The Daily Life of the Demon King

Chapter 234 - 234: The Rescue of the Samurai Girl from the Cultists' Hands

Rika and Rebecca sat on a tree branch, carefully observing the farm. The rest of the girls gathered around Saya, who was controlling the drone. She didn't want to look at the gruesome scene in front of the farm any more than necessary, so she focused on scouting, directing the drone further to survey the area.

When the drone hovered directly over the farm, the tablet screen displayed an image of people going about their daily activities as if they were ordinary farmers. However, the strangest contrast was that, if one ignored the bodies impaled on stakes or nailed to the fence walls at the entrance, the farm looked peaceful.

"This is kind of weird," Koko said, pointing at the screen. "It's like there are two completely different worlds—outside and inside the farm."

The girls nodded in agreement. They also felt that something about the situation didn't make sense. Alex and Jonah stepped closer, peering at the tablet. Saya tilted it slightly to give everyone a better view.

Rika and Rebecca saw the same thing through the scope of the sniper rifle, but Alex noticed a strange detail. The farmers' movements were unnatural—like puppets on strings.

"Pay attention to how they move," he said, pointing at the tablet.

The girls focused and soon understood what he meant. The farmers' motions were repetitive, cycling over and over, as if they were programmed to perform the same tasks.

"They're acting like NPCs in a game," Saya remarked, comparing them to pre-programmed characters.

Alex grimaced but didn't argue—the analogy was quite accurate. He asked Saya to continue scouting and mark all the farmers using the drone.

"And don't forget to highlight them with markers," he added.

Saya nodded and began tagging the targets.

"And what's the point of that? It's not like this helps us," Valmet asked, crossing her arms.

"It's not for us—it's for Rika," Alex replied, nodding toward the sniper.

Hearing her name, Rika pulled away from her scope and looked down.

"What do you mean?"

Rebecca smirked and pressed a button on Rika's rifle scope.

"Just look through your scope, and you'll understand."

Rika frowned but did as she was told. The moment she looked through the scope, her eyes widened—all the marked targets were now highlighted in her optics.

"Whoa..." was all she could say.

Rebecca grinned in satisfaction before turning to Alex with a playful look.

"Handsome, you'll add the same feature to my scope when you make my rifle, right?" Rika teased, blowing him a kiss. "In exchange, you'll get a nice bonus."

Alex smirked and winked.

"Anything you want. Even if you want a railgun."

Rika instantly lit up like a schoolgirl being asked to prom. The other girls stared at Alex in confusion.

"What feature is she talking about?" Koko asked, narrowing her eyes suspiciously.

"It's simple," Alex replied calmly. "All my tech is linked into a single network, with GIR as its core."

Ray tapped a finger against the tablet, then glanced at Rika and her rifle.

"So, because your technology is interconnected, her scope receives data from the drone?"

"Exactly," Alex confirmed. "Not just that—our phones, tablets, computers—everything I create is linked together."

The girls exchanged glances, once again realizing just how advanced Alex's technology was.

They nodded, understanding that this was just typical of Alex. They were already used to his methods, so this no longer surprised them.

Saya finished marking the targets in the central part of the farm, and Alex asked her to

Recalling that in Resident Evil 4, the Las Plagas parasites could be destroyed by flashbang grenades, Alex decided to check if this method would work in this world. Reaching into his inventory, he quickly began searching for the necessary item, but alas, he found nothing. Sighing, he concluded that either he didn't have any of those grenades, or he simply hadn't searched thoroughly enough.

"Wind Element: Wind Cutter!" Alex said, making hand seals and swinging his arm.

A blast of compressed air, like an invisible blade, sliced through the parasites protruding from the infected farmers' necks. Their bodies collapsed to the ground, completely drained of life. However, as soon as Alex glanced at the deafening rumble outside the church, he saw dozens more infected, with the same hideous creatures beginning to emerge from their necks.

Not wanting to waste time, Alex surged forward, but instead of using the door like a normal person, he simply leaped through the nearest window. Performing a somersault and pushing off the ground with his hand, he was instantly back on his feet.

The infected farmers, like puppets, immediately turned their heads toward him and, swaying unnaturally, began moving toward him. Alex lightly shook the knife in his hands, and Geirölul understood his intentions without a word — the weapon in his hands quickly transformed into gauntlets with sharp spikes.

"Taijutsu technique: Morning Peacock!" Alex announced loudly and instantly launched into the attack.

His strikes were so fast that the air around him ignited, enveloping his fists in flames. Each hit tore the infected bodies apart, scattering chunks of flesh in all directions. One after another, the infected fell dead until the last one was destroyed.

When the battlefield, littered with disfigured bodies, finally quieted, the gauntlets on Alex's hands began to glow faintly before slowly dissolving into particles of light, returning Geirölul to his spiritual space.

Looking around, Alex quickly realized that someone had intentionally provoked the Plaga parasites to leave their hosts' bodies. But speculating on who was behind it was pointless — the answer was obvious. Osmund Saddler, the leader of the Los Iluminados cult, was the core of this system, and most likely, he had given the order for the parasites to leave the hosts' bodies.

But this only confirmed Alex's theory: Saddler could control the Plaga from any distance. However, the question remained — could he see through the eyes of the infected, or did he simply sense their presence through the Plaga parasite?

"So many questions, so few answers..." Alex muttered, watching as the fire from the church spread to nearby houses. "Oh well, I think we'll meet this half-baked villain again... if he doesn't die first or get cleaned up."

Pushing aside unnecessary thoughts, Alex ran off from the cultist farm. His main task now was to catch up with the Hummer, if the group hadn't already reached the ferry.

Turning off the road, he headed through the forest, nimbly jumping over roots and dodging low-hanging branches. While running, he pulled out his phone to check the distance to the Hummer. Confirming that the vehicle hadn't gone too far yet, he sped up.

When Alex caught up with the moving Hummer, he suddenly veered off and ran toward it. Then, using the nearest tree as a springboard, he jumped out of the forest and landed directly on the car's roof.

Koko, who was driving, almost lost control in surprise.

"Miss me?" Alex asked with a smirk, peering through the window on Koko's side.

"Are you crazy?!" she squealed, gripping the wheel with one hand and pushing his face away with the other. "I almost went off the road because of your stunts! Get off already!"

Laughing, Alex waved at the other girls, then returned to the roof and casually stretched out, resting his hands behind his head.

As Koko drove the car toward the port, Alex lazily gazed at the clouds, taking a drag from his cigarette. Deep down, he wondered if the other groups had encountered the infected farmers... or if they were lucky enough to avoid this mess.

But he'd find that out later.

To be continued...

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