Chapter 99
"Negotiate with the demons?!"
"Why?!"
"I disagree!"
In the meeting room of the royal palace, all the officials were arguing.
"This must be the conspiracy of the cunning demons. How could they be willing to negotiate? They must have some hidden plan!" An official cried out: "Your Majesty, you must not fall into the demons' trick!"
Under the throne, the king held his chin and fell into deep thought.
"Several other countries have already agreed to the terms of the peace talks, and we are the only ones left."
"Damn it! Their territory does not border the Demon King's City, so of course they will not refuse. When we attacked the Demon King's City before, those cowards hid in the rear, and we had to call on them many times to help. If we negotiate with the demons, once the demons turn against us, we will be the first to suffer a heavy blow!"
"The demons have always been cunning and cunning. How can we guarantee that they will keep their words? Maybe they are deliberately negotiating peace and catching us all in one fell swoop when we are relaxed!"
"But now, not only the demons, but other countries are also putting pressure on us... If we don't agree to the peace talks, the Kingdom of Tirest may face war with other countries. Maybe this is the demon's plan to divide humanity."
"They are all human beings, why are they standing on the side of the demons?!"
"Our war with the demons has lasted for so long, and countless soldiers have been killed or wounded on the front lines. Many cities have suffered, especially recently, we humans have lost one after another and suffered heavy losses. If we continue to fight the demons, we may not be able to... If the demons really want to negotiate, maybe..." "If we
agree to the negotiations, how are we going to explain to those dead soldiers?!"
"..."
The king said nothing and listened silently to the discussions of the officials below. The ministers were divided into two factions, those who advocated accepting the negotiations and those who advocated refusing the negotiations, but no one could come to a conclusion.
"Leon." The king suddenly spoke up, calling out the name of the court mage who was also listening silently: "What do you think about the peace talks with the demons?"
As soon as these words came out, all the officials who were arguing fell silent, and countless eyes looked at Leon.
The court mage said in a calm voice: "Your Majesty, the peace talks with the demons are conditional."
Everyone suddenly came to their senses.
Yes, that's right, the peace talks with the demons are conditional. They did not surrender, but exchanged peace in another way.
Thinking of the conditions proposed by the demon envoy, everyone fell into a strange silence.
Because, that condition is really...
"
Open a supermarket in the Demon King's City?!" Jiang Li was stunned, pointing at himself, and said in disbelief: "My supermarket?"
Augustus nodded: "Yes."
Jiang Li: "..."
"This is the condition proposed by the Demon King himself." Augustus said: "Not only that, he also asked to provide electricity to the Demon King's City."
Of course, the real peace talks have to be discussed by the negotiators of both sides, and there must be more than this. But these two conditions were proposed by the Demon King Nekomus himself, and they are related to Jiang Li, and Jiang Li's consent is needed.
In other words, if Jiang Li does not agree to this request, the demon clan's peace talks may end. As for whether the demon clan will attack humans for the "supermarket" and "electricity" in the future, it is not impossible.
Jiang Li: "..."
However, this kind of condition for peace talks is really... too outrageous!
Jiang Li couldn't help but complain in his heart: How come the style of your alien world is even stranger than the plots of some stupid online novels on Earth? !
"What does His Majesty mean?" Jiang Li asked.
If the Kingdom of Tirest does not agree to peace talks, both supermarkets and electricity will eventually become empty talk.
Augustus said heavily: "Too many people have sacrificed in the process of resisting the Demon King's Legion. The war between humans and demons has continued to this day, and humans have paid too much. Most people mean to agree to peace talks."
Jiang Li paused: "If that's the case, then I have no objection."
After all, Jiang Li is not a real resident of the alien world.
He had no deep hatred for the demons, nor did he have any stance, and he had never fought against them directly. Emotionally, he would certainly stand on the side of the residents of Dolei City with whom he lived day and night, but more importantly, he was just an ordinary supermarket owner. As a supermarket owner, operating the supermarket and selling goods were his main responsibilities. As long as the demons would pay honestly, he didn't mind where his supermarket's goods were sold.
After getting his answer, Augustus went back to report the matter.
Regarding the negotiation with the demons, everyone had different reactions, even the residents of Dolei City had their own opinions. The passionate adventurers were furious about this and wanted to rush to the front line to catch all the demons. However, most ordinary residents breathed a sigh of relief. No one wanted to live in fear all day long. In various places in Dolei City, in restaurants, bars, central squares, and shopping streets... For a while, everyone was talking about the demons.
The content of the peace talks with the demons was naturally handled by the officials of the capital. Being in Dolei City, which was far away from the capital, Jiang Li came to the other world every morning to open the door of the supermarket. He only learned about the progress of the peace talks from the gossips of the customers and the content revealed to him by Augustus.
The new Spring Festival was spent in a tense and fearful atmosphere. When the new spring arrived, new green shoots sprouted in the farmland outside the city of Dore. Jiang Li propped up a clean white curtain in the open space of the central square.
Curious children stood not far away, watching his every move with wide eyes. When the curtain was put up, they raised their hands.
"Mr. Jiang Li, what is this?"
"Are you going to draw on it?"
"Are you going to take classes here?" The child who asked the question said, "Last time, Mr. Serego taught us dragon language magic here."
"Neither." Jiang Li answered casually, and asked him again: "Have you learned it?"
The children looked at each other, and each of them retracted their hands in embarrassment.
There was no way. The magic taught by Mr. Serego was too difficult!
Not to mention that magicians are rare. Even if there were children with magical talent, they had not received formal magical education, let alone understood the obscure dragon language. Even if the dragon demonstrated it to them several times, they still couldn't understand it!
