Another World: The Failed Magician

Zhang Yu got up and walked to the door. He opened the door and exchanged an awkward glance with the other adventurers outside before saying, "It's all a misunderstanding. This Mr. Lu is one of us. You can go about your business. I need to talk to Mr. Lu about something."

The adventurers left the doorway with a mixture of embarrassment and confusion.

Seeing that the adventurers had all left, Zhang Yu closed the door again, sat down, and said apologetically to Lu Xuan, "Mr. Lu, please sit down. Please forgive me, but these are special times, and it's always good to be cautious."

"President, you've mentioned this many times since I arrived here. Were you able to explain why we're in such a special period?"

"Mr. Lu, as you know, His Majesty is bedridden and the Crown Prince is in power. Several princes are also eager to make their move. The entire Eastern Dragon Empire is on the verge of a storm!"

Hearing this, Lu Xuan frowned in confusion. He knew this information, but what did it have to do with the strange phenomenon in Huaisong County?

Seeing Lu Xuan's confusion, Zhang Yu continued, "Right now, the entire court is vying for power and profit. The court can't possibly care about small places like ours. And just at this time, an organization suddenly appeared in our Southern Territory. They are ruthlessly reaping lives to activate the demonic seed. Our Southern Territory Adventurers' Guild has been overwhelmed by them. That's why our people chose to follow you the moment they saw you."

Upon hearing Zhang Yu mention the word "Demon Seed," Lu Xuan's previously calm expression gradually turned serious. At the same time, he recalled the information about the Demon Seed in his mind.

At the end of the war against demons thousands of years ago, heroes of various races worked together to destroy the demon god. The demon god's power was transformed into eight demon seeds. The heroes realized that they could not destroy the demon seeds, so they settled for sealing them away.

However, over the long period of time, three demon seeds have been unsealed, and two of them are now in the hands of the current Demon King, while the whereabouts of the third one remains unknown.

The Demon Seed is very special. First, activating it requires a huge amount of life energy. Second, it requires the bloodline of the Demon Royal Family to withstand it. In history, people of other races have attempted to be infected with the Demon Seed, and their final fates were all very tragic.

Thinking of this, Lu Xuan asked with a question in his mind, "How much do you know about that organization now?"

Zhang Yu said with some helplessness, "We know very little about that organization now. We don't even know its name. Several times when we caught their members, they committed suicide before we even had a chance to interrogate them."

"Then how do you know they were killing people to activate the demonic seed?"

"We detected the unique aura of the Demon Seed at several locations, leading us to conclude that the organization's purpose in the massacre was to activate the Demon Seed."

"Didn't the Zhenhai Customs handle this matter?"

Zhang Yu said with a somewhat grim expression, "We have already informed Zhenhaiguan and the imperial court about this matter, but it's like throwing a stone into the sea. We have no choice but to join forces with the adventurers' guild in the southern border and several nearby counties to investigate that organization."

After pondering for a moment, Lu Xuan said, "I want to know what the connection is between these matters and the Sword Forging Manor and Li Mingxu?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yu said with some sadness, "Li Mingxu is the one who took the lead. He is the one who brought us together. So we suspect that the tragedy that happened at the Sword Casting Manor was revenge against him by that organization."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan frowned even more. It seemed that the clues to the Sword Forging Manor had run dry here once again.