Demon King – Chapter 492 – The True Culprit

That said, the strange power filling this place really did affect the little Demon Lord’s magic. Many of her abilities simply could not be used here.

For example, the moment she stepped inside, invisibility and transparency had already stopped working. Otherwise, there was no way the director would have been able to see her causing trouble in here.

But what was affected were only abilities that acted outwardly. Things like physical enhancement, abilities that acted on her own body, were not really impacted.

So from the very beginning, Eiru was still invincible here. If she were truly powerless, she would not have been stupid enough to run in. She would have slipped away long ago.

The scene became extremely awkward. Unwilling to accept reality, the director grabbed another steel rod and smashed it down hard again. Then, once more, a small hand lightly stopped it.

“No way. You’re not running?”

With a gentle twist of her fingers, the two steel rods bent ninety degrees like drinking straws in the Demon Lord’s hands.

Since she had no intention of hurting him, and was also afraid that damaging the surroundings might endanger a certain girl’s life, Eiru only planned to scare him like this, hoping fear would make him run away.

But to her surprise, after witnessing this absurd scene, the old man in front of her not only showed no fear, but instead displayed a kind of joy-filled madness.

What Eiru could not have imagined was that her actions not only failed to scare him, but instead made him even more certain that he had not chosen the wrong target. Seeing hope again naturally drove him even further into madness.

After all, what normal little girl had this kind of monstrous strength? The more abnormal Eiru appeared, the higher the chance that she was related to Amber Crystal or the Daughters of Amber Crystal. After many years of failing to find a Daughter of Amber Crystal to extend his granddaughter’s life, the director had truly gone mad now.

“That’s right. It has to be you. Yes, since the Amber Crystal disappeared, then someone must have succeeded…”

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As he spoke, the director suddenly revealed a hateful expression like that of a vicious ghost.

“Then why couldn’t it be Yaoyao! You did nothing, and I worked so hard for Yaoyao! Why did you survive!”

“No no no, calm down. I’m not a Daughter of Amber Crystal. You’ve got the wrong person.”

The moment these words left her mouth, the little Demon Lord knew the man in front of her had definitely misunderstood something.

‘Logically speaking, even if you Daughters of Amber Crystal were playing some kind of survival elimination game, what did that have to do with me? I’m not a Daughter of Amber Crystal. I’m not even a contestant. Why would I be competing with you internally?’

“I never said anything about Daughters of Amber Crystal. Yet you know the term. That means you definitely know a lot about it, or you are one yourself.”

The director revealed a sinister smile, as if he had seen through everything. This brat had incriminated herself, saving him quite a bit of interrogation effort.

“No, that’s because my younger sister is one.”

Her Majesty the Demon Lord was both amused and exasperated.

“By that logic, we’re both family members of victims. There’s no need for us to tear at each other here, right?”

Not to mention you can’t beat me anyway. Eiru silently added this in her heart. She just did not really want to fight an elderly person. But she was not afraid either. If it really came to blows, even eighty of him would not be enough.

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“Is that so? Then little girl, let me ask you something. How old is your sister this year?”

Hearing Eiru’s words, the director’s expression softened a little. But more importantly, it was because he could not do anything to her for the moment. He planned to draw out some information while stalling for time, as one hand slowly reached toward a nearby cabinet drawer.

“Huh? Probably ten… no wait, why should I tell you? Also, you might as well give up on that gun over there. Firearms are useless against me too.”

The director’s sneaky move toward the drawer did not escape the little Demon Lord’s notice. She had already scanned the surroundings with magic, so she naturally knew what was inside.

“Also, guns are clearly banned. Where are you people even getting this stuff? Each of you is so capable…”

Ignoring the girl’s complaint, the director calculated the various behaviors of the girl in front of him. Abnormal strength combined with the ability to resist firearms, and the ability to know what was inside the drawer without touching it.

Silver hair and blue eyes, plus a kind of intuition he had developed from years of dealing with Daughters of Amber Crystal. At this moment, the director had already begun planning how long Eiru could extend his granddaughter’s life, and how much research progress she could provide.

He could not match her strength. Her claim that firearms were ineffective was still questionable, but with his movements exposed, he could not grab one anyway. It seemed like there was no solution, but the director still held one trump card to subdue her.

As long as she was a creature with a nervous system, then drugs would definitely work. The director slightly shifted his leg and quietly adjusted the direction of a tube.

“Little girl, go to sleep quietly for a bit.”

With all preparations complete, the director showed a look of success and lunged sideways.

As his palm hit a certain switch, a gas rushed through the tube straight toward Eiru. He himself covered his nose and quickly retreated to the side, putting on an oxygen mask.

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Watching the girl’s figure enveloped by the gas, the director laughed smugly. This was an anesthetic dose that could knock out even a lion. This time, he had no intention of holding back.

As for what kind of aftereffects it would leave on her, he could not be bothered to care. At worst, he would try to save her. Even if she could not be saved, what was left would still be enough for him to research and extract factors from.

Then, before his laughter even finished, a small hand reached out from the smoke. Before he could react, a steel pipe bent into a U-shape had its two ends driven into the table, pinning one of his hands firmly to the tabletop.

“Actually… breathing isn’t something I really need. It’s just a habit.”

The little Demon Lord said with a cheerful smile.

“Though I can also convert it into some magic power for replenishment.”

She then pinned his other hand to the table with another steel pipe.

Eiru had already suffered once from anesthetic drugs like this. As the saying goes, once bitten, twice shy. She was not going to fall for this trick again.

And with things said to this extent, her nonhuman identity could no longer be hidden. Her Majesty the Demon Lord revealed her wings and tail, placing both hands on the man’s head, intending to use the same suggestion-based information sealing as before.

“Since grandpa, you’re too dishonest, and I don’t really want to fight you… this is the only way.”

“You… you really are!”

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Before he could finish speaking, a strange force invaded his mind, and the director felt as if a shackle had been added inside his head.

“I’m really not. I’m just a passing Demon Lord. I’m afraid you’d sell me out, so I can only put some restraints on you.”

Taking advantage of the moment when he was dazed by her power, the little Demon Lord returned once again to the instruments in front of her.

“What to do after letting her out is your problem.”

Looking at the girl inside the glass container, Eiru sighed and prepared to continue the work she had been interrupted from earlier.

“Stop! Killing so many girls still isn’t enough, and you won’t even spare Yaoyao, who finally managed to survive until now! Do you really hate seeing Daughters of Amber Crystal live that much! You demon! The demon who is the true culprit!”

“I already said I’m not…”

The director’s accusation made the little Demon Lord feel deeply uncomfortable.

“And what do you mean I killed them? Weren’t those innocent girls clearly killed by you?”

“I know you’re not! But everything is because of you! Those girls all bore this fate because of your existence. You’re the one who killed them!”