Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!
Chapter 407: An Unexpected Guest

Chapter 407: Chapter 407: An Unexpected Guest

In the empty wooden room, Gordon, the captain of the "Red Blood Rose," lay on the sofa, fiddling with the plastic Magic Cube he had gotten from Yang Yu.

After long periods of practice, Gordon had mastered solving one side and one layer with ease, and he could barely piece together the second layer, but he never managed to fully restore the Magic Cube.

"There must be some trick to it, he’d have memorized all those tricks by heart to solve the Magic Cube so easily."

As the captain of the "Red Blood Rose," Gordon’s observational skills were astounding. While Yang Yu was solving the Magic Cube, he had memorized Yang Yu’s steps and knew that Yang Yu used certain tricks to restore it.

Unfortunately, even when he tried to mimic Yang Yu’s technique, he still couldn’t restore the Magic Cube.

Just as Gordon was becoming frustrated with his inability to solve the Magic Cube, Wanjing Zhuhua, sitting at the desk opposite him, was buried in various documents, frantically scribbling down necessary information on paper for record-keeping, equally flustered.

The noise from Gordon’s careless twisting of the Magic Cube contrasted sharply with the sound of Wanjing Zhuhua’s pen hitting the paper, further aggravating the already agitated Wanjing Zhuhua.

Finally, unable to tolerate it anymore, Wanjing Zhuhua slammed down her pen and stood up with a slap of the desk.

"Stop playing with that thing, can you come and give me a hand if you’re free? There are significantly important matters over here that need attention.

We still don’t know what exactly happened inside that Goblin Maze, so why can you sit here so calmly, playing with your toy?

Since you’re the captain, act like it for once!"

Continuing to fiddle with the Magic Cube, Gordon casually said, "It’s no big deal; we gained quite a few treasures from the Underground Maze, and have already contacted the buyers.

We can rest for a while, and you don’t have to push yourself so hard, why not do something you enjoy?

Chel Belli likes fishing, Sena enjoys investigating various demons, I like all sorts of interesting things, and you’re always buried in work.

We’re just an adventure group, is there really that much to handle?"

Taking off her glasses, Wanjing Zhuhua pinched the bridge of her nose, holding back the urge to curse, "It’s exactly because you, as the captain, are too lazy and don’t take responsibility for the team’s affairs that I have to deal with all these tasks.

Are you not at all concerned about whatever thing was in that coffin on the eleventh floor of the Goblin Maze?"

"Of course, I’m concerned; I regret not having seen that thing. But didn’t Yang Yu explain it clearly? It was the Goblin Emperor who was resurrected."

"You really believe what that man said.

Based on my investigations these past few days, the Magic Power characteristics remaining in the coffin don’t seem like a goblin at all, but more like some kind of lizard monster and somewhat close to a giant dragon.

That man’s claim that the Goblin Emperor has been resurrected is completely unfounded.

Ancient creature resurrected from death, yet it managed to elude my Detecting Magic; it possesses no small amount of Wisdom. Do you understand what it means to have such a creature appear in our world?"

"Don’t worry, if things really get out of hand to the point where we can’t handle it, the older generation of ’Red Blood Rose’ will also step in to help."

Gordon said indifferently, continuing to play with the Magic Cube.

"You know, you shouldn’t always rely on Sister Long Qing and their strength when there’s no trouble; they’ve retired, let them enjoy some peace and do what they want to do.

When we were younger, we should work hard just like they did."

The focus now is to quickly find that monster and, while it is still newly born and lacking in strength, completely annihilate it.

If we let it grow, it will only become an uncontrollable colossal monster that we truly won’t be able to stop then.

Even if the reborn creature is indeed the Goblin Emperor, we should strike a fatal blow while it is weak, to prevent a recurrence of past tragedies.

Think about it—if the Goblin Emperor were to be resurrected, this world would once again plunge into chaos, and at that time, just how many people would die?"

"Sister Ajing, being anxious is of no use.

The fact that the monster has evaded your detecting magic means that catching it won’t be an easy task.

Before this, we had no idea where it was, and the teleportation array it used was destroyed along with the stalactites, which you and I can’t restore.

It might have already used a teleportation magic array to transport to another realm, which is not a place we can just reach."

Continuing to twist the magic cube, restoring a two-layered face of the magic cube in Gordon’s hands, it once again became disorderly. Gordon attempted to solve the final face of the magic cube like Yang Yu, but in the end, failed.

"However, I feel that as long as it’s possible that it stayed in this country, we should continue the search."

"Sister Ajing, if you want to continue the search, then go ahead, but don’t expect me to help. We agreed not to use others’ rest time, didn’t we?"

Wanjing Zhuhua’s suggestion was rejected once more, and with a furrowed brow, she found no words to refute Gordon.

"Work well when it’s time to work, rest well when it’s time to rest," this has been an admonition passed down from many generations ago by the Red Blood Rose.

Decades ago, before Wanjing Zhuhua joined Red Blood Rose, everyone abided by this rule, and after several changes in the team, Chel Belli, Gordon and Sena also upheld it.

Perhaps, it was her own stubbornness that led to her not being chosen as the captain of Red Blood Rose by the former captain, despite being the eldest.

As Wanjing Zhuhua wallowed in self-pity, the barrier she had set up around the stronghold sensed something.

Wanjing Zhuhua raised her hand, and a mirror appeared in the center of the room. Gordon also stopped fiddling with the magic cube in his hands and looked together at the magic peeping mirror floating in mid-air.

Through the magic peeping mirror, the two of them saw three people and a conspicuously large Silver Wolf standing at the entrance of their stronghold.

The person leading lifted their hood, looking up into the air as if making eye contact with Gordon and Wanjing Zhuhua, giving a slight smile.

Seeing clearly who the visitors were, both Gordon and Wanjing Zhuhua were simultaneously taken aback,

"How could they be here?"

Ever since that incident, Wanjing Zhuhua thought that Yang Yu, having fallen out with the Chaoyang Chamber of Commerce, would definitely try to leave the country as soon as possible; she never contemplated that Yang Yu would now brazenly penetrate deep into the country’s heartland, appearing before them.

Seeing Yang Yu’s arrival, a smile appeared on Gordon’s face, once again he started to fiddle with the chaotic magic cube in his hands,

"Since they’ve come a long way to visit us, they must have important matters to discuss. Let them in, many of your questions might be resolved. It just so happens that I’ve encountered some difficulties and hope he can help me."

Even though Wanjing Zhuhua knew their captain only agreed to meet with Yang Yu in hopes of solving the magic cube, it was initially Yang Yu who detected the existence of the eleventh floor of the Goblin Maze. Allowing them in to perform some information analysis might lead to new discoveries, so she agreed with Gordon’s idea.