Chapter 51 The rumor started with the making of the staff
In the gloomy and dark hall, the terrifying bones made a creaking sound.
The flame burning on the skull lamp holder blurs the dried blood and fat on the ancient stone slab.
Even a demon would inevitably tremble and fold its wings when seeing this hell-like scene.
Hateful——
It’s terrible!
After dangling from mid-air, Missi touched the ground with her toes, shrank her body timidly, and walked towards the main hall tremblingly.
Even though she was mentally prepared, she almost couldn't hold it in and leaked out.
This is not because of timidity.
Simply because the devil is small and has a small bladder.
The skeletons around them made a creaking sound, as if they were chewing something or mumbling to themselves.
"Devil!?"
"No—it's a succubus!"
"It's obviously a devil! It's obviously a little devil!"
h "Do you want to fight?!"
"My! Mine!!!" (Screaming)
"Siha——hehe——"
Although he could not understand what they were whispering, his intuition told Missy that it should be something terrifying.
She couldn't wait for the Demon King to appear for a long time. Standing in the darkness, she was so anxious that she almost cried.
Hateful——
Why should she be sent as an envoy to the Demon King? ?
Thinking of the evil smile on the face of that bitch Yousi, she became crazy with jealousy. She wished she could knock that guy unconscious and throw him here to experience it.
Feeling the aura of the deceased approaching, Missy's whole body was filled with excitement, and she crawled to the ground like lightning.
Hence, the respected Lord Demon King, I come from the land of nightmares on the second floor of the maze. Goodbye..."
The stuttering voice spoke incoherently, Luo Yan looked down at her from top to bottom, and touched his chin thoughtfully.
That’s it.
It is a little devil.
That’s not surprising.
According to what he saw in the Magic City, these guys are not only small in stature, but also small in brains. Most of them speak carelessly.
In Demon King Academy, they mainly act as bombers that sweep through the cafeteria.
It's more than that -
They naturally worship high-level demons, especially incubi and succubi who look more like them.
It calls itself "Nightmare Land", which is probably a cosplay of the Nightmare.
In addition, like incubi and succubi, they are good at spiritual spells. However, the difference is that they themselves are not as tolerant to spiritual spells as the latter, and are often knocked dizzy by magical feedback or mental shock from human priests.
And now.
He just arranged a simple "Blood Ritual" in the hall, and combined with the fear spell and spiritual suggestion, he scared this guy out of his wits.
It took three seconds to formulate the lines, and Luo Yan read out his opening words in a slow voice.
"Not long before you arrived here, a four-legged snake came here..."
At the same time as the words fell, heavy and slow footsteps passed along the floor into Missy's ears.
Under the shadow of the stone pillar.
Octot and Zelik, who exuded the smell of blood and corpses, walked out one by one.
The lifeless appearance was like a walking corpse, and the blood-blurred face exuded suffocating fear.
Without a doubt——
That is the envoy of the Earth Dragon Clan!
Looking at their fate, Missy was almost frightened out of her soul. She clamped her trembling legs together and her face was as white as paper.
Hide in the shadows, Luo Yan looked down at her, with a playful smile on his lips, and continued speaking through the echo effect of the hall.
"Aren't you curious...what did they say?"
Probably frightened, the little devil lay on the ground and stammered out a complete sentence, like a computer that had crashed.
ification dedication?
Hhearing this erroneous answer, Luo Yan frowned, but did not take it seriously and continued speaking slowly according to the script he had thought of.
"They want to sign a peace agreement with me... Tsk tsk, a group of rebels, they actually regard themselves as the masters of the labyrinth."
When he said this, he changed the topic, and his cruel tone was filled with a bit of malicious evil.
"So what about you from the Land of Nightmares? I want to hear... what interesting jokes the little guys from the second level can bring me."
Hearing that the envoy from the Earth Dragon Clan died after just mentioning the peace agreement, Missy was so frightened that she couldn't even speak.
What to do? !
If I proposed an alliance, would I simply be thrown to feed the crypt spiders? !
Definitely!
Luo Yan's brows knitted together, not knowing what this guy wanted to say.
"Boundary?"
Mixi hesitated for a long time and finally succeeded in short-circuiting her brain cells.
"Get married!"
"...?"
Luo Yan, who was holding his throat and pretending to be pretentious, almost choked on his own spit. After he recovered, he choked angrily.
"How dare you tease me?"
Which lunatic would propose marriage to a little devil? !
Wrong——
Which little devil with a brain problem would marry another race?
