Chapter 40 The Devil's Choice

In the blood-covered hall, bloody skeletons stood tall.

The overwhelming sense of oppression made the Earth Dragon Clan and the Shadow Weaver Nest delegation hold their breath involuntarily.

In this world, skeletons are not a rare thing, and their strength is insignificant.

After all, most of them have incomplete souls and lack sound minds. Even if they have bronze or even steel-level strength, it is difficult for them to fully display their strength in battle. It is common for them to be killed by low-level adventurers or even adventurers without extraordinary powers.

However, these undead are different.

At least, they gave Arakdo a completely different feeling from those stupid bastards.

Not only can these guys jump and dance, they can also use adventurer's fighting skills, and even dissect monster corpses like adventurers...

This is simply like being alive! I think the Earth Dragon Clan saw this and sent an envoy...

Arakdo, who was concentrating and on guard, secretly glanced at the lizardman not far away.

The other party seemed to sense his gaze and looked over with slightly narrowed eyes.

That defiant look was as if he was looking at a bug, and he didn't take him seriously at all.

Faced with the blood suppression, Arakdo was annoyed but did not dare to make trouble. He could only swallow his anger and endure it for the time being.

As if noticing his retreat, the lizardman envoy raised his chin, and the look on his face became even more disdainful.

As the saying goes, what the leader likes, the subordinates tend to follow. Seeing that their leader was so arrogant, the guards standing behind the envoy also began to show off their power, waving the weapons in their hands and sending provocative glances to the envoys from the Shadow Weaver's Nest.

Arakdo and the hunters behind him dared not say a word and could only use the chirping of insects to warn them.

From the perspective of the lizard man, that self-consoling shouting was just like begging for mercy.

Standing in the Demon Lord's lord's position above the maze, Luo Yan used his ability to carefully observe the intrigues among these monsters.

For humans, it is not easy to read the micro-expressions of monsters.

But he has lived in the Magic City for 18 years after all, and he knows the temperament and provocative actions of various hell creatures very well.

Judging from the arrogance of the lizardmen, they obviously did not take the spiders seriously.

No wonder.

After all, whether on Earth or in another world, lizards are the natural enemies of insect monsters.

Especially here, the former can use human tools, so wouldn't it be a buffet? Recalling what he had learned at the Demon King Academy, Luo Yan's thoughts quickly became clear.

Use the survival crisis to win over the Spider Tribe, and then cooperate with human enemies to suppress the Lizardman Tribe.

In this way, the first floor of the maze is within easy reach! "It's my turn to come on stage..."

"Petrified skin!"

Putting away the mirror in his hand, Luo Yan raised the magic wand and immediately cast twelve buffs on his body.

"Swift as the wind!"

"Mana power increased!"

"Atmospheric barrier!"

“…”

After completing a series of gorgeous operations, he sucked away Chris who was watching the fun at the edge of the stone prison, and then jumped into the deep pit connecting to the first level of the maze.

Under normal circumstances, he would never dare to jump down from this height of more than ten meters. However, now he is full of buffs, so he is not panicked at all even if he jumps a little higher!

The moment it landed, the airflow of the "atmospheric barrier" blew the dust on the ground ten meters away.

All eyes quickly focused on him.

There was obvious fear on the faces of the crypt spiders and lizardmen, while the faces of the players were filled with desire.

Devil!

This guy is finally here! The cutscene took so long to load that many people thought the device was stuck.

"I heard someone wants to see me."

Visible ripples of magic flowed from beneath the pitch-black cloak, and the man standing among the bones was like a king in a cemetery.

The lizardman messenger could not tell his strength, but only felt that he was terribly strong, with so much magic power that it seemed as if it was about to overflow! "It's me, Your Highness. I'm Octo! The champion warrior of the Earth Dragon Clan, and also the messenger of Lord Sanu!"

The leading lizardman let out a low groan from his throat like an ancient bell, lowered his ferocious head, knelt on one knee on the ground, and placed his right hand on his left chest.

That is the courtesy of a subject to his monarch.

Looking down at him with cold eyes, Luo Yan raised a faint smile.

"Earth Dragon Tribe? Sir? Did I hear you correctly? A four-legged snake dares to mention this word in front of me. It seems that Mr. Dragun has not taught you what humility is."

Lizardmen have two main G-spots.

One is to call them lizard people regardless of their species, and the second is to call them four-legged snakes.

By the way, in order to prevent the players from being confused, Luo Yan also specifically instructed Youyou to add subtitles to their "Player System".

After hearing his ridicule, the group of four-legged snakes became furious.

"You bastard—" A shirtless lizardman took off the short bow on his back and angrily pulled out an arrow from his quiver.

However, before he could pull the bowstring, the scaly head flew out from his neck, turned into an arc and fell in the corner of the hall.

"Hungry……"

The drawn-out low hum echoed in my ears.

