Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!
Chapter 280: Reaching a Consensus

Chapter 280: Chapter 280: Reaching a Consensus

Under the summons of the Fairy King Kaka, the fairies seeking refuge one by one returned from the Library’s White Ball to the castle, now in ruins, and, following Kaka’s orders, began to clean up the debris.

Apart from salvaging usable materials from the wreckage, this was also to pay Yang Yu the compensation he was due.

After seeing Li Yan off, Yang Yu naturally broached the topic of his reward.

Yang Yu indicated that rather than material rewards, he was more interested in intellectual satisfaction and brought up the White Ball that was placed in the Sky-reaching Library.

The White Ball could locate the position of books based on the prompted information, a task that could not be accomplished by mere manual effort.

Kaka readily explained the operating mechanism of the White Ball to Yang Yu without reservation.

Without the support of the fairies and the Fairy Secret Treasure, in the end, the White Ball was just an ordinary Magic Device.

For every book the Library stored, they would send the content and storage location of the book through the White Ball into the Fairy Secret Treasure to be saved as data, becoming part of a large database.

Every time someone searched, the fairies sent the information obtained back to the Fairy Secret Treasure for processing.

The Secret Treasure would search downward through keywords in the book, such as book titles, synopses, headings, and contents.

After matching the books, they would provide the stored location information in turn.

These messages would then be conveyed back to the fairy’s mind, sorted and screened by the fairy, and written on the White Ball or transmitted to the reader’s mind.

Upon hearing this, Yang Yu naturally also thought of using the Fairy Secret Treasure to gain all the knowledge he needed.

Therefore, he proposed to the Fairy King Kaka that he wished to use the Fairy Secret Treasure to access the knowledge he desired as compensation.

After pondering for a moment, Kaka ultimately decided to agree to Yang Yu’s request.

Although the knowledge stored in the Secret Treasure originated from the All Things Library, over the years, the fairies themselves had maintained the Fairy Secret Treasure, and the All Things Library had never contributed anything to this effort.

Perhaps for the All Things Library, to place knowledge within the Fairy Secret Treasure was tantamount to giving the knowledge to the fairies, negating any further need to contribute.

In fact, the effort the fairies put into maintaining the Secret Treasure far exceeded what the All Things Library could imagine.

Since the Library considered the knowledge they provided to be the rent, sharing this knowledge that belonged to the fairies seemed appropriate.

Hence, Kaka did not refuse Yang Yu and allowed the fairies to clear the way for him.

The fairies, saved by Yang Yu, moved the rubble with extra zeal, and, thanks to this, the debris of the castle was quickly cleared away.

At the center of the castle, a red square piece of Liu Li was exposed, which was the necessary path to the Secret Treasure’s location.

Kaka’s form went straight through the red square piece of Liu Li; he poured his Magic Power into it, opening the square piece of Liu Li to reveal a staircase leading downward.

Following Kaka down, Yang Yu and his companions came to a spacious room; in the center of the room, several green vine-like things intertwined, supporting a White Ball emanating white light.

That was the fairies’ Secret Treasure, which the fairies called "All-Knowing".

The light emanating from the white crystal ball had a thick, gaseous quality to it, illuminating every inch of the room.

Bai Jin reached out her hand and could feel that the crystal ball emitted the same type of magic power as Kaka, only much more intense and abundant.

Yet, despite its intensity and abundance, the crystal ball’s presence was completely undetectable in the outside world.

Bai Jin couldn’t help but wonder how the fairies managed it but didn’t ask.

Such confidential matters would surely not be shared with someone like her who had contributed so little.

Kaka said, "What knowledge do you wish to search for? Don’t be shy, go ahead and look."

Iyas looked around, hoping Yang Yu would hurry up and search for clues about her brother, but then she saw Yang Yu pull out several densely written sheets of paper and a brand-new booklet.

"Do you have so much to look up? I think we can wait until we find my brother before coming back to research all of this. Right now, the top priority is to find my brother."

With the clues seemingly within reach, Iyas could hardly contain her excitement and grabbed Yang Yu by the shoulders, shaking him vigorously.

However, Yang Yu simply brushed off Iyas’s hands and methodically said, "I can understand your feelings, but that doesn’t justify a reckless approach. We must investigate everything step by step to ensure our safety along the way."

Iyas wanted to say more, but Yang Yu continued,

"Once we leave the All Things Library, it will probably be a long time before we return. During this period, we will undoubtedly encounter many difficulties. You wouldn’t want our journey to fail halfway, right?"

Silver Teeth biting lightly, Iyas said no more, she looked away, sulking alone, repeatedly convincing herself to accept Yang Yu’s decision.

Just as Iyas was about to search on her own, Kaka added,

"Although the Fairy Secret Treasure can serve multiple people at once, trying to access specific information might cause lag in input and output. Others might detect we’re looking up the library’s contents. So, I would prefer if you searched one by one."

"I understand; it’s enough for me to handle this alone.

Staying here and just watching doesn’t really make much sense.

Bai Jin, Iyas, I’ve thought it over, and I’m going to send you two back to the All Things Library first. Iyas, continue to acquire knowledge about humans from the library, and Bai Jin, continue to learn magic knowledge with Tico and Li Yan, striving to master new skills sooner."

Having said this, Yang Yu asked the Fairy Secret Treasure just one question, on behalf of the Fairy King Kaka.

Then he turned and left, intending to deal with the Library Special Strategy Committee that were eagerly awaiting them outside, to free Ying Luo and Lotcar, and then to return to Fairyland to search for the knowledge he desired.

Since the electronic version allowed Yang Yu to copy the knowledge he needed, there was no need to go through so much trouble to curry favor with the Elder Council of the library, pulling out books from the shelves one by one to search.

Kaka allowed Yang Yu to leave Fairyland and return later. There were still plenty of spots available to counteract the Black Energy, allowing Yang Yu to travel through the barrier several times without any problems.

Having reached a consensus, Yang Yu and the others left the secret chamber where the treasure was kept and emerged onto the open grassland.

The magic power of Fairy King Kaka enveloped them, turning them into a cluster of light.

With a push from Kaka, his magic power carried Yang Yu and his companions through the thick clouds, past the fairy barrier, and into the White Ball of the library.

And on the other side of the White Ball, the All Things Library Special Strategy Committee had already been waiting for them for quite a while.