King from scratch

Nubida and the others didn't have a long time to relax. The next day, Diman Karen III summoned them again.

This they refer to Nubida and the players.

"I hope that you are in the empire as you are in the kingdom," Diman Karen III said amiably, "don't feel restricted."

The players sat obediently in the back, their eyes flicking around the room, but at least no one whispered.

It's not that they suddenly understood etiquette, it's mainly because of the tremendous pressure brought by Diman Karen III, which made them barely restrain themselves in front of each other.

Nubida showed a perfunctory smirk: "Thank you for your concern, obviously we didn't feel restrained."

Diman Karen III looked at the players: "I heard that you went to the slave market yesterday?"

The players gave each other a glance, and under the vigilance of Ye Yeye, the lesson learned from the past, they tried to kill the problem from the source.

"The kingdom does not allow human trafficking."

"We are all good citizens who obey the law."

"No interest in slaves or anything."

That's not what you said yesterday, Lie Shan, who was standing aside, thought as he looked at the players who were completely different from yesterday.

Diman Karen III obviously fully felt their desire to survive, and turned his attention back to Nubida.

"The empire is happy to be a hospitable host." Diman Karen III said slowly: "Give some gifts that the guests like."

Nubida spread his hands: "If His Majesty is asking me..." He said lazily: "The devil is not interested in this."

If there's anything grudgingly commendable in the demon's lousy character, it's their disdain for wealth.

Their badness is due to their own choices, not driven by desires.

Diman Karen III turned to look at the players.

The players refused one after another, for fear that the other party would insist on giving them gifts, and their willingness to refuse was very strong.

"No, no, we're not interested either."

"Don't send us gifts, we don't take gifts."

"We are here for..." the player said here, obviously lost in thought, not sure: "The friendship between the two countries...?"

Another player lowered his voice: "Does the kingdom have friendship with them? Isn't this a hostile force?"

"Then what are we here for?"

Nubida interrupted their whispering with a cough, and said to Diman Karen III: "Thank you for your hospitality, but I think it's time for us to talk about business."

Because His Majesty the King did not leave any contact information, Nubida, who completely gave up room for negotiation, said calmly: "About the fact that the dwarven army will stay outside the border of the Diman Empire..."

Diman Karen III: "It sounds like you haven't made any progress? The kingdom doesn't have any plans to back down?"

Nubida nodded: "Indeed."

Diman Karen III was a little surprised: "Even the missions and dwarves will face the wrath of the empire?"

Nubida nodded again: "Even if the envoys and dwarves will face the wrath of the empire."

Diman Karen III was not angry because of this. Even when he encountered provocations from such a weak kingdom, he always maintained a complacent attitude: "I am a little puzzled. Since the declaration of war is so resolute, how can you Why make an extra trip?"

He mentioned this, and Nubida remembered another mission the king had entrusted to him.

He raised his hand, just about to take something from his personal space, but then remembered the ubiquitous ether in this palace, stopped his movements, and gestured to the emperor.

Diman Karen III gave his permission for what he did next.

Nubida took out a bunch of boxes from his personal space, opened them word by word, and said to Diman Karen III, "This is a gift from the kingdom."

"Return the gift?" Diman Karen III didn't think of why the kingdom wanted to return the gift to the empire, but he didn't delve into it.

He gestured to Lie Shan, and Lie Shan stepped forward to open the boxes one by one.

The players sitting in the back row followed suit, looking at the things in the box.

After Lie Shan opened the box, he stared at the contents of the box for a few seconds, unsure, and turned to look at Diman Karen III.

Diman Karen III left his position and looked over one by one.

There are three boxes piled up with crude wooden devices, strangely shaped iron equipment, and other things of unknown use.

The dusty ore piled up two more boxes.

The last box simply contained a few notebooks...

Because the gift was so shabby that it was hard to tell whether it was because the country was too poor or because the kingdom had no intentions at all.

In the subtle silence, the players moved their chairs, moved close enough to see the presents, and whispered.

"This gift... looks familiar."

"That mess looks like the quest items we gave to the dwarves before."

"Is this gift a bit... shabby?"

"It's not a little bit, it's very shabby."

The players silently pulled their chairs back to their original positions, pretending they hadn't seen anything, and kept silent again.

Diman Karen III took a look at the rough and crude device, but didn't see its purpose, so he looked at Nubida inquiringly.

Nubida: God knows what this thing is for...

Diman Karen III confirmed the fact that he didn't know from Nubida's silence. He put down the rough and crude device in his hand, walked towards the box full of ore, and said as he walked: "The king's return is very important. special."

He picked up a small piece of ore, which was black and had nothing special about it, but it was easy to identify because it was common: "Meteor gold ore, one of the most commonly used raw materials for dwarf casting."

It is worth mentioning that it is very cheap because it is common.

