◎The little demons were flattered◎
The scorching sun shines on the endless Gobi Desert, and the air is filled with a stuffy smell.
Hundreds of dog demons dragged huge carts towards the Demon King's Palace.
Their cart was covered with several layers of straw mats, which safely held dozens of little thunder dog monster eggs. This time they were not going to trade with the Demon King's Palace, but to present them to the Demon King as gifts for the Demon Ceremony.
The dog tribe leader was still holding a monster egg carefully in his arms. It was a Fire Sparrow monster egg that they had spent a lot of effort to obtain, and it was also the rarest gift they were going to give to the Demon King this time.
Because the monster egg was so precious, the dog tribe leader didn't dare to let go of it all the way, for fear that he would drop the monster egg and break it.
"The last time I went to the Demon King's Palace to trade, I heard from Barlow that they were studying how to tame monsters. It seems that they want to train monsters into Pokémon or something," a dog demon in the team said excitedly, his eyes full of expectation, "They must need more monster eggs and professional demons who can tame monsters! If we apply for a job at the Demon King's Palace, we should be very popular!"
The dog tribe leader looked at him and ruthlessly punctured his fantasy: "Have you passed the math test in the Demon King's Palace?"
The dog demon suddenly wilted: "Their questions are so difficult! Don't worry, Chief. I will definitely study hard in the Demon King's Palace during this Demon Feast. I will try to pass the exam before returning to the tribe and stay in the Demon King's Palace to work!"
"That's right, we must work hard," the Dog Demon Clan leader nodded with satisfaction, "So far, only two Dog Demons in our clan have passed the math and magic exams, while more than ten Bone Demons of the Bone Demon Clan have passed! If this continues, we will become a laughing stock in the Demon Realm like the Tree Demon Clan!"
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All the dog demons were immediately alert and nodded to indicate that they would study hard.
While discussing the various difficult problems in the math test, the dog demon in charge of reconnaissance pricked up his ears alertly and looked around: "Chief, it seems that there are demons heading this way!"
In the dangerous Demon Realm, no matter what emergencies occur, they must not be taken lightly. If they relax for a moment, the whole army may be annihilated, not to mention that they brought so many fragile monster eggs. The Dog Demon Chief immediately stopped the team and took a defensive posture until the opposite demon approached.
I heaved a sigh of relief: "It's the little demon tribe."
They were not very familiar with the little demons, and many dog demons had never even heard of this tribe, so they curiously asked about their origins.
"Their tribe has always been a vassal tribe of the Skeleton Warrior Tribe, so they rarely appear in the Demon Realm alone," the Dog Tribe leader explained. "This time, even the Skeleton Warrior Tribe has to submit to the King, so they definitely dare not pretend to be deaf and dumb. They are probably here to participate in the Demon Tribe's feast."
There wasn't much disdain in his tone.
As a member of the same small and medium-sized demon tribe, he could understand the helplessness of being forced to become a vassal tribe. He felt more sympathy and pity for the situation of the small demon tribe. He was also educated and influenced by the Demon King's "Demon Realm Community of Shared Destiny". Seeing that the small demon tribe was ragged and in a miserable state, he waved his hand to signal everyone to stop, wait for the small demon tribe to pass by, and asked them in a friendly manner if they needed help.
They saw the little demons, and of course the little demons noticed them as well.
As a vassal tribe of the Skeleton Warriors, they were treated as cannon fodder in the rebellion war, and they had no chance to recuperate after the war. Due to the decline of the Skeleton Warriors, they even lost the privilege of picking up bones behind the Skeleton Warriors. The number of the little demons has dropped sharply, and now there are less than three hundred left.
When the news of the demon feast came, they couldn't even resist the Skeleton Warriors, so how could they dare to disobey the Demon King? They could only gather up all the food in the tribe with tears in their eyes, and the whole tribe went out, carrying the prey towards the Demon King's palace.
