I reign supreme in the Western fantasy world for eternity.
Chapter 270 The Crown, Part 3, Chapter 2
Just as he was thinking this, the leader of the werewolves held up the search warrant in front of him. The handwriting on the parchment was messy in the common language of the continent, but the seals were complete.
"Sir, your neighbor went missing last night. We received a report that you are involved in this matter. This is a search warrant. Please cooperate with the investigation."
Ji Tian stretched his joints to confirm that his original physical condition was still intact.
If you have super power, you don't need to use super intelligence.
On a whim, he smiled and stepped aside to clear the doorway.
"Please come in, everyone. The room is a bit messy, please don't mind."
The two werewolf police officers couldn't wait to squeeze through the door. Their rough nostrils twitched a few times, their brows furrowed, and they gave their companions behind them a wink.
It smells bloody.
There's a reason why werewolves become police officers here; to some extent, they've taken over the ecological niche of police dogs, and that scent is as conspicuous to their sense of smell as a campfire in the dark.
"The smell is coming from over there."
One of the werewolves tilted his head toward the washroom, the two exchanged a glance, and then quickly walked over.
The remaining two werewolf officers stayed in the living room. The leader went around behind Ji Tian, while the other werewolf stood in the doorway with his arms crossed and his eyes fixed on Ji Tian.
The Bone Demon stood silently in the entryway and locked the door from the inside, preventing the suspect from escaping.
"Human lawyer, how have you been getting along with your neighbor next door lately?"
Ji Tian casually made up a story: "We've met a few times, and we're really good friends."
Upon hearing this, the werewolf officer frowned.
Why did I hear before that their neighborly relations were not good?
Just as he was about to continue asking questions, a cold aura suddenly rushed from behind him. He instinctively wanted to turn around, but felt a numbness in the back of his neck, and his vision suddenly flipped.
He was struck down by a supermodel's karate chop and lost consciousness on the spot.
The other people in the living room also perished.
In an instant, two werewolf police officers, a bone demon, and the detective and his assistant lay sprawled across the living room, without even having a chance to make a sound.
Ji Tian listened intently to the direction of the washroom. He heard the sound of a faucet being turned on, followed by the werewolves' gruff voices:
"...There's blood here too...this guy is definitely suspicious!"
Ji Tian flashed over and knocked the two unconscious, then dragged them into the living room and tied them up in a row with the others.
He looked down at everyone, casually picked up the notebook that his detective assistant always carried and flipped through it. Most of the contents were small cases about neighborhood disputes, and there was nothing special about them except that the so-called neighbors were all demons.
Ji Tian put down his notebook and dragged the Bone Demon into the washroom for interrogation.
When the Bone Demon slowly woke up, he found himself sitting against the wall on the tiled floor, his hands tied behind his back with a copper pipe pulled from a towel rack.
The young human lawyer was squatting in front of him, toying with a silver letter opener in his hand.
Ji Tian said, "Don't scream, or I'll tear your bones apart and feed them to the werewolves, then find someone else to interrogate you."
The bone demon's bones creaked and groaned, and it looked like a human would break out in a cold sweat.
He was a type of demon who was more administrative, and much smarter than ordinary demons. He quickly realized that the human in front of him was far more dangerous than he had ever imagined.
"What do you want? I... I can give you money, I can give you information, I can give you—"
"How long have you demons occupied this place?"
The flames in the bone demon's empty eye sockets paused, seemingly not expecting the problem to be so simple.
Is he a pervert who deliberately asks people simple questions to torture them? Or has this person really lost their memory?
He hesitated for a moment before answering:
"Ten years. Ten years ago, the human kingdom ceased to exist."
"What do you mean?"
"Literal meaning. The human capital fell ten years ago. The king was killed, and the royal family and nobles fled overseas with their wealth. The rest either surrendered or were killed."
As the Bone Demon spoke, his tone gradually calmed down, "Most of the land in the human kingdoms is now demon territory."
"What about the remaining small portion of land?"
"Currently, only the border areas of the Holy City of the Church and the Elven Royal Court are still in human hands."
"Wait, is the church still holding on?"
Having determined that the other party was not a demon-slaying monster, the Bone Demon spoke with increasing boldness, letting out a sneer with undisguised sarcasm in his voice:
"Once the Demon King's army breaks through the Elf Royal Court, that area won't last long either."
Ji Tian frowned.
"How did you demons win this war?"
The Bone Demon sneered again upon hearing this.
"You humans are so useless. Your hero turned against the church, do you even know that? More than a decade ago, that generation of heroes went crazy for some reason, single-handedly stormed the church headquarters, wiped out the entire church leadership, and even the Pope couldn't escape. Do you think we demons wouldn't seize this opportunity?"
Ji Tian was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.
Where did this unofficial history come from?
Could this crown have originally belonged to a demon? Such an outrageously detailed fantasy about demons!
The hero not only turned against the church, but also killed the pope? How is that possible?
Before he could even think it through, the other person continued speaking:
"At that time, the human kingdom was in complete chaos, leaderless, the church's power was destroyed, and the remaining bishops blamed each other and refused to submit to one another."
Our demon race, with remarkable foresight, first dispatched a large army to surround the Holy Mountain, preventing anyone from drawing the Holy Sword. Then we quelled the remaining resistance. By the time the Church reacted, it was too late. For the past ten years, no one has been able to draw the Holy Sword.”
Ji Tian silently memorized this information, woke up the werewolves to verify the truth of what the Bone Demon had said, and after confirming that it was true, he walked up to the detective who was terrified.
The detective was now ashen-faced, huddled in a corner, barely breathing.
He witnessed this human subdue several demon police officers in the blink of an eye, something that was completely impossible in his understanding.
Ji Tian squatted down in front of him: "I'll ask you a few questions. Answer truthfully, and I won't touch you."
The detective nodded repeatedly, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.
"Please, ask away! I'll tell you everything!"
How many humans are left in the capital?
The detective swallowed hard. "There are at least tens of thousands of people in the slums. They do the lowest-paying jobs in the city, sweeping, carrying things, cleaning sewage ditches—the dirtiest and hardest work they can do. There are also wealthy areas, but not many. People who can live here are people with special status, like lawyers or doctors like you who can talk to the demons."
"What about inside the palace? Is the Demon King inside?"
The detective's expression grew even more grim:
"No, the Demon King is still in the Demon King's Castle. It's now the residence of demon nobles. They like to keep humans with magical talent there, destroying their magic circuits and using them as food..."
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