This level of embarrassment is not worth mentioning as far as the devil is shameless.

Nubida said confidently: "Ah, this is the latest mineral lode found by the kingdom. As you know, the Land of God's Fall is a desert terrain, so finding the mineral lode is a big event for the kingdom. Presumably the king would like to share our mine with you. joy."

The players whispered.

"Isn't it because there is nothing else to send?"

"No, I remember that there is another kind of shiny ore? I saw other players posted it on the forum."

The player lowered his voice: "Keep your voice down, everyone heard you say that the king is a cheapskate."

Everyone present could hear their conversation clearly.

I don't think they should be here, Nubida sighed deeply.

The player's lethality does not distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. Not only the enemy will be distressed by this, but his teammates will often want to refuse to join them.

It was Diman Karen III who heard the words, glanced at the two boxes full of ore, and stretched out his hand to pull the black ore piled up on it aside.

The light came on from the box.

The players reacted the fastest, dragging their chairs forward again, and while keeping a distance from Diman Karen III, they looked at the box with their heads probed.

After the ordinary black ore was pushed away from above, the pure crystal ore below could no longer hide its light.

"Fuck, who said the king is a cheapskate just now?"

"What kind of cheapskate, this is called low-key."

"Sure enough, it's shiny..."

Diman Karen III walked towards the last box amidst the players' discussions.

The last box contained only a few notebooks.

He casually picked up the notebook in the box, opened it and read two pages, showing incomparably genuine surprise.

"The relationship between the kingdom and the Arcane Academy seems to be beyond my imagination."

Diman Karen III picked up the old and worn-out notebooks, handed them to the unexisting guards, and continued: "Convey my thanks to the king for me, a very generous gift in return."

The eyes of the players then fell on those books, watching the guards quickly disappear with those books.

Nubida had read it out of curiosity before—it would be too unrealistic to expect a demon to respect privacy, they had no such concept at all.

So he understands why Diman Karen III said so very well.

After the human empire initially hunted down wizards on a large scale, which led to blood feuds between the two, the profession of wizards has been completely insulated from the Diman Empire since its birth.

The systematic mage training channels are completely in the hands of the Arcane Academy, and the monks of the Diman Empire can only be called users of another form of ether.

But compared to mages, monks' systems are too messy and have a high probability of getting out of control. In terms of the research progress of ether, the gap between monks and mages is so huge that it cannot be bridged.

And those few insincere and scribbled notebooks recorded the thoughts and experiments of some mages. This was definitely an overly generous gift to the Diman Empire, whose mage career system was blocked by mages.

Diman Karen III sat back in his seat and continued the unfinished topic: "The isolation and stubbornness of mages are well known in the world, and the king can actually convince them..."

He looked at the devil: "It's as incredible as if the devil would actually do things for the kingdom honestly."

Nubida's tone was exaggerated: "The king's noble morality and charisma conquered me."

"Perhaps this is why he dared to provoke the empire," Diman Karen III said: "He lacks the awe that the empire should have."

"If he thinks he can defeat the empire, let reality tell him the answer." Diman Karen III said: "Go back and tell your king, get ready for war."

Wait, this doesn't seem to be the same as what the king told me, does it?Did you say you won't start a fight?No matter how you look at it, is the empire declaring war?

Nubida was a little confused and mad, but he didn't show it. He nodded calmly and said, "Is there anything else I need to tell the king?"

Diman Karen III stretched out his hand and leaned on his chin, and said slowly: "If the king thinks that I will give in before his provocation because of the ongoing negotiations on the Neiva Plain, then he may not have expected another point."

"Yesterday, the negotiations were declared over."

Diman Karen III showed a sharp smile: "All the human kingdoms on the Neiva Plain have signed an agreement and voluntarily become part of the empire."

"Everyone, the Diman Empire once again unified the Neiva Plain."

Nubida smacked his lips, shocked by the efficiency of the other party: "The speed of this negotiation is too fast."

"Because the empire longed for unification," Diman Karen III said calmly, leaning on his chin. "Before the negotiations started, the empire had already made preparations."

"The mission brought provocations from afar, so I made them speed up."

Nubida: Is it because of us?

"If the army of the human kingdom dares to appear anywhere outside the empire's borders, then..." Diman Karen III deepened his smile: "They will face attacks from the empire until the danger is eliminated."

So, now the problem is back in the kingdom's hands.

The Diman Empire expressed their response to this with a firm attitude, so it is the kingdom's turn to decide whether to continue to unify the dwarven kingdom at the risk of facing the empire's attack.

"I will convey this news to His Majesty the King."

Nubida worried about the king for a few seconds, and suddenly realized how unnecessary his worries were. With His Majesty's consistent performance, he even suspected that all these developments were still under the control of the other party.

Let the king worry about it himself, anyway, the peace is so precarious that sooner or later there will be a fight.

