What does it mean that the Demon King was killed by a wheelchair?

"Pray...prayer!?" Bond seemed unable to comprehend how a disabled person could suddenly conjure a lightning gun from their hand. Perhaps House's seemingly harmless and goofy demeanor had made him underestimate him, but he still forced a smile and angrily rebuked House:

"What...what do you mean by this! You're going to attack us for this goblin? Have you thought this through?!"

Without saying a word, House silently raised the Thunder Gun in his hand and aimed it at Bond's head.

This startled the old man greatly, and he quickly waved his hand to mediate:

"Wait, wait, calm down! Calm down! I—"

Ta-ta-ta-ta...

Just as tensions were running high, a series of hurried footsteps echoed in the corridor behind the iron gate.

Neferi walked straight in, her tone calm and cold, seemingly oblivious to the lightning spear in House's hand: "Mr. House, what do you mean by this? Isn't it a bit unwise to attack us for a goblin?"

"Were you the one who gave them the order to make the arrest?"

House tried to talk to her, but he kept the Thunder Gun in his hand.

An awkward situation arose inside the stone cell. Seeing that House remained unmoved, Neferi waved her hand to clear the iron gate behind her. Bond and the others immediately understood and fled in a flash.

"it's me."

Neferi crossed her arms in front of her and smiled, "After all, Mr. Rudik is a prime suspect, but I didn't expect Bond and the others to go to such lengths. I'm truly sorry."

Neferi gave a forced smile, but House couldn't sense even a hint of apology beneath the smile.

House clenched his fist, and the lightning spear disappeared into thin air with a snap, plunging the stone cell back into darkness.

“That’s right,” Neferi raised an eyebrow. “Violence won’t work now.”

House said with a hint of mockery, "Ms. Neferi, you seem quite different from two hours ago."

Just two hours ago, Nepheli was devastated and filled with self-blame because she had lost the royal artifact, and she was crying her heart out.

The Neferitomo of today was cold and indifferent, with icy eyes. If it weren't for the fact that her eyes were still red and swollen, House would have suspected that there were actually two of them, twins. Was she so devastated that her emotions had hit rock bottom and rebounded?

Neferi didn't choose to engage in that conversation; instead, she abruptly and forcefully steered the topic away:

"Mr. House, every second is precious right now. That monster alliance is probably heading straight for our village, do you understand?"

House's ears perked up: "You knew?"

"I knew it from the newspaper article, it wasn't hard to guess." With that, Neferi took a key from her waist and tossed it out.

House reached out and caught it steadily: "Now that you know... I noticed your reaction seems a bit calm. Could it be that you've thought of a solution? Or do you have some backup plan?"

"Haha... There's no such thing. It's just that we've reached a dead end, and unnecessary emotions will only cloud my judgment."

Neferi slammed the door shut behind her. "Alright, now you can tell me what you talked about with this Mr. Rudik last night?"

House frowned in confusion, asking in utter bewilderment, "No... now that you clearly know he's not the one who stole the crown, why are you still so concerned about this? And since you have no backup plan, why don't you just take your villagers and run away?!"

To everyone's surprise, Neferito asked in return, her face ashen:

"run?"

"Who? Running away? Why? Where did they run to?" The woman stared with her empty eyes and shook her head mechanically.

"We're not going anywhere. We were born under the protection of the Mother Tree, and we will die under the protection of the Mother Tree. Everyone must spend the rest of their lives here... We will fight those monsters to the death."

"Mr. House, do you agree with what I said?"

Tick-tock...

Right...right?

A bead of cold sweat slid down House's chin and fell to the ground. He couldn't understand why Neferi had suddenly spouted such outrageous remarks like a madwoman. When she spoke just now, she seemed like a puppet whose mind had been taken away, with no light in her eyes and no inflection in her tone.

Seeing this, House thought to himself, "I don't care if you're right or wrong... This old woman is asking for trouble. I really can't help you. I'm going to run away now."

So he quickly turned around and used the key to unlock the chains. Exhausted, Rudik almost collapsed onto House as soon as he was put down, but he managed to hold on.

"Thank...thank...Mr. House..."

"Well, thank you for the fifty silver coins. That should be the most worthwhile money you've ever spent in your life." He then helped Rudik up and prepared to walk out of the cell. Neferi, seeing this, was first stunned, then glared angrily and blocked their way:

"Wait, where are you going?"

