Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

”Dead... really just dead...?”

Bin Luo couldn’t believe his ears. Bai Jin and Iyas were also in extreme disbelief, as the ending came too suddenly.

Putting away his weapon, Yang Yu gestured for Bin Luo and the others to follow:

”I need to show you the situation inside, so you can feel assured, with the real sense of avenging your enemy.

As you suspected, that creature was preparing to shed its skin, and if it had grown any stronger, it would have been us lying dead inside.

The plan it had at the start shocked me to my core, almost catching me off guard.

We can discuss the details of the battle as we walk.”

Hearing Yang Yu’s concerned voice, Bin Luo didn’t know when tears streamed down his face, and he nodded heavily while stepping across the ice shards, entering the tunnel carved out by Yang Yu.

Bai Jin originally wanted to mention the issue about the Magic Wand upon meeting, but now didn’t seem like the right time. She hurriedly picked up the wand tossed aside and followed.

He Meng climbed onto Lotcar’s back, intending to rest for a while, but Lotcar transformed back into human form, carrying her on his head, following behind Bai Jin.

The last to move was Iyas, unsure whether she had successfully performed the exorcism.

Before taking a few steps, Iyas caught the sound of the sky cracking. Looking up, a black giant dragon was emerging from the tear in the sky.

Iyas hurriedly shouted towards Yang Yu and the others: ”Wait, a giant dragon has appeared!”

With a few words, Iyas instantly pulled the entire advancing party back outside the Cold Ice Palace.

Yang Yu looked up at the blue sky, only to see a black giant dragon, its body radiating golden light, suddenly shrink, transforming into a middle-aged man with black hair, landing in front of them.

”I am Hei Luo of the Dragon God Evaluation Country’s Adventurer Special Committee.”

Hei Luo gave them a bow, then immediately put on a serious face,

”Did you say you’ve already dealt with that thing just now?

If you truly eliminated it, we dragons will grant you a reward.

However, if you are lying, there will be corresponding punishment awaiting you.

That is the rule of the task.”

Yang Yu assessed Hei Luo, who had taken on human form, from head to toe.

During the negotiations between the two countries, only the shadows of the dragons appeared. Now, it was the real person...

They were more concerned about the strange creature that might affect their ruling status than a war that could cost the lives of countless people.

What kind of existence are dragons?

Even after a series of actions, Yang Yu still couldn’t understand this group of creatures.

”I can assure you, it was me who took it down.

But its appearance was so strange, it was as if...

I don’t know, the monster I slew, is it really the monster you are looking for?

You’ve come to confirm, which is a great help.”

Hei Luo spoke with extreme calmness: ”Take me inside to see.”

Shrugging helplessly, Yang Yu had no choice but to take Hei Luo along and lead his companions back into the Cold Ice Palace to the defeated Dragon Breaker.

Bin Luo, upon seeing it, was so shocked that he fell to the floor, an unexpected voice escaping his lips:

”This... this thing, is it really the mysterious creature I saw before?

It looks so much like a dragon... what exactly is its origin?

When I saw it before, it was clearly a humanoid lizard, like a goblin...”

There was no one to answer Bin Luo’s question.

Hei Luo approached the fallen Dragon Breaker, crouched down to touch the frozen blood, and after repeatedly confirming, spoke:

”Did this guy say anything before dying?”

Yang Yu replied: ”’I am the Goblin Emperor, it’s either you die or I perish’ or some such urgent nonsense uttered in the grips of death.

Using this confined environment to confront adventurers who intruded was quite clever.

To my knowledge, it had already been able to control the Ice Puppets here, and if it grew any stronger, it might have been able to upturn this entire Cold Ice Palace.

If that happened, there would be no one to stop it.”

”Is that so? Is that what you think, Mr. Potato?” Hei Luo uttered the alias Yang Yu had been using with a remarkable calmness.

Yang Yu had no intention of concealing his identity, realizing that feeble disguises only fooled oneself. He spoke:

”Based on the current situation, that’s the only conclusion I can draw. Tell me, is there really magic or technology in this world that can change one’s race?

If everything it said was true, how did it manage to live so long and transform from a goblin into a dragon like you?

This evolution across races, how could it be possible?”

Yang Yu pretended to be shocked, but Hei Luo didn’t fall for it, his voice remaining calm:

”Who knows if such magic or technology exists.”

”Even the all-knowing and all-powerful dragons don’t know?” Yang Yu said.

Hei Luo stood, a beam of light shooting from his hand, enveloping the entire body of the Dragon Breaker:

”We are not all-knowing or all-powerful, otherwise we would have provided clues to adventurers long ago, and it wouldn’t have dragged on until now.”

”Then how do you explain appearing here so quickly?”

”It’s simple, while we aren’t all-knowing and all-powerful, we do keep an eye on this world.

Unfortunately, due to our limited numbers, we can’t watch every corner of the world.

The monitoring magic we set up cannot penetrate rock walls to see the internal situation.

Capturing someone’s Magic Power signature also takes time.”

”Is that so? That’s quite enlightening.”

A huge Teleportation Magic Array appeared beneath the Dragon Breaker’s body, and in an instant, it sunk into the magic array, disappearing from the Cold Ice Palace.

Yang Yu stretched with a yawn, casually saying: ”Since that thing resembled a dragon, everyone here should definitely not speak of it, right?”

Hei Luo took a couple of steps towards Yang Yu, nodding: ”The consequences of spreading that would be severe.

Since the beginning, I’ve thought of you as quite an extraordinary person.

Could I copy your battle memory?”

Yang Yu replied: ”Can I refuse? I’m still quite afraid of being manipulated mentally or having my memory controlled.”

”You certainly have the right to refuse.”

”Then I refuse.”

”You refus with no hesitation. You show no fear or reverence when faced with us.”

”I’ve seen many big scenes and have long gotten used to it. We’ve known each other for a long time, reverence would be too distant.” Yang Yu spread his hands, ”Since this task has been completed, shouldn’t you also deliver on the reward for the task?

I’m quite looking forward to what I can get from you, as I put great effort into taking down that giant dragon, nearly dying several times in the process.”

”Ha—” Hei Luo showed a smile for the first time, ”It’s quite amusing hearing that from you.”

Putting his hand to his forehead, connecting to the Adventurer Special Committee, Hei Luo said to Yang Yu:

”I will grant you our treasure.

Speak, do you want a fortune that will last your whole life?

Or do you want something else?

We dragons are quite generous, and open to negotiation.”