There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

"let's go."

"Where are we going?" Lu Qing asked curiously.

"Didn't you want to go for a stroll in the streets?" Vina turned around and looked at Lu Qing.

"Although the rain hasn't stopped yet, the Storm Clan has been repelled, and it won't be long before the streets are bustling again."

"And there's one place, but you can only go there when it rains~" Vina's face showed a rare emotional fluctuation, and she seemed a little impatient.

She extended a hand, and Lu Qing understood what she meant. Although she didn't really want to experience the feeling of teleportation again, seeing Vina's expectant look, Lu Qing couldn't bear to refuse and placed her hand in Vina's palm.

The familiar sensation of teleportation returned, and the surrounding space became chaotic once again.

Fortunately, Lu Qing was mentally prepared this time, and perhaps because she had been teleported before, the discomfort was much less than last time.

"Phew, it feels so good to be grounded."

The two figures appeared in an empty room. Lu Qing looked around and felt that it looked somewhat like an abandoned factory.

"This is a long-abandoned armory; the weapons inside have long been moved to other places."

Vina took Lu Qing's hand and walked familiarly around the room, bypassing the useless clutter on the floor. She led Lu Qing to the door of the armory, pushed open the iron door, and went out.

There was no one outside the warehouse. Lu Qing looked around and saw the corpse of a Storm Clan bird lying on a rooftop in the distance. Several demons were flying towards it, seemingly to dispose of the body.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Qing asked with some curiosity:

"How many times have these Stormclan birds attacked you?"

"Including this time, it should be four times," Vina said after hearing Lu Qing's words.

"Does this kind of thing happen often?" Lu Qing asked again.

“Not too many, we only see each other a handful of times a year,” Vina explained, walking ahead of Lu Qing.

"There are many bird monsters on the sea, and there are also many fish in the seabed. Unless it is a season of food shortage, it is rare for a large number of monsters to attack the city."

"These Storm Clan birds have just migrated from the south and are not familiar with the environment here. They are also not skilled at catching fish, which is why they attacked Demon Castle."

"But recently the Demon King has had things to do and hasn't had time to deal with them until now, when he finally found the time to resolve this matter."

“The next storm shouldn’t bring these Storm Clan birds back, unless they have a new leader and that new leader wants to attack this place.”

"What the Demon King has been doing lately is probably researching that ritual," Lu Qing thought to herself.

After all, Vina had said that the Demon King had only recently become busy, and considering what Senar had told her before, it was hard for Lu Qing not to connect the two things.

"Speaking of which, is it just my imagination? Why does it feel like there are more people around here?" Lu Qing asked, looking at the pedestrians on the street beside her.

It seems like everyone is heading to the same place, and the place they're going to is the same as the two of them.

“Because the Water Demon Flower is about to bloom,” Vina said.

"What is a Water Demon Flower?" Lu Qing asked curiously.

“It’s a plant that only blooms on rainy days. It’s planted in large numbers in the Water Demon Flower Plaza. Usually, many people would go there specifically when it rains. However, because of the recent attacks by the Storm Clan, everyone hasn’t seen the Water Demon Flowers in full bloom for a long time,” Vina quickly explained to Lu Qing.

After saying that, she quickened her pace considerably. Seeing this, Lu Qing hurriedly followed, asking with some curiosity:

Do you really like water lilies?

Vina paused slightly, walking ahead, and said, "I like it very much."

Lu Qing didn't ask any more questions. She followed behind Vina and walked with most of the demons around her, heading towards the Water Demon Flower Square.

After walking for about five minutes, Lu Qing and Vina finally arrived at the Water Demon Flower Plaza.

However, it wasn't until she got here that Lu Qing learned what the Water Demon Flower that Vina had mentioned actually looked like.

"You call this thing a flower?" Lu Qing looked up at the unusually tall plant in front of her and said speechlessly.

Thick, emerald-green roots spiraled together, supporting the huge sky-blue flower buds above, planted one by one in the square.

A large number of demons had gathered in the square. Lu Qing looked around and found that many of them, perhaps because they were in such a hurry, had not brought umbrellas and their clothes were soaked.

It's clear how much they love the Water Demon Flower.

"Okay, this thing is indeed a flower." After thinking for a moment, Lu Qing admitted to herself.

After all, the plant in front of us is indeed a flower, just much larger than usual.

As for whether the Water Demon Flower was pretty or not, Lu Qing stared at it for a long time but didn't feel anything.

After all, the flowers haven't bloomed yet, and she's not exactly someone who appreciates flowers, so it's hard for her to judge whether the flowers are pretty or not.

The flowers are blooming!

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted out such a sentence, and the previously noisy square immediately became quiet.

Lu Qing looked up and discovered that the plants in front of her had undergone tremendous changes.

The flower buds, which were originally closed, began to slowly open, and the layers of petals were as smooth and translucent as a baby's skin.

