I really only stop

"Let's not mention the superfluous things for now, Claire, what is your purpose for calling me here?"

Although he has decided not to interfere in the friendship between the two girls, Lu Xi secretly reminded the cadre colleague who has helped him a lot:

"Yusia raised a clear question just now. It's really not your style to do something that makes people suspect that there is a ghost behind it."

"I can't help it either. Who would have thought that just waking up from sleep would make the world so strange as if it had changed."

Stretching out her hands and rubbing her temples, the undercover girl had a very headache:

"This has happened all over the world, and the information gathered from all over the empire to the palace is like snowflakes. It is enough to make people feel rushed to deal with the [female officer]'s work in time, but the [officer] side—— "

The originally fluent sentence stopped abruptly just after half of it, and Lu Xi, who had waited for a long time without waiting for the next sentence, raised his head in doubt, and what caught his eyes was the undercover girl's unspeakable appearance.

Strange, what happened?

"I, I can't tell for a while..."

It is extremely rare for an intellectual girl who is extremely calm no matter what the situation is, to show such a mixed expression of confusion and bewilderment:

"Compared to talking about it, it's better for Lu Xiqing to see it in person. There is a teleportation array leading to the house where I live alone. Come with me."

"?"

Lu Xi was completely confused by the undercover girl's semi-concealed statement.He stared blankly at the way Claire turned the mechanism to reveal the secret room of the secret room, and murmured in his heart.

It is definitely not a trivial matter that Claire can take so seriously. Just now she said that it is related to the identity of the [cadre].

Could it be that……

Shaking his head quickly before there were more and more guesses in his mind, Lu Xi comforted himself in his heart.

Impossible impossible.

The sudden appearance of a god-like thing claiming to be Holy Light is already super-expandable, and the next war between humans and demons is more than a hundred years away, so it won't even pop out of [that], right?

Ok!Certainly impossible!

that's it!

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As the son of the most talented architect in the history of the empire, Mr. Memphis' Prime Minister's Mansion was naturally designed by his father, Mr. Da Vinci.

As a matter of course, while having the three elements of solidity, practicality and beauty, the old man, as the head of the undercover office, also did not hesitate to mix some private affairs into the design of the prime minister's mansion.

So, without my being aware of it, the prime minister's mansion was stuffed into many dark rooms such as underground secret passages, dark rooms, secret rooms, and data storage rooms.Among them, there is a secret teleportation array that connects the prime minister's mansion with the real base camp of the intellectual holder - Claire's building block house.

With the flash of light from the alchemy magic circle, the world in front of Lu Xi's eyes instantly changed from the darkness in the secret room to bright.Judging from the same layout of the surroundings as in memory, it is obvious that this is the strange building block house where the undercover girl lives alone.

"...You really use the teleportation array."

Not knowing how to evaluate the behavior of the undercover girl, Lu Xi couldn't help reminding:

"What if Yuxia and the others come to us at that time? The sudden disappearance from the prime minister's mansion will definitely arouse their suspicion."

"It's just that I can't find it, and it's not that I was caught, and Yuxiya can't use holy spells for the time being, and I don't have to worry about her following you through that necklace—cough cough! I didn't say anything, and I don't care now It's time for those details."

Different from her usual calmness, the undercover girl who returned to her home obviously had a little more anxiety on her face:

"This is an emergency! You don't know how panicked I was when I found out that I didn't even have a cadre or colleague around! Now I have sent a [quick return] message to my grandpa who is traveling, guess what Time, he should return to the imperial capital tomorrow at the earliest."

Emergency?You even want to call back Mr. Da Vinci who is traveling abroad?

Although I am very concerned about what the "necklace" that Claire accidentally said is what it means, but judging by the current atmosphere, it is obviously not the time to ask such a question.

Following the undercover girl's almost trotting pace, Lu Xi turned left and right in this strange building block house, getting into the seemingly tight-fitting bookshelf for a while, and climbing into the hole behind the picture frame for a while.

After a lot of tossing, the two finally stopped in front of a common room door that said "toilet, broken, do not use".

Is that right here?

Knowing everything from the undercover girl's non-moving steps, Lu Xi swallowed nervously, and put his hand on the doorknob of the door in front of him.

The thing that can make Claire, the holder of [Magical and Intellectual], panic to such an extent is hidden behind this door at this time.

There is no need for extra guesswork, let me see the answer with my own eyes!

Taking a deep breath, Lu Xi, who was mentally prepared, held his breath, and opened the door in front of him.

Dried sink, holed toilet, stained mirror.

