Nobody told me this wasn't a game.

"..."

Zuo Chang had no answer and could only remain silent.

The reason he wasn't so surprised was simply because he wasn't from this era; he was currently "running a dungeon."

If this were in reality, Zuo Chang would have already cleaved him in two with his sword. How could he still be sitting there so steadily?

The shapeshifting demon tilted its head and asked again, "Aren't you going to unleash your true form? Let me see the true nature of the demonic power within you!"

Zuo Chang raised his palm: "I am very satisfied with my current state and have no plans to transform."

"Hmph... The human body is indeed very convenient."

The change demon touched its own horns, making no demands.

Zuo Chang hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help asking, "Brother, can you make me... a hero?"

"I'm just saying you have potential."

Zuo Chang then asked, "What can I do after becoming a hero?"

The Transformation Demon looked at Zuo Chang suspiciously: "What else can you do? You need to use your hero's power to slaughter all humans and deliver a fatal blow to the despicable Old Golden Empire!"

Ok.

Zuo Chang understood.

The enemy's foe is my hero.

From a human perspective, it is the "hero" who fights against the Demon King.

But from the demon's perspective, aren't those who fight against human heroes also "heroes"?

Different perspectives lead to different viewpoints.

It seems that Zuo Chang is now destined to become not the legendary "last hero," but the "devil's hero."

The "sword of the hero" that Old Man Mullen spoke of is probably the "sword of the demon king."

This explains the triggering conditions of the hidden mechanism—

There is a real demon attached to her body, and she needs to come into contact with old Malen.

"Hmm...Interesting."

The devil of war also understood the situation.

"Brother, there's something I don't understand. Does the commission I accepted still count?"

Zuo Chang shows his authorization form.

He pointed to the words above and said, "You claimed that your sword was lost in Blood Mist Ridge and that you need an exorcist to help you find it. But now I have a feeling... that you deliberately lost that sword in Blood Mist Ridge?"

"I'll correct two mistakes. First, that's not my sword."

"Secondly, the sword was indeed lost in Blood Mist Ridge, but I did not discard it intentionally."

The Transformation Demon's expression was neither serious nor relaxed.

Its silver eyes gleamed as it continued, "The Sword of Heroes is the Sword of Heroes. It possesses its own supernatural powers. Humans who are recognized by the Sword of Heroes are human heroes; demons who are recognized by it are demon heroes. The closest I ever came to the Sword of Heroes was no more than half a meter, yet I watched helplessly as it fell into the raging torrent, its whereabouts unknown... I searched for decades without success. In desperation, I had no choice but to issue a request, hoping that a human could do the work for me and retrieve the sword."

"The reward for the commission is not high. That's because I'm worried about attracting attention, so I intentionally limited the reward."

"But because of this, progress has been very slow."

"However, you might bring about some changes."

The Demon of Change looked at Zuo Chang.

It continued, "I sense the same aura emanating from you as the Sword of the Hero. From the moment I saw you, an overwhelming sense of familiarity washed over me! Mr. Zuo, even if you are not a hero, you should still be able to find the Sword of the Hero for me. And I will not be stingy with the reward!"

A fog! A demon of change lurks within human society!

Entangled! Beneath the seemingly calm surface of the long river of time, undercurrents are surging!

Zuo Chang, who thought he had everything under control, was completely bewildered as the truth was peeled away layer by layer!

Who is he now?!

He is humanity's savior, the one whose face is hidden from the light—the last hero?!

Or is he the devil's agent, the sole culprit who destroyed the old Golden Empire!

Amidst the swirling mist above Blood Mist Ridge, the true face of history is being revealed!

That was—

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Chapter 219 As long as the functions are similar

Once the carriage had completely left the city limits, old Malone gradually became more and more unscrupulous.

A deep purple demonic aura billowed through the carriage, and the old steward driving the carriage revealed his true form: he was actually a helmeted skeleton; the horses pulling the carriage transformed into a creature that looked like a giant sloth.

