◎Your Majesty! We also have gifts for you!◎
When they arrived at the Demon King's Palace, the Nightmare Demons prepared a lot of beautiful and durable pottery, intending to make a deal with the new Demon King.
When the previous Demon King was in power, Sur, the leader of the Nightmare Demon Clan, kept his family's pottery technology very secret. This was because he knew that if the previous Demon King took a fancy to pottery, he would never just demand tribute. He would still be in a good mood by capturing them and bringing them to the Demon King's palace to serve him for generations like the Dark Iron Dwarves.
However, the matter of the pottery was eventually leaked. During the demon banquet, the young chief of the Blood Wolf tribe asked Sur for a hundred nightmare demons to join the Blood Wolf tribe as low-level slaves. The former demon king had no intention of letting her go.
In order to avoid this crisis, Sur had to take a risky move and go on the scene himself, tricking the former Demon King into focusing his attention on the young chief of the Blood Wolf Clan. He eventually provoked a dispute between the former Demon King and the Blood Wolf Clan, and the Nightmare Clan escaped unscathed.
But this is not a good thing. Once the news that the Nightmare Demon Clan does possess pottery spreads, both the former Demon King and the Blood Wolf Clan will realize that they have been deceived.
Almost all middle-level demons have seen pottery.
Sur, who always liked to make a fortune in silence, was forced to start promoting his intelligence and talent. When the Blood Wolf Clan and the former Demon King demanded tribute, he helped the middle-level demons and temporarily diverted their attention.
Therefore, the news that a new demon king emerged and won the demon king crown was a bolt from the blue for other demons, but a ray of hope for the nightmare demons. On the surface, they sighed with other tribes, but secretly celebrated for several days.
Considering that the fact that she had betrayed the young chief of the Blood Wolf Clan would probably be exposed, Sur knew that the best option for the Nightmare Demon Clan was to cling to the new Demon King. However, the news that this Demon King had attacked and taken power by surprise and was not very strong made her hesitate. It was not until the news from the Slime Clan came out that she made up her mind to meet the Demon King.
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Of course, Sur’s idea at the time was just to use pottery to obtain the protection of the Demon King. He didn’t even need to make a deal, as long as the Demon King didn’t take the Nightmare Demon as a slave and exploit him at will.
It was not until he followed the demon soldiers to see the neat open-air restaurant in the Demon King's Palace, the rosy and smiling faces of almost all the demons, and the tempting food with all kinds of flavors, that Sur decisively changed his mind.
The other clan leaders were just marveling at the power of the Demon King's Palace, but Sur was keenly aware of one thing - these changes occurred less than half a year after the new Demon King ascended the throne!
So what will the Demon King's Palace look like in another half year?
"My king, the Nightmare Demons are able to make pottery," Sur kowtowed devoutly, "If we can get your permission to join the Demon King's Palace, we will offer you the secret recipe for making pottery."
Warren thought for a moment, activated the [Newton's Coffin] skill, controlled the pile of pottery to fly towards him, picked up a pottery jar and observed it for a moment.
The surface of the pottery jar is smooth, the texture is fine and uniform, and it is even coated with a layer of light red glaze. Although it is more fragile than a stone jar, it is more convenient to load and carry.
He stroked his fingertips and saw the impatience of the Nightmare Demon Clan. He had a general idea in his mind - the death of the Blood Wolf Clan's young chief was probably related to this clever Nightmare Clan Chief. Otherwise, even if she really wanted to join the Demon King's Palace, there was no need to take out the secret recipe for making pottery jars so hastily. At least she should discuss the conditions with him first.
"This pottery has more than enough ornamental value, but it is still too fragile to use," Warren pointed out the problem with the pottery. Seeing a trace of panic on Sur's face, he slowly added, "I will send a team of magic soldiers to escort the Nightmare Tribe back to their homeland to pack their luggage and organize their tribesmen. You can temporarily serve as a subsidiary race of the Demon King's Palace and live near the Demon King's Palace. Whether you can join the Demon King's Palace in the future depends on your performance."
This was not only a test for the Nightmare Clan, but also a way out for them. After all, the subordinate races were different from those who joined the Demon King's Palace directly. If they wanted to leave, they could definitely leave. Other medium-sized races would not be too hostile to the Nightmare Clan.
The leader of the Nightmare Demon Clan also understood what the Demon King meant, and was immediately overjoyed: "Thank you, my king! The Nightmare Clan will never let you down!"
Warren nodded, then turned to look at the stunned clan leaders of the five clans on the other side. Seeing their tangled and frightened expressions, he smiled helplessly: "Why, you don't want to join the Demon King's Palace too? I don't plan to accept you."
The five clan leaders finally breathed a sigh of relief.
They have lived in their tribal land for thousands of years, and would not want to leave their homeland unless they really couldn't make ends meet.
Besides, if the whole clan moved to the Demon King's Palace and lived under his nose, if they ever made the Demon King angry, he could exterminate them with a simple stomp of his feet. Even if the Demon King's Palace was magnificent, they did not want to take such a big risk.
