Just a magical girl who picks up trash

For a moment, his eyes seemed to waver, but Yu Huan quickly covered it up. As his divergent thoughts suddenly returned, the witch, Miss Fox Chu Rou, bowed politely to the three of them and then spoke in a calm, respectful tone:

"Nice to meet you. My name is Hu Churou. I have requested to be the attendant of Her Majesty Yuhuan, the goddess of time. I would like to greet you, Chief Xia Yu, the Beast God!"

As a former leftover woman, and dressed in such an obvious shrine maiden outfit, honestly speaking, even without guessing, just complaining about Yu Huan, one would want to say that the other party's "prophecy" ability is obviously better than that of the "saint" just now, so it is not surprising that she can call out Xia Yu's name and address Sang as soon as she opens her mouth.

And to be honest, although she didn't care much about the so-called etiquette, compared with Hu Die's attitude, it was obvious that Hu Churou's attitude at this moment was undoubtedly much more pleasing, especially when the other party claimed to be Yu Huan's "attendant". It was obvious that the vigilance in Xia Yu's eyes had dissipated, and even Sang's gaze towards her was no longer sharp.

Although strictly speaking, Yu Huan, the person involved, said that he seemed not to have agreed to the other party yet.

But okay, the other party didn't really call himself his attendant, but said that he "requested it on his own initiative", which means he is still in the "applying" process, so there is nothing wrong with this self-introduction.

I don't know why, but today's urge to complain seems to be particularly strong. Yu Huan's mind is always so divergent thinking about these random things, so that his mental power has been dispersed several times. After a while, it gradually returned. After immediately hugging Sang back, he also nodded at Xia Yu:

"Don't worry, he's not an enemy, but rather a partner I might need for future actions!"

The smiling words immediately made Xia Yu nod. After retracting his gaze, he walked back behind Yu Huan as a matter of course and stood there like a guard.

Obviously different from Yu Huan's "harem", Xia Yu has a very clear understanding of her own position: she is a member of the future Tianyu Army, and Yu Huan is also her savior and master. Her duty is undoubtedly to dedicate her and the cat clan's lifelong loyalty to him, and to exist as his guard, sword, and shield!

Of course, this is from a public perspective, but as for private aspects...you have to know that this is your brother-in-law, and as an older sister, you naturally have to protect him well!

...Well, regardless of what position Xia Yu gave himself, Yu Huan was obviously used to the other party's behavior so he didn't say much. Just do whatever you want.

Therefore, his eyes immediately turned to Hu Churou in front of him. Yu Huan seemed to think about where to start the conversation, and then he said with a little confusion:

"Compared to all that nonsense, what I want to know most right now is this: We've clearly never met before, so why on earth did you treat me as your 'master' the moment you saw your former saint, who is also the leader of the fox tribe?!"

When Long Aotian wants to recruit a younger brother, he has to show his arrogance and dominance to make everyone submit to him. Although I am a goddess, I have never shown any dignity as a "goddess" since I came to the Demon Realm. In this case, Yu Huan doesn't believe that he can make such a beautiful girl with such perfect temperament willingly become his "subordinate"!

In response to Yu Huan's words, Xia Yu behind him also looked at Hu Qingrou in front of him with some surprise.

The leader of the fox clan, the former saint, to be honest, no matter which of these two identities she had, not to mention her past self, she would have to look up to or even worship as a legend. Even now, she still has respect for such an existence in her heart.

For now, let's not talk about the Saint who is the successor of the prophet. Even if she is just the former Saint, she represents someone who has touched the status of "prophet". Her respect is naturally needless to say. Just talking about her identity as the leader of the fox tribe...

You have to know that the Fox Tribe is qualified to participate in the Prophet's Council, and is a powerful race that is not much inferior to the Lion Tribe and the Tiger Tribe. As the leader of such a race, according to Yu Huan's previous words, he actually came over and recognized a human being, a human he had never seen before, as his "master"...

To be honest, even though he knew that this person was Yu Huan, a goddess, and the mayor of Tianyu City, this obviously did not prevent Xia Yu from showing an extremely shocked look and his heart was trembling wildly.

Of course, she didn't care how her heart was trembling. At this moment, Xia Yu still remembered her responsibilities and didn't show much of it. Instead, she stood there motionless without any intention of interrupting. After all, this was Yu Huan's business. Unless Yu Huan asked her, she had no right to express her opinion at will!

