For Randy, the final result of the previous large-scale fierce confrontation with Alicia was a small victory, at least a draw, and it was not a defeat at all. But the other demons didn't think so, they felt that since they had painstakingly set up strategies and plans, and dispatched so many troops, they should completely achieve their goals. And not only did Randy not kill Alicia, but also let the main fleet of the Alliance, the biggest obstacle for the demons to enter the Western Continent, escape, which was already a failure in itself.

As a result, Randy's life in Miruri, the capital of the Dark Empire, is not having an easy time now.

Not far from the city lies a luxurious villa next to the lake, surrounded by a carefully well-groomed verdant lawn that looks pleasant, a few white waterfowl frolic on the lake, occasionally diving into the water to catch a small fish to try, and many tall sunflowers in full bloom swaying gently in the breeze.

However, at odds with this idyllic idyllic scene, the villa was surrounded by an iron fence, with no exit except the main entrance, which was guarded by many muscular men, and even on the lawn where it was impossible to hide people, there were several patrols walking back and forth. This is a recreational villa, it is clearly a prison.

And this lavishly decorated prison is where Yura grew up.

"What are you thinking, Randy?" Yura, dressed in plain loose loungewear, walked up behind her lover who was standing by the window and stared out, gently hugging her and sticking it to his back, "with a weird expression. ”

He frowned slightly. The demon who turned into a human form did not refuse the girl's embrace in the end, but raised his right hand holding the goblet and took a shallow sip of the wine inside, "It's nothing, don't care." Ulla. The deep-sea dragon that was damaged in the accident last time has been repaired and may be tested at any time. Has your body recovered?"

Yura's memories of living in the Alliance were pressed by Randy to the deepest part of the sea of consciousness, and although they were not forgotten, they were almost sealed away. Some of the damage sustained to the mech and herself during the last battle is tricked by Randy into instilling false memories that she accidentally had an accident during a test drive. Originally, Randy planned to forcibly delete Yura's memories of Alicia and the others, but if he did so, it would seriously hurt the girl's mental power, so he had to take this compromise method.

Anyway, Yura, who was a little confused, didn't doubt it easily.

"Well, I guess it should be fine. Yura still hugged Randy and felt the other's body temperature, as if it would reassure and relax. "I'll be careful this time and won't let you worry about me anymore. ”

Randy, who was a little anxious because he was busy dealing with the many troubles that had appeared around him recently, didn't know why he wanted to come to Yura whenever he was upset during this time, and the girl was just a prop for him. And it doesn't help in the slightest, but it always magically soothes Randy's emotions and makes him calm again.

Randy didn't answer, just nodded slightly.

A blush suddenly flew on Yura's pretty face. He rubbed the man's back hard and whispered, "That's it." Randy. I only found out two days ago that I seem to be ......"

The girl could not finish her sentence when there was a knock on the door outside the room. Then the three men-like men pushed open the door and strode in, so startled that Yura hurriedly shrank into the foot of the wall: "Huh, huh, didn't you say that it would be tested in a few days?"

"Don't worry, it's okay with you. The man in charge said and pointed to Randy, "The people up there are looking for you, come with us." ”

Gently removing Yura's hand, which was nervously grasping her arm, the silver-haired handsome man drank the drink from the glass and touched the girl's head to signal her not to worry. Then, in her panicked gaze, she walked out of the room with the three of them.

After walking far enough to make sure Yura wouldn't hear, Randy changed his face from a dead fish face to a grim expression and asked, "Hawke." What's going on?"

The man at the head immediately bowed his head respectfully: "My lord, General Ulrik is looking for you. ”

"His Majesty the Emperor who lives in Miyagi? Randy sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, "Hawke, be more careful during this time. After summoning the Blood Queen, that human girl named Yura is the only trump card I have at the moment, and there will definitely be many people who want to take her life. ”

"Your subordinates understand, please rest assured!" Hawke replied immediately and earnestly.

After handing over the guarding of the villa to his henchmen, Randy rode into the royal palace in Miru City in a horse-drawn carriage. Here, Ulrik Gust, the most powerful general of the Demon Clan, who once led a handful of centaurs to conquer the entire continent of Tyranmere under Randy's plan, was waiting for Randy's arrival.

The meeting took place in a study room with no one to attend.

"General, are you looking for me?" After closing the door, Randy nodded to the man sitting in his chair holding a book with a colorful cover and reading with relish.

This is a powerful man, the muscles on his body are very strong but not as well-defined as Mr. Bodybuilder's, his hair is a rare black color among demons, and it looks like a touch of ink that can't be dissolved, his face is barely handsome, but at that moment, the creepy and bewildering smile really ruined the overall image, and his red eyes swept back and forth on the book twice before turning to Randy's body and froze.

