Published: March 2, 2025
As soon as the name Fran was mentioned, Tang Haofei was taken aback. He carefully contemplated the meaning behind Kamen's words, his mind spinning for a long while.
Why was it that things had gone poorly, yet they were still associated with Fran...
Until the door was pushed open, and a group of spirit pets led by the one-eyed Victor entered the room. They casually tore apart the soundproof barrier and squeezed inside.
Kamen, however, showed no signs of surprise. He simply greeted a few of the smaller pets in turn and then asked with great excitement,
“Has Lord Wen Yu returned as well?”
Uh, this question seemed to strike a chord with the spirit pets, but as the saying goes, ignorance is bliss. Victor waved his hand, not answering Kamen’s question.
“What you just said, that you are Fran’s people. Does that mean that the one in charge of Beijing now is not just Fran?”
“Ah…”
Unexpectedly, this question led Kamen to let out a long sigh. He looked at everyone with a grim expression and answered,
“Lord Fran has been missing for a long time.”
…
The air seemed to freeze, with eight pairs of eyes fixated on Kamen, who could only smile bitterly and wave his hand.
“I don’t know the specifics. All I know is that Lord Fran and Lord Gul failed in the political struggle and were driven out of Beijing…”
“How is that possible!”
Tang Haofei and Victor were immediately shocked. They exchanged glances, seemingly unable to believe this fact.
However, the reason for their astonishment was quite different…
In Tang Haofei’s view, with Tang Hao around, there was fundamentally no one who could do anything to Fran, while Victor thought of Lin Haifeng…
With that old guy around, what political struggle are you talking about? That’s all leftover play from Lin Haifeng.
“Where is Tang Hao? Where did Tang Hao go?”
Tang Haofei asked anxiously, and Kamen’s expression grew even darker.
“Lord Tang Hao… he is still in Beijing…”
Tang Haofei was stunned, and he considered another possibility—Tang Hao had fallen out with Fran.
It was Victor who interrupted their unproductive conversation.
“Let’s get into the details. Tell us everything that happened from the moment we left…”
…
“After Lord Tang Haofei left, the demonic clan's offensive also disappeared. How should I put it, during that time, the world may have been the peaceful world we had always longed for—no strife, internal stability, and external enemies collapsing on their own.”
“Wait!”
Victor interrupted Kamen once more.
“What does it mean by external enemies collapsing on their own?”
“The Demon Realm has fallen! Didn’t you know?”
Kamen was even more perplexed... Logically, this news should have been relayed back from Lord Tang Haofei and Lord Wen Yu…
Only Tang Haofei and Victor exchanged glances, then finally reacted.
The top brass in Beijing indeed knew about this, but it shouldn’t have been leaked to the lower ranks. However, clearly, the news of the Demon Realm's collapse had become common knowledge.
In fact, it wasn't a big deal that this information was widely known, but it was definitely better to keep it secret rather than make it public—after all, having a hypothetical external enemy could ensure that internal military power wouldn’t regress. Moreover, with the Demon Realm gone and the more terrifying spirit of the demon lord still around, maintaining military preparedness was a necessary decision.
“What time? When did this news reach your ears?”
“It was right when the Demon Realm exploded!”
Kamen had a confused expression, while Victor gritted his teeth in frustration.
It was possible that trouble had already started around that time!
After several interruptions, Kamen suddenly found it hard to continue, and it was Victor who spoke up again.
“Continue.”
“Oh…”
Kamen rephrased simply and continued.
“The success of the human-demon conversion technique…”
“Wait!”
Victor interrupted Kamen again.
“Is the human-demon transformation technique confirmed to be successful?”