Well, the above is Xia Yu's own understanding, and if Yu Huan knew that the other party had such thoughts... believe me, she would definitely contact the other party's sister as soon as possible, and then let her "teach her rigid sister" what "freedom of speech" means.

I believe that when facing his own sister, this sister-con clan leader should change!

Of course, these are all things that happened later. At least for now, Yu Huan's attention has been attracted by Hu Qingrou in front of him. He just stared at her and waited for her answer.

Hu Qingrou was silent for a while before she spoke softly, using a calm and soothing tone like a gentle breeze:

"If you want to know why, it's actually very simple!"

"Because you are my master, from the beginning to the end!"

"And if you want to trace this back, then the answer I can give you is: from the day I was born until... the moment I die!"

122. The Time Has Come

From birth to death...to be honest, this span is obviously a bit too long!

When hearing Hu Churou say this, not to mention Yu Huan and Xia Yu, even Sang, who was originally nestled in her arms and playing with Yu Huan's silver hair, even raised his head and looked at Hu Churou with some curiosity.

No one present thought that Hu Qingrou was lying. Even after activating his "ability", Yu Huan could not find even the slightest trace of lying in the other party.

But the question is... why?

To be honest, Yu Huan had never seen the other party, let alone heard of the name "Hu Churou", so why on earth did the other party have such...loyal faith in him?

Such doubt was clearly revealed in Yu Huan's eyes, and he looked at the girl in front of him with even more doubt. The girl's response was as calm as ever.

In this quiet atmosphere, Yu Huan seemed to be at a loss for words and scratched his head helplessly. While he was thinking about how to continue the topic, the next second, the words came out of his mouth without thinking:

"Uh... please start your story!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

“…Pah~~”

The sound of a slap hitting his face rang out. To be honest, he said that without thinking, especially in such a serious occasion. If you ask Yu Huan what he was thinking, there was undoubtedly only one answer: he wanted to find a hole to crawl into immediately!

It's so damn embarrassing!

Not to mention her, even Sang in his arms and Xia Yu behind him did not seem to have expected that Yu Huan could actually say such words in such a serious atmosphere. They were both shocked.

Xia Yu even rolled his eyes without any manner, and Sang was even more direct... He reached out and pinched Yu Huan's covered cheeks and pulled them hard to both sides, as if punishing Yu Huan for his thoughtless words.

However, facing Yu Huan's nonsensical words, Hu Churou, who was already kneeling opposite him, nodded calmly and even responded:

"Yes!"

"Ugh?"

Honestly speaking, this soft reply caused the three of them to make different noises at the same time... well, two of them. Sang couldn't speak, but he also looked at the other person in a daze.

Facing the three gazes, Hu Churou was extremely calm as she looked back at the three people with her watery eyes. Her calm gaze seemed to contain the clarity and boundlessness of a lake, and it also made people feel as if their whole mood had calmed down instantly.

At the moment, there was no nonsensical behavior. Sang once again curled up obediently in Yu Huan's arms, while Xia Yu continued to kneel quietly behind Yu Huan (I wrote it wrong before, I will correct it to say "standing" instead of "standing"). Yu Huan was also no longer as lazy as before, but sat upright and faced Hu Churou in front of him.

Of course, if she hadn't been holding Sang in her arms, her behavior would have seemed very serious and formal.

Chu Rou obviously didn't care about these foxes. After seeing that Yu Huan seemed to be prepared, she immediately began her own story... well, no, she began to explain herself!

(Regarding this point... well, I'm used to telling the story from the beginning, so... I'll talk about it in the next chapter!)

"Master Zishu, it's been a week. When are we going to attack Tianyu City?!"

In the vast desert, you can see scattered buildings, some tall, some leaning, appearing and disappearing in the golden sand. At the same time, accompanied by gusts of wind and sand, you can occasionally see one or two figures running wildly through the desert.

The Alliance Army’s temporary base is located in a dilapidated ruined city fifty miles outside Tianyu City.

Using the telescope in his hand, he looked towards the distant horizon, at the majestic city surrounded by a lush oasis. He had been here for more than a week, but the alliance army had not taken any action except sending some scouts to infiltrate Tianyu City. It was obvious that they had become impatient.

Now, it was unclear which faction had approached Zishu, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and asked him this question for the first time. Zishu's answer was just as calm and casual as before:

"almost!"

Yes, it’s almost there, the answer is still the same, it has always been the same answer, it was the same answer a week ago, and it’s still the same answer now!