The glistening raindrops fell on the petals and slowly slid down.

The roots of the Water Demon Flower seemed to come alive at this moment, with wisps of green fluorescence flickering within them before moving towards the flower bud at the top.

"What is this?" Lu Qing asked subconsciously, but this time, Vina did not answer Lu Qing's question.

Finally, the Water Demon Flower bloomed in full glory, its delicate pale red stamens peeking out, from which countless huge green pollen grains floated and flew into the air.

These enormous pollen grains covered the entire plaza, automatically moving towards the nearby demons, and were slowly absorbed by their bodies the moment they made contact.

Seeing this, Lu Qing did not avoid the pollen. The moment the pollen entered her body, a feeling of ease washed over her.

"What is this?" Lu Qing looked at the pollen drifting around her with some surprise.

"This is a plant that only demons have~" Vina, who was standing nearby, finally smiled and explained:

"When Sky City was first established, the first plants were these Water Demon Flowers, because they could greatly reduce the disease rate of demons when it rained."

"Therefore, most demons love the Water Demon Flower, especially when it blooms."

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Chapter 99: The Devil's Horns

Time flies. It has been eighteen days since I last saw the water demon flower with Vina.

"Woo~"

After stretching comfortably, Lu Qing got out of bed, washed up, and walked out of the room.

"The ceremony is going to take place today, right?" Lu Qing said to Vina beside her as she stepped out of the room.

"Mm." Vina nodded and said:

"You don't need to feel anxious. During the day, just be yourself and do whatever you want. It's just that you need to perform a ritual at night."

"A ritual..."

Upon hearing Vina's words, a strange light flashed in Lu Qing's eyes.

She carefully reviewed the plot of the script, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Demon King was doomed tonight.

After enduring numerous hardships, the protagonist Ella awakens her own bloodline, carrying a large number of divine artifacts and accompanied by a wind spirit, as she ventures into the Demon King's castle.

However, to everyone's surprise, even so, Ella was unable to defeat the Demon King, and they only managed to fight to a draw, with the two sides remaining locked in a stalemate.

Seeing that things had developed this way, the wind spirit quietly awakened the bloodline within Laura and used all its power to create a longbow.

The two sisters then joined forces to defeat the demon king, thus bringing the opera's plot to a close.

In the very end, the two who defeated the Demon King rode on a flower umbrella, drifting with the wind all the way back to their hometown.

As for the wind spirit, it disappeared after the opponent transformed its power into a longbow.

Of course, don't get me wrong, the wind spirit didn't die, it just fell into a temporary sleep, and it won't be long before it wakes up again.

This is part of the plot and won't be explained to the audience on stage.

It was only when Fang Qingrou specifically asked Shanara about it during the script discussions that Shanara told them this.

"Ugh......"

With a sigh, Lu Qing glanced at Vina beside her, feeling a pang of sadness in her heart.

She couldn't imagine what would happen to the remaining demons after the Demon King's death, but she could deduce that it certainly wouldn't be a good time.

She gently stroked the ram's horn headdress on her head twice. For a moment, Lu Qing felt a little soft-hearted.

But what's the point?

She could only do what she had to do, whether for the sake of the dream's owner or for her own sake; it was only right.

A suffocating feeling rose in her chest, and Lu Qing took a deep breath, trying her best not to think about these things.

"What's wrong?" Vina asked, noticing that Lu Qing's expression was a little off.

"I'm fine." Lu Qing glanced at Vina and suppressed her thoughts.

Vina remained silent for a moment, then said nothing, simply strolling around the city with Lu Qing as usual.

Lu Qing didn't say much either. She followed behind Vina, no longer expressing her opinions and views as she had a few days ago. She just walked silently, lost in thought.

Vina didn't seem to care. She didn't ask Lu Qing what was wrong, but simply took her for a stroll around the city as if fulfilling her duty as a maid.

Upon seeing this, Lu Qing felt her guilt lessen somewhat, though only slightly.

As the sun slowly set in the west, for some reason, Vina led Lu Qing onto a path they had never taken before.

At first she didn’t notice, but when she came to her senses she found herself in front of a very tall building.

"here it is?"

Lu Qing glanced at Vina with some confusion, then looked up at the top of the building and found that the very top part looked somewhat familiar.

"plz follow me."

With her slender arms, Vina pushed open the huge stone door at the foot of the tower. After further refreshing her understanding of Vina's strength, Lu Qing followed behind her and entered the building.

As you ascend the stairs, the outside light gradually fails to reach the interior of the building, and the view before you becomes pitch black.

A pair of warm hands suddenly grasped Lu Qing's left hand. Looking in the direction of the hands, she saw nothing.

But she knew it was Vina's hand.

"Be careful, this staircase isn't easy to walk on," Vina's voice came from beside me.