Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!
Chapter 84 Heavenly Realm

Chapter 84: Chapter 84 Heavenly Realm

"Maybe we really should talk. It’s too cold here; come with me! I know a nice place; let’s sit there for a while."

After saying that, Iyas turned and left.

Seeing a glimmer of hope, Ada and Aluo, without saying another word, immediately followed her, walking into a dark alley with Iyas.

Such a pitch-black alley, if anything were to happen, it would definitely not be discovered by outsiders.

We must protect her safety.

A sense of mission spontaneously rose in Ada and Aluo’s hearts, and just when they wanted to quickly catch up to Iyas to protect her, they heard a set of lightweight footsteps from behind. Before they had a chance to turn around, thorns suddenly sprouted from the ground, entangling their limbs and rendering them immobile.

"What in the world is happening!"

"It’s a trap!"

At this moment, the two men, who were previously led by lust, finally let their intelligence take the upper hand and roared at Iyas, "You woman, we were kind enough to help you! Why would you set a trap for us!"

Iyas ignored their yelling and continued toward the deeper end of the alley until she disappeared into the darkness.

Ada and Aluo, struggling against the thorns, relied on their physique. Such trivial thorns couldn’t possibly trap them; breaking free was just a matter of time.

However—

"[Black Thunder Surge!]"

A gloomy female voice rang out, and lightning bolts of black and purple streaked down from the sky, striking them disheveled and disoriented.

Then, a gleam of cold light suddenly appeared from behind them, and without warning, a scarlet gash appeared on Ada’s and Aluo’s chests. Before they could regain their composure, the perpetrator was already standing proudly in front of them.

"Meekly admit your defeat! And spill all the information you know! Perhaps I might spare your lives."

By the dim light, Ada and Aluo barely made out the face of the culprit—a teenager who looked no older than sixteen or seventeen, with a greedier smile than theirs.

Ada and Aluo were quite confident in their own skills, and they respected but kept their distance from the truly strong. Still, they never imagined that the seemingly insignificant teenager before them would be their own Heavenly Realm.

Breaking free from the thorns, Ada and Aluo launched an offensive, but their attacks were effortlessly dodged by the teenager, not hitting him at all.

Soon, they came up with a plan. The two of them surrounded Yang Yu and used [Air Strong Pull] to tug at him, attacking from both front and back, trying to knock Yang Yu down with a punch.

But Yang Yu dodged their offensive moves with agile footwork.

No matter how strong they were, if they couldn’t land a hit, it was all futile. They could only let Yang Yu leave wounds on them, and eventually, the two brothers dropped their weapons and surrendered without coordination.

"Ah, stop, stop, stop! Great hero, stop! We are wrong! We give up! We shouldn’t have targeted your companion! Please spare our lives!"

Watching his Experience Bar fill up and Level rise to 29, Yang Yu was in high spirits.

Though most of the catches were ordinary people, occasionally, an experienced big fish would get hooked!

As proved, this was an excellent route for gaining Experience Value.

As long as Iyas was with him, even towns and cities where no monsters were found could become leveling grounds, enabling him to level up anytime and anywhere. Even if they were just street thugs, he could use them to practice, treating it as a post-meal activity.

After acquiring the Experience, Yang Yu didn’t carry out any unnecessary slaughter.

The game was too realistic—his enemies would not vanish into thin air, and dealing with corpses would be quite problematic.

What if the heavy scent of blood scared away the next wave of Experience, causing them to flee when they walked down the alley?

As for whether these thugs would turn over a new leaf, Yang Yu wouldn’t delve into it. If need be, he’d just beat them up again next time they met, reminding them of the fear of being dominated by him.

If they sought revenge, gathering people to target Yang Yu, he would be even happier.

After all, even if the Experience was little, increasing the quantity could eventually lead to a qualitative change.

"I don’t want to hear any empty promises about reforming your ways. Anyone can pretend to be sorry. I’m somewhat interested in what you just mentioned. As long as you tell me everything you know, I might not mind sparing you."

Upon hearing that their lives might be spared, Ada and Aluo clung to their last straw and spilled everything they knew without reservation.

To put it simply, they had recently discovered a new underground city in the middle of the Lati Dela Forest, which they and a few other adventurers had stumbled upon.

As some of the first adventurers to discover the underground city, Ada and Aluo had fully reaped the benefits. They had rallied other adventurers to eliminate the weaker monsters on the first floor and obtained a considerable amount of Gold Coin and Equipment.

Though they wished to monopolize the underground city, hammering down monsters to endlessly collect Gold Coins and Equipment, once they started the strategy, news about the new underground city would spread rapidly.

To avoid greedy adventurers who came later wanting to take their loot and turn on them, the temporary strategy team disbanded on the spot after divvying up the spoils.

Ada and Aluo also sold the equipment overnight to Chuanyang City, earning a tidy sum.

After listening to their account, Yang Yu, as promised, generously let Ada and Aluo go and casually waved to Bai Jin and Iyas in the shadows.

For a long time, Yang Yu liked to blame the underground city for everything, as anything could happen there, and this became one of his persuasion tactics.

But in reality, Yang Yu didn’t know what the underground cities of this world were like.

Underground cities had different settings in various games.

In MMORPGs, instances can also broadly be called underground cities—places for a blend of manual labor for money, monster killing for Equipment, and opening Treasure Boxes.

In traditional RPGs, dungeon labyrinths often don’t have such convenience; some monsters, once defeated, do not Refresh, and Treasure Boxes once opened, are gone.

According to Ada and Aluo, the play style of this underground city was the type without Refreshing monsters—once you clear them, they’re gone.

What’s worse, NPCs won’t just wait for you to tackle the underground city; driven by profit, they’ll attack the underground city as they please.

Yang Yu turned to Bai Jin and asked, "Bai Jin, how much do you know about the underground city? Start with the basics and enlighten Iyas."

Hearing Yang Yu call her name, Bai Jin was pleased, but upon hearing the latter half, her face suddenly changed, and she let out a discontented, eerie laugh.

"Hehehe, if you want knowledge from me, you must pay a corresponding price. Let’s see what you can offer that would make me happy. If you can’t afford it, don’t even dream of acquiring any useful knowledge from me!"