Chapter: Chapter 173
After finishing breakfast, Leticia and Kira urgently rushed to the Demon King’s Palace.
Aina, who had been summoned back, was already waiting outside the palace. As soon as she saw Leticia and Kira’s carriage approaching, she jumped into the middle of the road and frantically waved at the carriage.
“Your Majesty!”
Hearing the girl’s sonorous voice, Leticia reluctantly lifted the curtain. “Aina, let’s go inside and talk.”
Aina’s “Your Majesty” had already drawn the attention of many passersby.
“Okay!” Although she didn’t understand why Leticia wasn’t happy, Aina never considered such things; she just needed to follow her majesty’s orders.
Upon entering the Demon King’s Palace grounds, Leticia and Kira parted ways.
The younger sister went to handle daily chores, while the elder sister dealt with the current emergency.
“Aina, you should have a general understanding of the current situation, right?” Leticia asked Aina in the thriving garden.
This time, she chose not to discuss matters indoors but opted for this backyard, which she rarely visited. Perhaps the reason was that she wanted to breathe in some fresh air.
“Huh?” Aina looked bewildered.
“Uh, you don’t know?” Leticia’s face fell. “Didn’t the person who sent you the message tell you the specific reason?”
Aina shook her head. “I only knew that Your Majesty had an urgent matter to summon me; I don’t know anything else.”
Good heavens, Leticia thought Aina already had a general understanding of the situation, but it turned out she knew nothing about it. This was truly unbearable.
She would have to waste her breath explaining the current situation to Aina.
“Ahem, the situation is roughly like this…” Leticia explained the current situation to Aina concisely and then stated the purpose of summoning her. “I want you to assist Lance in his mission to capture those two fugitive traitors.”
“Yes!”
Her acceptance was indeed in Aina’s style; she agreed to Leticia’s task without asking any further questions.
If it were any other of the Four Heavenly Kings, they might have inquired about other details, but the straightforward girl Aina was different.
“Alright, go find Lance now. Don’t disappoint me.” Leticia patted Aina’s shoulder heavily.
Aina stood tall, feeling extremely proud of Leticia’s trust in her. This was the Demon King’s trust; did the other Heavenly Kings have such preferential treatment?
No.
What did this mean? It meant that only she was the Demon King’s confidante!
After watching Aina dash away like lightning, Leticia pondered for a moment and called out to Tonri.
“Um, arrange for someone to guide Aina. I think she’ll get lost 100%.”
“Understood.”
After dispatching Aina, Leticia didn’t have much leisure before another message arrived from Candice: the girl from the Divine Seat had woken up.
This was great news. As soon as Leticia received the message, she hurried to the sickroom.
The girl she hadn’t met last time was now leaning against the bed. Hearing the sound of the door opening, she looked up towards the entrance. Upon seeing a dark-haired girl push the door open, she revealed a look of sudden realization.
“You must be the Demon King Leticia, Your Majesty?” Before Leticia could even feel proud, the girl guessed her true identity. “It’s an honor to meet you.”
It wasn’t surprising to be recognized. Before she met her, Kira and Xueer had spoken with this girl a few times. At that time, she must have already known Kira and Xueer’s identities.
Leticia and Kira, being sisters with an obvious blood resemblance, and the current Demon King only having one sister, and the one she met last time being the younger sister, this one must surely be the elder sister.
“Hah, let’s skip the unnecessary pleasantries. You should know what I want to know the most right now, shouldn’t you?” Leticia pulled over a chair, sat down beside the girl, and said, “Tell me everything you know about that god.”
“Your personality is more direct than I imagined.” The girl’s expression gradually became serious. “I believe Your Majesty the Demon King also knows which organization I belong to, right?”
“Divine Seat. Speaking of which, I’ve had some contact with some of your members.” Leticia nodded.
Well, she had only disrupted one of the Divine Seat’s plans and snatched the person they had their eyes on. She believed the people of the Divine Seat wouldn’t care about such trivial matters.
“I’m not sure about that. I’ve been in the demon realm for the past few years, and I haven’t heard of anyone from your side having any contact with you.”
“Not from the demon realm, but from the human realm.” Leticia had no intention of elaborating on this topic. “It wasn’t a pleasant experience, for you.”
“Is that so… Never mind, let’s get to the main point first.” After a moment of silence, the girl continued, “You can call me Sasha. My primary objective in the demon realm was to retrieve the divine artifact from that church. However, for various reasons, after discovering the artifact, I tried many methods, but I couldn’t take it away.”
“And during my attempts to take the artifact, I noticed another group of people who had designs on the artifact. Their goals were much purer than mine: to release the god sealed within the artifact and let it destroy the entire demon world.”
“Speaking of which, this might be your fault, Your Majesty. The reason those people had this idea was almost entirely due to your cruel persecution of them over the years.”
Wait, when had she persecuted anyone over the years? Leticia’s eyes widened in disbelief. She felt wronged.
She was clearly slacking off; how could this blame be shifted onto her?
As for those who had their families destroyed due to power struggles even earlier, Leticia had generally given them a one-way ticket to hell very considerately.
“Are there any survivors?” she muttered to herself, frowning slightly.
“Their numbers are not large, but they are exceptionally united. Furthermore, according to our investigation, they have a clear connection with a human. I believe Your Majesty Leticia can guess who that human is, right?”
A human? Besides the woman who had injured the girl on the bed, who else could it be?
“What is that woman’s identity?”
“Her identity is very well hidden, and even we can’t get more information. But I can confirm that her connection with the demon realm began a long time ago, certainly not less than the age of the girl she adopted.”
