The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

Chapter 163: Demon Soldiers

What she said made everyone reevaluate the self-proclaimed demon god sitting in front of them.

“Looks like this guy isn’t a real demon god, nor is he at full strength. How shameless, trying to play at being a god.” Jier looked disdainfully at the pretender.

The others nodded their heads as they listened to Jier. They agreed with his words. If the demon was a true demon god, then he should have been more powerful. If he was a greater demon, then he would have already absorbed the other lesser demons in the area. His current appearance was that of an old man.[notes] His strength wasn’t that high. Plus his injuries, which were thousands of years old, were healing poorly.

Like Feng Wu said, if he was a greater demon, he should have treated his injuries by absorbing the lesser demons. Yet his injuries were so serious, he couldn’t even maintain his appearance. Therefore, he couldn’t be a greater demon. He wouldn’t be in such a miserable state if he was.

“You- you’ve succeeded in angering this great one!” His eyes were full of hate and resentment. Most of it was directed at Feng Wu. She was the one who revealed his secret.

The fake demon god was actually a mere foot soldier of no consequence in the ancient war. He was weak and only there to serve as cannon fodder. However he was clever and avoided death many times. While in battle, he was seriously injured but managed to stay alive. He escaped the rest of the fighting by lowering his aura and hiding in the god’s tomb.

But he wasn’t powerful enough to absorb mana left behind by other fallen demons. The demon hierarchy was very clear. If a weaker demon tried to absorb a demon of higher rank, the weaker demon would suffer a counterattack and die explosively.

This was why he chose to heal through sleep. It was slow, but it was his only option.

Things changed when magicians and adventurers flooded the tomb. Humans who came in weren’t powerful, but they were a nice supplement. If he could absorb them, his powers would increase enough to allow him to return home. There, he would be able to heal properly.

But the wrench Feng Wu threw at his plan nearly made him spit blood.

It had been such a good plan too. Unfortunately no matter how a good a plan was, it was impossible to account for everything - like that holy master. He never expected a holy master to appear.

He tried to create a mysterious atmosphere by saying a few things in order to intimidate the holy master into backing down. If it hadn’t been for the holy master’s appearance, he would never have pretended to be a demon god. He hoped he wouldn’t get punished for it.

Despite surviving for so long, he was still just a lowly demon soldier. He had a healthy dose of fear for the greater demons, and an even greater fear of the mighty demon gods. What if they learned of his pretense? Could you blame him if his heart was hammering like mad?

But he was from the grand demon race; he couldn’t appear fearful in front of humans. “Abominable humans! You think you can escape?!” he sneered. He tried to deceive them, to make them retreat, so he wouldn’t have to fight and expend energy.

But Jier wasn’t intimidated now that the truth was revealed.

Grandpa was relieved. He’d managed to keep composed in front of his granddaughter, but he had to admit he’d been nervous for a moment. But things were fine now. The one in front of them was just a low level demon. Even if he couldn’t defeat the guy, he would definitely be able to escape with his granddaughter.

The others began recalculating. Well everyone except Feng Wu. She didn’t think too hard about it. She knew he wasn’t a high ranking demon, but that didn’t mean she was going to underestimate him. Demon clans of the past differed from demons in the present. Back then, demon blood was more pure, more powerful. So even a low ranking demon from back then was bound to be more powerful than the ones in the present day.

Ming Xi thought the same way, because no matter how you looked at it, despite the demon’s low rank, he was still stronger than they were.

“It doesn’t matter who you are. You’re not escaping today,” Grandpa said. josei

“Escape? Arrogance! Consider where you stand before speaking to this great one!” the demon sneered. Red light immediately filled the palace and suddenly all the adventurers who entered the tomb materialized.

“What’s going on? Why are we here?” Many of the adventurers had been on the second floor. To suddenly be transported into a large hall was disconcerting and left them confused.

“We’re still in the tomb. I was stuck on the first floor. How’d I end up here?”

“What is this place? Anybody who knows better talk!”

“Who can tell me where we are?” spoke a female voice.

Even in the din, Ming Xi recognized the faint voice. He turned and saw Elena. The others who stayed behind at the lower levels were there as well.

Yifu and Jasmine rushed to Zi Cheng. Gerasi, Luis, Tian Ya, Drew, Wind, Rain, and Pei Qing rushed to Ming Xi and Feng Wu.

“Drew, Pei Qing, where did you go? I couldn’t find you.” Feng Wu asked. She had been worried, so was naturally happy to see them again.

“Don’t even bring it up. We almost didn’t make it out.” The nightmare corridor did a number on them; there were still traces of fear lingering on their faces.

Yifu and Jasmine also caught up with Zi Cheng, telling her what happened to them after they were separated.

Elena gathered everyone together to talk so Ai Lin wasn’t left out either.