The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

"...I live in the North, not Antarctica."

Shark East and West: "Hahahaha! True that!"

Jingluo Nanbei: "Just joking, don't take it seriously... Speaking of which, are you from Jinmen?"

Xiao Wan looked at her in surprise.

"Why do you say that?"

Jingluo Nanbei tilted her head, smirking slightly as she replied.

"Because... it feels like you have a knack for stand-up comedy too?"

Xiao Wan: "...Actually, I'm from Jiamusi."

"No way?! Really?!" Shark East and West's eyes widened. "Wait, where's that?"

Xiao Wan didn't quite know how to describe her hometown. Besides, she hadn't paid much attention to it herself, so she just gave a vague answer.

"...Well, it's really up north."

Seeing that Xiao Wan wasn't keen on talking about real-life issues, Jingluo Nanbei skillfully changed the subject.

"Let's not talk about real life."

"Exactly, exactly!" As Shark East and West spoke, she had already rolled a snowball in her hands. Then she chuckled mischievously, "Such a rare chance, let's have a snowball fight!"

"...Snowball fight?"

Xiao Wan froze for a moment, baffled by how the topic shifted from her hometown to a snowball fight.

But before she could process it, a snowball had already smacked her square on the forehead with a resounding "splat."

Though it didn't hurt, it sent a freezing chill through her.

"Hey! What's with this sneak attack… Xiao Wan, are you all right?" Jingluo glanced at Shark East and West angrily, then turned to Xiao Wan with concern.

"I'm fine." Rubbing her icy forehead, Xiao Wan, now recovered, looked at Shark East and West's smug grin. Her competitive spirit lit up, and she grabbed a handful of snow from the frozen pine needles nearby, shaping it into a ball and tossing it back at her.

Shark East and West, twisting her body to dodge the incoming snowball, let out a villainous "keh keh keh" laugh, like an antagonist in a play.

"Oh! Got some fight in you, huh? Then try this move——"

As her words fell, she dove forward, crashing into a nearby tree and causing the frozen pine tree to shake violently.

Jingluo: "What the——"

Xiao Wan: "?!?"

A massive pile of snow tumbled down like an avalanche, burying the three little demons flying close to the ground almost completely alive.

Struggling out of the snow pile, Jingluo dusted off the snow clinging to her wings and glanced at Shark East and West, who was also emerging from a nearby snowdrift, and couldn't help but complain.

"Is this how you play snowball fights?!"

The latter, still grinning shamelessly, quickly rolled another snowball in her hands.

"All's fair in war! Take this!"

A snowball struck Jingluo Nanbei squarely in the chest, successfully dragging her into the fray.

Amid Xiao Wan and Jingluo's combined assault, Shark East and West quickly fell into disadvantage. Laughing and shielding her head, she fled while cackling for mercy.

However, Shark East and West didn't stay on the backfoot for long.

A stray snowball from Xiao Wan accidentally hit Jingluo's back, successfully diverting her firepower.

As the "two-on-one" turned into a chaotic three-way battle, the "battlefield" once again became an unpredictable mess.

Snowballs flew back and forth in the air.

What started as playful fun escalated into a full-on contest. They agreed whoever got hit by a snowball ten times first would be eliminated, and the winner would gain the power to command the two losers for an entire day.

As long as the demands weren't too excessive, the losers would have to obey unconditionally!

Enticed by the lucrative stakes, Shark East and West and Jingluo's eyes burned with fervent determination. They gave it their all, vowing to bury their opponents in an ocean of snowballs.

But, to everyone's surprise, the first one to be eliminated turned out to be Xiao Wan from the North!

Staring at Xiao Wan, who was nearly turned into a snowman, Shark East and West suddenly felt a pang of guilt and asked in a low voice.

"Don't tell me… this is your first snowball fight?"

She had assumed the other would be better at this, which was why she started this "war" in the first place.

Faced with those concerned eyes, Xiao Wan felt a bit embarrassed and replied.

"In the past... no one played with me."

Jingluo and Shark East and West exchanged a glance, a sudden tenderness sparking in their eyes as they looked at Xiao Wan.

"Why does it suddenly feel so sad?"

"+1."

"If you want to cry, Shark East and West can lend you her shoulder."

"Exactly, feel free to cry—wait, why not yours?!"

"Because dealing with snot is a hassle."

"And I'm not a hassle?!!"

Watching the two start bickering out of nowhere, Xiao Wan couldn't help but chuckle.

Perhaps because she had transformed into a little demon, she even felt her mood was somewhat affected by the role, becoming more carefree and lighthearted.

It wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

In fact, it was the life she had always wanted—

Taking one day at a time, there was no need to fret endlessly over tomorrow's worries.

As she pondered this to herself, a faint rustling sound suddenly came from a nearby thicket.

She wasn't the only one who noticed.

The two, who had been quarreling and playing around, froze as well, stopping all action as they turned their attention to the sound.

"Who's there?" Jingluo called out, grabbing a crystal from her waist, preparing to cast a spell.

Apparently realizing they had been exposed, hurried footsteps sounded from the thicket, accompanied by the crunching of ice underfoot as someone fled further into the distance.

Jingluo and Shark East and West exchanged a glance. Flanking from both sides, they coordinated with Xiao Wan approaching from the front to corner the unexpected intruders in the forest.

What they didn't expect, however, was that the ones hiding there weren't human Adventurers or local hunters, but a boy and a girl.

They seemed to be siblings—the boy looked about fourteen or fifteen, and the girl was a bit younger. Their clothes were tattered, their noses red from the cold, and their hands were almost purple from frostbite.

It was clear the two children had been wandering in the snow for quite some time.

But compared to their fear of the cold, they seemed even more terrified of the wings and horns that marked the three as demons.

Hovering in midair, the trio exchanged a glance and saw a spark of intrigue in each other's eyes.

The players' instincts told them—

A hidden quest had been triggered!