Every time he dealt with Ulrique, Randy would use his strength, because this guy was not only strong in force, but also very smart, and even cunning like those succubi who couldn't do anything but deceive people, and he would be caught in the circle if he wasn't careful. However, Ulrik doesn't seem to have any intention of wasting his brain cells on each other's energy with the famous Demon Strategist - perhaps he knows that he will lose more by doing so - so he rarely meets with Randy unless he is planning a large-scale battle.

Demons have no friends, only superiors and subordinates and relationships that take advantage of and are used. Deep friendship is not good for either of them.

But what did Ulrique take the initiative to find Randy this time?

Maybe it was because he saw Randy's doubts. Ulrik first motioned for the former to sit down on a nearby chair, then closed the book and said leisurely: "I called you here to discuss with you why there are so many questions about the Hou (Divine Beast) Palace Drama in Lanxing's October this year...... Uh, sorry. I got the wrong script. Ahem, I didn't count what I did just now, military advisor, you should know that your current situation is not good, right?"

"You know, there are always people in this world who like to seize any insignificant opportunity to pull people down desperately, and he himself climbs up hard. Randy crossed his fingers against the back of his chair and sneered, "It's just a few flies, but it's annoying to have a lot of them." ”

Ulrike nodded noncommittally: "His Majesty the Great Demon King has been in a bad mood recently, because the arrival of those birdmen on the Western Continent has formed a great strategic deterrent to us; It's not easy for you. But that's nothing, and Your Majesty knows that victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and even you can't win every time. But ......"

Randy's heart thumped at the other party's pause.

"But. Military Division. Recently, there have been rumors that you stole information about the air battleship while you were with the Alliance, but you kept it private and didn't hand it in, is that true?"

"It's true. ”

"Huh?" Ulrike, who received a seriously unexpected answer, was stunned on the spot, but he immediately reverted to his original calm expression and squinted at Randy and curled the corners of his mouth, "Strategist." I need an explanation. ”

Randy then nodded and sat up straight, "Of course." As a matter of fact. The process by which I got this information in the first place was so easy that it was like bait in a trap that Alicia's girl had deliberately prepared. I can't guarantee the authenticity of this information, so I'm going to have my own subordinates check it before reporting it. After all, it is much safer to do so than to recklessly hand over the false information and waste a lot of resources and time to study it without finding anything, and to be criticized by the flies and to the displeasure of His Majesty. ”

"I see. Ulrik obviously didn't mean to believe it easily, but still followed Randy's words, "But Strategist, you should inform my boss about this." If Your Majesty hadn't asked me this morning, I wouldn't have known. Can you imagine the embarrassment of my mouth opening in front of the crystal ball when I asked questions in front of His Majesty?"

"I'm sorry. I just don't want to get out of the rumors. ”

But now it's out, hey!Ulrike pursed his lips and stared at Randy and said solemnly, "Then Strategist, I now officially ask you to give me the information." You won't say no, right?"

Regardless of whether the information is true or not. The great strategic significance of the air warship is naturally self-evident. His Majesty the Great Demon King already knew that the information was in my hands, and this guy Ulrik couldn't take the credit from me even if he took the information. So what did he ask me to hand in the information?" Randy spun around his brain and thought quickly, finally coming up with an answer that stunned him. This answer was so earth-shattering that the silver-haired handsome guy couldn't care about pretending to be calm anymore, and couldn't help but stand up from his chair suddenly.

Seeing this, Ulrike didn't care, just smiled casually: "Everyone is smart, so don't play any twists and turns." Let's just say it, Strategist, would you like to partner with me?"

Constantly receiving various talent assistance from Dronsha, gathering massive resources from the two continents of Despair and Teranmere, holding control of the largest dimensional portal in the Despair, and being able to build battlefield-level law weapons like the Tower of Sacrifice at any time, Ulrik has unwittingly developed a very exaggerated and huge force. This guy is not a good guy in the first place, and the Demon King has always been wary of using him, but despite this, Ulrik still decided to raise a counter-flag to the Demon Realm at this time, intending to form a force of his own.

I have to say that he grasped the timing very well, and it was when Randy, the demon military master who was the biggest containment, lost his position politically because he failed to achieve his strategic goals. Ulrik would have hesitated if Randy had been as successful as he had been before, but now that the Demon Warmaster had lost his position, he was in the predicament of being pushed by the wall, and his ability to summon the Blood Queen as a talisman was on CD. Wait until you take down the desperate Randy. Even if the others noticed Ulrik's mutation, it was too late - because Randy, the only one who could lead them in the confrontation, had already joined the opposing side - since they were unable to resist, surrendering to the other party was naturally the best choice for the demons who were good at protecting their lives.