Just as it says on the door, just inside the door is a broken unused toilet.

This, what's going on here?Could it be that Claire just wants me to watch this?

"Puchi, it's over here."

Seeing Lu Xi stunned in place, the undercover girl burst into laughter, and pointed to the hidden teleportation array inside the door:

"This is the last protection measure, Lu Xiqing, are you ready?"

Being teased by the girl made his face a little hot, Lu Xi hurriedly waved his hand:

"Let's go!"

Chapter 823 Demon King's Crown

With the activation of the last magic circle, the world before Lu Xi's eyes changed rapidly again.After he blinked his eyes and let himself get used to the transmitted light, the scenery in front of him made him slightly startled:

"...【Cave】?"

As Lu Xi saw, after all kinds of extremely complicated procedures and detours, the undercover girl finally just led him to an ordinary-looking cave.

The cave is not big, and it is firmly surrounded by solid rock walls, forming a de facto secret room.

The only thing worth noting is the central part of the cave. Under the protection of two demon statues holding torches, one left and one right, a huge and incomparable treasure chest lies quietly in the very center of the cave, exuding an unparalleled sense of presence.

"Is this what you want me to see?"

I can't believe that the undercover girl spent so much trouble just to hide a treasure chest, Lu Xi turned to look at the girl beside her:

"What's in the treasure chest?"

"To tell you the truth, it's [Demon King's Crown]."

Now that she has come here, Claire naturally doesn't need to hide anymore:

"Lu Xiqing, the holder of Magical Pleasure, what I'm going to tell you next is the huge [abnormality] I discovered this morning."

"Please be mentally prepared."

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"As we all know, every 300 years, a powerful demon king will reappear in the world. With absolute power and extraordinary aura, he will integrate the demon clan that was originally scattered, and launch a war against all orders in the world."

Same as before, the undercover girl who holds [Magical and Intellectual] tells stories is always so pleasing to the eye:

"It can be said that the Lord Demon King is the absolute center of every human-devil war. Without the existence of the Demon King who is in the position of commander, the concept of [Devil King Army] would not have been able to take shape—yes, just like the current situation between you and the devil. me too."

Lu Xi did not refute this.

Ever since he got [Magic Imprint Joy], he has been using it as a strange power that cannot be put on the table.When I think of it when I have time, I look through the list of skills, and if I don’t have time, I simply throw it aside. I have never had the strange idea of ​​​​"holding the mark and going against human beings", and even often fight with the demon's mortal enemy, the Holy Maiden. It's a great pleasure for Miss Qingqing to me.

Besides him, Xia Li is a charlatan who uses imprints as counterfeit products to make money. Qianqian doesn't even know that there is such a thing as [Devil King Army].Thinking about it seriously, it seems that only Ms. Claire in front of me is the one who really fulfills her responsibilities as a cadre, but she only accepts the relevant work out of interest and family background, and collects a little bit of information on the Empire side symbolically.

As Claire said, the current [Magic Holders] are completely scattered.To them, the magic imprint is just a kind of special [skill]. In fact, they do whatever they want, and they don't have the backbone to be a cadre of the Demon King's Army at all.

According to Claire, this is all because the Demon King who is the center of the [Devil King Army] has not yet appeared.

Once the Demon King reappears in the world, he will closely link all the Demon Race and cadres together like a core, and instantly form a powerful army that can rival the entire army of the empire-the Demon King Army.

"Lu Xiqing may not know that the demons live in another world that is completely different from here, which is [the demon world]."

Seeing that Lu Xi did not speak, the undercover girl continued her narration:

"Although I haven't been there personally, I heard from my grandfather who often travels here in the Demon Realm that it is equivalent to a super huge [maze], with completely different customs and customs from here. The most important thing is Residents of the Demon Realm with various racial talents—that is, the so-called Demon Race.”

"Wait, another world?"

Although I heard a few words mentioned by the other party when I was chatting with Da Vinci before, Lu Xi didn't know these settings about the demons until today:

"You mean, all the demons are actually people from another world?"

"I heard from grandpa that although the Demon World is another world, it is not that far away. It probably belongs to a space that is a little bit farther than the maze, and much closer than the real different world that is different from here. However, from the definition From a practical point of view, there is no problem for aborigines like you and me to call the demons people from another world."

As expected of being the possessor of magic and intelligence, every word Claire utters is very rigorous:

"When the Age of Glory ended due to disaster and the era of adventurers officially kicked off, the Demon Race and the Demon King Army also stepped into this world for the first time. At that time, all the Demon King Army were [people from another world] ], after the human coalition repelled the invasion of the Demon King’s army, some extraordinarily powerful demonic nature was left in this world—and this is the source of the [Magic Imprint].”