"It's already the seventh day. When exactly do you mean by 'soon'?"

The voice of dissatisfaction finally came from the mouth of the captain from a certain technological city. After all, it was impossible for anyone to not feel a little angry after being perfunctorily treated with the meaningless word "soon" for a week.

You must know that silver is still spreading in the desert, and the spreading speed has even reached more than 70% of the detectable range of the entire desert. Many technological cities have even been destroyed because of this. Even the remaining forces like theirs have actually already been like a spent crossbow.

And in such a situation, why did they not think about solidarity and mutual assistance, but instead joined the alliance army to encircle and suppress Tianyu City?!

Isn't it just to be able to take over Tianyu City and use the opponent's Xiu Machiya and anti-silver technology to resist or even destroy those silvers?

But now the alliance forces have been here for seven days. During these seven days, except for some spies being continuously sent into Tianyu City, the Rat Tower Master has not taken any action.

Not only that, the spies have had no contact since entering Tianyu City. Even any technological or magical equipment that was installed on them lost any signal the moment they arrived in Tianyu City.

Although the entire Tianyu City looked like an ordinary city standing in an oasis, for some reason it gave these forces from all sides a feeling of being like a solid wall, making it impossible for them to break in.

At the same time, you have to know that during the time they are waiting, the situation on the mainland is changing all the time!

The erosion of silver has never stopped for a second, even though there is the mysterious technological product provided by Tianta City that can resist silver. However, under the almost endless and all-pervasive attack of silver, there are still constant reports of the fall of forces.

Naturally, some large and small forces from the alliance are indispensable among them. It is precisely because they received the news that a crisis has occurred in their own science and technology city that they are urging Zishu to send troops quickly.

Otherwise, even if they took over Tianyu City later, they probably wouldn't have the foundation to share the benefits of Tianyu City!

This situation has been going on for seven days since the coalition was formed and arrived here. Today, the leaders of various forces, who finally could not bear it any longer, found Zi Shu just like the person who just spoke, and expressed their attitudes strongly.

The alliance's original target was Tianyu City, but they had been keeping their troops idle for more than a week since arriving here. They were not fools, and neither was Tianyu City. No one would suspect the reason why such an army was stagnant outside their city. This was equivalent to giving the other party time to prepare.

Similarly, if the purpose of this week is to collect information about Tianyu City, then it can be barely justified. After all, the existence of Tianyu City is too mysterious, and so far no one has been able to figure out what kind of existence it is.

But after a week, not only was there no detailed information about the situation in Tianyu City, but even the mercenaries in the outer city were not known. This undoubtedly made these forces even more restless.

"Master Zishu Tower, please give us an explanation today, otherwise... it's time for us to withdraw from the alliance!"

The alliance was originally formed to stop the erosion of silver, thus forming an offensive and defensive alliance. However, now that even their own home is about to be lost, the existence of this alliance has obviously become dispensable. If they really withdraw from the alliance as the leader who spoke at this time said, then what will follow will definitely be a butterfly effect for one force after another.

By that time, even if Tianyu City has not taken any action, the alliance can be said to be dead in name only!

"..."

Regarding this situation, the two young men and girls standing beside Zishu who looked like followers were obviously different from Zishu's calmness. They also seemed a little impatient and wanted to say something, but they couldn't open their mouths at all as if they had received orders in advance. So the scene fell into silence and solemnity for a while, but at a certain moment, Zishu, who was originally smiling, suddenly brightened up.

"The time...has come!"

The man who had suffered a great loss due to carelessness in the ruins: Zishu, now the leader of the alliance, at this moment, the gentle smile on his face seemed to have finally disappeared, replaced by a smile full of excitement and joy. The sudden words immediately caused a stir among those around him. Zishu seemed to be oblivious to the others and simply spoke to the two figures behind him:

"Send the order, Tianta City... prepare to attack!"

The time has come... He only said these four words, but no one knew what this so-called time was. However, this obviously did not prevent the leaders of various forces from hearing clearly what Zi Shu said next.

Attack Tianyu City? Now?!

So what are you waiting for!

123. Assassination

In the Demon Realm, separated by each other are the orc tribes in the big forest and the magician's tower.

The Mage Tower was originally established not only to protect the Demon Realm from invasion by foreign beasts, but also to prevent the orcs in the forest from causing chaos.

Since the emergence of the barrier, a being named "Prophet" has appeared in the forest since some time ago.

This was both a good thing and a bad thing for the Mage Tower at that time!

