The Hero Reborn as a Demon King Loli

Ilya watched Chloe communicating with Lulum via communicator, and recalling what Chloe used to be like, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

She dutifully created a soundproof barrier for Chloe. However, her soundproof barrier was a bizarre contraption that would explode if anyone eavesdropped, so for Chloe's safety, even she herself dared not eavesdrop.

However, she wasn't idle while Chloe and Lulum were talking. She took advantage of the break to reply to Eustia's invitation to visit the hero's grave.

However, her method of contacting Eustia, or rather the Hero Squad, wasn't as "magical" as Chloe's projection-enabled communication scroll.

She usually communicates with Eustia and the others by text message... and occasionally they'll call each other when they have free time.

Ilya pulled a cell phone out of her pocket and began composing a text message for Eustia.

[Sorry, sorry, I had to get something else to do halfway through our conversation, so I was delayed. You said you've already arrived in the Elven Holy Kingdom? How many people are there with you? If there are a lot, count me in...]

Then Ilya sent the text message.

Oh right, the cell phones were all provided to them by "Brave Li Wen"; these things simply can't be made in this world.

Moreover, this isn't an ordinary phone; it's a "magical device" with unlimited battery power, capable of sending and making calls regardless of distance or space.

Although this thing used to be priced at 3000 points per unit in the system store, it was indeed a masterpiece in terms of quality.

After Ilya sent the text message, she thought she would have to wait a while to receive a reply, but to her surprise, Eustia replied instantly:

[It's okay, texting is a bit inconvenient. Are you free to talk now?]

[convenient.]

After glancing at Chloe, Ilya readily agreed to Eustia's call request.

"Hello? Is this Eustia? How many people do you have there?" Ilya asked immediately after the call connected.

"Sister Ilya! It's meow!" But it wasn't Eustia who came from the other end of the phone, but a very lively little girl's voice.

Ilya recognized her instantly.

The one speaking is Zeng, the mascot of their hero team. When the hero Li Wen and the saintess were traveling, they found a demi-human girl.

His name is Li Baixue... This name clearly comes from "Li Wen," who named him.

As for why she's called "Zeng" the mascot, it's because she successfully broke through to the Saint level last year, almost breaking Ilya's record as the youngest Saint level.

Although she was nurtured to Saint-level status by the hero using various "heavenly treasures," her single-handed combat strength became the second strongest in the hero's team due to the simplicity of her domain...

Of course, first place still belongs to Ilya... Let her be strong, I'm a self-destruct maniac.

Ilya stated that no one has yet been able to directly challenge her in a blood transfusion.

After recognizing Li Baixue, Ilya immediately said to her:

"Bai Xue, you're here too? So there are at least three of you here?"

"That's right, Sister Eustia is with me now, Sister Sofina is making tea for us, and I heard Sister Meryl is on her way... There are a few other people, the big guy said he's too busy to come, and the others haven't replied to messages. Sister Ilya, are you sure you want to come too?"

Li Baixue answered Ilya's question in a lively tone.

After hearing Li Baixue's answer, Ilya breathed a slight sigh of relief. Her worst-case scenario was that everyone would be there, but she didn't expect that half of them would be missing.

And most importantly, the "big guy" that Li Baixue mentioned wasn't coming. You have to know that he's the strongest controller in the team. Without him, her escape plan should be mostly secure.

Before Ilya could respond, Eustia suddenly interrupted, "Ilya, please come if you can... I've prepared a surprise, I'm sure you'll love it... Hehehe..."

Wow, why does Eustia sound so gloomy? Did she take the wrong medicine? Upon hearing Eustia's voice, Ilya couldn't help but frown.

Awkward laughter and suspense—these were not the words the "Ice Queen" she knew would say... If it weren't for the fact that this was indeed Eustia's call, and that Li Baixue was with her, she would have suspected that this was a fake Queen.

And what kind of surprise could there be at a gravesite? How strange...

But none of that mattered to her anymore. Since Li Baixue and Sufina both thought Eustia was fine, then she was fine.

She can always go and confirm it herself.

Incidentally, Sofina is a princess of the Elf race, so naturally she lives in the Elf territory.

In short, Ilya confirmed with Eustia that she would be going to visit the grave.

However, she tentatively told Eustia that she might need some time to finish her work and would arrive in about seven days, hoping they would wait until she arrived before sweeping.

Eustia seemed quite patient and readily agreed to Ilya's request.

In that instant, Ilya regretted being too conservative with the number of days she had mentioned… If she had known Eustia wasn’t in such a hurry, she would have said to wait ten days or half a month…

……

After hanging up the phone, Ilya breathed a sigh of relief.

It would take her about two days to get from here to the Holy Kingdom of the Elves. She gave herself five days to prepare, which should be quite ample...

As for her book... actually, at her normal pace, she could finish the rest in just a few hours. When she told Chloe to wait a few days, she was just deliberately stalling for time so that Chloe could stay by her side a few more days.

Having seen her elder brother alive again, how could she send him away so quickly?

However, Ilya is now considering whether she should send Chloe back to the Demon Realm first...

After all, if she really blew up her brother's grave, she definitely wouldn't have a chance to send him back for a while.

Although she wanted to keep her older brother a little longer, she knew his family in the demon realm would be worried.

From the tone of her older brother's voice when he talked about his "family" in the demon realm, she could tell that he really liked her "family."

However, while Ilya was struggling with this decision, Chloe ended her contact with Lulum.

While Ilya was deep in thought, she noticed Chloe waving to her, signaling her to turn off the soundproof barrier, and only then did she hurriedly begin to shut it down.

As for how she closed this bizarre soundproof barrier...

