◎ Warden Orgrim◎

There is no medicine for regret in the world. Of course, Xia Li did not regret the decision she made, but... she was not sure if she could play the role assigned to her by Van Arnold well.

Speaking of the Skeleton Mage Van Arnold, if she hadn't met the demons including Doge and Winry today, which led to a new task finally appearing in the task bar, she would have almost thought that she had triggered a fake hidden task from Van Arnold.

Since receiving the notification to switch sides that day, Xia Li found that there were no new changes in her. There was no special quest line, no special NPC, everything was the same as usual.

It was not until more than an hour ago, when she received the mission from Wei Bamon and successfully tracked down the demons outside the royal city, that she finally noticed a change in her mission column.

There is an additional task box next to the original task box. The box is black, which contrasts sharply with the original white task box.

Not only that, the moment Doge voluntarily surrendered to him, a new task suddenly appeared in the black task box.

[Demon: Doge surrenders to you and hopes you will let them go]

The mission has come to this point, could she still do the opposite?

So she stopped, the mission was completed, and she gained a lot of experience points and gold coins as rewards. Her level also rose to level 27 at that time.

After communicating with Dog, Xia Li reached an agreement with the other party, asking Wen Li to hand over their demon clan's life staff so that she could go back to report to Wei Bamon. At the same time, she also accepted the new task given to her by Dog - to rescue Collins.

It was a completely new quest line hidden right under the noses of all human NPCs and players. It was like a chain placed in front of her, one link after another. As for where this chain would eventually lead her, Xia Li had no idea.

Her thoughts were brought back by the noise in her ears. Xia Li turned her gaze away from the second enchanting material and said to Doge and Wen Li, who had changed their appearances, "Let's go."

Now she has a more important task to complete, and as for the Demon Eye... she can only be forced to give it up and hand it over to other players.

During the celebration preview, the palace is not open to the public, and in order to ensure the queen's safety, additional personnel have been dispatched to the entire palace. At present, soldiers are patrolling inside and outside the palace one after another. It is really difficult for Xia Li and the other two to sneak into the palace under such a strictly guarded defense line.

But no matter how difficult it is, she has to find a way.

A young eagle flew out from Dog's arms, flapping its wings and heading straight into the sky. However, after the young eagle flew into the sky, it did not run around like a headless fly. Instead, it flew towards the other direction of the palace with a clear purpose.

"It's Dog's young eagle! Go! Action!" Bank and Arthur were squatting in an inconspicuous corner. After seeing the signal given by the young eagle, they quickly emerged from the darkness. At the same time, with a look of panic on their faces, they ran straight towards the patrolman guarding the gate.

"Hurry! A large number of demons have appeared at the east gate, and Sergeant Wei Bamon is leading his troops to resist. You two should go over and support them!" Arthur, with a human face made by Xia Li using a disguise pill, pointed at the direction of the east gate and shouted.

The patrolmen guarding the gate looked at them puzzledly, somewhat skeptical. After all... with Wei Bamon's strength, he could definitely defeat the demons, so they didn't need to worry about it at all. The patrolmen looked at each other and chose to stay where they were.

Arthur was anxious. Damn the human race. He didn't expect them to be so vigilant. If that was the case...they wouldn't be polite!

In the blink of an eye, Arthur and Bank attacked at the same time, and two bodies fell limply in the darkness without making any sound.

"Hurry, put on their clothes. Hurry up. The alchemist said the disguise pill can only last for 2 hours." Bank said as he quickly took off the patrolman's clothes and quickly changed his own clothes.

Arthur also moved quickly.

The two of them quickly tied up the human patrolmen, gagged them, and threw them directly into the grass nearby.

"What are you two doing?" Arthur and Bank had just stood still when a group of people came towards them from the palace. The leader glanced at them and asked seriously.

"Sir, he accidentally dozed off just now and I found out, so I beat him up and told him to be more vigilant!" Bank reacted quickly, stood at attention immediately and saluted the leading officer.

"Hmph, you seem to know the rules." The officer glanced at him, then looked at Arthur as if warning, "You'd better be aware of your status. You are a patrolman carefully selected by the Queen. Don't make mistakes at this critical moment."

"Yes! The commander is right!" Arthur also stood up straight and imitated him.

The human leader then looked away and led his team in another direction. Arthur looked at their backs and breathed a long sigh of relief: "We were almost discovered."

Seeing that group of people completely disappeared in the darkness, Xia Li appeared with Doge and Wen Li.

"The prison is in the northeast corner of the palace. We need one of you to take us there." Xia Li glanced at Arthur and Bank. One of them must be left guarding the palace gate, otherwise it would be too easy to be exposed.

Bank took the initiative to step forward: "Let me take you."

It had come to this. Even if he and Arthur had their reservations about Dogger's actions, he had ultimately taken the risk to save his compatriots. In their eyes, Dogger had never been the best demon hunter, nor the most suitable candidate for the Son of Saye.

