*Strange, did I just smell the scent of a monster?*
Lan Lianhua felt a bit confused.
As a nun, she was highly sensitive to the aura of monsters, and her nose was particularly sharp.
But because it was just a tiny trace and vanished in an instant, Lan Lianhua sniffed carefully for a while longer and figured she might have just been mistaken.
“Oh~ brave heroes, welcome to my castle.”
The King was exceptionally delighted at this moment.
“I hear you are preparing to help me rescue my dear Princess Lisaka from the clutches of the demon, is that correct?”
“Yes, Your esteemed Majesty.” Wang Quan’s luxurious, gold-threaded mage robe was completely free of wrinkles, looking gorgeous and elegant.
“Wonderful!
Oh heavens, my Lisaka, she is so cute and pure.
She is only fifteen years old, yet that damn demon actually refused to spare her.”
As he spoke, tears welled up in the King’s eyes.
His angry and sorrowful tone and demeanor were truly heart-wrenching to witness.
“Brave heroes, as long as you can rescue Princess Lisaka, I will surely reward you handsomely.”
“Your Majesty, may I ask how long it has been since the demon abducted the princess?” Gu Xin asked the King.
“It has been a full five days.”
“Then does Your Majesty know where the princess is being held?”
“This…
according to the princess’s maid, the demon took the princess and flew off towards the north.”
The King hesitated for a moment before answering uncertainly.
“Perhaps the demon is nesting in the Dark Forest to the north.
That forest sees no sunlight all year round, and dark monsters inhabit and entrench themselves there,” a minister nearby speculated.
“After the King issued the commission, some heroes also ventured into the Dark Forest to search for traces of the princess, but not a single one returned.”
“Perhaps they have all been cruelly murdered by the demon,” the minister said heavily.
Many warriors had already been sacrificed in the effort to save the princess.
“Then may I ask about the appearance of that demon?
Have you seen it with your own eyes?” Gu Xin pondered for a moment before asking again.
“It is said to be a demon covered in silver with a pair of fleshy wings.”
Gu Xin instantly confirmed it in his heart.
There weren’t many monsters in the demon family to begin with, and he remembered the demons recorded in the monster encyclopedia very clearly.
“I am tired.
Minister Furi, please continue to entertain the heroes in my stead.
Oh heroes, please, you must help me rescue the princess.”
“My poor child Lisaka, it is truly too heartbreaking.”
Supported by his servants, the King wearily left the grand hall.
“Sigh, I really didn’t expect His Majesty to love Princess Lisaka so deeply.”
The minister watched the King’s figure disappear and couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.
“Oh?
Was the relationship between the King and the princess not good before?” Gu Xin asked upon hearing this.
The minister nodded.
“In the past, the King was always very cold towards the princess.
But ever since she was abducted, the King has lost his appetite and sleep day and night, and hasn’t even attended to government affairs anymore.”
“I am truly worried about the King’s health.”
Speaking of this, the minister looked quite distressed.
But after all, the King’s daughter had been kidnapped by a demon.
Overwhelmed by sorrow, it was normal for him to have no heart for state affairs.
“Heroes, the demon is evil and cunning.
Please be sure to be careful.”
“Rest assured, it’s merely a demon.
We will soon bring back its corpse and the princess.” Wang Quan remained as confident and proud as ever.
The minister forced a smile, because the previous few heroes had said the exact same thing before setting off.
It was just that now, there was no news of them at all.
Next, the minister offered to provide them with some fine equipment, but upon learning it was just some standard iron armor and weapons, the group declined.
“So what’s the plan next, brothers?
Are we going to that Dark Forest to save the princess?”
After walking out of the castle, Meng Xiu was unusually excited.
The trope of a knight saving a princess—he loved it!
This perfectly fit his fantasy of being a knight.
“This King is a bit tactless.
Logically speaking, when a hero rescues a princess, shouldn’t the King betroth her to the hero?”
Wang Quan felt that the beer-bellied King didn’t know how things worked.
“Heh.” Lan Lianhua rolled her eyes upon hearing this, unable to hold back her retort.
“But all three of you are heroes.
What?
Are the three of you going to play with the princess together?”
“Hiss, Lan Lianhua, you…
what a lewd nun!”
Wang Quan gasped, never expecting to hear such wild words from a nun’s mouth.
“???” Lan Lianhua looked at Wang Quan with a face full of question marks.
“Gu Xin, isn’t this castle pretty nice?”
Meng Xiu ignored those two and looked at Gu Xin curiously.
“Yeah, it makes me want to build a castle for myself.” Gu Xin withdrew his gaze and said with a smile.
“Can’t Card Crafters create Field Magic Cards?
You can just make a castle-type Field Magic Card for yourself.”
Meng Xiu’s smile remained as sunny, bright, and friendly as ever.
“Meng Xiu, Field Magic Cards are one of the hardest magic cards to make.” Lan Lianhua looked at Meng Xiu speechlessly.
Let alone a Tier 2 Card Crafter, even a Tier 3 Card Crafter probably couldn’t make a Field Magic Card, right?
She had never even heard of it being done.
If Meng Xiu didn’t seem like such a genuine person, she would have suspected he was being passive-aggressive towards Gu Xin.
“Is that so?”
Meng Xiu’s eyes were full of pure puzzlement, seemingly wondering why Field Magic Cards would be hard to make.
“Let’s go get something to eat and then set off.
We’ll head to the Dark Forest this afternoon and take down that demon as soon as possible.” Gu Xin found it a bit funny.
The group then found a restaurant, though for Gu Xin, the personal dining experience wasn’t very good.
After gnawing on a piece of bread, Gu Xin ended up asking for hot water, took out some instant noodles from his spatial ring, and ate happily.
After filling their stomachs, the four of them left the royal capital and set off towards the Dark Forest in the north.
“There’s something wrong with this King.”
On the way, Gu Xin finally shared his thoughts with Wang Quan and the others.
“Why do you say that?”
Wang Quan didn’t question Gu Xin, but instead recalled the King’s performance in the castle and asked in confusion.
“He acted too deliberately.
Although his acting skills are very good, I was observing him carefully the whole time.
Moreover, he has the aura of a monster on him.”
Gu Xin said straightforwardly.
“A monster?
Really?” Wang Quan was taken aback.
Although he thought back and noticed some suspicious points and details, there was actually no substantive evidence to prove that the King had a problem.
“Yeah, absolutely no mistake.
My perception ability is excellent.”
Gu Xin shrugged, took out a card from his card pack, and showed it to Wang Quan and the others.
[Spirituality]
[Category: Item Card]
[Quality: 1-Star Purple Card]
[Attribute: None]
[Effect: Greatly enhances the user’s spiritual power and perception.]
[(Note: I could tell at a glance that you’re not human!)]
Hmm, [Spirituality] was a ring, which Gu Xin had been wearing on his finger all along.
“These fucking peasants, actually daring to deceive this Grand Mage.
He is courting death!”
Wang Quan was furious and immediately sentenced that King to death.