Chapter: Chapter 179
“I hope those people are stupid enough to rush over and deliver their heads, saving us the trouble of tormenting ourselves and them.” The next day, Leticia returned to her Demon King Palace and began making preparations within the palace to counter the enemy’s actions.
One piece of good news was that Miss Sasha of the Divine Seat had successfully recovered some combat power after a few days of rest and should be able to play a role in the subsequent battles.
And now, Leticia was discussing with Sasha how to catch all those bad guys in one fell swoop.
“Can we hide our strength and appear like ordinary people?” Leticia asked.
If that were possible, she could go back and serve as a second line of defense.
“It’s possible, but that woman has a divine artifact. It’s hard to say if a god within the artifact might alert her that something is wrong,” Sasha said. Although theoretically, gods could not sense the outside world beyond their seals, currently all gods could perceive the outside world, and she didn’t know why.
In any case, it was safe to assume that all gods could perceive things in the outside world.
“I think we should dig a hole, and then we hide in the pit. That way, we won’t be easily discovered, and we can rush out to support if anything happens,” Sasha suggested.
This method wasn’t impossible. Digging a hole large enough to hide people was a simple task for Leticia, who mastered all schools of magic.
If digging a hole under a house might have adverse effects on the building’s structure, then they could dig in the backyard or the front yard. As long as it was a hole where people could hide, it would suffice.
“Oh, right, there’s something I’d like to ask you to take a look at,” Leticia said to Sasha. She was a bit curious about the chair she didn’t often use, and now that Sasha, a professional from the Divine Seat, was here, she might as well ask for her advice.
“I would never refuse a request from His Majesty the Demon King. However, what exactly would you like me to examine, Your Majesty the Demon King?” Sasha did not show any particular reaction to Leticia’s request. She was currently a guest, after all, and had no right to resist.
It was better to be cooperative and leave a good impression on the Demon King, which could also lay the groundwork for future cooperation.
“It’s nothing important. There’s always been a rumor among us that the Demon King’s throne is actually a divine artifact. But I’ve sat on it for so long and haven’t felt anything special about it, so I wanted you to take a look,” Leticia explained on the way to the throne.
“So that’s what it is. I’ve heard this legend before, but we in the Divine Seat are skeptical about its authenticity,” Sasha said. She had also heard of it but didn’t quite believe that the Demon King’s throne was a divine artifact.
Even if other divine artifacts were strange, they were still like accessories. Gods were immensely proud; being turned into a chair and sat on by people every day would be worse than death.
Among the information the Divine Seat had collected about divine artifacts, there wasn’t a single chair-type artifact. They were mostly weapons or ornaments.
“Perhaps the gods here just like the butts of beautiful girls?” Leticia made a lighthearted joke.
Sasha’s expression became a little speechless. Gods certainly wouldn’t be so superficial, after all, they were gods.
“You should have reverence for the gods, Your Majesty Leticia.”
“When you Divine Seats use divine power to cause trouble, I don’t see much reverence from you either.”
“But we are very reverent towards the gods who grant us power, and the gods are quite willing to grant us power,” Sasha retorted. The Divine Seat had already established cooperative relationships with several gods who had good dispositions. All they needed to do was spend some time chatting with the gods every day or allow the gods to temporarily control their bodies to breathe in the outside air.
Ah, yes, with mutual consent, gods could project their consciousness onto their believers. However, this did not enhance combat power. On the contrary, gods generally could not utilize the full strength of their believers.
After all, it wasn’t their own body, and controlling it would inevitably lead to some discrepancies.
“If you say so, gods are quite easy to deal with?” Leticia raised an eyebrow.
“Easy-to-deal-with gods are a very small minority. The reason we can cooperate with some gods is thanks to our leader who painstakingly persuaded them to adapt to the current era,” Sasha said with adoration in her voice. It was evident that her leader held a very high position in her heart.
Leader, huh? That’s someone worth paying attention to. To be able to persuade gods to lend their power for one’s own use, that person must be very capable.
“How many gods are helping you now?” Leticia inquired about the Divine Seat.
However, this question was clearly beyond the scope. Sasha stated that she didn’t know, and even if she did, she couldn’t tell Leticia, as it was the highest secret.
“Probably quite a lot,” Sasha replied with a smile.
As they spoke, the two had already arrived beside the Demon King’s throne. Looking at the throne, which seemed a bit simple for the current era, Sasha felt it was unlikely to be a divine artifact.
Divine artifacts were inherently extraordinary existences. People like her, who possessed divine power, could immediately discern the difference between a divine artifact and ordinary items. But in Sasha’s opinion, the Demon King’s throne did not resemble a divine artifact.
“Although the materials used meet the standards of a divine artifact, its essence is still just an ordinary chair, not a divine artifact.” After circling the throne a few times, Sasha gave her opinion.
It’s not necessarily nine out of ten, but it’s close enough. This throne is just a normal chair, not as miraculous as the rumors suggested.
As for why such rumors existed, it was probably spread by a previous Demon King to add some drama to himself, or it was fabricated by some bored troubadours to extol the Demon King’s virtues.
Such things were common, and there was no need to guess. Human emperors in the past also liked to claim they were children of heaven. Was that true?
Obviously not.
“I knew this piece of junk definitely wasn’t a divine artifact,” Leticia pouted. This piece of news was neither good nor bad.
If the throne were indeed a divine artifact, she would have to rack her brains to maintain a good relationship with the god within it, which would be too troublesome.