But just because Doge gave up the supreme dignity of the demon race in order to save the lives of the four of them, and said the three words "I surrender" to a mere human, and the human alchemist they hated the most, Bank felt from the bottom of his heart that Doge seemed to be different from other demon warriors.

He couldn't tell what was different, but he suddenly felt as if he could entrust his life to Dogger this time.

Doug looked at him. He was surprised that Bank, who had the most objections to him in the team, would take the initiative to stand up. So he nodded and said, "Thank you for everything you have done for the demons. Saye will remember you."

With the human patrol leading the way, almost no one in the palace questioned the existence of Xia Li and the others. However, they did encounter a vigilant patrol commander on the way, who asked them a few questions. Fortunately, Bank responded calmly and answered without revealing anything. In the end, the patrol commander said nothing and let them go.

Half an hour later, Xia Li and his group finally arrived at the palace prison.

There are several very powerful NPCs in the Royal City of Shia. The official levels set for them are all above level 50. Sergeant Major Vebamon is one of them, level 55, and the warden Orgrim is the second one, level 60, a full 5 levels higher than Vebamon.

If classified according to the strength of the monsters in the dungeon, Xia Li believes that Orgrim can basically be equated with elite-level monsters. In short, there are two words to describe it - difficult.

It's a pity that she has to do it even though it's difficult. After all, in addition to the ordinary tasks, she now has a secret line of the demon clan. She can't bear to see the tasks hanging in the task bar without doing them. Xia Li, who has obsessive-compulsive disorder in this regard, decided to complete the task no matter what.

Xia Li lowered her voice and briefly introduced the warden to Bank, Dog, and Wen Li. She concluded, "I'm more familiar with the prison than you, so I'll go in and explore the area. Once I get the key, I'll go find Collins. You guys stay outside and be ready to meet him."

Douge's eyes flickered quietly and he nodded: "Okay."

Xia Li didn't notice Doge's gaze and just continued according to the pre-planned plan. She took out a bottle of primary invisibility potion from her backpack. Like the disguise pill, it was bought from Louis at the trading center. It was not usable in the dungeon state, but it was usable in the non-combat state outside the dungeon.

After drinking the potion, the time bar will automatically start a 3-minute countdown.

Now was the time to deliver meals to the prisoners. The prison gates were opened one after another according to the batches of meals to be delivered. Xia Li saw an opportunity, took a step forward, and slipped in behind the soldier delivering the meals.

Orgrim was carrying the key to the highest-level prison, so it went without saying that the key to Collins's room must be in his possession.

All NPCs have their own weaknesses, even Orgrim, who is level 65. As a notorious sleepyhead in the royal city, Orgrim not only sleeps at night, but also during the day, in the morning and in the afternoon. It can be said that as long as he finishes the tasks assigned to him by the queen, he likes to sit in a chair and take a nap.

Xia Li spotted Orgrim at first sight. His chubby figure formed a sharp contrast with the flimsy chair. His hands drooped at his sides, and a bunch of keys hung on his right waist.

There are 2 minutes left.

Xia Li held her breath, rushed forward quickly, squatted down, and carefully reached her fingers to her waist.

Suddenly, Orgrim snorted twice.

Xia Li quickly stopped what she was doing and paused.

After a few seconds, he realized that he was talking in his sleep, so he continued to dig.

Gently hook the key ring with your index finger. The key ring is an oval movable metal buckle. As long as you hook it with your index finger and press it with your thumb, the metal buckle will pop open and the key will slide out.

Xia Li couldn't help but wonder if the official deliberately designed the key like this. Otherwise, if it was a deadlock, no matter what the player did, it would be a dead end.

After confirming that there was no difficulty, Xia Li placed her other hand underneath in order to catch the key firmly before it fell to the ground.

There was a slight click from the metal buckle. Orgrim smacked his lips and subconsciously reached for his waist with his right hand.

Oh no! Xia Li quickly let go and jumped away.

Unfortunately, it was too late. She had already pressed the metal buckle open, and a bunch of keys fell uncontrollably to the ground, making a series of crisp collision sounds!

Orgrim was suddenly awakened from his sleep. He jumped up from his chair and looked around in panic. He paused for a long time and made sure that there was no one around except the familiar jailer. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, bent down and picked up the key.

Xia Li just stared at the key chain, watching as Orgrim picked up the key and held it directly in his hand!

It's really difficult! Xia Li lamented inwardly. She only had one minute left to remain invisible. Although she still had one bottle of primary invisibility potion in her backpack, she had to appear for at least five seconds before the second bottle took effect.

There were jailers constantly walking back and forth around, so even a flash of 0.1 seconds, let alone 5 seconds, would be enough to be spotted by those sharp-eyed jailers.

So the question is, what should she do?

A minute later, a young jailer walked up to Orgrim, holding a piece of parchment, and gently woke him up: "Master Warden, the Queen has sent me to escort the demon hunter."

