Bride of the Great Demon King

"Arctic Sea.

In this world of ice and snow, there is a darkness beyond the reach of light, the deepest part of the world, the legendary abyss that leads directly to hell - the Ark of the Ice Pole. "

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"Xion!" Bairiel stepped up the last step and waved to the servants waiting at the gate of the castle. "Have you been waiting for me for a long time?" The boy smiled apologetically.

"Not at all. I just cleaned up the 'weeds' nearby, and Master Bailie arrived just after cleaning up."

Looking at the spotless black suit on the servant, Bailiel found it hard to imagine how he was lying on the ground pulling weeds just now.Maybe Shane used weeding magic?I have to say that magic is really easy to use sometimes.The boy smiled and raised the bucket in his hand: "That's good. Let's go in! I also brought tools."

Sean took out a large bunch of keys from his waist, rummaged for a while, picked out a dark red one, and stuffed it into the lock of the iron door.After an unpleasant rubbing sound, the heavy iron door was finally pushed halfway open.The swarm of bats in the Iron Prison seemed to be sleeping, and did not rush out as the iron gate opened.

Different from the gorgeous and gloomy style of Evernight Castle, Iron Prison Castle's appearance is as solid and simple as its name. Thirty-six tall black pillars surround the entire castle in the center, and thick iron chains connect the tops of the pillars with the high city walls.The Great Demon King once said to Bailiel that these pillars are not as simple as decorations.When the energy is sufficient, they can release an ultimate defensive magic - split the sky, and twist all the intruders within a certain range into pieces!

Sean took out another key and opened the door leading to the hall, and an unpleasant smell of bat droppings came over his face.Bailiel stared blankly at the huge chandelier that fell in the center of the hall, the broken furniture in the room, and the debris of unknown objects on the ground, and suddenly felt that he had greatly underestimated the amount of labor involved in the "big cleaning".Not to mention two people, even if there are twenty people, it will take several days to clean up the castle, right?Why is it that this place is dilapidated as if it has been abandoned for hundreds of years after only a few months of absence? !

"Then... I will take care of the downstairs, and Master Bailier will be responsible for cleaning the second floor!" Sean pointed to the stairs leading to the upstairs with a smile, "Please remember not to treat those 'garbage' subordinates. Be merciful. Let's meet here after cleaning up!"

"Huh?" Bairiel suddenly found that he couldn't understand what Sean said today.What does it mean not to show mercy?What a strange statement... Seeing the figure of the servant quickly disappear around the corner, the boy could only swallow his mouth and walk towards the stairs.

The first step made a hole in the wooden stairs, and Bailiel pinched his cheeks, wondering if he had accumulated too much fat recently so that he was seriously overweight.In order to prevent injury from falling down the rotten stairs, the boy had to prop up a magic barrier for himself, and carefully tested the firmness of each plank with his toes.

Finally got to the second floor safely.The young man suddenly remembered the instructions of the Great Demon King.

"Come out! My summoned beast!"

A burst of brilliance shone from the soft, almost semi-liquid gemstone.A boy exactly like Bailiel appeared in front of him.

Bailiel was noncommittal about the shapeshifting beast's appearance, and just shared the cleaning tools in his hand with the other party.

"Dust caps, feather dusters, rags, brushes...etc! You don't think we're here to 'clean' the place, do you?!" The shapeshifter looked like he'd just swallowed a hundred fly.

"Uh... isn't it?" Bairiel looked puzzled.

"Oh my God! My master is so ignorant that he doesn't even know the real meaning of 'cleaning the castle'!" The boy on the opposite side gritted his teeth.

"I just heard that Sean was going to do a big cleaning here, so I asked for help." Bairiel confessed his original intention.Even if he couldn't see him, he would occasionally be called to clean the room. He thought it would be no problem to help clean the castle now that he could see it.

Realizing that standing here helplessly cannot solve any problems, the deformed beast resignedly began to explain the "common sense" in hell to Bairiel.

