So the price of gaining power was the exposure of information.
From this moment on, Fei’ouna, who had been out of contact for decades, was finally detected by the humans of the Holmud Empire.
But in this game, who was the mantis and who was the oriole remained unknown.
And to clarify humanity’s intentions, Fei’ouna had no choice but to step forward and face the storm of conspiracy aimed at her.
Getting back to the story, Fei’ouna, who had successfully completed the Substitute Fusion through chimeric magic, felt absolutely “great.”
Her power surged with almost no side effects.
As expected of the Demon Lord who knows everything~
He hadn’t been wrong at all.
She could indeed complete this trial quite easily.
Although she hadn’t tried it in actual combat, Fei’ouna already had a premonition: she was terrifyingly strong.
She felt that just by charging with her physical body, she could shatter the defenses of a fortress.
“True Dragon Charge!”
Simply put, she felt an itch in her heart, eager to try it out.
This was easy to understand.
After all, when someone had a full set of godly equipment, who wouldn’t want to find a poor soul to test their vastly improved damage output?
Moreover, Fei’ouna had only ever been a “meat shield.”
She had never experienced the exhilarating feeling of dealing nine-nine-nine damage per hit, becoming the main DPS, and unleashing violent damage.
Of course, she was just fantasizing.
She wasn’t about to go looking for trouble or do something foolish just because she was momentarily high on excitement.
Now that she had obtained the Substitute, the next step for Fei’ouna was to formally meet her student Linka.
It was also fate.
Originally, Yilisi’s plan had been to select a suitable person as a medium to convey misleading information.
But unexpectedly, she encountered a human she was so familiar with and didn’t dislike in this situation.
And before Fei’ouna arrived at the final floor of the dungeon, on the other side, Linka had already been transferred by Beileisi to the “Central Medical Room” near the central corridor of the dungeon under the pretext of a physical examination.
Although the core principle of the “Black Prison Dungeon” was cruelty, darkness, and torture, its main function was still to hold prisoners, not to gather them for mass execution.
So it still had some basic medical facilities.
However, the environment was poor and crude.
The “Central Medical Room” was already the most well-equipped medical room in the dungeon in terms of facilities and medicine, but besides being larger, every other aspect adhered to the principle of cutting corners wherever possible.
The decor was still the same stone walls as the ordinary cells, a few clean but time-worn wooden beds, rusty medicine cabinets in the pharmacy, and a spartan, completely non-standard operating room.
With these conditions, for a human with slightly weaker constitution, if they really caught a serious disease, there was basically no hope of recovery here.
As for Linka’s own situation, she didn’t believe for a second that these ugly monsters truly cared about her health.
In her understanding, this was a “Demon Fall” experiment being conducted on her.
Because the demon dragon that had been watching her often made comments such as:
“It’s truly a miracle. I never thought you would avoid the fate of becoming a ghoul. I have never seen a human undergo such a perfect demonization.”
“Don’t be so stubborn. If you can come to your senses, I can put in a good word for you with the princess. Maybe she’ll allow you to obtain the status of a demon.”
And similar remarks.
Although Beileisi had been quite nice to her—as long as she behaved, they could get along peacefully, and sometimes they could even chat to pass the time…..
But now it seemed that the reason she hadn’t been killed was definitely because of her special constitution.
Damn it! She never thought she would become material for the demons’ evil experiments!
‘What to do…’
Linka was constantly looking for a chance to die, but the enemy’s watch was too tight, never giving her an opportunity to end herself.
In the cell, the evil dragon kept her under twenty-four-hour substitute surveillance.
Whenever she made any suspicious move, it would tighten the chains, instantly robbing her of all mobility.
And here, Linka’s situation was no better.
She was directly tied up and fixed to an examination chair, and a mouth ⚽️ was stuffed into her mouth, just big enough to lock her jaw in place.
On the ceiling was a crystal emitting a dark green light, suppressing her magic circuits, making Linka weak all over.
She could only sit obediently on the chair, waiting for the unknown doctor to come and examine her.
As for what kind of creature would come, she didn’t have high hopes.
She just hoped it wasn’t a hideous, deformed, grotesque monster that would make her sick.
Time passed minute by minute.
Linka wasn’t nervous.
After all, she had already prepared herself to die, so why would she fear a mere physical examination?
If they dared, let them dissect her!
Even so, Linka was unafraid.
No matter how painful it was, she wouldn’t utter a single plea for mercy.
Tap tap…
Footsteps.
Finally.
With a creak, the door of the medical room opened.
Through the gray curtain on the room’s window, Linka could see a tall, well-proportioned figure.
Although she couldn’t make out their true appearance, the more she looked, the stranger it seemed.
Because some of this person’s features were too much like a human’s.
It couldn’t be that the one examining her wasn’t a demon but a fellow human?
Well, to be precise, a former fellow, since she could no longer be called human.
That would be a very rare occurrence.
In Linka’s understanding, demons seldom cooperated with pure humans; they mostly converted them into ghouls for enslavement.
However, another possibility couldn’t be ruled out: a small number of witches in the demon realm had the right to stand on equal footing with demons.
Could it be that the one about to meet her here was a “Rare Witch”?
That was a reasonable thought, because those witches were quite crazy.
Maybe they would indeed be very interested in a human like her who could demonize perfectly.
Anyway, she was at their mercy.
Whoever came, she couldn’t resist.
If only something unexpected would happen.
Whether it was her being killed or her taking out another enemy, that would be wonderful. 😋
However, the next thing that happened made Linka’s pupils instantly dilate in disbelief.
The one who opened the door and entered the examination room…
Was Teacher Fei’ouna!
Oh my god!
Was she hallucinating?
She actually encountered her mentor, who had been unheard of for decades, in this kind of situation!
If she could move her body, Linka would definitely punch herself hard to confirm through pain whether this miracle was happening in the real world.
Of course, this meeting was definitely not arranged by Yilisi.
It was precisely because such a low-probability event as a reunion between master and student occurred that Fei’ouna temporarily arranged tonight’s physical examination.