I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 440 - 246: Hero Number Three in the Basement

Chapter 440: Chapter 246: Hero Number Three in the Basement

"Uncle, I’m shaking a bit~"

In the new Hero Continent, Chu Zhen felt that his body’s shaking frequency was almost catching up with a massaging device.

Actually, traveling to other Hero Continents wasn’t dangerous or complicated; it was just Gu Shanhai’s crazy driving that was unbearable.

He had managed to give him a taste of death on a simple road journey; he hadn’t even felt this way when he was level 1 fighting slimes. No, it might not have been an illusion. If they crashed, his death was certain.

"Don’t shake; if it’s too much, you can drive next time," Gu Shanhai suggested, implying Chu Zhen’s mental strength needed improvement.

"I think the person who has been hiding their strength the most is you, Uncle Gu. You’ve been playing the pig to eat the tiger since the beginning, haven’t you..." Chu Zhen complained. He could barely handle the shaking with a physique a third stronger than Gu Shanhai’s, yet Gu Shanhai acted as if nothing was wrong and could still joke around.

"Nope, I’ve always stressed to you that I’m strong; you just didn’t realize how strong I am. I’ve never hidden it," Gu Shanhai said, spreading his hands. He wasn’t one of those protagonists who pretended to be weak and then turned the tables; it wasn’t his fault if others couldn’t see through him.

He was strong and thus had his privileges; how he played was up to him. He had never heard of a weaker party dictating what a stronger one should do.

Chu Zhen thought Gu Shanhai’s reasoning seemed sound, but he was curious how one could become stronger after reaching max level, so he asked, "How do you get stronger after reaching max level?"

"You must train yourself. Your current strength is due to the Hero Panel. If you want to get stronger, you need to work on it yourself. Start training," Gu Shanhai instructed, taking out two books.

One was titled "Holy Body Forging Technique," and the other, "Holy Meditation Skill." They were the two most powerful cultivation methods in the Holy Kingdom.

"Looks hard to cultivate," Chu Zhen remarked with a pale face. These techniques weren’t just about cultivation; they included combat skills and magic, meaning he’d have to toil as hard as the indigenous people of Hero Continent.

"Exactly, otherwise how would you become stronger? Anyway, I’ve given you the books; whether you train or not is up to you," Gu Shanhai said, making it clear he didn’t insist.

Chu Zhen nodded and took the two cultivation methods. He had to train; he refused to settle for his current level.

"So where do we go to find the next hero? The Holy Kingdom again?" Chu Zhen inquired.

Every Hero Continent had its Holy Kingdom; if not there, where else should they go?

"Not sure, we have to ask around. I’m not familiar with this Hero Continent," Gu Shanhai admitted. How could he be expected to know these things? Shuttling through the Demonic Qi network, one couldn’t choose exact coordinates; one could only go with the flow. Besides, even if he knew the coordinates, he didn’t have the means to understand the details of the Continent in question.

Therefore, it was unclear whether this world had a hero.

It wasn’t the case that heroes appeared one after another. Heroes only emerged when the Demonic Qi reached a certain threshold. Thus, after a hero defeated the Demon King, there would be a hiatus until the Demonic Qi reached the threshold for the Demon King’s rebirth, and then the unlucky soul would be reincarnated.

Fortunately, the Hero Continent wasn’t large. The two concealed their presence and headed to the Royal Capital.

After some investigation, their understanding of this Hero Continent’s state of affairs was quite a shock.

"Uncle, the Demon King is a woman? And she dresses provocatively, what do you think of that?" Chu Zhen asked, bewildered.

"How could that be, she’s hideous. Besides, that black and red armor can’t compare with ours, are you sure it’s the same?" Gu Shanhai made fun.

The Demon King Armor in this Hero Continent was known as Bikini Armor, a far cry from their fully covered armors.

But Gu Shanhai suspected that their so-called Bikini Armor might offer greater defense than their Demon King Armor; after all, the less you wore, the higher the defense.

"Fine, then why has the Demon King become the Queen of the Holy Kingdom, and why have the gender-switched officers of the Demon King Army risen to the high ranks, while the hero has been sentenced for crimes like murder and lewd conduct? That’s too outrageous," Chu Zhen struggled to comprehend.

"Who knows what they were thinking," said Gu Shanhai, as clueless as he was new here.

But one thing was certain: this subsidiary world hadn’t run into significant trouble, or it would have been interfered with by now. The current situation was clearly within permissible bounds and might well be the result of some deliberate experiment.

The more they inquired, the clearer the reasons became. Before this female Demon King, all previous Demon Kings had been normal. But this one had caused issues after abducting the Princess; for some reason controlling the Princess, which led to the Demon King acquiring the bloodline of the Holy Kingdom and becoming the legitimate heir.

That’s why the current hero didn’t defeat her by killing but was instead forced by nobility to capture the Demon King for a public trial.

Whether the process or the result, it had all gone smoothly because the hero indeed captured the Demon King and the Witch officers.

After the public trial, the hero, despite being hailed for his great service, was successfully charged with a litany of crimes and thrown in jail.

"So, is this hero an idiot?" Chu Zhen was baffled; this world’s hero had actually obediently gone to jail.

If he could capture the Demon King, he must be at least level 100, right? Besides the Demon King, who on Hero Continent could possibly defeat him?