VIP Chapter 456: How Do You Plan to Deal with Treya? (3k)
Tenth Demon City.
The first day of Will and the others’ arrival.
A pre-planned meeting was underway in a small conference room in the Tenth Demon City.
However, the protagonist of the entire meeting, Will, was a little late.
“Hmph, you’re all here. As discussed, you brought the weapons, right?”
When he arrived, he was about twenty minutes late for the time he had agreed upon with the others last night. Of course, the three people present were very willing to wait for him, as such meetings couldn’t proceed without him.
“They’re already here. I maintain this shield every day. Xiu has done a great job.”
Iaar carefully placed her shield on the table. Its name was “Snow Song Holy Shield,” and it gleamed on the table as if illuminated by snowflakes.
“Hmm… I don’t have the habit of maintaining my staff every day. However, witches always cast spells to reduce consumption on their staffs.”
Liya also placed her staff on the table. A metal staff was indeed rare, making the light reflecting off it even more dazzling than the shield next to it.
“Oh, that’s great. Then we can smash them now.”
“Huh?!”
“You brat, you didn’t bring some weird thing again, did you?”
Ya’er saw through Will’s intentions at a glance and chuckled.
“You guessed it.”
Will clapped his hands, sat down, and leaned in to examine the shield and staff on the table.
The Snow Song Holy Shield and the Staff of Ancient Flames were both his proud creations. He had personally acquired the materials for both, and he had also devised the methods for forging and assembly.
Everything was satisfactory, except for the names, which came from game names in his previous world.
But…
Precisely because he was satisfied, he felt that these two weapons weren’t enough to stay as they were.
“Eh, eh? What? Is it that you think this shield is trash, Dear, and want to smash it directly?”
“It’s something like that.”
“Huh?”
As Will spoke, he reached out and took out two shimmering “drops” from his storage ring.
“What… what are these?!”
First, there was a piece of snow-shaped white diamond. It was hard to imagine that diamonds could be carved into such a shape. It lay on the table like snow falling from the sky, beautiful as if it had landed on the ground.
Next, it was a deep red crystal, looking as if it had been scooped directly from lava, with glimmers of fire in the center, perfectly embodying the essence of flames.
“I had a trade with Li Wei’qi, that Empress whom I only speak of as the ‘Apex of the Galaxy’.”
Will pushed these two items in front of Iaar and Liya.
He savored their expressions, which were uniformly surprised, their eyes sparkling.
Ah, he really enjoyed crafting new and better weapons for his subordinates and seeing their ecstatic reactions.
“I promised her that I would re-establish contact between Lis and her. At that time, I thought of using Ya’er’s clues as a trade.”
Will looked at Ya’er beside him.
“Yes. Miss Lis, who is now in charge of the witches, has already re-established contact with Li Wei’qi—that’s probably the person you mentioned.”
Ya’er nodded.
“In exchange, I received the specific locations of some dungeons. These dungeons include those I mentioned before that might contain Ya’er’s clues, as well as…”
Will looked at the two items on the table.
He was quite proud!
“…dungeons containing loot that can upgrade your weapons’ power.”
“So… when I first saw you looking so disheveled, it was because… because you three were adventuring through quite a few dungeons alone and managed to obtain these loots you wanted?”
Liya, being the first to see Will in such a state, asked.
“W-what?! Dear… you’ve had times like that too?!” Iaar was a little anxious and directly grabbed Will’s hand. “So, so these calluses I found on your hands before were… were from then…”
“Yes… that’s right. But don’t worry.”
Will withdrew his hand and scratched his head, looking a bit embarrassed.
“It wasn’t that difficult, actually. Although I said I was basically fighting alone, I still had some help from reliable adventurers that Li Wei’qi knew and who wouldn’t expose my identity, because she still had some connections with adventurers.”
Dungeon exploration without much risk was what he pursued. He didn’t want to end up like in the original work, dying due to carelessly planned dungeon explorations.
Moreover…
Frankly speaking, although he was quite versatile now, he was essentially a Priest. How could a Priest solo so many dungeons and succeed?
“!? Sob, sob, I… I’m so moved.”
Iaar’s eyes welled up with tears of emotion.
“Hey, hey…”
Liya, on the other hand, was so shy about it that she averted her gaze.
“I’m embarrassed. And calculating it, it also gave me more practical experience, which is a good thing for me.”
“Sob, sob… Dear, next time you can completely, completely bring me along! Don’t do this again! What if… what if something happened as you simulated… you couldn’t get up, your eyes… your eyes were blinded… and you also… couldn’t use magic…”
Iaar lunged across the table and hugged Will.
