Are you kidding me?! The boss of the Hell Dungeon is a loli!

Jiang Luo took a few steps, then stopped.

At the end of the side corridor of the main hall, the library door was half open, letting in a faint light.

Jiang Luo tilted her head, turned a corner, and pushed open the wooden door.

On the long table between the bookshelves, Lin Xiao was lying in front of a pile of old books, holding a resentful fountain pen, writing and drawing on the paper.

She changed into a black administrator's tuxedo, her hair tied back with a black headband, revealing her pale nape.

Hearing the door open, Lin Xiao looked up, her pale, pupil-less eyes staring at Jiang Luo.

"Jiang Luo, you've arrived."

"What are you looking at?"

Jiang Luo walked over and glanced down at the books on the table.

"Geography of the Strange World", "Genealogy of the Abyss Lords", "A Century-Old History of the Senate".

"Are you researching the Senate?"

Lin Xiao nodded, her voice hoarse.

"The lord says he's going to the Senate to collect debts, and I want to help."

"What can you do to help?"

"I have memorized the territories and troop deployments of all the known lords in the Senate."

Jiang Luo pulled the lollipop stick out of her mouth.

After being pulled out of the death vortex illusion, this girl has been staying in the library, flipping through books and not communicating with other ghosts. She just sits alone in a corner reading.

The habits of the living haven't been changed yet.

If this were in a supernatural world, it would be easily stolen by someone.

That won't do.

Jiang Luo stared at Lin Xiao's blank, dazed eyes.

"Silly woman, come on, Lolo will show you the world."

Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment.

"To broaden one's horizons?"

"Okay, let's go to the city center and collect debts for Luo Luo while we're at it."

Upon hearing that she could help Jiang Luo, Lin Xiao's eyes lit up with hope.

"Really? That's great!"

Jiang Luo turned and walked towards the door, but after taking two steps, she turned back.

"Put the book down, take the pen with you. People outside are unreasonable. If someone comes to you, no matter what the reason, never believe them."

"Um."

Lin Xiao nodded vigorously, closed the book, stood up, and silently followed behind Jiang Luo.

The two walked out of the library and ran into Han Ya at the entrance of the main hall.

The crow was dozing against a pillar when it heard footsteps and opened its eyes with a start. Upon seeing Jiang Luo, it immediately stood up straight.

"Lord Jiang! What brings you here?"

Jiang Luo was amused by Han Ya's actions.

What is this stupid woman up to?

Didn't you sleep well last night?

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm...on patrol!"

The crow straightened its chest, the sleep marks at the corners of its eyes still wet.

Jiang Luo didn't expose her.

"Lolo is going to the city center later, why don't you come with her?"

The crow's eyes lit up instantly.

"To the city center?! Really?!"

"Lolo doesn't keep his word."

"Very good!"

The crow was so excited it almost jumped up, its fists clenched and placed in front of its chest.

"Rest assured, Lord Jiang, I, Han Ya, am your most loyal servant—"

"Stop talking nonsense. You take good care of Lin Xiao. If she gets bullied, Luo Luo will throw you out to feed the dogs."

Jiang Luo interrupted Han Ya without any hesitation.

The crow immediately stood at attention, its back ramrod straight.

"Mission accomplished!"

Outside the main hall, Shadow and Jiang Xiaobai were already waiting at the entrance.

The shadowy figure, dressed in overalls, stood in the shadows, his dark eyes fixed on Jiang Luo.

Jiang Xiaobai squatted on the ground, a bone he had picked up from who-knows-where dangling from his mouth, his tail swishing rapidly.

"Mother!"

"Big Sister!"

The two spoke at the same time.

Jiang Luo put the lollipop stick back in her mouth and took a bite of the candy.

"Set off."

She stepped out of the castle gate, her little black leather shoes clicking on the stone steps outside.

Outside Red Moon Castle, the sky was still dark red, and traces of the Senate army's retreat could be seen on the distant horizon.

Broken bones, a shattered military flag, charred floor tiles.

Jiang Luo glanced at the battlefield wreckage but didn't look at it for long.

"Let's go, let's go to the city center to ask Shura for the money."

The group walked along the wilderness outside the castle toward the city center.

