Don't confiscate my citizenship

"Phew, you're fine."

Thalia let go of her half-suspended heart.

After Lan Qi accepted the eternal punishment of immortality, he did not suffer any inhuman pain as expected, and even seemed to be very relaxed, as if there was no price.

But it was precisely this that prevented Talia from completely letting go.

I borrowed some things, but the time to pay them back hasn’t come yet.

"Let's look at the options first."

Lan Qi told Talia not to think too much, he would be fine, or in other words, if you want to reach a perfect ending, this is a necessary choice.

This time the options are all place names.

Since it was clear that Lancros would not sit here calmly, he was bound to go somewhere.

If you go to option A, Demon King Nekaris Castle, you must be looking for the help of Profanity Lord Melogas to jointly attack the Horning Empire.

If you choose option B, St. Trike, the capital of Horning, you should fast forward directly to the Blood Clan's lair to attack Blood Moon City.

Option C, Hansabek, is the province of the Horning Empire that had the most activity in the last simulation survey.

"First of all, we have ruled out looking for the blasphemous Lord Melogas. Although it would be safer to lead a group of big demons to sweep Blood Moon City, to be honest, time is limited. I have already used Immortal Punishment on myself, so there is no need to spend more time. Return to the Demon King's Castle and mobilize the big demons to help."

In this simulation, Lan Qi also understood why he could go to Demon King's City.

It is actually an alternative to "Use Immortal Punishment on Oneself".

If Lancross does not use immortal punishment on himself, he can also call on a group of big demons to assemble the strongest combat power available to attack Blood Moon City in an all-round way.

But doing so is not a sure win. Even if it succeeds, many big demons will be sacrificed in Blood Moon City. Once it fails, the foundation of the demon world will be shaken or even destroyed.

For Lanclos, Kaliela's kindness is not over at all. If he can bet on his own life, he will not bet on the fate of the country of the demons and the lives of the big demons and the blood clan.

So he would go to Blood Moon City alone to settle the matter.

"Since your condition will not decline, and we have more than five days, it seems that there is no need to rush directly to St. Trike to go directly to Blood Moon City. Instead, we can go to Hansabek Province first and continue to investigate the previous The investigation has not been completed yet?”

Thalia proposed to him.

She always felt that Kaliela might have seen more than what Lanqi saw in the last simulation before she died.

If Kaliela were to simulate it, she would know that she could not defeat Blood Moon City, so she would definitely choose a conservative strategy and investigate more information instead of raiding Blood Moon City.

Therefore, even if Kaliela only simulated it once, he might have seen more information than Lanqi knew.

At the end of the last simulation, Lan Qi chose to kill Blood Moon City and skipped many things that could have been investigated in Hansabek Province.

"no problem."

Lanqi and Talia had the same idea and chose to go to Hansabek Province.

Everything changes before my eyes.

He turned into a polar shadow and flew southward.

The surrounding scenery quickly retreated, and after an unknown amount of time, the sky became dim and bright again. He passed through the Demon Realm, the Land of Eternal Night, and the Saint Paulant Theocracy, spanning tens of thousands of kilometers. It was located in the south of the Saint Paulant Theocracy. The towering fortress city-state on the border appears in view.

You can have a panoramic view of the scattered streets and simple and heavy buildings.

[You passed the southernmost part of the Theocracy of Saint Paulante, the Iron Fortress Oberon, where preparations are being made for the fourth anniversary of the peaceful restoration of Seville with the border city-state of the Horning Empire. 】

[Continuing to the south, you enter the northern province of Herslein in the Horning Empire. 】

[At the border of the Horning Empire after the war, the cold winter sunshine shines on the main city covered with white snow, greenhouses, green vegetables and fruits, children running around, bustling markets and chambers of commerce square, winter The peace and joy of the festival are all vain in your eyes. 】

[You are just indifferent to it now. 】

This time, he marched quietly within the Horning Empire for a particularly long time.

He passed countless city-states and mountains and rivers along the way, and when his vision slowed down, it was already sunset.

Looking around, there are towering peaks all around, towering cliffs reaching into the sky, clouds and smoke lingering in the valleys, mountain winds howling, and a dark gray castle standing majestically on the top of the highest mountain.

[When you see the landmark of Lichtens Castle, you know that you have successfully arrived in the Hansabek Province in the north-central part of the Horning Empire. 】

[You have given up taking another look at your hometown of Brunswick, because you have more important things to do. 】

In the blink of an eye, he passed by the beautiful town of Lilem and the historic city-state of Solon.