Finally regaining their composure, they murmured in their hearts that the Nightmare Demon Chief was not that smart. He was bribed by the Demon King just by eating a few pieces of delicious meat. Did he think that the Demon King would really feed the Nightmare Demons every day after they joined the Demon Palace? How could such a good thing be possible in the world?
However, not joining the Demon King's Palace does not mean that they do not want to cling to the Demon King's thighs. They have seen the current life of the Slime Tribe. The Tree Demon Tribe leader spoke first, signaling the tribe members to take out the things they brought and respectfully present them to the Demon King: "My king, this is a gift from the Tree Demon Tribe to you."
When the huge animal hide was unfolded, there was a lot of earth rat meat inside. This kind of monster was not very strong, but it lived in the mud and was quite difficult to catch.
"Our race can transform into trees and take root in the soil," the tree demon leader explained, "Not only does it have a confusing effect, but the roots can also capture the monsters underground."
Warren tapped the armrest of the throne with his fingers.
The Demon King's Palace has already started planting potatoes, so they have to prevent the monsters underground from digging into the farmland from time to time to take a bite of the potatoes. The measures they have taken now are to send magic soldiers to sneak around the farmland from time to time to release magic fluctuations to scare the monsters. Every once in a while, the goblins will check back and forth to see if there are any unknown passages underground. This is both time-consuming and troublesome.
If we can make the tree demon transform into a tree next to the farmland, wouldn't we be able to catch all the underground monsters through the tree roots?
As he thought so, he showed no eagerness and remained calm. His eyes passed from the earth rat meat to Arabella who seemed a little excited beside him.
Arabella had been responsible for intimidating the underground monsters and had some understanding of the situation in the potato fields. After listening to the words of the tree demon chief, she also thought of this and looked at the tree demon with an excited expression.
However, after receiving the Demon King's eye signal to calm down, Arabella immediately frowned and pretended that she was not thinking about anything, and only straightened her already straight posture.
In addition to earth rat meat, the tree demons also brought a lot of blood soul grass, which is a magical herb with healing effects.
Warren took a closer look and saw that most of the blood soul grasses were uprooted, and there were even a lot of grass seeds scattered around. They could probably be planted. He immediately felt that he had made a killing and spoke very straightforwardly: "I'll take these. Later, the trade between the Tree Demon Clan and the Demon King's Palace is one pound of earth rat for half a pound of smoked meat, and each blood soul grass for one smoked chicken leg. Do you accept this price?"
The Tree Demon Chieftain was so excited that he almost broke his voice: "Accepted! Your Majesty is wise!!"
The meat of the rat was not tasty, with an unpleasant earthy smell, but the smoked meat, which the tree demon leader had just tasted on the table, was tasty and said to be able to be stored for a long time without going bad. It was simply delicious. Moreover, a pound of rat had bones and skin, and the meat that could really be considered was probably only a little over half a pound. This business was simply making a lot of money.
This is even more true for the Blood Soul Grass. Although it is not easy to pick, it is not too difficult for the Tree Demons who can communicate with plants. A small root can be exchanged for a smoked chicken leg - the Tree Demon Chief finally believes that the Demon King really came to help the poor.
No wonder the Slime Tribe now has meat for every meal!
He thought so, but he didn't know that Warren also felt that he had made a profit.
Although the meat of the earth rat is not delicious when grilled, it tastes great after being marinated, and can be preserved much longer than other monster meats.
More importantly, the claw tips of the earth rats are made of a very hard material and can be used to forge weapons. The Dark Iron Dwarf Chieftain Tiechui had regretfully told Warren about this before. It was a pity that there were too few earth rats, otherwise he would have been able to forge a sharper long sword.
And now, the Tree Demons, who have been specializing in catching rats for a thousand years, have sent us Earth Ridge Rats. If we exchange them a few more times, we might be able to equip the entire Demon King's army with better equipment.
"Your Majesty! We also have gifts for you!"
With the example of the Tree Demon Tribe, the other tribes were both excited and anxious, and they all rushed to present gifts to the Demon King. After looking at each other, it was finally the stronger Cotton Demon Tribe that stood up first.
They carried four huge animal hide bags, and when they opened them, they were filled with all kinds of prey, mostly magical beasts with physical attacks such as the Flame-Breaking Bear and the Fire Snake, and there was even a small Greedy Beast.
However, for a medium-sized tribe, it might take hundreds of years to catch a single Greedy Beast, but this was nothing special for Warren. The hunting team could bring back a few almost every day, and even found a Greedy Beast's nest in the Gobi Desert. They were already planning to catch a few Greedy Beast cubs and raise them when they had enough manpower.
After taking a look around, he became slightly interested in the silver bee. After all, the silver bee's stinger was also an excellent forging material.
The other tribes were originally looking in amazement at the many preys brought by the Cotton Demon Tribe, but when they saw that the Demon King looked uninterested, they soon realized that although they might be short of food, the Demon King was not.
The cotton demon leader also became nervous and looked at the Demon King anxiously, fearing that he would refuse to trade with the cotton demons.
Warren rubbed his fingers for a moment, then lowered his eyes to look at the cotton demon leader: "Is the magic cotton on you renewable?"
The cotton demon chief opened his eyes wide and subconsciously took a step back.
What does that mean? Does the devil want to skin them alive?
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