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Actually, it was Lycorina who made him do it.
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[Private] Holy Hero: You just sat in the restaurant with Sister Irene all day, wasn't that too boring?!
Why don't you go for a walk with her tomorrow and talk as you go?
[Private] Sword Hero: Bored? How so? I think it's fine. There aren't many distractions in the restaurant.
[Private] Holy Warrior: You don't understand! She's been with you all day and is already tired and wants to sleep. You've been with her all day, can't you change your mood a bit?
[Private] Sword Hero: That makes sense.
……
An Yi: "Because I said I would find time to go out alone with my master."
A light flashed in Irene's eyes: "You still remember what we talked about at the beginning yesterday?!"
I thought you'd forgotten about the demons after talking about them all day!
An Yi: "I will not forget what Master said."
Irene couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, okay, I know you care about Master Liu now~"
An Yi: "Mm."
Got fooled!
“Although we came out for a walk today, we can’t take up too much of your time. Let’s talk about the demons as we walk,” Irene said with a smile.
An Yi still remembered the promise to go out alone with her, and she was very happy.
But Irene wasn't the kind of woman who was out of touch with reality; she knew exactly what was important and what was secondary.
An Yi was already very thoughtful by not making her sit in the conference room.
As they walked and talked on the street, stopping and starting, Irene would pick up unfamiliar items from the shops and ask Annie questions, and like any ordinary girl, she would try on jewelry and ask Annie if she looked pretty.
The waitress, who had just tried on the brand-new long noodles, smiled like an aunt and reminded the two to be mindful of the place and not to do anything inappropriate.
As she toured the city in a horse-drawn carriage, it was the first time Ive had ever observed the city so slowly and carefully. She spread her thumbs and forefingers to form a frame in front of her eyes, and closed one eye as if to capture all the beautiful moments along the way and keep them in her mind.
As evening approached, the two sat atop the city's tallest building, watching the sunset and the reddening evening glow on the horizon.
The short day is about to end.
"Where are we going to play tonight?" Irene's blonde hair looked especially beautiful in the sunset, and her equally beautiful face wore an even more beautiful smile. She turned her head to look at Annie, and the hood that covered her ears had been taken off.
"Is there anywhere you'd like to go, Master?" An Yi asked.
"This is your human territory, you're asking me?" Elef asked with a light laugh.
“When I’m at home, I usually don’t go out at night,” Annie said.
"Let's think about it tonight, it's not dark yet." Irene put her hands behind her head and leaned back.
Even though there was nothing behind her, it felt as if something was supporting her, allowing her to half-lie down.
It's so nice to watch the sunset so leisurely.
How long has it been since she looked up and saw such a view?
Thousands of years?
I didn't even think about coming out to look around while I was in the fortress.
When being chased, they dared not run to high places.
"Where were we? It seems we've already talked about all seventy-two royal servants, haven't we?" Elef asked.
“Okay, I’m done.” An Yi nodded.
"Then let me tell you about the king-level demons I know."
Demons of the same rank as the Elf King...
But there's really not much to say. So many years have passed, and many of them have either been replaced or have died out.
"I guess the Dragon King is still alive. Dragons live longer than elves, probably around five thousand years," Elef said casually.
“The Demon Dragon King…” An Yi recalled this terrifying character.
The Demon Dragon King is a creature with maximum physical and magical resistance. Physical attacks are reduced when they hit it, and it is completely immune to magical damage. Moreover, the opponent has terrifying strength, agility, resilience, and stamina.
A tanky fighter with high damage output, a 50/50 warrior who can't use magic...
Oh, and it can breathe fire too.
It can breathe fire, just like the winged, four-legged lizards commonly seen in movies and TV shows.
"The strongest among the King-level demons...we must start with the Little Demon King."
Ugh, this is a headache. I've seen her once, but we haven't even fought yet, and half of the elves at my level died instantly.
