Chapter 2 The demons all went to take the public examination, and I, a human, can only be the devil
Hunte that evening, the entire roof of the Demon King Academy was covered with the messenger bat’s daddy.
But thanks to this, the little devils did not storm the cafeteria in the West Tower District today, and they were all busy writing letters.
Luo Yan has been in school for three years, and finally had the opportunity to taste the legendary charcoal-grilled Minotaur beef eye steak.
There is one thing to say, this taste is really speechless and can only be described with one word.
But having said that, does Professor Enos really have no objections? According to the records in the book, the earliest fear demon seemed to be the Minotaur's "ascended demon"?
Luo Yan tried to imagine someone bringing a roasted monkey in front of him, and successfully made him lose his appetite after twitching his index finger.
Across the dining table, Ige, who was holding a plate of vegetable and nut stew, carefully sat down opposite Luo Yan. After praying before the meal, he picked up his fork.
This guy is probably the most polite high-level demon to him in the entire Demon King Academy.
It’s a pity that he is a man.
"Senior Luo Yan, why don't you write a letter to your family?"
Although he is a student in the same grade, this guy calls everyone "senior"...even if he is a junior.
Luo Yan felt awkward at first, but he got used to it as time went by.
"I am an orphan." He took a bite of steak in his mouth and said nonchalantly.
Ige was stunned for a moment, then quickly lowered his head and apologized.
Luo Yan waved his fork to stop him.
"No need to apologize, didn't you hear what Enos said, there is no word sorry in hell, just be more confident next time you offend me."
Other demons did do this, but later they didn't dare to come openly, at least they didn't dare to chant the spell.
Because as long as someone takes the initiative to provoke, Luo Yan will immediately write a letter to the people of the Ministry of Truth to complain, saying that he was discriminated against by so-and-so on such-and-such a month and day of a certain year, and so-and-so is the child of so-and-so, giving full play to his own value.
Not convinced?
Let your father and His Majesty the Demon God complain!
I don’t have zero yuan to buy anything when I’m eating and shopping. I’ve already given you a lot of face for the devils! Have fun, you guys!
"Haha..."
Seeing that Luo Yan was still thinking about joking, Ige immediately smiled in cooperation, but still said a little worried.
"Actually... my family happens to have some connections in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, if you don't mind..."
"No, no," Luo Yan waved his hand to stop him, "Just write a letter and talk about your own affairs. You don't have to say anything for me. We are just classmates, so it's inappropriate. Besides, I have already thought about where I want to go."
Ige asked curiously.
"Where are you going?"
Luo Yan smiled evilly.
"Haha, of course we are going to the place where the devil should go."
Igor didn't react at first, but after a while, his eyes widened as if he had come back to his senses.
"Demon, Demon King?!" He looked at Luo Yan with a look of disbelief on his face, "Are you crazy? I, I, I don't mean to look down on you, but your grade in the practical class is only F. Would it be better to reconsider it carefully..."
F?
That’s because the minimum is only F!
If there was G, Luo Yan believed that he would be able to win easily.
「Hahahahaha!」
Luo Yan laughed self-indulgently, covering up his embarrassment and helplessness and sadness in his heart. He reached out and patted Ige's thin shoulder, "Magic is just one of the tools to achieve your goal. Don't rely too much on it. In addition to magic, I have other things."
Ige swallowed nervously, and his petite body shook.
"Secret."
Luo Yan smiled mysteriously, but the truth was that he himself didn't know what to do, so he could only take one step at a time.
After all, he couldn't tell this great intelligence that he would just run away when he saw the situation was not right when he got to the surface, right? Anyway, apart from being too handsome to look like a human being, he is also very different from the humans on the surface in other places.
However, Ige seemed to take it seriously, looking at him with a pair of big eyes admiringly, as if he was looking at a real hero.
Luo Yan was also bragging to the point of boasting. He did not stop for a while and continued talking eloquently.
"How can a man live between heaven and earth and live in depression for a long time?"
"Men, you still have to be more manly! What's the point of hiding behind the scenes to work? Ahem! Of course, I didn't mean that you are not a man enough!"
"I mean I won't go to hell - bah! If I don't go to heaven, who will? Not only will I enter, I will go in hard! When I become the devil, hum, hum..."
I must buy an apartment in the holy city of mankind!
As soon as Luo Yan finished speaking, and before Ige could express his admiration and admiration, loud voices and clapping came from the door of the cafeteria.
"Hahahaha! Well said!!!"
Looking past the group of Goblin foreign students who were busy cooking, Luo Yan subconsciously looked towards the door, wanting to see who was coming, but the moment he saw that face, he almost slipped from the chair to under the table.
Evan Krueger!
A demigod-level (X-level) lich!
The principal of Demon King Academy in the Demon City!
