Alice had never thought that time could be so long, how long has it been since she woke up? Ten minutes? An hour? Or even longer? For this question, Alice had no answer. Her only feeling now was that every day felt like a year, although she also tried to use prayer and meditation to pass the time. But as soon as she moved slightly, her body would immediately send out a cold sensation, reminding its owner of her current state.

  How utterly shameless!!

  Clutching her fists, Elise gritted her teeth. As the little princess of Black Onyx Castle, this was her first time encountering such treatment. No, if it were just being imprisoned or tortured, that would be fine. Even being humiliated, Elise had enough mental preparation for that. The dark world at the bottom was cruel, and Elise, born here, understood this point more clearly than others. But the problem was... like now, even she didnt know how to react.

  "Dong...... Dong......"

  At this moment, a dull footsteps came from the depths of the corridor. Upon hearing the footsteps, Elise immediately lifted her head and instinctively curled up into a ball. However, soon Elise felt that she was being too humiliating, no matter what, she was a high-ranking mage, and showing such a cowardly attitude in front of the enemy was not good. Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth and finally stood up, coldly staring at the fence in front of her.

  Before long, under Elsies gaze, two figures appeared in her line of sight.

  The one walking in front was the girl who had fought with Eris, and her attire seemed to have not changed at all from before. Looking at Eriss outfit, the noble girl in front of her simply narrowed her eyes, shook her head slightly, and didnt say anything more. However, Eris didnt respond to her kindness, instead, she stared intently at another person standing beside the girl.

  That is a lawyer.

  Judging from his build, he should be a male, but Elise couldnt tell what race he was. His dark, wide mages robe covered his face, and even her half-vampire eyes couldnt penetrate the darkness that shrouded him. The only thing she could see clearly was the glasses reflecting the firelight.

  However, Elise didnt let her guard down because the moment she saw that man, Elise felt an inexplicable and eerie fear. It wasnt due to his strength or her current situation; it was more like a natural, instinctual fear that came from her bloodline. Just like how a rabbit would choose to run away when seeing a lion, Elise at this moment felt like a weak creature cornered by a ferocious beast, unable to do anything but tremble with fear. Even if her powers werent sealed right now, Elise probably wouldnt dare launch an attack on the man in front of her. Of course, unless she lost all judgment due to extreme fear.

  Is this really the Demon King?

  Eris searched desperately in her mind, but unfortunately, the rumors about the underground city were like the legends of dragon lairs that people passed down on the surface, with many added embellishments. In the rumors Eris had seen about the underground city, apart from "this is the demon kings palace" which was a consistent message, all the other parts were completely inconsistent and even contradictory.

  Alicia couldnt understand why the Demon King would run to the Material Plane to build a palace. Shouldnt demons just stay in the Demon Realm? Why did they come here? Even on the surface, she hadnt heard of any gods from the Sky God Realm building temples out of boredom.

  But at this moment, feeling the others gaze, Eris felt extremely embarrassed - which is not surprising, logically speaking, she should now show a calm and composed demeanor to show off her proper posture. Unfortunately, when she tried to lift her head and chest, the cool breeze between her waist and thighs would immediately remind Eris of her current situation.

  This made Elise really unable to hold her head up high, with the stone on top, even in front of her own father, she had never worn such revealing clothes! But now, she had to show off in front of a strange man wearing clothes that were almost no different from those of a tavern wench, such shameless attire?

  Its really interesting.

  At the same time as Elise was struggling, Zhen also narrowed his eyes and carefully sized up the girl in front of him. He naturally caught Elises contradictory reaction after seeing him. This was a special skill that Zhen had, he could judge a persons thoughts and actions from just one glance, one movement. It was precisely because of this that Zhen was able to survive smoothly in the chaotic demon world, without "disappearing" like those "consumable items".

  In Zanes eyes, Eris was stunned for a moment after seeing herself, and then her right hand, which had been blocking her chest, involuntarily swayed down, but only for an instant. Eris quickly put her hand back in front of her chest, hunched over, and stared at herself motionlessly. Although Eris hadnt said a word so far, Zane was already convinced that he had grasped the personality of this young lady based on her contradictory actions just now.

  Proud, brave, self-esteem, somewhat conservative, and strong self-control.

  However, Elises pride had not yet overcome her innate shame, otherwise she would not have been concerned about her attire and stood up bravely and proudly to face herself. The reason why Jain made Elise wear this dress was not only because of his hobby but also a psychological test for Elise.

  It seems that this young lady is indeed a flower in the greenhouse after all. Although she has plenty of battle experience, unfortunately, nobody is perfect, and Eris also has her own weaknesses, which are...

  As he thought of this, Zhan En withdrew his thoughts and gazed at the girl in front of him with a hint of a smile. Rumor has it that vampires are spirits of the night, and from a certain perspective, there is indeed some truth to this, not entirely an artistic exaggeration by traveling bards.