The shadow walked silently at the front, its figure occasionally disappearing into the shadows.

Jiang Xiaobai skipped and hopped along beside Jiang Luo, constantly sniffing the air.

"Big sister, it smells so good outside!"

"Bear with it, you can eat your fill once we get to the city center."

"That's great!"

Han Ya walked beside Lin Xiao, occasionally stealing glances at Jiang Luo's expression before speaking to Lin Xiao in a low voice.

"Um, Sister Lin Xiao, you used to be human, right?"

Lin Xiao nodded.

"Um."

Han Ya looked at Lin Xiao with some surprise.

In the world of the supernatural, if a supernatural being was human in life, the higher the level of their supernatural power, the more they experienced certain events in their previous life, and the greater their resentment after death.

Lin Xiao clearly possessed an SS-level aura.

It seems you must have experienced something very bad in your past life.

No wonder Lord Jiang specifically sent an S-rank little Karami to protect Lin Xiao, this SS-rank oddity...

"The city center is different from human cities. It's full of eerie things. Don't stare at anything strange you see on the street, or you'll die."

She felt something was off when Han Ya said that.

With Lin Xiao's strength, he would be considered one of the top talents even in the Burial Canyon.

If something really happens, even if she dies, Lin Xiao might not necessarily die.

Forget it.

After all, it was a task given to her by Lord Jiang...

"it is good."

Lin Xiao's tone was calm, while Han Ya seemed more nervous than her.

Jiang Luo walked in the middle of the group, chewing on a lollipop, her red eyes scanning the wilderness ahead.

The city center is not too far from Red Moon Castle, but it's not close either; it would normally take about half a day to walk there.

There was a broken metal shell there before, so we teleported there directly.

Think about it now.

It was quite convenient when the old metal shell was still around...

However, with Jiang Luo's current strength, he doesn't need to travel for half a day.

"Shadow, how far is it to the next stop?"

A shadowy figure emerged from the shadows, its dark eyes gazing ahead.

"Based on the previous marching speed of the Senate army, it should take about three hours."

Jiang Luo blinked her blood-red eyes, her pupils darting around as if she were thinking about something.

After a while.

She slowly opened her mouth.

"It's too slow. Lolo will give you a back door."

She raised her hand, and the lines of calamity spread from her fingertips to the ground. Dark red light spread out beneath her feet, forming a road that led straight into the distance.

Wherever the lines pass, space is distorted and folded, and distant scenes are rapidly brought closer.

The crow was so amused it could hardly contain its jaw.

"This is... spatial folding?"

"Luckily, I've been to the city center before, so Lolo knows how to take shortcuts."

Jiang Luo stepped onto the patterned road, and the stone bricks under her feet automatically spliced ​​and repaired themselves.

"Stay close, or you'll fall behind."

The group stepped onto the calamity-marked path, and their speed increased dramatically.

The surrounding scenery rushed past: wilderness, ruins, and fractured abyssal fissures were all left behind.

About fifteen minutes later, the outline of a huge city appeared on the horizon ahead.

The black city walls soared into the clouds, covered with eerie vines and eyeballs. Countless skeletons hung above the city gates, each exuding an aura of S-rank or higher.

Towering towers and floating structures can be vaguely seen within the city, and the air is thick with the aura of the abyss.

The crow swallowed hard.

"Is this the city center? It's even scarier than I've heard before..."

Jiang Xiaobai jumped up excitedly.

"So many delicious flavors!"

Shadow remained silent, his body already leaning slightly forward, entering a state of alert.

Lin Xiao stood behind Jiang Luo, her pupil-less eyes gazing at the city, her grip on the resentful fountain pen tightening.

Jiang Luo crushed the lollipop in her mouth, her red eyes reflecting the outline of the city, and her mouth stretched open to reveal two sharp, white shark teeth.

"arrive."

She strode toward the city gate, her black leather shoes clicking crisply on the patterns of calamity.

Above the city gate, the hanging skeletons simultaneously turned in her direction.

A dark red light shone in the empty eye sockets.

Immediately afterwards, an aged voice, trembling, came from deep within the city gate.

"The Lord of Calamity...has returned?"