"I had no choice, I couldn't fight, I could only run." Elaine said this casually, as if she were talking about something trivial.
At the time, this was a very heavy and painful thing for her.
But a thousand years have passed, and she has long since let go of many things.
Just like how an elderly person can speak calmly about their deceased parents.
Moreover, it was Irene, who had been on the run for a thousand years.
An Yi looked at Irene silently.
Little devil.
He knew the Little Devil.
That was certainly not an opponent that Irene could defeat.
Even if the Elf King came, he would be doomed in front of the Little Demon King, without a doubt.
That is the most powerful being below the Demon King.
In her previous life, An Yi had only seen the other party once and had never fought with him.
Because when they encountered the Little Demon King, it was already in the very late stages of the campaign against the demons.
Ten thousand warriors stormed the Demon King's castle. Seventy-two royal servants were dead, and more than half of the king-level demons had perished. There were still a large number of powerful demon nobles in the Demon King's castle, led by the Little Demon King and the remaining king-level demons to protect the Demon King.
Actually, even during the Holy War, the Little Demon King was still alive.
The defeat of the Demon King is not about tens of thousands of heroes besieging him, but rather about the most elite heroes breaking into the Demon Palace amidst the chaos of battle.
At that time, the little demon king was either held back by those heroes or not. In any case, An Yi did not fight her. Instead, she followed the heroes led by Lycorina to find the demon king.
However, not having fought her doesn't mean one is unaware of how terrifying she is.
Irene: "The scariest thing about the little devil is..."
An Yi: "The Little Demon King's strongest ability is..."
Irene: "Her word magic."
Annie: "Her word magic."
"Simply by speaking, you can change everything."
"It can alter magic, alter elements, alter spells, and even alter space and time." Irene's brows furrowed slightly.
An Yi didn't reply, but just listened silently.
It's not that difficult; she can change matter itself simply by speaking.
However, what Irene didn't know was that the Demon King also possessed this ability.
"If you run into her, you absolutely have to run, or you might not even know how you died."
"If you run away, they might not take you seriously because you're too weak," Elaine said with a light laugh.
"I don't think that's the kind of character that would appear in our area of activity."
"Among the demons, he's the highest-ranking figure after the Demon King, isn't he?" An Yi said.
“That’s true.” Irene didn’t refute. “Actually, I was wondering, if the little demon king is so strong, what kind of existence is the demon king?”
Even if we gathered the power of the entire world back then, would we really have been able to defeat that monster?
Moreover, they were already that strong a thousand years ago, and now they have accumulated power for another thousand years...
To be honest, Master doesn't have much confidence that you can defeat the Demon King.
An Yi's gaze lingered on Irene for a moment, then turned to the distant sunset: "Don't worry, God is helping us."
Humanity will win.
At the beginning, it took humans years of training and excellent equipment to even deal with a level 4 demon; now, warriors can crush them with ease.
The hero will grow stronger and stronger, stronger than any race, stronger than any demon.
Stepping over the corpses of seventy-two royal servants, stepping over king-level demons, then stepping over lesser demon kings, he finally became a powerful being capable of killing a demon king.
"Haha—" Irene couldn't help but laugh, "Alright, alright, since you've said so, then Master will believe you."
She didn't look down on the hero, she just felt...
An Yi has never even seen a truly powerful demon, so how can he be so confident?
This man was always so reliable, but the occasional childishness he displayed was so endearing to her.
"To kill the Demon King...?"
Looking at An Yi's profile, Irene thought it was unlikely, but deep down she secretly felt a hint of expectation.
He was the man she chose, and regardless of whether he could kill the Demon King or not, and regardless of his strength, Irene would not despise him.
But... what if in the end, his strength really surpasses that of the Demon King, and he really kills the King?
If I could be with someone as strong as that...
It's fantasy time!
Irene's heart suddenly started racing.
Fortunately, her blush wasn't so obvious under the sunset.