raknovel Chapter 33, The Demon Lord
Chapter 33, The Demon Lord
early morning.
Boom!
Cheng Chen, who jumped out of bed after hearing the alarm clock, bumped his head on the ceiling.
As he clutched his head in pain, tears welling in his eyes, Bai Xing gracefully walked over and nuzzled his arm.
"...I haven't gotten used to it yet."
Cheng Chen scooped the kitten into her arms and slipped on her slippers to go wash up.
Sublimation progress: 1.9%
[Magic power increase: 784%]
After Yan Xi began to develop a dependence on it, the magic began to transform.
The amplification brought by the unconventional magic system was so powerful that Cheng Chen experienced a brief period of discomfort in controlling his own power.
I should find some time to report to my supervisor.
He let out a soft sigh and whispered to himself while pressing his ear against the kitten's ear.
Meow~
Bai Xing squinted and nuzzled his cheek.
Just then, a soft laugh suddenly came from the living room.
"Looks like you didn't sleep well last night. Did you dream about your sister, young man?"
Cheng Chen, with messy hair and lifeless eyes, stood at the bedroom door, looking at Jiang Fei.
"Don't you have your own home? Why do I see you in my house every morning when I open my eyes?"
"Come walk your dog?"
Jiang Fei said matter-of-factly, "You lazy dog definitely won't get up early to walk Baiguo. She's a proper working dog with a lot of energy. What if we don't properly burn off her energy and make her destroy the house?"
Cheng Chen had no idea that her dog was a working dog; it was just a cute puppy sticking out its tongue.
Bai Xing was snatched from her arms, and Jiang Fei couldn't wait to bury her face in the kitten's belly.
"Meow~"
The kitten struggled weakly, its eyes wide, hoping its owner would save it.
Cheng Chen simply looked around, searching for the dog in the house.
"Where are the ginkgo nuts?"
Fortunately, Cheng Chen's doubts didn't last long. As soon as he finished speaking, the puppy came running back from outside the door with a plastic bag containing soy milk and fried dough sticks for breakfast in its mouth.
"Great!"
Jiang Fei patted the dog's head and happily enjoyed the breakfast the puppy had bought for her.
"Waaah~"
Bai Guo let out two soft whimpers, indicating to Cheng Chen that he also had a share.
Along with the whimpering sound, there was also the sound of several pieces of evil stone tumbling and rolling to the ground.
Cheng Chen was startled: "Where did you take it?"
"The city next door has been transformed. They demolished a few demons and killed several calamity beasts. My nickname is still registered on the association's roster, and I occasionally need to do a few bounty missions."
Jiang Fei answered casually.
Is what you mean by "walking the dog" taking it to bite demons and monsters?
Cheng Chen felt that perhaps there was something wrong with his approach to raising dogs, because judging from Bai Guo's attitude, it seemed to be enjoying it quite a bit.
I'm truly sorry that I can't let you enjoy the battles now that my master has retired from the martial world.
"Last time you caught that group of demons, the only survivor, Bat, didn't yield any results during interrogation and died suddenly in the interrogation room." Jiang Fei lightly bit her soy milk straw. "He was just a low-level demon, and the master simply abandoned him. We couldn't find any information about the boss behind it all; he's very well hidden."
"Wasn't the ownership of the ice storage facility checked?"
"We investigated and found it's a cold chain company's business, and the people at that company knew nothing about it. Following the trail, we found several more locations where the magical girl's corpses were frozen. We wiped out a bunch of scum, but didn't find a single piece of anything truly useful."
She yawned. "At least it's a Destroyer-level demon pulling the strings behind the scenes. They'll probably be keeping a low profile for a while, and it'll be hard to find any clues."
Cheng Chen didn't say anything, but sat down next to her, petting the dog and eating breakfast.
Yincheng is known as the "Capital of Magical Girls".
Based on eyewitness reports alone, there are over two hundred active magical girls.
Even at the height of its success, Yinfu Entertainment only had less than one-tenth of its products under its umbrella.
There are many secret magical girl clubs and lone wolves who join other magical girl companies such as "Dream Ball," and some even sign contracts with ordinary companies to become streamers or open their own accounts to become internet celebrities.
It's all thanks to the massive purges that Jiang Fei carried out over the years when she was president of the Magical Girl Association.
