Reincarnated in the Alternate World, I'm A Demonic Lord as Well as a Villager-Chapter 686 - 343: Target: Demon King! (Part 2)

Ah? Why has capturing a Slime become such a difficult thing!

He glanced towards the Dragon Race Maiden with a hint of foresight.

Back then, in the special training course for Slimes, the Dragon Race Maiden was responsible for teaching how Slimes could escape.

"Elze?"

"Ah, oops. Because I had a lot of spare time back then, I ended up teaching the Slimes all my escape experiences from over the years..." The Dragon Race Maiden pouted, looking as though it had nothing to do with her, "But those aren’t any amazing tricks, just some tips I picked up from hiding in various cities since I was three, so the families I stole from couldn’t catch me."

"That’s already an incredible secret technique! No wonder the adventurer teams can’t even capture a single Slime! So Slimes have been trained into escape masters!"

Noticing that Slimes outside the Demon Realm were almost unscathed, Shami felt a bit relieved at first but soon sensed something was off.

Slimes are the most common and mundane type of demonic creatures in the Demon Realm, crucial for consuming the time and energy of adventurer teams.

But now that adventurer teams can’t capture even a single Slime, this situation has drastically changed...

Thankfully, there are still goblins among the mundane creatures.

Goblins are also a significant obstacle for consuming adventurers’ energy and time during explorations of the Demon Realm by adventurer teams. To truly embark on the campaign against the Demon King, one must first grapple with the goblins for several years!

Shami pondered silently as an adventurer group walked in, the four adventurers all bandaged up like mummies, slowly finding a seat and sitting down.

"Aren’t those the [Scorching Sun] adventurer team!" an observant adventurer exclaimed, "The [Scorching Sun], one of the 49 Platinum Level adventurer teams of the Esper Kingdom, how did they end up like this? Weren’t they going to subdue the goblins?"

A member from a Gold level adventurer team from the Esper Kingdom, the blue-haired leader, slowly spoke with a serious expression.

"The [Scorching Sun] seniors failed in subduing the goblins and were severely injured, so they came to the Fess Kingdom to recuperate."

The words of the blue-haired leader halted several adventurer teams, who considered capturing Slimes hopeless and were preparing to head to the Esper Kingdom to hunt goblins and earn bounties from the Esper Kingdom and achievements from the Adventurer Guild.

"Ah?"

The goblin army has already occupied the Mother River of the Esper Kingdom, and now, over a hundred thousand goblin soldiers are eyeing the Royal Capital of the Esper Kingdom covetously. Even adventurer teams find it hard to resist the steel flood of over ten thousand Bone Horse cavalry of the goblin.

Moreover, there’s a powerful Centaur Demon Officer there. Basically, any adventurer team that goes there gets targeted by that terrifying battle-crazed horse. The [Scorching Sun] adventurer team was injured by that Centaur Elf..."

The adventurer teams preparing to set off sat down one after another.

"So Kalu is also doing her job properly, seems like Lureya is the only idle one among the demons."

Shami quipped.

As the leader of the [Scorching Sun] adventurer team tore an S-rank [Slime Hunt] request from the task board, mumbling to himself, ’May the War God bless the Scorching Sun, help us catch a Slime,’ the hall fell completely silent.

Is this really the ambition of a Platinum Level adventurer team leader? It’s no different from the village farmers!

"Can’t catch Slimes, can’t defeat goblins... the job market wasn’t like this a few years ago..."

"If even Slimes and goblins can’t be defeated, there’s no point in being an adventurer anymore!"

"Only two Demon Officers and Demon Envoys have come on stage now, but the Sword Demon Envoy is already this formidable; the Elf Demon Envoy must be world-ending powerful!"

"Exactly! And they claim to intend to subdue the Demon King! Might as well be an amoeba in the next life!"

The adventurers’ morale was low, and an air of despair hovered in the hall.

The invisible Demon King grinned wickedly.

Good, good, this is exactly the effect wanted, for adventurers to gradually sink into despair! It would be best if all adventurer teams dissolve on the spot!

