With the quarterly tasks completed, Zhao Chen felt a sense of impending doom.
However, since this thing doesn't appear, Zhao Chen doesn't know how to solve the problem.
Let's take a look at the new year-end tasks.
【Annual Mission: The Demise of the Demon Race】
Mission objective: Eliminate or control the demon race.
The mission requirements were simple and aligned with the current situation facing Zhao Chen's Dragon Legion.
Targeting the Demon race.
Currently, both of Zhao Chen's missions are basically related to the demon race.
The annual mission is to eliminate or control the demon race.
The current progress of 【the secret of the Machine Race】 is also helping the Machine Race defend against the attacks of the Demon Race.
It seems that a battle between our own Dragon Legion and the Demon Clan is a foregone conclusion.
Then we can only wait.
Awaiting a great battle that will soon sweep across the entire universe.
............
One week later
In one of the Demon race's territories, a shuttle is docked at a starport outside the planet.
A person dressed in a gray robe and wearing a bird-shaped mask came down.
Such attire is not unusual among demons.
The demon race comprises hundreds or even thousands of different ethnic groups, each with its own cultural customs and diverse appearances. When they go out, they often wear accessories to try to make their appearances more similar and easier to get along with.
The man in the gray robe came out and looked around.
"What, it's been decades."
"Don't you recognize your old mother?" A voice came from the woman in front of me.
The gray-robed man with the bird mask looked at the woman before him. Both of their eyes were filled with complex expressions, and their gazes alone conveyed an aura full of stories.
"I..." The gray-robed man with the bird mask tried to speak.
The woman turned her head away and said, "This isn't a good place to talk. Come with me."
After saying that, he walked straight into the Starport. The gray-robed, bird-masked man didn't say a word and silently followed behind.
A dozen minutes later.
In a quiet alleyway in Star Harbor, the woman walked in and went straight to the counter.
"Is there anything you need?" a devilish figure behind the counter asked with a grin.
The woman tapped her fist lightly on the table a few times, then glanced at the gray-robed, bird-masked man who had entered the tavern at the same time.
"Give me a private room, I want to drink," the woman said.
"Understood, please go to the second floor." The demon said, pointing to the stairs behind the counter.
The woman walked over and disappeared behind the wall; the sound of her footsteps going up the stairs could be heard.
The man in the gray robe and bird mask also came over.
The demon servant did not stop them, but instead smiled and pointed in the direction behind the wall.
The gray-robed man with the bird mask walked behind the wall and discovered that next to the upward staircase was a hidden downward staircase.
"Guest, please go upstairs," the demon servant said, pointing with one hand at the downward staircase.
The man in the gray robe and bird mask understood the meaning and silently walked down the steps.
Strangely enough, although he was going down the steps, the sound he made was as if he was going up the stairs.
As soon as the man's figure disappeared down the stairs, the demon servant loosened his grip, and the hidden staircase vanished, as if everything had returned to normal.
In a secluded room beneath the tavern.
The woman sat on the sofa, staring at the man who had followed her down. She snorted and said, "You actually dared to follow me here. It's a wonder you even dared to contact me."
Aren't you worried that I'll report your news to the Demon King?
You should know that you've always been a wanted fugitive by the Demon King.
The man removed his mask, revealing horns on his forehead and black markings on his face.
“If you wanted to betray me, you would have done so when I came to see you before my tribe fled.” The man’s words had barely finished when he said this.
The devilish woman pounced on him, her voice filled with reproach and sobbing: "You rascal! Where have you been all these years!"
Do you know how long I've been looking for you?
Why are you only contacting me now?
Since your family fled, I have never heard from you again.
"I...I thought the Demon King's personal fleet had already wiped you all out!"
The man could feel the beautiful woman in his arms trembling, and his emotions were very complicated.
The most important reason he was willing to take on that mission was because there were people he cared about and people he had let down there.
If the man's plan succeeds, it means he can openly love that person.
Because he had heard that the person had remained single for decades.
"We escaped to the other side of the universe. Although it was tough, at least we are still alive."
"Isn't I standing right in front of you now?" the man said with a smile.
The devilish woman released her grip, looked at the man who was now middle-aged, and recalled the time when they were still young and beautiful.
Thinking of all this, she subconsciously lowered her head: "We're all getting old..."
“No! In my heart, you will always remain the same as you always have been.” The man said, gripping the devilish woman’s hand tightly.
"Then why didn't you take me with you back then!" The devilish woman suddenly raised her voice, "Do you know how I've lived all these years?"
Looking at his lover's pained expression, the man clenched his fists and whispered, "I want to take you away. In my dreams over the past few decades, I have taken you away countless times."
But even now... if I had to choose again, I wouldn't take you with me.
You have your family, you have your relatives.
If I had taken you away, given the Demon King's temper at the time, he would have surely slaughtered your entire clan.
Your people have their own businesses here and are on the rise. They can't possibly abandon everything here and leave with us for your sake or mine.
sorry......"
The woman lowered her head and remained silent. In truth, she knew the answer perfectly well; her words just now were merely expressions of pure emotion.
"But this time, I want to stay."
Not only will I stay, but I will also make you be with me openly and honorably, with unparalleled glory!
"With everyone's blessings!" the man said firmly.
This was his idea of how to repay this woman for her years of waiting.
"What are you going to do? And why did you come back this time?" Only then did the woman realize the important matter.
The man then revealed his purpose: the mission he had received from Xiaolong.
"My niece is now a legion commander in the Dragon Legion, a very high position."
It is under her protection that the lives of our people have improved in recent years.
The Dragon Lord is also willing to fund our overthrow of the current Demon King's rule!
This man's niece is Akame; he is Akame's father's younger brother.
"Overthrow... the Demon King's rule?" The woman's expression began to become complicated.
"Think about it, under the rule of this demon king, the policies of our demon race are becoming more and more extreme, and there are more and more conflicts among the lower-level demon groups!"
You should already know these things.
They also used that evil technology.
"If we let him continue like this, he will surely destroy the entire demon race!" The man began to persuade his former lover.
The woman bit her lip and looked at her lover: "I'll listen to you, but I can't guarantee whether I can persuade my family."
Such things began to happen repeatedly within the territory of the demon race.
It was slowly eroding the Demon King's backyard.