His expression was tense, and he silently recited the mantra to keep his soul, for fear of being seen through his true thoughts.
But fortunately, the respected Mr. Alvin Kruger did not use soul-destroying magic on a mere student.
In the Demon City, it is forbidden to use spells above level 4, and it is still used on humans who are protected by the devil.
Its nature is no less than shooting a giant panda in the buttocks in a park in Sichuan and Chongqing on Earth.
Looking at Luo Yan with a solemn expression, Aiwen's face was full of approval, and his kind eyes were like looking at his own child.
"The courage is commendable... In the past five hundred years, the talents of Hell have withered, and our Demon King's Academy in the Demon City has become a gilding place for the noble children of Hell. What a pity! I didn't expect that the most talented person is a human! Of course, I am not saying that humans are not good, all servants who serve the Demon God are equal."
It seems that demigods cannot avoid political correctness.
Luo Yan couldn't help but think sourly in his heart that the so-called power was nothing more than this.
He restrained his exaggerated expression and continued with a loyal and honest look.
"Sir, you are serious! As you said, all servants who serve the Demon God are equal... Although I only have bronze-level strength, I also want to contribute my strength to His Majesty the Demon God!"
This may sound contradictory to what he said before, but it is actually not contradictory at all.
The Demon God encourages ambition, and even once said the famous saying "A Demon King who doesn't want to be a Demon God is not a good Demon King."
Of course, it is harmless to repeat this sentence, but it would be a bit unwise to do this or shout it every day.
Ivan looked at this human boy approvingly, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked him.
He was a human when he was alive, and even when he was seventeen or eighteen years old, he was just an ordinary necromancer... Although it may not be as low as bronze, but two levels higher than silver or even gold, but these are not the point!
The point is that he has a heart to become a strong person!
In contrast, the succubus sitting opposite him was crying like a little girl even though he had silver-level strength... Even if this was probably the setting of the succubi, he still had to say something inappropriate!
The succubi a thousand years ago were not like this!
With their eight-pack abs, they are a being that scares even the Terror. They can ride down human knights with their bare hands!
What now?
The only thing left is the ability to show off!
From that guy, he didn’t see any ambition to become a strong man at all!
今天所有写过信的恶魔，就算他们最后找到了好的工作、去了好部门的肥缺岗位、从此过上衣食无忧的生活、不用去前线送命……他这个为人师者也打心眼儿里瞧不起他们！
Weak!
They are all so weak!
The crutches tapped on the floor. Aiwen looked at Luo Yan seriously and said meaningfully.
"Young man, I will remember you. Come to my office after dinner later, I want to give you something... you can take it as a gift."
After saying that, the old lich in gray robes and gray beard turned around and floated away.
Ige looked at Luo Yan with admiration, as if he had regarded him as his idol.
However, Luo Yan couldn't be happy, and instead felt a headache.
A little uncomfortable.
I feel that this is too awesome...
He just wants to be a miscellaneous fish demon king who is far away from the demon city and close to the human city-state. If the situation goes wrong, he can run away at any time, and even take the initiative to give free money to the female brave.
In any case, he is not a real undead, he is just an unskilled necromancer, and he is not harmful to humans.
As long as the church on the surface doesn't dislike it, he doesn't mind changing his faith on the spot.
I hope nothing troublesome will come to me...
Luo Yan seems to be praying to the devil devoutly.
…
After dinner, Luo Yan went to the teachers' building worriedly, declined Professor Lilith's invitation to make up classes, and went straight to the principal's office at the top of the tower.
When he knocked on the door and walked in, the old lich was standing by the window, holding a curved pipe in his mouth. The smoke rising above the pipe was like the torn apart soul of a ghost.
Perhaps the shredded tobacco was really made by the spirit of a ghost.
Looking at this old gentleman who was worried about the future of hell, Luo Yan bit his head and said respectfully.
"Sir, I'm here."
Principal Ivan didn't look back, he just said in a kind voice.
“Come here, child.”
Luo Yan walked to him obediently.
"I'm glad you still remember our agreement." After extinguishing the burning pipe, the old lich stuffed it into his arms, then looked out the window and said, "Look out from here and tell me what you see?"
∣ weapons... Do you see this? This gray dome, the inferior simulated moonlight, and the lava that keeps spewing out all day and night... God be damned, this is the place where we have been living for a thousand years! "
The old lich said with hatred.
Luo Yan couldn't help complaining in his heart about who could have imagined this, but he still couldn't resist this guy and said calmly.
"Of course I saw it...but I am really not qualified to say this as I am enjoying the results."
To be fair, life here is not bad.
Even though the lava kept spewing out all day long, it didn't burn him to death, right?
