Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

Lin Gui had no idea how Elvia had "interrogated" the princess last night.

All he knew was that just as dawn was breaking, the princess came to his door with great conviction, demanding that he immediately remove the "devil's poisonous kiss" from her body.

The reason is that she has already pried out the exact location of Avalon from Princess Diana.

However, the moment Elvia uttered her first words, Lin Gui knew she was lying.

"I've figured out the route to Avalon!"

Elvia tried to make her expression look sincere.

"We need to first cross the Silent Sea by boat, resupply at Shield City, and then head northeast, bypassing the outer edge of the Elven Forest..."

She described at length a route that seemed detailed but actually completely bypassed the key locations.

Lin Gui didn't speak, but just looked at her quietly, his gaze so calm it was unsettling.

Elvia's voice gradually lowered, and fine beads of cold sweat began to appear on her forehead.

Under his gaze, she felt as if all her pretenses had been stripped away.

"Ahem," she coughed twice, trying to remain calm, as she explained.

"The route I investigated definitely doesn't go through the Wailing Wall. See, did you make a mistake somewhere?"

Lin Gui stared speechlessly at this guy who could spout lies so easily, silently questioning the system in his mind.

"System, does the route she mentioned lead to Avalon?"

【Won't】

Based on the known geographical information recorded by this system, this route will eventually reach the eastern edge of the Elf Forest.

[Its location is vastly different from Avalon's, and the distance is extremely far.]

It seems this guy is trying to stall for time and lead him in the wrong direction.

Lin Gui simply crossed his arms and quietly watched Elvia perform.

Xia, who was next to her, blinked.

He followed suit, crossing his arms, putting on a serious face, and staring intently at Elvia, just like Lin Gui.

Elvia felt extremely uncomfortable being stared at by the two men.

But he still stubbornly maintained his composure, putting on a "fearless and dignified" expression.

Until Lin Gui tricked her with a lie.

"I forgot to tell you, I know high-level light magic, the power of words."

Elvia's expression changed instantly.

"oops!"

She immediately adopted a coquettish expression, as if the tension from before had never existed.

"I was just joking with you, honey!"

As she spoke, she naturally leaned forward, grabbed Lin Gui's arm, and pressed him down to sit on the chair next to her.

She sat down right next to him, almost touching him.

"Honey, please listen to me."

Her voice was soft and sweet, with a seductive quality.

"Why bother searching for that elusive Avalon? Wouldn't it be better to stay and help Carter?"

"If you help me seize the throne, I assure you I will become a benevolent king dedicated to eliminating class distinctions and poverty!"

Her golden eyes gleamed with a mixture of ambition and sincerity.

"I will immediately issue a decree declaring that half-demons enjoy the same rights as other races, and I will never allow my sister Shia to suffer any more discrimination!"

As she spoke, she even leaned close to Lin Gui's ear and whispered seductively in a voice only the two of them could hear.

"Then... I can make Shia one of your concubines too, okay? We sisters can accompany you together..."

"Pfft—!" Hearing this, Shia, who was drinking water nearby, spat out her entire mouthful of water.

Her face instantly turned as red as a ripe apple, and she pointed at Elvia, stammering "you you you" for a long time.

He simply couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Lin Gui, expressionless, reached out and pressed his hand against Elvia's smooth forehead, pushing her pretty face away from where it was too close.

"For Shia's sake, Avalon must go." His tone remained unwavering.

Elvia was puzzled.

"Why? Now that she has a mask to disguise herself, Shia's appearance as a wanted criminal has been concealed, and she is becoming more and more proficient in controlling demonic energy."

"With my protection in the capital, she can come and go freely and will not experience the discrimination and persecution she has suffered in other city-states!"

Lin Gui retorted calmly, "A pretense is still a pretense. She can't live with a mask on forever."

He turned his head and looked at Shia, whose cheeks were still flushed.

"I promised Shia that I would take her to a place where she could openly show her red eyes and where her identity could be truly accepted."

Shia trembled slightly, and a hint of moisture flashed in her emerald eyes.

