The Demon King is unfathomable

Chapter 51: Rumors Begin with Stick Making
In the eerie and dark hall, horrifying skeletons made creaking sounds.

The flame burning on the skull lamp holder vaguely resembled the dried blood and fat on the old stone slab.

Even a demon would tremble and fold its wings upon seeing this hellish scene.

hateful--

terrible!

After swaying down from mid-air, Missy touched the ground on tiptoe, shrank her body timidly, and walked into the hall tremblingly.

Even though she was mentally prepared, she almost couldn't hold it back and let it out.

This is by no means for the faint of heart.

It's simply because the demon is small and the bladder is small too.

The surrounding skeletons made a creaking sound, as if they were chewing something or muttering to themselves.

"demon!?"

"No—it's a succubus!"

"It's obviously a demon! It's obviously a little demon!"

"You wanna fight?!"

"Mine! Mine!!!" (screaming)

"Shaha - hehe -"

Although she couldn't understand what they were whispering, Missy's intuition told her that it must be something horrific.

After waiting for a long time for the Demon King to show up, she was so anxious that she almost cried while standing in the darkness.

hateful--

Why did she have to go to the Demon King Territory?!

Thinking of the gloating grin on that villain Yusi's face, she became jealous to the point of madness, and she wished she could knock that guy out and throw him here to experience it herself.

Feeling the breath of the dead approaching, Missy shuddered all over and crawled to the ground like lightning.

"Respected, respected, respected Demon King, this is my little nightmare town from the second floor of the maze, farewell..."

The stammering voice was incoherent, looking down at Luo Yan, and stroking his chin thoughtfully.

It turned out to be the case.

It's a little devil.

Not surprising then.

According to what he saw and heard in Shanghai, these guys were not only small in stature, but also small in brains, and most of them spoke without thinking.

In Demon King Academy, they mainly act as bombers that storm the cafeteria.

not only that--

They naturally worship high-level demons, especially nightmare demons and succubi that look similar to themselves.

Calling itself the "Land of Nightmares", it's probably a cosplay of the nightmare.

In addition, like incubi and succubi, they are good at mental spells. However, the difference is that they are not as tolerant to mental spells as the latter, and are often hit by magic feedback or mental shock from human priests.

And now.

He simply set up a simple "blood ritual" in the hall, combined with fear magic and mental suggestion, and scared the guy to death.

After spending three seconds to think about the lines, Luo Yan read out his opening in a slow voice.

"Just before you came here, the four-legged snake came here..."

As the words fell, the sound of heavy and slow footsteps came into Missy's ears along the floor.

In the shadow of the stone pillars.

Octo and Zerrick, exuding the smell of blood and corpses, walked out one on the left and one on the right.

That lifeless look made him look like a walking corpse, and his blood-stained face exuded suffocating fear.

no doubt--

That is the messenger of the Earth Dragon Clan!
Seeing their fate, Missy was almost scared to death. She clamped her trembling legs together and her face became as pale as paper.

Luo Yan, hiding in the shadows, looked down at her, a playful smile on his lips, and continued speaking with the help of the echo effects of the hall.

"Aren't you curious... about what they said?"

Perhaps frightened, the little devil crawled on the ground and stammered, unable to utter a complete sentence, like a computer that had crashed.

"I, I, I... it doesn't taste good."

Unappetizing?
Hearing this irrelevant answer, Luo Yan frowned, but did not take it too seriously. He continued speaking slowly according to the script he had prepared.

"They want to sign a peace agreement with me... Tsk tsk, a bunch of rebels, they think they are the masters of the maze."

When he said this, he changed the subject, and his cruel tone took on a hint of malicious evil.

"So what about you from the nightmare land? I want to hear...what funny jokes the little guys from the second floor can bring me."

Hearing that the Earth Dragon Clan's envoy died just by mentioning a peace agreement, Missy was so frightened that she couldn't even speak.

How to do? !

If I propose an alliance, will I just be thrown into the ground to feed the spiders? !
Of course!
“Knot, knot, knot…”

Luo Yan frowned, not understanding what this guy was trying to say.

"Enchantment?"

Missy hesitated for a long time and finally succeeded in short-circuiting her brain cells.

"Get married!"

"...?"

Luo Yan, who was trying to speak in a pretentious manner by pinching his throat, almost choked on his own saliva. After he recovered, he choked out angrily.

"How dare you tease this king?"

What kind of psychopath would propose marriage to a little devil? !
wrong--

What kind of imp with a mental disorder would marry another race?
Or was this some other method of humiliating the devil that the hellish rednecks used that he couldn't understand?

"No, no, no, your Majesty, I, I, I didn't mean that—"

Missy was so anxious that she was about to cry. She banged her little head on the floor and wished she could slap herself in the mouth.

