Because she had been caught by Red and Tos while trying to seize Litt, the expression on Satania’s face was somewhat subtle.
Red was fine, as it wasn’t the first time she had seen him, but facing Tos… she felt more or less uneasy.
However, seeing Red by her side, her mood calmed down.
After all, this was the man who might have seen through the Black Church’s conspiracy and saved her from dire straits; perhaps he was even the type who had feelings for her.
The more she thought about it, the more her confidence grew.
Eventually, as if preparing to tell a grand story, she slammed the Baguette in her hand directly onto the table.
“That’s right, I did indeed encounter a Blonde Man.”
Satania’s voice was deliberately lowered, carrying a hint of mystery.
“His face was obscured by a eerie Magic Mask that was permanently frozen in a smile.”
As she finished speaking, Satania sat back in her chair, elegantly crossing her fingers and resting her chin on them, striking the pose of a conspirator who was “deeply versed in the world’s secrets and in full control of the situation.”
“I just don’t know… is the one you encountered on the Second Floor Twenty-Seven the same Blonde Man?”
Of course, this was just an act.
However, the key features she described, especially that eerie Smiling Mask, immediately received a firm nod from Mason and Tos.
“A perfect match. The Blonde Man we encountered in the Lord’s Room on the 27th Floor wore exactly that kind of Mask.”
“Then there is no mistake,” Red followed with a nod, his gaze locked onto Satania, “Miss Satania, please be sure to explain the details of your encounter with him from start to finish, the more specific the better.”
“Hmph~”
Satania let out a proud chuckle, as if what she was about to say was a secret that could shake the world,
“If I say it, I’m afraid your jaws will drop to the floor…”
She cleared her throat and began to speak in a rhythmic, storyteller-like tone.
“At that time, after I was caught by you, I was taken away by someone. But because my head was covered, I didn’t know exactly who took me.”
“Although I initially thought it was the work of the White Church, I took a look afterward… that place did not belong to the White Church’s territory; instead, it belonged to a completely unknown power.”
Hearing this, Red and the others also showed solemn expressions, while Satania continued.
“…It was bone-chilling.”
“After I was captured, that Blonde Man began to interrogate me.”
“But who is this Satania? I am a woman of integrity, one who would rather break than bend! No matter how he used threats or bribes, I remained unmoved, viewing death as a homecoming!”
She held her head high and chest out, striking a pose of unyielding defiance.
“Seeing that I was so fierce, that Blonde Man actually resorted to low-life, shameless tactics! He forcibly snatched away the treasure I valued as much as my life… which is that Hypnotic Silver Coin. Then, with a sinister grin, he threatened me that if I didn’t speak, he would use it to make me reveal everything in a state of unconsciousness!”
“But even so!”
Satania’s voice rose, filled with “tragic and heroic” colors,
“I still gritted my teeth and buried my loyalty and secrets deep in my heart! Not one word! Not even a single word did I reveal!”
“Stop! Halt! Stop right now!”
Red really couldn’t listen anymore, making a forceful “stop” gesture with his hands, feeling as if ten thousand frantic thoughts were trampling through his mind.
“Miss Satania, we fully understand your bravery and loyalty!”
Setting aside how much exaggeration was added to this speech, in essence… wasn’t this all nonsense?
“But now please be concise! What did that Blonde Man want from you? Don’t ramble about other irrelevant things.”
Satania’s heroic speech was interrupted, and a flicker of lingering regret flashed across her face; she could only curl her lips.
“Tch… fine, fine. I wanted you to properly appreciate this young lady’s unyielding style… forget it.”
She muttered with slight reluctance, finally preparing to get to the point.
“He only asked me two questions.”
“The first was about the Demon Godification Plan.”
“The second was about the Magic Artifact effect of that Hypnotic Silver Coin.”
“Finally, he took my Hypnotic Silver Coin, and then the Priestess somehow managed to sneak in and took me out.”
Red and the others said two words in unison.
“That’s… it?”
“That’s it.”
Satania crossed her arms and nodded with certainty.
In response, Red could only painfully rub his Sun Acupoint.
This girl didn’t seem very bright.
“Don’t be in such a hurry,” Satania said again upon seeing this,
“Now that the Black Church’s Demon Godification Plan has been forced to a halt due to the intervention of this Blonde Man, he certainly won’t stop his pace after snatching the Demon Head.”
“According to my speculation, he will very likely head to the Dungeon to implement the final step of the Plan, which is to absorb the Demon’s power and thus become a true Demon God.”
Red’s gaze was as sharp as a knife.
He analyzed the situation in his mind and inquired further.
“The final step of this Plan… specifically refers to what? What location? What method?”
“Deep within the Second Layer Twenty-Five, there exists an unknown Demon Sanctuary.”
Satania raised a finger and spoke slowly.
“That is the Core Altar of the Ritual. Only by holding both the Demon Blood and the Demon Head at the same time, and sacrificing a massive amount of Magic at the sanctuary’s Core as a catalyst, can the source power of the Demon be forcibly fused into a mortal body, becoming an incubating Seed of the Demon God.”
“Seed of the Demon God?”
Tos asked, sounding impressed but confused.
“What kind of thing is that?”
“It means,” Satania rolled her eyes, glancing at him as if he were an idiot,
“Even if the Demon’s power is successfully fused, it still requires a long time to digest, gestate, and transform before finally completing the conversion into a Demon God. Before it fully hatches, it can only be considered a ‘seed.’ Do you understand now, you big oaf?”
“The Hidden Area of the Second Layer Twenty-Five…”
Red’s face was solemn.
After thinking for a while, he spoke:
“But Letia’s intelligence shows that this Blonde Man is very likely to appear in the Twenty-Fourth Floor area instead.”
However, while previously helping Letia prepare the Combat Plan for the Twenty-Fourth Floor, he had indeed discovered an area with an abnormal structure that could not be entered by conventional means.
The Blood-Hunting Spider could rely on its limbs and size to squeeze through the gaps in the Rock Wall to travel within, but for a human… it was absolutely impossible.
Regarding this, Satania interrupted Red’s words and spoke once more.
“That’s why… you’ve found the right person!”
Satania proudly interrupted Red’s doubts, her face carrying a sense of superiority that suggested “only I know the truth.”
“The entrance to that so-called ‘Second Layer Twenty-Five Hidden Area’ isn’t even inside the Twenty-fifth Floor! They are cleverly scattered and hidden on other floors: the 24th Floor, the 26th Floor, and… certain unexplored areas of the Second Floor Twenty-Seven.”
“Remember that unknown area where we avoided the Monster Tide? Although it looks closed off, in reality… it can also lead back to the Second Layer Twenty-Five. I was planning to escape from there at the time, but I accidentally fell into a hole.”
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