Ilya's hands were covered with dense, dangerous-looking red lines as she reached out and tore open the soundproof barrier.

That's right, it was by hand, in a physical sense, that the barrier was torn apart. However, the muffled sounds when it was torn apart proved that the barrier could indeed explode.

However, the power of the explosion was absorbed by the red patterns on Ilya's hands... These red patterns are actually the so-called "magic patterns".

After the soundproof barrier was destroyed, Chloe immediately said to Ilya:

"My family just said they've found someone who can send me back to the Demon Realm. All you have to do is take me to the Imperial Capital and meet her there."

When Ilya heard Chloe say that, she couldn't help but show a disappointed expression... It seems that she doesn't have much time left to spend with her older brother.

Given my brother's current identity as a demon, I wonder when we'll meet again...

However, after a moment of disappointment, she immediately realized that there seemed to be something amiss in Chloe's earlier words...

"Huh? A rendezvous in the imperial capital? Has the imperial capital been infiltrated by demons? Wow... is there any hope for this empire?"

Ilya retorted instinctively, a "pathetic" expression appearing on her face.

Chloe's expression turned somewhat strange as she listened to Ilya's complaints.

She had actually complained to Lulum about the same thing before.

She never expected that the demons had infiltrated the church so many years ago, and even became the church's headquarters.

So, not only is the empire doomed, but the church is doomed too!

To be honest, if Lulum hadn't told her, she wouldn't have believed that the "holy dragon" that had "protected" the human race for hundreds of years was actually one of the four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Race.

Moreover, he was one of the factions that supported the demons in annihilating the human race... He used to chat and laugh with this "holy dragon," but the true face of that righteous "holy dragon" is actually like this... It's very puzzling.

(⊙_⊙)?

In short, Chloe was stunned for a long time upon hearing this information, with this expression on her face.

……

Next, Ilya briefly recounted her previous conversation to Chloe, who was relieved to hear it.

After all, since the man she called "Dio from another world" wasn't planning to visit her grave, the probability of Illya failing to escape was directly eliminated.

However, Chloe rejected Ilya's plan.

Although Ilya told her that the place where her body was buried was a place that only the elven royal family could enter, and that they had to apply to the elven royal family according to the rules if they wanted to visit the grave, they could not enter and leave freely.

Eustia and the others should wait until everyone is present before requesting entry from the Elven royal family.

There's still one person they haven't been able to contact, and Eustia has promised to wait for her for seven days, so it's unlikely they'll go to the Hero's Tomb ahead of schedule.

However, Chloe still believed that it would be better for Ilya to go to the Elven Holy Kingdom as soon as possible... delay could lead to unforeseen circumstances.

Then, Chloe noticed that Ilya seemed reluctant to part, so she said to her:

"Don't worry, once you're done, go to the Star Forest and use this scroll to contact me. I'll come find you right away... After all, if you really 'courted death,' you'll definitely want to hide, right? You don't have any good hiding places, do you? I'll arrange one for you then!"

After hearing Chloe's words, Ilya immediately and happily agreed to Chloe's arrangement.

Since she can still see her older brother, then she has no reason to delay any longer.

That's what Ilya was thinking.

But Chloe was thinking: Lure fishing is so much fun!

……

A day later, Chloe and Ilya arrived at the capital of the human empire.

Because Ilya's journey is filled with sparks and explosions, it's impossible for her to carry people along.

So they simply bought a teleportation scroll and teleported to the vicinity of the city gate.

As for why, even though teleportation was used, it still took a day to arrive?

Waiting for the card to cool down! Otherwise, why would she, a demon, dare to storm the human capital?

However, Chloe's teleportation landed her in the right place this time, but there was still a slight mishap during the process...

"No wonder this teleportation scroll is so cheap... it's completely useless against spacequakes..."

"So, you can't buy cheap teleportation scrolls... ugh..."

Because they used cheap teleportation scrolls, both Ilya and Chloe looked quite grim.

Even Chloe, who was in poor health, couldn't help but gag on the spot.

"Little friend, don't you dare throw up! There are people all over here! If you throw up, this whole area will be in trouble!"

Upon seeing Chloe retching, a talkative guy nearby immediately spoke up.

"Wait, isn't this the city gate? Why are there so many people? Is there some big event happening in the capital?"

As soon as she landed, Chloe, still a little dizzy, realized that there was a bunch of people queuing up to enter the city.

This only happens when there's a major event in the empire... and most of those queuing to enter the city are men... could it be that the princess is choosing a husband?

Chloe thought with a hint of malice.

"Don't you know? I thought you guys were also here to participate in the Hero Selection..."

The talkative guy from before, seeing how cute Chloe was, also enthusiastically answered her questions.

However, his answer only confused Chloe.

"Hero selection? Aren't heroes all summoned to this world?"

Chloe quickly said.

"Indeed, but it is said that there was a problem with this hero summoning ceremony, and the church had no choice but to start the hero selection."

Having received this answer, Chloe roughly guessed what had happened.

Ilya had told her before that the hero summoning ritual was successful, but the hero did not appear at the summoning site. The selection carried out by the church was probably to find the hero who was summoned.

That's none of my business.

Chloe thought to herself.

So Chloe and Ilya went straight into the city.

As for queuing? Someone of Ilya's status would be doing the Empire a favor by simply walking through the city gates; there's no way she would queue.

However, Chloe did not expect that as soon as they entered the city, they were surrounded by a group of people dressed in pure white armor.

Are these... all holy knights of the church?

Chapter 128 The Dirty Deal

"So, why are there so many paladins at the city gate?"

Paladins generally don't venture to the outer city gates, so their collective appearance here can only mean they have some kind of mission...