"Mr. Ira, what are you looking at?"
Satan, being carried by Sirina on horseback, asked Ira, who was sitting behind the headless knight of black flames, with curiosity... Ira was holding a parchment book in her hand.
Although it is very heavy, it is the only paper in the world.
Ira had considered papermaking when he was still a magician, but after researching the information, he discovered the problem... In many cases, parchment served more than just as a medium for writing.
Or rather, in many cases, “words” are not just “words”.
Only parchment can bear any form of supernatural power, whether it is sheepskin (collectively known as "parchment"), cowhide, monster skin, elf skin, or human skin.
It must be biological leather.
Many magic books require paper made from hides of cows (or sheep) that are still alive to hold the mana that carries the magic for demonstration purposes.
Blood Mage-related spellbooks are particularly common in this regard.
"Hmm? These are the books from the study."
Ira responded by flipping to the cover of the book and showing it to Satan, Shirina, and the leader of the headless horsemen... Anyway, you horsemen, don't turn your heads to look at us!
While Ira was internally complaining, she briefly explained the contents of the book, saying, "This book, 'The Beauty of Symmetry,' mentions that the current Demon King's territory was originally a castle with only stone buildings."
"It was probably smaller than the current Demon King's territory, with no planting or animal husbandry areas. It was divided into an inner city... which is the Demon King's castle, and an outer city... which is the territory of each leader."
Ira spoke simply, yet he drew everyone's attention—which was quite normal, because people in this world didn't care about so-called "history."
Therefore, many past events are recorded in a discontinuous manner, and many clues from the past can only be gleaned from these miscellaneous books, but few people have this kind of interest.
"Back then, the massive Demon King's Castle was a place where only high-ranking races could live. It was a place with a clear class distinction. From this perspective, it was not as rationally constructed as the current Demon King's Territory."
As Ira casually commented, she gently pointed to a passage and read it aloud, word by word: "It says here, 'The Demon King's Castle, divided into an above-ground Demon King's Castle and an underground Demon King's Castle, presents an extremely symmetrical beauty. Two kings, two thrones, sharing the same position, but in the absence of external invasion, they present a beautiful phenomenon of 'kings not meeting.'"
"..."
"So, in other words, beneath our Demon King's territory... there's another Demon King's territory?! And another Demon King?"
Somewhat shocked, Satan Ye said this, subconsciously feeling that this was impossible, because when there was an external enemy, the so-called underground demon king's city did not appear.
Sylvia looked equally surprised.
"No."
As Ira spoke, apologizing for his heavy breathing, he smiled apologetically and said, "The book also says, 'Unfortunately, in a devastating betrayal by demonic creatures, the underground Demon King's Castle split off and went to Hell. In this betrayal, only a small number of demonic creatures remained in the Prime Material Plane.'"
"..."
As Ira spoke, everyone else turned to look at Shirina.
"Hmm, are we one of the demons left behind in the Prime Material Plane back then?"
As she said this, Shirina seemed to be pondering something with some confusion, then shook her head and said, "The contents of the book may be credible, but it has nothing to do with us anymore."
That's true, so Iraq just took a quick look.
“The lesser demons that remain in the prime plane can also grow into stronger demons through battle and growth. So the impact is actually not that great, which is why I said I would bring the lesser demons to the battlefield.”
Explaining why she had previously hoped that Ira would bring the lesser demons along, Shirina listed the demon soldiers she remembered and said, "There are no demon soldiers left in the Demon King's territory. After the governor joined the battlefield, the demons died out."
Indeed, if lesser demons must undergo the baptism of battle to evolve into other higher-ranking demons, then once the Archon joins the battlefield, the lesser demons will not be given a chance to evolve alive.
A ruler may struggle to survive against a powerful enemy and have to call on other rulers to join the fight against that one. However, when it comes to mopping up weaker enemies, they are incredibly fast.
Ira also remembered that in the early days of his involvement in the war, he could still see dwarf demons, demon hound trainers, Baphomet, beholders, baroques, and demon lords active on the battlefield, but they became increasingly rare afterward.
It turns out that demons aren't born, but rather evolve.
but……
"If two Baroque Balrogs had offspring, what would be produced? A lesser demon or a Balrog?"
As Ira asked this, something occurred to him, and he looked at Shirina and asked again, "If humans and succubi can give birth to half-demons, then what can succubi and other demons give birth to?"
"..."
This is incredibly rude, as if to say, "What could you and I possibly produce?" But rather than insulting, it's more like shame.
So ashamed was Shirina that she covered her face, but she still explained, "The lesser demons are evolved from demonic insects, which are nurtured from the flesh and blood of the demonic pool. Apart from succubi, demons do not have the ability to reproduce."
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