The Demon King's Secret Clubhouse

The air in the throne room was thick with a new kind of tension.

It wasn't the frantic energy of an impending battle, but the quiet, simmering excitement of a conspiracy.

We had found a secret. A breadcrumb trail left in the digital wilderness, leading to... what? An alliance? A trap? A support group for Demon Kings with bad backs and existential dread?

I had to know.

"Pixia," I commanded, my voice low and serious.

"We are responding to this message.

But we will do so with an abundance of caution and a healthy dose of paranoia.

I want plausible deniability. I want a digital ghost."

"Understood, my Lord," she squeaked, already buzzing with a flurry of activity.

"I shall procure a disposable, untraceable communication device from the human world.

And I will establish a secure, encrypted connection through a series of offshore proxy servers routed through a defunct pizza delivery app's network.