It was hot when they reached the Gobi Desert. The prey had already begun to rot, and the smell mixed with blood was diffused in the air, attracting the attention of the monsters in the surroundings. The little demons were shaking with fear, and they were relieved when they saw other demons in the distance.
However, when the little demons saw the dog demons' clean and tidy cotton clothes, their ruddy faces and their energetic spirits, as well as the several strange monsters in the center of the team, they dared not approach them anymore. They were afraid and ashamed of themselves, and stood not far away, watching them cautiously.
The Dog Tribe leader waved at them and said cheerfully, "Are you also here to attend the Demon Tribe feast? Let's go together!"
Although they had learned to keep clean and use various magical tools under the guidance of the Demon King, the dog demons were also terrified when carrying rotten meat a few years ago. Therefore, they showed great tolerance towards the behavior of the little demons. One dog demon who had learned preservation magic in the Demon King's Palace even volunteered to help them keep the prey fresh, at least to prevent the prey from continuing to rot.
The little demons were flattered.
It's not that they were not wary of the strange demons, but with such a huge gap in strength, any suspicion and resistance became meaningless. In addition, the demon feast was about to come, and if the dog demons dared to intercept the demon king's gifts, they would surely be hunted down by the demon king. I think they would not do such a stupid thing.
So they convinced themselves to follow the dog-demon tribe to avoid being watched and hunted by the monsters.
"Is this a Warcraft mount?" Looking at the cart in the middle of the Dog Demon Clan carrying food and Warcraft eggs, the little demon leader asked enviously, "You guys are really amazing. You can even tame Warcraft mounts."
The dog demon closest to him laughed and said, "No, this is a cart, a vehicle made by the Demon King's Palace to transport goods. A cart is very expensive, costing seven silver coins. We, the dog tribe, only bought three in total. It is very convenient to use it to transport things."
The dog tribe is actually connected to the Demon King's Palace! The little demons stood in awe and looked at them with envy.
If the previous demon king was still ruling the Demon Palace, the little demons would definitely laugh at those demons who dared to approach and call them fearless fools. But the current demon king is different. Even the little demons who depended on the Skeleton Warrior Clan have heard of his powerful strength and reputation for kindness. Following such a demon king, it is no wonder that the dog demon clan looks so glamorous.
Hearing the little devil's praise for the king, the barghests were delighted and raised their tails, becoming more friendly to the little devil:
"Of course, the King is the best demon king in the whole world! But don't worry, the King treats all demons equally. All you have to do is work hard and learn math and magic writing well. One day you will be able to work in the Demon King's Palace and afford beautiful new clothes."
"Mathematics? Magic runes?" The little demons were confused. "What are those?"
When talking about the exam that gave them the most headache, the dog demons started talking at once.
"If I have eighty-five monster eggs and the clan leader has seventy-four monster eggs, how many monster eggs do we have in total? Can you believe that this math problem is the easiest type in the exam?"
"I have to write a diary in magic words! I don't know a single word about hunting, so I can only write that I eat potatoes in the morning, meat patties at noon, and fried chicken in the evening!"
They seemed to be complaining, but their faces were filled with happy smiles. They discussed math problems one after another and easily counted the number of little devils.
"You have three hundred and fifteen little demons this time!"
The little devil clan leader was shocked: "We ourselves don't even know how many demons there are in the little devil clan!"
So the dog demons happily explained the multiplication table to them.
The little demon who couldn't even count above ten didn't understand what he said at all. He just thought that this knowledge was very profound. He looked at the dog demons with admiration, thinking that they were simply the smartest demons in the Demon Realm. Hearing the dog demons say that many of them failed the math and magic exams, he became more and more awed by the Demon King's Palace.
The two tribes walked for a day and a night and finally saw the magnificent outline of the Demon King's Palace.
They were still some distance away, but when they looked up, they could already see the towering spires of the Demon King's Palace and the magnificent flags floating above.
Going further, there are lush bushes all around, and a dozen stone houses on both sides, with a small wooden sign hanging on the door that read "Demon Hotel, two copper coins a night."
