The blood-covered hall was carpeted with bones and cobwebs. Lord Demon Lord's palace was as gloomy as ever today.
Two giant lizards stood to either side, while a Cave Spider crouched in the middle to make up the numbers, looking smug and arrogant.
Hearing Lord Demon Lord's footsteps, Arakdo immediately scuttled over on eight legs, as docile as a lapdog.
Mi Xi lay trembling on the ground.
She first drew out the long, tedious opening speech, then conveyed Queen Xi Xi's greetings to the Great Cemetery and Lord Demon Lord himself.
Honestly, she suspected Lord Demon Lord had not been listening at all.
Because she had accidentally burped from nerves halfway through, yet that great lord had not even noticed.
If the same thing happened with Lady Xi Xi, it usually meant she had genuinely been lulled to sleep by their chattering reports.
At times like that, You Xi and Mi Xi would usually tacitly slow down their speech.
If Her Majesty the Queen did not scold or rush them, they would simply stop and slack off, secretly admiring Lady Xi Xi's adorable sleeping face until she woke up looking dazed, then lower their heads and loudly add, "Report complete."
That counted as finishing the report.
This little trick had never failed Mi Xi. Since Lady Xi Xi was too embarrassed to admit she had fallen asleep, she would even put on a stern face and praise them a few times.
However, facing Lord Demon Lord now, Mi Xi did not dare slack off in the slightest, much less test whether he was asleep.
That guy's aura was simply terrifying!
And perhaps it was just her imagination, but hadn't there been more of those Skeleton Soldiers making disgusting noises?
Just as her thoughts ran wild, a dignified cough suddenly sounded