Upon hearing the word "Queen," Orgrim opened his eyes with a start. Without even understanding what was said, he responded, "Okay, no problem! Wait, who are you escorting?"

The little jailer said humbly, "Demon Hunter."

After realizing who was being escorted, Orgrim glared at him with narrowed eyes and said in a somewhat unfriendly tone: "Show me the Queen's order!"

The young jailer obediently handed over the parchment.

Orgrim carefully scanned the contents of the parchment and snorted coldly, "Follow me. The witcher is in the innermost cell."

Following Orgrim all the way, the little jailer walked for a while and finally stopped in the last room.

Even with the Queen's decree in hand, Orgrim didn't hand the key to the young jailer. Instead, he inserted the key into the lock himself. With a click of the lock cylinder, Orgrim opened the iron door of the prison and said calmly to the young jailer, "Escort him."

Bank was still chatting with other humans outside the prison when suddenly, a loud bang came from a corner of the prison!

Something happened!

He hurriedly looked at Doge and Winry who were not far away. The latter signaled to him with their eyes. Bank took action immediately and knocked the person in front of him unconscious with the orcs' natural strength.

"Bank, go and inform Arthur that the plan may have failed. Winry, you go back and wait for me outside the palace gate!" Doge's face was very gloomy. He knew that they could not trust the human race easily!

Bank quickly agreed and turned to run towards the palace gate. However, Wen Li disagreed and insisted on going in with him.

Dog took a deep breath and ordered, "You are the only Harman of our demon clan. We will need you to train countless outstanding Harmans in the future. Listen to me and go back. If you can't wait for me in a quarter of an hour, hurry with Arthur and Bank back to Saye Continent overnight. Don't stop!"

Winry and the others must not be in any danger, and Collins must be rescued. The only way is for him to take risks and fight to the death with the warden and the alchemist who betrayed his promise!

Because he was wearing a human face and there was a commotion in the prison, the patrolmen had no time to pay attention to him, which gave him an opportunity to sneak in.

The demons' vision was not affected in the dark. After entering, relying on the hunter's natural sense of smell for the enemy, Doge quickly found the source of the explosion.

"Collins!" He saw his best friend at a glance and shouted loudly at the other end.

Collins' pointed ears twitched, and he looked towards the source of the sound, his eyes narrowing slightly: "Dog..."

The young jailer immediately nudged him with his elbow: "Now is not the time to reminisce. Once you've dealt with this guy, get out of here!"

Collins withdrew his gaze and nodded. The chains that had previously handcuffed his hands were blown off by the young jailer. Now that they were freed, he grabbed the bow and arrow from the void. Holding the bow in his left hand and pulling the string with his right hand, the sharp arrow pierced the night sky with a whoosh and hit Orgrim without any suspense, causing 8% damage to the jailer.

Orgrim grimaced in pain, and reached into the air with his right hand, holding a gun in his hand!

Bang! Bang! Two gunshots rang out in quick succession!

One shot was aimed at Collins and the other at Xia Li, but unfortunately both missed.

"I knew you were in disguise. You even dared to forge the Queen's decree. I'll capture you alive and claim your reward!"

Xia Li, who had the face of a little jailer, sighed secretly. After much tweaking, she finally managed to shape her face into the appearance of a jailer before the 1-minute invisibility potion expired. However, she didn't expect that Orgrim actually had the skill [Wisdom Eyes]!

As long as he activates this skill, all transformations, disguises, artificial faces... will be ineffective in front of him!

No wonder this guy was able to become the warden. It turns out that he relied on the [Wisdom Eye] skill that other NPCs don't have.

Xia Li was a little annoyed. This time she underestimated her enemy.

But the next second, Xia Li, whose eyes were filled with regret for only a moment, put on a stern expression.

The level 65 Orgrim is indeed very powerful, especially the gun in his hand, whose attack speed is obviously much faster than that of cold weapons.

But competing with her in speed against a demon hunter known for his speed? That would be asking for humiliation.

Several toxic gas attacks, coupled with Collins's constant barrage of arrows, left Orgrim unable to dodge due to his obesity, and his health plummeted. Unlike players, human NPCs didn't have the ability to drink potions, so they could only bandage and then seek out specialized NPCs to heal. Clearly, in this situation, it was impossible for Orgrim to stop and bandage.

After a while, his blood was less than 40% left.

Orgrim panted, looking at the jailers around him who wanted to go but didn't dare, and cursed angrily: "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and arrest him!"

The enemy has been alerted. It is not advisable to stay here for long. Xia Li turned around and grabbed Collins' wrist: "Let's go!"

Collins felt a strange sensation spreading from his wrist to his whole body, tingling and numb, like an electric shock. He had never felt this way before.

He stared at her back in a daze. Suddenly, he reached back and grabbed her, holding her hand. "I know a small path."

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