“As for that girl, I believe you have already brought her under control, right?” Sasha continued to ask.
“I have her safely placed in a secure location now.”
Hearing this, Sasha breathed a sigh of relief. “Phew, it’s good that you didn’t kill her directly.”
Leticia was a little confused. Is it possible that Mo Zili cannot be killed arbitrarily? But Sasha hadn’t reminded her of this before.
If she had become ruthless and cut Mo Zili in half, wouldn’t it be very awkward?
“No, no, no, I think Your Majesty has misunderstood my meaning. The best way to resolve this crisis now is to kill that girl. That is not wrong.” Sasha noticed Leticia’s confusion and quickly explained, “However, I want to take her to our Divine Seat after this matter is resolved.”
Wow, are people from the Divine Seat all this direct?
To poach someone from under Leticia’s nose was too bold.
“What do you want to do with her?”
“Her talent must be very strong. What else can our Divine Seat do but let her accept the power of the gods and fight for a better tomorrow?” Sasha claimed that their Divine Seat was a good and trustworthy organization.
Although they might not abide by the law, they all had sincere hearts!
In response, Leticia felt that she wasn’t a fool. These people weren’t causing trouble now, but who knew if they would cause trouble in the future?
If they really caused trouble later, they would definitely be more troublesome enemies than the current woman.
That woman only had one divine artifact, but the Divine Seat had more than one, and their influence spread across the entire world. Even Leticia didn’t know the exact scale of this organization.
If they took Mo Zili away, wouldn’t it be like giving guns and ammunition to her enemy?
“I won’t hand her over to you.” Leticia flatly refused Sasha. “I plan to make her my concubine. With our bloodlines combined, the child born will surely have extraordinary talent.”
“Uh…” Sasha blinked. Her intuition told her that Leticia was joking, but pointing it out at this moment seemed inappropriate.
So, she could only remain silent.
After a while, she spoke again. “Let’s discuss the matter of that girl later. First, let me tell you about the woman who injured me.”
That was a wise choice. Discussing Mo Zili’s matter now wouldn’t yield any results, as Leticia wouldn’t hand over the girl so easily.
Therefore, it was better for everyone to deal with the common enemy together first, and then properly discuss where Mo Zili should go.
If the girl posed no threat, Leticia wouldn’t mind restoring her freedom and letting her decide her own future.
After all, the Demon King wasn’t a devil; she was a very gentle and kind girl.
“You all use divine power, so why were you so badly beaten? Could it be that your god is weaker than hers?” Leticia asked somewhat impolitely.
Sasha’s expression faltered. “My god is not weak. I lost only because I didn’t expect that woman to have such power, and I was caught off guard.” She explained.
If it were a fair one-on-one fight without any tricks, Sasha believed she wouldn’t have lost so miserably.
Even if she couldn’t win, she could have escaped gracefully.
The reason she was beaten so badly was entirely due to her carelessness.
At the beginning of the battle, the situation was completely one-sided. The woman was running around in a panic, unable to resist at all. However, just as Sasha thought her next attack would secure victory, the woman suddenly used an ability she had never used before.
Sasha didn’t expect such a twist at the end and was hit squarely by the woman’s last-ditch counterattack.
Then, the situation reversed, and Sasha’s injuries were far more severe than what she could inflict with superficial scratches. After using divine power, the woman immediately began to pursue and attack Sasha.
If Sasha’s escape skills weren’t solid enough, she would have been left in that godforsaken place.
“So you’re saying you’re weak.” After hearing the entire battle, Leticia mocked. Being defeated like that, Sasha was too pathetic.
If it were Leticia, she wouldn’t make such a simple mistake; she wouldn’t let her guard down until the enemy was completely dead.
After all, as a profession that often plays the role of the big boss in many works, Leticia had no doubt that her opponents would be cheaters.
Therefore, she fought seriously and never underestimated any opponent.
But the only problem was that some people were simply too overpowered. No matter how careful Leticia was, she couldn’t overcome the ‘huge’ gap in strength.
“I admit that I was indeed careless. I hope Your Majesty the Demon King doesn’t make the same mistake I did.” Sasha wasn’t angry, as she had indeed failed, and if she made a mistake, she had to stand at attention and take the punishment. She wasn’t someone who couldn’t afford to lose.
“When I encounter her, I will have the Four Heavenly Kings attack together, and I will provide support from the rear.” Leticia explained her plan. “If the four of them still can’t defeat her, I will attack sneakily and finish her off.”
This treatment was already considered the best. The five most powerful figures in the demon realm publicly attacking her. Even Bai Ling probably wouldn’t be able to withstand it.
She probably wouldn’t be able to withstand it.
Although she had some doubts about whether Bai Ling could withstand it, Leticia believed that woman couldn’t.
“Hmm, this should be a foolproof situation.” Sasha also thought Leticia’s arrangement was quite good. If that woman could still achieve her goals in front of such a lineup, then Leticia’s reaction wouldn’t be that important, right?
The demon realm had brought out all the high-level combat power they could muster. If they couldn’t resolve it, there was nothing they could do.
“Her ability is quite peculiar. Its external manifestation is black fog in the form of tendrils. Its attack power is not strong, but its binding ability is very strong. You must be extremely careful about this when fighting her.”
“Hiss, could this god be something very evil?” Leticia complained. Based on all the current signs, the possibility that the god she was about to face was a super villain was very high.
“Gods are not inherently evil; they possess power itself. Whether the external manifestation of power is evil or not is not something gods need to care about.”
