Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

The soul summoning by Icaro Flo has begun.

The leader of the Corps Collection Coffin, Forget Me Yidru, arrived late carrying the Hualan.

Sensing the anomaly at the Old Palace, both rushed to the scene immediately, thinking they could aid Yang Yu’s group, only to find everything resolved upon their arrival.

The surrounding sand gradually lost its Magic Power, transforming into random rocks and soil. Lang Yi climbed out of the pit, joining other Island Drifting members, Goddess Sect, and Terun Republic officials, who gathered around Icaro Flo, watching the soul summoning as they did last time.

The soul summoning ceremony went far smoother than anyone anticipated.

Those with a strong will are more easily summoned.

[Modesty] had already passed, but his will remained intact, and the medium was mostly whole, naturally making it easier to summon him.

The white mist transformed into [Modesty]’s likeness, his Spiritual Body was not half-human-half-Slime but retained his original neutral, slightly handsome appearance.

After successfully summoning, control followed immediately.

Icaro Flo’s gestures changed once more, the Spiritual Body of [Modesty] mimicked the actions, releasing streams of white lightning, weaving a cage to imprison [Modesty].

Then, with Forget Me Yidru’s assistance, Icaro Flo seized the full control of [Modesty] before he ”awakened” and began memory probing.

Icaro Flo and Forget Me Yidru themselves lack the ability to view someone’s entire memory in one go.

Since forcefully summoning and viewing Spiritual Body memory could exhaust the body, only limited fragments can be extracted, and each glimpse is a gamble.

Obtaining useful information is purely based on luck.

Since it’s about luck, the little luck gained by fishing is naturally insufficient, so choosing must be left to Iyas.

Iyas, well-practiced, without complaints, closed his eyes as Yang Yu requested, relying on his luck to pick time nodes from [Modesty]’s memory.

The first two fragments.... not totally fruitless.

Yang Yu saw what happened before [Modesty] became [Modesty], observing how the transformation through the Curse Sect led to such miraculous abilities...

[Modesty] was transformed using a device similar to those found in Luo Ze Empire’s relics.

Has the Curse Sect been in contact with ancient relics long ago?

Speaking of...

The Curse Sect, so cautious yet certain that Demons are the path to salvation, believing only Demons can overthrow the goddess. Where do they get such confidence?

The closer he got to the Curse Sect, the more these questions plagued Yang Yu’s mind.

Some things might only be known by asking the involved party face-to-face.

After the second scene ended, Iyas promptly chose the third scene.

[Modesty]’s form gradually became ethereal, despite him not yet ”awakening,” time for memory probing was running short.

This, may be the last chance for probing.

The third fragment was precisely when [Modesty] replaced Red Tree Jikelot.

Everyone on site clenched their fists, staring at the scene without blinking, afraid of missing any details.

Yet, after [Modesty] transformed into Red Tree Jikelot, most of the time was uneventful, leaving no trace.

As time passed, despair grew among the observers, fearing this probing would end fruitlessly.

Suddenly, the scene plunged into Darkness.

This was not a signal for the memory probing to stop, but [Modesty] actively walked into the Darkness.

A voice rang out in the Darkness:

”Try to divert their attention away from the mountain, towards other places.”

[Modesty]’s memory stopped there, and his Spiritual Body also became so ethereal it seemed ready to dissipate at any moment.

Icaro Flo and Forget Me Yidru attempted a fourth memory probe on [Modesty], causing his Spiritual Body to irreversibly scatter, fully disappearing into thin air.

”Try to divert their attention away from the mountain, towards other places.” Yang Yu repeatedly pondered over this sentence.

Although the mountain wasn’t specified, judging by the wording and tone from the Darkness, Yang Yu had a faint sense the mountain referred to was the one they visited yesterday.

As they say, the most dangerous place is the safest place.

Due to time constraints, once the mountain was scouted, unless requested, a second probe is unlikely.

Failing to find anything, everyone assumed the Curse Sect had moved from the mountain they previously hid in to elsewhere.

Not leaving the mountain, just changing positions, employing strategic misdirection right there!

Yet sometimes, such displacement proves quite effective.

Staying right under others’ noses, the Terun Republic busies itself with the search, splitting its forces.

Once they summon the Demon, they can suddenly emerge from the least likely place Terun Republic would expect, catching them off guard.

But the question arises...

How to prove they are still hiding in that mountain?

Yang Yu arranged for soldiers to roughly search the mountain but found nothing, suspecting the Curse Sect may be hidden deep within the mountain’s inner regions.

[Moderate Cocarlos] can create rather Special Barriers, Bai Jin’s Detecting Magic or others’ detecting magic might be misled by Cocarlos’ Barrier.

Yang Yu rubbed his temples, looking at the Terun Republic’s official representative not far away:

”I wonder, have you heard of [Fairy’s Magic Stone]?”

Bai Jin still had some [Fairy’s Magic Stone] left, but it couldn’t be used recklessly.

Although [Fairy’s Magic Stone] has always been for the All Things Library’s own use, they likely circulated quite a bit on the market to support the library financially.

Circulating [Fairy’s Magic Stone] probably reached some adventurers’ hands.

But Yang Yu believed, this Special tools mostly end up in the hands of nations, preventing threats to national safety.

The Terun Republic should have some, right?

Given the urgency, obtaining a few shouldn’t be excessive.

Without waiting for the Terun Republic officials’ response, Yang Yu threw the question to Bai Jin:

”Bai Jin, how many Fairy’s Magic Stones do you think are needed to completely blow up the mountain we climbed yesterday?”

Understanding the reason behind Yang Yu’s query, Bai Jin pondered for a moment before answering:

”The Magic Power floating outside around that mountain is much weaker than other places.

If we intend to create a magic strong enough to blow up the entire mountain...

It may require gathering Magic Power for a day and night, depleting all surrounding Magic Power.

Using the [Fairy’s Magic Stone] might ease it....

....But, I’m not very confident in my stamina.”

Blowing up such a massive mountain might be too much for Bai Jin, though an idea soon struck her mind.