Chapter 133: Demon and God King (23)

Underground secret chamber.

No, I was joking—how could the king of Levinde possibly be my son? He of course belongs to the Xila family.

Luosen gave a hehe laugh: "Do you take me for a three‑year‑old?"

Lafengge could only wryly smile: "Then what do you want?"

I just heard you have a secret method to help someone break through the Ring Barrier?

No no no, I don't have good good good, I'll give!

Lafengge increasingly wanted to tear his own mouth apart.

His heart was bleeding, because this achievement was his life's blood, his proudest accomplishment.

If not for saving his life, he would never have given this thing away.

He again heard a voice from above.

During this time, you've been hunting female demons, using innocent bodies for inhumane experiments. Your Majesty Nafiluoniya, how many of your people have been lost in total?

There are 543.

Very good.

Luosen nodded, then said to the Frost Envoy beneath his feet: "543, roughly half the number of warriors in this secret sea‑cliff lab."

We'll trade life for life—let 543 warriors die.

Lafengge startled: "No no no, that's wrong—my people also suffered losses from hunting female demons, and I couldn't possibly let half the camp commit suicide!"

Naluofeliya was also very surprised; of course, she was chiefly shocked by the newcomer's identity.

Anyway, having five or six hundred people commit suicide is indeed unrealistic.

She thought a moment and said: "Actually, we don't need everyone to pay with their lives. Just let the mages who conducted the evil experiments pay. That group numbers about fifty or more."

Lafengge immediately wanted to refuse, because those mages were his most relied‑upon research scholars.

They were not only highly skilled but also trustworthy; he had poured enormous effort and resources into cultivating them.

Luosen immediately sensed this, and snorted in his heart: "Today I will cut off your path!"

He said mercilessly: "Mage, you have no room to bargain—you either accept, or you pay with your life."

Lafengge sighed and lightly nodded: "All right."

But in his heart he thought: "You two just wait till I turn around."

Before the thought settled, he heard a voice from above again: "I know you're surely hatching a bad plan, but I've long been prepared."

Look, this is the deadly demonic elixir I prepared for you. After you swallow it, you'll feel nothing unusual for a short time, but as soon as I think of it, the elixir will activate and you will taste the most dreadful torment in the world.

Believe me, even if you set up a spiritual barrier it's useless, because this pain acts directly on the soul.

As he spoke, Lafengge felt a strange liquid shoved into his mouth—some fishy, especially bitter, with an indescribable flavor; in short, something he had never tasted before.

After the liquid entered his stomach, he felt his mouth extremely bitter and his throat burning uncomfortably.

This sank his spirits, yet he still retained some hope, because the other said the elixir needed a spell to activate.

All he needed was to block the other's spell, or simply kill them, and then the poison would be ineffective.

As soon as that thought arose, the person above seemed to see through his mind, and said: "I know you're still turning over a bad plan in your heart."

But feel carefully—check what level of pure magical power is on my soles.

As those words were spoken, Lafengge felt his cheeks go numb and tingly, a very strong magical power faintly invading his body.

He sensed it carefully, and his heart jolted violently: "What powerful magic!"

It was far stronger than his Six Rings power, giving him a sense of utter helplessness, unable to resist in the slightest.

He felt this power even exceeded that of Naluofeliya in her cage.

He couldn't help asking: "What level is this?"

"Nine Rings." A heh‑heh cold laugh came from above.

"Nine nine nine nine Rings? You couldn't be the Heavenly Father of Divine Might, could you?"

His greatest expectation was only Eight Rings, yet the other turned out to be as high as Nine Rings!

In the four‑thousand‑year recorded history of the Natural Alliance, it seems only the Heavenly Father of Divine Might has reached Nine Rings.

Combined with what he himself has done and that aged voice, he really began to suspect that the one standing above was the Heavenly Father of Divine Might himself!

This doubt made all of Lafengge's hopes vanish without a trace.

This is not a magical force he can oppose—at least not now, far from it.

So this time he was completely done for.

Luosen gave a light smile.

It's clear you now grasp the situation. Issue the order: release all the female demons in the lab back to the sea!

Lafengge gave a bitter smile: "Sir, could you move your noble foot off my humble face for a moment, so I can issue the order to release the prisoners?"

No, I just love stepping on you, and you can't possibly speak now, can you?

Carry it out immediately. Because I despise haggling, and I love leaving those who haggle with nothing to haggle over!

With those words, he pressed down slightly, crushing Lafengge's mouth against the floor; the great force flattened his mouth.

Lafengge could no longer speak; he could only use soul‑sending, transmitting the order via the Soul Communication Technique.

Luosen was not idle either; he employed the Pure Water Divination Technique, carefully sensing the cave's situation.