[Based on the experience of your last dream, you came to the southern city of Viok. 】

[This time you have only one goal, and that is Blood Moon City, but during the period you decided to investigate the information related to the demon. 】

[You still can’t worry about the mother and son along the way. 】

[Maybe you can save them earlier. 】

night.

The blood moon hung high, and the cold moonlight covered the ground like satin.

Lan Qi carried the suitcase, avoided the knights patrolling the city, and arrived deep in the dense forest on the outskirts of the city.

[You move forward and pass through a dense forest in the southeast corner of the city suburbs. 】

suddenly.

A strange fishy smell wafted over, it was the smell of flesh and blood left by beasts being eaten.

[You look around and your eyes fall on a bush not far away. 】

[You approach the trees quietly. 】

[The cold wind is biting and the shadows of the trees are dancing. 】

[A red light appears in the darkness. 】

[The big and small demons are twisted and deformed, half human and half beast. They let out shrill screams mixed with giggles from their mouths, snuggling together. 】

[Perhaps they were still living a normal life in this city-state yesterday. The mother worked hard to bring up the child. Even if the life is a bit poor, the future is promising. The child will grow up, earn money and work, and make the family better. 】

[However, everything happened too fast, and the cruel catastrophe destroyed their lives into pieces. 】

[Unfortunately, they are hopeless. 】

The next second, Lan Qi pursed his lips tightly and turned his head. He stretched out his hand and dazzling fire burst out from the forest floor.

The tongues of fire licked, and the ashes drifted away.

There was only dead silence in the basin.

Everything returned to calm.

"Lan Qi, if there is a third simulation, don't come to this place next time."

Thalia understood that every time Lan Qi came here to see the demon mother and son, he could not save them and had to bury them personally. It was a kind of repeated torture for Lan Qi.

"If only it could be earlier..."

Lan Qi bit her lip.

"You know that there is little hope. They might have been turned into demons a day ago or even earlier. This is not a fact that you can change a few minutes or hours earlier."

Thalia reassured him.

According to the information they had previously obtained in Sauron City, there were rumors about the demon in Viok City about two days ago.

Even if this simulation is about a day early, there is no hope of preventing the established fact from happening.

"But the image description of the rumored demon is not similar to the demon mother and son."

Lan Qi frowned and said.

Therefore, we cannot rule out the possibility that there were other demons before this mother and son. If that were the case, we might have been able to save them if we arrived today.

[You are unwilling, but you have to accept the reality. 】

The surrounding trees began to twist, and the words of the Mirror of Tiberius appeared on the trunks of the big trees.

【You will choose next:】

【A. Hunting monsters along the road】

【B. Go straight to the capital】

【C.Continue investigation】

[D. Personal intervention]

[Remaining life: 3 days, 22 hours and 16 minutes]

"There is still plenty of time this time, and your condition will not be weak anymore. We should still have one round to obtain information before going to the capital, so let's choose the third option this time and continue the investigation, right?"

Thalia suggested.

The purpose of the last simulation was to understand the idea, and also to ensure that I could get to Blood Moon City to fight with the vampires and reveal the truth, so I chose to go straight to the capital.

But this time it was different. They had already mastered the information they could get from going to Bloodmoon City for the decisive battle. In contrast, there were still hidden mysteries on the demon side.

"I think that if we continue to investigate, there is a high probability that we will not be able to find any cause and effect. If such incidents of civilians being transformed into demons are happening everywhere, but everywhere it is like a stone falling into a deep pool without making any sound, It means that all the information you see may be what someone wants you to see.”

Lan Qi's gaze moved upward.

Put it on the option of hunting monsters along the way.

"You mean... residents who have become demons have probably had their information wiped out in advance, and there are forces manipulating the rules of the game?"

Thalia somewhat understood what Lan Qi meant.

"Yes, if we continue to stay here to investigate, we are more likely to expose ourselves. On the contrary, as long as we hunt demons along the road, the truth will find us. Those guys will never sit back and ignore variables like ours."

Lan Qi replied affirmatively.

"If the guy who wants to deal with us comes to kill us, the truth will naturally be revealed. As long as we don't die, we will definitely see the truth."

Thalia understood.

Originally this was supposed to be a gambler's idea, but Lan Qi is now invincible. No matter how powerful the enemy's killer is, it is impossible to kill him, so he is betting on a sure win.

