Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

”Damn it, damn it, damn it!

Why do you know my location!

Clearly, I am the one who should sit in the position of the Four Heavenly Kings, how can I fall here so easily!”

A black-winged Crow Demon Clan member had a sharp Light Arrow stab into their chest.

He Meng, in the form of a young girl, made a finger-gun gesture, ”Pow —” and a tiny Water Bullet shot from her fingertips, perfectly piercing the crowman’s neck.

The crowman spat out blood and collapsed kneeling.

Due to He Meng often slacking off initially, her Level fell far behind Yang Yu and the others. Whenever possible, Yang Yu let He Meng deliver the final blow to close the gap in their Levels.

Qiuye and Yang Yu also have significant Level differences, but as a swordsman, she has very high output.

Even without specifically reserving space for her to finish off enemies, she can clear remnants like slicing through vegetables, with her Level continually rising.

Yang Yu glanced at the time.

The watch’s hands ticked minute by minute, without realizing it, they had been here for half a month.

With Lotcar’s extraordinary Speed and the Teleportation Array of the Goddess Sect, Yang Yu and his companions traversed various battlefields, dealing with numerous Demon King cadres, preventing many tragedies.

Regrettably, some tragedies can be avoided, but others cannot.

While obstructing the Heroes, the Demon King Army also launched large-scale attacks on other regions, leaving areas unable to support each other.

One day during this half-month, Yang Yu and the others took a shortcut to a battlefield. From afar, they saw a fire, thick black smoke rising into the sky, as the Demon King Army was wreaking havoc on the town.

Yang Yu and the others couldn’t get there quickly; they had to set up an ambush ahead to swiftly take down a tricky Spirit Manipulation Master, preventing his Strength from growing and causing more deaths with his abilities.

After Yang Yu and his team dealt with the tricky Spirit Manipulation Master and rushed over, the city they had seen from afar was already in ruins.

A few survivors saw Yang Yu and accused him, crying out why he didn’t come earlier, wasn’t he the Hero, supposed to save people from dire situations, quickly defeat the Demon King, wasn’t that their duty?

Despite knowing this wasn’t real, everything felt too real, causing Bai Jin and the others to bow their heads, unsure how to respond.

Yang Yu sympathized with their plight, telling the survivors that he wasn’t a deity and couldn’t appear instantly.

When choosing something, sometimes one must give up something else.

This is a very simple truth, yet so many people fail to understand it, stubbornly wanting it all.

When judging someone, especially those in high positions, many apply extremely harsh standards. If they have any unpleasant flaw, they rigorously criticize, never considering that one person’s Strength is very small.

Yang Yu bluntly told the complaining survivor to go ahead and hate him if they wished; he had no regrets.

However, Yang Yu hoped the survivors could identify the correct target for their hatred, to consider who really caused the current situation.

If it’s merely because someone is near you and unfortunately does something displeasing, venting all anger on them is extremely cowardly behavior.

Similar occurrences have happened not just once during Yang Yu’s role as the Hero Lox over this half-month.

Due to carrying the title of Hero, criticism and condemnation were exceptionally harsh, and some even did ridiculous acts like openly rebuking the Hero in a hotel.

Yang Yu directly asked that person to follow him, they just needed a foul-mouthed bait, one that would die, and the person was immediately intimidated.

As the ”Hero,” Yang Yu didn’t only encounter bad things on the way; on the contrary, criticism and condemnation were quite rare, as many people sincerely thanked Yang Yu for everything he’d done, helping him as much as they could.

These bits of help and care were like beams of light shining into the hearts of each of Yang Yu’s companions.

Perhaps these beams of light were also the Strength supporting Hero Lox to move forward.

Thanks to the blessings of these people, Yang Yu’s journey involved much less trouble comforting his companions.

As usual, they searched the Crow Demon Clan member for anything useful, and Yang Yu led the team to rest.

Taking down this Crow Demon Clan cadre was a critical juncture.

After this comes the plot where Iya from the Star Clan attempts to save the kingdom but ultimately gets captured, and Yang Yu and the others will also face the final boss, the Demon King.

In those days, facing the Demon King’s pursuit, Iya single-handedly stopped the Demon King Army, and Hero Lox used every ounce of Strength to escape.

Hero Lox’s failure then was due to insufficient Strength; now Yang Yu and company possess Strength far exceeding that of the Hero at that time, and the characters appearing here are all weakened.

Yang Yu is considering whether, since they know the trap about Iya’s rescue attempt, they could try to blast the Demon King’s defenses ahead of time, ending this trial prematurely.

After all, if the time flow here aligns perfectly with the outside, according to Hero Lox’s route, defeating the Demon King completely would take at least one to two months.

Yang Yu wondered if defeating the Demon King would allow them to skip the Underground Maze set as Hero Lox’s trial, and if upon exiting, they would face new ordeals, he had no idea how long the maze would take.

Moreover, what Yang Yu couldn’t accept was that in this world, only by taking down major characters could Experience be gained, and the Experience values weren’t very impressive.

This means Yang Yu couldn’t rely on NPCs surrendering to gain a large amount of Experience, and future enemies would progressively strengthen.

The imbalance between input and output further discouraged Yang Yu’s desire to methodically defeat the Demon King.

After resting for a while, Yang Yu and the team had lunch and began discussing the upcoming plans:

”At this point, the first half of our journey is complete. Whether there’s a second half depends on the upcoming event.”

Iyas suddenly asked, ”Yang Yu, I’ve always had a question. How do you know every enemy’s weakness so precisely and where they will appear?”

”Didn’t I mention it before?” Yang Yu replied with a smile, ”Goblin God of War Cide is our insider, on our side. Thanks to his intel, we can progress smoothly.”

Iyas showed an expression of realization, while the others displayed strange looks.

Yang Yu calmly took a sip of water, indicating everyone not to be nervous.

Perhaps making too many unexpected decisions before led to unexpected developments now.