Chapter 98

In the morning, Jiang Li opened the door of the supermarket.

After a night, the roads of the shopping street were covered with snow. The streets were deserted. The shopkeepers held brooms and gathered in groups of three or four to talk. When they saw the door of the supermarket open, they hurried over.

"Boss Jiang Li!"

"A demon appeared in the city yesterday. What happened later?"

"Nehikos often patronizes our store and is very generous. I thought he was a noble from another city. I never thought that he would be a demon." The shopkeepers on the shopping street said with lingering fear: "I don't know how he got into Dore City. Will there be other demons who sneaked in?"

Jiang Li shook his head: "He is the only one at the moment."

The shopkeepers on the shopping street were panicked. After sweeping away the snow on the ground, they were absent-minded when opening their shops.

Not only them, but also the residents of the entire Dolei City were like this. Soon, the guards of Dolei City also brought magic props to detect demons and began to check every house to prevent demons from sneaking in. The gates of Dolei City were temporarily closed and outsiders were prohibited from entering.

Although the investigation has not yet produced any results, Jiang Li clearly felt that the number of customers in the supermarket has decreased a lot compared to the past, and there are fewer pedestrians on the street. Even Levi's restaurant, which is always full at mealtime, has most of the seats empty today. Everyone knows that the demon who sneaked into Dolei City often patronizes Levi's restaurant.

The priests distributed blessed spring water to the residents of the city. A long line formed at the door of the church. The number of patrol guards in the city increased. Even Messenner went out more often. His emerald eyes carefully observed the passers-by, relying on the elf's intuition to distinguish the good from the bad.

The Winter Snow Festival in Dore City was forced to stop because the buildings destroyed by the fight between the red dragon and the demons were restored to their original state. Soon, several inspections came out, and there was no trace of the second demon in the city.

But people did not take it lightly.

If the demons can sneak in once, they can sneak in a second time. Brian brought several magic circle experts and took the time to research and upgrade the magic circle. The defense props in the magic store were hot-selling. Even Jiang Li followed suit and bought a few and put them in her supermarket.

Everyone speculated that the sudden appearance of the demon king in Dore City must be some secret action that could not be revealed. Perhaps the demons had already broken through the front line and entered the rear of the human city, intending to give humans a fatal blow when they were unprepared. But unexpectedly, until Lord Dean received the king's reply and Dore City reopened the city gate, nothing happened.

With the newly made detection tools by Brian, they checked every corner of the city several times, and even found several kinds of cursed magic tools. They raided a black magician's lair, and after confirming that there was no trace of the demons, everyone was completely relieved.

...

"So, why did the Demon King appear in Dore City?" Augustus asked in confusion, standing in front of the cashier counter. "He has been in Dore City for several months, but has not committed any crime. This is really not like the style of the demons."

Jiang Li shook his head and said, "Every time he comes, he only buys a large amount of goods from the supermarket. He looks no different from ordinary customers, except that he has more money. By the way, he likes to play games."

"Games?"

Augustus looked at the shelves with game consoles. He was not unfamiliar with this. As a loyal customer of the supermarket, he had already purchased the full set and often used it to relax after work. He also won the championship of a certain Tetris competition. But Augustus couldn't connect it with the cruel and bloody demon king in the legend.

Jiang Li was silent for a moment, and continued: "He plays games very frequently, and most of the games have been completed. I asked him before, and he said... he doesn't sleep."

He thought it was an exaggeration before, but now that he thinks about it, if it is a demon... it seems possible that he doesn't sleep.

However, if Nekomis is a demon king, doesn't it sound too strange for a demon king to play games day and night? Jiang Li thought: Is the demon king in another world painted in this style?

"By the way, doesn't Mr. Serego have any clues?" Jiang Li asked.

Augustus shook his head: "He sent a letter to the Demon King's mount, but there was no reply. He wanted to go to the Demon King's castle in person, but I stopped him."

As the main force in exposing the Demon King's identity, the Red Dragon had completely offended the Demon King on the day of the Winter Snow Festival. If he went to the Demon King's castle, he would undoubtedly be walking into a trap.

"That Demon King's City..."

"The actions of the demons are even crazier than before." Augustus sighed: "After that day, several more cities were attacked by the Demon King's army. Not only the lives of the residents in the city, but also all the supplies were looted. Now people on the border are fleeing to the cities in the south, and two cities have become abandoned cities... Damn it!" Augustus cursed in a low voice: "As the lord of the city, he actually abandoned his subjects and ran away, what a coward!"

Jiang Li patted his shoulder comfortingly, and after taking a big bite of chocolate, perhaps with the comfort of the sweets, the gloomy face of the blond nobleman became much softer.

"The king summoned warriors earlier, and many adventurers from Dolei City also set out." Jiang Li asked, "Perhaps, among them there is someone who can defeat the Demon King."

Augustus shook his head, and he brushed the scattered golden hair on his forehead to the back of his head, and said in a heavy tone, "According to my father, the current Demon King is the most powerful demon in history."

"Demon King Nekomus?"

"Yes."

The legend about Demon King Nekomus has been heard even by the residents of Dolei City, which is far away from the Demon King City.

It is said that he was just a lowest-level demon at the beginning, and it is unknown when he began to show his talents until one day, he personally killed the previous generation of Demon King and seized the throne of Demon King. But the legends about him ended there. After ascending the throne, he did not do anything earth-shattering. However, the demon generals under his command became famous and left countless terrifying legends all over the continent.

The demons respect the strong. These demon generals are loyal to him and put his will first. No one knows how unfathomable the power of this demon king is to make these demon generals surrender. So far, the demon army’s attacks on humans have been led by demon generals, and this demon king has never personally participated.

