I, holding a long sword in my hand, only know one move

"Well, although it is rare, these two communities are from the six-digit outer sect, which is one class higher than you. Although I can't say more, I suggest you make some mental preparations first."

Listening to Bai Yasha's serious advice, Yao nodded.

Cheng Rang smiled and said: "But Yao, you don't have to be too nervous. If there is any danger, I will save you~"

"Although I know you have this ability, it's best not to cause trouble to us... This will make it very difficult for me as the organizer." Bai Yasha tapped the palm of his hand with a folding fan. reminded.

"Haha, just kidding. If you can't win, just admit defeat. As long as you don't die in a hurry, we still have a long way to go."

But even if Cheng Rang said this, Bai Yaksha just shook his head helplessly, not thinking that he would listen to him honestly.

At this time, the smile on Izayoi's face was a little restless as he stared at the contract document.

"Oh...Rattenfanger? I see, is this a community of 'rat-catching clowns'? Then tomorrow's enemy will simply be Hamel's piper clown?"

His words caused surprised reactions from both Black Rabbit and Shiro Yaksha.

"You mean... 'The Piper of Hamel'?"

"Wait, what's going on? Be careful, kid."

Seeing the two of them being so surprised, Cheng Rang couldn't help but waved his hands and said, "What happened to the piper in Hamel? What's your reaction?"

Bai Yaksha raised his forehead as if he had a headache, and rolled his eyes at Cheng Rang: "The so-called Piper of Hamel is the name of a community affiliated with the Demon King."

Cheng Rang was stunned, and then shut up.

"The name of the demon king's community is the 'Grimm grimoire'. It is a community led by a summoner with a magical talent who has summoned demons from more than two hundred grimoires in total."

"And multiple demons can be summoned from a magic book. What deserves special attention is that even the different world backgrounds of each chapter in the magic book are included. All the contents of the magic book are based on the game board. Form has clearly established rules and coercive power, and is an extremely powerful demon.”

"The extremely powerful Demon King? Oh~" Izayoi's eyes flashed with interest.

Afterwards, Black Rabbit took over and continued to explain that the demon king should have passed away after losing in a gift game with a certain community, but since she didn't know much about fairy tales, she humbly asked Izayoi for advice.

After all, the Demon King will appear at the Fire Dragon Birth Festival. Such sensitive information combined with the things associated with the name of this community makes Black Rabbit very nervous.

Izayoi thought for a while, rolled his eyes, and gave the opportunity to answer to Jin, who had been silent beside him.

"Let our little one explain it here!"

"Eh? Ah...Okay!"

Ren, who was watched by everyone, subconsciously agreed, but he showed a nervous expression because he was caught off guard.

Izayoi pulled Jin's head towards her and whispered to him: "This is your chance to show off. Show the results of your recent efforts."

"Yes, it is!"

.....

Through Ren's narration, everyone learned that the so-called "Rattenfanger" is the language used by a country called Germany, which means rat catcher, and this is exactly the name of "The Piper of Hamel", one of the Grimm's fairy tales. metaphor.

Many of the original Grimm's fairy tales were based on historical evidence. The piper of Hamel was one of them.

"Hamel" is the town where the story takes place. The inscription, which is regarded as the prototype of the fairy tale, tells that on June 26, 1284, 130 children born in Hamel were killed by a piper in colorful clothes. After being lured, he eventually disappeared at the execution ground near the hills.

"Then why use the ratcatcher as a metaphor? It seems to have nothing to do with rats.

Relationship, right? Cheng Rang asked while holding his chin.

"Because the clown in Grimm's fairy tales is considered to be a clown who can control mice." Ren answered smoothly.

The expression on Asuka's face changed a little, and she secretly took a breath.

(The clown who manipulates mice...?)

The previous attack flashed through his mind, and Asuka, who carefully recalled the situation at that time, knew that when he was attacked, there was indeed a discordant noise similar to the sound of a flute.

Izayoi held his chin and thought back and forth: "Hmm... The rat-catching clown and the piper of Hamel, so there is a high possibility that the remnants of the Demon King of Destruction have sneaked into the Fire Dragon Birth Festival. ?"

Cheng Rang said: "Bai Yaksha must have responded, right? As the Demon King, you have the same 'organizer authority'..."

"Yes, you can refer to this for details."

Bai Yaksha nodded noncommittally, and with a wave of his hand, a piece of glowing parchment appeared again, which recorded some matters related to the birth ceremony.

This includes prohibiting general participants from holding gift games that compete with each other in the name of the community in the stage area and free area, and prohibiting participants with organizer permissions from entering the festival area and using organizer permissions.

Even more stringently, intrusion into the stage area and free area of ​​the festival by persons other than participants is prohibited.

Izayoi put down the parchment with the seals of Thousand Eyes and Salamander Community, and asked softly: "Is this okay?"

"This is based on the participation rules and conditions established by my 'organizer authority'. The parts I can control should be under control."

Yeah? Izayoi nodded slowly.

On the other hand, Black Rabbit expressed surprise at the amount of information Jin described this time.

Jin explained to this that he just read a little bit when he took Izayoi to the underground library, and it was nothing special.

"Then, the subsequent surveillance needs to be carried out without hurting Sandora's face. If something unexpected happens then - it will be your turn, everyone."

NoName and the others nodded in response, and then Bai Yaksha announced that the meeting was adjourned.

"Let's go, let's go to bed!"

After the meeting, Cheng Rang grabbed Ren and Izayoi and pushed them out of the guest room.