Or, is this some hell country bumpkin’s way of humiliating demons that he doesn’t understand?
"No, no, no, no, my dear Lord Demon King, I, I, I don't mean that——"
Mixi was so anxious that she almost cried, her little head banged on the floor, and she wanted to slap herself in the mouth.
However, it is too late to change his tune now.
If the Demon King knew that he was the one who made the accusation, he would probably have his head chopped off and made into a specimen in an instant, right? !
hhhhhhh——
hhhh Even if Her Majesty the Queen knows, it’s a death, but every second you can live is worth a second.
Hunted into a corner, Missy took the risk and blurted out something out of sheer urgency.
"I, our queen... admire your evil and divine power! That's why I was sent to express the goodwill of the Land of Nightmares to you... Proposing marriage! It's a bit presumptuous... It doesn't matter if you don't agree... You can start with friends first..."
Luo Yan: "..."
So...
Isn't this actually a diplomatic humiliation?
Although he could not imagine that a little devil who had never seen him would admire himself as a human being.
Hence wait——
Hong Luo Yan suddenly realized something.
Because he has never seen him before, or only glanced at him briefly in the distance, the other party does not know that he is a human being at all, but regards him as a hell noble such as a vampire or a terror?
If this is the case, he can understand why the other party would come up with such a thoughtless proposal.
It is a little devil after all.
It’s too normal.
"...If so, I forgive 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 hanging on her cheeks.
It was so dangerous...
I almost died.
She was a little thirsty due to sweating too much.
Luo Yan continued expressionlessly.
"Is there anything else?"
missy quickly put her head on the ground in excitement.
ifies.
"Say hello to your queen for me, and say... I appreciate her kindness, but my family has already arranged a marriage contract for me, so there is no need to mention it again."
The engagement and the family are both fake, but there is no need to mention that it is true.
"In addition, Hell is very dissatisfied with the situation here...very, very dissatisfied. It's just that one Demon King died, and you guys are running around like headless flies, and you even established separatists 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 is still 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 wants to prove its loyalty, then fulfill your obligations as a "vassal" and send me twenty eggs of little devils every month."
It is worth mentioning that although little devils are always called mice with wings, they are not actually like bats and mice.
Especially in the way of childbirth.
A little devil that is pregnant for 28 days will lay a "little devil egg" wrapped with a fetus, which can be hatched into a mature little devil through natural growth or acceleration by a magic circle.
As long as you get the little devil egg, the player's soul mirror can be reincarnated into a little devil.
Although the panel attributes of this unit are not high, it can fly and has good maneuverability. It can be regarded as a spell-casting unit that can really come in handy in the early stage.
As for the Nightmare Land, twenty eggs per month is not too difficult for them. When resources are sufficient, the reproductive capabilities of these guys are quite amazing.
It is not good to collect too much tax at once. It would be more appropriate to collect it first and then increase it gradually.
Until the problems on the first level are solved, he will still be tolerant towards the forces on the second level.
Looking at the shivering messenger, Luo Yan was too lazy to scare the little guy any more, so he waved his hand and dismissed him.
"That's it, I still have to clean up the mess left by Reggie Dragon."
"If there's nothing else, just go down."
...
The second level of the maze, the land of nightmares.
With fluttering wings, Missy flew unsteadily to the steps of Her Majesty the Queen's Grotto Hall with a sad face.
This time she did not jump up and down, nor did she scream loudly, but she lay on the ground obediently.
Seeing that it was Missy who came back first, Sissi couldn't help but have a hint of surprise in her eyes.
Especially this guy smelled like he was frightened, as if he had just come back from the lair of a fearful demon.
Recalling the way this fool jumped up and down in front of her, her scarlet eyes narrowed slightly.
That's not good...
It seems that the devil is scarier than myself.
Of course.
All this was originally expected by her.
Changing her sitting position on the rock base, Queen Sissi pretended to be calm and spoke in a lazy voice.
"How is it? Have you seen the background of that devil?"
At this moment, Missy is still thinking about "turning the alliance into a marriage" in her head.
Hearing the question thrown by the Queen, her whole body froze, and the CPU in her head was burned again.
"Look, I saw it... He is a very majestic old man, just like the Demon King... No, he is the Demon King!"
His face was sweating, Missy could not say that she did not see him at all, so she could only temporarily give her mouth to Cerebellum.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Who asked you what he looks like," Sissi, who was sitting on the rock base, clicked her tongue and said impatiently, "What do you think of his strength? Compared with me."
