◎The true identity of the former demon king◎
"Ten thousand years ago, the God King, the Beast King and the Nature Elf King joined forces to fight the Demon God. The defeated Demon God could only hide in the Soul Stone as a broken soul and survive, and the remaining demons were driven to the Savia Demon Realm by other tribes."
The sun was shining brightly in the study room on the second floor of the Demon King's Palace. Warren stood by the window, overlooking the majestic scenery of the royal city. With one hand he stroked the Demon King's crown that he had placed on the balcony, and talked to himself with an inexplicable tone of sigh, as if he had seen the fierce war ten thousand years ago through the shackles of time and space.
"Whether the Demon King used blood sacrifice or other evil means to increase his strength, at least ten thousand years ago, he should have been the strongest in the entire continent. He had the ability to make any other race become demons and thus gain a huge army. In addition, his brutality and ruthlessness made other races unite to target him."
[Just a brainless idiot.]
The system suddenly spoke, its tone sharp.
Even though it was still the mechanical sound of the tablet, one could hear the heavy resentment that he didn't even try to hide.
[With his strength, if he had taken a step-by-step approach, first joining forces with the Beast King to kill the Gods, and then joining forces with the Dragons to destroy the natural spirits, he could easily have become the master of the world. But he just fell to the point of being besieged, lingering in the Demon Realm, unable to even break through that damn barrier!]
Warren continued to stroke the Demon King's crown without haste.
"So, the demon god who lost his body and became a remnant soul did not recover until more than a thousand years ago to the point where he could communicate with the outside world. He tricked the goblin chieftain into coming to his cave, took away his body and killed his soul."
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"The lives of those thousands of goblins were obviously taken by him as blood sacrifices."
The chief of the Stone Demons, Dob, once said that blood sacrifice magic has extremely strict conditions. It requires not only a blood connection, but also that these demons understand all causes and effects and voluntarily sacrifice their entire lives and souls.
Considering that the Demon God has used blood sacrifice magic several times, the blood formation at the foundation of the Demon Palace obviously does not meet this condition. It is likely that this guy has found a blood sacrifice magic that can be used without meeting these conditions.
"The previous Demon King was actually the Demon God," Warren thought quietly. After a moment, his fingertips scratched the sharp corner of the top of the Demon King's crown. "Then the prophecy crystal ball we found in the foundation of the Demon King's Palace - the soul from another world is the only possibility to break that barrier - is it talking about me?"
The system was silent for a moment.
[If you still need to ask.]
[Yes. ]
"Then you brought me here to sign a contract to save the Demon Realm. Was it the Demon God's request?"
——Warren bit the tip of his tongue lightly, swallowed back the question that was about to come to his lips, and did not stimulate this system that was obviously in a bad mood.
He turned around, and this time he did not hang the Demon Crown on the sharp corner to carry it with him. Instead, he left the Demon Crown in the bright light of the study balcony and walked quickly towards the hall.
The Dark Iron Dwarf Tiechui, the Nightmare Demon Sur, and the Fallen Angel Silvester had been waiting in the hall for a while. When they saw the Demon King, their eyes lit up and they quickly ran over to salute: "Your Majesty!"
Warren smiled and nodded at them. His expression was gentle, but he couldn't help but vent his anger on the dragon clan when he thought of the day he lost. He raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Have the dragon clan been settled?"
Sur, who had secretly run to the basic mathematics class to watch the fun, laughed out loud: "They are learning to count to one hundred. So far, no dragon has been able to count to fifty."
Warren was speechless and choked: "Haven't they lived for tens of thousands of years? They can't be so bad at math if they count the gold coins every year."
"Only that Xuanlong is a little smart. The other dragons can't learn no matter how hard they try." Soul spread his hands. "If this continues, their math teacher will have to resign."
However, she felt that it was quite normal for the dragon clan to be bad at math. After all, the demon clan also knew nothing before they had math classes. The incident in which the Nightmare Demon clan made the Winged Demon Feiwu cry was still talked about by many demon clan members.
"Thank you for your hard work," Warren held his forehead and calculated the time in his mind. "Tell Lill that there is no need to arrange homework and labor for the dragons tomorrow morning. Tell them to come to the Demon King's Palace to find me after breakfast."
"Okay," Suer nodded, knowing that his king was going to transform those dragons into demons. "My king, there is one more thing. Chief Takekuma has contacted me, hoping to buy some more basic math and magic textbooks."
The Demon Realm Games had only been over for a few days, and for the demons, apart from making them more enthusiastic about various ball sports, it did not bring many changes to their lives. However, it caused an uproar in the beast world.