"Of course, considering the geographical location of the kingdom..." Diman Karen III said: "If the kingdom is willing to negotiate, the empire does not have any covetousness on the distant land of God's Fall."

Nonsense, who would covet a cursed place...

"In the words of your king..." His Majesty the Emperor said: "The Diman Empire is not warlike, but it is not afraid of war."

"The initiative to start a war is in the hands of the king. I hope we can resolve this matter peacefully."

Diman Karen III ended the conversation with these words, and also ended the mission's stay in the Diman Empire.

On the way back from the Diman Empire, Nubida bid farewell to Anuda and the players and left the team.

Player: "Won't the devil come back to the kingdom with us?"

Anudda looked at Nubida's back, and quickly outlined several places that the other party might go to in his mind: "Nubida said he has other things to deal with, let's go back first."

Players whisper quickly.

"I can't believe this devil...he won't go back to the Diman Empire halfway to sell us, right?"

"Isn't it? Although the devil's character design is indeed a villain, but at present, the Kingdom is planning to plan his own son. It is impossible to be stabbed in the back, right?"

"Would you like to follow up and have a look?"

"I would like to, but can we keep up? They disappear after a space teleportation, how can we follow?"

"That's right, this is beyond our ability..." The players couldn't help but look at another npc who could open a black hole with his bare hands.

"The Diman Empire expelled the demons hundreds of years ago, and Nubida would not have done so." Anuda looked at the eagerly awaited players and said firmly, "Let's go back to the kingdom."

"Don't you really want to follow up? Even if he doesn't want to betray the kingdom, don't you wonder what he wants to do when he leaves the team halfway?"

To tell you the truth, Anudha was curious, but he didn't think it was a good idea to stalk the demon secretly, considering the demon's reputation for cunning.

and so……

After returning to the kingdom and seeing the king, Anuta immediately made a small report and told the king about Nubida's departure from the team halfway.

"Is that so?" The young king nodded, indicating that he understood the situation: "I will ask him."

Isn't this solved?The king can easily get the answer from the devil, and there is no need for Anuta to waste time and risk the possibility of being trapped by the devil to follow him.

Almost on foot, Nubida returned to the kingdom.

"The choice of the Diman Empire may be different from your initial judgment," Nubida dutifully informed the king of the choice of the Diman Empire: "His attitude towards the appearance of the dwarven army outside the border of the empire is very firm."

He Xingwen thought for two seconds: "The negotiations on the Neiva Plain are over?"

Nubida: "Just the second day after we arrived in the Diman Empire."

He Xingwen praised the other party with great emotion: "A very good opponent."

Sure enough, the king didn't care at all, Nubida nodded perfunctorily, and continued to convey the words of Diman Karen III: "However, His Majesty the emperor said that there is still room for change, and the empire has no coveted heart for the land of the gods. , if you are willing to communicate, maybe the empire and the kingdom can find other ways to solve this problem."

Nubida: "He said that the empire is not wary, but it is not afraid of war."

"According to what I said, kick the ball back." He Xingwen smiled and said, "I see."

"Then I'm going back." Nubida finished the report on the mission of the mission, not interested in how the king planned to deal with it next, so he got up and turned his head to prepare to leave.

"Wait a minute," He Xingwen gestured towards the chair, "What do the demons say?"

Nubida quickly sat back on the chair with a swish: "What do you say?"

"I thought you left halfway to meet other demons?" He Xingwen looked at Nubida and said, "Or did I guess wrong?"

System: "Obviously his reaction proves your guess is correct," he spared no effort to praise He Xingwen: "Your progress is much faster than I expected, and you are becoming a better king."

He Xingwen raised the corner of his mouth.

This kind of simple and casual dialogue often happens between He Xingwen and the system—most of the time, the system is praising and affirming He Xingwen.

Nubida didn't notice the slight change in the king's expression, and admitted He Xingwen's guess: "I talked to them about some personal matters..."

He Xingwen interjected, "Father's matter?"

Nubida began to wonder if the king had some special powers—such as being able to hear everyone's thoughts.

He Xingwen explained: "I'm just making a random guess. After all, you don't care about anything other than God the Father."

"In fact, they delayed for too long." He Xingwen: "On the premise that a space teleportation can reach the land of God's Fall, there is no reason why the demons have not reached the kingdom for a long time, unless..."

He Xingwen glanced at Nubida: "Unless they have something else to deal with."

Nubida reflexively denied, "No."

Silence came suddenly, covering Nubida and He Xingwen.

This kind of reaction is not up to the level that a demon should be, like saying 'you guessed right', because it is too low-level and even makes people wonder if the demon did it on purpose.

"I think we should have reached the point where we can talk openly," He Xingwen broke the silence and said, "What is the devil doing?"

Nubida glanced at the king: "We are looking for the real reason for the fall of Father God."

