan’s curse is undying, right?"

"It’s the same curse as any high-class ancient demons, including us. We cannot become Demon Gods even if we are half-immortals from birth. Nightmare Clan’s real curse is insanity. They will go crazy once they reach the bottleneck. At that time, they’ll start over, rebirth or reincarnation with no memory. That’s why the nightmare demon chose to cultivate slowly."

"Hmm, if he can remove his curse, so can we. Our ancient demons no longer need to be haunted by the damned curses!"

"Old Nightmare, tell us now, or we will never let you go. How do you do it?"

The ancestors of the other ancient demon clans exerted some pressure on the Nightmare Demon Ancestor to speak. However, they kept their attitudes courteous to prevent offending the other party.

"Keke, it’s all thanks to my descendant. My clan’s young lord, Little Gerrard... He managed to surpass the mortal limit but still restrained himself and stayed in the mortal world. He is the one capable of lifting the curse." The Nightmare Demon Ancestor laughed in satisfaction after showing off his current accomplishments.

He managed to attract the five demonic ancestors to his favor. In the past, he was the 5th strongest. However, he went straight to the 1st strongest because the other ancestors were stuck in one or three stages below his current realm.

"Nightmare Clan’s young lord? Err, that idiot prince, Gerrard Fear?"

"He couldn’t be an idiot if he can lift his ancestor’s curse."

"But, he is known as an idiot prince back then, right? How is that little demon managed to break through beyond 10th Rank?"

"I heard he left this ancient secret realm through an unexpected dimensional gap 37 years ago."

The other ancestors discussed briefly but mainly badmouthed the Nightmare Clan’s young lord right before the Nightmare Clan’s ancestor.

"Well, stop, stop. He played around a lot in the past. I also pay less attention to it, but it isn’t his real intention. His father always said his son diligently cultivated without everyone knowing it. I thought it was a lie until Old Nightmare said this."

A particular ancient demon’s ancestor felt that it was purely all ruse.

"That’s right. If you want to lift your curse, you must first pledge your allegiance to my Nightmare Clan with an oath in the name of your demon heart. That way, I can persuade Little Gerrard to help you." The Nightmare Demon Ancestor took advantage of this opportunity to strengthen his seniority.

"Don’t go too far, Old Nightmare."

"It’s fine if you don’t want to do it. When the time comes, my clan will become the True Immortal Clan, and you will be a speck of dust in a corner."

When Nightmare Demon Ancestor declared that, he pretended to leave as if he lost interest.

However, his simple trick managed to pull the other ancestors into making their oath of allegiance as Nightmare Clan allies if their curse could be lifted.

With that said, The Nightmare Demon Ancestor brought the other ancestors to his clan’s north military base.

The feeling of superiority was so good. The Nightmare Demon Ancestor thanked his clan’s young lord in his heart.

Two dozen nightmare demons already gathered in ranks in the Nightmare Clan’s north military base.

Their young lord has just arrived with his twenty terrifying demonic guards.

The protector elders then tell about the recent incident they faced with the demon king. The nightmare demons then gaped in surprise.

Their young lord defeated a super-powerful invader in just a few seconds.

"Have you prepared the requirements? It’s two dozen demons." Ely nodded at the Nightmare Clan’s elites. They harbored a good favorability.

"Yes, here it is. That’s 44 demons. So, these forty-two of our loyal and powerful experts... And your parents expect you to lift our curse now. Also, you don’t need to count on your future wife, okay? She is your responsibility, hehe." Martin handed over several storage pouches to his son.

"Well then." Ely accepted the reward with pleasure. Nightmare Clan was generous and rich!

She needed about twenty seconds to lift the curse from a nightmare demon. And it took several tens of minutes for her to finish her part of the deal.

The nightmare demons that had just been freed from their curse cheered with joy but were covered in a sticky, black, smelly liquid.

They had prepared several emergency bathrooms, and they quickly cleaned themselves in turn.

