Imperial Capital, Imperial Palace.
In a spacious office, a middle-aged man in a suit sat behind a desk, staring worriedly at his computer screen.
After a long while, he pressed a hand to his forehead and let out a deep sigh.
They actually lured in a monarch-level demon. They were trying to destroy an entire city, turning Bo City into hell on earth.
Seven exceptionally powerful Super Level mages had already been dispatched from the nearest locations. Would they make it in time...?
He then looked at the stack of documents beside him. Several bold words were printed across the top: Twenty-Thousand-Kilometer Coastline Strategy!
He was about to pick up the documents and read them, but his hand stopped in midair, and he shook his head helplessly.
Trouble at home and threats from abroad...
Suddenly, the office door opened, and someone poked her head inside.
The moment she spotted the middle-aged man, she called out with a cheerful grin.
"Dad!"
Had Mo Xie been there, he would have recognized her as his master's wife, Shao Hongying.
As her father, that middle-aged man was almost certainly none other than Shao Zheng!
At the sight of his precious daughter, Shao Zheng's worried expression vanished, replaced by a look of fatherly affection.
"Hongying, you're here. Come and sit down."
As he spoke, he casually switched his computer screen to another page.
With light, brisk steps, Shao Hongying walked straight behind Shao Zheng and wrapped her arms around his neck, speaking in a wheedling voice.
"Dad, what were you doing just now?"
"Hehe, I was playing a game."
Shao Zheng pointed at the game on his screen and smiled.
The screen was gray, however. His score showed a full eight deaths without a single kill. He had clearly been feeding terribly.
Shao Hongying planted