He Xingwen nodded unsurprisingly, motioning for the other party to continue.

"Although everyone thinks that the gods and the great devil teamed up to betray God the Father, we don't believe this speculation."

Nubida observed He Xingwen's expression and said: "Gods and great demons are the creations that are most closely connected with Father God, and they are also the most favored existence of Father God. They have no reason to betray Father God."

He Xingwen didn't change his expression in response to his words, and calmly motioned for the other party to continue.

"So, something must have happened in the third era that we don't know, and finally caused the father to fall, and both the god and the great demon disappeared." Nubida's expression gradually became serious: "In order to track down what happened in the third era What, we have traveled all over the continent, including the Land of God's Fall before the kingdom appeared."

What did He Xingwen realize: "You guys found the letter and badge before?"

"At the cost of the death of several demons, it was difficult to find the only information left by the third era." Nubida: "But there is nothing in this information that we want to know."

He Xingwen: "So before I gave you the letter, you have already found it, but you still act like you don't know anything about it..."

He Xingwen affirmed their acting skills: "The acting skills are very superb."

"This is what we are good at." Nubida spread his hands: "We don't trust other people, and we don't trust our compatriots."

"If you're altering your perception of us because of our search for an answer, I must say, that's not very wise."

Nubida said frankly: "The devil does not show such a bad character because of bitterness and hatred. The reason why we are so bad is because we are such a bad existence."

"I don't think it matters how bad your personalities are." He Xingwen pulled back the point that was gradually drifting away: "After you have traveled all over the continent and found information from the third era in the land of God's Fall ?”

Nubida: "We only know that the gods and the great demon formed a holy alliance in order to complete an important task of 'fighting for thousands of creatures'."

"If there is anything that can be called related to thousands of living beings, it is only the dark age caused by the fall of God the Father."

"But the cause and effect of the two are obviously reversed. If they are to prevent the dark age, why did the dark age still appear in the end?"

He Xingwen guessed: "Because they failed?"

"If the conclusion is that they failed, then the question goes back to the original point - who is the god-slayer who caused the father God to fall?"

Nubida said: "So we finally set our sights on other worlds that are constantly bordering this world."

"Don't think about the endless loop, just think about the reason why the Dark Ages finally ended. The border with other worlds saved this world and saved another world."

He Xingwen looked at the words slowly emerging on the retina, and the system came to a conclusion.

"Do you think that these thousands of creatures refer to not this world?" He Xingwen: "But the other worlds bordering you?"

Nubida's expression froze: "How is it possible?"

Nubida: "Isn't another guess more likely? Among the worlds that were saved, one world or many worlds united to kill God the Father, leading to the appearance of the Dark Ages. For them and our world Frontiers create viable preconditions to leave a lifeline in their world."

Nubida and He Xingwen looked at each other.

He Xingwen overcame this disagreement with ease: "So based on this judgment, you..."

"We went to the other worlds that we came into contact with recently to check the situation."

The other worlds that have recently come into contact with this world... He Xingwen looked at the land he was stepping on.

Nubida admitted this frankly: "Of course, the kingdom is also one of the goals..."

He Xingwen: "So it wasn't a coincidence that you all appeared outside the Land of Fallen Gods."

"It's really not." Nubida blinked at him, and once again resumed the slickness that the devil should have: "It was a well-planned 'coincidence'."

He Xingwen had no objection to their ulterior motives, and continued: "The reason why the other demons didn't come in time is because they were in other worlds that border the mainland recently..."

He stopped talking and glanced at the rough map behind him and said, "That is, the part on the map that was not drawn by you, nor introduced by you, the edge of the continent?"

"Yes." Nubida followed the king's line of sight, looked at the rough map and said, "There are still many new civilizations outside the fringe areas not shown on this map."

He Xingwen turned the topic back to the original question: "What was the result of your meeting this time?"

"In fact, I just went to urge them to rush to the kingdom as soon as possible," Nubida said: "After all, they have been delayed too long on the 'road'."

He Xingwen understood his words without hindrance: "So you have reached an agreement that the kingdom is more likely to be the key to solve the problem?"

Nubida didn't answer his question, and said with a very artificial surprise: "Oh, by the way, about the more detailed map you asked me to draw... I think I can finish it in a few days."

"Although it has been delayed for a long time, you have to understand that the workload of this map is very heavy."

He Xingwen was noncommittal about the 'very heavy workload': "Will those new civilizations on the edge of the continent be included on the map?"

"Of course, including everything I know." Nubida stood up, put his left hand on his chest and bent down: "Dear king, your people will always be loyal."

In front of the other party's solemn actions and words, He Xingwen had to remind the other party: "You know, the devil doesn't have any credibility when he says such words?"

"I just mean it. The current atmosphere makes me feel that I should do this." Nubida stood up straight and said, "But you must not take it seriously, otherwise everyone will be very distressed."