"Is this the Demon King's Palace?" The little demons who had attended the Demon Race Feast four years ago were stunned. "Could it be that the Demon God has appeared?"
"How is that possible? This was all built by the demons from the Demon King's Palace!" The Dog Demon said proudly, "We also helped dig a lot of stones!"
They looked around and didn't see any other demons, so they approached the little demon mysteriously and whispered, "I'll tell you a secret. We got the inside information of the Demon King's Palace before. The Demon King is the Devil God incarnate!"
The Demon King is the reincarnation of the Demon God? The little devil thought it was funny at first and was about to refute it, but then he thought of the Demon King's powerful strength in subduing the Dark Night Dragon with one move, and how he built the Demon King's Palace, which used to be magnificent but now looked like a garbage dump, into such a magnificent appearance, and also let the demons learn advanced knowledge such as mathematics and magic words.
Moreover, this demon king appeared out of nowhere back then, and until now, no demon knows his origins!
With their eyes wide open in disbelief, the little demons looked at the dog leader, with panic and hope in their eyes.
If the Demon King is the Demon God, then their future days may really be like what the dog demons described, with enough food and warm clothes, and they will no longer have to watch their people die miserably due to hunger and the rampage of monsters.
But can the Demon King really forgive them for following the Skeleton Warriors in the rebellion as vassals, and for the fact that the new king has never paid homage to the Demon King in the three years since he ascended the throne?
The closer they got to the Demon King's Palace, the more buildings and beautiful scenery they saw, and the more nervous they became. They walked on the road shivering, afraid that their dirty feet and animal skins would pollute the environment of the Demon King's Palace. Even the prey they brought seemed so insignificant.
A nightmare demon in a neat uniform came towards them with a bright smile on his face, and waved at them in a friendly and graceful manner.
"Captain Sur!" The dog tribe leader also waved and greeted. Perhaps because there were many demons nearby, his movements were reserved, but the tail behind him was shaking like a hula hoop.
They were already familiar with the route. Several dog demons pushed carts and followed the members of the trading team, preparing to send the monster eggs for counting and then put them into the monster hatching room of the farming team.
The dog tribe leader solemnly handed the Fire Spirit Bird's magical egg to Sur, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "Great, the Fire Spirit Bird's magical egg is very fragile, I was worried that I would break it all the way."
Sur, who was originally holding the monster egg in one hand, shuddered and hurriedly changed to holding it with both hands, holding it carefully.
"The king will definitely like it. He loves cubs the most, whether they are Warcraft cubs or demon cubs," she said with a smile, "Are you still living over at the townhouse? The Stone House Hotel has been built recently. The daily rental price is very cheap. It is also a good place to stay."
The chief of the dog tribe nodded happily. He had seen the hotel over there before and was discussing with his tribesmen about staying in the hotel for a few days to experience it. "We also met the little demon tribe on the way. This is their first time to the Demon King's Palace. They were just exclaiming that the Demon King's Palace is so beautiful and magnificent!"
"This is all thanks to the king." Sur looked at the uneasy little demon leader with his eyes slightly curved. He didn't mind the latter's dirty palms with dried blood. He stretched out his right hand to shake hands with him. "Don't worry, there are many demons who have never been to the Demon King's Palace at this demon feast. We have specially provided tour guides."
Before he finished his words, a winged demon cub flew over with a smile on its face.
The Winged Demons were not big to begin with, and the cubs looked even smaller, soft and fluffy. They wore a tour guide vest and a fancy tour guide hat. Their voices were crisp and cute: "Hello! I'm your tour guide Mi Qiu!"
Seeing that Sur had no intention of making things difficult for them, the little demons breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the winged demon cub. Their originally nervous expressions became relaxed, and their eyes were full of love.
Caring for the cubs is a consensus among all the demons in the Demon Realm, and such soft, harmless cubs can greatly dilute the demons' fear of the Demon King's Palace - Sur remembered what the Demon King said when he decided to let the cubs serve as tour guides, and for the umpteenth time he admired the wisdom of his own king in his heart.