However, these old monsters from the old era may have different views.
principal Ai Wen looked like a child who could be taught, nodded in approval, and looked out the window.
· Staring at the barren and fertile city outside the window, the old lich said in a sleepy voice.
“We have been underground for so long that our children think...we were born here.”
Isn’t it true?
Luo Yan thought silently, and the old lich continued.
"A long time ago, things were not like this. In the distant First Era, we were no different from the people on the surface. We also lived on a vast land, had our own kingdoms, and worshiped our gods... ...Of course, since it is not convenient for the undead to see light and demons like to travel at night, we usually find a valley or cave to stay where there is no light."
Luo Yan: "..."
What's the difference between that and now? !
The old lich's eyes fell into memories, and he continued in a nostalgic tone.
"...Think about it now, that was all a thousand years ago."
1,000 years ago, Hagen, the god of the underworld, fell, and the Os Empire, which believed in Saint Sith, unified the human world.
Since then, the old tribe of Hades has moved to the deepest part of the underground to survive... which is also the so-called hell.
Since then, the first era has ended and the second era has begun.
In the early days of the second era, the first-generation demon god Udis took up the banner of hell in place of the fallen God of Hades, became the leader of the undead and demons, and unified the underground world.
However, Udis' abilities were limited, and the underground world has been divided and reunited since then, and he himself unfortunately died in a civil war.
Now the Demon God has changed three times... Now is the era of Bayali.
And among the three demon gods, Bayali's rule has been the longest, lasting for more than five hundred years, and will continue to do so.
Under Bayali's rule, although the people's livelihood in the underground world has been greatly improved, and even the little devils can have enough to eat, the combat effectiveness is getting worse year by year.
Ivan watched them fall day by day.
You must know that 500 years ago, if you wanted to be a demon king, you had to have a trustworthy relationship!
At that time, only those who were almost 20 years old and still at the bronze level would go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to work as part-time jobs. How could they be like now when everyone is working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?
The younger generation has forgotten what a prosperous world they once lived in and only covets immediate pleasure.
You must know that compared with the prosperous surface world, the resources in the underground world are simply the leg hair on a flea!
But what is gratifying is that he finally saw in a young student an ambition that was no less than his own.
He decided to give the young boy a little help.
This is not a difficult thing for an old lich who has lived for a thousand years. He happens to have a student in the cabinet, and he is also a high-ranking cabinet minister.
Different from bureaucratic departments such as the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Truth, the cabinet is the real center of power in hell. It is also a place closer to His Majesty the Demon God than the temple... It is not an exaggeration to say that it reaches heaven.
"I wrote a letter of recommendation to His Majesty the Demon God's Cabinet, and your name was mentioned in it."
Luo Yan was shocked.
Hello guys, this letter skipped the Ministry of Internal Affairs and went to the Demon God’s Cabinet! ?
But he was not in a hurry to be happy, but asked cautiously.
"Thank you for your appreciation... In order to be mentally prepared, can you let me know the content of the letter?"
Ai Wen had a generous smile on his face, and he was very satisfied with Luo Yan's calmness.
"A demon kingdom has just fallen recently. The former demon king's name is Reggie Dragon. He is not only a diamond-level fear demon, but also a duke... If you know enough about the circle of hell nobles, you should have heard of the name of the Dragon family."
“Although in terms of level alone, you are not qualified to take over Mr. Dragon’s job, the loophole this guy made this time is too big. It is said that the core of the Demon King’s Territory was destroyed, and his own soul was shattered, so that even the person who is known to be the best at spreading fear on the surface The Dragon family didn't dare to take over this hot flame crystal... But I want to say that this is a hot flame crystal for them, but it is an opportunity for a newbie like you."
Luo Yan's heart shrank suddenly and he almost lost his balance.
A diamond-level fear demon? !
He didn’t know Reggie Dragon, but he knew Professor Ernos, whose look could scare people to the point of peeing.
He has no doubt that a fear demon of that level can press him into the ground with just one little finger and be unable to pull him out!
Similarly, Luo Yan really couldn't imagine how awesome a human brave would be to beat that thing to the point where it would be knocked out of his mind.
"Isn't it appropriate for a novice like me to hand over this... level of territory to a novice like me?" Luo Yan considered his words, beads of sweat already forming on his forehead.
However, Principal Aiwen waved his hands with a benevolent expression, as if he said you don’t need to thank me if you become successful in the future.
Object are all equal, how can you say what is appropriate?
As if seeing the "caution" on Luo Yan's face, Aiwen looked understanding and patted the young man on the shoulder with a smile.
"I know what you are worried about, but don't worry too much. The reason why your predecessor stumbled was all because he was smart and wanted to show off in front of His Majesty the Demon God, so he took the initiative and was defeated. But you are different. I believe you are a smart person and will do the right thing at the right time instead of being blinded by temporary pride."