"But Mr. Messenal learned it." Another child said impatiently: "He listened for a while and quickly learned Mr. Serego's magic."
Jiang Li was curious: "Really? What happened later?"
"They fought." The child told the truth: "Later, the guards in the city captured them all. Master Dean said that fighting is not allowed in the city. Mr. Serego asked, is the sky also considered in the city? Master Dean said it is."
Jiang Li: "..."
The guests of Dolei City came after Jiang Li arranged the venue.
When the first demon stepped into the city gate, the magic array used to detect demons lit up, and the leading demon made an unhappy sound.
This group of demons entered Dolei City and soon passed the central square. Seeing this group of guests with goat horns on their heads, the children who were originally surrounding Jiang Li hid behind him and grabbed the corners of his clothes in fear. Jiang Li opened his hands and led them to avoid him.
But the demons did not move forward. Instead, they stopped when passing by him.
The leading demon looked Jiang Li up and down with a critical eye and said with displeasure: "Are you Jiang Li?"
When did his reputation spread to the demons? Jiang Li thought to himself.
Before he could answer, a familiar voice came from the demons, stopping them: "Ladlock."
The demon named Ladlock, who was leading the group, looked gloomy, and the arrogance and contempt on his face quickly faded. He turned sideways and bowed slightly respectfully: "Your Majesty."
The crowd dispersed, and the demon king surrounded by the demons in the center came forward. Jiang Li was not surprised to see a familiar person. Compared with the appearance he had seen before, the face of the demon king Nekomus had not changed much. The scarlet eyes still gave people an uncomfortable feeling. His face was still pale, but he was no longer sick. The unsealed demon king would never let people associate him with the word sick and weak. Instead, people could feel the surging and endless power hidden in his not-so-strong figure.
"The owner of the supermarket." Nekomus nodded to him and said hello. His eyes were quickly attracted by the snow-white curtain. The devil asked with interest: "What is that?"
Jiang Li replied: "I plan to show a movie."
"Movie?" Nekomus was curious: "What is that?"
Jiang Li thought about it and did not answer directly. Instead, he asked: "How long will you stay in Dore City?"
Nekomus: "We have obtained the permission of your human king to come and discuss electricity matters with the craftsmen of Dore City."
That means we will stay for a while.
Jiang Li invited: "In the evening, I will show a movie here, and you can come and watch it then."
"Okay." Nekomus responded with great interest.
Radlock said anxiously: "Your Majesty, don't fall into the trap of humans, we..."
"Is the supermarket still open?" Ignoring the anxious calls of his subordinates behind him, the Demon King stared at the human in front of him with his scarlet eyes without blinking. His hand reached into the pocket of his gorgeous robe, and the screen of the game console was showing the standby page of a game: "I heard that this game has a sequel?"
Jiang Li blinked: "Yes."
"Then what are we waiting for?" The Demon King said happily: "Let's go to the supermarket first!"
...
Dusk.
The sun has not yet set, the orange-red sunset fills the sky, and the central square of Dolei City is already crowded with people.
The news that Jiang Li is going to show a movie in the central square has already spread throughout the city. As long as there are people who have free time, they all put down what they are doing and gather in the central square. But at this moment, everyone's attention was not enough to be divided on the snow-white curtain. All of it fell on the demons sitting on the stage with them.
Yes, demons.
Who could have thought that one day, they would actually sit with the demons? !
A small part of the most advantageous rows in front of the curtain was occupied by demons at this moment. In addition to the demon king Nekomus sitting in the center, the demons felt the vague gazes of the humans around them, and countless of them had hostile eyes. The faces of the demons were not very good.
Until now, Radlock still couldn't figure out why their demon king suddenly proposed to negotiate with humans.
It was obvious that they would not lose to humans. They had already won many battles and had continuous good news. They only needed to be given some time, and they could conquer the human country! Negotiating with humans, what's the difference between bowing to humans and losing to humans!
Radlock looked at the snow-white curtain critically. Is it because of this?
He gritted his teeth and looked at the colorful screen in the game console in Nekomus's hand. Is it because of this?
Cunning humans actually used such despicable means to seduce their demon king!
In fact, when the demon king proposed to negotiate with humans, there was a quarrel among the demons. Among the warlike demons, no one would agree with this decision, but the demon king's will was very strong. He even did not hesitate to hurt Cecilia, who opposed it the most, and suppressed the opposing remarks with a tough attitude. The demons respect the will of the Demon King. Although they submit on the surface, they are still unwilling to accept it in their hearts.
Radlock is one of them.
When bargaining and deceiving each other with the human negotiator, he wanted to kill the negotiator several times to start a war between humans and demons. Even now, when the negotiations are over, he has not given up this idea.
But...
look at the dragons and elves not far away, and the owner of the supermarket. He can feel that he is an extremely powerful magician, and the magic power released from his body makes the demons tremble. It is not a suitable time to take action here.
What's more, Cecilia is still recuperating in the Demon King's Castle.
Radlock restrained his murderous intention.
Today, he has tasted human food, seen the magic of electricity, and tried pixel games in the game console. He has seen all kinds of temptations used by humans, but Radlock still did not waver and sneered at them.
Humans are just petty tricks, he will not...
Suddenly, a wonderful and beautiful music came into his ears.
Radlock was stunned for a moment, and the humans and demons around him sat up straight and looked at the source of the sound with their eyes wide open. On the snow-white curtain, a bright picture appeared at this moment, and the music came from the speakers next to it.
Radlock's breathing stagnated.
What is this? !