"Brother Dylan, don't take it off, have a sip first."

Watching Dylan, who had finished tidying up the camp and was about to take off his clothes, Keroro handed over a pot filled with Magic Potion.

"Big Brother Keroro, it's not good to always do this..."

After passing through two cities, both of which had Monitoring Arrays set up, Dylan couldn't enter to resupply, so he had to conserve the Magic Potion.

However, thanks to his Racial Transformation Talent, Keroro could avoid the inspection of those low-level arrays and never lacked supplies along the way.

But these days, Dylan had been drinking Keroro's Magic Potion, and he felt quite embarrassed.

"No worries, if you go naked and attract attention, it puts us both at risk. Don't be so polite; it's just a little Magic Potion."

Dylan scratched his head, took a few sips of the potion, and then pulled out a few gold coins from his pocket.

Seeing this, Keroro immediately understood his intention and placed a hand on his hand that held the coins.

"No need, it's all on public expense anyway."

In Keroro's view, Dylan was just a young guy new to the field.

Though Dylan seemed older than him, a businessman, it was just the age of his host, like Keroro himself, whose real age was older than the businessman he disguised as.

Every time he saw the mistakes Dylan made, it reminded him of when he was new to the job.

He himself was also able to get to where he was thanks to the help of some seniors.

Dylan's situation was much worse than his was back then.

Low Mimicry Level, unprofessional spy training, and tasked with the toughest delivery mission.

Although young Dylan always stuck to his principles and never divulged any mission details.

Keroro still noticed that Dylan almost never left his backpack, which he never opened.

Or rather, after spending so many days together, it was hard not to notice.

Keroro hadn't even found an opening on that bag, probably sealed, the kind that self-destructs if forcibly opened.

This kind of delivery task was the hardest.

Gathering intelligence only required making sure one's behavior wasn't too abnormal, but delivery tasks, especially with such a suspicious large bag!

Sometimes Keroro wondered if young Dylan had offended someone and was being sent on a suicide mission.

He could only say, before his own new mission came down, he would stick with this unfortunate junior for a while.

"Big Brother Keroro, why are the inspections so strict lately?"

"Big Brother Keroro, why are the inspections so strict lately?"

Dylan remembered that it used to be easy to enter cities around here, unlike now, with all the screening and detection arrays.

"Brother Dylan, your stutter...

Of course, it's strict; it's to prevent His Majesty's revenge!"

"The Emperor... His Majesty?" Dylan still felt a bit awkward saying these words himself.

"Of course, His Majesty the Emperor must be quite furious now.

The humans' fake Hero summoning trap left Lord Shadow Demon's fate unknown, which was a huge loss for the Empire.

How could His Majesty not avenge this, but no one yet knows how that revenge will unfold."

The disappearance of the Shadow Demon was something that couldn't be concealed, so it wasn't a secret among the Demon Race, and Keroro shared it freely.

But for Dylan, it was the first time hearing this!

What fake Hero summoning?

A trap?

And it took down one of the Empire's Twelve Pillars, the Shadow Demon?

So many things happened while he was in the Underground City!?

But he quickly caught the key point—revenge!

"Then... is it possible for a war to break out directly?"

A war was undoubtedly the most straightforward and impactful form of revenge.

But Keroro just waved his hand.

"How could it happen, Brother Dylan, as spies, assessing the situation is a necessary skill.

The Elves and Dwarves are still watching from the side; they won't just stand by and watch us destroy humanity and become too powerful.

Unless..."

Keroro deliberately paused here, and Dylan indeed asked, "Unless what?"

Keroro leaned in, wrapped an arm around Dylan's shoulder, and though they were in the wild with no one around, still lowered his voice:

"Currently, there's a saying that besides that trap, the humans secretly conducted a real Hero summoning.

If this news is confirmed, the Empire could start a war without any qualms."

"Huh?" At this point, Dylan's eyes were truly clear, not understanding the connection between summoning a Hero and starting a war without reservations.

Seeing this, Keroro looked at him with an expression like dealing with an unteachable person.

"Foolish! If there's really a Hero, the Elves and Dwarves wouldn't help the humans!

If our Empire grows strong, their lives won't be good, but if humans grow strong, will their lives be better?

Currently, they're siding with humans just to balance the Empire's strength.

But if a Hero is truly summoned, the situation would be different.

Now that the Demon King has disappeared, a Hero growing up would be a super-specified combat power!

Believe me, not only would we want to eliminate them quickly, but if there's a chance to eliminate the Hero, the Elves and Dwarves wouldn't pass it up either.

Who would want an uncontrolled existence that can arbitrarily decide over life and death without limits over them?

By then, at least before the Hero dies, they would likely remain as bystanders.

Of course, all this is based on the premise that a Hero has truly been summoned."

Keroro opened the pot and took a sip of Magic Potion to moisten his throat, seeing that Dylan seemed not to fully grasp it, he didn't push.

He just gave a final reminder:

"Brother Dylan, there might be some dangerous tasks coming soon, you need to understand your limits.

If you can't complete a task, you'll be punished, but if you get caught by humans, it could be fatal!

Weigh the two carefully!"

After saying that, he patted Dylan and led the way on their journey.

Dylan followed, still digesting the heap of information from earlier.

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Lin Jun was also digesting this sudden influx of information.

Humans against the Demon Race, Elves, Dwarves, Hero summoning, traps, confrontation and friction, revenge...

No wonder!

No wonder there are so few Diamond Levels active in the Underground City!

No wonder no one above Level 60 has entered the Underground City!

Turns out they've all been drawn away by the Demon Race.

So does that mean...

No one can really threaten me right now?

He'd always controlled the Fungal Mat to only cover the first five layers, avoiding further spread to prevent drawing too much attention.

It seemed that this caution wasted quite a bit of development time!

Fortunately, the tense human-demon relations continue, maybe even escalating to war later.

Starting now to develop further down isn't too late, spreading the mushrooms throughout the Underground City before humans can catch up!

Or even... the entrance to the Underground City, which I'd been hesitant to touch before, maybe I can try letting the mycelium grow over it too...

...

Speaking of which, that Hero summoning rumor is fake, right...

I'm the true Hero, aren't I?

Even Lin Jun had a hard time understanding, is a Hero really helping the humans?

Until now I haven't taken down a single demon, instead I've disassembled a whole bunch of humans, what kind of Hero is that?

As for being a Hero for the Demon Race?

That's not right either, that would conflict with the identity of the Demon King, wouldn't it?

Wait a minute...

Am I the Hero of the Demons???

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