Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

After listening to Bai Jin’s suggestion, Yang Yu thought it was indeed a good idea.

Unfortunately, Yang Yu and his group have not established communication with the All Things Library.

It’s better to ask their opinion or meet them face-to-face, and Yang Yu also wants to get some more Fairy’s Magic Stones.

Fairy’s Magic Stones are tools for enhancing magic power. If Fairy’s Magic Stones are used, Bai Jin is confident that he can expand the snowfall range by 2~3 times on his own.

If others can also use Fairy’s Magic Stones to activate weather magic, the possibility of being discovered before the heavy snow falls will be greatly reduced.

Writing down the information in his mind on paper, repeatedly confirming it, gradually refining the plan, Yang Yu re-established communication with Ming Dalak and briefly explained the idea.

”It’s definitely a good plan.

The only issue is, we don’t know whether that Four Heavenly King will still be active in this country now.

If he’s active in Wansheng Republic or Luo Ze Empire, there would be many opportunities to lure him into Sailuomen Plain.

But in case, after such a lesson...

If he changes his target, what do we do?”

”I’m worried about that, too.

The more difficult part is, for safety, Ammonval, that steel-controlling Four Heavenly King, and the Demon King, have since traveled together.

However...

Three of them traveling together isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

If the Demon King and the three of them are traveling together, as long as we can withstand the attack of the three of them traveling together, we’ll gain a lot of buffer time.

Some warriors who have improved during the Magic Tide also have a chance to develop.”

”I believe that you and the Hero would be willing to step up by then.”

”In any case, I will first communicate with the All Things Library and try my best to convince them.

The subsequent actions will depend on the movements of the Demon Clan.

The longer the delay, although not exactly in our interest, would also gradually smooth out the gap between us and the Demon Clan.

The Demon King knows this, which is why he wants to quickly annex this world after the Gate of Demon World opens.

He should be more impatient than us.”

Ming Dalak gently nodded in agreement with Yang Yu’s view:

”You specially came to communicate to let me prepare in advance like you?

If he starts by heading toward Sailuomen Plain, we don’t need to exert much effort.

Exposing too early would lead to failure, also can’t show our intentions too obviously...

I will handle this well, even if under pressure, risking being called incompetent.

To complete certain things, some risks must be borne.

After your side establishes communication, contact me again.”

Yang Yu nodded and made a final entrustment: ”This matter must also be kept confidential from the Hero.

If the time comes and Hero’s help may be needed, I will communicate with Hero personally.”

Keeping Yang Yu’s words in mind, Ming Dalak replied with a ”Got it,” then handled his affairs while considering how to assist Yang Yu.

After a brief rest in East View City, Yang Yu instructed Chenshui on some matters, then quickly traveled through Sailuomen Plain, rushing eastward toward the junction between Serti, Luo Ze Empire, and Tren Republic.

Lotcar has still not transformed into a giant wolf, Yang Yu and the others only used horse carts and the Goddess Sect’s teleportation arrays for movement.

The All Things Library doesn’t have a temple of the Goddess Sect.

They publicly claim that many people often attribute unknown things to ghosts and gods, which contradicts the All Things Library’s philosophy of gathering worldly knowledge and pursuing every detail, so they reject all religious things appearing in the All Things Library.

In reality, the true reason the All Things Library refuses the Goddess Sect’s settlement is...

Before the All Things Library was commercialized, the Goddess Sect did not wish to establish a temple in such a barren place.

After the All Things Library was thoroughly commercialized, the core area became incredibly valuable, but the Goddess Sect considered themselves sanctified and honored the Library with their presence, not only seeking free use of its core area’s land but also expecting the Library to cover some of their expenses.

Apart from donations from followers, the Goddess Sect’s temple would often receive support from local lords.

When they negotiated with the All Things Library, they didn’t find their conditions inappropriate.

However, they overlooked that the reason the lords were willing to pay was that the temple itself attracted more visitors to the city, some of whom would settle there. The temple also provided some medical services, buffering the populace’s negative emotions.

The All Things Library, living by selling knowledge, naturally attracted a lot of traffic.

If a brand wanted to expand its business, opening a store in the All Things Library was a great choice.

Fierce competition led to high land prices, making the area extremely valuable, which indirectly triggered high prices at the Library.

The expensive living expenses and the nature of the Library led to high personnel mobility.

Building a temple, while beneficial, had not reached a level of necessity.

The All Things Library’s interest in constructing one was purely for prestige.

Given the Goddess Sect’s arrogance and refusal to accept the Library’s conditions, it preferred not to proceed with construction.

In reality, even without a temple, it wasn’t much of a problem.

The issues facing the Library couldn’t be solved by prayers.

But lacking a temple posed challenges for Yang Yu and his crew’s travels, as they spent nearly one and a half days reaching the All Things Library.

The All Things Library had changed significantly since Yang Yu’s last visit.

Surrounding the city outside the Library, numerous makeshift houses built with stone or wood had sprouted up, housing many ragged individuals.

They were refugees fleeing from afar; their hometowns were either destroyed by the Demon Clan or served as impending battlefields.

Those with skills either raced near the Library or trekked over mountains to reach the Dragon God Evaluation Country, while those without could only escape to nearby cities, silently hoping the Demon Clan wouldn’t attack them.

Some fearlessly stayed in their hometowns, seeing fleeing as a dead end, and hoped the army could drive back the Demon King Army or that the Demon Clan would spare them.

The war between Luo Ze Empire and Wansheng Republic, due to the intervention of giants, had a clause prohibiting attacks on civilians, so most people could live in peace.

But the Demon King’s invasion of this world represented the most real war.

Surveying this abruptly expanded area, Yang Yu knew that sympathy wouldn’t be enough.

Only by restoring peace to this world would everything return to normal.

Otherwise, more refugees like this would emerge in the world.

Traversing the newly added area, Yang Yu and his team continued through the outer city encircling the All Things Library.

Compared to before, the outer city now felt much more subdued, with fewer cheers and laughter.

The outer city wasn’t under the Library’s jurisdiction; if war spread here, the Library would struggle to ensure the safety of its citizens.