She pursed her lips tightly, lowered her head, and unconsciously twisted the hem of her clothes with her fingers, but her heart was filled with a huge warm current.

She had almost forgotten that promise.

Lin Gui withdrew his gaze, looked at Elvia, and continued speaking.

"Furthermore, the city-state alliance meeting at the end of the year will pass the 'Half-Demon Disposal Resolution'."

"At that time, the governing censors will come to every city-state with their teams."

"They possess magic and tools that grant them exceptional perception and the ability to see through disguises."

"The legendary disguise mask that Shia is wearing may not be enough to impress them."

"What will you do then? Will you dare to openly defy the censors of the City-State Alliance for her sake?"

Elvia opened her mouth, but ultimately remained silent.

The censors...their power was immense within the city-state alliance.

Even her father, the nominal supreme ruler Carter, had to lower his proud head before them.

She knew that even if she really became Queen Carter...

They also absolutely lack the ability to operate under the watchful eyes of the governing censors.

Openly sheltering a half-demon who has been classified as "evil" by the Alliance.

Lin Gui sighed and added.

"The power of the ruling censor is so great that even the lord of Strongshield, that powerful dwarf with an epic title, cannot do anything about it."

"Even more so for you?"

Elvia fell completely silent.

She knew the boundaries of power better than anyone else.

Seeing Elvia speechless, Lin Gui asked directly.

"So, what is the real information you received about Avalon from the Princess?"

Elvia, like a deflated balloon, listlessly confessed.

"It's...it's about the truth of Rogge's defection back then."

She gathered her thoughts and began to narrate.

"It was that 'Rogge defection incident' that shocked the entire upper echelons."

"He killed the eldest prince, who was a strong advocate for eliminating half-demons, for the sake of a half-demon slave who had awakened demonic energy."

"Rogge was at the upper-level of the Extraordinary Realm at the time; he was very strong."

"But at that time, Sir John and another legendary strongman were in the capital, hunting him down."

"Logically speaking, there's no way he could have escaped."

"But in the end, they still managed to escape the capital." Elvia's voice was lowered, tinged with disbelief.

"According to Sister Wang, it was because they encountered... a demon king with white hair and bloodshot eyes on their escape."

"The Demon King?" Lin Gui frowned.

"Yes," Elvia nodded, a hint of unease showing on her face.

"Every Demon King possesses at least epic-level terrifying combat power."

"After that demon king appeared, he easily repelled the combined pursuit of Knight John and another legend."

"Then they took Rogge and that half-demon slave with them and disappeared."

Lin Gui interrupted her, astutely grasping another key point.

"What about the other slaves who were freed by Rogge at that time?"

"They were taken away with them too," Elvia confirmed.

"Sister Wang said that the demon king came riding an incredibly large roc eagle and took away all the slaves who were willing to follow him."

"In order not to cause panic among the upper echelons, and also to avoid excessive attention from the central city-state, my father ordered that this news be completely blocked."

"What about news about Avalon?" Lin Gui pressed.

Elvia hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Sister Wang said that the news about Avalon was told to Rogge by that half-demon slave."

"It was also she who invited Roger to go to that so-called Avalon."

"As for the specific route, Sister Wang doesn't know either."

All she knew was that the half-demon slave seemed to... have come from Avalon.

"She was captured by sky pirates while passing through the Silent Sea and ended up as a slave in Carter."

Lin Gui pressed for more details, and after confirming that Elvia hadn't lied this time, a barely perceptible hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

The trail has gone cold.

Seeing this, Xia gently walked to his side and whispered words of comfort.

"It's alright, Lin Gui. At least we now know that Avalon might really exist, and... there are people who came from there."

Elvia stared longingly at Lin Gui and asked cautiously.

"Um...is the information I provided enough to get the antidote?"

Lin Gui glanced at her, his tone completely flat: "Help me find Katalia's tomb."

Elvia's face fell instantly, her expression completely wilted, and she said in a tearful voice.

"How many times have I told you! Nobody in the entire capital could possibly know about Katalia's tomb! Where am I supposed to find it?!"