It was her regular sweeping of high-level demons and calamity beasts around Yin City that created the current prosperity.
As for Fairy Maiden and Fairy Dream Group, they wouldn't bother with such trivial matters. No matter how rampant the monsters and demons are, it won't affect the transcendent status of the "Dream Ball".
With legendary figures like "Magical Girl Scarlet" on the outside and well-established organizations like the Magical Girl Association on the inside, the number of monsters and demons openly active near Yin City is extremely small, making it the safest city for magical girls.
Once outside the Southern Federation, the battles between magical girls and demonic monsters become much more brutal and intense.
Based on Cheng Chen's experience studying at Qiongcheng University, magical battles occurred almost every day, and the outcome was always the defeat of one side, resulting in a persistently high mortality rate among magical girls.
Therefore, in Yincheng, there have even been cases where, after a daughter gained magical powers, her parents and the entire family moved there to settle down for safety reasons.
The company's second-ranked idol, "Konkai," was a magical girl who came to Yincheng just like that.
Of course, the statistics available on the surface should only be used as a reference.
To the monsters and demons, magical girls are both mortal enemies and food.
They gathered in Yin City in search of safety, which, to the monster demons, was like food huddled together, and they were less wary of food outside.
Even with the deterrent power of Sakura and the Association, there will always be ambitious individuals who sneak in and cause trouble.
The "boss" that Cheng Chen interrogated when he took Yan Xi out this time might be one of them.
Yinfu is an entertainment idol company, not a detective agency; everyone there has their own work to do. Investigative leads can only be handled by the Municipal Security Bureau—that's their responsibility.
"...So far, we've only found one name: Glory Lord." Jiang Fei wiped her lips with a tissue. "It's the name that 'boss' used when trading with demonic forces in other cities. I brought Bai Guo out this time to verify this."
Cheng Chen chuckled instead, "Now even the most worthless scoundrel dares to call themselves 'master'?"
During his era, the title "Demon Lord" almost universally referred to the highest-ranking fifth-tier Star Calamity-level demon, and was considered a respectful title imbued with fear.
It seems like this has now become a gimmick for some rats to elevate their own status.
"There are many: Lord of Fire, Lord of Elixir, Lord of Hell... Some of them do have the strength of the fifth rank, while others are just boasting and hyping themselves up. In the past few years, I have driven away or dealt with more demon lords than I can hold in my hands."
Jiang Fei suddenly leaned close, her eyes filled with seductive allure, and whispered in his ear, "How can these guys compare to my master? Why not rename him 'Scarlet Cherry Blossom Master'? It sounds much more imposing than 'Evil Master'."
Cheng Chen got goosebumps all over her body, and before she knew it, the kitten in her arms was snatched away again.
"Where did you learn these tricks?"
"Don't you feel your affection for me has increased dramatically?" Jiang Fei hugged and kissed the kitten smugly. "I have a wealth of dating experience and countless ways to win over a pure-hearted male subordinate like you."
"I'm not going to chat with you anymore." She hugged Bai Xing, washed up a bit, and went straight into the bedroom, lying down with the kitten in the blankets that still held his warmth. "Remember to close the curtains for me before you leave, thank you."
Cheng Chen: "?"
"I've been working so much overtime lately I'm about to throw up. I have a meeting later, so let me take a nap first~"
"...Don't suck in my breath in my bed!" Cheng Chen asked casually, "Company business?"
Jiang Fei pulled the blanket off her face, revealing half of her pale, lotus-root-white arm:
"Clang clang!"
She produced two laser tickets from who-knows-where and waved them in front of him.
"What is this?"
"Tickets to the first show of the Magical Girl Matsuri 2nd Anniversary Tour," Jiang Fei replied. "If you're free, how about I treat you to the concert?"
"When is the concert?"
Cheng Chen took the ticket and examined it. The ticket was so exquisitely made that it looked more like a fan souvenir.
"next week."
Jiang Fei rested her hand on her cheek, a few strands of hair obscuring her eyes and brows, and grinned, "I'll show you the power of Yin Fu Entertainment's top idol then."
Cheng Chen was also very interested. He had never seen a magical girl idol perform before and didn't know how they differed from traditional idols.
So he nodded: "Okay."
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