Upon hearing that Angel knew the previous visitor, the pink snake head immediately cowered. That red-haired Dox, Grey Crow might barely handle it, but now it seems, not just one wizard has entered the castle!
Two wizards, that’s tough to deal with.
Moreover, this Wizard looks even more fierce and terrifying than that Dox from before, actually using hardened poo to block its throat. Most importantly, Dox only told it to be silent, but in the eyes of this Wizard, there was actually a murderous intent!
Is he planning to kill the adorable Slaikum? Oh my, I haven’t lived long enough, I haven’t become the legendary world serpent, how can I die!
Thinking of this, the pink snakehead immediately changed its attitude, conveying with its eyes the meaning of "I surrender", those eyes unlike a snake, more like a certain type of sled dog.
Still saying intermittently, "I, I can, ugh, tell the lord, ugh, all the secrets here. Lord, I can stand in the lord’s camp anytime!"
Angel: "Since you’re sensible, I’ll let you go for now. I’ll ask about the secrets later, first open the door for me."
This pink python is not a pet, but a kind of spirit, similar to the Tree Spirit and Mirror Lady. Of course, only the "spirit" group is similar, in terms of strength, it can’t even touch a single hair of Lady Mirror.
This python spirit is integrated into this door, becoming the spirit of the door.
To enter the inner room, one must either kill this python spirit or let it open it itself.
Speaking of which, many spirits in the Wizards’ Realm guard the doors of homes. For instance, the Twin Stone Spirit Taros of Silent Hill, Zibber Totem of West Dimosha, even including Mirror Lady, are considered door spirits.
Not that spirits like choosing doors, but Wizards want spirits to become doors.
Spirits are after all affiliated with Wizards, so many will be born according to the Wizard’s wishes. Of course, except for Book Elder.
Because Book Elder’s status in the Wizards’ Realm is probably higher than Lord Reine.
Since the python spirit has already expressed submission, naturally it dares not defy Angel’s words, the door was gently opened.
As the door opened, even before Lady Melo looked inside, she already heard familiar shouts.
"Ah ah ah ah! How hateful!"
"That despicable human ant! Dare to treat the Demon King walking on the earth like this, it’s unforgivable desecration, destined to incur divine punishment from the demon realm!"
These roars made Angel at the door halt his steps instantly.
And beside him, Lady Melo showed a hint of awkwardness: "Bruiser is a very lively child, his imagination is rich."
After Lady Melo’s words, a slightly calm but still breathless boy’s voice sounded: "Are you really the Dark Demon King’s surrogate on earth?"
"Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! How many times have I said, Golos, are you a fish with no memory? I’m not a surrogate! I am the Dark Demon King himself!"
Golos asked in doubt: "Then why were you caught by that lunatic too?"
"I am the young Demon King, do you understand what young Demon King means? It means I haven’t developed yet, the Demon King’s power is dormant in my body, it will grow over time, eventually letting me ascend the dark throne again!"
Golos seemed to sincerely believe: "Hmm... is that so? Then young Demon King, you have no way out? You’ve been with Lady Melo longer than I have, hasn’t the lady taught you the tricks to unlock the Demon King’s power?"
The previously clamorous voice suddenly weakened somewhat: "Of course I have a way, don’t you see my right hand?"
"I noticed before, your right hand is wrapped in bandages."
"Foolish mortals, this is no ordinary bandage, it’s a special energy formation, its function is to seal the massive dark power within me. Just a little uncovering would reveal a dark power sufficient to solve our current crisis."
Bruiser spoke very fervently, but mid-sentence it took a turn again: "But, as you can see, I’m bound like this, unable to undo the seal binding the dark power. So..."
Golos: "So, you have no way either, right? Young Demon King."
Bruiser: "..."
Golos: "By the way, didn’t you just say the power dormant in you is the Demon King power, how come the bandage seals dark power? Are there differences between these two powers?"
Bruiser was stunned, he forgot to perfect this detail while boasting, damn, why does Golos remember so clearly!
However, Golos’s questions were not yet finished: "Before we were tied up, your hands were completely free, why didn’t you uncover the bandages then?"
Bruiser’s voice turned low: "...That’s because I forgot, you might not understand, as a young Demon King, my memory is extremely chaotic, sometimes even worse than ordinary people’s memory."
Golos continued playing the curious baby: "Memory loss I can understand, but while we were imprisoned for so long, did it never cross your mind to undo the seal for self-rescue?"
Bruiser felt a bit like swearing.
Golos seemed to clearly believe he was the young Demon King, why so obsessed with digging into the details? Or maybe, Golos seemed white and clean, on the surface believed it, but cut open the stomach, inside was all black pus.
At this time, Angel, standing at the door, said to Lady Melo: "You see, they are indeed very energetic, at least they won’t die for now."
Lady Melo’s mouth twitched: "Yes."
"Let’s go in and see, Dox’s so-called real ’art’."
Angel stepped forward, walked inside through the door. While walking, a long-necked python appeared beside him, it was Slaikum, now with a persona of "rebellious" yet "bootlicker", needing to stay close to Angel.
The sudden appearance of Angel and Lady Melo was considered a relief for Bruiser. After all, he had exhausted his brain trying to figure out how to answer Golos’s questions.
But relieved as they were, their condition was fully exposed.
For a moment, the air became heavy and silent.
At this moment, Lady Melo finally understood why Angel let other Talented Ones stay in the illusion below, because the scene before was really eye-burning.
Before they left prison, they saw two naked men hanging upside down on a slanted neck tree at the door.
The scene at that time already felt like a direct blow.
And now this scene is probably way more eye-burning by countless times than that scene then.
Because Golos and Bruiser were not only nakedly hung by ropes in mid-air, but also tied in an extremely indecent and shameful, even humans easily can’t achieve bizarre poses.
This pose is so odd it’s difficult to describe even with words, only to be shocked by the flexibility of the human body being able to reach such a level.
Because of the magnificence of the pose, they even overlooked a certain mysteriously swelling bound object.
Of course, Dox’s claim of "real art" is this advanced rope art.
This unruly, rhythmic, harmonious rope art, paired with the pose, is the epitome.