Fighting and killing for so many years, even if the relationship has always been hostile, the Demon King's Army and the human side inevitably have exchanges and fusion in a certain direction-the magic imprint is a very good example, which was recognized by the first generation of cadres. It has been floating around the world since it was brought here, and even during the [intermission] period, it has never lost its own power and brilliance.

"But what does that have to do with you bringing me here?"

After making up some background knowledge about the Demon Race, Lu Xi asked in puzzlement:

"What is the [Devil's Crown] in the treasure chest for?"

"Hmm... This is complicated to say - simply put, this set of [Devil King's Crown] is a [Spatial Positioning Device] used to lock the birthplace of the Devil King in this world."

Facing Lu Xi's question, the undercover girl gave such an unexpected answer:

"According to the records, thousands of years ago, a certain human-devil war ended abruptly when [the demon king happened to be refreshed in the holy pool of the sanctuary] before it even started. In order to prevent this kind of embarrassment, the history books don't even want to write it." When things happened again, this set of demon king’s crowns was handed over to the inheritable demonic holders—that is, our [intellectual] family to manage it on their behalf.”

When the war between humans and demons is going on, the Intellectual Clan is the most reliable resourceful characters around the Demon King, and when the [intermission period] comes, they can live a peaceful life like ordinary people, and pass the [Magic-Intellectual] from generation to generation. pass on.

The chief steward of the entire Demon King's Army - using this role to describe the position of the Intellectual Clan in the Demon King's Army is perfect.

Speaking of this, Lu Xi probably understood what Claire wanted to say.

The demon king's crown is the [positioning device] refreshed by the devil king, and at this delicate moment, Claire called me here so seriously.

in other words……

"...Ke, Ke Laer, it [should] be impossible for the Demon King to appear now, right?"

The bad premonition in his heart has broken through the sky, Lu Xi tremblingly asked:

"Didn't we make an agreement when we first met? [Now it's the intermission period of 150 years. For us as humans, even if we live to the end of our lives, we may not be able to see the Demon King himself] that one ?”

"Well, that statement still holds true."

To Lu Xi's surprise, the undercover girl gave an answer completely opposite to his guess:

"And if there are no accidents, no one will see the existence of [Devil King] from now on."

Chapter 824

To be honest, since he was secretly pulled away by the undercover girl, Lu Xi has always had a bad guess in his heart.

Since even a never-before-seen existence like [God] appeared on the stage in such a ostentatious way, it is not so difficult to understand that the Demon King, who has played an important role throughout the history of the world for thousands of years, suddenly popped up.

After all, it is a fantasy world. Although most of the time-traveling works in recent years have turned the devil king into a cute girl, the fact that the devil king in this world is hostile to the empire itself will not change.

For example, the holder of the Mark of Fury, brother Heleyer, can understand each other with us, but he is still deeply unwilling to see the chest of the previous demon king being pierced by a brave man with his own eyes, but he is powerless.If he had the chance, he would definitely rush forward and fight the brave man until one side was completely in a pool of blood.

Hostility is hostility. It is fine when the Demon King is not refreshed. Once he appears, it will mark the beginning of the war between humans and demons. The empire, which has just lost the great help of the clergy, will immediately fall into a dilemma.

...I thought so, but——

"—[The Demon King will not appear]?"

After being stunned for a long time before realizing it, Lu Xi hurriedly asked:

"What does it mean?"

"As the name suggests, the devil's crown loses its luster."

Reaching out to open the central treasure chest, what appeared in front of Claire was a crown full of cracks:

"As a positioning mark for the appearance of the devil king here, the crown of the devil king crosses the barrier of space and is always connected with the place where the devil king was born in the center of the devil world. Once a new devil king is born in the world, the crown of the devil king will bloom dazzlingly. The brilliance of the crown - this means that it has been fully charged, and it is ready to welcome the fully prepared demon king to come here at any time. It is a compulsory course for all previous intellectuals to come to this secret place every morning to check the situation. Once the crown is abnormal, the current intellectual We should act immediately to collect the necessary information in advance for the demon king who will arrive at an unknown time."

"—however, the present crown is dimmed."

After picking up the second half of Claire's unspoken sentence, Lu Xi frowned:

"What does this mean? Something happened to the gestating devil?"

"To be precise, it should be [the channel connecting the Demon Realm and this world has an accident]."

Shaking her head slightly, Claire said: