A Psychiatrist's Bizarre Game Journey / Dream of the Mist

Loyer's actions were interrupted by Dio, so he had no choice but to withdraw his hand in a huff, saying angrily, "Who said I didn't prepare a place for you to sleep? I clearly had Oz arrange one for you! Don't make false accusations!"

"What a joke! What are they preparing? I am Lord Dio, how can I sleep with soldiers?"

Dio crossed his arms and huffed, sowing discord: "Oh! I see. It must be because I'm Z... Memoride's good friend, and you look down on Memoride, so you didn't even arrange a decent bed for her best friend! You even humiliated me with that kind of bed, you were just trying to embarrass Memoride, weren't you? I saw right through you!"

To be honest, this attempt to sow discord is really low-level. Zhou Ke'er is still lying on Luo Ye'er's bed right now, and she doesn't look like someone who is looked down upon by her at all.

Well, to be honest, this kind of low-level rhetoric actually worked. Upon hearing this, Luo Ye'er was genuinely worried that Zhou Ke'er would misunderstand, so he immediately frowned and retorted, "Nonsense! I've never thought of that. Don't talk nonsense—tell me, what do you want to do? I'll arrange it for you, okay?"

Dior raised an eyebrow, pointed to the bed where Zhou Ke'er was lying, and smiled, "This bed looks pretty empty. How about I sleep with my good friend Memorie?"

Zhou Ke'er rolled over and lay on her side on the bed, propping her head up with one hand and waving her other hand like she was shooing away a fly: "If you're sleeping here, where will Luo Ye'er sleep? You're really pushing your luck, get out of here."

Sleeping with Loyer is fine, since Loyer is an NPC and has no chance of knowing that Zhou Ke'er is actually a man. But Dio is different... What if she finds out later that Zhou Ke'er is a man, and then remembers that she was lying down and sleeping with him today... Goodness, that would be troublesome.

"Well, you damn little bread, you've forgotten your old love now that you have a new one, haven't you?"

Dio crossed his arms and pounced onto the bed, laughing wildly, "Wryyyyy! I don't care if you agree or not! I, Lord Dio, am going to sleep in this bed!"

Zhou Ke'er blinked, not stopping him—come on, it wasn't him inviting Dio to bed, Dio pounced on him himself, what did it have to do with him? Even if Dio found out he was a man, he'd be the one who suffered, okay?

"Drink!"

But then a soft shout rang out, and Loyer immediately reached out, grabbed Dio's legs as he leaped into the air, and threw him back: "I'll arrange for someone to prepare a bed for you right away, okay?"

Dio landed gracefully with a backflip, shaking his head matter-of-factly: "No way! Memorie has to come keep me company! We old friends haven't seen each other in so long, we have to go back and have a chat tonight, right?"

Zhou Ke'er stroked his chin. He realized that Dio's real intention was not what he was protesting. He wasn't there to complain about whether there was a bed or where to sleep. He was probably just annoyed by Loyal's targeting during the day, so he was deliberately coming to cause trouble and mess with people's mentality.

After realizing this, Zhou Ke'er obediently kept quiet.

To be honest, he loves watching women argue and fight (whispering).

Watching Dior and Loyal confront each other, Zhou Ke'er was internally chanting, "Let's fight! Let's fight!" It was a pity there was no popcorn to eat.

Zhou Ke'er wanted to slack off, but Dio suddenly said to her, "Memories! Say something! You also want to have a heart-to-heart talk with your old friend and sleep side by side, don't you?"

Zhou Ke'er scratched her cheek, blinked, and gave an innocent look.

Fortunately, he didn't need to answer. Loyer stood up with a dark face and roared, "Sleep?! Is this the time to sleep? No more sleep! Pass down the order: the entire army prepares for a surprise attack tonight!"

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604. The Demon King?!

Of course, Loyer was just saying that in anger. Would he really let his demons, who had just set up camp and hadn't even had a chance to lie down for long, start marching again? That would be just being idle and would have the air of a tyrannical and incompetent ruler.

In the end, Zhou Ke'er ended up occupying the bed all by herself, while Luo Ye'er and Dio slept on the floor.

Nothing happened that night. Early the next morning, Loyer reorganized his army and continued their rapid advance toward the spatial rift.

Fortunately, there wasn't much of the journey left anyway, and setting up camp here last night was just to leave a buffer distance—we couldn't exactly camp right up to each other's faces, could we? That would be too arrogant.

The morning sunlight gradually deepened the blood-red hue, the intense yet utterly devoid of warmth as it spread down.

The spatial rift is already visible.

The Demon King's army camp outside the spatial rift was deserted, seemingly still half asleep. Strangely, there weren't even any soldiers patrolling or on duty outside the camp.

Zhou Ke'er felt something was amiss and secretly mentioned it to Luo Ye'er.

Loyer agreed with Zhou Ke'er, so he immediately sent a small team of scouts to check the situation at the camp, while they themselves stopped and waited for a while.

But to their surprise, as time passed by, even though the journey would have been long enough for two round trips, the scouts still hadn't returned.

Loyer finally realized something was wrong and immediately summoned Oz. After discussing the matter, they dispatched two scout teams. One team went to the Demon King's camp to check the situation, while the other team followed behind, keeping a close eye on the first team and returning to report immediately if anything went wrong.

In the end, neither of the two teams returned; they both vanished without a trace, leaving no trace.

Loyer now truly realized the seriousness of the situation; the Demon King's camp was definitely a major problem, and it seemed like they were luring him into a trap.

But there was no other way; it was clearly impossible not to go because of this. Loyer immediately prepared his troops and headed straight for the camp.

The closer they got, the more Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but frown slightly—Dio was the same; they were both extremely sensitive to the supernatural, and could sense the overwhelming evil aura emanating from the camp from such a great distance, without even trying to suppress it.

This level of malevolence... could it be that the Demon King, whose body has been possessed, has come in person? This is even more powerful than the malevolent king Zhou Ke'er encountered in the capital of Wright. Both the quantity and purity of the malevolence are far superior.

However, for Zhou Ke'er, it wasn't so many that they were impossible to contend with—the main problem was that the evil beings that possessed the bodies of demons were different from those that possessed the bodies of humans. The king himself had no real strength other than the evil beings; at most, he knew some swordsmanship, but he had never used it.

But if it's the Demon King, it's a different story. He doesn't need to use evil magic, and Zhou Ke'er probably already can't beat him—if the opponent only uses evil magic, Zhou Ke'er might still have a chance.

This is going to be a problem.

Ignoring Dio's repeated glances urging her to "Run quickly! Otherwise we'll all die here!", Zhou Ke'er followed behind Luo Ye'er and sped towards the camp.

Dio was internally frantic, but on the surface she remained calm and composed—after all, she could be afraid, but she couldn't let others know she was afraid; she had to maintain her composure.

Seeing this scene, she simply couldn't bring herself to speak. Was she, Dio, supposed to say something about running away in front of this bunch of little buns?! Absolutely not!

So she followed Loyal's troops and plunged into the Demon King's camp.

Strangely, everything was fine outside, but as soon as we entered the camp, a thick fog began to roll in, making it almost impossible to see our own hands.

Loyal initially thought that a demon was using magic in the dark, but he couldn't detect any magical energy in the thick fog, so he had to give up for the time being.

However, both Zhou Ke'er and Dio could sense that the thick fog was basically composed of solidified, almost tangible, evil energy. It was so arrogant that it released the evil energy outwards, even covering the entire camp... Clearly, it was extremely confident in its own strength.

This also means that Loyal and his group's every move is now being clearly perceived through these evil entities.

Zhou Ke'er's right pupil instantly became a double pupil, with faint words appearing within it, but they were extremely blurry and constantly shifting. All colors around her were stripped away, turning into black and white in Zhou Ke'er's eyes—no, not black and white, but pitch black and dark gray, which allowed her to only vaguely see the outlines of objects.

The Azure Sword had long since appeared in his hand, gripped tightly.

