Chapter 00286: A Consecration
# A Consecration
Chapter 286
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 286: A Consecration
On the other side of the screen, Li Chengxi pulled his hand out.
As for the Red Bull can, he just left it there, too lazy to grab it again.
When he noticed Audel running to get the Ring of the Demon King, Li Chengxi had handily clicked open everyone's character attributes.
Perrin, that fellow who claimed to be a follower of the Lord of Dawn but was actually a follower of the Maiden of Pain, had been exposed from the very beginning.
That was why Li Chengxi had asked Aidas back then if priests could still use divine arts after the gods had been shot down to Earth.
But for that dwarf to also be an infiltrator, that was something he hadn't expected at all.
After all, the dwarf gave Li Chengxi a sense of being honest and trustworthy.
He had actually found the tiefling more suspicious.
This was a simple case of judging a book by its cover.
But speaking of which, the person who sent these two clearly didn't want Audel to obtain the Ring of the Demon King.
That person even knew about the situation with the seal.
Along the way, the two had opportunities to make a move, but they never turned hostile.
Instead, they acted like ordinary adventurers.
It wasn't until the final moment that they truly acted.
This point was actually worth digging into.
The room storing the large number of golems could prevent spatial teleportation.
Audel had realized this, and Li Chengxi had also seen it by right-clicking to check its attributes.
But Audel hadn't said it out loud.
How did two adventurers who hadn't even entered the room know that this was the safest place to make their move?
Naturally, there was only one possibility.
The person behind them had told them in advance where they would have the best chance of success.
Viola's presence in the Leon Territory was no longer a secret, and the Tandelon Demon Kingdom's navy being struck by an unknown force was no secret either.
The person pulling the strings behind the scenes was naturally aware of all this.
And not only was Audel Viola's cousin, but the fact that she had gone to the Leon Territory was also not hidden from anyone.
Audel coming to the ruins to find the Ring of the Demon King was no whim.
Although she hadn't told Li Chengxi, she had posted the commission to recruit adventurer guards a week in advance.
It would be normal for a history scholar from the City of Academics to issue such a commission, but Audel specialized in materials and potions.
The research materials she needed could basically all be found in the City of Academics.
For truly hard-to-find materials, she just needed to post a commission for adventurers to get them.
There was absolutely no need to hire bodyguards and go on the trip herself.
Putting all this information together, the person pulling the strings would of course suspect that Audel was planning to go find the Ring of the Demon King.
If there was a threat, it had to be eliminated.
But Audel was not only a high-ranking mage, she was also highly respected in the City of Academics.
Making a move in the City of Academics would have too great an impact.
This also indicated that this person, or this organization, wished to remain hidden and had no intention of coming out into the open.
So they didn't act immediately.
Instead, they sent people to infiltrate the recruited team and wait for a suitable opportunity to make their move.
Dying in the ruins... the specific cause of death could be fabricated at will.
Before long, the City of Academics would forget all about Audel.
Li Chengxi guessed that was more or less what happened.
However, the other party had clearly not anticipated that the old Demon King God's golems would directly defect after Audel took out Li Chengxi's holy emblem.
The other party not anticipating this point shouldn't be considered a mistake.
Perhaps they had not yet received news of the Demon God's return, or perhaps they were still uncertain.
After all, the Leon Territory was currently under a land and sea blockade.
Any outsiders would be easily discovered, so their means of obtaining intelligence were very limited.
This was an advantage.
The enemy was temporarily unaware of the specific situation in the Leon Territory, but this advantage could not be maintained indefinitely.
The question now was how to use this advantage……
Li Chengxi felt that he needed more intelligence.
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Demon Lord Calendar, Year 648.
September 6th, one in the morning.
Viola was having a sweet dream in her bed.
It was just that if an outsider saw her, they would be very suspicious that a person with such terrible sleeping posture could actually be a princess.
"Your Highness! Princess!"
The sound of Zola, the Captain of the Royal Guard, knocking on the door came from outside.
Viola immediately awoke from her deep sleep, her first reaction being to grab the sword placed by her bed.
This was a completely instinctual reaction.
Viola's mind was still groggy, and it took her two seconds to clearly hear the voice.
She yawned, picked up a shawl to cover herself, and went to open the door in her nightclothes.
"Zola? What happened?"
"Miss Audel just returned!"
"Audel?"
Just mentioning her gave Viola a headache.
"What does she want in the middle of the night?"
"I'm not sure, but she brought back Grand Duke Weiss."
"My uncle came too?"
When the capital of the Avarus Demon Kingdom was breached, Audel happened to be at home.
Because the situation was urgent, she could only take her father, Grand Duke Weiss, and a few servants back to the City of Academics using a teleportation spell.
Grand Duke Weiss had remained there ever since.
The moment she heard her relative had arrived, Viola immediately woke up quite a bit.
"Come, take me there."
Audel often used a teleportation portal between the Leon Territory and the City of Academics, but this was the first time she had brought Grand Duke Weiss along.
After all, the Leon Territory was still not as safe as the City of Academics.
Viola felt that something might have happened.
She had to go over and see right away.
Zola led Viola to the large living room on the second floor of the castle.
The most conspicuous thing here was a teleportation portal that was humming and emitting a blue-white spiritual light.
A man who looked to be nearly sixty years old was standing next to the portal.
He had probably also been sent over suddenly, as he was still wearing his nightclothes.
"Uncle!"
Grand Duke Weiss's spirits weren't very good, but seeing Viola, he still showed unconcealed joy.
"Viola, it's so good to see you're safe and sound."
When the Grand Duke was young, he had rendered meritorious service to the kingdom.
Not only was he excellent in internal affairs, but he was also a fierce general who could take up his saber and mount his horse.
But precisely because of this habit of the Avarus royal family to really step up when things happened, the Grand Duke had suffered no small number of injuries.
It wasn't obvious when he was young, but now that he was old, his health was really not good.
Yet he still clamored all day long about returning with Viola to restore the kingdom.
The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and just then, Audel emerged from the teleportation portal.
She was even pulling a handcart, which was loaded with all sorts of books.
"Viola, were you woken up? Perfect, help me move these books over."
"I'd rather know what on earth you're up to..."
Viola then pointed at the tiefling, Nimia, who was on the other side of the portal, looking completely at a loss.
"And, who is she?"
"It's a bit of a long story, and time is tight right now..."
"Don't try to fool me!"
"Alright, to put it simply, someone might be targeting me. The City of Academics isn't very safe, so I plan to stay with you for a while. That tiefling is named Nimia. She's an adventurer I met recently, and she might be targeted too, so I want to recommend her for your scout unit to lie low for a while."
"Who exactly did you provoke?"
"I told you, it can't be explained in one or two sentences, and time is tight. Oh, right, Nimia has received the protection of the Demon God. You can treat her as one of your own."
With that, Audel ducked back into the teleportation portal to pack up the books in her house.
Viola looked at Nimia, hoping she could give an explanation.
But a tiefling who had been scraping by on the streets since she was young, how could she have ever met a princess? She immediately started trembling like a leaf……
She lost her nerve.