“Don’t, don’t say that. I… it was very difficult for me to act back then too. Don’t imprint that image in your mind.”
“Since you got them long ago, why are you only bringing them out now? You could have given them to me when you met me.”
Liya seemed a little grumpy.
“It’s a pity that the witches’ lair didn’t have anything to handle these stones. So, I couldn’t give them to you, Liya, at that time.”
“Alright. It’s not too late now. Let’s begin quickly.”
The three of them chatted and laughed, which reminded Will of cooking dumplings at home in his past life.
Meanwhile, on the other side…
Ya’er sat on a chair, swinging her long dragon tail, her expression a gratified smile of an elder watching the happy lives of the younger generation.
Lucifer interrupted her enjoyment of “family bliss”—
“Your background seems extraordinary. The materials you gave me… by all accounts, they are loot from very high-level dungeons. The blacksmith you want to borrow needs to serve the forging demands of those places first before they can be free. It will take some time, is that alright?”
“It’s fine. My own matters can wait, as the time to seek revenge is still far off.”
“Alright. Sigh, luckily, we found a monster like a blacksmith in the dungeon on the new floor last time, which can handle all sorts of stones. Otherwise, Will really wouldn’t know what to do.”
“Speaking of which, I have some other purposes for coming here. You should have… books about Demon City, right?”
“I do, but I can’t understand most of it.”
Lucifer scratched her head.
Since becoming Empress, she had been trying her best to learn to read, but there were still many things she didn’t understand. Perhaps her foundational knowledge was too poor.
“Give them to me. I’ll spend some time deciphering them—this is also something I promised Will. The Zero Demon City he plans to visit next has some connection to you, Lingmeng Yi Er Ling (3) Er Long Ni IV.”
After speaking, Ya’er looked towards Will.
“If someone can help me decipher the historical records, I’d be more than happy to accept!”
Lucifer also sat next to Ya’er and looked over with her.
“First, for the Snow Song Holy Shield, we need to carve a place to embed a gem. Based on my memory, it should be here.”
“Next is the Staff of Ancient Flames. The staff is relatively simple; we only need to replace the gem on top. I’m also very satisfied with the metal shaft!”
“I think next time, you might consider not shouting out the names so loudly.”
Liya quipped from the side.
“I’m happy to! What’s it to you?”
“Alright, alright… if you’re happy, you’re happy. Can you choose better names next time…”
“Yes! Will is happy. Snow · Song · Holy · Shield! Staff · of · Ancient · Flames!”
Iaar, following Will’s instructions, also loudly recited them.
“Are you two middle schoolers who just got your own weapons? Shut up already.”
Liya covered her ears.
After the general forging requirements were sorted out, Lucifer gave the order, and the two weapons were carried away by demons that looked very much like “green goblins,” except with red skin, huffing and puffing.
“However, after sending off these two items, we should move on to other matters, right?”
Liya looked at Will.
“Indeed…”
Iaar also looked at Will.
“Hmm? What matters?”
Will pushed up his monocle, feigning ignorance.
“You shouldn’t ask us! You should ask yourself! About Treya… how do you plan to deal with her?”
Liya asked.
“You could, could give me the inhibitor for the Blood Mint Essential Oil, you could, could stage a scene for Iaar that makes her truly worried and heartbroken. How should one deal with that somewhat cold Queen?”
This was indeed what Liya was most curious about.
She was certain that during the three months Will was “dead,” he must have thought of coping methods for the three of them before coming to see them at this time.
But…
“Moreover, Treya is currently someone very difficult for us to reach. Iaar and I haven’t seen her for a long time. Even if we infiltrate the Royal Palace, we’ll be taken away upon meeting her… Directly airdropping into the Zero Demon City itself is the easiest way for her to find us. In that case, what will you do?”
Regarding Treya, the “resistance” in various aspects was indeed much greater than for the two of them.
“Ah, that. I do have my own way. After all, she gave me something unique.”
Will pointed to the side of his eye where he wasn’t wearing his monocle.
In fact, Iaar and Liya were gradually getting used to his heterochromia, the purple and deep blue pupils no longer appearing so jarring.
If he hadn’t mentioned it himself, they might have almost forgotten that one of his eyes had been cursed by the strongest demon in this world.
“However… to achieve this, I need to understand her current situation, and… some details about the Demon City. This is also why I chose this dungeon located close to the capital.”
