Daniel looked at Zalkareth. Based on the faint and fragmented memories left from Orsius, this demon could be considered the greatest strategist of the demons in the Gulf Of Sumer.
He was personally sent here by the Demon King to oversee the planning, development, and execution of operations, and he had extremely high authority.
In terms of authority, his position was even higher than Orsius’s, and his orders were considered much more important and had to be followed.
"Well, well... Orsius, what happened that you decided to visit me? I thought you were busy." Zalkareth asked with a smirk on his face, though his eyes didn’t move away from the large map.
"I wanted to know, now that we’ve achieved what we wanted, when we’re going to open that place." Daniel tried his best to speak like Orsius.
He also didn’t know exactly how the relationship between these two was, but with the little understanding he had of Orsius, he knew that demon always went straight to the main point.
"Hm? Why? That place has nothing to do with you."
Daniel’s face stiffened for a moment. He didn’t expect such an answer. He didn’t think Orsius had no right to interfere in their plan related to the Pagoda.
But was that even possible? Orsius was one of the most powerful generals present in the demon bases, and considering he had the mission of protecting the Demon King’s children, it was impossible for him not to be part of the other plans as well.
So was this demon joking?
"You’d better not test my patience." He decided to take a chance.
"Haha, don’t get angry. Pff—haha—you should see your own face when you get mad." Zalkareth said mockingly.
"I’m just kidding, just kidding. But that’s only because you said something stupid first. You already know that girl isn’t what we’re looking for."
Daniel frowned in his heart. So Lyra wasn’t the key to entering? Just as he suspected, that girl really wasn’t the one the demons were searching for.
But the question was, if she wasn’t, then why did they take her with them? Did she have some other purpose?
However, clearly asking more questions about this topic could be dangerous.
"Maybe I should just go there myself and break the entrance by force." Then he thought for a moment and decided to try gaining the location.
"Haha, looks like you’re joking around a bit too much today, Orsius. You already tried that before and failed horribly. You couldn’t even leave a scratch on the entrance of that place. Besides, even His Highness couldn’t do it. What makes you think you can?" Zalkareth’s expression turned serious, and for the first time, he looked at Orsius.
Orsius’s expression didn’t change, but inside, Daniel frowned deeply. His Highness? Who exactly was he referring to?
The Demon King? The Demon King hadn’t come to the Gulf Of Sumer for a long time, and Daniel was sure that if he came anywhere near here, the entire world would feel it and everyone would know.
And it would be impossible for humans not to react at that time.
That meant the one he was referring to wasn’t the Demon King. Other than the King, there was likely only one person they could call His Highness.
The Crown Prince.
’So the Crown Prince of the demon continent is here?’ He hadn’t heard much about this Crown Prince, but based on Zalkareth’s words, it seemed the Crown Prince was even stronger than Orsius.
’If the Crown Prince is in the base right now, then kidnapping the Demon King’s children becomes basically impossible. There’s no way someone like him would be here without an extremely powerful guard.’
A request that once seemed stupid and suspicious was slowly starting to make sense in his mind. What if the request was only a cover, and the real goal was something else?
"Of course not. I just wanted to go back there again."
Zalkareth stayed quiet and didn’t answer immediately. Instead, it felt like he was analyzing him. A strange silence filled the room.
Daniel frowned. Maybe what he said was too much?
"Haha, so you also want to go back there? Don’t tell anyone, but I also want to see and touch that divine masterpiece again."
"You know, I recently figured out that the place probably belonged to the Eternity religion. They were a very ancient religion that once had a lot of followers but disappeared."
"If my research is correct, that place is probably hiding the secret of eternity." Zalkareth said with madness and excitement in his eyes.
"If we can enter that place, maybe we can actually obtain immortality, and all demons can become immortal. At that point, even the dragons wouldn’t be able to handle us."
Daniel stared at Zalkareth with empty eyes. He didn’t expect the demons to have such a dangerous ambition. He absolutely couldn’t allow them to enter the Pagoda of Eternity before him. That would lead to a disaster.
"Anyway, looks like we still can’t enter for now." Orsius then said in his usual tone.
"Haha, that’s right. But it won’t take long. Humans should’ve already noticed our assault by now, and once they realize that what they value so much is right with us, they’ll definitely contact us. At that point, they’ll have no choice but to give us what we want in exchange for this girl."
"Good. This way His Highness won’t have to wait too long." He replied again in a normal tone, without showing that he was surprised.
Of course, he set a small trap in his question so he could find out whether the Crown Prince was actually here or not.
"That’s right. We shouldn’t make the Crown Prince wait too long or disappoint him. He’s already been here for a long time." Zalkareth nodded, and for a moment, a wave of fear passed through his eyes.
"Anyway, you didn’t answer my question properly. What are you doing here? I thought you should be interrogating that human who managed to use demonic energy."