The warriors in the cave, after receiving the order, though puzzled, obeyed faithfully because Lafengge's prestige was evidently supreme.

Not long after, all the imprisoned female demons were released back to the sea, a total of 231.

Now, execute the evil mages!

Luosen again applied a little pressure with his foot.

Lafengge sighed in his heart, again used soul‑sending, and arranged the execution order.

Then, under his arrangement, a group of battle mages gathered the laboratory's research mages together in a secret room.

The reason was that the Sage wanted to give a lecture.

After the research mages entered the secret room like sheep, a line of battle mages blocked the doorway.

Without saying a word, he fired the rune gun in a wild barrage.

Before long, more than fifty research mages of at least senior magical power were all killed.

"Finally, hand over your secret technique for breaking through the ring wall. Don't delay—I know you definitely have it on you, because someone like you has no one trustworthy!"

La Fengge's thoughts were guessed again; he trembled as he pulled a spellbook from his clothes, coverless, about fifty pages.

When he handed over the spellbook, he hardened his resolve once more.

"Take it, take it all—if I'm still alive, I can continue onward and have hope for revenge!"

He is no match for me now, but who knows about the future?

A rustling page-turning sound came from above; about three or four minutes later, the spellbook was thrown back to hit La Fengge's cheek.

"It's pretty interesting, helped me a lot, thanks."

"You finished reading it?" La Fengge blinked.

"How long do you need to look at this little thing?"

Immediately after, La Fengge felt his cheek tighten.

Then, that mysterious expert actually used his cheek as leverage, suddenly stepping with his other foot onto the spellbook; with a little force, he ground the spellbook into powder, and thereafter a gleeful sound came over.

"I bet you've forgotten many key parameters, but I've memorized them—because I have a good memory, hahaha."

La Fengge, feeling depressed and wanting to vomit blood, was about to speak when he heard a voice from behind: "Mr. La Fengge, as the mastermind, your punishment certainly won't be light either."

La Fengge exclaimed in shock: "What do you want?"

"Just obediently be your five-ring Sage."

As those words were spoken, La Fengge felt a violent jolt to the back of his head, and an extremely fine yet overwhelmingly domineering magical force invaded his brain.

In an instant, La Fengge felt his head split with pain, as if it were about to burst; if not for his iron will, he would have fainted right then.

A voice came from above.

"I used magical power to destroy part of your soul; from today onward, no matter how you cultivate, your magical power will not increase at all and will inevitably decline bit by bit."

La Fengge felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and he screamed hoarsely: "No~~ no~~~ you can't do this to me. uh!"

He felt his brain jolt, his vision went black, and he fainted completely.

Meanwhile, Luosen kicked La Fengge unconscious with one foot, then picked up the two rune guns on the table.

Afterward, he found the cage key on La Fengge's person and opened the gate of the crystal cage.

"Are you all right, Your Majesty?"

Nailuo Feiliya nodded: "The effect of the magic-suppressing drug has gradually weakened."

She walked out of the cage, but after two steps her body went slightly limp; she hastily grabbed the cage bars to keep from falling.

Luosen saw this, knowing she was extremely weak, stepped forward and hoisted her sideways into his arms.

Upon lifting her, he felt she was considerably heavier than Laerte Lis; judging by height, she was a little over half a head taller than Laerte Lis, and her figure was also noticeably more curvaceous.

Of course, he glanced and then withdrew his gaze.

"Your Majesty, this secret room should have an extra exit, right?"

"Yes, there's a small door over there that should lead straight out of the cave."

After a pause, Nailuo Feiliya whispered: "Could you find me a piece of clothing?"

Luosen blinked, then quickly nodded: "Of course, of course."

He had assumed, based on prejudice, that female demons didn't like wearing clothes, but now he saw that the customs of the female demons here at East Golden Cape were not so different from those of the Triangular Sea.

He didn't leave directly, but instead took the demon queen back the same way, carefully erasing his traces.

After confirming she could not pursue him, he then turned and left.

Nailuo Feiliya wondered: "If that's the case, why didn't you just kill La Fengge?"

Luosen explained: "He can't die easily; if he did, internal strife would erupt in Levinde, and countless people would die because of him."

There was also something he didn't say: that it would greatly affect his subsequent strategy.

Now, by cutting off his magical path and still holding a lethal leverage over him, it greatly helps balance the king and the grand princess's power; once their powers are balanced, he can maneuver freely.

The demon queen certainly doesn't understand Levinde's internal situation, but she also knows La Fengge is a major figure in Levinde, so she has nothing to say.

As the two walked along the passage to the surface, she finally couldn't hold back her doubt: "I don't understand why my daughter would follow the Iron Dragon."

