Witch, Fireball and the Evil God of Steam-Chapter 765 - 124: Praying to the Demon King

This is definitely not the ending the "Demon King" envisioned.

Even in death, it should have been a grand finale in a decisive battle with the hero and even the entire kingdom, leaving a mostly destroyed royal capital, streets filled with corpses, and the fear of the "Demon King" deeply embedded in every human heart, so that even hundreds of years later, people would still shiver in fear at the mention of his name.

Instead of being arrested by the Imperial Knight Commander like a common street thug.

But now it can't even defeat a Cat King, having previously been slapped away by two drunk ordinary men, how could it possibly contend with the honorable Imperial Knight Commander?

Though it was new to this place, just the title alone was enough to deduce that it had encountered a formidable opponent of "world's strongest" caliber this time.

The only unexpected thing was the attitude of this world's humans toward it. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

In that familiar place, upon learning of its identity as the "Demon King," humans would spare no effort to obliterate it, dispatching armies, hunting it down with countless traps — it was accustomed to such a lifestyle, but in this world, the Knight Commander intended to follow the law and judge its crimes as if it were any other human.

For now, it could only pretend to comply and follow behind the Imperial Knight Commander, waiting for a chance to escape.

And that night also became Little Dark's day of suffering.

After the Other Shore and the "Demon King" left, the black cat got agitated and rolled around on the coffee table, "Take it away, take it away! Hiss—!"

Ethan watched the black cat's tantrum with amusement. It seemed that Little Dark's observation of stray cats had shown initial success; even hissing was fully mastered. The target of its hissing was not him but the Imperial Knight Order's medal awarded to Little Dark by the Other Shore before leaving.

This medal has a long history. It was specially established by Henry I during the founding of the empire as a symbol of honor for ordinary imperial citizens. Later, those who received this medal were regarded as heroes, and their descendants were given the title of "Hero's Descendants."

Its existence serves to encourage ordinary people of the empire to contribute to the empire's future.

Since Henry VI, no one has received this medal, but today, Little Dark was awarded this glorious medal for actively resisting the "Demon King's" invasion. The Other Shore also orally awarded it the "Enthusiastic Citizen" award, and promised before leaving that after the case is closed, the Imperial Knight Order would arrange a special award ceremony for Little Dark in the Imperial Capital market.

"I don't want this!"

The black cat rolled off the coffee table onto the ground, finding the floor a bit cold, and then climbed onto the sofa, twisting itself into a pretzel.

This was nothing less than ultimate humiliation for her.

She, the dignified Shadow Elf, embodiment of darkness, one of humanity's greatest fears, had become an "enthusiastic citizen."

Ugh, she would never scratch people randomly in the streets of the Imperial Capital again.

Whenever Little Dark thought about how she had stopped the Demon King from bringing destruction to this world on a whim, she wanted to give herself a big slap.

She could hardly imagine how much fun this might have cost her.

"I hung the medal on your bedside cabinet. This medal is not easy to come by."

Ethan found it amusing and deliberately teased the black cat.

"Mew!"

The black cat on the sofa immediately turned red-eyed with urgency, bounced onto him like a cannonball.

On the other side, the Other Shore also encountered difficulties while handling the case. She summoned an experienced member of the Judicial Court overnight. Recently, Valerie, who found herself with nothing to do, joined in voluntarily, but after reviewing the case overview of the "Demon King," she immediately encountered a difficulty.

"Knight Commander, the dossier shows that the destroyed town is not within the empire's territory. According to imperial law, we have no jurisdiction over cases in other domains."

This was the most tactful way to put it, because, in reality, the crime scene was not even in their realm. The Other Shore's allegations of "crimes against humanity" were only based on fragments extracted from the memories of an unconscious hero boy by Rowena, and those fragments lacked context. They only saw the destroyed town and corpses everywhere, missing the process of the "Demon King" ravaging the town in a massacre.

As a mentor in the Truth Society, she absolutely couldn't convict someone based on such testimony.

"Moreover, we will face evidentiary challenges; the only turning point can only come if the hero boy awakens, perhaps he can be a witness in this case."

"That's also my concern."

The Other Shore sighed deeply, "Does that mean we can't detain him directly?"

The doctors at the Imperial Capital Royal Hospital said the hero boy was too severely injured to awaken anytime soon, and the newly formed cabinet amended imperial law to support presumption of innocence. During Julius's rule, detentions based on reasons like "your skeletal structure is peculiar, you look like an Evil God's Follower" had become outdated.

"Given what it has done so far... attacking drunks and stray cats, yet failing, doesn't even qualify for a charge of 'provoking disorder.' At most, it'd receive a verbal reprimand and education."

Said Valerie as she leaned closer to the Other Shore, lowering her voice, "If it really goes to trial, it would be ruled as a mutual fight between it and the two drunks, and if those two drunks did indeed knock him away, they might even need to compensate him."