Detective Agency of the Bizarre-Chapter 1363 - 203: New Objective

Chapter 1363: Chapter 203: New Objective
Lu Li led the Flowing Demon to the underground cavern of the Town Mayor’s den. Although the town did not possess the imagined treasure vault of gold, these utensils were still enough to make it ecstatic.
The Flowing Demon called its subordinates who were on the surface carrying corpses to move these simple but genuine gold and silver utensils out of the cave.
Lu Li asked the Flowing Demon for two souls and returned to the surface, waiting for the Flowing Demon to finish while releasing the cat group, feeding them the souls.
The souls torn from the Soul Orb swelled into a mass of irregular luminescent substance, surrounded by the cats licking and biting. Some of the cats, not hungry, gathered beside Lu Li, sniffing curiously at the demon corpses at their feet.
Lu Li did not stop them until some mischievously ran into the distance, then used the Dreamwalker to pick them up by the nape and returned them.
When the Flowing Demon and others finished moving the cave’s surviving, Lu Li retrieved the cat group into the mist thread ring and followed them to scavenge other buildings.
As Lu Li had anticipated, all the plundered gold and silver from Terror Ball Town were "sacrificed" by the Town Mayor. The residents’ homes and dens were so simple they didn’t even have furniture.
After a period, a pile of utensils and a pile of corpses were separately stacked on the open ground outside the town.
The pile of gold and silver utensils was clearly higher than the eighty-seven demon corpses but weighed perhaps just a few hundred pounds—barely double that of Rift Valley Town.
According to the rumors of Terror Ball Town, they likely plundered more from the trade caravans than this.
The Flowing Demon, temporarily unable to think, was already blinded by treasure, urging its subordinates to load the goods into the wagons. However, although the utensils were not heavy, they took up space, and two wagons could not fit the corpses—eighty-seven corpses would leave eighty-six behind.
What they took was the body of the Terror Ball Town Mayor, that Advanced Demon.
The value of demon corpses was limited; eighty-six Mid-Level Demon corpses might only be worth one or two hundred souls. The Flowing Demon thus consoled its pained heart.
Lu Li fed the corpses they could not take to the Purgatory Demon. The Flowing Demon also "generously" purchased some to share with the low-level demons pulling the wagons.
As they waited for their mounts to finish eating, Lu Li suddenly noticed a caravan of three wagons appearing in the distance.
"How could a caravan be coming here?" The Flowing Demon wondered: "New merchants on the trade route?"
Lu Li had a different opinion: "Perhaps this is the reason why the town’s wealth is limited."
"You mean... they bought the hidden gold from Terror Ball Town?"
The Flowing Demon’s view of the caravan became unfriendly. No merchant would tolerate unexpected occurrences on the trade route, especially not when it’s beyond their control: "Soul Lord, they might carry many souls for trading."
"I will not attack them proactively."
This is easy... thought the Flowing Demon, actively approaching the caravan climbing the hill.
"And the Valdemon?"
The leader of the caravan, a Tumbling Demon, asked cautiously and hoarsely.
"So it was you trading with the plunderer Terror Ball Town; you betrayed the merchants, I will expose you!" The Flowing Demon retreated towards Lu Li while assuming a just posture.
Then, eager to cover up the evidence, the caravan attacked the Flowing Demon, falling into the trap of this cunning demon.
Demons choosing to become merchants always have special survival abilities, like how the Flowing Demon became liquid upon attack, flowing back to Lu Li while a mouth formed within the mucus screamed, "Soul Lord, they want to kill us!"
Black eyes gazed at the three ferocious demons charging in, and Lu Li’s Dreamwalker emanated outward—
The Flowing Demon scavenged the corpses of the three demons, finding a silver box filled with souls from the Tumbling Demon’s stomach sac. After wiping it, it quickly handed it to Lu Li and went to take possession of the three empty wagons, realizing something as it tossed the corpses into the wagons and rushed back to snatch a corpse from the low-level demon’s mouth by the wagon side.
Lu Li watched this scene, then also took away food beside the Purgatory Demon.
Opening the silver box, the souls within the Flowing Demon, as Lu Li reached in to touch, began to increase human nature.
15,000 souls, 150 portions of humanity.
A low roar suddenly sounded beside them, and the Sturdy Demon’s eyes turned blood-red, but before it could go into a frenzy, it was dragged away by its companion.
The Flowing Demon, trembling in fear, felt the Soul Lord’s aura growing stronger...
Hurriedly tidying up the caravan, Lu Li left the hill with 470 portions of humanity and five newly filled wagons, skipping over Remnant Fire Town and heading straight to the next small town.
Two days later, they arrived at Rare Town, where the Flowing Demon exchanged two wagons of gold and silver utensils and three wagons of demon corpses for 13,000 souls and took Lu Li’s suggestion, spending a hundred souls to let the low-level demons pulling the wagons grow into Mid-Level Demons.
Old Flame Demon was right; Lu Li, by adhering to order, became the spokesperson of chaos: When the Flowing Demon’s caravan left Rare Town with nine wagons, they encountered an ambush.
Or rather, Lu Li encountered the ambush.
Draped in a black robe, Rare Town’s Town Mayor attacked Lu Li. The reason for recognition was simple. Besides the Town Mayor, where nearby could there be an Advanced Demon?
Its fate was not surprising and terrified the Flowing Demon and the demons watching from afar—an Advanced Demon perished in an instant, as insignificant as an Inferior Demon.
With the Town Mayor dead, Lu Li and the Flowing Demon prepared to replicate the auction at Citrus Tanuki Town. However, Lu Li caused chaos entering the town, driving the residents mad. Until Lu Li recalled the Town Mayor’s corpse, with the Flowing Demon hanging it on a rock pillar lifted by the Sturdy Demon, they were frightened more than greedy.
Having accumulated 600 humanity in Rare Town, Lu Li left with 850 portions of humanity after auctioning valuable items from the Town Mayor and Town Mayor Mansion.
Soon after, the Flowing Demon reminded Lu Li, it would be best not to "raid" any more towns for now.
Approaching within two thousand miles of Abyss City, most nearby small towns’ Town Mayors were appointed by the Devil Monarchs—killing them would offend Abyss City.
On the journey ahead, Lu Li contemplated whether to really head to Abyss City.
They were already nearing the center of the map, the power core of that Devil Monarch. They could no longer clear or threaten the towns on the map coveting and attacking them like before.
This would likely drastically reduce Lu Li’s speed in acquiring humanity.
Staying away from Abyss City might be easier to garner humanity through "counterattacks" against towns and caravans.
But due to the contract and Devil’s Mark that dragged his soul to Hell, Lu Li would ultimately have to face that devil.
Thus, before that, it became necessary to contact the devils and understand their power. As the pinnacle of Hell’s power, the Devil Monarchs and Demon Monarchs likely had power not inferior to that of the Evil God.
The Mother of the Marsh could invade the Dreamwalker... devils could too.
Lu Li turned his attention to a small town on the map located on the outskirts of Abyss City.
"Ward Town," this was the name of the small town located about a hundred miles from Abyss City.
It’s hard to expect these demons to come up with names with meaning or that are thought-provoking. Towns controlled by low-level demons are even more bizarre, such as the Wawuwawu Town and the Pulululu Town on the map.
If he occupied that place, the devil wouldn’t remain indifferent, and Lu Li wouldn’t have to risk entering that devil’s lair.