𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟎𝟒: 𝐖𝐚𝐫 2
The First Realm Demon King’s thoughts were filled with rage.
Mephistopheles’s words were beyond disrespectful and had grated on his nerves.
Asking for half of the world was no different from wanting to take a bite out of all the accomplishments that the Demon Race had achieved up until now.
It was time for the seeds that the Demon Kings and their followers had sown for 10 years to sprout.
But the devils, who had made no sacrifices, were now claiming their rights and demanding half of the profits.
The only thing the devils had actively done was assist in the war when they first came to Earth via dimensional travel and fought against the humans.
After that, they had done nothing but watch, but now they were demanding rights.
『Archdevil Mephistopheles, I think you’ve taken this joke too far. It’s true that our Demon Race and the Devils have formed an alliance, but I don’t think that’s enough to warrant giving you half of the world.』
The First Realm Demon King openly expressed his discomfort.
If the Fourth Realm Demon King had said something like that, he could have understood.
However, the devils were not qualified to make such a request.
In fact, none of the Archdevils had ever fought in battle on Earth.
They had made no sacrifices and had not even participated in the war, so half of this Earth was too great a reward for them.
『First Realm Demon King, didn’t you say earlier that you would grant me anything I asked for?』
『I did, but only if the request was reasonable.』
『You sound as if I’m asking for something outrageous.』
Mephistopheles replied with a voice laced with laughter.
The First Realm Demon King’s brow twitched at his attitude.
An attitude that was unacceptable.
『It’s not just outrageous, it’s ridiculous, Mephistopheles. I will not grant such a request, nor do I believe the devils have helped enough to deserve it.』
『I believe we have extended a helping hand whenever the Demon Race has asked for it.』
『Are you jesting? We were the ones who had to constantly urge the devils to act because you showed no initiative. What did the devils do while we shed blood for 10 years?』
『What did we do. . .well.』
Mephistopheles trailed off as he tapped his fingers on the armrest of his chair, as if lost in thought.
He already had an answer prepared, but he prolonged the silence, enjoying his opponent’s expression and reaction.
It was the First Realm Demon King who was suffocating from the tense silence.
『There’s no need to make excuses, Mephistopheles. Let’s just pretend this offer never happened.』
As he said this and turned to leave, Mephistopheles’s words stopped him.
『Are you saying that you would give up on becoming the ‘Last Demon King’ just because you don’t want to give up half of the world?』
『What did you just say!!』
The First Realm Demon King glared at his opponent with eyes filled with anger.
This was a completely different level of rage from the one he had displayed earlier.
Mephistopheles chuckled in the darkness and continued speaking calmly.
『Without compensation, we devils could easily side with the humans.』
『Mephistopheles. . . you son of a. . .!』
『Or we could cooperate with the Demon King who offers us the best terms. I’m sure there are Demon Kings who would be interested in having three Archdevils on their side.』
The First Realm Demon King felt dizzy.
The devils were not numerous overall, but the Archdevils were opponents who should never be turned into enemies.
Their strength rivaled that of Demon Kings.
If the three Archdevils here were to support another Demon King, the First Realm Demon King would never be able to become the ‘Last Demon King.’
Furthermore, he couldn’t fight them just because he didn’t like what Mephistopheles was saying.
The Demon Race had a higher chance of winning due to their numerical advantage, but even if they did win, the casualties would be significant.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴. . . 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨?’
The First Realm Demon King gritted his teeth and glared at Mephistopheles.
A complete and utter sellout.
『Heh heh. Don’t glare at me like that. I think it’s a good deal for both sides. If you don’t want it, I’ll just make the same offer to another Demon King.』
『Mephistopheles. . . Am I the first one you’ve offered this to?』
『Yes, First Realm Demon King.』
『You’re quite cunning. . . I’m really between a rock and a hard place.』
『Heh heh heh.』
The darkness rumbled loudly.
A large, pitch-black darkness formed and revealed its sharp teeth.
『Will you choose? To give up half, or to perish?』
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Australia burned in flames, and everything was being reduced to ashes.
It was only a matter of time before the west would be occupied.
The Demon Race charged forward despite their severe injuries, as if they were drunk on a potion.
To them, fear was not being attacked by their enemies, but being turned into mincemeat by the Kraken.
“Kill them! Wipe out the humans!”
“Plant the flag of the Demon Race! Drown in the blood of our enemies!”
“Let the world know that the Demon King is our ruler!”
The Demon Race charged at their enemies without fear of death, their eyes gleaming with bloodlust.
Tatar watched them from afar and whistled.
It seemed that surprise attacks were their forte.
He couldn’t help but admire the foresight of the Kraken, who had masterminded this operation.
‘𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦. . . 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.’
The Kraken understood human psychology better than anyone.
On top of that, he had lobbied several countries, so there was no way they would ever come to a consensus.
He was taking advantage of the fact that each country had its own leader and was entangled in a system called democracy.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.’
Tatar couldn’t understand the behavior of humans.
If the situation were reversed and another race were to invade the Demon Race, the Demon Race would have immediately charged forward with their swords and spears.
At least four Demon Kings wouldn’t have argued about it.
Just then, two familiar auras approached him.
“Ta, Tatar! Are you still not done conquering?!”