His pupils were shaking like an earthquake. Missy didn't dare to look into Her Majesty's eyes at all, and she continued to compile while sweating profusely.
"He, he, he... is a vampire! His servant is far more powerful than me! As for you... I, I, I, I dare not argue."
In other words...the servant is at least a fine steel grade?
The rightful owner must be at least above silver.
Coming from a vampire family in the Magic City, he is also an old man... he may have lived hundreds of years.
If this is the case, saying that this guy is at the gold level is an understatement. You might have to guess higher.
It’s more than that.
Even though he is strong, this guy is also terrifyingly cautious!
Sissi's expression became uncertain, her slender fingers tapping rhythmically on the armrest of the rock base, carefully considering the next move.
int Hearing these mindless words, Sissi’s brain short-circuited for an instant, her careful thoughts were completely interrupted, and the entire demon was stunned on the spot.
His mouth was filled with tears of remorse, and Missy wanted to slap herself hard.
Things are already troublesome enough.
It’s better now——
It’s even more troublesome!
Sure enough, Sissi was instantly furious when she came back to her senses, and was ejected from the rock base like an angry rocket.
Feeling the anger of Her Majesty the Queen, the little devils hiding behind the rocks all panicked and hid in the cave, for fear that they would become a punching bag.
"Rude! How ridiculous! Very good... very good, very good. It seems that this old thing doesn't take us seriously at all!"
Her teeth were clenching, and her scarlet pupils flashed with a murderous light.
There is no doubt——
This is the way of humiliating other demons in the Demon City.
· She was born in a remote rural area. Although she has never been there, she has heard about it at least!
The high-level demons there, like the human nobles, like to speak and do things in a roundabout way.
But——
She cannot be like the Earth Dragon Clan, who got irritated by just a few words and ended up risking the lives of all her tribe members.
That devil did it on purpose.
If you get angry, you are playing into his hands!
The fiery red bangs blocked her gloomy eyes. After calming down, Sissi sat back on her throne, her jade legs like lotus joints resting on her knees casually.
"Tell Lord Demon King that the Land of Nightmares will prove his loyalty to Hell, His Majesty the Demon God, and the Demon King, but please also calm down. No matter how you talk about little devils and vampires, it is impossible."
"Yes, yes, yes..."
Missy nodded like garlic, nervously sweating like rain, and agreed obediently.
Continuing to think about it for a while, Sissi tapped her index finger twice on the armrest and continued to speak after considering her words.
"In addition, the previous Demon King has exhausted the resources in the maze in order to fight the surface, and the production facilities in the lower levels of the maze have been monopolized by warlords... The little devils in the Nightmare Land have already tried their best just to deal with the invasion of adventurers. Our resources are so short that we cannot even maintain basic defensive traps."
Since we can't defeat it.
Then just show weakness.
After all, the devil’s enemies are not only within the labyrinth, but also outside the labyrinth.
If the order on the second floor is completely out of control and is easily broken through by adventurers, I guess that adult will also have a headache, right?
Scarlet pupils shone with wisdom, and the corners of Sissi's lips curled up into a faint smile, feeling 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 army."
"As for wanting more...then please consider our troubles and at least send some food."
"Yes..." Missy nodded tremblingly, feeling that the head she shook to the ground grew back on 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...
What should we do? !
Although she was scared to death, Missy did not dare to say another word, for fear that her stupid mouth would say something she shouldn't say again.
After waiting for a long time, she saw that Her Majesty the Queen's mood finally seemed to have calmed down a bit, and then she quietly changed the subject.
"Your Majesty, where is...Yusi? Has she come back?"
"Yusi? She hasn't come back yet... But I can probably guess what happened."
His cheek rested lazily on the back of his hand, staring into the depths of the cave as Sissi looked unconcerned.
As usual, she rubbed the raised little finger nail with the tiger teeth at the corner of her mouth.
However, the creaking sound still revealed that the irritability in her heart at this moment was different from before.
These four-legged snakes...
They really don’t take her seriously at all!
But this is a part of hell. If you care too much about this kind of thing, you will look ridiculous.
"That's it..." Missy, who was prone to misunderstandings, sighed, with a look of envy on her face.
It seems that the Earth Dragon Clan is treating that guy Yossi well.
I haven’t come back at this point, so I must have been left to eat.
Damn it!
Thinking that most of today's dinner will be stinking rotten mushrooms, Missy, with drooped wings, became even more envious...
(End of this chapter)