◎My Lord, please give us justice!◎
A dozen tree demons were suppressed by the demon soldiers, and they were still quarreling with each other, with fire in their eyes. If they had not taken into account the presence of the Demon King and the demon soldiers, they would probably pounce on each other and bite them.
Without waiting for the demon king to speak, Alex swung his tail hard and slammed it to the ground. The sound was not loud, but it scared all the tree demons into silence.
"In theory, we have no business dealing with the affairs of your Tree Demon Clan, but our king is the king of the Demon Realm, and you are all his subjects," he said proudly, his hands on his hips. "Now you just need to tell our king exactly what happened. If there really is a situation where members of your clan are fighting against each other, or the clan leader is using you as cannon fodder and threatening to drive you out of the clan, the Demon King's Palace will certainly seek justice for you!"
Warren immediately looked at Alec with new eyes.
This statement would allow the Demon King's Palace to interfere in the internal affairs of the Tree Demon Clan openly, while not leaving a bad impression of the Demon King's Palace's arrogance and domineering among the demons in the Demon Realm. It would instantly elevate the Demon King's Palace's image to that of a messenger of justice, killing two birds with one stone.
Warren looked at Alec in admiration.
Alec also looked at his king, with pure joy in his eyes: King! Threatening other demons is so fun!
Warren: …
Well, he knew that looking at the Demon King's Palace, the only one who could come up with such a circuitous plan based on on-the-spot reaction was probably the Nightmare Demon Sur.
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But it is also a skill to hit the jackpot by accident. He patted Alex on the shoulder and decided to make him a set of exquisite and extremely difficult puzzles as a reward when he returned. He took a step forward and looked at the tree demons indifferently with his eyes lowered.
He didn't say anything, but his urging was very clear.
The tree demons dared not disobey the Demon King. They were even terrified to ask the Demon King to wait a little longer. While their leader was still not able to react, one of the tree demons hurriedly said, "My King, please seek justice for us!"
"We, the tree demon tribe, are different from other tribes. We don't hunt in hunting teams. Instead, all the demons turn into trees and wait for the demon beasts to hit the tree stumps. We then use the tree roots in the soil to catch underground demon beasts such as earth rats."
This difference in hunting methods directly leads to differences in relationships within the race.
For other demon tribes, hunting requires close cooperation. Whether in or outside the tribe, unity will be put first.
However, not only do the tree demons not need to cooperate with each other, but since the number of underground monsters is limited and the locations where trees take root are also divided into good and bad, their hunting process is actually a competition for resources. Over time, the tribe gradually splits.
"When the chief was in the tribe, he forced us to turn into trees to hunt in places where it was difficult to grow roots, and he also required us to hand in all the prey we caught," the tree demon said aggrievedly. "We didn't have enough food every day, and the leaves on our trees were all wilted, but he had green food every meal. Any tree demon who dared to oppose him was suppressed by him so that he couldn't even lift a branch."
In the past, the tree demons knew that they would die if they left their tribe, and they had always been instilled with the idea that the tribe leader was working for the survival of the entire tribe, so they just endured it. But since they came to the Demon King's Palace, they knew what it meant to live with dignity. They loosened the soil in the fields, caught ground rats, waved branches to drive away birds, and lived happily.
The tribe leader came to the Demon King's palace at this time and asked them to return to the tribe's land and continue to work hard and endure hunger. His purpose was to replace them with the tree demons that the tribe leader was close to. How could the tree demons compromise?
More importantly, the tree demons who had just returned from the fields and were preparing to go to the cafeteria to eat happened to hear the conversation between the tree demon chief and his trusted tree demons.
"The chief said that he sent us here to test whether the Demon King's Palace had any ill intentions!" the tree demon complained, "He treated us as branches that could be discarded at any time, but he still wanted us to work for him. Why?"
Alec nodded repeatedly, looking at the tree demon leader with fire in his eyes: "Yes, how could you be so evil!"
Shocked by Alex's magical fluctuations, the tree demon chief almost turned into a tree on the spot.
"That's not the case," he explained stutteringly, "It's these tree demons. Our tribe spent a lot of effort to send them here and let them study in the Demon King's Palace for such a long time, but they only gave us 19 silver coins every ten days! They are so ungrateful, of course we have to replace them with tree demons who care more about our tribe."
Alec was stunned.
He was not very good at math and thought for a long time while counting on his fingers.
When the tree demons first came to the Demon King's Palace, the Demon King's Palace required these foreign students to bring their own dry food and hand it over to the kitchen every month in exchange for the right to dine in the restaurant.
Later, the Demon King's Palace began to implement a currency system, and these dry food were exchanged for equivalent currency, and rent was also charged for the houses where the foreign students lived. In theory, this would increase the pressure on other demons, but at that time, the foreign students had basically learned how to work, and their work efficiency was comparable to that of the demons in the Demon King's Palace. The Demon King's Palace began to pay them a salary of eight copper coins a day. Not only did the foreign students not need to be funded by the tribe, but they could also save some copper coins to subsidize their own race.