"Want to sleep in a room?" came a voice from outside the door.

"reject."

"This... this is not good. Shiroyasha has allocated enough rooms for us..." Ren's reply gradually faded away until it was completely inaudible.

The friends around him also stood up and left one after another, but Asuka was the only one who still sat there thoughtfully.

("Rattenfanger" is a subordinate of the Demon King...? Then this child is...)

Asuka looked at the elf who was sleeping soundly on his lap. She had always claimed that she was from the Rattenfanger community.

However, she didn't think this elf was that evil. Although Asuka wanted to tell everyone about it, she still couldn't say anything in the end.

Although he felt uneasy about this, Asuka returned to his room and prepared for tomorrow.

Late at night, a figure was standing on the top of the tower complex in the North District, which had become completely silent.

The cool wind blew across his cheek. Cheng Rang stared at the hundreds of stained glass windows throughout the city, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

But in the blink of an eye, Cheng Rang's figure had disappeared from the top of the tower.

"Demon King...heh..."

Chapter 97: Night attack on Bai Yaksha (no)

Time: Early morning on the day of the finals.

Before the sun rose, there was a knock on the door outside the room.

"who?"

"I."

Bai Yaksha opened the door, and Cheng Rang's figure stood outside, with a little dew on the tips of his slightly long black hair.

"Have you rested?"

The black-haired man in front of him clearly looked like he had been running around all night, but Bai Yaksha still smiled and asked knowingly.

Cheng Rang didn't answer, he just squeezed past Bai Yaksha and got into the room, sat down cross-legged, picked up the teapot and poured himself a glass of water.

The hot tea that had been left overnight had now cooled down, and the bitter-tasting liquid swirled in Cheng Rang's mouth, but it still had some thirst-quenching effect.

"That's so rude. After all, I am also a class ruler. I can enter the private room as soon as I ask?" Shiroyasha put his hands in the cuffs of his kimono, and there was no blame in his helpless tone.

Cheng Rang put down the tea cup and went straight to the subject without any further words: "The truth is very close to what you and I guessed, or rather, basically consistent."

"Are you sure?" Bai Yaksha's expression turned serious.

"How about I take you to see it for yourself?"

".....never mind."

The air in the room was a little solid. After a long time, the sky outside the window was about to fade into night, and the light of the fish belly white reflecting the fiery red realm wall was about to slowly rise from below the horizon.

At this time, Cheng Rang took the lead to break the silence and said: "If you were not the star spirit representing the 'sun' now, things would be much simpler."

"No way, it's a done deal~" Bai Yaksha smiled and shrugged, "I didn't expect that guy to be able to pull out such a big trap. What if there is an accident?"

"Then it's our turn NoName to watch Salamandra lose a

cut. "

"Can you bear it?"

"They're asking for it."

"But Sandora didn't know about it." Bai Yaksha said.

"You don't need to say that?" Cheng Rang stood up silently and said in a cold tone: "I will not clean up the mess for them in this Demon King incident. I will only ensure that my companions will not be harmed."

Bai Yaksha raised his eyebrows: "Ah, don't you want to be a hero?"

"..."

Cheng Rang paused as he walked out of the room. He closed his eyes and said, "...At most, other innocent people are included."

"So who is innocent?"

ShiroYasha's face was expressionless when she asked this question. As a former demon king, she was very aware of the pitfalls of words.

In the eyes of the man with the title of Sword God in front of him, even Bai Yaksha himself is not innocent. Saying this is the same as not saying it, and the result will not be any different.

Cheng Rang smacked his lips and said, "What reason do I have to help the 'allies' who once stood by and watch, and go to great lengths to help them solve the troubles they may cause because of their own suicide?"

"That's really bad of you... You obviously agreed to the commission with everyone before."

Cheng Rang raised the corners of his mouth, rubbed his fingers and said, "The situation is special now, we need to pay more."

"How much do you want?"

"As a bounty hunter with a 100% mission completion rate, I'm very expensive~ Hey, don't show such an expression. For the sake of our friendship, I'll give you a 50% discount!"

...

"This is a private deal between the two of us. I will make up reasons for your subsequent absence."

"I understand, this is simple." Cheng Rang agreed.

[Authentication document——Anonymous Safety Device]

-Commissioned content:

The executor is obliged to assist the client to prevent all possible irreversible consequences caused by the failure of the "Demon King's Gift Game" during the Fire Dragon Birth Ceremony.

-condition:

The executor shall not reveal his or her identity to others during or after the entrustment period.

-Rewards for successful delegation:

The principal will unconditionally promise to fulfill a request made by the executor.

100....(cross out)

50 "Thousand Eyes" gold coins are issued.

Client: Bai Yaksha

Executor: Cheng Rang

Cheng Rang rolled up the parchment entrustment document and put it in his arms and stored it in the system backpack. When he stood up to leave, he was stopped by Bai Yaksha again.

"etc."

"What else?"

"So how do you plan to hide yourself so that you don't get intercepted by others? I didn't even know that it was you who did it. I gave you the wrong money in vain."

Faced with this man who has the ultimate swordsmanship skills and strength, Bai Yaksha has never seen him have any ability to be a lurker. Everything he does is high-profile and arrogant to the extreme. His fighting style is unique. Even if he changes his face, he will not be able to fight. It will definitely be recognized by those familiar with it.

Without it, the long white knife and the suffocating momentum alone are representative enough...

Therefore, Bai Yaksha's actions were not only out of concern, but also full of curiosity in his heart.