  "Alright, miss, I think we need to have a good talk between us."

  Thinking of this, Zhan En stretched out his hand again to push his glasses and then spoke.

  "If Im not mistaken, youre from the Black Onyx City? Then what makes you dare to offend the taboo and intrude into my palace?"

  Jians words were not an idle threat, for in the dark regions, the underground city was indeed a forbidden place. This was also why Elise was so shocked and frightened when she found herself breaking into the underground city that she hastily unfolded the teleportation scroll to escape. However, unfortunately, Jian had already anticipated this and would not let these guys slip away easily.

  Unfortunately, Iris didnt know that! When she heard Jens inquiry, she first wanted to stand up and say something, but halfway through getting up, she found that this action was too easy to expose herself, so she had to shrink back again. Then she looked at Jen hesitantly before continuing to speak

  "This... this person..."

  Facing Zhan En, Elise didnt know what to call him for a moment. In the end, she turned it over in her mouth and swallowed the "sir" back down.

  "Im terribly sorry, sir. We didnt know this was an underground city. In fact, we were just tracking the missing Black Onyx Castles merchant caravan and accidentally..."

  As she spoke, Elise carefully scrutinized Jann. She wasnt a fool, and to say that the disappearance of the Black Onyx City merchant caravan had nothing to do with this man would be something Elise definitely wouldnt believe. But now, as a prisoner, it was naturally not good to say anything more. However, between the lines, Elise was still quietly probing, trying to see if she could find any clues.

  "What about those merchant groups?"

  After hearing Eriss words, Zhen Yan fell into thought for a moment.

  "Thats right, those merchant caravans were cleaned up by us."

  "Whats wrong? Why?!"

  Even Elise was stunned by Zanes response, she had guessed that he would deny it. But what Elise didnt expect was that Zane nodded in agreement with her guess so readily? Whats going on?!

  "Its simple, they trespassed into our territory, it seems you should be familiar with the rules of our underground city... Do you think we would let those ugly and dirty guys roam around us?"

  "Oh no, oh no......"

  Upon hearing this, Enya closed her eyes in dismay. The master of the house had already reached the legendary realm of being able to speak nonsense with his eyes wide open, and now he was taking it even further. It was clear that he was the one who had ambushed the merchant caravan first, and then paved the way for them. Now, however, he was turning things around, making it seem as though the merchants were the ones who had taken a wrong turn - unfortunately, the dead men were not going to be able to crawl out of their graves to protest against Jens distortion of the truth.

  "This..."

  Upon hearing this, Elise was left speechless. Of course, she didnt know the true circumstances. However, judging from the results of the investigation, these merchant caravans were all attacked in areas not far from the underground city. And now that this mage has spoken, its not entirely unreasonable either - organizations in the dark regions consider their spheres of influence to be very important. Reflecting on her own heart, if something like this happened around Black Onyx Castle, Elise couldnt guarantee that her father wouldnt send someone to react in a similar manner.

  "But..."

  "You dont need to explain it to me."

  Before Alice could say anything else, Jane interrupted her.

  "We can tolerate one or two affronts, but if anyone from Black Onyx City dares to come to the Undercity again, we will consider it a declaration of all-out war against our Undercity!"

  "Please, wait a minute!!"

  Upon hearing this, Elise was shocked and turned pale. What a joke! Now that the Black Onyx City had finally managed to develop and grow under the encirclement of three parties, what if they provoked the Underground City again? Would they still have good fruit to eat? Although she hadnt been in the Dark Territory for long, Elise also knew that the Underground City held a transcendent position here. If they really provoked them, it wasnt impossible that they would join forces with other powers and wipe out the Black Onyx City altogether.

  "Please, dont do this, we didnt mean to provoke you. The Black Onyx City had no idea that there was an underground city here, we just accidentally... Please let me go back and inform Father, I guarantee that from now on, the Black Onyx City will not be hostile to the Underground City again!"

  "This is just your one-sided words, and I also cant find any reason to let you go."

  Facing Elises request, Jian only shook his head. Upon hearing his response, Elise fell silent for a moment before speaking up.

  "...Then...what must I do, for you to let me leave this place? I can make a soul oath, with my blood and soul sworn to the Blood Queen..."

  "In dark places, there is nothing cheaper than a promise."

  Zhen En waved his hand, interrupting Elises speech, and then the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, gazing at the girl in front of him with a hint of a smile.

  "But if youre willing to help me with something, then I can consider your request."

  "Really?"

  Facing Zhan Ens words, Elises eyes, which had originally lost their luster, once again shone with a bright light. Then she lifted her head, clenched her fists, gazed at the man in front of her, and bit her teeth to speak.

  "As long as I can do it, I am willing to do anything!"

  Upon hearing this, Zhan En stretched out his hand and gently pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, a faint, almost imperceptible smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

  Ive been waiting for you to say exactly this...