Octo was suddenly startled and quickly looked to the side, only to see a zombie standing tall with a big sword in his hand, staring at him with cold eyes, as if he was looking at a corpse.

With scales all over his body standing up, he jumped back to create some distance, his hand already touching the dagger at his waist.

This guy——

When did he get close?! The hand holding the dagger loosened and clenched, clenched and loosened, and Octo was filled with fear.

His amber pupils moved back and forth between the motionless zombie and the necromancer not far away, and his heart was beating like a drum.

The sudden scene stunned all the monsters present. Their eyes were filled with fear, anger, or fear...

Even the crypt spider Arakdo was stunned.

He was happy to see these geckos get humiliated, but he didn't expect that the Demon King would not care about their identities as messengers at all, and directly chopped off the guy's head with a knife.

As for the motionless players, their eyes were shining with excitement.

Is this the combat power ceiling of "Disaster OL"?

This feeling of oppression——

It’s simply awesome!

“Nice expression.”

Looking at the lizard head lying on the ground not far away, Luo Yan spoke casually, like an unreasonable tyrant.

"It is enough to decorate my palace walls."

The lizardman guards were excited and were about to run away, but Octo hurriedly stopped them.

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"Wait a moment--!"

That humble appearance was exactly like the crypt spiders they looked down upon.

Looking at the Demon King waving his wand, he knelt on one knee again and spoke in a trembling voice.

"Dear Demon King! Please let me finish what I am saying! We are here for the purpose of peace!"

This time, this guy no longer pretended to be cool and called out "Your Highness", but simply called out "Lord Demon King".

but--

Luo Yan would not so easily believe that this guy had really given in.

Luo Yan looked down at him and said in a nonchalant tone.

"Peace?"

"No, that's right!"

Octo gritted his teeth, forced a friendly expression from his scaly face, and looked up at him humbly.

"The threat from the surface is imminent. Now is not the time for internal fighting. You don't want to be taken advantage of by those humans, do you? Sanu Da... our patriarch, he hopes to sign a peace treaty with Your Highness. Both sides will not attack each other, live in peace, and be friends forever!"

The so-called peace agreement is actually just a stone thrown to test the waters.

No lord would sign such a thing with his vassal. A contract without financial guarantee is worthless in hell.

If the Demon King accepted this agreement, it would be tantamount to exposing his weakness.

This way, the Earth Dragons can either launch a massive attack to eliminate this threat once and for all, or hold the Demon King hostage to command the villains and conquer the lower levels of the maze... They can do so freely.

If the Demon King did not agree, it would mean that he was confident that he could crush them. Whether it was just a bluff or true, they could always deal with it carefully.

This is the patriarch’s plan.

Before deciding on their attitude towards the Demon King, they need to first understand the Demon King's strength and then make the next move.

While Octo was making his own calculations in his mind, Arakdo, who was not far away, was also secretly calculating and waiting for the answer from the Demon King.

Perhaps the Demon King has not yet realized that the gecko kneeling in front of him does not take him seriously at all.

Including the entire earth dragon clan.

He was very curious about what choice the Demon Lord would make, and whether this choice was worthy of the loyalty of the Shadow Weaver Nest... and even his own loyalty.

The monsters all had their own ulterior motives, but Luo Yan, looking down at them, just smiled.

Can't I see?

hehe.

Guess what I usually learn in class? "…This is the funniest joke I've heard today. A four-legged snake wants to negotiate a deal with me."

Ignoring the frightened and furious face, Luo Yan turned his gaze to the burrow spider crawling on the ground and spoke in a very soft voice.

"What about you? Are you here to negotiate with me, little eight-legged fellow?"

The art of fear taught by Professor Ernos himself.

He is not only good at defense, but also uses it with great proficiency and ease.

Faced with that cold gaze, Arakdo felt his whole body stiffen, and his shell trembled uncontrollably.

You can’t go wrong——

The oppressive feeling from the Demon King! The man in front of him is much more powerful than His Majesty Arachnos! "The Shadow Weaver Nest is willing to offer its loyalty to you! The Labyrinth will always belong to Hell! It will always belong to His Majesty the Demon King! It will also always belong to you, the respected one... We are waiting for your arrival! Respected Demon King!"

His brain was working rapidly, and he tried every possible word to come up with it.

He who knows the current situation is a hero——

He voted for Her Majesty the Queen!

Anyway...she also agreed to it, and she just pretended to submit first.

"coward!"

Octo, who was kneeling on one knee, cursed and jumped up from the ground like lightning.

The test failed! This is the worst possible outcome!

The other party had no desire to negotiate with them at all. They dismissed the agreement they had painstakingly come up with with a contemptuous humiliation, and they didn't even want to listen to a compromise proposal.

It was obvious! The strength of this demon king was far beyond their imagination, so much so that he had no intention of playing the game of intrigue with them at all!

Rather than surrendering——

He even wanted to sacrifice their heads! "Prepare for battle!!"

(End of this chapter)