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Crackling!
Crackling!
The dry branches crackled as they burned, the fiery red light slightly noticeable in the night.
Frieren placed the bento Yulian had prepared next to the bonfire to warm it slightly before opening it and eating it in small bites.
It seemed like a peaceful night.
But the bonfire at night could drive away wild beasts, yet it couldn't drive away those with ulterior motives.
"Hello, Miss."
"I seem to have gotten separated from my companions."
The young man walked out from the depths of the quiet Forest, revealing his figure by the bonfire.
He smiled and asked cautiously.
"May I please spend this difficult night with you for a while?"
His handsome appearance and humble tone gave people an inexplicable good impression of him.
Thinking of his situation of being separated from his companions made one's heart soften even more.
But that definitely did not include Frieren.
Frieren gently put down the boxed meal in her hand and slightly widened her eyes.
Her beautiful ice-blue eyes quietly stared at this uninvited guest.
But she wasn't nervous; the one who should be nervous was this man who appeared out of nowhere.
Yulian once said that humans are the most cunning animals and cannot be easily trusted.
If a human approached rashly, and she couldn't distinguish good from bad, she should just kill them.
"Miss?"
"Are you alone?"
Seeing that Frieren didn't react, the man tentatively moved a little closer.
"Don't come closer."
Frieren warned aloud.
But if it were you, would you take the warning of a beautiful woman in the deep mountains and old Forest seriously?
No. You would only think she was afraid, that she was scared of your approach.
"Miss, you must be alone as well."
The man kept smiling, chattering while approaching step by step, testing Frieren's bottom line.
"I am also alone—"
"There are many wild beasts, snakes, and rats in these mountains and Forest—"
"Look! Since we are both alone, then..."
Whoosh!
A cold ice cone fiercely pierced through the man's chest!
The man only felt his chest suddenly sink, and his mouth opened and closed but could no longer make a sound.
Thump—
The next second, the ice cone disappeared, and the man's body fell powerlessly.
"I told you not to come closer."
Frieren slightly furrowed her brows, a little irritated, and summoned the suitcase from her small space, slowly walking towards the man.
Yulian said, if you accidentally kill someone, remember to pack them in a box, find a place to dig a pit, fill it with soil, and bury them.
Kill them and bury them, that's the rule.
So, although it was troublesome, Frieren still did as she was told.
The bonfire burned fiercely. Frieren filled in the last handful of soil by the bonfire, gently wiped the sweat from her forehead, extinguished the bonfire, and turned to leave.
Don't ask why she left; if you ask, it's because Yulian said so.
Although Frieren found it strange, she felt that following instructions was simpler than thinking about the reasons.
I really miss Frieren~
The wind howled in the night. Frieren tightened her thin coat and grumbled.
But she could only sigh softly and look at the token in her hand.
She had a mission, and she couldn't go back before completing it.
Damnable Demon King...
"Quick, look! Didn't Keros say he was going to test the waters?"
"Why is there no sign of him!"
A tall man, accompanied by several men with fierce expressions, rushed out of the Forest and arrived at Frieren's previous campsite.
Cursing and grumbling sounds echoed in the quiet night.
"Boss, the fire is still warm!"
"Damn it! But where is he!"
"What's the use of it being warm!"
"Where are you going to find someone in such a large Forest!"
"Then, Boss? What about Keros?"
The subordinate with a scar on his face said somewhat aggrievedly.
That guy was considered the most good-natured looking among them.
Without him, doing their shady business in the future would be much more difficult.
"Isn't his body not here?"
The Boss pondered for a moment.
"We'll wait here. Maybe that kid went off to eat alone—"
"And he'll be back soon?"
"Boss is mighty!"
"It's really possible, Boss!"
"That girl is so beautiful, it's really possible Keros went off to eat alone!"
"Damn it, that kid got lucky!"
As the subordinates chattered, the bonfire was rekindled, and a group of bandits set up camp here.
Frieren didn't know any of this.
After walking for who knows how long, and vaguely feeling she had covered a considerable distance, Frieren casually used a wooden house Magic to summon a wooden house and rested there.
She didn't start traveling again until the next day, when the sky was just beginning to lighten.
The destination was a village on the side of a mountain, where a faint trace of Magic emanated, so it was quite easy to find even for Frieren, who had no sense of direction.
"Elder Sage of Corruption" - Qual.
As a Greater Demon who created the Penetrating Magic Zoltraak, he was a genius among geniuses even within the Demon Race!
Unfortunately, during the invasion of the Central Nations, due to his arrogance, he advanced alone and was sealed here by the Hero led by Himmel at that time.
The morning sun rose. Frieren gently raised her head and looked at the stone statue in front of her.
It was hard to imagine, but even though he was sealed, Frieren could feel a terrifying aura from the statue.
"What a pity."
The Demon Race was too proud.
Frieren gently took a pitch-black glass bottle from her small backpack, opened it, and slightly stepped back half a step.
The glass bottle opened, and the deep purple Magic, as if it had consciousness, instantly drilled out of the transparent glass bottle, attached itself to Qual's statue, and began to erode the seal.
Finally!
After the sunlight shone on Qual, the seal was completely destroyed!
Qual also returned to his normal appearance from the sealed state of the statue!
The Greater Demon with terrifying jagged horns and a fearsome face reappeared in the world!
"Is it the Demon King?"
Qual gently swung his arm, adapting to his newly recovered body.
"Yes."
Frieren took out Yulian's Demon King token and threw it to Qual.
Qual caught it and then carefully examined Frieren in front of him.
A white-haired elf?
No, that's not right.
Not an elf.
"Are you Frieren?"
Qual gently patted his head, realizing who the person in front of him was.
"Mm."
Frieren gently nodded, with a hint of vigilance.
She had felt killing intent just now.
"Your Highness the Queen, Elder Sage of Corruption Qual greets you!"
Qual slightly lowered his body, showing a respectful posture.
"Please forgive me for mistaking you for an elf just now."
"It's nothing."
Frieren waved her hand and casually brushed her beautiful long white hair.
"The Demon King sent me to have you quietly return to the Demon Race after you are unsealed."
"Is the Demon King doing well?"
"Since the Demon King is still alive, why return to the Demon Race quietly? Has the war not been won yet?"
"How long have I been sleeping?"
Qual asked a series of questions in disbelief.
In his opinion, since the Demon King was still alive, it meant that the war should have been won.
Schlacht once prophesied!
"Qual—"
Frieren put her finger to her lips in a shushing gesture.
"I know you have many questions, but I will tell you the answers in the days to come."
It's dawn. Since the seal has been broken, this place is not suitable for staying long.
"Yes, Your Highness the Queen."
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