The lead demon clutched his chest in pain. Like a last flash before death, he struggled up from the ground and shrieked hysterically,

“Why?!”

He couldn’t understand it. The magic crystal bomb should’ve exploded, so why hadn’t it reacted at all?

Still, luckily for him, someone was willing to let him die knowing the truth.

The broadcast rang out again. That clearly disguised voice spoke in a mocking tone.

“Hey, Demonkin idiot, if you don’t know how to make a bomb, then don’t make one. You called it a timed bomb, but the countdown was on some guy’s phone outside. I’m dying here.”

After hearing that voice, Alte turned his phone on. Sure enough, just as he had expected, all signal here had been blocked by that mysterious person hiding behind the scenes.

And from what that mysterious person said, there were also Demonkin accomplices waiting outside to receive them?

“I’m not willing to accept this...”

In the end, that Brutal Demon died with hatred in his heart, overcome by rage as the poison took effect.

The police officers couldn’t help wiping the sweat from their foreheads. The feeling of surviving a disaster was like holding their breath for far too long, then finally being able to breathe again.

“Dragon Knight Captain, should we withdraw?”

Now that Navia Hotel had been cleared out, the slaves had been rescued, and the criminals had all been captured, it really was time to retreat.

But that was only for the police.

As for Alte... he first had to find the person hiding in the shadows, the one who had helped him.

“You can leave.”

After saying that, Alte took a standard-issue spear from one of the officers and walked toward the broadcasting room.

At that moment, Favna saw Alte carrying a spear and striding toward her position with fierce momentum. She instantly panicked. She hurriedly packed up her computer and was just about to leave when—

Boom!!

A spear pierced straight through the floor and slammed hard into the ceiling, giving Favna such a fright that she nearly jumped out of her skin.

Without a second word, she hurriedly hid inside a box, trying to escape this disaster.

Peeking out through the crack in the box, she saw Alte turn into a streak of white light and appear where the spear was. The sight made her scalp go numb.

In just an instant, the Captain had crossed from the lobby all the way to the broadcasting room.

With such terrifying pursuit ability... there was no way she could escape, right?!

Favna no longer expected Liko to save her. Even if that little thief came, it’d just be a buy-one-get-one deal.

Now Favna could only keep praying that Alte wouldn’t notice she was hiding inside the box.

But things didn’t go her way. After sweeping his gaze around the broadcasting room, the Captain locked onto the one thing that clearly didn’t belong there—a box printed with “Banana Milk.”

Why would something like that be in a broadcasting room?

Holding the spear, Alte walked up to the box.

Inside it, Favna’s heart instantly went cold. Especially when she saw Alte’s icy gaze, countless ways she might die flashed through her mind, scaring her so badly her eyes were starting to tear up.

“Come out.”

Alte pointed his spear at the box and threatened the person hiding inside.

Even after being exposed, Favna still trembled and stayed inside the box, not daring to come out.

Seeing that she refused, Alte casually flicked his spear and sliced the entire box open.

This time, Favna, who had been hiding inside, was completely exposed.

Yet the instant Alte saw the girl, he froze for a moment.

The reason was simple. She was like a fragile little animal. That pitiful, delicate look could stir up any man’s protective instincts.

Even Alte wasn’t an exception.

Still, as he looked at the girl, the more he looked, the more familiar she seemed. Especially that weak, timid aura. It gave him a strange feeling, both unfamiliar and familiar at the same time.

Was she really the one behind the scenes who had helped him?

At this point, Alte was starting to wonder if he had found the wrong person.

But then he noticed that beneath the girl’s skirt was a silver-white dragon tail, and on her head was a pair of dragon horns.

Could she be Favna?

That thought flashed through Alte’s mind, and he began carefully sizing the girl up.

Still, Favna normally didn’t dress this brightly, nor did she wear something this sunny and eye-catching.

But with the tail and horns as clues, the more Alte looked, the more it really seemed like her.

At that moment, Favna opened her eyes and realized Alte had been staring at her the whole time.

He hadn’t recognized her?

Looks like Liko’s disguise really is useful~

Then as long as she acted like an innocent girl who’d been kidnapped and brought here, she should be able to bluff her way through and get Alte to let her go, right?

Just as Favna’s imagination was running wild, and she had even come up with a perfect plan—

Alte spoke.

“Sigh~ Favna, didn’t I tell you to stay at home and behave?”

“How did you recognize me?!”

Her plan couldn’t keep up with reality. That single sentence from Alte instantly cut off every route of escape she had left.

But just as shock appeared on her face, Alte helplessly covered his forehead and sighed inwardly.

This silly shut-in dragon really got tricked into confessing with one bluff.

Originally, Alte hadn’t been completely sure. But after seeing Favna’s reaction, he finally understood who this so-called mastermind helping him had been.

It was his own shut-in dragon.

“It’s simple...” Alte pointed at Favna’s tail and dragon horns. “You didn’t even hide your features. A few more looks and it was obvious.”

Hearing that, Favna hurriedly covered her dragon horns with both hands and pulled her tail all the way back in, but obviously, it was already too late.

Then Alte added,

“Though, even if the disguise didn’t really work, this outfit is pretty cute.”

The moment she heard that, Favna’s face turned redder and redder.

Liko, oh Liko! Why didn’t you remind me about my dragon features?!

Or did you do it on purpose?

Unable to figure it out, Favna finally let out a miserable cry, gave up thinking, and hid back inside the cardboard box that had already been split in half.

Alte patted the box and said,

“Thanks.”

In a way, this counted as a pretty good outcome.

Favna timidly opened a tiny crack and asked, “Um... you’re not going to investigate where I got my information from, right? You’re not going to arrest me, right?”

“Why would I arrest you? This is a huge achievement. It’s not like I’d even have time to reward you.”

“Really?!”

Favna excitedly jumped out of the box. She had thought she was about to end up in prison, but not only had nothing bad happened, she wasn’t even being punished.

At that moment, Favna’s pure and innocent smile, almost like an angel’s, made Alte pause.

While he was distracted, Favna happily said,

“Then let’s go back. We’ve been busy all night. I’m exhausted.”

“Mm.” Alte nodded. Then he grabbed Favna by the collar and, with a dark smile, said, “I won’t pursue where your intel came from. But sneaking out on your own... I think we still need to settle that properly...”

Faced with Alte’s ill-intentioned gaze, Favna started panicking all over again.