Chapter: Chapter 546
“Your complexion seems a bit off, did you not sleep well last night?” Leticia looked at the Chief Chieftain with a pale and weak expression and asked with confusion. She remembered having arranged the best room and reception for the Chief Chieftain. Could it be that they hadn’t served him well?
Weren’t the demon servants and attendants much more professional than the beastmen’s?
It’s definitely not a problem with the care, Leticia was so sure.
The Chief Chieftain’s answer confirmed her thoughts, “No, it’s just that I saw some things yesterday, things that were a bit difficult for me to accept.”
“Ah?”
“Please don’t ask too much. I know this is not your fault. Indeed, there are people among the beastmen who have such preferences. I respect their customs.”
What in the world was this about? Leticia couldn’t understand what the Chief Chieftain was talking about until Xue Er came up to her and told her what had happened last night.
The matter was quite simple: the Chief Chieftain had seen Yuan having a barbecue by himself.
Well, and then nothing happened.
“I also happened to tell him that Yuan is actually a god of their beastmen.” Xue Er shrugged innocently, indicating that she hadn’t done anything bad.
Well, there was really nothing that could be done. Leticia could roughly imagine the scene at that time. If she were to see that scene, her complexion probably wouldn’t be much better.
“Um, Yuan wasn’t eating beastmen, she was just a puppet I created with magic. She really isn’t a beastman.” Leticia felt that it was better to explain first.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m used to it. There are indeed such people among the beastmen.” The Chief Chieftain sighed. He didn’t think Leticia had done anything wrong. Yuan was a deity, and Leticia was seeking cooperation. Wasn’t she just agreeing to the other party’s request?
Everyone had their difficulties, so they should be understanding of each other.
“You’re already waiting here. I just found a spatial channel that leads directly to the human central city. Hurry up and come over.” Yin popped out of the air. Seeing the few people sitting in the council hall, she beckoned them to come over quickly. “After I send you over, I’m going to explore the world rift.”
This journey was quite smooth. Leticia, the two others, and a small delegation composed of elves, beastmen, and demons arrived outside the human central city without encountering any difficulties.
Among the deities in Leticia’s faction, Infinuo and Ash came along. Yuan was left with the demons to listen to Xue Er’s commands. Leticia felt that with Xue Er’s abilities, she should be able to keep Yuan happy.
After sending everyone to their destination, Yin plunged back into the spatial rift without looking back. “I’ll come out every other day. If the interval is longer, it means I’ve had an accident.”
“Don’t say such unlucky things at a time like this.” Leticia waved at Yin, as if to say goodbye. “Good luck!”
“Haha, just for your words, I will definitely complete this mission. Bye-bye!”
Yin left, and the people present would now go to reason with the humans and let them know how severe the current situation was.
As for how to meet the human higher-ups… that was quite simple. Leticia directly conjured a forbidden spell, and the strong magical aura immediately alerted the heroes in the city.
The central city had just encountered an attack a few days ago. If another one happened so soon, even a pig could react!
The first to arrive at the scene was Leticia’s old acquaintance, Xiao Lu. This green-haired girl’s brain went into a brief state of paralysis upon seeing the crowd of demons and monsters in front of her. Why were the demons, elves, and beastmen standing together? What were they trying to do? And the black-haired one standing at the very front seemed to be Qianqian, whom she knew?
Seeing that the visitor was an acquaintance, Leticia abandoned her original plan, put down the forbidden spell she was holding, flew to Xiao Lu’s side, and said seriously, “Xiao Lu, I have something very important to tell you.”
“Ah? You say.” Xiao Lu nodded blankly. Although she hadn’t figured out the current situation, her intuition told her that listening to Leticia now was a good choice.
This former colleague did not carry any hostility.
“First of all, that lion head over there is the Chief Chieftain of the beastmen.” Leticia pointed to the tall beastman standing conspicuously in the crowd and said to Xiao Lu.
The Chief Chieftain of the beastmen? Xiao Lu was startled. Please forgive her, she really didn’t recognize him just now. After all, these beastmen with beastly heads were too difficult to distinguish. In her human eyes, these beastmen all looked the same.
“That one over there is the Queen of the Elves, Evangeline.” Pointing to Evangeline, Leticia continued to introduce.
Today, Evangeline was wearing a gorgeous green and gold gown and the unique green leaf crown of the elves, making her quite easy to recognize.
Except for not holding the elven scepter in her hand, she now looked like the most classic image of an elf queen in human eyes.
The Elf Queen is also here? Xiao Lu swallowed. Based on the racial distribution here, since the Beastmen Chief Chieftain and the Elf Queen had appeared, the Demon King must be among these people, right?
Scanning the attire of the demons, Xiao Lu’s gaze fell on Leticia, who was completely different from before, dressed in a black dress.
“Um… you’re not going to tell me that you’re actually the Demon King, Leticia Infinuo, are you?”
“I’m afraid you guessed correctly.” Leticia patted Xiao Lu’s shoulder with a pained expression. “Alright, help us contact the decision-makers of your human race. We came this time for the thing above our heads. Perhaps you don’t know yet, but the four worlds are now shrouded by this starry sky.”
“The four worlds are shrouded by the starry sky?” Xiao Lu’s pupils contracted. She had always thought that this anomaly only affected humans, but she didn’t expect that other worlds would also be affected.
“And you must know where this starry sky came from. Besides her, it can’t be anyone else.” Pointing to the sky above, Leticia said word by word, “My relationship with her is very good, and she is in danger now. Whether it’s for her sake or for the demonic race, I can’t stand idly by. This is why I’ve come to seek cooperation with your human race.”
“This time, I am here for the survival of everyone.”
