First thing, Beleth pulled out another black box and handed it to Darian, asking him to open it.
Darian still had the one he'd gotten before, but he took the new one without fuss. With a simple motion… the second box opened.
Inside, there was a red ring — exactly like the first one. He tried to hand the box back to the demon, but Beleth refused.
"Unfortunately, only the one who opens it can take what's inside. If I try, my body will be completely corroded by a curse… or at least, that's what the legends say," Beleth explained calmly.
Then he took a deep breath. The second box was just confirmation, so there'd be no doubt left.
"Let's start from the beginning. These boxes, which we call the Demonic Artifact, aren't really an artifact — they're more like a kind of key. And, like any key, they open something… in this case, the entrance to the Devil and Celestial World."
Tayluar tensed up when she heard the name. She clearly knew a few things, but not the whole picture.