House looked shocked: "No... are you really an idiot?"

"Of course he's running away! You can try to drag your villagers down with you to their deaths, but don't drag me down with you. I don't want to die young."

Upon hearing this, Neferi flew into a rage. Her expression twisted as she frantically spread her arms, blocking the doorway to stop the two of them.

"No, no, no... No! You can't leave! You have to stay and fight those damned monsters with us! This goblin too, they all have to stay... they all have to stay!!"

House's cheekbones jutted out, his eyebrows were twisted into a knot, and one side of his face was scrunched up as if he had a toothache.

"What do you mean?! Why are you looking at me like that?!"

"No... Holy crap, are you crazy...?" House's expression was one of utter shock; he couldn't understand what was wrong with the woman in front of him.

One second she was speaking gently and politely, the next she suddenly became like a madwoman from a popular online novel, roaring like thunder.

I truly admire your ability to utter such hypocritical, vulgar, and disgusting words with such a righteous tone and manner... Do you even use Xiaohongshu?

Seeing that House still showed no sign of stopping, Neferi drew a skinning knife from the rack and pointed it at him:

"Stop it...stop it!"

Houston's eyebrows twitched instantly; this guy was serious!

But with Rudik struggling to move beside him on his left, he had no time to dodge. The next second, the madwoman really did charge at him with a knife! At this critical moment—

creak~

The door opened again.

Suddenly, the iron gate was pushed open from the outside.

This startled both of them, and Neferi instinctively turned her head to look.

A pale-faced but extremely beautiful young woman stood at the doorway, leaning on a German-style two-handed greatsword whose hilt seemed disproportionate to her size.

Neferi froze, racking her brains for a long time but still couldn't remember who this person was: "You are...?"

House recognized it immediately:

"Kiaran??"

This was the only receptionist at the Adventurers' Guild who didn't run away.

"Oh," the girl's eyelids lifted slightly, as if to express her approval that House still remembered her, but her tone remained weak and listless.

"Village Chief Neferi, I need to borrow that disabled man for a moment. I need to speak with him about something. Is that alright?"

Neferi was completely bewildered, her crazed mind seemingly regaining some clarity for a moment: "No... how did you find this place? Where are the people up there!?"

The girl tilted her head: "You mean Mr. Bond and the others? I told them I wanted to get down, so they put me down."

A question mark flashed across Neferi's face; clearly, her brain's CPU was still in a state of shutdown.

But Kiarland didn’t hesitate at all. He strode forward and grabbed House along with Rudik beside him!

Seeing the two being kidnapped, Neferi shuddered, quickly snapping out of her daze and raising her knife to stop them, but only saw a cold glint flash across the corridor!

Then, a crisp "bang" rang out!

The village chief's eyes rolled back instantly, and she fainted on the spot!

The girl swung the two-handed sword with one hand, knocking Neferi unconscious with a single blow from the sheathed greatsword.

This action stunned House and Rudick, but before they could ask any questions, Chiarand grabbed them and pulled them outside.

"If there's a problem, let's talk outside."

However, despite his ruthless manner, Kiaran's tone was always as unmotivated as ever.

After House struggled to wheel the wheelchair up the slope, he realized... that the girl's so-called "putting her down" was a physical means.

Inside the chapel's main hall, the people who had just been there were all lying sprawled on the ground, unconscious, just like Neferi.

House was completely bewildered: "Miss Kiarland... what's going on here?"

Upon hearing this, Chiaran slowly turned her face, then suddenly appeared right in front of House! The girl didn't seem to have much of a sense of distance; she didn't stop until their noses were almost touching. House's heart skipped a beat. His own slightly flushed face was reflected in her leaden gray eyes, and he could even feel her soft breaths...

Then the girl gently raised her neck, and her crimson lips pressed against House's face...!

He really couldn't stay calm now!

"No... Kia—"

boom! !

thump.

She delivered a karate chop to the back of Rudik's neck.

"Holy crap! What the hell is going on now?!"

Rudik, his eyes rolled back, rolled to the ground. Chiaran, her face cold, retreated back to a safe distance. This time, she exhaled softly, her tone gentle but devoid of emotion:

"Alright, now that there are no outsiders here, we can talk... Mr. House."

"What are you talking about? Why did you knock him out too—"

"No, perhaps I should call you... [Hero House]?"

House: "?"

Holy crap... a box...?