After entering Dark Light City through the gate, Lu Yang had originally assumed the city would be laid out like the Gnoll Orc cities he had seen before, with separate residential and military areas. To his surprise, the entire city was one enormous barracks.
Pedestrians were not allowed to move about freely. Cloud Mist Demon warriors stood in orderly formations, directing everyone entering through the gates toward a massive camp in the eastern part of the city.
Lu Yang had come to gather intelligence, but he had not expected the defenses here to be so strict. Yet the more they acted this way, the more it proved that this city had a serious problem.
If their forces were not stretched thin, they would surely have had enough confidence to let the various races move freely through the city. After all, a main god-level powerhouse was stationed here. Why would they fear people snooping around?
"Ugh, what the hell is wrong with these Cloud Mist Demons? They suddenly pulled this nonsense. Even someone like me, delivering supplies for the general, has to follow the line. What kind of treatment is this?" said a short, pudgy demon with a single horn on his head and a completely red body, looking unbearably smug. From his appearance, he was not frightening in the slightest. He even looked somewhat adorable.
"Oh? Delivering supplies for the general? Brother, what should we call you..."
"Pleasure to meet you. If you have business in the future, be sure to look after your little brother. My name is..."
The surrounding powerhouses heard the pudgy demon and swiftly crowded around to curry favor with him, squeezing Lu Yang out of the group.
Lu Yang was rather surprised. He asked in his mind, "What race is this? Does he speak