Ulrik will be able to take control of the two continents and close the portal before the Demon King in Dronsa can react. Thus unfolding his personal hegemony.

"I considered this possibility, but I didn't expect you to actually do it. Randy took two steps back and said to Ulrikra, "Are you sure you can handle the people Your Majesty sent to spy on you?"

"You don't need to worry about that, Strategist. Ulrique gracefully put down the book in his hand and stood up, "You just have to nod or shake your head." Of course, I hope you choose the former. ”

"What if I shake my head?"

"Stop laughing at the dead, Randy. Demons will never have true loyalty. Could it be that you still intend to be loyal to our great Demon King?" said Ulrik and reached forward with his palm, "Do you take the initiative to shake my hand, or wait to be blasted to slag by the energy condensed in your palm?"

Randy is in a dilemma.

It would be very unwise to join Ulrique. Although he now has the largest power in Drowlivan, he is rootless after leaving Delonsha. The low breeding power of the demons cannot form a sufficient scale of combat power in the short term, and the war with the Western Continent Alliance has also proved that the invincible cannon fodder sea tactics of the past have become outdated. Ulrique was able to do it for a while, but it was difficult to sustain it for long. Even in the face of the aggressive offensive of the Western Continental Alliance and the ever-changing speed of technological development of the other side. Even with Randy's joining, it is likely that it will not be able to withstand the enemy's army. Then they were defeated. Unless they can find a way to take out Elicia, defeat the main force of the Alliance, and then occupy the Western Continent, then they can achieve true hegemony.

But for now, it seems that it is as difficult to assassinate Alicia as it is to have a strange uncle with an IQ of (9) use a lollipop to abduct the clever black Lori.

And it would be even worse if Ulrique was rejected here. First of all, Randy definitely can't beat the other party, and he can't summon the Blood Queen at the moment, so if he really wants to do it, he will only be abused. Even if he manages to escape, Randy has nowhere to hide, and Ulrique will definitely go all out to hunt down this henchman. Not to mention if he runs away like this. And what about Yura?

Randy slapped his head hard, confused as to why he had suddenly thought of Yura. However, the Demon Warrior quickly came back to his senses and bowed slightly to Ulrik, "I'm sorry. Checkmate. It's not a trivial matter, and I can't decide it easily in a hurry, so can I think about it for a day?"

"It doesn't matter if you use a delaying tactic, I will send someone to keep an eye on you, don't think you can escape. Ulrique didn't intend to get too hard with Randy, so he waved his hand to let him go, "Give me an answer tomorrow at noon, and you can think about it until then." ”

"Of course, I didn't think I'd be able to escape. Randy said, turning around, "I'll be staying at Yura's place today, the driver of the Deep Sea Dragon. I'm afraid it's not safe to sleep elsewhere, and maybe someone will do it secretly. ”

Ulrike turned his back to Randy and didn't answer, and the latter briskly left the study.

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In fact, Randy has another option, and that is to take Yura and escape to the Eastern Continent in the Deep Sea Dragon. Although it is not easy, it is not completely impossible to have enough magic crystals in Randy's space items. There was a tunnel at the bottom of the lake at the villa that connected to the river that led to the sea, and as long as Randy mobilized his men to secretly transport the deep sea dragon into the villa, he would have already fled by the time Ulrik's men sent to monitor the perimeter noticed that something was wrong.

And if you believe in the props that you love yourself unconditionally...... No, if you live with that human girl away from strife and incognito, it probably ends well. Exhausted after a long period of deceit, Randy finally gets tired of this life that has always been stressful after Ulrik prepares to rebel - forced by his surroundings and cold-blooded, he receives undisguised care from Yura, which can't help but make him feel warm while relaxing his spirit.

Now Randy just wants to keep the warmth, but when he returns to the villa, Yura is two.

One of them stood in the room with a blank face, and the other opened the secret door hidden in the closet to escape from danger, but was brutally murdered by someone with a sharp weapon, and fell covered in blood in the secret passage.

"The stand-in spell, plus the secret room in the closet, Master Soldier, you have arranged this prop very thoughtfully. Hawke, who was sitting on the couch in the room, casually wiped the blood stains from his sword with one of Yura's dresses, "But you shouldn't have told me that." Oh yes, that's what General Ulrike meant, to eliminate the last trump card in your hand, so please don't blame me. Having said that, when I pierced her lower abdomen with a sword, I found out that she was actually pregnant. It's a pity. ”

Standing in the doorway, Randy suddenly felt that something in his brain had collapsed in an instant. (To be continued......)