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Cring.. Cring.. Cring.. As soon as the teleport magic brought them to Miwamori, the sound of bells from the footsteps of the Foxes greeted. They arrived at a village surrounded by pine forests. The multiple-tailed Foxes went about their own business. When they saw the 9 Kings arriving there, they looked confused. But Ryota hinted that they should not worry. The Foxes continued their activities again and ignored their newly arrived presence.

Broken compass arrow pointing straight ahead. The nine of them walked in the direction indicated by the arrow. From a distance, there’s a small hill where the road leading to it is very quiet. Weaved paper talismans and small bells adorned the trees by the roadside.

"ggrrhhh...." suddenly Ryota bent his ears again and growled like anger. His orange Magia also seemed to surround him.

"What’s wrong with you Fox?" asked Adrian. Not only Magia orange, Adryan could smell the Fox priest's fear.

"That cursed hill... the hill of illusion.. God Inari forbids me and my Foxes for coming there.. There's a demon.. There's a demon sealed there..." Ryota's eyes stared intently and warily.

"Devil?" Nathanael turned his head towards the hill. He had heard the legend that it was the ancestors of the Celestials who sealed a group of demons on a small hill in the east. Is the legend says about this hill of illusion?

"H.. have you ever met a Demon?" Peter who heard the myths and tales of these hell-dwelling creatures, and had no idea that he would actually meet them one day.

"I have, I’d even sealed it back with Broken compass so the demon sleep quietly and don't disturb the peace of the ocean .." Andrew answered flatly and briefly.

"Hah?!"

"Ekhem.. then let me try to find it.. if I don't come back, ask the help of other Demigods.. don't follow me.. Maybe my heavenly light magic can overcome demons if I meet them later" said Joseph as he stepped advanced along the path to the hill. No one interrupted his suggestion because indeed the light of the Demigod served as the opposite of the evil and destructive.

Arriving at the foothills, Joseph was quiet for a moment looking at the top. An empty hill without any trees on it, only green grass that fill it out, firmly supporting the sky. A Torii gate seemed to be the entrance to another world beyond the hill. The wind blew through his white robes, just as he stepped through the Torii gates.

Wushh.. as he stepped on, his figure was disappear.

"SEE..?? I TOLD YOU THIS IS NOT AN ORDINARY HILL…” Ryota panicked when he saw Joseph suddenly disappeared.

"Yeah.. we'll wait according to his signal.. if he doesn't come back for a long time we will return to Vouna and ask the other Demigods for help.." Peter tried to calm Ryota. It was the first time he had seen such a weird and strange place.

As the name implies, the Demigods are indeed a half-god clan with the highest magical abilities compared to other clans that have a long history and are related to the history of the Celestials in Asteria. They are pure descendants of a Goddess who descended to the world. The golden Magia of the Goddess did not fade after thousands of years passed down to her descendants. Typical clothing that is dominated by white and gold is a symbol of heaven. Vouna is a plateau bordered by Nereida to the northeast, Draecorona to the north, Groilandia to the west and Chaldene to the south. Located at the center of the Arc Chaestra, the Land was protected by a wall of magic as a boundary with other lands.

Demigods love science very much. Creating new spells, learning magic, developing witchcraft are things they do every day. Some of them can even fly even though they have no wings. Not only magic but also physics, biology, mathematics, they are always updated and tireless to explore new things. As Joseph said before their magical talents are light, cosmic space, soul and mind. Among the 9 clans only they were comparable to Demon with black Magia. That is why Joseph the Father of Demigod is not afraid to enter the Illusionary Hill which is said to have a devil sealed inside.

But it turned out that in less than a minute, Joseph had reappeared.

“HOW QUICK??" even before Damian sit on the grass, Joseph's figure had returned from behind the Torii gate.

"I WAS GONE FOR ALL NIGHT LONG HOW YOU SAY I WAS QUICK??" Joseph was surprised because he felt he had been gone long enough. It was evident from his tired face and his clothes were a bit shabby.

"All night long?? You just left a minute ago .." Erick who also had not had time to do anything else replied.

"Really???"

"Yeah…." The 8 of them answered at the same time.

".. the time difference is long enough huh, a day and a night like that .."

"But indeed.. as soon as I entered this hill it felt like entering another dimension.. as if I was dreaming, I was in a hallway with hundreds of doors lined with various sizes and colors.. and to be honest I was afraid if I opened the wrong door and The demon that Ryota said…” Joseph also told his experience of entering the Illusory Hill.

“I opened one by one the doors that were there, hoping that the door I chose was the right one. I tried to cast a searching spell but got no clue.. I almost gave up. I've run out of time just to check those hundreds of doors..."

The room from the doors that Joseph opened has various contents, one containing the space with galactic dust, a room with a vast dandelion flower garden and clear sky, a space connected to the deep sea complete with corals and fishes, a room containing dream bubbles from sleeping people, to a white space filled with nothing but emptiness.

“.. My search was stopped after I opened one door.. I don't know what shape it was, but inside that door lay hundreds of keys that were similar to the keys to the Gate of South. I checked again the keys we got from Draecorona and Nereida where the two keys were made of copper iron with stone decorations typical of each kingdom. Kitsune's signature stone is Topaz, I was looking for it. The keys scattered there were made of gold, silver, or platinum. As if tempting me to take it instead of the Gate of South key.. After I found this real one, the rest of the fake ones just disappeared.. another door then appeared in front of me, I opened it and it turned out to be the exit from this hill .. "Joseph move on and finish the story. He showed the key he had found on the hill, it was indeed a key decorated with topaz.

"Thank God.. it seems that you are protected by God Inari.." While shaking his ear Ryota smiled. He was relieved the spooky hill wouldn't harm his new comrade.

"Uwoo.... Demigod's faith indeed the number one," joked Adryan, clapping his hands.

"duh.."

"Yeah... If I'm the one looking for the key here, maybe I won't be back until a week or a month there .." Peter replied while staring at the empty hill.

"Then, shall we move on to the next place?" asked Ryota who was no longer worried.

"next.. hem... southeast of Miwamori is the ocean, would we going to Thalassa-" Erick confused himself when he continued his sentence.

"Thalassas is in the sea, how do we find the key in the water?" Damian also clarified Erick's confusion.

"Yeah.. Andrew can't teleport alone right, we'll be separated"

"Uhm.. I can make a giant air bubble for you guys.. don't worry," said Andrew.

"Oh?.. it's okay then, let’s go.."