Eden noticed that Vader was distracted for a moment after the battle. Such a distraction was extremely abnormal for a strong man like Vader.
But he quickly calmed down and got up from the dead demon.
"And the winner is—" the host drawled to announce, "Wert!"
According to the rules, Wade, as the winner of twelve matches, could receive a large sum of money, honor, and a promise from the founder of this life-and-death arena. After hearing about the generous reward, Eden noticed that James was silent for a long time.
He followed James out of the arena. The lively audience dispersed in the direction of their homes. Several people discussed the miraculous power of "Witt" and believed that the city lord would come to recruit him after hearing the news - Witt would soon have everything that any demon could dream of.
James remained silent until the hotel appeared before him. Then he suddenly said softly, "Eden."
"What?"
"We can still scrape together a gold coin, right?"
Eden didn't understand his intention at first. But soon, he realized what James wanted to say. His usually pale and cold face finally showed a little panic: "Are you going to enter?"
James then said: "I'm just thinking about the worst case scenario. Maybe, it won't be the worst case scenario for us. But if I can win in the fighting arena..."
"It's not the worst case scenario, James." Eden said in his rational and calm voice, "The worst case scenario is that we still have the map leading to the lair of the nightmare dragon Edith."
"Are you going to take the map... No, no," James said.
"Why not?" Eden said, "As long as we can survive, we can go to other city-states..."
James looked at him steadily, and after a long time, he smiled.
"But you are a prince, Eden," James said, "and I want to give you a city of your own."
They breathed quietly and did not speak for a long time.
…
Vader followed the guards into the depths of the arena, where the master of the arena would stop him.
It was hard to imagine that there was such a magnificent underground palace deep in the bloody arena. The hall was extremely luxurious, but it was filled with a strong smell of perfume. After walking past the screen, Wade quickly understood the source of the smell.
After walking past the screen, the laughter inside became more and more obvious. A demon with bone wings, red hair and purple eyes sat on the sofa. He looked to be about thirty or forty years old, very handsome, but his whole body revealed a romantic and dissolute aura. There were many beautiful demons around him, both men and women. At this moment, they all surrounded him and tried to please him.
Crack species, Vader thought.
The demons are the demons that crawled out of the cracks. It is rumored that under the cracks of the Demon Realm Abyss is a deeper demon realm and the ultimate hell. There are a very small number of demons living in the cracks, they are called crack species demons, and the demons outside the cracks are called continent species.
There are very few rift-type demons on the continent, no more than 10.
After hearing someone coming in, the demon finally turned his eyes to Wade. He was stunned for a moment after just one glance, and then smiled and said, "This time the winner is quite interesting."
He warmly invited Vader to sit down, and ordered several demons to "accompany" Vader. Those demons were a little trembling when they approached the beautiful winner, let alone trying to please and serve him.
"My beauties are all scared by you. Why, they don't suit your taste?" The demon said, waving his hand to let the frightened and trembling beautiful female demons come back, "Or do you prefer men?"
"Not interested." Wade said coldly, "I'm here to collect my reward."
Those female slaves who seemed extremely beautiful to others were just a bunch of similar-looking pieces of meat in his eyes.
Fragile, powerless and boring ordinary creatures.
He glanced at the man who was sent to him by the demon tribe. It was a succubus with a heart-shaped tail and long light gray hair. The succubus was obviously favored by the demon tribe, and she smiled generously while sitting next to him. Wade looked at him and thought of Lucian's tail, which was also in the same shape.
But Lucian is much prettier than him.
"I'm not interested in succubi, male or female," Vader said politely, "Thank you for your kindness."
The demon looked at him with some surprise: "It's rare in the Demon Realm... You already have a wife? Are you a loyal person who follows the trend?"
Somehow, a pair of wine-red eyes flashed in Wade's mind. Wade was slightly annoyed, and he sneered, "No."
"Oh, you are an ascetic?" Wade found that this extremely powerful demon was actually gossipy. "What a pity... How can you be like this? You know, life is not just about killing, fighting, and making achievements. Enjoying sexual pleasure is also a very important part of demon life. I didn't understand this when I was under the rift before, and the other guys didn't understand it either. It wasn't until I left the rift and arrived on the mainland that I knew they tasted so sweet. Especially succubus, I have many succubus boyfriends and girlfriends, and I never force their will. They will leave me when they want to leave me, and they can come back when they want to. Maybe because they can get more energy from me, they always like me very much, and they can always get what they want from me. Isn't it too pitiful for a succubus to not get the food they like? Of course, I like them too, the taste of succubus is really..."
Vader: … … …
… At this moment, Lucian, who was lying on his stomach in the hotel, sneezed.
"Can demons also catch colds?" He rubbed his nose.
Lucian was really bored squatting in the hotel, but Wade's grab on his ankle in the morning made him a little afraid to go out.
I always feel that it would be better to stay in the room at this time.
"What on earth is Wade thinking about?" Lucian asked the system.
