Detective Agency of the Bizarre-Chapter 1347 - 187: Screaming Female Demon

"It’s not enough for Beauty Lake Town to just clear out hazards to regain its residents and guests."

Mayor Burb pursed his thick lips to taste another spoon of delicious food fed by his servant, asking with a spirit as broad as his body, "Brave and wise human soul, do you have any plans?"

"Mayor, when was the last time you contacted the outside world?"

Mayor Burb raised his bloated fingers to count, "Eighteen or twenty-eight sleep days."

Yuglas wakes and sleeps for around 13 days each cycle—meaning Mayor Burb hasn’t contacted the outside world for about a year.

"Is that normal?"

"Of course not; when the town was Old Beautiful Lake Town, we had convoys from other towns every day." Mayor Burb agreed like a competent listener, "My friends also haven’t visited me for a long time."

"That’s the issue. Other towns might not be aware of the situation in Beauty Lake Town; maybe they’ve long thought Beauty Lake Town has fallen like other towns. To restore prosperity, you must first establish contact with other towns, letting the outside world know there’s a small town here."

"Oh, mother Yuglas." Mayor Burb exclaimed in surprise, forgetting the parasitic demon meat jelly before him, and leaned forward to ask, "Do you have any ideas?"

"Help me out."

Lu Li spoke to the Blue Blood Chief beside him as if he was speaking to a devil, drawing out one of the three maps for him to hold up, pointing toward the gorge beside Beauty Lake Town, sliding up: "This gorge connects Beauty Lake Town and Rift Valley Town; it’s a natural route."

"But it’s collapsed inside, and the banshees occupy it." The Blue Blood Chief holding the map said in a muffled voice.

"Solve the banshees, and you can reopen the way."

"Then who will be the hero to save Beauty Lake Town?" Mayor Burb continued to add atmosphere for Lu Li, "My Chief, could it be you?"

"There are a dozen Screaming Female Demons, if they’d land, I could kill a few."

The gap between aerial demons and ground demons is like that between inferior demons and fire demons, so both Beauty Lake Town and Rift Valley Town could only watch as the gorge remained broken.

"What shall we do?" Mayor Burb looked expectantly at Lu Li, "Smart and brave human soul, surely you have a suitable candidate?"

Lu Li replied with a theatrical exaggeration, "It’s me."

Clap—clap—clap—

Mayor Burb slowly began to applaud. Applause also came from beside him, as the Blue Blood Chief started clapping, then Mayor Burb’s servants followed suit.

Lu Li calmly faced the sparse applause as Mayor Burb put down his hand and leaned back on the chair, asking, "You’ve done so much for Beauty Lake Town; what could Beauty Lake Town do for you?"

"Reward."

"The original terms?"

The Screaming Female Demons correspond to Mid-Level Demons, clearly more challenging than the previous seven commissions, but Lu Li didn’t raise his price, "It’s fine."

Hades’s annoyance seemed to linger in the air.

"You’re not only smart and brave but also honest." Mayor Burb held his chest, "Clearing those hazards must have tired you, and Yuglas will fall asleep in two hours; you may rest in the town for a while."

"No need."

Lu Li didn’t feel tired momentarily, and dealing with Screaming Female Demons doesn’t require waiting for them to tire out and nap.

"It seems our hero is eager to take action. Blue Blood Chief, I order you to cooperate with the hero’s actions."

The Blue Blood Chief bowed his head.

Mayor Burb laughed contentedly, suddenly sniffing the air strangely, "Hero, your scent..."

"Made by demons."

Lu Li didn’t explain much before Mayor Burb, who had demon blood.

"Oh, it must hate you terribly."

This was indeed true.

Lu Li reclaimed the map, prepared to leave the study and set off.

The Blue Blood Chief didn’t follow him for the time being.

"Mr. Burb..." The second-smartest Blue Blood Chief in Beauty Lake Town hesitantly asked, "Do you truly believe in his actions?"

"Chief, do you have thoughts about our hero?" The smartest Mayor Burb signaled the servant to continue serving.

"No, but he carries the demon curse, and what he does differs from us, so I worry there might be a conspiracy."

"I didn’t smell a hint of conspiracy, and indeed our town needs to reestablish contact with the outside world, right? Go out, don’t make our hero wait."

"Understood."

The Blue Blood Chief exited the study.

Mayor Burb took a deep breath in the giant chair, biting a silver spoon into the sweet aromas floating in the air, tasting the even more delicious parasitic demon flesh.

...

"Are you really not the offspring of demons left among humans?"

In the tavern, Lu Li regrouped with Yong Demon and the arriving Blue Blood Chief.

"Why do you ask?" Lu Li found the Blue Blood Chief’s sudden question odd.

"You resemble the devils in rumors, liking to trade."

"I’m not."

Quite the opposite. Lu Li killed the offspring of demons, now conspiring with its other offspring to kill it.

Having not converted 550 souls yet, Lu Li rode on Yong Demon, accustomed to its saddle, as it carried him near the roaring and wailing gorge.

This time, the Blue Blood Chief followed too. Lu Li lay on Yong Demon’s spine to reduce wind resistance, while the Blue Blooded Devil ran heavily beside him, the dust they kicked up being swept away by the wind.

Like a sandstorm, the gravel pattered against Lu Li and Yong Demon’s carapace, the wind and sand carried the Blue Blooded Devil’s brief introduction.

He knew Lu Li was clueless about hell, including the Screaming Female Demon.

As Mid-Level Demons, Screaming Female Demons are among the most difficult types of Mid-Level Demons to deal with—most Mid-Level Demons don’t form communities, but Screaming Female Demons evolved from low-level demons retain this habit. Moreover, they can fly and hold grudges.

It’s hard to catch all Screaming Female Demons, and even if one escapes, it might bring reinforcements or cast a curse. Then you’ll face more Screaming Female Demons, maybe even their superior Advanced Demon, Storm Female Demon.

Thirty minutes later, Lu Li and the Blue Blood Chief arrived at the Wailing Cave marked on the map.

Crumbled rocks blocked the canyon, a pitch-black cave emerging ahead.

"Wait for Yuglas to sleep; the banshees might return to land."

"No need."

Because Lu Li could fly.

"Should I accompany you?" The Blue Blood Chief asked again.

"Can you fly?"

"No."

"Then no need."

Lu Li stepped down from Yong Demon and walked into the dim depths of the cave.

The relentless wind was blocked outside, briefly passed through the passage, and a cavern emerged with dim light and sand falling through holes.

The undisguised scent of Lu Li was detected by the banshee as soon as he entered the cave.

The sound of wings flapping echoed in the cavern, two glowing greedy eyes lit up the shadowed outline, "A human soul!"

Then this Screaming Female Demon puzzledly found that those black eyes reflected the same emotions as its own.