"For abandoned castles, the rate of decay is a hundred times faster than ordinary castles. Of course, this is often not a problem, as long as enough magic power is needed, everything can restore itself. But abandoned castles often attract surrounding monsters, their rank is not enough to become the master of the castle, but they will absorb the consciousness of the castle and transform it into their own energy. Once a castle loses its own consciousness, it is a real pile of garbage. No matter how capable a demon is, it can't restore its original function. Therefore, for abandoned castles that are temporarily unusable, regular 'cleaning' is often required to drive out the monsters that have mixed in."

"Abandoned castle? But this is the summer palace of the great devil!" Could it be that the great devil doesn't even have the strength to maintain two castles now?Thinking that the reason why the Great Demon King was injured was that he forcibly broke through the seal and went to the surface world to save himself, Bailie felt uncomfortable.

"It doesn't look like it has a master now, does it?" the deformed beast shrugged.

"..." The young man pursed his lips and clenched the staff in his hand, "So our target is the monster entrenched here?"

"Don't be so nervous. It's just some incompetent bastards. If it were me, I would rather invade a castle with an owner than attack such a place that doesn't have much oil and water."

Soon, Bairiel discovered that what the shapeshifting beast said was not unreasonable.Along the way he encounters a flower with teeth, a ball of live wool that is too dirty to see its color, a lizard with four eyes, and a group of fiery red spiders whose fur is several centimeters long .But he didn't even have time to cast an auxiliary spell, and the deformed beast easily threw all these things out.In the words of the deformed beast, these things are not even worth "eating" for him.

"At this speed, the second floor will be cleaned soon!" Bairiel wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled.

"The situation is a little strange..." the deformed beast whispered, "The strength of these things is too weak, could it be that...something is coveting the control of the castle?"

"Who dares?!" Anger suddenly ignited in the boy's eyes.This can only be the summer palace belonging to the Great Demon King!

"Well. Sometimes, when a demon finds that he's just barely able to conquer a castle, he'll drive out his competitors first, and then let the weaker monster eat away at the castle's consciousness until he's just barely able to take control until."

"So...there is a powerful guy here?" Bailiel gritted his teeth, no matter how strong the opponent is, he can't take away what belongs to the Great Demon King!

"I don't know where it's hidden, I hope it's not on the second floor." The deformed beast glanced at Bairiel, "With your strength, it's a bit difficult to deal with a demon who has almost advanced, except for that red-haired fool of course But speaking of it, we are not cleaning alone, you just need to hold on until the guy with four arms arrives. For you who have magic tools, this is no problem at all.”

Bailiel decided to ignore the summoned beast's disdainful tone, and continued to carefully search for the guy who wanted to take the Great Demon King's summer palace as his own.

Except for those just now, it seems that there is nothing?Bairiel pushed open one door after another, but did not find the hidden pretender.

"and many more!"

Bailiel stopped and looked at his summoned beast.

"It seems that we have been here before?" The deformed beast frowned and looked around, "Interesting, is it also a monster of confusion?" The deformed beast licked its lips with interest.

"Are we trapped by him?"

"It's just a non-aggressive labyrinth. I'm afraid that guy is not sure about defeating us. He is watching silently from the sidelines, looking for an opportunity to sneak attack! In short, while looking for confusing props, be careful of the enemies hiding in the dark!"

"What is a confusing prop?"

"We didn't have direct contact with him. He must have cast magic on something to cast the maze. As long as you find such a thing, you can easily break the maze and pull out that guy's tail! Find it. Reflective things, such as glass beads, mirrors, candlesticks, and patterned things, such as oil paintings, vases, carpets, and human-shaped things, such as sculptures, puppets... Pay special attention to things that repeat. Hum! Want to He is so naive to trap me, who is the most deceptive, with a mere maze!"

Glass beads, candlesticks, paintings, puppets, mirrors... mirrors!

Bailie's footsteps suddenly stopped in front of an oval full-length mirror.

Strangely, there was no image of the boy in the mirror.

Rubbing his eyes, he did not.

"Ahhh-"

The deformed beast suddenly screamed, and instantly turned into a shadow and hid under the wooden shelf with a vase.

Behind Bailie, a pure white shadow gradually appeared from top to bottom.Before the body was fully exposed, a pale arm suddenly grabbed the boy's shoulder!