…
“If we start digging from here, it shouldn’t affect the house.” Standing in the backyard of the manor, Leticia held a wooden stick and drew a circle on the ground.
“Are you planning to dig a trap?” Bai Ling asked curiously, standing beside Leticia.
“Sort of, but not a trap for people to fall into, but a trap for hiding people.” Leticia threw the wooden stick aside and casually drew a few strokes in the air in front of her.
A yellowish earth magic circle appeared in mid-air, and then the soil in the area Leticia had circled quickly softened and was pushed aside.
Before long, a hole about two meters in diameter was dug.
“Magic is truly amazing,” Sasha said with some emotion, witnessing this scene.
If humans without superpowers had to do this, it would likely take a considerable amount of time to dig it out, but with Leticia’s magic, the large hole was dug in less than a few minutes.
“Just a minor trick,” Leticia clicked her fingers lightly. The excavated soil immediately hardened and turned into a pile of sand.
With another wave of her hand, a gust of wind blew the sand far away, causing a minor, negligible impact on the demon realm’s environment.
Her series of magic spells drew applause from the few girls watching, as among the group of girls, Leticia seemed to be the only true demon.
The Bai sisters and Sasha were pure humans. Mo Zili, this person who was half-demon and half-human, had never seen such fluid spellcasting before.
“Wait for me up here, I’ll go down and take a look.” Leticia conjured a small, bright speck of light and dropped it into the freshly dug hole.
Then, with a light leap, she jumped into the hole.
Guiding the gentle breeze to land her safely on the ground, Leticia looked around and nodded with satisfaction.
“If we expand it a bit more, hiding a few people should be perfectly fine,” she muttered to herself.
Reaching out to touch the slightly damp earthen walls, Leticia’s brow slowly furrowed.
Why did the soil in this direction feel a bit off?
The mana content was somewhat abnormal, which usually indicated the presence of something with a high concentration of mana in that direction.
However, wasn’t this direction where the main building of the manor was located? Why hadn’t she noticed anything with such high mana concentration here after living here for so long?
How strange.
Flying back to the surface, Leticia shared her findings with the girls and had Deng Li also go down to feel it.
Deng Li’s result was the same as Leticia’s: the mana content of the underground soil was abnormal, and the abnormality pointed towards the main building of the manor.
“Does this house have an underground secret room?” Leticia mused, tapping her chin.
Perhaps the previous owner of this manor left a basement but didn’t inform the buyer when selling it?
Hmm, she really didn’t understand.
Leticia inquired with the person who bought the house about the situation, but the answer she received was simply that they thought the house was quite good and had potential for appreciation, so they bought it as an investment.
As for who the original owner of the house was, the buyer said they didn’t really know.
The house was listed through an agent, and that agent had gone out of business several years ago. Who knew who the owner of this house really was.
Regardless, it was Leticia’s now.
Leticia hastily covered the large pit on the ground with magic and rushed into the house to inform Xue Er of her discovery.
Upon hearing Leticia’s findings, Xue Er immediately dispatched people to conduct a thorough search of the entire house, hoping to find the passage leading underground.
However, as with previous checks, nothing out of the ordinary was found.
“Could it be that the entrance isn’t in the house?” Leticia proposed a guess. Perhaps the main body of the basement was under the house, but the path leading to it was elsewhere.
This would explain why they couldn’t find the secret passage entrance after searching the entire house.
“White sisters, you stay here. Sasha, Xue Er, and I will go out again.” Leticia’s speed of action was remarkable. As soon as she thought of this possibility, she immediately decided to go out and search.
However, this time she didn’t plan to have Bai Ling and the others watch. After all, searching for things was very tedious and boring; it was better to have them stay in the house.
It was also safer to stay inside the house, as it was easier to be attacked outside.
“So, why don’t you just dig from that hole?” Before Leticia ran out, Bai Ling reminded her.
If they couldn’t find the way to the basement, Leticia’s strength was fully capable of creating her own path to the basement.
The path wasn’t important; what mattered was the basement. As long as they could find the basement, any method seemed fine.
“You’re right!” Leticia’s eyes lit up. She hadn’t thought of that just now.
Her thinking was still too rigid; she assumed that one had to find the entrance to reach a secret room, but she was perfectly capable of creating another entrance herself.
Whether the entrance was official or not didn’t matter; as long as it was an entrance, it was good.
“I didn’t expect your mind to be so sharp. Thanks, I’ll go dig now.” Leticia was not stingy with her praise at this moment. She was a very straightforward girl.
Just at this moment, she was quite straightforward.
Bai Ling seemed a little happy to be praised by Leticia. She hadn’t received any compliments from Leticia for a very, very long time.
In her happy mood, she looked at Mo Zili and noticed that the girl’s complexion seemed a bit off.
Her originally rosy and pretty face had completely lost its color. She clutched her chest tightly, her eyes revealing obvious confusion and panic.
“What’s wrong?” Bai Ling adjusted her expression and walked beside Mo Zili to ask.
Leticia had tasked her with watching Mo Zili, so she had to complete the task properly.
“It’s nothing, I just feel a bit uneasy,” Mo Zili replied softly. She didn’t know why she felt uneasy, but it was definitely not a good omen.
“Relax, we’re here, everything will be fine.” Bai Ling gently comforted the pale girl. She didn’t understand much about demon affairs, so this was all she could do.
“Mm,” Mo Zili replied. With Miss Bai and His Majesty the Demon King as her protectors, she really didn’t need to worry about anything.
Or should she?