"I have to deal with the hotel allocation issue," Soul said with a smile. He was so busy with the Demon Feast that he had no time to rest. Before leaving, he said goodbye to them happily, "There will be a special performance of the Lion King at the Magma Square tonight! An admission ticket only costs one copper coin. Remember to go and see it when you have time!"
"What are copper coins?" the little devils asked anxiously, "What should we do if we don't have copper coins?"
The winged demon cub Mi Qiu spun lively in the air.
"It's okay. The Demon King's Palace now offers many part-time jobs. You can go and work to earn money," he said crisply. "Also, the king said that the last rebellion war caused everyone to suffer heavy losses. Many demons can't survive. The Demon King's Palace will not accept your gifts made with life-saving food in such a difficult time. This year, the Demon King's Palace will give you equivalent coins for all the gifts sent by demons."
As he spoke, he saw the dogs on the other side rolling on the ground, refusing to take any money from the Demon King's Palace. Perhaps he found the dogs rolling around very funny, so he covered his mouth and laughed out loud. He watched happily for a long time before he remembered his duty and turned to look at the little demons.
"Let's go. We'll go to the Lazy Stone first, and then we'll take you to the warehouse. The logistics team will exchange the gifts you brought for coins there."
The Lazy Bug Stone was built to keep the magic soldiers returning from hunting and the demons coming from afar clean. The magic circle based on black gold stone will emit a powerful cleaning spell. Just stand on the Lazy Bug Stone for a few seconds and you will become spotless.
When the magic circle was first built, it actually had a nice name called "Cleaning Magic Stone". However, many demons ran there because they were too lazy to cast the cleaning spell themselves. Sometimes they even had to carry the furniture to clean it. Over time, everyone jokingly called this place "Lazy Bug Stone", and few demons remembered the original name.
The little demons followed him to the Lazy Bug Stone, and imitated Mi Qiu's demonstration, standing on the Lazy Bug Stone and then jumping down. They were surprised to find that they had become clean, even the mud and dirt that had been stuck in the cracks of the animal skins for years had been cleaned away. They looked at themselves and their fellow tribesmen, and sighed from time to time.
"It turns out my fur coat is yellow. I always thought it was earthy grey!"
"Am I so white?"
They looked at Lazy Stone with pure awe, and even after following the Winged Demon Cub Mi Qiu to the door of the warehouse, they were still stroking their dry and fresh hair reluctantly.
Although the little demons brought all the food reserves of the entire tribe, the quantity was still not much, and most of it rotted during the journey. In the end, they only exchanged it for a total of nine silver coins.
"You can rent a tent to stay in at night. One tent can accommodate more than 50 demons. There is a special camping site over there, and there will be demon soldiers patrolling at night."
Looking at the large number of little demons, Mi Qiu knew that they probably couldn't afford to stay in a hotel, so he actively introduced cheaper places to live and other ways to earn copper coins.
"The Demon King's Palace has recently opened up a lot of temporary jobs. You can go to the townhouse to sign up for them. For example, stone mining. One cart of stone can be exchanged for one copper coin. I was also responsible for guiding the Flame Demons who just arrived yesterday. One Flame Demon dug fourteen carts of stone in one afternoon. The speed was so fast that it scared us all!"
The little devils who were worrying about how to get copper coins suddenly had their eyes lit up and nodded repeatedly, remembering the direction the rice ball was pointing, and preparing to go over and sign up for the work later.
"If any of your tribesmen are sick, you can ask the logistics medical team to treat them. If you don't have enough medical fees, you can temporarily buy them on credit."
Mi Qiu continued, taking them to the open-air canteen and telling them that this was where they would eat every day.
"The basic meal in the cafeteria only costs two copper coins, and you can eat a full meal. Working in an afternoon can save up enough money for several meals. The small path next to it leads to the grocery market, where you can buy many things such as ceramic bowls and cotton clothes. There are also many shops selling snacks. Grandpa Kuji is the general manager of the grocery market. If you have other questions, you can go to him."
