The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

"Shut up!!!"

Kamu glared at him in fury, his figure like lightning, lunging at Xino with a grasp at his throat.

As a Platinum Level Horror Demon, his strength far surpassed Xino's!

If he wished, he could crush him to death in an instant!

But—

In the end, he couldn't bring himself to do it.

After all, he was his kin.

Kamu's fingertips shook, his ferocious expression unknowingly twisting.

Xino looked at his brother without fear, staring into his burning eyes.

"Did I say anything wrong?"

"Luo Yan approached you..." Kamu gritted his teeth, squeezing out words between them.

"He approached me, and to be honest, we talked for a long time... but it had nothing to do with his conflict with the Dragon family, just matters between us,"

Xino admitted openly, then continued.

"I told him that the reason I initially sought him out for a duel was that Elder Zakeruo told me he had taken a shortcut to get the Maze in Thunder County. But when I went to see it, it was no fertile land; the little demons there were hiding in caves, eating insects, and the wild-growing Earth Cave Spiders were about to collapse the maze, while the demons beneath continued to fight amongst themselves! None of those demons have any love for us there, it's not a treasure at all, but an unwanted mess!"

Kamu panted, staring intensely at him.

"What do you understand..."

"It's always this phrase, so tell me, what do you understand?" Xino looked directly into his eyes, continuing, "Elder Zakeruo's interest in that area is just because he thinks our father found a way to become a god before he died, isn't that right?"

Kamu's pupils dilated a bit, with an unbelievably bright light in his eyes.

"How did you..."

"How would I know, right?" Xino looked at him compassionately, "I guess you also want to ask, why did I reveal it, right?"

Kamu said nothing, staring intently at him.

Xino sighed inwardly as expected.

As Luo Yan predicted, his brother had also been bewitched by Zakeruo.

It was just something different that beguiled him, Grandpa likely promised him godhood.

But how could that be possible?

During those long years, that guy had already forgotten he was a living being, having become a living stone.

Stones have no feelings.

In his heart, there was only the obsession with becoming a god, willing to sacrifice everything for this goal, even his own family.

Xino pondered silently for a moment, watching his brother's ferocious face, and continued to speak.

"Luo Yan... actually realized long ago that we might not want the land in his hands, but our father's notes. So after that duel, he voluntarily returned the notes to us, hoping to end this meaningless struggle."

Kamu shook his head.

"You are too naive, my brother. That notebook is not necessarily complete... Without the assistance of divine power, how could a mere mortal pacify the entire maze in such a short time? There's only one explanation: our father actually completed his research, or almost completed it—"

"If you'd been to Thunder County, you wouldn't say that."

Xino looked at him disappointingly and continued.

"The changes there were never due to divine power, in fact, it was precisely because he wasn't pursuing divine power that the maze became somewhat different from when our father ruled."

Seeing Kamu dazed, Xino continued speaking.

"He once mentioned to me that he used force to suppress the rebels in the maze, but it wasn't just about killing the demons who opposed him. He solved the issues of the little demons, the Earth Cave Spiders, almost all the problems the demons were facing or possibly facing, and even the issues faced by humans on the surface, which led them to genuinely submit to his throne..."

"Conversely, because our father longed to become a god, he constantly dragged the demons there to do things that were utterly meaningless, causing those demons great suffering. Reggie Dragon's research never succeeded, and it was a dead end from the start. If his research were truly useful, why wouldn't his servants use it themselves, instead of waiting for Hell to send a new Demon King over?"

"Zakro has already become delusional, attributing whatever he can't achieve to divine power, and he's even dragging you along... You need to wake up!"

Kamu couldn't utter a single word, the force in his hands slightly relenting, allowing Xino to slowly stand on the ground.

Indeed—

If becoming a god were truly this simple, why would his father's subordinates present that notebook to the Demon King?

Wouldn't it be better to keep it themselves?

Clearly, their father had utterly failed, leaving nothing but a ruined maze.

Zakro refused to admit his life's work had gone to waste, thus falling into a frenzy of delusion.

And he himself was not innocent.

He had depended too much on Elder Zakeruo.

Even when the family had hit rock bottom, he still instinctively believed his grandfather must have a solution.

Xino, clutching the claw marks on his neck, with a sincere but slightly sorrowful look, continued speaking to his brother.

"We've all been used... Whether it's you, me, or our father. Zakro has never loved us, nor the whole family; he only loves himself and the power in his hands. Ruling the Dragon family wasn't enough to satisfy him; he wants more, even to replace the Demon God... I guess he must have promised you that you'd become the new Demon God."