“That’s right! We have already neutralized the New Zealand government! We have! We have! We have!”
“Hikatan and Solaso.”
“Wh, why are you so relaxed when there’s no time for this! Kr, Kraken-nim told us to finish by today!”
“Hurry up! We don’t want to get scolded because of you, you idiot! You idiot! You idiot!”
Tatar picked his ear with his finger while sitting on a tree branch.
Kraken was not his superior, but rather a member of the same group.
Of course, his rank was higher, and he was much stronger than them, so they couldn’t go against him recklessly, but Tatar, Hikatan, and Solaso were all members of the Demon King’s group.
Therefore, Kraken had no authority to kill or beat them.
Tatar looked at the two in front of him with a pitiful expression.
“You idiots. That’s why you’ll spend your whole lives staring at Kraken’s asshole.”
“Wh, wh, what?! Yo, you son of a bi, bi, bitch, Tatar!”
Hikatan’s purple skin turned dark purple, and his demonic energy surged.
“Why? If you want to kill me, go ahead.”
“Hikatan, stop! Stop! Stop! If you do that, not only will our Demon King scold us, but the Third Realm Demon King will too!”
Hikatan retracted his demonic energy after hearing Solaso’s plea.
Tatar chuckled and looked at them with an easygoing expression.
“Kekeke. See, you can’t kill me?”
“Yo, yo, you bastard!”
“Am I the only one? Kraken is the same.”
“. . .What?”
Hikatan’s anger subsided instantly, and he exchanged glances with Solaso.
“Kraken can’t kill us either, you idiots. Aren’t we in the same group? So why the hell are you so scared for no reason and talking about getting scolded or whatever?”
If they couldn’t kill each other, they weren’t opponents to be so terrified of.
Why would they worry about such things when they were not opponents to fight one-on-one?
“So, so what do you want to say?”
“You guys kill Min Siwoo. I’ll take care of Bablehner in the meantime.”
“What?! Are you crazy? You just said that members of the same group shouldn’t kill each other! You said it! You said it! You said it!”
Solaso shouted at Tatar in terror.
No matter how weakened the Fourth Realm Demon King had become, he was still a Demon King.
If he found out that another member of his group had killed Bablehner,the other Demon King wouldn’t be happy.
“Kekeke, don’t be so naive. We can just make it look like Min Siwoo killed Bablehner. We’re just taking care of that Min Siwoo.”
“Bu, but if we take care of Mi, Min Siwoo, won’t it be bad for yo, you?”
The member of the group who took care of Min Siwoo would gain the authority to make another Demon King their subordinate.
This was the topic of the current bet.
If Hikatan and Solaso eliminated Min Siwoo, the Second Realm Demon King would naturally gain that authority.
“That’s why we’re taking care of Bablehner. Then the Fourth Realm Demon King’s forces will be weakened, and you guys can ask the Second Realm Demon King to make the First Realm Demon King his subordinate. Then you won’t have to fight Kraken and can just use him instead.”
Hikatan and Solaso’s eyes lit up at Tatar’s plan.
It was indeed a plausible plan.
If their Demon King made the First Realm Demon King his subordinate, they wouldn’t need to fight Kraken.
And if Tatar took care of Bablehner, the Fourth Realm Demon King would be even more disadvantaged.
In short, it was a win-win situation.
“The plan is great. . . But I still think you’re up to something suspicious, suspicious, suspicious.”
“Kekeke. I don’t want anything else. I’m just taking out multiple insurance policies.”
“Insurance. . .?”
“When the Second Realm Demon King becomes the ‘Last Demon King,’ you guys can tell him to spare my life. Conversely, if the Third Realm Demon King becomes the ‘Last Demon King,’ I’ll spare your lives.”
It was a truly unexpected offer.
Hikatan and Solaso, who had never thought of such a thing, paused and exchanged glances.
On the other hand, Tatar leaned against a tree with his arms crossed, a relaxed smile on his face.
“O, okay. I’ll accept that offer. We’ll eliminate Mi, Min Siwoo, and recommend that you make the First Realm Demon King our su, subordinate. We’ll also guarantee your li, life.”
“Is that so? Then is the deal settled?”
Tatar smiled and extended his hand, and Hikatan hesitated before taking it.
“But remember, if you betray us, we’ll chase you to the ends of hell and kill you, kill you, kill you.”
Solaso, who was standing next to him, glared at Tatar with eyes as sharp as a blade.
Tatar shrugged and replied.
“Hey, we’re all just fighting to survive here, so what’s there to betray? Don’t you guys dare turn your backs on me later.”
“We won’t do that, we won’t. We don’t tell li, lies.”
“Kekeke. That’s good to hear. Take this.”
Tatar handed them a bracelet.
“What is this? Is it a tracking device? Is it? Is it?”
“It’s not such an inefficient machine. It’s an artifact with a Teleportation spell on it.”
“Why are you giving it to us? Is it? Is it?”
“Oh, this is fair. It’s powered by a pair. I can send you guys to Min Siwoo when I find him. You can throw it away after you take care of Min Siwoo.”
Hikatan carefully examined the spell on the bracelet.
“Ta, Tatar is right. It’s a Te, Teleportation artifact.”
“Kekeke. Let’s not forget our agreement today.”
Tatar smiled faintly at them.
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