"How about you enter Wade's spiritual world while he is sleeping?" the system suggested.
"That's a good idea. I'm also interested in exploring his spiritual world... This is the first time I've seen something so interesting after traveling through so many worlds. But Vader is not injured now. His spirit is very strong, and it will be easy to be discovered if you enter his spiritual world at this time." Lucian lay on the bed, his long silver hair draped over his back, ambiguous and charming. "This morning he has become more defensive against me, which is not a good thing. I have to find a good opportunity to swear my loyalty and preferably cause him injury."
System: “Injured???”
"Yes, and then I'll give him medicine. While he's weak and unconscious, I'll sneak into his spiritual world. Maybe I can find his psychological shadows and more pitfalls in it." Lucian said, "Then not only will he let down his guard against me, but he won't know that I've found something in there to accumulate hatred and alienate him..."
System: "Number Five, are you really..."
"It's not easy to plan his injury." Lucian said while playing with his fingers.
Perhaps because of the plan just now, or perhaps because Wade had been out for too long, Lucian regained his joy of making trouble. He got up from the bed and decided to go out and look for something useful in the Greed City.
He had lunch at a very famous revolving restaurant in Greed City. The most common food for the demons was the meat of various monsters, strange-shaped but sugary fruits, and various mushrooms. Lucian hadn't eaten normal food for a long time. Today he tried the most famous set meal in the restaurant and felt that it tasted good.
The set meal included a piece of perfectly roasted monster meat, fruit salad, mushroom soup and a glass of red wine. The mushrooms of the demon tribe were very delicious, but they were often slightly poisonous. Humans without magic power would have hallucinations if they ate them, but the poison had no effect on the demon tribe.
Just when Lucian gave up the idea of using mushrooms to cause trouble, he heard a voice beside his ear: "... What a coincidence to meet you here."
When Lucian turned around, he saw a tall and thin man wearing a black ice uniform.
"I'm Kane, the deputy leader of the Black Ice Mercenary Group. You should have heard of this mercenary group. It is one of the best in the entire Greed City." The man took the initiative to introduce, "I saw you outside the hotel yesterday evening. Unfortunately, I was involved in an accident at that time..."
He sighed: "There are too many greedy hunters now."
After seeing Kane approach the lone succubus, the waiters who were watching turned their eyes away with a little fear. They knew about Kane's romantic rumors and his methods of plundering.
But he is the cousin of the city lord, and no one dares to remind the succubus from a foreign land at this time.
"Greedy hunter? What's that?" Lucian responded to his conversation.
In fact, when Lucian heard about the man's identity, he had a new plan in mind.
…
Deep in the arena of life and death.
Demon: "I see you have strong magic power and good looks, why are you an ascetic? What a waste."
Vader: …
Wade had never expected that this powerful and romantic demon had such a gossipy personality. Finally, the demon gave up trying to persuade him and said, "Tell me, what promise do you want from me? You'd better seize this opportunity. I am extremely powerful and can give you almost everything you need."
Wade raised his eyebrows. Events finally entered the rhythm he needed, so he said: "The world only knows that you are the boss behind this life and death arena, but no one knows..."
"You are also the most famous information dealer in the Demon Realm, 'Shadow'."
The demon finally sat up straight. The teasing look on his face disappeared, replaced by surprise and vigilance: "You actually know my upper-level identity. It seems that you came prepared."
He looked at Wade darkly, as if he was assessing his strength. Soon, he laughed and said, "What do you want to know?"
"The sacred object of the dragon clan." Wade said, "I want to know the whereabouts of the sacred object of the dragon clan."
The demon was silent for a long time, and finally he asked: "What do you want to know?"
"I know it's hard to get. But I think the demon's 'shadow' wouldn't be without any ability at all." Vader shrugged.
"You came at the right time. I happen to have such information in my hand. Unfortunately, just fighting two games is not enough to exchange for such a precious thing." The demon said, "You need to add some chips."
"The principle of low-price exchange." Wade said.
The demon looked at him deeply, and after a long while he said, "The City of Pride."
"The City of Pride?"
"One hundred and fifty years ago, I left something in the City of Pride. Unfortunately, it has now fallen into the nightmare of the former city lord. Since the death of the former city lord Dewitt, the whole city has fallen into the fog of his obsession. Over the years, I have looked for many people, but to no avail. But perhaps you can accomplish something."
Wade raised his eyebrows: "That doesn't sound like a good job. The Bone Wings are a mystery that even the demons can't break through?"
The demon laughed loudly. "You seem to be stronger than me. Of course, I understand the principle of equal exchange. I will ask you to pay more later - or you can ask for it now."
"What's so special about that fog that you can't enter it?"
"That fog affects people's spiritual world and arouses the deepest desires in people's hearts." The demon shrugged, "That's why I can't enter there. And..."
He looked in the direction of the City of Pride, as if he remembered his friend from a hundred years ago.
"I feel homesick," he said.