Dark clouds filled the sky, and the torrential rain had almost completely obscured her vision.
Water droplets fell on the girl. Some larger drops even left tiny indentations on her skin before sliding down her cleavage to her navel.
Luo Li looked up at the sky, seeing nothing at all, but that single eagle-like shriek clearly reached her ears.
Where did that sound come from?
Normally, any ordinary creature would instinctively stay away from demonic energy.
Because the impact of this energy on one's sanity was too great, even affecting instinct.
Demonic energy was instinctively rejected by all living beings.
Because of this, almost no ordinary creatures could be seen on the demon island.
But also because of this, that shriek was definitely not something an ordinary eagle would make.
Thinking of this, the image of a griffin flashed through Luo Li's mind.
Without a doubt, any creature capable of flying in this weather had to be one possessed of magical elements.
For example... a griffin!
Could it be pursuers from the demon race?
But given her current state, even if there were pursuers, they shouldn't be suspicious of her.
A thought suddenly occurred to her, and Luo Li instinctively looked back at the ox-horse beast beside her.
Could the light element magic from earlier have allowed the demons to discover this place?
She instinctively looked up again.
This time, the moment she raised her head, the curtain of rain above her thinned significantly.
Accompanied by the sound of wings flapping, a massive object suddenly landed in front of her.
It was about five or six meters long, with a wingspan exceeding ten meters.
The front half was an eagle, and the back half was a lion.
Its entire body didn't look like it should be able to fly at all.
Yet, it flew.
It really was a griffin unit of the demon army.
"Hey! Who are you?"
As he spoke, a demon soldier jumped down from the griffin.
In this heavy rain, if the two parties weren't standing right next to each other, they would hardly be able to hear what the other was saying.
They couldn't even see clearly what the other person was.
This rider clearly hadn't noticed Luo Li's appearance and walked straight over.
"I just felt a light element reaction nearby, you..."
Having just said that, the demon walked closer.
The first thing he saw was that pair of full breasts that seemed ready to burst out.
Immediately after, his gaze swept over the top of Luo Li's head, resting on her pair of demon horns.
"My apologies! I didn't expect to see a Queen here."
When Imam had looked at her before, he had also called her "Queen."
At the time, she thought it was some kind of pet name.
Now it seemed it wasn't a pet name, but a title of respect?
Looking at the demon bowing to her at a standard ninety-degree angle.
Since the status of female demons was so high, she might as well make use of it.
"Which unit are you from?"
"Reporting to the Queen, I am from the scout team of the griffin unit, a direct subordinate of the Western Demon Emperor."
"How far is it from here to the West Demon City?"
"Reporting to the Queen, it is still two hundred kilometers away."
Two hundred kilometers?
She had been traveling for several days already, and there were still over two hundred kilometers left?
Based on the speed of this ox-horse beast, it would be lucky to cover a dozen kilometers per hour.
That meant she had already traveled at least five or six hundred kilometers these past few days?
She had been swept away that far!
The underwater undercurrents were truly terrifying.
But at least she knew the distance now.
Just for that, Luo Li felt it was worth it.
From the coastline to the Demon King's Castle, it was only about five hundred kilometers.
In other words, at this rate, it would take ten days at most to reach the coastline.
But now a new problem had appeared.
The Demon Island Strait only experienced a major low tide once every ten years.
And each low tide lasted only a month.
That meant the strait was now submerged by seawater again.
Moreover, oceanic convection always occurred at the strait's location, making it almost impossible for ships to sail above it.
So now... how was she supposed to get back?
Did she really have to swim back?
Never mind whether the turbulent currents of the strait would drown her.
If she wasn't careful, she might very well be swept back to the demon island.
It seemed necessary to get a ship.
Of course, the best possibility was to get a griffin.
But...
One: she didn't know how to pilot a griffin.
Two: if a griffin went missing, it would surely attract the demons' attention.
She glanced at the demon in front of her.
Even if she currently had the ability to kill this demon and steal its griffin.
The key was that she couldn't solve those two points, so the risk was still too high.
Thinking of this, Luo Li couldn't help but furrow her brow.
It seemed... it really was necessary to visit the Demon King's Castle and find a way to get a ship.
Or find that secret passage that led to the continent.
Back when the demons were able to invade the inland, there must have been an underground secret passage they could use.
Now, although the Pope had received the news.
But clearly, since the demons had created this secret passage, they must have considered many things.
It wouldn't be easily discovered.
If she could use this secret passage, she could return to the continent without anyone knowing.
At that time, when she appeared in her Saintess form, she wouldn't need to explain anything.
