Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

”I never thought he would make such a choice.”

In a small town of the Luo Ze Empire, Yang Yu held a newspaper and swaggered in a restaurant, having breakfast with his team.

Just as he had predicted, the war erupted once again.

This time, the roles of invader and invaded were reversed, with the Beastmen launching a large-scale attack on the Luo Ze Empire.

Yang Yu couldn’t help but marvel at Ming Dalak’s cunning tactics.

Unlike most elves, he hadn’t wasted his nearly thousand-year life in idleness.

Ming Dalak, as Yang Yu’s first pawn, made his move.

Although it was forced, it indeed knocked the ”Colorful-haired Masked Man” off the chessboard.

A week had passed since they fled from Marzic.

During this time, before the news leaked, Yang Yu went to the adventurer’s guild and hired several mercenary adventurers at a high price, having them pose as the wandering Colorful-haired Masked Man near the borders, attracting quite a bit of attention.

Then, Yang Yu found a hidden cave, removed his mask, cut his and Bai Jin’s hair, dyeing it back to their original colors.

Because Yang Yu had mercilessly cut his bangs quite short, Bai Jin’s face shone brightly, taking a while for her to adjust.

Perhaps feeling too exposed, since then, Bai Jin would instinctively lower her head during conversations with Yang Yu, hiding her fresh face.

Next, Yang Yu switched the option on the Race Disguise Necklace back to Human and handed it to Iyas, while also dyeing Iyas’s hair to ubiquitous black, and drew some symbols on her face with a permanent marker to diminish her appearance.

When others asked about the marks on Iyas’s face, they would say she was under a curse.

Originally, Yang Yu also considered perming Iyas’s hair, but as he had never operated a perming tool before, and if Iyas’s hair caught fire, it would be hard to manage, so that idea was abandoned.

Among his companions, Lotcar and He Meng were the hardest to conceal.

Lotcar, able to transport the team swiftly, was an extremely convenient vehicle, and Yang Yu hoped Lotcar could maintain his beast form if possible.

Although ordinary people in the Luo Ze Empire hadn’t seen the Silver Teeth Clan, the military was well aware of their characteristics.

Now that Yang Yu and the others were drifting within the Luo Ze Empire, should Lotcar’s identity be exposed, the military could easily track them down.

At first, Yang Yu considered changing Lotcar’s color, but then he took out the remaining Racial Essence of the Blazing Fire Clan and applied it to Lotcar.

Having experienced using Racial Essence before, if Lotcar could undergo some mutation to change his beast form, it would save time.

If it failed, Bai Jin and the others could help recolor Lotcar.

Lotcar, showing great promise, had his pristine white fur take on a faint fiery red hue after using the Racial Essence of the Blazing Fire Clan, and the mane around his neck gave off a very warm feeling from afar.

With the abundant types of Magic Beasts, subtle differences could indicate different species.

Draped in a coat of red, Lotcar, from appearance, was hard to associate with the Silver Teeth Clan.

With Lotcar concealed, only the hardest to disguise, He Meng, remained.

To be honest, in the last war, He Meng had quite a few standout performances, and combined with her unique identity as a Slime, if she acted in critical moments, their identities were likely to be exposed.

However, if He Meng could transform her identity, shifting from a team of three humans, a wolf, and a Slime to four humans and a wolf, the chances of the real identities being uncovered would greatly diminish.

In the swamp, He Meng learned the Skill [Color Simulation] by devouring Demons, enabling her to change her color at will.

Once she acquired [Mimicry], He Meng could successfully evolve from a Slime to a Slime Girl.

Yang Yu was eager to see He Meng gratefully implore him to save the Slime Kingdom.

With his current attribute and skills, Yang Yu was confident dealing with the minor Slime instances would be no issue.

While staying in Serti, the Monster Tamer of the Red Blood Rose, Sena, mentioned the way to acquire the [Mimicry] skill.

In the Demon Forest, where Yang Yu and the others were heading, there were [Mimicry] Demons, so they just had to ensure He Meng consumed one.

After a full meal, Yang Yu led Bai Jin and the others through the snow deeper into the forest while letting Bai Jin attempt to contact Tico, the genius girl of the All Things Library.

After a long wait, a lazy silver-haired girl hugging a pillow, lying on a bed, appeared on Bai Jin’s Crystal Ball.

”Who’s looking for me?” Tico rubbed her sleepy eyes and let out a big yawn.

”Long time no see, Lady Tico,” Yang Yu greeted.

Upon hearing the voice, Tico trembled slightly, glancing at the face appearing in the Crystal Ball, instinctively tidying her messy hair, then scrambled out of bed,

”Wait, please wait for me a moment.”

After saying that, Yang Yu heard a series of clattering noises, and about five or six minutes later, Tico appeared before Yang Yu wearing a Mage hat disproportionate to her body, sitting modestly and speaking bashfully:

”It truly has been a while.”

”Long time no see. Miss Tico is as beautiful and charming as ever today.”

Exchanging polite pleasantries, Yang Yu conversed with Tico about recent events as if catching up with family.

They chatted happily.

Bai Jin lifted her hand, pinching her newly cut bangs, pondering something.

After some family gossip, Yang Yu naturally took out the pages he acquired from the Underground Maze:

”Lady Tico. These are pages I obtained from a certain Underground Maze; have you seen the text on them before?”

Initially, Tico was going to say she didn’t recognize them, but upon closer inspection, something seemed familiar, and she pondered, recalling she had seen similar things lately:

”I don’t know the text on it, but I’ve seen many similar pages recently, with many S-Class adventure groups constantly coming to us, hoping we can decipher the text on them...”

”What’s the result?”

Tico shook her head, ”Even my teacher doesn’t know how to interpret them. The Library does have records of similar texts, but only a small portion has translations.

Without knowing the language’s structure and grammar, any translation could be inaccurate.

So, my teacher doesn’t want to translate them either.

Those old pages are being kept with us.”

”You mentioned there’s a small portion of translation?”

Visibly weary between her brows, Tico patiently answered Yang Yu: ”Yes, there is. But those translations are not in the All Things Library.

They are preserved in the Human nations, and not the current countries, but very old ones.

Currently, there are only three Human kingdoms, but in the past, there were many different countries that collected and kept those pages.

After the modern Human Three Kingdoms formed, it’s unknown where those pages ended up.”

Yang Yu tentatively asked: ”Lady Tico, can you find out what those translations say? What is the classification of this knowledge?”