Chapter 467: Want your own offspring? Trade them with knights!
"Because it is a clone, Dorothy's body is 'incomplete', and the Demon King at this time should also be like Dorothy, with a part of his body missing."
"The Demon King's clone?"
Octavia frowned and said, "But among the demons, there are actually quite a few high-level demons who are born without horns."
"That's why the devil felt comfortable letting Dorothy come to Hedley."
Alice continued, “Besides, this also corresponds to why the Demon King values Dorothy so much and wants to bring Dorothy back at this time.
Most likely, the Demon King needs to replenish his strength before launching a general attack on Hedley, so he brought Dorothy back."
Octavia was silent.
Because what Alice said was right, from this point of view, the possibility that Dorothy is the devil's clone is indeed very high.
Ryan was puzzled: "The devil would rather cut off a part of his body and send Dorothy to Hedley. What is his purpose?"
Hearing this, Alice looked straight at Ryan: “I think the devil is likely to want to monitor your every move through Dorothy.
How did she know in advance that you would return to Art City? In order to reduce suspicion, she sent Dorothy to Alcott College in advance, and asked Octavia, who had fought with you before, to protect Dorothy, so that you could have an intersection. "
"You mean... Dorothy is a spy sent by the devil?" Ryan's tone was somewhat incredulous.
"Absolutely impossible!" Octavia denied it outright.
"How could Dorothy be a spy sent by the devil? Didn't she want you to kill her before she was taken away?"
Alice looked at the two people helplessly: "Dorothy probably doesn't know these things herself. It was only recently that she found out some inside information about her life experience through certain things."
"..."
Several people fell into silence for a long time.
Until Ryan slowly spoke: "So, if the devil is killed, Dorothy will truly disappear from the world, is that right?"
Hearing Ryan ask this, Octavia suddenly looked up and looked at Alice.
"According to common sense, that's true, but I have a way to save Dorothy while killing the devil."
Alice crossed her arms and said, “Dorothy has an independent soul and consciousness. If someone else kills the devil, both the devil and Dorothy will die, but Ryan, you are different.
Your black sword can erase souls. After the Demon King and Dorothy merge, he will most likely seal Dorothy's soul, because destroying Dorothy's soul will also cause great damage to her. "
"So, I just need to use the black sword to erase the Demon King's soul?"
Ryan reacted immediately.
"That's right!"
Alice showed a relieved expression: "When the time comes, I will find a way to let Dorothy's soul occupy the devil's body and give you a larger Dorothy."
"……I see."
Ryan cheered up and stood up from the sofa: "It's just right, it's time for us to return to the imperial capital to discuss how to deal with the demons. Let's set off tomorrow."
"Okay." Octavia and Alice responded in unison.
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In the demon territory, in the Demon King’s city.
At this time, the Demon King's Castle was empty.
In the center of the castle's hall, there was only a huge red magic circle and a lonely petite figure.
At this moment, Dorothy stood in the center of the magic circle, her eyes dull, like a puppet. Only the undried tear marks on her cheeks proved the emotions that had just existed in her.
And in the center of the magic circle along with Dorothy was the dagger that had once injured Ryan.
"Finally... I have finally waited for this day."
From the depths of the dark palace, the devil's charming voice came, with unprecedented joy in his tone:
"Come on, Dorothy, my 'daughter', come back to me, and let us witness the history of the demons ruling everything!"
As the Demon King finished speaking, a huge magic circle lit up with red light, covering Dorothy and the dagger...
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"I'm so angry! I'm so angry!"
In the imperial palace of the imperial capital, Luld paced back and forth in front of the throne with an angry look on his face.
The ministers below looked at each other and dared not say a word.
At this moment, a royal guard knight walked in from outside the palace: "Your Majesty, Captain Ryan is back!"
Hearing this, Luld's expression immediately changed from anger to joy: "Great, please invite Captain Ryan in!"
"Father!"
The first to enter the palace was the little Princess Futini. The moment Futini entered the palace, she trotted up and threw herself into Luard's arms.
"Ouch! My dear daughter!"
Ludger hugged Futini happily, and then put her back on the ground: "You should go back and rest first, I have something important to do here."
"Ok!"
After Futini, Ryan, fully dressed in armor, strode into the palace.
"Captain Ryan, please take a seat!"
After hearing what Lud said, Ryan turned his head and saw Kyle waving at him.
After Ryan took his seat, Luard sighed and said, "Captain Ryan, you don't know that recently, when we were on the verge of war, a group of nobles wrote to me, asking for the younger generations of their families to retire!"
Hearing what Lourdes said, Ryan couldn't help but frown: "According to the rules, you are absolutely not allowed to retire before your service time is up, right?"
"That's right! They come and go as they please. What do you think of our army? We are on the verge of war right now. If we let them leave, won't the army lose its morale?"
As he spoke, Lud became angry again: "Those bastards! Not only do they not want to help me at a time like this, they also make things difficult for me!"
At this time, Ryan thought for a moment and suddenly said: "If you ask me, those dandy wastes who came to the Knights to enjoy themselves can't do much on the battlefield. Maybe some of them will desert. We should send them back."
"But...if I let them go, where will I put my old face?"
If it were someone else, Ludde would have started cursing long ago, but he didn't dare to get angry at Ryan and could only say with a bitter face.
"Your Majesty, don't you want those nobles to contribute? This is just perfect."
Ryan smiled slightly: "Those families can raise a lot of knights. Do you want their descendants to retire? Just let them exchange them for knights."
Kyle's eyes lit up instantly and he turned to look at Ryan.
Luld was stunned for a moment and then slapped his thigh: "Good idea! Just do as Captain Ryan said!"
After saying this, Luard immediately ordered two ministers to go down and deal with the matter of exchanging those dandies for knights.
After the matter was settled, Lud felt much better. He sat back on the throne and said to Ryan:
"Captain Ryan, the 60,000 troops in the capital have been organized. I plan to let you and Kyle lead the army, including the Dark Eclipse. What do you think?" (Fox Canteen, today's dish, braised pork, fragrant and not greasy, Fox can't believe he made it himself)
