In the end, it was Miss Priestess who reluctantly resorted to some means to help these idiotic demon generals sneak into the Demon Suppression City.
Although the inspections at the city gates were strict, they were ultimately just human methods. If she really wanted to, Violet actually had a way to deal with it.
In addition to Ewan and other demon generals who escorted the monsters back home, those who followed Violet included Walter and Esther, totaling seven demon generals and two great demon generals.
Perhaps due to what Walter mentioned earlier, that the three pillars of the Ten Thousand Demons Mountains each held different foreign policy ideas, among this group of demons, apart from the Moon Shadow Demon Wolves, there were no members of the other two major races. The other demon generals were all elite members of the Moon Shadow clan or collaborators like South Blade.
After entering the city, Violet first took several disguised demons back to the residence arranged for them by Lan, where they settled down temporarily. After a brief introduction to Edwina and the others who stayed behind, she let them move freely. Then, she took Xiao Guang and went to Miss Lan’s house.
The house arranged for Miss Priestess and the others by Lan was not far from her own house, almost within walking distance. Soon, the two girls stood at the door.
After knocking on the tightly closed door, strangely, they waited for a long time without any response from inside.
Violet glanced at her own pet with surprise, then looked around at the completely darkening night, furrowing her eyebrows.
“Weird, didn’t you hear? Or maybe she hasn’t returned home yet?”
“Master, could something have happened?”
Xiao Guang speculated expressionlessly, seemingly not very worried.
“Uh, it shouldn’t, right? Taylor Tulls is, after all, Lan’s biological father. He wouldn’t harm his own daughter, would he? Besides, Lan is just going to gather information, not to fight...”
Before Xiao Guang could respond, Violet sighed in resignation and answered her own question.
“Anyway, let’s confirm it... It’s not the first time we’ve done something like this.”
Taking out a seemingly ordinary black key from her backpack, regardless of whether it was compatible or not, the black-haired girl directly inserted it into the lock of Miss Lan’s house door and turned it a few times.
With the sound of gears turning, Miss Priestess gently pushed, and the intricately crafted and tightly secured lock naturally opened.
This key was naturally an item from the “Illusory World,” with a very simple and unassuming name: the “Universal Key.” Its function was to open anything defined as a “lock” after being judged.
Of course, even though it was called the “Universal Key,” it couldn’t truly open all locks. After all, it was only at the level of a spiritual artifact and could only be considered as a relatively common equipment for high-level players.
The main purpose of the “Universal Key” was to allow high-level players to skip some tedious steps in the early stages of long process tasks, and to quickly enter the subsequent content matched to the player’s level, saving time. It was a special equipment introduced in response to the increasingly high demand from players in the later stages of the game.
If you had to make a comparison, it would be similar to the “One-Click Daily” function in many mobile games.
Of course, this was the real world, and considering privacy issues, Miss Priestess generally wouldn’t casually use such things.
Entering the house, the two girls wandered around the empty room for a few laps, confirming that there was indeed no one inside and no traces of anyone coming back, before pushing the door open again.
“She’s really not at home, it’s strange, especially at this late hour...”
Violet’s original intention in coming to find Lan was to ask if there was any valuable information obtained from the Lord’s Mansion today and to exchange information about what happened during the day to determine the next course of action.
But she never expected something like this to happen.
“It feels a bit off, let’s go find... Wait, have we forgotten something very important?”
“Have we? Master, what do you mean?”
Slapping her forehead suddenly, Miss Priestess pointed to the ground below with a face full of embarrassment.
“Mr. Side-Swept Bangs and Eileen! Weren’t they supposed to contact the contact person of that Ghost Thief Group? They even said they’d follow the clues to find their hideout, but then so many things happened one after another, and we completely forgot about it!”
It’s been almost ten hours, hasn’t it? I wonder how they’re doing over there. Wait, something doesn’t seem right...
Furrowing her brows again, the black-haired girl groped around herself and pulled out a glass-like bead the size of a peanut from her pocket. She deliberately didn’t put this thing in her backpack, but...
It was intact.
No wonder she accidentally forgot about the underground black market incident. According to the original plan, this magical item, used to contact Eileen, was supposed to be crushed to deliver the message when the contact person saw the signal and went to meet her.
Or in case of certain special circumstances, such as encountering insurmountable danger or unexpected changes in the underground black market, Violet also instructed Eileen to crush it to call for help. In any case, it can at least remind the priestess of the new developments in the situation.
But nothing happened. The magical item remained unbroken, indicating that something might be wrong on Mr. Side-Swept Bangs’s end...
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Did the contact person realize there was a problem and didn’t come?
Or did they encounter enemies too powerful to handle, and they were captured before they could even seek help?
It doesn’t make sense...
And coincidentally, something unexpected happened on Lan’s end as well, and they haven’t returned even at night.
In a sense, they both could be considered as extensions of Violet’s investigation into this matter, but they both encountered problems at the same time. If you call it a coincidence, it’s too coincidental.
“.........”
Although not particularly concerned about the life and death of humans, seeing her master’s furrowed brow, Xiao Guang’s expression also became more serious, probingly asking.
“Master, what should we do now? Should we go out and search?”
“Ah, we definitely have to search...”
The problem is, who to look for first now.
Although Lan went to the Lord’s Mansion, there is currently no sufficient evidence to indicate that something happened there. Even Violet is not clear at the moment whether the Miss third squad leader of the Internal Security Bureau really got into trouble, or was just delayed due to dealing with some affairs.
Certainly, Miss Priestess could find Lan through the contingency plan left on the other party, namely the sword “Clear Sky,” but since it’s referred to as a contingency plan, it’s not something that can be easily used. Violet doesn’t want the cooperating party to think she had ulterior motives for giving the sword.
...As expected, it’s more appropriate to go to Mr. Side-Swept Bangs’s side first.
Lan’s strength and status are far higher than Mr. Side-Swept Bangs’s, and it’s unlikely that something will happen to her in Demon Suppression City, at least not life-threatening. But it’s different on the underground black market side.
After all, this guy is also the guide lent to her by Uncle Lester. She can’t really let Mr. Side-Swept Bangs get into trouble.
Moreover... that girl named Eileen always made Violet feel a bit strange. Although she should be an ordinary person, there’s probably something she’s hiding from this side.
Originally, due to Mr. Side-Swept Bangs’s presence and some other considerations, Miss Priestess didn’t reveal the doubts, but since the situation has arisen now, she can’t ignore it anymore.
“Let’s go, we’re going to the slums.”