Is This the Demon Lord?

Because he could not show off too much in front of Pika, Kashius did not fly straight into the city. Instead, he followed behind Pika step by step, slowly walking after him.

As for the demon Pika, in order to accommodate this "newcomer," he did not spread his wings and fly through the sky either.

After they entered the city, perhaps because of Pika, the sparse citizens walking along the streets all knelt down toward him one after another.

This left Kashius rather startled. Looking at the scene, Kashius suddenly thought of an anime he had watched before he transmigrated. Was it called Pirate King, or One Piece, or something like that? Kashius could not quite remember.

He remembered that when the world nobles in that anime, the "Celestial Dragons," went out, huge crowds of commoners would kneel on the ground too.

"Ha, don't be so surprised, little brother. How could these lowly humans possibly compare to us great demons? Not killing them and only making them kneel is already mercy." Seeing Kashius looking strangely at the kneeling citizens, Pika explained it to him.

When Kashius heard that, fury surged in his heart!

I'm one of those lowly humans you're talking about too, all right? If you weren't still useful, believe it or not, I'd finish you off in minutes.

Damn it. A piece of trash who thinks he's above everyone else.

"Oh, oh, so that's how it is. I understand now. Thank you, Big Brother Pika, for clearing that up for me."

Kashius put on an expression of sudden realization, which made Pika beside him look even more satisfied.

At that moment, Kashius suddenly saw the bakery owner who had given him a sack of food before. Only now, the bakery owner's face was bruised and swollen, and one look was enough to tell he had been beaten.

Kashius knew the owner must have been beaten because he had given him food. Thinking of that, his young face showed a trace of anger, but Kashius quickly steadied himself.

Once I meet your Demon King and figure out its strength, I'll make all of you pay for this.

"Yo, Captain Pika, why'd you bring a human brat back with you when you went out?"

A demon holding a spiked club, with purple skin and no wings on his back, walked out from a nearby street.

"Haha, Leiro, don't underestimate this little brother. He's very strong, you know. Even I might not necessarily be able to beat him."

Pika patted Leiro on the shoulder, pointed at Kashius behind him, and said.

When Leiro heard that, he was extremely shocked.

He knew just how strong Pika was. Forget him alone—even ten of him would not be able to withstand a single slash from Pika.

Otherwise, Lord Demon King would not have appointed Pika as captain of the patrol.

And yet Lord Pika had actually said that even he might not be able to beat this little brat. How could Leiro not be shocked?

"Lord Pika? Since he's so strong, why bring him here? Is there something else going on?" Leiro quietly pulled Pika to the side and whispered.

"Should we..." As he spoke, Leiro made a throat-slitting gesture.

Seeing Leiro's behavior, Pika did not know whether to laugh or cry.

"Don't worry, Leiro. This little brother is one of us. It's fine. I still have to take him to meet our Lord Demon King." As he spoke, Pika suddenly whispered a few words into Leiro's ear.

Leiro, who had originally been on guard against Kashius, instantly lowered his defenses. Then he looked at Pika with a face full of worship.

However, their conversation had clearly entered Kashius's ears.

Having lived in the forest for a long time, Kashius's hearing far surpassed that of ordinary people. Because of that, Kashius heard every single word Pika and Leiro said.

In truth, Pika had not said much. He only said how Kashius had been defeated by him, and then, seeing that Kashius had decent strength, he had used immortality as a bargaining chip to make him serve Lord Demon King and so on.

"Little brother, mm, work hard. I believe that one day, you'll become as strong as Lord Pika." After looking deeply at Kashius, Leiro tossed out a few words of encouragement, then left with his spiked club in hand.

"Haha, Brother Kashius, don't mind him. Leiro is just like that. He says whatever comes to mind. But once you truly become one of us, your strength will undergo a heaven-shaking transformation. You must know that the power brought by a demon's bloodline is extremely mighty."

"Back then, I was nothing more than an ordinary commoner. It was Lord Demon King who gave me the demon bloodline, allowing me to become this powerful now. All right, I won't say any more. I'll take you to meet Lord Demon King now."

Pika hummed a song, his expression proud as he led the way in front.

"What the hell? Like I need your damn demon bloodline? My Saiyan bloodline completely crushes yours by miles, all right?

And you call yourself powerful? One punch, and you might die. I'll endure it. Endure it!" After silently comforting himself in his heart, Kashius continued following Pika forward.

After walking with Pika for a while, Kashius arrived before a separate courtyard.

"Little brother, wait here. I'll go in and report to Lord Demon King."

"Hey, Big Brother Pika, wait."

Pika, who had been about to enter the villa to report, froze and looked at Kashius in some confusion.

"It's like this, Big Brother Pika. I saw that the outside of the villa is empty and there isn't anyone around, so I was a little curious. Does our great Lord Demon King not need anyone to serve and protect him?"

Looking at the empty surroundings, Kashius could not help asking. In particular, he could not sense any powerful "ki" existing nearby, which undoubtedly made Kashius cautious. One had to know that on Earth, those who knew how to hide their "ki" were experts with at least over 100 combat power.

By comparison, Kashius himself had only just reached a combat power of 100 at the moment.

"Oh, that. Our Lord Demon King doesn't like being served. He likes peace and quiet, so he specially had the residents around here cleared out." When Pika heard it, he thought it was some important matter, but after briefly explaining it to Kashius, he walked into the villa.

"He doesn't like being served? Likes peace and quiet? What an interesting Demon King. Wait, this Demon King doesn't have some strange fetish, does he? He actually doesn't like being served? My god." Thinking this, Kashius grew a little afraid.

After all, in anime and novels, villainous characters all had all sorts of weird fetishes.

Just as Kashius was letting his thoughts run wild, Pika walked out of the villa and said, "Congratulations, Kashius. As soon as Lord Demon King heard that you wanted to join us, he was very happy. He told me to come out and bring you in to meet him. Looks like your immortality is settled."

"Then Kashius will thank Big Brother Pika in advance."

"No problem, no problem. All right, come in with me." With a wave of his big hand, Pika led Kashius into the villa.

After entering the villa and passing through several corridors, Pika led Kashius to the front of a room.

"Bro, the Demon King is right inside. You can go in on your own from here," Pika said, then left Kashius behind and quickly departed alone.

Kashius gently pushed open the door and slowly walked into the room.

The room was unexpectedly clean and bright. Kashius had assumed that any place the Demon King stayed in would definitely be pitch-black and gloomy.

"You're Kashius?" Just then, a pleasant voice reached Kashius's ears.

He looked closely, and Kashius was stunned...

A pink-cheeked little girl was sitting on the bed, hugging a stuffed toy, blinking her watery eyes as she looked Kashius over curiously.

*What the++, this is the Demon King? No way, right? This ridiculously cute loli is the Demon King? What the ***— A certain black-haired guy's mind instantly collapsed.