This is because this is a Western fantasy setting. If it were a fantasy setting... Zhou Ke'er would have directly used the Smoke-Smoke Technique, which would have killed most cultivators. They wouldn't be in such a passive position now.

If you can defeat your opponent, who needs to rely on strength?

Loyer led his army cautiously forward through the thick fog, and after some searching, they came to an open space—Zhou Ke'er could tell that this was actually the result of being guided.

Before Loyer could issue any more orders, the thick fog in the center of the open space suddenly dissipated.

For some reason, there was a high platform in the center of the open space, with a chair that looked like a throne on it, and a figure was sitting upright on it.

The moment Zhou Ke'er saw the man's face clearly, Luo Ye'er, standing beside her, widened her eyes in disbelief and exclaimed, "Father?! This...how is this possible?!"

The other demons in the group also became restless, and even several high-ranking demons couldn't help but show surprise.

Seated on the throne was none other than their long-lost former Demon King. His complexion showed no signs of decline; on the contrary, he appeared vigorous, and the demonic energy flowing around him demonstrated his formidable strength.

The moment Zhou Ke'er saw this guy, her immediate thought was: Run! I can't possibly beat this guy! I have to run!

It's not because of any evil influence; this guy's strength is simply that great. Even the strongest human Zhou Ke'er has ever seen, Theon, is far inferior to him... In fact, even the Green Dragon that killed Theon wouldn't last more than a few rounds against this guy... This is the Demon King, the ruler of the Demon Realm!

No matter how you look at it, this guy should be the kind of boss that appears in the very late game, someone who should gather a massive army and countless players to storm the tower and push it down. How come he's here so early?!

For Loyal and his men, the sudden reappearance of their supposedly dead leader in the enemy camp was something they simply couldn't comprehend.

Then, the demon king narrowed his eyes and said in a solemn voice, "My daughter, can you tell your father... why did you plot rebellion?"

A strange fluctuation followed his words, as if having a hypnotic effect. Without exception, Loyer and all the demons under his command went limp and fell to the ground, falling into a coma.

Only Zhou Ke'er and Dior remained standing.

Zhou Ke'er looked around, and then...

He also fell to the ground, pretending to faint.

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605. What does it mean to be eloquent and persuasive?

Dior stared in shock at Zhou Ke'er, who had fallen to the ground alongside him. "Damn it! You damn little bread, you're not behaving yourself!"

He cursed inwardly, but Dio still didn't expose Zhou Ke'er's clumsy acting. He just stared at the Demon King with a wary look on his face.

Unexpectedly, the Demon King ignored her. Instead, he stood up, flew down to Zhou Ke'er, looked down at her who was pretending to be unconscious, and asked with a hint of surprise, "Are you one of our kind? Why did you suddenly come to the Demon Realm? Didn't the covenant clearly stipulate that the Demon Realm was assigned to me? Or do you want to break the covenant?!"

This demon king seems to regard Zhou Ke'er as an evil entity in disguise—and it does seem to be true. This "Lan Yanran" body is inanimate, and Zhou Ke'er has taken over this body, filling it with her own evil... It does seem to look quite similar to how this evil entity took over the demon king's body.

No wonder they were mistaken for one of our kind.

Since the other party was practically right up to her and asking, Zhou Ke'er couldn't keep pretending to be unconscious any longer. She had no choice but to get up, dust herself off, and after a couple of seconds of hesitation, she replied with a helpless expression, "No, I came to the Demon Realm this time because I have something important to tell you, and I also need your help. I was just pretending to be unconscious to verify whether you are still you."

The Demon King looked completely bewildered. "I haven't been to the Central Continent in a long time. Has the language system changed there? I can't understand what you're saying."

Great, he's taken the bait. As long as he's willing to ask questions, there won't be any problems.

Zhou Ke'er shrugged and said, "It's like this—you've been in the Demon Realm all this time, so you might not know, but recently, for some reason, people of our kind have been coming to us from other worlds. Naturally, they don't care about the alliance we made. As soon as they see us, they only think about devouring us and taking our place."