"You...are right." Luo Yan squeezed out a smile that was not much brighter than magma, but it was still bright for the time being.
After all the letters were sent, he knew that there was no point in struggling anymore. Instead, he might lose the goodwill of the boss in front of him because of his "ignorance".
This is the only thigh he can hug tightly at the moment.
"Can I ask where the Demon King's Leader is? If possible, I would like to check the information about it, so I should be prepared before going."
"Haha, it's indeed a theory. A student who can get perfect marks in the class! I guessed that you would need those things, and I have already prepared them for you."
Ai Wen cast an approving look at Luo Yan, turned around, and pointed at the pile of books on his desk.
"The Demon King's Territory you are about to take over is located on the border of the human Kingdom of Lane. It belongs to the fiefdom of Duke Campbell, a noble of the Kingdom of Lane. There is a free city nearby that is said to have a population of one million...but don't worry too much about them. Those citizens are all soft-footed shrimps, who do not agree with their lords and priests, and even sell their souls to us at some point."
"Different Demon Lord Territories have different strategic goals. The Demon Lord Territory you are about to take over is at the rear of the human world, far away from the front line of the war. Therefore, your first task is not to invade the surface world, but to do everything possible to develop the Demon Lord Territory."
If this is the case, that is good news, at least he does not need to take the skeleton soldiers out to attract hatred every now and then.
If that doesn't work, he can hide in the city and disappear directly into the crowd.
Luo Yan's anxious mood finally recovered.
At this moment, dear Professor Ivan gave him another big gift.
…By the way, speaking of Archduke Campbell’s territory, I suddenly thought of a trophy I snatched from humans a long, long time ago. Please wait for me.”
Professor Ivan, who seemed to have thought of something, slapped his forehead, turned around and floated into the meditation room nearby. He floated back again after five or six minutes.
Looking at the necklace that the kind-hearted old lich handed to him, Luo Yan cast a confused look at him.
"This is?"
"The first dynasty of the Lion Kingdom, the last king of the Isaac Dynasty, the relic of the "Incompetent King" Isaac IV."
Luo Yan: "..."
This name doesn't sound very useful.
However, Principal Ivan doesn’t seem to think so.
"He is very similar to you. He had no magic ability when he was young, but as time went by, he later mastered the power of a god. I got his relic from a knight of the Kingdom of Lane, which is the pendant in your hand. Judging from the energy field emitted by this pendant, the person who made it has at least the strength of a semi-god."
"Demi-god?!" Luo Yan was shocked.
"That's right," Ivan nodded and said with an intriguing look, "Maybe it's not just the demigod level, but I can only sense so much... The residual power is very weak, but my intuition is not wrong. After all, I have only seen the same smell on those three adults."
Luo Yan tightened the necklace in his hand, his heart beating hard, but he was also confused in his heart as to why Principal Aiwen gave this thing to him.
Even if this noble lich thinks highly of himself, this gift is too expensive!
"You are thinking why I should give it to you, right?"
Looking into Luo Yan's eyes, Aiwen smiled kindly and continued.
"Although this necklace is suspected to be made by a demigod-level strongman, judging from the power it displays, it may not have demigod-level magic power. It is more like an antique, and my interest in it mainly comes from Isaac IV himself... Rumor has it that he is the only mortal in the human kingdom who does not rely on the power of Saint Sith to break through to the demigod level, and he did it while he was still alive. "
Compared to the immortal species and the undead, the life span of human beings is only a short hundred years.
How to master a power that makes even the gods fearful in such a short period of time... Ivan is very curious about this.
It is rumored that the war between the Ossian Empire and the Isaac Dynasty more than 900 years ago was personally planned by Saint Sith by sending down an oracle.
The ostensible reason was that Isaac IV had blasphemed the gods, but in fact it was far more than just this superficial reason.
After all, the entire Isaac family was reduced to ashes by the Ossian Empire, and their bloodline was cut off...
This kind of extermination is extremely rare even if we look at the entire history of human nations in the Ossian continent.
"...Out of the hidden interest behind this, I have spent twenty years studying the relics of Isaac IV in the past thousand years, and even managed to obtain his diary from the human kingdom." Writing, just deciphering these ciphers took me a lot of time. Many things happened later, and I threw this thing in the corner of the meditation room." When he said this, Principal Aiwen had a bright smile on his face, and took out two books from his arms and handed them to Luo Yan.
"I think it's time to hand over this unfinished work to young people... Your talent in knowledge impresses me. Perhaps studying academics is more suitable for you than studying magic."
"In short, you can think about it when you are not busy. Even if you make no progress, it can help you understand the human society on the surface and the Kingdom of Lane you are about to go to."
(End of this chapter)