The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　The news that "the Demon King has returned from the underworld" spread like wildfire throughout the entire capital.

　The once bustling streets suddenly became desolate.

　Even those who had to go out for work wore their collars up, hats up, and hid their faces in their high collars and scarves.

　However, the capital was not under martial law.

　No official statement has come forward to confirm whether the information about the "Demon King returning from the Underworld" is true or false.

　The more the public needs a stance, the less the government should give that stance.

　The real test of skill is never in the open. This was the subject of numerous newspapers on Monday morning. But the core reason for allowing such coverage was that those crystal balls had already been distributed everywhere.

　Since public opinion was out of control, they decided to concentrate it all at once and detonate it all at once.

　This actually makes it easier to control the direction of public opinion.

　If the authorities can withstand the initial wave of public opinion, they only need to continue to play dead, and the impact of this matter will naturally be reduced to an acceptable level.

　After all, people need to earn money and make a living; they can't lock themselves in their rooms all day because of something that hasn't happened yet.

　As time passed and life gradually returned to normal, and the "Demon King" still had no further news, those "true and false" rumors naturally lost their meaning.

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　All of this depends on the premise that they can capture the "Demon King" before he reappears and plunge him back into silence!

　Pope Sith Saint Patricia was even looking forward to a direct confrontation with the "Demon King" before he completely aged!

　More than a decade ago, he might not have been a match for the "Demon King." But today, more than a decade later, standing on the wave of change, he has the confidence he didn't have back then.

　In fact, the "extinction of the demon race" also made a huge contribution to the rapid development of magic technology.

　The tide of change in an era is built upon a multitude of factors. However, even with the Holy Church's Inquisition mobilized in full force, they still found no information about the "Demon King" other than those few projections.

　"...

　The Holy Church's research on the "immortal demon king" is indeed profound. The moment they confirmed the "truth," they used every available method to pinpoint the demon king's location.

　But found nothing.

　Finally, with no other options left, they were forced to resort to the most primitive method: relying on intelligence gathering and manual searching to find the "Demon King's" location inch by inch.

　And this is not an isolated case.

　The Valkyries' forces are also using the same method to search for the whereabouts of the "Third Demon Lord".

　However, unlike the Holy Church, they clearly know that the "Third Demon King" was reincarnated after death, so the direction of their search is slightly different.

　However, the actual effect was no different.

　After all, they were still using the most primitive method, searching inch by inch. But they still found nothing.

　The entire search strategy lasted for an extremely long time.

　The only saving grace was that, although they gained nothing, not a single new piece of information about the "Third Demon King" emerged.

　Some of these messages did appear, but they were all eventually proven to be false or fabricated.

　Even at this critical juncture, some people will still do anything for profit.

　On the other hand...

　Prince Charles, who was assigned the important task of "maintaining stability" by the king, gradually became involved in the "search and capture" mission.

　The reason for this is that no new information about the "Demon King" has appeared. As the "stability maintenance" continued, the situation stabilized on its own.

　Now that he has come out, it is naturally impossible for him to go back.

　So, after discussing it with Noah Sharp, they decided to join the "hunt" mission.

　However, Prince Charles's search mission did not go smoothly. On his very first day joining the "search," he discovered remnants of the demon race hiding in the capital and nearly faced mortal danger.

　Fortunately, Noah Sharp was with him and arrived in time, saving his life.

　At the same time, the remnants of the demon race that he had discovered also fell into his hands.

　However, after the "interrogation," he discovered that the remnants of the demon race had no connection with the "Demon King," and their intention to hide in the capital had nothing to do with reasons such as "the revival of the demon race."

　The real reason why the remnants of the demon race hid in the capital was simply because they were "used to it".

　It is said that he had been in the capital before the war ended and had been hiding very well.

　After the war ended, he successfully evaded the thorough investigation, and even the Inquisition failed to discover his identity.

　If he hadn't been discovered by Prince Charles, he probably would have continued to live and reside in the capital as a "human" as before.

　In short, he was a harmless demon who had never done anything wrong.

　But a demon is a demon after all. It's one thing that he wasn't discovered.

　Now that he has been discovered, humanity cannot allow him to continue existing. Because, regardless of his true intentions, in the eyes of humanity, he will always be a ticking time bomb that could explode at any moment.

　The eldest prince Charles's discovery of a "time bomb" was reported and eventually delivered to King Austin.

　But after looking at it, the old king put it aside without making any further comments.

　Similarly, this did not stop Charles from continuing to participate in the "hunt" mission. And in missions involving His Highness the Crown Prince, Charles naturally became the leader of the entire team.

　He began a massive "hunt" for demons.

　So one by one, he dragged out the remnants of the demon race from the shadows.

　Those remnants of the demon race were no longer confined to the geographical area of ​​the "Royal Capital," but instead radiated outwards from the "Royal Capital," affecting an ever-expanding area.

　Throughout the kingdom, countless forces, large and small, conducted a search, and many of the remaining demons hiding within the kingdom were almost immediately discovered.

　This is closely related to the fact that the defenses against demons have become increasingly lax over the past decade.

　However, a closer inspection will reveal the truth.

　Ultimately, more than 50 percent of the demon remnants were discovered by Charles.

　Gradually, Prince Charles seemed to transform into a "demon nemesis." No matter how well-hidden the demons were, he could always find and expose them. This, ironically, became Prince Charles's greatest achievement over the years!

　The media and newspapers naturally followed suit, and at the official level, they also guided public opinion in accordance with this achievement.

　This will guide public opinion toward the "resurrection of the demon race".

　Suddenly, Prince Charles transformed into a "demon-slaying vanguard," making a strong impression in this incident.

