Five years ago... I think I was the previous shepherd back then, or maybe even the one before that.

But Corno says he saw a large flock of sheep breaking into Paradise City, which seems a bit illogical, doesn't it?

Although Jiang Ran is a shepherd, and the things he herds do indeed look like sheep on the surface, don't these dwarfs have to tear off their sheepskins and enter in their true form before entering heaven?

In that case, it would make sense if Corno said he saw a large group of dwarfs or monsters break into Paradise City, but how could he, as an insider of Paradise City, possibly see sheep here?

Jiang Ran pressed further: "And then?"

"The shepherd passed the test to enter the city with ease. He simply sent his sheep one by one to try. Although each sheep failed, he obtained a lot of clues and finally found the correct answer after more than ten failures!"

Goodness, the previous shepherd was quite a talent!

"Because of this incident, the test was slightly modified later. You now have to give the correct answer to prevent anyone from using a sheep as a substitute..."

"After that, the shepherd led his flock into the city of paradise. At first, we didn't pay any attention to him, but there were just too many sheep, probably more than 10,000."

More than 10,000? Although Jiang Ran couldn't know exactly how many sheep he had, he figured it was at most a few thousand, definitely not tens of thousands!

Over the past five years, the flock has lost thousands of sheep! Where did these sheep go? Did they die? And how did they die?

Or did it end up somewhere else?

“At that time, I was still the deputy city lord. I found this shepherd and asked him to tidy up his flock and take it to a fixed place to graze so as not to affect the order in the city.”

He said he was just a shepherd, not a beast tamer, and couldn't control the sheep's behavior; the sheep only obeyed the commands of the sheepdogs.

A sheepdog? It seems that the previous shepherd was indeed quite different from himself. His flock of sheep seemed to be real sheep, and he did have a sheepdog, unlike himself who only had a strange big cat.

"I couldn't be bothered with him. I just told him to tidy up the sheep and not disturb the city residents, and then I left. I was just taking a walk and happened to pass by and saw it. How could I possibly get involved in such a thing myself?"

How could a deputy city lord like him possibly meddle in such a trivial matter? But it was precisely his stroll that led to a major incident!

"When I returned to my mansion, I happened to see a sheep circling around my door. I wondered how the sheep had come all this way, so I caught the sheep and was about to throw it out."

"But the moment I grabbed the sheepskin, it tore open, and something rolled out of it!"

Something rolled out of the sheepskin? Could it be the dwarf inside?

"That's the skeleton of a sheep! Yes, I just lifted the sheep by the collar, and its bones just popped out of the flesh!"

Fortunately, Corno himself was a strange creature, used to all sorts of storms, and at the time he was just a little curious. If it were a normal person, they would have been scared out of their wits.

"I wanted to stuff the bone inside, but when I lifted the sheepskin, I realized that it really was just a sheepskin; the flesh and blood inside had completely disappeared!"

"This sheep was just a strange creature made of bones and skin! I was thinking, if it doesn't even have flesh and blood, then why does it eat grass?"

Such a bizarre thing has happened, and you're still thinking about this...

As expected of someone near godhood, no matter what happens, he probably just finds it amusing and doesn't think he's in danger.

"I immediately became interested and wanted to study this sheep carefully."

"But just as I picked up its skull, I discovered that a pale white, slightly transparent flame was burning inside! The next moment, these flames actually climbed up my hand and onto my body!"

"I didn't take it seriously at the time, but I couldn't extinguish the flames no matter what I did. The flames kept corroding my body. I knew that I had probably encountered some evil spirit!"

Brother, aren't you an evil spirit yourself?

"I discovered that the source of the flames was the skull, so I smashed the rotten bone to pieces with one palm. However, the bone fragments reassembled in mid-air and formed a strange pattern with the help of the flames!"

"I immediately remembered that the city lord seemed to have mentioned a legend about a demon to me, a secret known only to the city lord! There were other servants with me at the time, and they were all terrified, so I had no choice but to take action and suppress the demon!"

"The demon vanished into thin air, and everyone praised me for my invincible bravery, saying that I had defeated the demon in one move. But only I know that I did not kill him, but let him escape. However, for the sake of my position as the deputy city lord, I have to let others think that way!"

"It's been five years, and I've been searching for this demon! I have a feeling that something big is about to happen, so I want to become the city lord, and I want to witness those secrets! I want to find a way to deal with the demon!"

The flyer claimed that Corno defeated the demon in one move, which seemed like a heroic feat, but it turned out to be a joke.

The demon did not die, but roams the city of paradise, no, perhaps the entire grassland!

Is the demon that Corno mentioned the same demon that Jiang Ran saw last night?

"When the city lord learned of this, he set up a restriction in the City of Paradise. All sheep entering the City of Paradise would reveal their true appearance. If they were dwarfs, they could enter; if they were sheep bones, they would be killed on the spot!"

No wonder, no wonder these sheep tore their skins as soon as they entered the City of Paradise. This was actually the work of the city lord.

"In these five years, have you discovered any trace of the demon?"

No, not at all.

"If I weren't certain he wasn't dead, I probably would have thought I had killed him, just like the general public!"

"I hope he's disappeared and will never return to Paradise City, but I don't dare gamble. So I want to be the city lord, I want to find the demon and get rid of him once and for all!"

Korno coughed up blood and foam, his pupils dilated, and he showed no signs of life.

A demon has appeared in the City of Paradise. Does the city lord not know about it?

That's impossible. He even set up a restriction because of this, which means he knows exactly what happened! But he didn't care or ask about it for the past five years. Could it be that he has secretly dealt with the demon?

What was the demon that Jiang Ran saw?