“If you are willing to cooperate, I can guarantee your safe departure. Otherwise, you should be clear about the outcome of this battle.”

The demon officer, Lieutenant Colonel Luca, focused his gaze on Lanqi and Sigrid, his voice calm and resolute.

Although he didn't know why this confidant of Duke Eduardo, the Fourth Progenitor, had arrived at their demon realm border ahead of schedule, or why a Count-level blood族 had been defeated.

But he was sure that the magic power in this human’s body had been exhausted for the most part, and the already weak magic fluctuations had become even more ethereal. And this unbelievably strong wolf girl now seemed to be at the end of her rope, her strength about to run out.

After defeating the blood族 Count, the two of them were simply unable to fight another round.

The entire Eternal Night Land fell into a brief silence.

The surrounding snowfields also seemed to be waiting for their decision.

“Haha, hahaha!”

Count Gregory laughed wildly, using up his remaining strength.

With the great reconciliation between the blood族 and the demon race imminent, a demon realm lieutenant colonel would naturally not sit idly by and watch his blood族 Count be harmed by humans on the demon realm border.

Moreover, this human and wolf girl obviously had not realized how high the status of their blood族 was in the demon realm under the current circumstances.

“……”

Lanqi put his hand on Sigrid's shoulder, signaling her to relax.

Sigrid bit her teeth tightly.

She was now very worried that the victory fruit that was so close at hand would be reversed by this blood族 Count. If they let him go, these demons would definitely retaliate, and he would quickly recover and start hunting them down.

But before she could relax even a little because of the warm hand on her shoulder, she heard Count Gregory’s cry from the ground.

“Let me kill them, let me kill them!!”

Count Gregory roared like a madman.

“……”

“According to the North-South Treaty, we cannot help humans in disputes involving humans and blood族. At the same time, we should try our best to protect the safety of blood族 on the border of the demon realm.”

The demon officer, Lieutenant Colonel Luca, heard this, glanced at the blood族 Count on the ground, and explained and added to the two.

Sigrid's face turned pale again.

She didn't expect that the victory that was about to be achieved would be completely lost at this last moment due to the intervention of the demon race.

What they were fighting against was not just a single blood族 Count, but the entire blood族 behind him.

This was a power called the blood族 racial heritage.

Or perhaps Count Gregory had already considered various possible changes, and hunted them in a place as far away from the orc city-states as possible, close to the border of the demon realm.

“Help me catch her, she is a wolf族! She is a criminal who hurt me, and an enemy of our blood族. Your demon race has an obligation to arrest her and transfer her to the blood族!”

Count Gregory continued to instruct after seeing the demon officer’s declared position.

The demon officer was silent for a moment.

Although the demon race had no feud with the nearly extinct wolf race, they also knew about the grievances between the blood族 and the wolf race.

“Little girl, even if you run away now, you will soon be wanted by the demon realm. Just make it easy for us.”

The demon realm officer finally looked at Sigrid and drew out his dark red long sword.

Subduing her might still take some effort, but if she ran away, the journey to the orc city-state was long, and without a vehicle, it was impossible for her to escape successfully.

Once she started to run, the demon realm border would also dispatch more troops at the request of this blood族 Count, and conduct a large-scale search in this area. No matter where she hid, she would soon be surrounded by the demon realm army.

“Alright, human, please leave.”

The demon officer looked at Lanqi.

This was the biggest concession he could make to the other party. As a neutral party, their demon realm didn't need to offend the Porant Empire. The royal insignia on the overturned sleigh in the distance made it easy to infer his nationality.

The human’s dress and temperament showed that he was a very high-ranking figure in the Porant Empire. Killing him might also cause trouble.

“Loki McCarthy, I have marked you. No matter where you escape, I will kill you, and I will kill everyone related to you!!”

Count Gregory's throat kept trembling, making a sharp giggling sound.

He was already very satisfied with the demon realm officer’s handling of the matter. After all, in normal times, the demon race might not be so afraid of their blood族.

“……”

Sigrid didn't know what to do.

She could run, but she couldn't ask Lanqi to run with her and be hunted down by the demon race with her.

If they let this blood族 Count go today, the two of them would face endless disasters next.

It might even involve the younger brothers and sisters in the orphanage.

Duke Eduardo, the Fourth Progenitor, had already discovered her, so he would never allow her to continue living. That was a ninth-order supreme blood族, and no one could fight against him. Even her father, whom she thought was the strongest, had died in his hands.

Sigrid's palms were cold.

At this moment, she wanted to kill the Count immediately, as long as she could kill him before the demons attacked, but she also knew that it was impossible to kill a blood族.

This was the unfairness of the race.

The hope that she had finally seen was gradually submerged and shattered by the cold wind and snow at this moment, bringing her back from her dream to a nightmare again.

This kind of despair made her feet feel like they were filled with lead, and there was nowhere to escape.

At some point, Lanqi had already picked up her beret for her, put it on her head, and pressed it gently.

“Don't worry, leave it to me.”

Lanqi said to Sigrid with certainty.

Sigrid looked up in a daze.

It was already dreamy enough that he could allow her to defeat the blood族 Count head-on.

Could a miracle happen again?

Her eyes seemed to be asking—Loki, do you have a way?

“Okay, great! Help me catch him too!”

Count Gregory laughed.

Originally, if this human did not resist, the demon realm army would have no reason to help him capture him as well.

Now, even if this empire craftsman had the favor of the orc chieftains, he would have no chance to escape back to the orc city-state!

It saved him too much trouble!

“Human! Stop resisting!”

The demon race army felt that Lanqi was about to take action at this moment. Although his magic power was still very weak and stable, they were sure that this man did not intend to compromise with them at all.

That appearance was not to leave, but a posture to protect this wolf族 girl to the end.

However.

The demons only saw that the man's figure was rising with an electric cocoon-like luster.

Lieutenant Colonel Luca immediately raised his hands in front of him to block the possible sudden wind and snow explosion.

The next second.

At the end of the electric light permeating the dim snowfield, a blurred figure emerged.

Like a master standing on a black reef, only his radiant magic shadow and the swaying emerald green eyes in the night were particularly clear.

The radiant crack-like纹路 on his body faintly had the aura of a quasi-king.

His gaze looked over.

With a few clanging sounds.

The demon realm army's weapons all fell to the ground, leaving only their empty and trembling hands.

That supreme and supreme great demon race aura was revealed without reservation. Even if the demon race officer didn't know what happened, he reacted immediately and knelt down to him.

“Now it's an internal matter of our demon race. That blood族 Count is my trophy. There shouldn't be a problem, right?”

Lanqi put his hands behind his back, as if he had returned to the principal of the Purgatory Corridor Academy, lovingly teaching his students.

“Yes, sir, please forgive our rudeness. We did not intend to offend you. It's just that we really couldn't see your true form just now.”

The demon realm officer, Lieutenant Colonel Luca, lowered his head deeply and responded in a trembling voice.

This was not the power that a three-印 or four-印 great demon race could have.

If there was a slight royal qualification on his body, he was at least a six-印 great demon race!

“……”

Sigrid's surprised eyes reflected the radiant demon figure.

For some reason.

She was not afraid of this demon race at all, and tightly grabbed the coat behind him.

Although she couldn't understand all the causes and effects and the secrets hidden in this man, Loki, for a while.

But she knew that he should not hurt her, and if she wanted to survive in the hands of the demons after exposing her wolf族 identity, she must hold on to him.

(End of this chapter)