Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

Familiar faces appeared in Yang Yu’s sight, the ones who arrived before them were none other than [Dragon God’s Might] and [Red Blood Rose].

The two S-Class adventure groups, all members present. Among them were two individuals Yang Yu had never seen.

One was a gray-faced middle-aged man, slender like willow leaves, with hands wrapped in white bandages, and bluish veins visible on his forehead.

The other was a tall woman dressed in vibrant colors, with small horns on both sides of her head and red dragon scales at the center of her forehead, forming a red plum blossom.

Opening the panel, Yang Yu had already learned the identities of the two:

[Round Stone Reina

Former leader of [Red Blood Rose]

Race: Human, Level: LV 174, Profession: Boxer

Attributes: HP: 89539/89539 MP: 16071/16071

Strength 7121, Defense 4541, Intelligence 1954, Special Defense 4878, Agility 2566, Endurance 2011

Special: Iron Fist (fist skills and attacks, effect and damage increase by 20%)

Resistance: Magic +15%, Physical +10%

]

[Karakka Rujins

Former Deputy Leader of [Dragon God’s Might]

Race: Mixed Species (Yak Clan. Giant Dragon), Level: LV 185, Profession: Magic Swordsman

Attributes: HP: 104446/104446 MP: 154871/154871

Strength 5955, Defense 3665, Intelligence 6216, Special Defense 3925, Agility 3669, Endurance 3985

Special: Power of Giant Dragon LV.4

Resistance: Earth attribute resistance +15%, Physical resistance +40%, Magic resistance +20%

]

They really are two remarkable figures.

They are the true top fighting strength of this world, former members of S-Class adventure groups.

S-Class adventure groups like Yang Yu’s, which were only established a few years ago, are quite rare; most existing S-Class adventure groups are well-established.

Adventurers continuously strategize the underground maze, and it’s inevitable for their strength to rise with the tide.

In pursuit of self-breakthrough, or to leave more growth opportunities for the young, in well-established S-Class adventure groups, many adventurers who have reached a certain limit in strength will choose young successors, then retire from the martial world.

Without special situations, they generally do not come out of retirement.

Those retirees are the real backbone of this world, and only they can, to some extent, halt the advance of the Demon King’s forces in the upcoming invasion.

Yang Yu is not very clear on how many people in this world possess extraordinary strength, nor how long they can jointly withstand the Demon King’s attack.

But if nothing unexpected happens, the number of powerful individuals in this world should form a pyramid shape. The higher the level of fighting power, the fewer people there are.

The Demon King only needs to break through them one by one to easily collapse the pyramid and conquer the world.

[Dragon God’s Might] called such two powerful combatants over, the purpose is self-evident.

If it were only to strategize the Hero Lux’s maze, [Dragon God’s Might] wouldn’t summon such two tough figures; they are still pursuing the Goblin Emperor.

Perhaps after searching everywhere in vain, they’ve decided to take a look at the [Hall of History].

Upon seeing Yang Yu arrive, [Dragon God’s Might]’s leader Glantham Mac stepped forward first to greet Yang Yu and the others:

”Long time no see. Did you get everything done on your side?”

Getting off Lotcar with his companions, Yang Yu smiled, ”I suppose so. We’ve also gained a new member because of it.”

The slender young man with bluish dragon scales on his face yawned, ”In fact, you just didn’t want to take part in the task of hunting the Evil Dragon, right? During this time, you secretly gathered keys from the underground maze, and thus appeared here.”

The golden short-haired Corola remained silent, but largely agreed with Luo Bei Jick’s words, otherwise, there would be no way to explain why Yang Yu, who gave up the keys, would now appear here.

Corola found Gordon and learned that Yang Yu and the others were also at Serti.

Thinking that Yang Yu also had things to do, and that there was enough combat power here, Corola didn’t contact Yang Yu, intending to hand over the Shield when they got closer.

If Yang Yu didn’t get close, then she would wait until next time to hand over the Shield.

Corola hadn’t expected that Yang Yu was getting closer and closer.

Corola could sense that Yang Yu wasn’t using the Location Magic she left behind to come here, but had targeted here from the start. That meant they had the same goal.

Yang Yu took out two keys and a square box from the System, replying:

”The [Count Blood] I’ve mentioned seems to have been collecting maze keys too.

After defeating him, we found more than one key in his castle, and naturally learned the location here.

Not sure if these extra keys could exchange for anything from you guys...

By the way, about the Shield you promised?

To deliver it anytime, you should be carrying it, right?”

Corola indeed carries that Shield with her, but she still doesn’t quite believe Yang Yu’s words; if it was solved so easily, would there be any need to invite them?

Glantham Mac noticed the conflict on Corola’s face and spoke: ”We never go back on our promises. Corola, hand the Shield over to him.”

Corola kept a stern face but still waved her Magic Wand, summoning a complex Storage Magic Array, from which a gold and white Shield emerged and fell heavily before Yang Yu.

Yang Yu was speechless; this Shield is also annoyingly small.

Looks like a brick up close, looks like a brick from afar, its size identical to a brick.

Am I being tricked? No wonder [Dragon God’s Might] agreed to my request so decisively.

Personally, Yang Yu likes small and lightweight Shields, but this is too small, isn’t it?

If that Shield was equipped on the arm, rather than saying it was equipped with a Shield, it looked more like he had put on a slightly larger blackboard eraser.

”This is the Legendary Shield obtained from the Lux Underground Maze, I will hand it over to you now.” Corola said, using Magic to lift the Shield.

Yang Yu felt waves in his heart; if he were to ask [Dragon God’s Might] for a more practical Shield now, would it be too late?

Despite the turmoil within, Yang Yu still took step after step towards the square shield.

Just as Yang Yu was about to touch the Shield, a sharp light swiftly passed before his eyes, he rapidly withdrew his hand, a deep trench swiftly extended from the ground, and sharp Sword Qi raised a cloud of dust.

Qiuye saw it, it was the horned woman who suddenly made a move, her speed was extremely fast, everything from drawing her sword to sheathing it was already close to the Secret Technique of Broken Wind Style.

After releasing Sword Qi sufficient to injure Yang Yu, the woman surprisingly showed a relaxed smile,

”Are you the leader of this emerging adventure group?

We talked about you before you arrived, really didn’t expect such a young person like you to appear in this world.

As your elders, wish to understand your strength a bit.

I’ve heard you can make Gushan feel troubled.

If you wish to obtain the Shield, then show me some strength.

We [Dragon God’s Might] can’t just casually hand over such a treasure to you guys.”