The War Demon said that it was a very low-level demon, and from this he concluded that the Transformation Demon had no power.

Zuo Chang didn't understand and didn't ask any further questions.

Having obtained new intelligence, Zuo Chang had to inform his subordinates. He still instructed War Demon to keep him informed of the latest developments and concluded that the "Sword of the Hero" might be the most important item in the entire Grand War, requesting War Demon to assist Mayumi and the others in finding the sword ahead of time.

As for him—

He plays by himself.

the other side.

Two people stood beneath the clock tower in Little Mascarene.

After a strange notification suddenly appeared in front of him and his coordinates were exposed in his mind, Zuo Chang's "team short saw" suddenly became unresponsive.

Mayumi and Kazetsu were very disciplined; they abruptly ended their mission and headed to the designated emergency assembly point.

The clock tower.

They did arrive, but they had absolutely no intelligence; they were completely bewildered and clueless.

After waiting for a while, I still didn't see any lychees.

Feng Gu frowned slightly and asked, "Miss Lychee doesn't seem to be planning to gather?"

Mayumi slowly shook her head and said, "I think Miss Lychee suspects that the 'exposed coordinates' point to Father, and went straight to the coordinates, right?"

Has Zuo Chang been defeated?

Judging from her intuition, Mayumi believed that even if Zuo Chang had failed, it was impossible for him to have failed so quietly.

When the exposed coordinates appeared in her mind, she instinctively wanted to check them.

But in the end, she restrained her impulse and chose to meet at the foot of the clock tower.

The situation was undoubtedly beyond Mayumi's expectations.

She came here without thinking; her original plan was to charge forward recklessly under Zuo Chang's command, and she only brought one person with her.

With Zuo Chang currently out of contact, the team's decision-making center has come to a standstill.

Mayumi believes that as the "little master," she must take responsibility!

The next step should be to stabilize morale and, following the basic procedures of the Grand Duel, try to obtain the title of "Advanced Exorcist Squad"!

but……

"Lizhi is gone too, leaving only me and Fenggu... There are limited spots, and with just the two of us, is there any way we can advance smoothly?"

Not sure.

"Or we could just change tactics and take action directly! There are twenty teams of contestants and twenty teams of advanced exorcists. If we can't kill the contestants, can't we at least kill the local natives?"

His bloodlust surged!

As I was swaying, a dark shadow appeared before my eyes.

"The general's daughter, look at me."

The demon of war willingly exposed itself to the sight of Mayumi and Fukotsu.

When the two of them looked up and their eyes met the bright red "eyes" on the dark figure, some information inexplicably entered their minds!

That is……

"memory".

After Zuo Chang stepped into the Maren residence, all his memories before the war demon left the carriage were presented to Mayumi Kazutsu in the form of "pictures".

They were clearly not there.

But they seemed to be there, experiencing it all from a third-party perspective.

The demon of war has great power; it contains everything it sees and hears within its sight, and once others make eye contact with it, this memory can be shared with them instantly.

"See? Do you understand now? That's how it is."

The devil of war chuckled.

It looked at Zhen Gong and continued, "That woman named Lychee is more agile than both of you. She's currently chasing after the general, while you... are just standing there dumbfounded at the emergency assembly point."

Mayumi was somewhat dissatisfied.

She narrowed her eyes and said, "What Miss Lychee thought of, I can also think of. The difference between me and her is that I am more organized and disciplined. This 'rigor' is precisely why we humans often seal away demons like you."

"Hahaha! Not bad, as the daughter of a Heavenly King, at least your attitude is up to par."

The demons of war are immortal.

It didn't care about Mayumi's defiance, and even thought she was "angry".

It looked at a carriage by the roadside and said, “Get in. General Tianwang said that he believes he has found the best way to conquer the ‘Grand Rank Battle’. If all goes well, we will eventually get far more than just ‘Grand Rank Heroes’, and possibly even more! I will explain the specific methods to you in the carriage.”

Mayumi wasn't too surprised to hear that.

"Castle in the Sky".