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Chapter 134 Louis has the makings of a demon king!

Facing imminent death, the First Princess, who wielded boundless power, and the promising Third Hero, appeared remarkably calm.

There was no regret, only a calm acceptance of the consequences.

Louis remained silent, merely testing the effect of the Slave Heart Lock to confirm that it would not fail on the hero.

"Squat down."

He issued the order.

Erisil instantly crouched down on the ground like a puppy. When she was bound by the shadow threads, her clothes had already been torn to pieces in her attempt to break free.

This squatting posture revealed an even more beautiful view.

Faced with this almost humiliating order, Erihil simply smiled: "You don't need to humiliate me like this, it's pointless."

"If this makes you happy, then I hope that's how I can beg you to spare Anrudo and not harm her."

"She's just a weak and powerless priest. Without me, she won't pose any threat to the demons. I think your only target for infiltrating here is me, the hero."

"Big Sister————"

Upon hearing Erisil's words, Anredo, who had been terrified by Louis, found courage from who knows where.

Leaning on her staff, she struggled to move her limp body and stood shakily before Louis, mustering her courage to say, "Great Demon Lord, I beg you—please don't kill my sister."

"Your only goal is to prevent the hero from threatening your rule, so why don't you just destroy your sister's second-level secret manual?"

"I know that the Hero's Codex cannot be destroyed by ordinary external forces, but with your abilities, you must be able to think of a way."

"I'm willing to do anything as long as you can spare my sister."

As she spoke, Anruido knelt down at Louis's feet with a thud, tilting her head back and pleading in her eyes.

The blonde girl's eyes were filled with tears; her delicate features and timid expression deeply aroused a man's protective instincts.

Erisil sighed and gently admonished, "Anredor, don't show such weakness in front of the demons. You are a princess of the Kingdom of Lortheran, and your status is noble."

"Furthermore—never attempt to use human moral standards to constrain a demon."

Looking at the two beautiful young women of noble birth kneeling at his feet, Louis felt little sense of accomplishment.

He found it rather troublesome.

He's not a true demon, so he can't just kill these two princesses directly.

There are only three hero teams on the surface. If I personally take down one of them, will humanity still be able to compete?

It is important to understand that bravery carries strong symbolic meaning.

Putting aside their combat prowess, the mere existence of these heroes ensures that the morale of the human kingdom will never falter.

The reason why the Blackrock City garrison could fight so tenaciously even as the peak level three professionals were being wiped out one after another was because the Hero Squad was always fighting alongside them.

On a larger scale, once the hero dies, the morale of the entire Kingdom of Lortheran will be shattered, and the demons will seize this opportunity to crush the kingdom's defenses in one fell swoop.

However, if Ariel is not restrained, Louis's own safety cannot be guaranteed.

After a moment's thought, an idea suddenly popped into Louis's mind.

He turned his gaze to Erihil, trying to make his voice hoarse, and said softly, "Actually, I meant no harm."

"I am a scholar, a scholar who enjoys studying human behavior."

"I've come here only to ask you one question: as a hero, why did you kill another hero?"

Upon hearing this, Erisil's calm expression changed slightly, and she frowned, hesitatingly asking, "The Demons—did they get the Hero's Codex of Hiron first?"

Louis smiled knowingly.

Very well, before they've even said anything, the whereabouts of Hiron's Hero's Tome have already been blamed on the demons.

However, he did not explicitly admit it, as he might announce his identity as the fourth hero in the future.

Louis asked this question, naturally, to find an answer.

As he came to understand more about the importance of the Extra Hero's Codex to heroes, Louis gradually realized that Hiron had died too soon.

The fourth hero was killed shortly after his birth, and there's only one Hero's Codex to be obtained, so the cost-effectiveness is clearly not high.

If Louis were Erisil, he would at least fatten up Hiron before killing him.

Is there a deeper reason behind this?

"Answer my question first, Princess Erisil. I am curious about it."

"If you can give me a satisfactory answer, I might be willing to let you go. I might even return your Hero's Codex to you."

Erisil remained silent.

The situation before her was clearly beyond her expectations.

Louis's image of being unambitious, disregarding even heroes, and pursuing only knowledge instilled in her an unprecedented sense of apprehension.

This great demon is not merely an assassin sent by the demon race to kill the hero, but a strange being whose behavior is unpredictable and uncontrollable.

His act of sneaking into his own dormitory was probably not ordered by his superiors, but just a spur-of-the-moment decision.

A demon with this kind of personality is more than ten times more terrifying than a simple assassin.

He's practically a demon king!

After a long silence, Erisil slowly spoke: "I was indeed the one who ordered the investigation and assassination of him, but that was not my intention. I cannot explain the deeper reasons to you."

"What I can tell you is that my heart and actions are as clear as a mirror, and everything I do is for justice."

Louis could tell from Erihil's words that she was serious and there was not a trace of deception in her words.

But what Louis hated most were these riddle-makers who spoke in a way that was half-revealed.

He turned to look at Anruido and threatened, "You explain it to me. If you can't explain it clearly, I'll enslave you too and make you pee like a puppy."

Anruido:

The blonde girl turned pale with fright and instinctively hugged her older sister's delicate body, trembling.

But her survival instinct made her words flow more fluently than ever before, answering in rapid succession: "This—this is His Majesty the King, our father's order. He wants to use this order to determine whether my sister is loyal to the royal family."

"Father doesn't want a second hero to emerge within the kingdom, or for a power he can't control to appear."

"At the same time, even though his sister became the hero, he still didn't trust her, so he made his sister personally order the execution of the fourth hero."

"That way, Father can have something on my sister and won't have to worry about her betraying him."

Louis glanced at Erihil in realization.

The silver-haired girl remained calm, as if Anredo wasn't talking about anything related to her.

"Interesting. So, in order to gain the king's trust, you chose to kill the Fourth Hero to save the bigger picture?"

Louis said in a mocking tone, "You humans are really interesting."

He understood the First Princess's thoughts.

She sacrificed the life of the Fourth Hero as a pledge of allegiance to gain room for her own development.

I am not yet strong enough; if I were, things would change!

Once Erisil possesses the power to overthrow the monarchy, she will personally kill her father to prove her faith and avenge Hiron.

Those chosen by the Hero's Codex are definitely not purely evil.

Erihil looked directly into Louis's intrigued gaze and simply said, "I'm sorry to have made you laugh."

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