The chief of the tree demons required them to hand over nineteen silver coins every ten days, which is one hundred and ninety copper coins. There were only a dozen tree demons working in the Demon King's Palace, and they had to save nineteen copper coins every day, and it took ten days to save that much - with the salary level of these tree demons, they could only save so many copper coins. They could only eat basic meals on weekdays and could not even eat an extra piece of meat.
He frowned in confusion. "Sending nineteen silver coins every ten days, how can this be called ungrateful? They handed over all the expenses except for food and lodging."
The Tree Demon Clan leader said confidently: "But there are many other clans in the Tree Demon Clan.
People don’t even have enough to eat! How dare they eat their fill in the Demon King’s Palace! "
This time, Warren spoke first without waiting for Alec to speak. He said coldly, "You mean to let the tree demons work in the Demon King's Palace with an empty stomach, only giving half the effort, but using all the wages to feed you tree demons?"
The tree demon chief shrank back.
How could he dare to accept such a harsh accusation? He quickly shook his head: "No, I just want them to save more copper coins. The life of the Tree Demons is difficult-"
Before he finished speaking, he realized how outrageous what he said was, and he shut up in embarrassment, already having a bad feeling.
As expected, Alex snorted: "You look so fat, but you don't look like you don't have enough food to eat. How can you be in trouble?"
Warren looked at the tree demon leader.
To be fair, the Tree Demon Chieftain was not fat, at most he could be described as having a strong physique, but his face was greasy and it was obvious that he did not work on a daily basis, which naturally left a bad impression on other demons.
"I heard from the Winged Demons of the Farming Team that their leader Feiwu was willing to share his magic power with the Winged Demon cubs in order to ensure the survival of the tribe, even though he had no food for dozens of days," the tree demon that had made the accusation glared at the tree demon leader, "but our leader doesn't care about our lives at all!"
Warren rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"The Demon King's Palace has never interfered in the internal affairs of the demon race, and has no intention of interfering in the management of other races," he said slowly. As soon as he finished half of the sentence, the tree demon leader suddenly showed his joy, and the other dozen tree demons hung their heads. "However, the Demon King's Palace is recently launching a rescue plan for stray demons. Perhaps you are interested in learning more about it?"
The tree demons' eyes suddenly lit up: "Interested! We are very interested!"
The tree demon chief staggered and felt a chill in his heart.
As happy as he was when he traded with the Demon King's Palace to get bacon and other food, he regretted it now.
But even though he regretted it, if the Tree Demon Chieftain asked himself if he could go back to the time when he made the deal with the Demon King's Palace, he would still choose to follow the Demon King's Palace. At most, he would get rid of these disobedient tree demons first - there was no other way, the food in the Demon King's Palace was too delicious!
Unlike the gloomy-faced tree demon leader, the tree demons opened their eyes wide with excitement and looked at the Demon King expectantly.
Their demands were not high. They could tolerate giving the clan leader 19 silver coins every ten days as long as they could continue to stay in the Demon King's Palace. But now the Demon King actually gave them another smooth path to the Demon King's Palace, which was a pleasant surprise.
Alex, who was listening, scratched his head in confusion: Why had he never heard of the Demon King's Palace carrying out such a plan?
Warren smiled slightly, turned his head to look at the Nightmare Demon Sur who was peeking not far away, and waved her over.
"The purpose of the Wandering Demon Rescue Plan is to help homeless demons avoid disasters and return to a normal and stable life," the Demon King said in a gentle and calm tone. No one could tell that he was racking his brains to think about the content of the plan. "The Demon King's Palace will hire the homeless demons who come to apply for the job and let them get paid in the form of labor."
"Every once in a while, the Demon King's Palace will organize an assessment, and wandering demons with outstanding performance will be qualified to become official members of the Demon King's Palace."
Become an official member of the Demon King's Palace! The tree demons were excited: "Can we sign up now?"
The chief of the tree demon tribe opened his mouth, wanting to stop them, but he knew it was too late. He could only grit his teeth and swallow his anger, and reluctantly agreed to the application of the dozen or so tree demons to leave the tribe.
As for severing ties with the Demon King's Palace, he did not dare and was reluctant to do so - not to mention that this approach would definitely offend the Demon King. He had become accustomed to eating smoked meat and wearing soft, thin magic cotton clothes, and did not want to go back to the days of eating raw meat and wearing animal skins.
He secretly decided that in the future, whether he was trading with the Demon King's Palace or sending tree demon students to the Demon King's Palace, he had to strictly control the process and only allow the most obedient tribesmen to come and see the world!
The Tree Demon Tribe was one of the medium-sized demon tribes in the Demon Realm, with a large number of members. Although the loss of more than a dozen young and strong Tree Demons was painful, it did not cause any serious damage. Thinking this way, the Tree Demon Tribe leader forced himself to cheer up, hurriedly brought his trusted Tree Demons back to the tribe, and ordered them not to mention this matter to any of their members.
However, within a few days, the news that the Demon King's Palace had launched a rescue plan for stray demons spread throughout the entire Demon Realm, along with the gossip that "more than a dozen tree demons that were mistreated by the tribe leader had left the tree demon tribe and joined the rescue plan."
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