Now the demons’ offensive is so powerful that humans are overwhelmed. If the demon king goes out in person, what terrible consequences will occur?

Augustus didn’t dare to think about it anymore.

"I don't know what the devil's purpose is." The blond nobleman put his hand on the sword at his waist, his face firm: "No matter what he wants to do to Dolei City, I will never allow it."

Jiang Li's eyes passed through his shoulder and fell on the shelf with game consoles not far away.

The game cartridges have been updated, and one of them is a sequel to a previous well-received game, which is also highly rated on Earth. However, in the panic-stricken city of Dolei, people's enthusiasm for the game is no longer as high as before.

Jiang Li thought of the guest who was most enthusiastic about the game.

What is the demon king doing now?

...

The Demon King's City.

Thunderclouds are densely covered, and it is raining continuously.

The half-bone demon birds make shrill and miserable cries, and the wailing sounds linger in the thick fog. The sea of ​​blood is surging, and the bone fish drifts in it. The large demon beast lurking under the water opens its huge mouth, and a large dark shadow emerges on the water. Before the bone fish can react, the huge mouth full of dense and sharp teeth swallows it in one gulp. The monster swung its thick tail and dived into the depths of the sea of ​​blood.

Radlock, the most loyal subordinate of the Demon King, walked through the dense forest full of thorns. The wet mud stained his shoes and his gorgeous robes were wet by the continuous rain. But when he saw the figure sitting on the top of the mountain, he still breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty." Radlock called, "Your Majesty Nekomus."

The Demon King, who was holding a fishing rod and concentrating on fishing, did not respond to his call. The black dragon lay beside him, spread out half of its wings, and covered his head. Hearing the sound, the black dragon opened one eye, and saw that the person coming was just a servant of the slave, and turned his head away with boredom.

"Your Majesty Nekomus." Radlock called out again: "Cecilia is back and brought you many human items."

I don't know which noun triggered the key words, the demon king who was concentrating on fishing finally responded and tilted his head slightly to look.

Radlock was shocked and talked nonstop: "She brought back a set of gorgeous jewelry, which was once cursed by a crazy magician. Wearing it will make people lose their minds, and...wait, Your Majesty!"

Just as he started talking, the demon king in front of him turned back with a bored face. Radlock knew that they had found the wrong place again.

The cold rain hit his face, but his heart was colder than the rain.

How long has the forgetfulness lasted? One night, Radlock went to look for their Demon King on official business, but found that the Demon King's bedroom was empty. He searched the entire Demon King's Castle but could not find him. The Demon King's loyal partner, Lord Savile, also disappeared. At that time, Radlock did not know what had happened. When His Majesty Nekomus appeared again the next day, the Demon King's Castle was suddenly covered with dark clouds and heavy rain. From that day on, the sky in the Demon King's Castle was never clear again.

The heavy rain continued, and the low places had become a vast ocean. The sea of ​​blood rolled and roared every day, just like their Demon King's mood was dark and gloomy. From the few words revealed by Lord Savile, they only knew that it was related to humans.

His Majesty Nekomus once sighed to Fernando: "Humans have... why..." He didn't finish the rest of the sentence.

Humans! Damn humans!

They must be too slow to defeat humans and conquer the world!

However, no matter how hard they tried, no matter how beautiful the battle reports they brought back were, and no matter how many human belongings they collected, they still couldn't stop the endless rain.

Damn humans! What on earth did they invent to steal His Majesty Nekomus' attention? !

Radlock clenched his fists in hatred.

Not far from him, Nekomus put away his fishing rod and took out his game console from his arms.

The game console was out of power, the screen was black, and even the power bank had lost power. There is no sun in the Demon King's Castle, so he needs to go to the land outside the Demon King's Castle to charge his power bank, but Nekomus has not left the Demon King's Castle for many days.

Because he has already completed all the games.

No matter how fun the game is, if you memorize all the plots and know the operations by heart, and complete it countless times in one breath, it will only become boring.

I really want to... really want to play games.

I heard that a game he liked to play before has a sequel, which is sold in the supermarket in Dolei City. However, since his identity was exposed, Dolei City has strengthened its vigilance. First, the city gates were closed, and then defensive measures were added at the city gates. Not only to guard against the demons, but even the magic props of disguised faces will be ineffective. Nekomus went to Dore City several times later, but he could not enter the city.

The game he wanted was only sold in Dore City, and supermarket branches in other cities had not yet started to supply game consoles and other goods.

It has been a long time since I played a game. Nekomus thought. It was as if thousands of ants had drilled into his bones, gnawing at his marrow day and night, making him sleepless all night and unable to eat or sleep. The stupid subordinates tried their best to please him, but no one could guess his desire.

I really want to play games.

He could attack Dore City and make it his own territory, but according to his previous observations, all the game supplies were only in the hands of the owner of the supermarket, and the supermarket was not in Dore City. The supermarket is only open in the morning. At noon, the people and the entire store will disappear. Even the most skilled magician cannot track him. Nekomis tried several times, but failed.

Of course, he could threaten the lives of the entire city's human beings to make the owner of the supermarket continue to provide him with games. But the owner of the supermarket is not easy to deal with, and humans always have the courage to not fear death. The worst outcome is that Dore City is destroyed and he loses the channel to obtain the game.

Trouble, so troublesome.

But I really want to play the game.

"Ladlock." Nekomis suddenly spoke.

Radlock was excited: "What, Your Majesty?!"

"What do you say, we negotiate with humans?"

"What...what?!"