The orcs invited to the Demon Realm to participate in the sports meeting, except for the serval and bamboo bear tribes, are all patriarchs or elders of each tribe. Although their relationship with the Beast King is very bad, they have many friends and confidants in the beast world, and their words carry great weight.
When they contacted their own tribe or tried to win over other orcs to resist the Beast King together, they told them what they had seen and heard in the Demon Realm. As a result, the image of the Demon Realm in the orcs' minds quickly changed from a desolate burial ground with no grass to a prosperous and mysterious magic city.
Therefore, in this extremely short period of time, dozens of races have secretly moved their tribes to the edge of the Beast Realm and asked the Serval and Bamboo Bear tribes for ways to join the Demon Realm.
If they could become a demon by simply falling into the devil, they might still hesitate, thinking that this might be a conspiracy of the demons. But when they learned that joining the demons was so difficult that they had to self-study two thick books and take various rigorous exams to pass, the orcs found this particularly credible. They all signed up enthusiastically and begged Chief Takekuma to buy basic books on mathematics and magic for them.
"The number of books the orcs want to buy has exceeded 2,000." Speaking of this, Sur still found it incredible, "We didn't make that much money even from the pottery jar trade with the beast world."
She had originally thought that pottery jars and cotton-padded clothes would be the two most popular items in trade with the beastman world. Considering the poor entertainment life of the beastmen, puzzles and building blocks might also sell for a good price. However, she did not expect that the math textbooks would top the sales list!
Due to the surge in purchases, the magic dragon, who has not yet recovered from his injuries in the fight with the dragon clan, has been busy at the paper mill these days and even has no time to attend the advanced mathematics class.
"Can we raise the price of textbooks for external sales?" Sur asked, "Based on our current estimates, even if we raise the price by another four copper coins, the orcs will still buy them."
Moreover, the share of the orcs' ores, food, etc. that can be exchanged for Demon Realm coins is now completely decided by the Demon Realm, so it is very easy to make more money.
More orcs are willing to join the Demon Realm, which means there are more talents to choose from, which is a great thing for the Demon Realm. Warren rubbed his forehead and pondered for a moment: "We can't raise prices. All goods are still sold at the original price. We have just infiltrated the orcs. If we raise prices immediately, it will easily leave them with the impression that we are going back on our words, which will affect the circulation of the Demon Realm currency."
Su Er nodded, not quite understanding.
After all, she had never undergone systematic learning, so she didn't quite understand what the Demon King meant. Fortunately, she was very obedient, took out a notebook to make notes, and continued to report the content of the transaction with the Beast Realm: "The ores and food that the orcs used to exchange for gold coins have been stored in a special warehouse."
Warren nodded.
The beast world is rich in mineral resources, and many metals have unique properties. Moreover, whether it is conducting magic power or engraving magic arrays, it will not have additional rejection of dark energy. Currently, the forging team has successfully used two of the beast world metals in magic weapons, and achieved good results.
"The orcs' magic is more like natural energy, and is also worth studying. In the future trade with the beast world, we can let them exchange magic for currency," he said, taking out a metal badge and engraving a magic circle to absorb magic. "For the orcs, exporting some magic that can be quickly cultivated in exchange for currency with purchasing power should be a very cost-effective deal."
Sur's eyes lit up: "That's right, then we can concentrate all this magic power and guide it to collide and explode. It can be used as a weapon!"
Tiechui, who had been silently listening to the Demon King's arrangements, almost choked himself: "You are such a waste."
As a master forger, he could now think of dozens of ways to apply the orc magic, any of which was much more efficient and useful than simple explosion.
Soul scratched his ear and smiled sheepishly.
She had almost no knowledge of weapon forging, but she was self-taught in economics and trade, and had no rivals in the entire Demon Realm. After leaving the Demon King's Palace, she immediately found the captain of the forging team, Yinding, and began to experiment with the exchange rate of magic power and currency, as well as more suitable materials for accommodating magic arrays.
After all, most orcs don't have much magic power, and considering the environment they live in, they can use even less for trading. Therefore, using a metal carrier is too luxurious. It would be better to engrave it on a stone slab.
Watching Sur go away, Warren withdrew his gaze and looked at the iron cooker in front of him.
Unlike Sur, Tiechui and Silvester had nothing to report. Instead, they were called to the Demon King's Palace by Warren, so they looked a little confused. Following the Demon King's instructions, they followed him out of the Demon King's Palace, completely unaware of where they were going.
Warren put his hands on their shoulders and teleported several times, bringing them outside the royal city.
The two demons' puzzled expressions turned into shock when they saw the Dragon Island floating in the air.
"Long story short," Warren shrugged, "I brought the dragon clan's sky city back."
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