Chapter 903: So It Was You All Causing Trouble
"Keep making things up?"
"I knew you wouldn't believe me, but I know the Demon King's true form. Not many people outside know what the boss actually looks like, right?"
"Oh?"
Silvia's gaze sharpened, her attention shifting to Kazuma.
"A super handsome man! I'm not wrong, am I?"
"You actually know?"
Kazuma's confident testimony finally shocked Silvia.
Indeed, in Silvia's heart, although that Demon King was a complete scoundrel, he was undoubtedly the world's most handsome man!
Every time she recalled the Demon King's transcendent charm, her heart would flutter uncontrollably.
Just by telling her the Demon King was a super handsome man, she would immediately believe this person was an ally!
Silvia and Kazuma shook hands.
The two looked at each other with sincere expressions, instantly forming a united front!
"I'm still here, what are you two so happy about?"
The village chief glared at them with displeasure.
Shit, I forgot!
Kazuma's heart immediately tightened. Would the village chief think I'm working with the Demon Lord Army, decide the hostage is useless, and kill both me and the busty beauty?
"By the way, you're the village chief here, right? Then quickly open the main gate!"
Instead, Silvia's eyes lit up as she swiftly grabbed Kazuma's neck, threatening with a fierce expression.
"..."
Kazuma fell silent. Wait, weren't we just having such a great conversation?
"You idiot! Take a good look at who I am!"
The village chief looked at Silvia disdainfully, then revealed his true form.
The middle-aged bearded man's shell dissolved like liquid, gradually coalescing into a dark silhouette.
Without any organs, not even facial features, the entire being resembled a monster emerging from shadows, completely composed of darkness, like a creature of darkness.
"Holy shit?"
Kazuma was startled.
"Doppelganger!"
Silvia's expression slightly changed, looking at it with grave seriousness.
The significance of a doppelganger was immense. Although this race could freely shapeshift into others, they were extremely rare. Forces possessing doppelgangers were uncommon even throughout hell!
There was one doppelganger in the Demon Lord Army - the head of the Demon Lord Army's intelligence department, currently acting as a spy in human nations. Rumor had it he hadn't been heard from for over twenty years, and the old Demon King speculated he was probably dead.
But this doppelganger before them, with its arrogant tone that didn't take her, a cadre, seriously at all, definitely wasn't the intelligence department head... Could it be from hell?
"I've come under orders from the Archduke of Hell to assist you. Quickly destroy the Crimson Demon clan! This way, the Archduke will immediately gain hundreds of top-tier archmages, enough to alleviate the current urgent crisis!"
Although his words mentioned assistance and urgent crisis, his tone remained condescending throughout.
"Archduke of Hell?"
Silvia's expression finally completely changed, fear filling her chest.
"Don't tell me it was you all using the Demon King's name to make me attack the Crimson Demon clan?"
She recalled the Demon King's previous words—His Majesty had never instructed her to come here to die. Clearly, someone was pulling strings behind the scenes.
So it was this guy?
"Huh? You actually figured it out? Not as dumb as you look!"
The shapeshifter glanced at her in surprise, inwardly scoffing. But it didn't matter—this stitched-up freak wouldn't dare defy a Duke of Hell!
"Hurry up and figure out how to open this warehouse!"
"If I had a way, I'd already be inside!"
Irritated by his condescending tone, Silvia glared back fiercely.
"Useless!"
"If you're so capable, you do it!"
"Fine, I will!"
The shapeshifter snorted coldly and stepped forward.
Without a word, his body dissolved into liquid, seeping through the door crack into the warehouse.
"..."
Damn, he actually managed to get in!
Silvia's lips twitched uncontrollably.
Soon, the shapeshifter flowed back out, standing boldly before Silvia.
"...Where's the item?"
"...Couldn't bring it out. Too big."
They stared at each other in silence for a long moment.
So you're useless too?
A gleeful smile spread across Silvia's face—just slightly better than me, that's all!
"Hey, human, you figure it out!"
The shapeshifter had a sudden idea, pointing at Kazuma Satou, whose heart nearly stopped.
This kid's aura was weak, but he looked like a reincarnated individual. Reincarnators often had strange abilities—maybe he could pull it off!
"I-I-I can't do it either!"
Kazuma shook his head repeatedly.
Damn, this shapeshifter clearly wasn't a good person. As a proud reincarnator, how could I collaborate with such scum!
"Then you have no value alive! Prepare to die!"
"Let me do it! Don't stop me! I'll fight anyone who tries to stop me today!"
Kazuma roared, puffing his chest out as he charged toward the electronic lock beside the door.
Displayed on it were the words "KONAMI Code" with an input box below.
Everyone knew what to press!
↑↑↓↓←→←→BA!
The door slowly opened.
"Whoa!"
Silvia looked at Kazuma with astonishment.
"He actually opened it?"
Ripples of surprise shimmered across the shapeshifter's surface. Well, I'll be—a blind cat found a dead mouse!
"Let's go, hurry inside!"
He urged Silvia onward.
Both perked up and stepped into the dark doorway.
"Hold it."
But just then, a voice suddenly spoke from behind them.
"What exactly is the treasure in the Crimson Demon Clan's warehouse?"
The unhurried tone sounded perfectly calm.
Yet it made both the shapeshifter and Silvia freeze in their tracks.
Turning, they saw a red-haired, cat-eyed beauty who had appeared in the underground hall unnoticed. Now, she was squinting at them, her expression unreadable.
Kazuma quietly slipped away—when gods fight, mortals suffer!
Boss, where are you? Why haven't you come to save your loyal subordinate yet!
"Lady Wolbach...!"
The shapeshifter instinctively retreated a step.
"This... this is just... I'm only following my master's orders. I don't know what's inside either..."
It frantically gestured behind it to Sylvia, urging her to get inside quickly.
If Wolbach discovered what was inside, that thing would likely no longer belong to them.
But Sylvia didn't follow its instructions. Instead, she moved behind it and sneered coldly.
Vaguely, Wolbach and Sylvia had blocked both doors—the one in front and the one behind.
"This… what's… going… on? Something's not right?"
The shapeshifter suddenly felt something was wrong, and a strong sense of foreboding surged in its heart.
"So it really was you two scheming behind the scenes!"
Just then, another voice rang out.
Without a sound, the familiar youth who sent chills down its spine abruptly appeared before it.