"Everyone! Don’t be blinded by the surface of things!"

At this moment, a loud voice penetrated the entire hall, drawing everyone’s gaze to the owner of the voice.

Jack appeared at the main door, golden sunlight streaming in from outside, enveloping Jack completely.

A perfect protagonist entrance highlight!

Shami watched Jack, nervously clutching the hand of the person with purple hair, taking a slight step forward.

"Ja-Jack Leader?"

The adventurers, seeing salvation, stood up one after another.

Jack swaggered to the center of the hall, drawing everyone’s attention.

"The Slimes... the powerful goblin army... The difficulties everyone faces now... are all just the Demon King’s traps!"

"Leader Jack, what do your words mean?"

Jack smiled, boldly stepping onto a table.

"Everyone wants to capture Slimes for the Slime Great Treasure, right? But think carefully, how could Slimes easily be caught when they bear the Demon Treasure? Surely they’ve undergone escape ability training!"

Jack’s words made everyone listen intently.

Shami’s expression was complex, unsure of what to say.

Jack guessed the Slimes had special training but completely believed in the nonsensical Slime Great Treasure. Is this idiot really smart or just pretend smart?

"On the other hand, everyone wants to hunt goblins because goblins used to be the lowest, easiest demon creatures to hunt, right?"

"But now, hunting goblins is unrealistic! Previously, goblins lived scattered in caves, weak and easy for adventurer teams to destroy a Goblin Nest. But now, the Demon King has organized them into armies, using a numbers advantage to resist individual adventurer teams’ hunts. This is the Demon King’s trap!"

"Then, what should we do, Lord Jack?"

The adventurers looked at Jack, this recent Outerworld Hero who had repelled the Sword Demon Envoy, already earning the respect of all adventurer teams.

"The solution to the current Slime crisis and goblin crisis is very simple."

Jack waved his hand widely, his voice loud and full of spirit.

"——We just need to directly subdue the Demon King!"

The invisible Shami: "?"

"If we subdue the Demon King, those scattered Slimes would have no choice but to return to the Demon King’s side for defense. At that point, capturing them to extract the Great Treasure would be easy. Similarly, if our adventurer teams attack the Demon King’s lair directly, then the goblins fighting outside must return to the Demon King Castle. But faced with gathered adventurer teams, the goblin army’s numbers advantage collapses!"

The hall fell into a brief silence, followed by wave-like cheers.

"As expected of Lord Jack, seeing through the Demon King’s plot directly!"

"Petty Demon King, laughable, laughable!"

"Attack! Target: Demon King!"

In the overwhelming cheers, Shami’s eyebrows gradually furrowed.

Oh no, this idiot’s analysis actually has a point.

But isn’t this akin to bypassing all the previous stages and directly challenging the final boss? How could a normal person do such a thing! What courage does Jack have to do this!

A flash appeared in Shami’s mind.

Jack is also a transmigrator like him, though not from the same Earth but a fellow Cross-Dimensional Traveler.

And every Outerworld Hero is a treasure against the Demon Race and the Demon King, possessing special powers to counter the Demon Race and the Demon King.

What exactly is Jack’s special ability?

Jack was being admired by the adventurers in the crowd.

"Don’t rush, everyone, adventurers, you’ve all worked hard recently; harder journeys await. Male adventurers can come to me for a free health check, female adventurers drink more hot water."

The crowd cheered, but Shami couldn’t hear Jack’s words, his mind chaotic.

Seeing the mysterious smile on Jack’s lips, Shami felt gloomy and quickly pulled Elze away from the hall.

Soon, Jack’s adventurer team members also appeared in the hall. They were there to receive tasks.

Seeing Jack surrounded by male adventurers again, the girl with pink hair and Xiaoxi stood isolated aside.

The girl with pink hair crossed her arms, blinking uncertainly.

"What’s up, Miss Bone?"

"I feel like I missed mentioning something important the last time I went home."

A short while ago, when she returned to the Demon King Castle and only reported the defeat of the white-haired one by Jack, the pink hair looked ahead pensively, having realized she hadn’t revealed Jack’s secret.