However, it is too late to change your tune now.

If the Demon King knew that I had made a mistake just now, I'm afraid he would be beheaded and made into a specimen in an instant, right? !
hateful--

Even though I would be dead if Her Majesty the Queen found out, every second I could live counts.

Forced into a corner, Missy gave it her all and blurted out a clever answer.

"I, our queen... I admire your evil and divine power! That's why I sent me to express the goodwill of the Nightmare Land to you... to propose marriage! It's a bit presumptuous... It doesn't matter if you don't agree... We can start as friends first..."

Luo Yan: “…”

and so……

Isn't this actually a diplomatic humiliation?
Although he could never imagine that a little devil who had never seen him would admire him, a human being.

etc--

Luo Yan suddenly realized something.

Precisely because they had never seen him before, or had only taken a quick glance at him from a distance, the other party had no idea that he was a human being at all, but instead mistook him for a vampire, a terror, or some other hell noble?

If that was the case, he could understand why the other party would come up with such a brainless proposal.

He is a little devil after all.

Too normal.

"…If that's the case, I forgive you for your rudeness."

Seeing that the Demon King seemed to have calmed down, Missy, who was sweating profusely, breathed a sigh of relief and quietly wiped the sweat from her cheeks.

so close……

Almost died.

Because she sweated so much, she felt a little thirsty.

Luo Yan continued with an expressionless face.

"Is there anything else?"

Missy shuddered and quickly put her head to the ground.

"No, no, no."

Luo Yan thought for a moment and spoke.

"Give my regards to your queen and tell her that I appreciate her kindness, but my family has already arranged a marriage for me, so there is no need to mention this matter again."

The engagement and family are fake, but there is no need to mention that they are real.

"Also, Hell is very unhappy with the situation here...very, very unhappy. Just because a demon king died, you guys are running around like headless flies, even starting your own separatist regime in the maze...This makes His Majesty the Demon God very angry."

"However, although His Majesty the Demon God told me that I can do whatever I like with you, I do not intend to arbitrarily destroy the order you have established." "In other words, as long as this order remains loyal to Hell, loyal to His Majesty the Demon God, and loyal to me... then there is nothing wrong with maintaining the status quo to a certain extent."

"If Nightmare Land wishes to prove its loyalty, then it should fulfill its obligations as a 'vassal' and send me twenty devil eggs every month."

It is worth mentioning that although imps are always called winged mice, they are actually not similar to bats and mice.

Especially in the way of reproduction.

A devil who is pregnant for 28 days will lay a "devil egg" containing a fetus, which can be hatched into a mature devil through natural growth or accelerated by magic circles.

As long as you get the devil egg, the player's soul image can be reincarnated into a devil.

Although the panel attributes of this unit are not high, it can fly and has good maneuverability. It can be regarded as a spellcasting unit that can be truly useful in the early stages.

As for the Nightmare Land, twenty eggs per month is not too difficult for them. When resources are sufficient, the reproductive capacity of these guys is quite amazing.

It is not good to collect too much tax at one time. It is more appropriate to collect it first and then increase it gradually.

Before solving the problem on the first level, he still mainly adopted a conciliatory approach towards the forces on the second level.

Looking at the trembling messenger, Luo Yan was too lazy to scare the little guy anymore and waved his hand to send him away.

"That's it. I still have to clean up the mess Reggie Dragun left behind."

"If there's nothing else, go down."

……

The second level of the maze, the land of nightmares.

Missy flapped her wings, looked sad, and staggered to the steps of Her Majesty the Queen's cave hall.

This time she didn't jump up and down or scream loudly, but just crawled on the ground obediently.

Seeing that it was Missy who came back first, Xixi couldn't help but show a hint of surprise in her eyes.

Especially this guy exudes a frightened smell, as if he had just returned from the lair of the terrifying demon.

Thinking back to the way this idiot jumped up and down in front of her, her scarlet eyes couldn't help but narrow.

Not good...

It seems that the devil is scarier than himself.

of course.

All this was within her expectations.

Queen Sissi changed her sitting position on the rock seat, pretended to be calm, and spoke in a lazy voice.

"How is it? Did you see clearly where that demon king came from?"

At this moment, Missy was still thinking about "talking about alliance as marriage".

When she heard the question from the Queen, her whole body stiffened and the CPU in her head started to overheat again.

"Look, I see it... It's a very majestic old man, just like the Demon King... No, he is the Demon King!"

With sweat pouring down her face, Missy didn't dare to say that she didn't see him at all. She could only let Xiaonao answer for the time being.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who asked you what he looks like?" Sissi, who was sitting on the rock seat, said impatiently, "What do you think of his strength? Compared to me."

