The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

The sky over Demon City was still shrouded in a somber purple fog before dawn, while the distant Hell Furnace reflected a dim canopy, exuding a cold, bloody glow.

Before daybreak, news of the upheaval at Black Wind Castle had already spread back to Demon City, and rumors about the great battle swept through the streets like a tidal wave.

In the marketplace, vendors with their goods gathered to whisper, discussing rumors that had passed through countless ears.

"Elder Zakeruo… actually took action himself?!"

"Is that true?!"

"He's a Purple Crystal Level powerhouse, an elder of the Dragon family, and he would act so brazenly at Black Wind Castle?"

"I heard the Dragon family has severed ties with him, and the Truth Department has listed him as wanted, though they haven't publicly declared him a traitor to Hell…"

"But isn't he a noble? Can't he hire a more efficient assassin?"

"What are you thinking… what assassin could handle such a task?"

At a certain noble's banquet.

Hell Nobles who had been drinking since the beginning of the party gathered together, their enthusiasm for gossip no less than that of the marketplace vendors.

"I heard he had gone mad at that time!" A slippery Golden Slime noble lowered his voice, excitedly narrating hearsay, his eyes occasionally drifting to the sides, "Countless goblins and Hell Dwarfs died in Black Wind Castle! And many undead… though I suppose they don't count, in any case that Horror Demon was like a Demon Beast, massacring in the streets, tearing through the army blocking him, single-mindedly wanting to kill Luo Yan!"

The young Demon sitting nearby clicked his tongue involuntarily.

"How deep a grudge must that be?"

The Golden Slime shook his head like a rattle drum.

"I don't know! Maybe there's a story behind the story we don't know!"

As soon as his voice fell, someone immediately interjected.

"That's not the point! The point is that the Baron of Black Wind Castle actually won! You should have seen that guy, he was the one at Miss Padric's birthday party!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the noisy environment suddenly quieted, then almost tipped over the table like a high-pressure explosion.

"What?!"

"That, that kept man?!"

"Isn't Elder Zakeruo a Purple Crystal Level?! He, it couldn't be—how is that possible!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! There must have been someone helping Luo Yan from behind!"

"I did hear someone intervened… someone said they saw bloodlight, and someone said they saw a domain?!"

"A, a Demigod?! Could it be Prince Colin?!"

"It can't be wrong, he's the only Demigod Level Blood Race in the entire Demon City, and he indeed pushed for the military plan at Black Wind Castle, maybe the Colin family has shares in the Magic Crystal Cannon Factory, Zakeruo was foolish to act there, it was simply courting death!"

"But I heard… in the end, Zakeruo seemed to have stormed into the Lord's Mansion, intending to take hostages, only to be counter-killed by Luo Yan? How did that happen."

"Could it be… the will of Lord Demon God?"

"Hush! You can't speak carelessly of such things!"

Though they said this, the nobles showed no sign of stopping.

Listening to their lively discussions, Baron Avister sitting in the corner couldn't help but shiver, the trembling cup spilling beer foam onto his hand, sizzling in the warm air.

If until yesterday, he still considered the duel at the Commercial Street Park as the greatest shame of his life, now he felt nothing but relief that Baron Luo Yan did not strike personally.

He defeated even a Purple Crystal Level powerhouse…

This guy is really just a silver?!

The thought of almost crossing hands with him made Avister's Flame Crystal tremble in fear.

Amid the heated discussions, the rumors got more and more outrageous. The initial versions followed some logic, such as Prince Colin crippling Elder Zakeruo, who was ultimately beheaded by Luo Yan's all-out strike. Later on, the tale spun into how Lord Demon God manifested divine might, granting Luo Yan a divine artifact to slay demons, banishing the treasonous Zakeruo to a sunless subspace.

As for the increasingly wild rumors, the Dragon family maintained an attitude of indifference.

Not to mention that they are currently too preoccupied with dealing with the watchful eyes of other great nobles, leaving them no time to safeguard Elder Zakeruo's reputation. Even if they had the strength to do so, they certainly wouldn't risk public backlash that might suggest they were still in cahoots with Zakeruo.

Thus, under the disregard of various powers, the rumors fermented in their wild growth for three whole days.

It wasn't until the latest edition of the "Magic City Daily" was released, revealing the jaw-dropping news about General Sebes, that people shifted their focus from the "Death of Elder Zakeruo" and the "Silver Demon King Who Defeated a Purple Crystal Level Powerhouse," to the former's "unspeakable" crimes.

"General Sebes Confesses His Crimes! Eight Thousand Soldiers' Wrongful Souls Are Finally Vindicated! The Seldo Port Massacre Comes to an End!"

Pages of newspapers unfolded within the bustling crowd, the crimson headline strikingly prominent against the black-and-white paper!

Under the interrogation of the Intelligence Department, General Sebes admitted he deliberately exploited the failed Seldo Port incident, on the orders of Zakeruo Dragon, to obstruct the introduction of Black Wind Castle's new military armament plan, the reason being Zakeruo's discontent towards the Demon King of Thunder County.