　"The demons fabricated the resurrection of the Demon King, hoping to gather their remaining forces to restore their power." "But with me, Charles, here, the demons will never succeed in their restoration." He mentioned this more than once in public reports, clearly intending to annihilate the demons.

　His overly high profile caused a huge stir across the country. It seems that the public is only now becoming aware of this "always low-key" eldest prince.

　The remnants of the demon race, hiding in various places, were being relentlessly pursued and suddenly rose up, with more than one person attempting to assassinate him.

　Those assassinations were undeniably terrifying, but they were all discovered and prevented by Noah Sharp, who was by Charles's side, and the other twelve heroes.

　Some demons were killed on the spot.

　Some demons were arrested and captured alive.

　As time went on, he indeed "lured" out many demons.

　He risked his life, willingly becoming bait, and thus gained even more merit. In all his years as the eldest prince, he had never achieved more in just half a month.

　After all, capturing demons is a great achievement.

　The kingdom's persecution of the remnants of the demon race was most intense, especially that of the eldest prince, Charles. Even the Holy Church's Inquisition lost to Charles in this incident.

　However, the real unrest did not occur in the areas under Charles's control.

　One day, after receiving intelligence, a squad from the Inquisition stormed the underground hideout of the remnants of the demon race and triggered an "evil god ritual".

　That squad vanished without sending a single message in the underground base.

　It was only after another squad stationed outside the base reported the situation that the Holy Church discovered it.

　The age of the resurgence of the gods.

　Evil gods and wicked gods are also gods!

　Various summoning and sacrificial rituals are now noticeably more likely to elicit responses than in the past.

　However, "evil god rituals" are often cruel, evil, and twisted. Therefore, the "gods" summoned through sacrifice are naturally also cruel, twisted, and incomplete.

　They are indescribable, cannot be looked at directly, and lack intelligence.

　Rather than a "god," it was more like an unknown entity. And the remnants of the demon race who performed this "evil god ritual" were only two people!

　That's the scariest part.

　With just two people and in a relatively short amount of time, they summoned the mindless remnant of an evil god, causing unpredictable and enormous damage to the Holy Church.

　The loss of personnel in the Inquisition instantly served as a wake-up call. All factions immediately raised their vigilance against the demons to a new level. In order to eradicate that "evil god," the Holy Church even invoked its "protective artifact" to completely annihilate and purify it.

　However, the turmoil caused by that "evil god ritual" spread uncontrollably.

　Chaos and disorder suddenly sprang up everywhere like mushrooms after rain.

　A large part of those disturbances were not caused by the remnants of the demon race, as could be clearly seen.

　—There are always those who take advantage of the chaos to scheme for other purposes. Within half a month, unrest broke out everywhere. But all of this was just the beginning.

　Meanwhile, at St. Marian College.

　Dark had been learning about the kingdom's changes through his own channels. However, being within the academy, he couldn't possibly see the whole picture. Most of his intelligence came from the Duke's mansion, and his understanding of that intelligence was also influenced by the Duke's. He attributed the sudden rise of the eldest prince, Charles, to the influence of "imperial destiny."

　At the same time, it was also the first strike by the "Twelve Heroes". As for the entire search operation targeting the "Demon Clan".

　The saying goes, "Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts," let alone when the targets are people.

　The demon race, which are like natural enemies.

　He had absolutely no needless or excessive sympathy for the demons. But he analyzed the overall macro situation.

　This sudden, large-scale purge of the remnants of the demon race did indeed lack some prior preparation and behind-the-scenes planning.

　Otherwise, given the current strength of the three forces, they could easily take all aspects into account and minimize the potential turmoil caused by the remnants of the demon race.

　It even went so far as to keep the surrounding civilians completely unaware of it, leading to the situation as it is now.

　On one hand, there is St. Marian Academy, the instigator. On the other hand, there are three forces acting as the implementers.

　Among them, the royal forces, led by the eldest prince Charles, bear the greatest responsibility!

　Whether this matter is good or bad is far too early to judge.

　This is just from Dark's perspective.

　The entire search operation is gradually veering off course as one by one, remnants of the demonic rebels are apprehended.

　No faction has actually found any trace of the "Third Demon King"! What's the use of finding countless demons if the "Demon King" can't be found?

　As intelligence exchanges became more frequent, St. Marian Academy began to feel some pressure.

　Almost every day, Dark was required to summon two "Demon Kings" to sense the whereabouts of the "Third Demon King," but all attempts yielded nothing.

　But by mid-November, Dark had completed the initial creation of the "Golden Country Cavalry" golem.

　The process of creating golems is extremely complex and time-consuming. Moreover, before the process was standardized, alchemists could only develop and research golems by themselves.

　But Dark possesses magical spirits with whom he has a "telepathic" connection. Each magical spirit is his right and left hand.

　With the help of the magical spirits, he compressed the production time of each golem to the extreme.

　After numerous trials and errors, they managed to fix the flaws of the "Golden City Cavalry" golem within half a month, creating the first golem capable of fully activating all of the "Golden City Cavalry's" abilities.

　Then they refined and polished it, even making the speed and movements of the "Golden Country Cavalry" more agile and closer to real life.

　However, the number of Magical Spirit Cards that can be transformed using the "Curse Cage" can only ever be three.

　To transform the fourth successfully created "Golden Cavalry" golem into a magical spirit, you must remove one copy of the previous "Curse Cage: Golden Cavalry".

　The same situation also appears on all the "Golden City" series of magic cards.

　[I've been controlled by the god of sleep again.]

　[I dreamt of the God of Monthly Tickets.]

Chapter 1377 Darkdemon and the New Magic Regulations 2.0 (4k)

　Chapter 1377 Darkdemon and the New Magic Regulations 2.0 (4k)

　"Golden Land Gravedigger". "Golden Land Guardian". "Golden Land Cavalry". Three of each of these three magical spirits.