Her pupils were shaking like an earthquake. Missy didn't dare to look into the eyes of Her Majesty the Queen at all. She continued to make up stories with sweat all over her forehead.

"He he he... is a vampire! His servants are much stronger than me! As for you... I... I dare not make any rash comments."

In other words... the servant is at least of the adamantium grade?
The real owner must be at least above silver.

He comes from a vampire family in the Magic City, and he’s an old man... He might be hundreds of years old.

If that's the case, saying that guy is gold level is a conservative approach, we might have to guess higher.

not only that.

Not only is he strong, but he's also incredibly cautious!
Sissi's expression became uncertain, and her slender fingers tapped rhythmically on the armrest of the rock seat, carefully considering her next move.

"Did he say anything?"

"He he he wants your eggs - no, propose to you!"

"……what?!"

Hearing these brainless words, Sissi's brain short-circuited for a moment, her careful thoughts were completely interrupted, and the whole devil was stunned on the spot.

Missy, whose mouth was sloppy again, shed tears of regret and wished she could slap herself hard.

Things were already troublesome enough.

This is just great--

Even more trouble!

Sure enough, after coming to her senses, Sissi became furious and shot off from the rock seat like an angry rocket.

Feeling the Queen's wrath, the little demons hiding behind the rocks all panicked and hid back in the caves, fearing that they would become scapegoats.

"What an insolent fellow! How ridiculous! Very good... very good, very good. It seems that this old fellow doesn't take us seriously at all!"

Her teeth were grinding and her scarlet eyes were flashing with murderous intent.

no doubt--

This is the Demon City's way of humiliating other demons.

Although she was born in a remote area and had never been there, she had at least heard a little about it!

The high-level demons there, like human nobles, like to beat around the bush when speaking and doing things.

but--

She couldn't be like the Earth Dragon Clan, who were angered by a few words and ended up losing the lives of all their members.

That demon did it on purpose.

If I get angry, that would be exactly what he wants!

The fiery red bangs blocked her gloomy eyes. Sissi, who had calmed down, sat back on her throne, her lotus-like legs casually resting on her knees.

"Tell the Demon Lord that Nightmare Land will prove its loyalty to Hell, His Majesty the Demon Lord, and the Demon Lord, but ask him to calm down. After all, it is impossible for the little devil and the vampire to be together."

"Yes Yes Yes……"

Missy nodded rapidly, sweating profusely from nervousness, and agreed meekly.

After thinking for a while, Xixi tapped the armrest twice with her index finger and continued speaking, carefully choosing her words.

"In addition, the previous Demon King has exhausted all the resources in the labyrinth in order to fight against the surface, and the production facilities in the lower level of the labyrinth have been monopolized by warlords... The little demons in the nightmare land have to do their best just to deal with the invasion of adventurers. Our resources are so scarce that we can't even maintain basic defense traps."

Since it can't be beaten.

Then just show weakness.

After all, the Demon King's enemies are not only inside the maze, but also outside it.

If the order on the second floor gets completely out of control and can be easily broken through by adventurers, I think that adult will also have a headache, right?
There was a gleam of wisdom in her scarlet pupils, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of Sissi's mouth. She felt that she had grasped the direction of the entire chessboard.

"Every month... we will send fifty little devil eggs to the Demon King. Although they are not my eggs, they are enough for him to expand his armaments."

"As for wanting more... then please consider our troubles and at least send some food over."

"Yes..." Missy nodded timidly, feeling the head that she had shaken to the ground grow back onto her neck.

hateful……

Finally alive!

However, the conditions given by Her Majesty the Queen seem to be thirty more than what the Demon King asked for...

This is how to do? !

Although she was scared to death, Missy didn't dare to say another word, for fear that her stupid mouth would say something she shouldn't say.

After waiting for a long time, she saw that Her Majesty the Queen seemed to have finally calmed down a little, so she quietly changed the subject.

"Your Majesty, where is Yusi? Has she returned yet?"

"Yusi? She hasn't come back yet... But I can probably guess what happened."

With her cheek lazily resting on the back of her hand, Sissi stared into the depths of the cave with an unconcerned look.

As usual, she rubbed the nail of her raised little finger with the canine teeth at the corner of her mouth.

However, the creaking sound still revealed that she was feeling more restless than before.

These four-legged snakes...

He really doesn't take her seriously at all!
But this is part of hell, and if you care too much about such things, you will seem ridiculous.

"I see..." Missy, who had misunderstood, sighed, with a hint of envy on her face.

It seems that the Earth Dragon Clan treats that guy Yousi well.

He hasn't come back yet at this time, so he must have been invited to eat.

hateful!

Thinking that tonight's dinner would probably be stinky rotten mushrooms again, Missy, with her wings drooping, became even more envious...

(End of this chapter)