The Demon King's Palace was huge. Even though the little demons were only shown a small part of the area and none of the factories, farmlands or breeding areas were open, they had already been wandering around for several hours.
After all the introductions were finished, Mi Qiu clapped his hands with a sense of accomplishment, and then imitated his family head Fei Wu, put his hands on his hips and talked about the most important thing: "Finally, let me talk about the rules of the Demon King's Palace. The demons active in the Demon King's Palace must strictly abide by these regulations. Once caught, they will be fined at the lightest and expelled at the worst. If the impact is bad, our demon soldiers in the Demon King's Palace don't mind getting their knives stained with blood!"
Even though the one who said this was a bubbling baby, under the strong threat of the Demon King's Palace, the little demons were still trembling with fear, nodding quickly to show that they would never break the rules, and then listened to the content of the rules with trepidation, fearing that they would accidentally violate any of them and anger the Demon King.
"No fighting, no threatening other demons with any violent means, no stealing, no littering, no howling loudly in the middle of the night..." Mi Qiu counted on his fingers very seriously.
The little devils, who were originally very frightened, became more and more relaxed the more they listened, and at the end, they couldn't help but reveal joyful smiles on their faces.
"No wonder the Dog Clan leader yearns for the Demon King's Palace so much. He urges his people to learn even though math and magic are so difficult," the little devil leader murmured, "I also want to stay in the Demon King's Palace for the rest of my life now."
This was not even because of the magnificent architecture and beautiful scenery of the Demon King's Palace, nor was it because of the delicious food they had not yet had time to eat, but because they deeply felt the Demon King's protection and care for them from these rules.
Not understanding why the little demons looked so tearful, the winged demon cub Miqiu finished reciting all the rules in one breath and turned around happily: "I actually memorized them, I'm so awesome!"
After confirming that the little demons had no other questions, and instructing them to ask the patrolling demon soldiers if they had any questions, Mi Qiu waved goodbye to them happily and prepared to go back to see if there were any new demons who needed a tour guide.
Looking at the back of the winged demon cub walking away happily, the little demons looked at each other and almost cried with joy.
This was countless times better than the best case scenario they had imagined: not only did the Demon King not punish them for their disrespectful behavior, he even confiscated their gifts. The nine silver coins they currently had could allow all the tribesmen to live in tents, and if they worked hard, they would be able to afford food. Maybe they could even save enough money to buy long knives, pottery jars and other items that the tribe could use.
"Let's go, let's find a job and gather here when the sun sets," the little demon leader said solemnly, and instructed his people, "Remember the rules of the Demon King's Palace. Don't make this kind of mistake. If any demon wants to fight or steal our things, immediately run to the demon soldiers for help!"
The little demons nodded.
When they arrived at the wooden house where the work was arranged, they saw a lich in a furry animal skin jumping back and forth, promoting the performance of "The Lion King" that would be performed in the Lava Square that evening.
"During the Demonic Feast, ticket prices for performances are discounted," Tono waved the small flag in his hand, "There will be wonderful performances every night! Don't miss it!"
The imps lined up and looked on curiously, then walked into the cabin and stood stiffly in front of the Dark Iron Dwarf who was in charge of arranging the work.
Nearly a thousand demons were looking for jobs, and the demons in charge of arranging the work were extremely busy. Fortunately, they had anticipated this and had made adequate preparations. Although there was a long queue at this time, their movements were orderly.
"Hello, this is the temporary part-time job at the Demon King's Palace," the Dark Iron Dwarf Yinding smiled politely and looked at the little devil in front of him, "Currently there are more than a dozen jobs to choose from, such as stone excavation and tree planting. Do you need me to explain it to you in detail?"
The little devil nodded quickly.
Five minutes later, he was holding a stone tablet with magic words engraved on it that he could not understand, following the direction of the silver ingot and walking towards the clay mining factory.
Under the scorching sun, he was wearing a tattered animal skin coat and moving among the bustling group of demons. He inexplicably felt an unprecedented peace.
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