The so-called curse is only present within high-class demons, and Daphne suffered no curse because she was a mid-class demon. Ely proceeded straight to Skyla as the last patient. However, it was a free curse-lifting service, and she couldn’t refuse it because the demon king and queen kept forcing it on her...

Ely put a talisman into Skyla’s chest, but it didn’t enter one’s chest like what happened with Nightmare Demon Ancestor. It was just a fake guise, just like she did at the lifting of the curse from the previous 44 nightmare demons.

After all, she didn’t want to explain much about how she could lift the curse. It was her skills, but she credited the curse-purifying talisman.

Crafting those talismans required tons of resources, which was what nightmare demons should know. In fact, it wasn’t too tricky, and the cost was moderate. She could mass-produce the curse-purifying talisman if she had sufficient materials.

"Ge-Gerrard..." Skyla blushed fiercely as her fiance touched her bust.

"Don’t move. Don’t resist the incoming energy flow." Ely put her other hand on Skyla’s shoulder to prevent this demon girl from moving. She focused on lifting the light element curse from one’s soul, which would need extra precision.

The nightmare demon’s soul was near the heart, and she had to close her hand to it.

"..." Skyla felt so embarrassed, but she didn’t dare to move or voice any protest.

Her fiance kneaded her left breast. She was sure he didn’t treat the previous female demons during the curse-lifting like this! Also, they were in front of everyone. Everyone’s meaningful gazes made her really want to run away and hide in a hole.

Come to think of it... she hated her fiance all these years and always thought of ways to break their engagement. However, she received pleasant treatment from Lord Martin and Madam Sarah as if she had become daughter-in-law in the Nightmare Fear Family.

Not to mention, she had just discovered Gerrard really pretending to be an idiot prince worthy of spite, and that was because he wanted to avoid the trouble and unnecessary struggle. His parents never even pressured him to do anything, as he already had some secret agenda.

He was deliberately destroying his reputation. That way, Nightmare Clan wouldn’t be targeted by other high-class clans’ suppressions because their prominent family’s successor was the so-called idiot prince.

He was actually a peerless genius. That was why he could reach the breaking point and lift the curse that had haunted the nightmare demons.

Everybody said it was because of the talisman he crafted, but it was just paper. Nobody could lift the ancient demon’s curse unless the caster was so powerful.

But!

He never said anything to her. He also never glanced at her during the engagement 37 years ago. He left just like that after that event.

By the time he returned, he had treated her like a servant, ruled over her like she was his underling, bossing her around like she was his battle pet, then she currently became his plaything...

Despite having countless grievances, Skyla somehow didn’t hate her fiance so much anymore.

’Master, Elder Yuuki just held an emergency meeting regarding the demonic monster tides with our allies. We will let these monsters go to invade the outside world.’

Gabriella suddenly sent a telepathy to Ely.

’!!!’ Ely was surprised, but fortunately, she had finished lifting Skyla’s curse.

’Did something happen on your side?’ Ely was worried.

’We will run out of anti-debuff talismans if we linger in this ancient secret realm. Also, we detected two Deity-level ancient demons approaching, and several 10th Rank demonic monsters lurking in the distance. They are ready to attack, and everyone is alert because of them.’

’Five peak-level powerhouses and two of them are ancient demon ancestors... Please follow Elder Yuuki’s arrangement. We’ll be there soon.’

’Affirmative.’

Gabriella notified her master.

However, Ely felt uneasy and panicked in her heart. They had to deal with five 10th Rank powerhouses, but she could only rely on Yuuki. One Deity against five... that would be very dangerous.

Ely immediately spoke to Yuuki via the telepathy talisman.

Yet, another surprising thing already happened. The great war in the outside world has broken out somehow. The main force from various factions would go to the battlefield, so Yuuki and their allies could only guard the gate briefly.

They were sandwiched on two dangerous sides. On one side were the ancient demons and demonic monsters, but on the other was a great war between major realms involving countless influential experts.