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    Ethan found the situation rather peculiar.


    He was aware that ves were treated in a certain way in this ce, and from the knowledge he had absorbed from the guards, he more or less knew what they could do and what they couldn''t.


    ves, depending on their master, also held a certain degree of importance.


    For example, if an ordinary soldier was walking around with a ve, they were required to put a cor on the ve to indicate that they were of a certain level.


    This was because if, instead of a soldier, it was amander or a general, the treatment of the ve would be slightly different.


    In this case, the ve wouldn''t have a cor but rather a tattoo on the back of their hand.


    The tattoo could vary, from being a generic design for ves to a personalized one that identified the demon household the ve belonged to, or anything else.


    The important thing was that it was a ve tattoo, a mark that any demon could identify, thanks to a particr scent that only their race could detect.


    The position of this tattoo didn''t necessarily have to be on the back of the hand. Some had it on the side of their neck, others had it stamped on their forehead, and still others in far less essible ces, and so on.


    Among the many other functions of a ve tattoo, the difference between a ve tattoo and a cor also indicated the status of the owner.


    Lin Yu, although purchased by amander, had never received her ve tattoo, and the reason for this was known only to themander who had bought and helped her at the time.


    That being said, since thatmander was no longer here, and she couldn''t walk around without having one of the two on her, she had arranged for a regr cor to wear.


    Ethan, despite understanding all these things, had to admit that the situation was a little ufortable for him


    As far as he could recall, never in his life had he ever walked around with someone wearing a cor.


    From his previous world, where such practices would earn him a one-way ticket to prison, to this world where, by some strange twist of fate, he himself had ended up as a ve and was about to be sold to a madman.


    Looking at the elf girl walking beside him with the cor on as if it were nothing, he asked:


    "Are you sure you want to keep walking around with that thing on?" he asked her once more.


    Hearing his words, she gave him a confident look and replied, nodding her head:


    "Of course. It may not seem like it, but it''smon for ves to wear these. It''s really not a problem for me to have it on," she said as if it were nothing.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    ''That''s not what I meant.''


    Ethan could only shake his head at the elf girl''s carefree response.


    In the end, when she asked if she could apany him, he decided to agree.


    Although he wasn''t truly a talent scout like Bai Yu, who sought out talents left and right, he could see that having her around might bring benefits in the future.


    Taking her along wasn''t really a problem, and in fact, it was useful because, although he had absorbed the memories of the two demons, those alone wouldn''t be enough for him to live in this ce normally.


    Therefore, her presence could help him in certain problematic situations.


    That said, he didn''t let her join him so readily.


    He set a few general conditions, two of which were the most important.


    1. Don''t ask questions if he does something out of the ordinary.


    2. If others ask, he has amnesia and doesn''t remember who he is.


    The conditions might seem strange to an outsider, but despite that, the elf girl epted without hesitation.


    Normally, he would have ced a soul contract or something of the sort to ensure the other party''s word, but he felt there was no need in the case of this girl.


    Clearly, she didn''t want to stay in this ce either, and as to why, he had no interest in knowing.


    That said, the two of them walked toward arge building in the center of the city.


    The building wasrge enough to be seen even from a few miles away, and this wasn''t just because of its imposing structure but also due to its rather peculiar shape.


    Ethan, seeing the building in front of him, couldn''t help but frown as the image of a bean came to mind.


    ''What an unusual shape,'' he thought.


    From the city''s architecture, he had assumed the style of buildings here was simr to what he was used to, but now seeing a gigantic ck bean-like structure made him reconsider that assumption.


    He knew nothing about the architectural style of demons, nor did he care to. For now, he just wanted to get a closer look at the ce he would have to use to escape from here in the future.


    ***


    Meanwhile, as Ethan and the elf girl explored the city, Jing Xia, having just finished reporting to the general, decided to visit the soldiers'' mess hall to check on the elf girl.


    The building where the soldiers dined was a two-story structure, rtivelyrge on the inside and spacious enough to amodate more than a thousand soldiers at once.


    The number might seem a bit low, considering the actual scale of the demonic army, but it had to be taken into ount that those eating here were mainly low-ranking soldiers, specifically those at the one-star level.


    This was because, unlike high-level soldiers who had already reached a point where their bodies no longer needed nourishment from food and could instead sustain themselves directly on the ambient energy, soldiers in the early stages of mortal cultivation didn''t have that luxury, so they ate here.


    Certainly, not everyone came here just to eat. After all, there were plenty of ces to eat scattered throughout the city, but this particr ce was used by many of them to stay in touch and meet with one another from time to time.


    Thepetition between the variousmanders'' squads was fierce during missions, but when it came time to have a meal here, they all put those matters aside.


    At this moment, as many demonic soldiers were enjoying a peaceful meal, they were suddenly interrupted by the sound of something breaking as a heavy pressure fell on the building, causing it to tremble suddenly.


    Boom!


    With a loud noise, one of the walls on the second floor of the building was destroyed, and the figure of a person shot out, flying several dozen meters before crashing to the ground.


    The person who had just been sent flying was none other than the new owner of the soldiers'' mess hall, who, still conscious, was trembling as he looked in fear at the hole on the second floor.


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