For the survival of everyone, when Leticia said this, Xiao Lu didn’t even think about it and instinctively felt that Leticia wouldn’t be lying to her.
Think about it, the Demon King, the Beastmen Chief Chieftain, and the Elf Queen have all appeared before her, and then they told her that they wanted to talk to humans about something as important as the survival of everyone. Looking at the starry sky above, which hasn’t changed for many days, almost no one would think that Leticia was joking.
Xiao Lu thought so, and the human higher-ups naturally thought so too.
A few minutes after Xiao Lu reported the matter, Leticia received a response, and the one who responded was naturally her old acquaintance, Senior Sang Zhitong.
This senior from Bai Ling seemed to still have considerable influence, as it was this seemingly unknown woman who came to communicate with Leticia and the others.
“I had guessed your identity, but I didn’t expect Bai Ling to keep it from me like this.” After seeing Leticia, Sang Zhitong showed a rather ineffable expression, a mix of relief and sadness, overall very complex.
On one hand, she was relieved that Bai Ling had her own ideas, and on the other hand, she was sad that Bai Ling had deceived her, an old senior, for the Demon King. It was probably this kind of thought.
However, now was not the time to dwell on these matters. Leticia coughed lightly and got straight to the point, “You should also know that Bai Ling has been captured by the people of the Divine Seat, right?”
Hearing Leticia’s words, Sang Zhitong’s eyes dimmed for a moment. After a long silence, she nodded.
“The opponent’s actions were too fast and their strength too great. Our people didn’t even react before they had already kidnapped Bai Ling.”
“It’s useless even if they could react. Your combat power is too different from theirs. They have eight god-level combatants in their hands, and you only have Bai Ling, who can barely be considered god-level. Even if you discovered and responded in time, it would be useless.” Leticia didn’t blame Sang Zhitong. Even she couldn’t predict or stop such a thing.
It could be said that even if she had stayed with Bai Ling at that time, it would have been difficult to prevent this from happening. The Divine Seat had waited too long for this day. When did they start planning? Who knew?
In any case, when they were collecting divine artifacts from all over the world, they were probably preparing for this day. It was too normal for the central city to be caught off guard.
To put it bluntly, if the Divine Seat didn’t have other intentions, the leader of the human world would have been replaced by the Divine Seat by now.
“Before I came, I spoke with the leader of the Divine Seat. Their idea is this…” Leticia told Sang Zhitong the Divine Seat’s plan in detail, resting her chin on her hands. “Do you think their plan is in the interest of humanity?”
“To tell you the truth, when I heard that they only wanted to protect the human world, I quite liked their plan.” Sang Zhitong chuckled twice. Judging by her reaction, she was probably not very satisfied with the Divine Seat’s plan.
“However, the risk is too great. Since the Demon King can come to me for help from humans, she must have a more feasible plan in hand, right?”
“Actually, I don’t have a plan yet. What I want is the book of prophecy in the hands of the humans. Yes, the one you’re thinking of.”
A look of confusion appeared on Sang Zhitong’s face. She had thought that Leticia would ask for some support, perhaps resources or the assistance of heroes, but she didn’t expect that what Leticia needed was the book of prophecy.
Does this thing hide some secret?
That crystal lotus was indeed very powerful and stood on the side of mortals, but after the last time, Sang Zhitong also felt that this thing was a bit difficult to control, so she didn’t think about making another one.
“I don’t quite understand…”
“You can think of it as me now finding a way to get another plan from another very powerful big shot. The book of prophecy is something left by that big shot. I need to collect all four books of prophecy to awaken her from her long slumber. With her help, we have a chance to stop the Divine Seat’s plan.” Leticia raised her right hand, revealing four runes on the back of her hand. Three of the four runes had already lit up, and only one remained dim and lusterless.
“The prophecy books of the Elves, Beastmen, and Demons have all been collected. Now, only the human one remains. We don’t have much time, so please believe me, we are now comrades on the same front.”
After listening to Leticia, Sang Zhitong looked up at the Chief Chieftain and Evangeline sitting behind Leticia, acting as atmosphere builders. Although what Leticia said was a bit fantastical, these two behind Leticia added a lot of credibility to Leticia’s words.
The Beastmen Chief Chieftain and the Elf Queen had already stood on Leticia’s side, which meant that the elves, beastmen, and demons had joined forces. They were fighting for their survival and were now seeking help from humans. Could she refuse at this time?
She couldn’t refuse.
Would Leticia be deceiving her? Sang Zhitong felt it was unlikely. This Demon King had always been straightforward. Besides, in this situation, was there any need to deceive?
No.
Did Sang Zhitong not know the situation of the humans?
With Bai Ling captured, the Demon King had no opponent, let alone having the elves and beastmen behind her. Without using peaceful means, she could directly snatch the book of prophecy, and humans would have no way to cope.
“I understand. I can hand over the book of prophecy to you. I really can’t trust those people from the Divine Seat.” Sang Zhitong quickly made a decision, so quickly that Leticia was a little surprised.
“I thought you would consider it for a while longer.”
“Hesitation leads to trouble, and I also have some selfish reasons.” Sang Zhitong showed a helpless smile and said to Leticia, “If it were just me, I would indeed find it difficult to make a decision immediately. But Bai Ling was willing to deceive me for you, and that’s not ordinary.”
“I believe in Bai Ling’s judgment, so I am willing to believe that you are not lying. Besides… the book of prophecy is not of great use to us humans, so it can be handed over.”
In the end, the book of prophecy was just a book. Was the information recorded on it useful? It was useful, but not that useful.
Having already fully understood the content on it, Sang Zhitong naturally didn’t think this book was an indispensable treasure.
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ps: I feel like the remaining plot is like a candle in the wind…