The good news was that the orcs, who had previously acted like wild beasts and would occasionally harass the Mage Tower, stealing food or dying in the burning, killing, and looting, now had some so-called "rules" and "order." This was undoubtedly a good thing for the civilians in the Demon Realm at the time.

And the bad things also originated from this, because the orcs had rules and order, and they also had wisdom that was not inferior to the magicians in the Mage Tower. As a result, the original mentality of the orcs in the big forest as a group of "unreasonable beasts" gradually changed to a group of alien existences that "are not of my race, and their hearts must be different."

Of course, even if the so-called orcs have become smarter and understand self-governance and self-discipline, this does not mean that the conflict between the Mage Tower and the Great Forest will no longer exist.

The female orcs are naturally beautiful and slim, and their various attributes, in particular, are extremely attractive to lustful men.

Moreover, even among the male orcs, both their physical fitness and combat capabilities are among the best. If such creatures can be tamed and made into slaves, they will definitely be the best laborers and combatants.

The Orcs also had the same idea as some nobles in the Mage Tower... In their view, the creativity and wisdom of the human race, and most importantly, the amazing application of magic, were far beyond the reach of the Orcs. Therefore, if they could obtain such humans as slaves, it would undoubtedly be a huge help.

Add to that the beauty of the females among the orcs, and it's obvious that humans won't be any worse, right?

For this reason, even though the orcs have changed from wild beasts into a "tribe", it is obvious that the most fundamental contradiction between the two has not been resolved. At present, there is still an indelible hatred between the Great Forest and the Mage Tower.

It's just that the orcs are no longer as savage and ignorant as they used to be. With the passage of time and years of fighting with each other, in the end, because of the relationship between Tianta City and the rising science and technology city, the two sides gradually let go of their hatred for each other and united against the outside world when facing foreign enemies.

Of course, during the period of united front against foreign enemies, although the conflicts between the two tribes came to an end on the surface, the secret confrontations between them never ceased.

And if we were to say who is the most feared and loathed existence among the Orcs in the Mage Tower, then there is undoubtedly only one: that is the Prophet, the ruler of the Orcs!

The existence of the prophet led the orcs from disorder to order, from wild beasts that fought each other to the tribes they are today, and from the jungle where people fought each other and even hunted and devoured each other to the scene of peaceful coexistence among multiple tribes today.

It can be said that the current strength of the Orcs is entirely due to the efforts of generations of prophets. This is also the most fundamental reason why the prophets are worshipped as gods by the Orcs.

Of course, if it were just this, it wouldn't cause so much headache for the mages. What really gave them a headache was the prophet's unknown magical ability: foresight!

It was an ability that could be called a miracle, and this was not only recognized among the orcs, but was also known throughout the entire Demon Realm.

Since the catastrophe in the Demon Realm a thousand years ago, the Mage Tower, which suffered heavy losses, has been actively exploring and studying various powerful magics and their applications. With the continuous emergence of geniuses over the past thousand years, it has made considerable progress.

After nearly a thousand years of development, magic is now prevalent in the Demon Realm. Even the orcs have begun to gradually master the power of magic because of their contact with human merchants.

It can be said that it was after the great changes in the Demon Realm a thousand years ago that magic, which was already popular in the Demon Realm, became an indispensable existence in the lives of all people in the Demon Realm.

The magic system was gradually divided into various schools and branches in the continuous breakthroughs. Later, various types of magic, even self-created magic, appeared.

The various schools of magic that have been passed down to this day are so numerous that they cannot be counted. Even the most basic fire-based magic can be divided into at least hundreds of schools in terms of changes and systems. This shows how developed magic is in today's Demon Realm.

However, even so, if we were to say which aspect of magic research in the Demon Realm is the most sluggish or has made no progress, then it is undoubtedly only one: time!

The characteristics of space have begun to take shape after thousands of years of development. Although space magic is rare, many geniuses have challenged it over the past thousand years and have achieved different results.

But time is the only thing... it is a taboo, a blind spot that cannot be reached by magicians of any level, and even by tower masters of all generations. It is a mysterious power that is said to be mastered only by gods.

However, the Demon Realm has spent thousands of years trying to get even a glimpse of this power, and countless documents unearthed from the ruins have not found any trace of it. Even if there are records, they are only a general description of it, but there is no way to find the key to getting started.

It can be said that this kind of power that makes the entire Demon Realm helpless is in the hands of only one person... No, it is in the hands of an orc!