Lan Qi has now chosen the first option.

Hunt monsters along the way.

[You start to continue going south. As long as you hear news about the devil along the way, you will take action to deal with the devil. 】

[The reputation of "Demon Hunter Randall" spread quickly. 】

[Originally, you were supposed to be a knight praised by people. 】

[Something beyond common sense happened. 】

The south-central part of the Horning Empire, the province of Thalberg, and the city of Salzburg.

Thick mist spreads over the cobbled streets, shrouding this ancient city like a heavy blanket.

The humid air was filled with a musty smell, mixed with the faint aroma from the bakery in the distance.

A man in a brown cloak emerged from the fog, his leather boots looking like a ghost on the stone road, not breaking the silence of the morning at all.

The man looked like a traveling trader and was carrying a suitcase.

He walked slowly to the center of the square and stopped in front of a huge wanted poster.

The dim street lights illuminated the wanted poster, which was written in eye-catching black ink:

"Wanted: Randall Reinhardt"

"This office has learned that a dangerous person who calls himself "Demon Hunter" is running rampant in the central province of the empire. This person creates demons, kills innocent people, and has no conscience. Randall Reinhardt, male, 29 years old, height About 6 feet tall, strong build, brown hair and green eyes."

"It is reported that this person is good at deceiving people and has great magical powers. If there are any relevant clues, be sure to report it to the local garrison immediately. Remember, this person is extremely dangerous and must not be acted upon rashly!"

"announce."

"Governor of Thalberg: Konrad Hofmann"

"December 28, 614 Imperial Calendar"

Lan Qi, dressed as a merchant, stared at the wanted poster with a frown.

He looked around. There was no one in the square, only fog rolling under the street lights.

A cool breeze blew, rolling up the dead leaves on the ground, making a rustling sound.

He took a deep breath, turned and left, his cloak fluttering behind him, disappearing in the thick fog.

[You helped local residents hunt demons, and then you began to be wanted on a larger and larger scale. Various provinces claimed that you were creating demons. ]

[You finally confirmed the current situation of the Horning Empire. ]

"You are obviously a demon hunter, how come you became the black hand who created demons the next day?"

Talia said indignantly.

"It can only be said that the Horning Empire is not clean from the capital to the provinces."

Lan Qi replied, as if he had expected the worst.

[The government of the Horning Empire is not actively responding to the disaster of demons. On the contrary, they are the real leaders. 】

If anyone finds any clues of the demon.

There are only two possibilities. The weaker one will be directly turned into a demon, and the stronger one will be slandered as the culprit who created the demon.

Anyway, whoever hunts demons will always have demons where they appear. This does not seem like a coincidence, and it is easy to convince people that it is related to demons.

The blood clan controls the government and media of the Horning Empire, and it is easy to say that white is black and black is white.

The perspective becomes clear from the fog.

The merchant came to a hotel called the Golden Horn in Salzburg.

The three-story wooden structure building has a dark brown exterior wall and a rusty sign hanging at the door with a golden ram's horn painted on it.

He pushed open the heavy oak door and walked into the dim hall.

The boss looked up from behind the front desk and looked at the guest with suspicion.

The merchant took out a few Horning silver coins and put them on the table, and asked for a room on the top floor.

The boss narrowed his eyes, counted the silver coins, then took a copper key from the key plate behind him and handed it to the merchant.

The merchant walked up the creaking wooden stairs and came to the room at the end of the corridor on the top floor.

He opened the door with the key, walked into the room quickly, and then closed the door.

He walked to the window and pulled the heavy dark green curtains, and the room suddenly became dim.

The merchant lit the oil lamp on the table, and the warm yellow light illuminated a corner of the room.

He took off his cloak, hung it on the coat rack, and then put the suitcase on the desk.

"I collected a lot of demon body tissues along the way."

He opened the suitcase, and there were more than a dozen glass bottles and jars neatly arranged inside. Each bottle was soaked with different tissue samples, some looked like internal organs, and some looked like skin or muscle tissue.

He took out a glass jar with an eyeball from the suitcase and held it up to the light for a closer look.

This eyeball was much larger than that of an ordinary human eyeball, with an iris of a strange purple color and a vertical pupil like a snake eye.

The merchant frowned, put the eyeball back into the jar, and then picked up a bottle of gray tissue.