As long as the holy energy on her body remained, no one would imagine that she could actually turn into a demon.
However, the problem at hand was still significant.
She didn't know the internal situation of the demons, so how to gather information or obtain a vessel became the biggest problem.
"Yes, I understand. I also noticed some light element reactions just now, it seemed to be in that direction."
Luo Li casually pointed in a direction, and the demon before her didn't doubt her in the slightest. He only glanced that way before hastily bowing again.
"Thank you for your guidance, Queen."
Upon hearing this news, the demon hurriedly performed a salute.
He turned and leaped onto the griffin.
Accompanied by a shriek, the massive griffin spread its wings and disappeared into the curtain of rain in an instant.
As expected, the intelligence of the demon race is very low.
Just like that, with a casual remark, this demon didn't doubt her at all and left immediately.
He didn't even bother to question her.
This caused Luo Li's perception of the demons to be refreshed once again.
The demons' intelligence was truly low to a concerning degree.
However, this made Luo Li feel much more at ease.
The lower the demons' intelligence, the greater her advantage.
Moreover, the demons must have taken a heavy blow this time.
Combined with the natural ten-year closure of the strait, the demons should be unable to push westward for a short time at least.
With a leap, she jumped onto the ox-horse beast.
The ox-horse beast, having been healed, was clearly much more comfortable.
However, Luo Li didn't force it to move forward anymore.
Given its current condition, continuing forward was almost impossible.
The soil erosion here was very severe because there were almost no trees, only wild grass.
This meant the soil didn't have enough strength to hold onto the ground.
As a result, the ground wasn't very firm.
Now, with every step the ox-horse beast took, its meter-wide giant feet would sink deep into the mud.
It simply couldn't continue.
They could only hide from the rain here for a while.
She untied Mochizuki Shingen, who had been bound tightly. The first thing the boy did after being released.
Was to constantly size Luo Li up.
It made Luo Li's skin crawl.
"Kid, what are you looking at?"
"..."
Mochizuki Shingen didn't speak. He silently withdrew his gaze and then hid in the corner again.
Seeing him like this, Luo Li could only shake her head helplessly.
Gazing at the torrential rain outside the window, she couldn't help but miss the days in Brilliant City.
She touched her stomach, feeling a bit hungry.
She casually took out a piece of horse meat.
Although it was poisonous, it at least posed no problem for Luo Li's current body.
As for this boy, he hadn't shown any signs of poisoning at this stage.
Even if he did, Luo Li could just knock him out and then treat him.
Anyway, for her, ordinary toxins were just a piece of cake.
Not a problem at all.
After sitting in the wind and rain for a while, the boy looked up at Luo Li.
He couldn't help but ask a question.
"Just now, I heard the sound of an eagle. Was it a demon?"
"Yeah."
Luo Li replied casually, then looked at the tasteless piece of horse meat in her hand.
She really had no appetite.
As expected, the ancients did not lie to me~
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
She remembered that before her transmigration, she could get by for a day just by eating instant noodles and drinking cold water.
Now, even with salty horse meat, she could hardly stomach it.
Truly... having grown accustomed to a good life, suddenly turning out like this made it really hard for her to adapt.
"Why did the ox-horse beast stop moving?"
"It can't move anymore. The ground is too muddy, and it sinks deeper with every step."
Everything about this ox-horse beast was good, except its weight was too great, so every step its body took on the ground.
Would exert massive pressure.
If beasts often ran on this land and the ground was packed down, it wouldn't be a problem.
But now, based on the news from Imam's mouth.
The demons had already moved to live underground.
This ground hadn't been stepped on by any creatures for a thousand years, right?
Combined with the wind and rain, and the lack of tree cover and roots, the ground had become very soft.
"Then why... didn't you leave with that demon just now?"
Hmm?
Luo Li was stunned for a moment.
The kid was right.
Instead of waiting here to die, waiting for this storm to pass after who knows how many days, wouldn't it have been better to just go to the Demon King's Castle with that demon?
Why didn't I think of that?
Luo Li tilted her small head and suddenly understood one thing.
After being demonized, she seemed to have been affected by the demons' low intelligence as well.
Such a cool name as "demonic energy" shouldn't be given to this stuff.
It should just be called "intelligence-lowering energy."
Anyone who uses demonic energy will have their IQ lowered, so it might as well be called that.
Unfortunately, it was too late for her to regret it now.
That griffin had long since flown off to who knows where.
Just as Luo Li thought of this, another shriek came from afar!
And this time, there seemed to be more than one?
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