"Did you coerce her?"

When he said that, Nailuo Feiliya's brows furrowed slightly, revealing a hint of worry.

Luosen thought carefully and realized his actions indeed contained many coercive elements, but he couldn't say that outright, or else she might turn hostile.

After a moment's consideration, he said: "I strictly followed demon tradition, defeating and conquering her."

Nailuo Feiliya was taken aback, but then shook her head: "That's the demon tradition, and it has nothing to do with your Iron Dragon."

"So you did coerce her."

Luosen was momentarily at a loss for words, because what she said was true.

Fortunately, the queen had no intention of pursuing the matter.

"But since my daughter has already acknowledged your conquest, and you risked your life to save me and my sisters, I have no right to judge you."

Just as Luosen breathed a sigh of relief, he heard her say: "You spared La Fengge's life, which means he could take revenge on my clan at any time. So we can't stay in the Flying Fish Islands."

"If I killed him, you'd be even less able to stay in the Flying Fish Islands."

Nailuo Lonya blinked, then sighed: "You're right."

After a moment of silence, the demon queen said in an extremely reluctant yet helpless tone: "I really don't want to bow before the Iron Dragon, but I truly have no way to solve this problem."

"So… so…."

She inhaled deeply, as if mustering courage.

"The words I said to La Fengge at the end also apply to you."

"As long as you help my sisters and me find a way for the new era, you can do whatever you want with me."

After saying that, Naifei Luoniya proudly closed her eyes, and a deep sorrow once again colored her divine face.

Luosen didn't want such a blunt, crude deal, because a transaction that makes one side completely abandon dignity hides great future trouble and seldom yields good results.

"Your Majesty, I think you have a terrible impression of me; I'm not La Fengge."

"But you are a human lord; your recent actions have made it clear. Compared to personal love and hate, what you truly look at is profit."

"But… aside from this relatively good‑looking body, I'm afraid I can't bring you any more profit."

Luosen laughed, leaned down to her delicate ear, and said softly, "Your Majesty, you greatly underestimate yourself; you are the most gifted mage I've ever seen, even stronger than me."

This demoness is truly powerful; her current flawless steel‑dragon body is a Six Rings spell, and after Ten Rings drive its power reaches the peak of Seven Rings.

Yet Naifei Luoniya can at least unleash a Gale spell powered by Eight Rings.

In battle, as long as the distance between the two sides exceeds fifty meters, Luosen will most likely be battered by the Gale spell, unable to fight up close or even flee.

"Huh?"

Naifei Luoniya was startled: "But I don't know the new‑era spells, I don't know the so‑called mathematics."

"I've exhausted all my strength and can only topple one warship, yet there are three warships in Guang Bay, and the whole Levinde has over a hundred!"

Despair thickened in her eyes: "In this world, the power I once took pride in is completely useless."

Luosen chuckled lightly: "Mathematics is just one ladder to gain power, but if Your Majesty wishes to learn, I can teach you, just as I am already teaching Lily."

"Even if you want to learn the steel‑dragon body, I can teach you that too."

Naifei Luoniya was surprised again: "Have you abandoned the honor of your ancestors?"

Luosen smiled faintly: "Of course. According to the principle of a fair trade, Your Majesty must also teach me your special skill."

"Hm— a fair trade?"

Naifei Niluoya examined Luosen carefully, then asked, "Why are you willing to make a fair trade?"

"Because I believe it is the only way to create a better world."

"Create a better world."

Naifei Luoniya fell into contemplation again.

Luosen remained silent, carrying her as they continued through the secret passage.

As they walked, the voice of the Demoness Queen echoed in her lap.

"Indeed you differ from La Fengge; he is a genuine demon, while you have the potential to become a king of the gods."

"I will share my spell insights with you, but let me warn you, my spells are all difficult; if you can't master them, don't blame me."

Luosen's heart stirred: "Ah ha, that really sparks my competitive spirit."

After speaking, he added, "I invite you all to relocate to the Triangular Sea, where the waters are wide enough."

The Triangular Sea is abundant, and its surrounding areas are also rich; together they total over 100,000 square kilometers.

Although the Duke only allocated the Triangular Sea to him, there are no other sea lords nearby, so he can develop it without interference.

Naifei Niluoya thought for a moment and asked, "That is also my daughter's sea; you alone can't decide. After we go out, I must first ask my daughter."

Luosen nodded in agreement and said, "After we go out, wait for me; I still need to dive back to the bay."

The demoness startled: "We've already come out, why take this risk?"

"Obviously we blow up the ship, so they can't chase us for trouble."

"How to blow it up?"

Luosen smiled slightly: "I have my ways; it's a minor matter and will be done quickly."

(End of chapter)