He studied the body tissues of these demons with great concentration, using a magnifying glass to observe, using tweezers and a scalpel to carefully separate different tissues, and recording his findings in a notebook. Occasionally, he would stop, dip a feather pen into the liquid in the bottle, and draw complex runes and patterns on a piece of parchment.

[You studied the body of the demon and found that it did not undergo any surgical traces similar to the ones in the Horning Empire's test field. Instead, it was as if it had been poisoned by an invisible poison and was easily transformed into a demon. ]

[You cannot determine the principle of the demon's transformation. It may be a new type of improved technology. Even you, a survivor who has personally experienced the transformation of the Horning Empire's test field, cannot distinguish the cause and effect. ]

[No matter which town you go to, you cannot detect the demons hidden among humans. You can't tell the difference at all, as if they are all demons, but you know that this is obviously impossible. 】

"Unfortunately, I'm not good at this. Lanclos didn't seem to have much time to study these in his short decades."

Lanqi couldn't figure it out.

"I can't see what's going on either."

Talia observed from Lanqi's perspective.

Although Lanqi said that she was a talented woman in the demon world, she had her own expertise. She didn't dabble in these demon clan taboo transformation experiments. Antanas, who used to be a doctor in the demon world, and Pranay, who was a scholar, might know more about this than her.

"Perhaps only those demons who like to study taboo transformation magic the most in the current demon world can find some clues."

Talia sighed.

But now there is no time to bring the body of the demon back to the demon world.

The Horning Empire is at the southernmost end of the continental territory, and the demon world is in the north. Even if it is now the ninth level, the little time left cannot be used to travel back and forth like this.

"In fact, there is no need to think about bringing it back to the demon world. First, there is no time, and second, just go to Saint Trik to ask."

Lanqi was not disappointed with the results of the investigation.

New words of the Mirror of Tiberius also floated on the glass bottles he looked at.

[Although you have gained something, your intelligence collection has reached a bottleneck, and you are getting closer to the southern capital of St. Trique. ]

[What will you choose next:]

[A. Attack the governor]

[B. Go straight to the capital]

[C. Continue investigating]

[D. Intervene personally]

[Life remaining: 2 days, 19 hours, and 55 minutes]

"Lan Qi, are you going to take over the Governor's Palace of Talberg Province directly?"

Thalia was eager to try.

The ninth-level Pope St. Paulante can do whatever he wants.

This was a freedom she had never experienced before.

"It's okay, but there are only more than two days left. This may be the penultimate choice for this simulation. Let's go directly to St. Trike."

Lan Qi did not want to cause too much trouble in the southern province of Talberg and alarm the vampires in the capital city of St. Trik.

Therefore, even the whereabouts of "Traveling Merchant Randall" have been low-key in the past two days, and he has not shown any strength beyond the sixth level.

"We elbow!"

Thalia can't wait to go to Bloodmoon City.

After Lan Qi touched the demonic characters in the glass bottle, the sky suddenly became dark and bright.

Lan Qi once again felt the sudden changes in the things around him, and continued flying south for a long time.

Until a day and night later.

He arrived at Saint Trique, the southernmost capital of the Horning Empire.

In the dim light of the morning light, the entire capital city of St. Trinique slowly unfolds like a beautiful picture.

Looking down from a high place, you can see the winding Rhine River dividing the city in two like a shining ribbon, and the reflection of the rising sun on the river is particularly dazzling.

Along the river bank, St. Trike's Cathedral, which Lanclos had seen in his dream, stood majestically in the morning light. In the nearby Horning Imperial Square, early risers were strolling and chatting, enjoying the quiet morning time.

On the south bank of the river, the iconic Moonlight Tower reaches straight into the sky. The observation deck on the top of the tower looks particularly magnificent when the sun rises, and the tower body is coated with a layer of gold.

[After arriving in the capital city of St. Trike, you arrived at the human realm on the north shore, and the south shore is your final destination. 】

[You did not rush to the South Bank, but found the streets of the North Bank last time. 】

[Here, you have captured a space node that leads to Blood Moon City. 】

[You wait for the vampires to find you, repeating everything from the previous week, interviewing the residents of St. Trike on the street, and asking the same questions. 】

"The vampires have been protecting us. Demons have nothing to be afraid of, haha."

The pedestrian on the road replied.

[When you mention Majin, the citizens respond to you so positively and kindly. 】

["Is this really how you view vampires?\