I was happily reigning as king, but because of them, I was forced to change bodies and flee to the Demon Realm. I pretended to faint just now because I was afraid you'd encounter the same situation as me, being usurped by your own kind.

Upon hearing this, the Demon King frowned deeply—the evil beings who had come to this world and lived there for so long had indeed begun to adopt some of the same ways of thinking as the native creatures.

If it were a normal evil entity, it would probably just think: Isn't it perfectly normal for evil entities to devour other evil entities? You were defeated because you were simply outmatched, and being devoured is a normal occurrence. Now you're fleeing in disarray and coming to me for help? Well, I should thank you for the package you delivered and, while I'm at it, devour you too?

But they would think more deeply, such as: how many evil beings have come to this world? Could this situation lead to the breakdown of their alliance? If the alliance breaks down, could it prompt a group of evil beings to attack the Demon Realm because they have lost their territory, attempting to seize its land...?

Don't be fooled by his imposing presence in front of Zhou Ke'er. Among the evil beings who formed the alliance, while he ranks high, he's not actually the strongest. The powerful evil beings agreed to sign the contract only because the situation was clear at the time: anyone who tried to monopolize everything and oppress their own kind would be attacked by the remaining evil beings.

But in the current situation, once everything falls into chaos, it will be the perfect time for them to fish in troubled waters—after all, the evil beings are already struggling to protect themselves and are preoccupied with trivial matters, making it difficult for them to launch a coordinated attack.

In this way, those powerful evil entities can take advantage of the situation without any worries...

No, this situation is very disadvantageous for him.

However, he did not show these emotions openly, but continued to ask, "If that's the case, why did you choose to come here? Aren't you afraid that I might also be unable to resist devouring you?"

Zhou Ke'er's lips curled slightly as she answered earnestly, "It's very simple. First... I'm using this body's identity to serve as an envoy in the human alliance. At this time, the Central Continent is in the midst of a great disaster due to the invasion of those of our kind. Humanity feels that we can't continue to suffer losses like this, and we should unite all species in our world to fight against those foreign invaders."

Therefore, I was sent to negotiate peace with the demons, to temporarily halt the war and unite against a common enemy. It is thanks to this opportunity that I can inform you of this matter. I will also be traveling to other countries and regions, where I will inform them of this as well.

As for why I'm not afraid of you devouring me..."

Zhou Ke'er paused here, her eyes narrowing slightly as she said, "We are still bound by an alliance. After we work together to deal with those who come later, we can continue to maintain the alliance and avoid any major trouble. But if you devour me here, then this alliance will be completely broken and become nothing but empty words. You will become the first to break the alliance, and I believe you are not foolish enough to do such a thing."

The Demon King narrowed his eyes and gave Zhou Ke'er a deep look. He had to admit that what she said made some sense. Similarly, he hadn't even thought about verifying her identity.

Furthermore, there's no way to verify it. To discern the identity of an evil entity, one would need to know its specific energy frequency. But during an alliance, wouldn't exchanging energy frequencies be suicidal? Even if one doesn't verify it from the root, but merely probes by asking about events that occurred during the alliance... even he himself only remembers a few leading or powerful evil entities. He can't even remember the minor, insignificant figures, so how could he possibly ask others?

Therefore, when Zhou Ke'er spoke of the previous alliance as if it were a matter of course, he no longer doubted the authenticity of Zhou Ke'er's identity.

Dio, standing to the side, was completely bewildered. He had no idea what Zhou Ke'er and the Demon King were talking about, but it seemed like the two of them had formed some kind of alliance with someone else.

"...That makes some sense."

The Demon King pondered for a long time before nodding and saying, "I will go to the Central Continent to investigate in a few days. In that case, you can leave the Demon Realm now and go to inform the next one. But these demons must stay."

Zhou Ke'er shook her head: "Since I was sent here to form an alliance, I must achieve certain results before I can go back and report. Otherwise, I won't be qualified to continue serving as an envoy to other countries or regions. So, either you send someone back with me personally to confirm that humans and demons have formed an alliance, or you let me take these demons with me—I'll go back and report that although the Demon King's army hasn't allied with us, there is such a demon army..."