Chapter 707: Quickly Use Omnipotent Magic to Think of a Way

Near the Demon King's Castle, Asaxi woke from unconsciousness, his eyes barely opening a slit.

"Lord Heavenly King!" several trusted subordinates immediately halted their steps.

Asaxi got down and stood, swaying as he looked at Tang Luo: "Anubis, you sneak attacked!"

His voice was muffled and unclear; after all, his face was swollen larger than Zhu Bajie's.

"I sneak attacked? Nonsense, I clearly struck your face head-on." Tang Luo spoke with righteous indignation.

"I wasn't prepared at all!" Asaxi was very angry.

"..." Zhu Bajie and Ao Yulie simultaneously looked at him speechlessly.

This is one of the Four Heavenly Kings? That's it?

"Aren't you the Assassin Heavenly King? Does saying this live up to the title of Assassin Heavenly King? Haven't you ever sneak attacked and assassinated someone from behind?" Tang Luo threw out three soul-searching questions.

Asaxi's mouth opened and closed, and he stopped speaking.

"Rookie." Tang Luo snorted, looking at Ao Yulie, "Demon King, the demon race is done for."

Ao Yulie froze for a moment, then immediately picked up on Tang Luo's words: "I also deeply feel the demon race is beset by internal and external troubles, the road ahead is arduous; that is why I invited you here, hoping to change the demon race's current state."

"Mm, I'll do my best." Tang Luo nodded.

Asaxi stared blankly; this Anubis was actually specially invited by the Demon King?

And judging by the look of it, the Demon King treated him with great respect.

Could he be an expert within the demon race?

Returning to the Demon King's Castle, everyone began heading down; it took some time to reach the true underground residential area.

This place looked more like a residential area.

Underground in the Demon King's Castle, the demon race's dwellings were divided into upper, middle, and lower three zones, each connected by stone pillar stairways.

Lighting was provided by luminous stones emitting "sunlight," and air circulation was maintained by relevant magic, so there was no need to worry.

However, according to Akmon, the entrance was only on the uppermost level; the spiral stone stairs winding outside the stone pillars led to the Demon King's Castle.

There were no other entrances or exits.

This made Tang Luo and the others suspect that those Elder Council demon elders, and the Four Heavenly Kings, surely had other entrances and exits.

Otherwise, just one entrance and exit would be too stupid.

What if someone blocked the door?

Demon King Akmon's residence was on the bottom third layer; the uppermost layer housed demon guards and such.

The middle layer housed the Elder Council and the Four Heavenly Kings.

From top to bottom, the space grew smaller.

Akmon's residence on the lowest layer was likewise a castle, but this castle was relatively much more normal.

A fairly typical medieval style; outside, unknown plants formed a protective forest perimeter, and an underground dark river had been channeled to encircle the castle.

Although Akmon had explained everything that needed explaining.

But since it was their first time here, Tang Luo and the others couldn't be very familiar with it.

Therefore Ao Yulie requested Asaxi come along as well.

Without even realizing it himself, Asaxi served as a guide.

Walking on the spiral stone stairs outside the stone pillars, Tang Luo looked at the river sandwiched between the castle and the underground "forest" below and asked: "Nowadays, the demon race — none of them know flight magic anymore?"

"... Very few." Asaxi had already accepted Tang Luo's identity as a former demon race expert; though beaten badly, his attitude was still fairly respectful.

Or rather, it was precisely because he had been beaten that he acted so respectful.

"Very few means there still are some, right?" Tang Luo asked.

Asaxi nodded.

"Then do you think the Hero would know it?"

"Uh—"

"Even if the Hero doesn't, the little companions in the Hero's adventure party should, right? Among the Demon King's various scrolls there are flight magic scrolls that can be cast." Tang Luo said, "So what use is this river?"

"Uh—"

"Also, a river like this — isn't it providing an infiltration route for those adventurers?" Tang Luo said, "Whose idea was it to put a river in a place like this?"

"It seems..." Asaxi broke into a cold sweat, "it was the Demon King."

So it was you, Akmon; then never mind.

Since you've already become the Demon King, you have to take on the mess.

Ao Yulie accepted advice readily: "It was my previous mistake; I'll immediately find someone to seal it up."

"Domestic water supply..." Asaxi said quietly.

"For domestic water, just use omnipotent magic to think of a way; do the upper two layers have rivers?" Tang Luo said, "Just ensure good sewage drainage channels; give me several hundred branches, none of which can allow a person to enter — not even an infant's body could squeeze through. No, same thing — use omnipotent magic to drain it out."

"Teacher Anubis makes sense." Ao Yulie had already changed his form of address.

The strongest of the Four Heavenly Kings, the Fifth Heavenly King, current Demon King Akmon's teacher, Anubis.

That's the persona we're going with!

"Also, what's the deal with the guards watching the upper and lower layer entrances?" Tang Luo continued pressing.

"Huh?" Asaxi's whole spirit was bewildered, "What about them?"

"Who let them wear those fully enclosed helmets that only show a pair of eyes? You can't even see a face!" Tang Luo berated Asaxi.

"Wasn't me, I didn't!"

Asaxi felt like crying; this Anubis looked like a child but was actually an old demon.

So scary!

"Too many problems; you go summon the Elder Council elders and the rest of the Heavenly Kings over." Tang Luo waved his hand broadly and said.

"Yes." Asa Xi turned and fled without hesitation.

Staying with Anubis, the pressure was too great.

In comparison, Demon King Akmon didn't count as a Demon King at all.

"Master, you scared him." Zhu Bajie chuckled twice.

"Hopefully, among the Four Heavenly Kings, he's the only one this weak." Tang Luo said.

This Asa Xi was a flower grown in a greenhouse.

"The other three are old demons from before; they shouldn't be this pathetic." Ao Yulie laughed. "Let's go, we're heading to the castle."

Very large demon maids — he was already looking forward to it.

"... Disappointing."

Inside the castle, beneath Ao Yulie's helmet, the two characters "Sage" were written.

The residential castle wasn't small; there were indeed many demon maids, but... completely different from what Ao Yulie had imagined.

Those maids were mainly beast-eared girls; that part was fine.

The problem was, almost all of them were robust and tall beast-eared girls.

In this aspect, demons had suddenly and inexplicably turned into the "realistic style."

It made Ao Yulie extremely disappointed.

Couldn't they use their omnipotent magic to think of a way to swap them all for those pretty, charming demon ladies?

Truth be told, if it were a debauched, dissolute Demon King, it wouldn't be impossible.

But Akmon wasn't; he was just a decadent middle-aged man whose wife had died.

Every day he thought about running away with his sister-in-law and not being Demon King anymore.

On top of that, the demon elders of the Elder Council also didn't want the current Demon King to become a monarch immersed in the gentle countryside, never holding court again.

So, it became the current situation.

Besides maids, there were also some manservants, and a head maid acting as steward.

They really didn't have much daily contact with Akmon; with Ao Yulie's acting skills, he easily bluffed his way through.

Waited about half an hour in the brightly lit conference room of the castle mine.

A sound of footsteps approached.

The conference room's main doors were pushed open, and a group filed in.

"Hmph, entering the castle directly without the Demon King's permission, and even entering the conference room — demerits. This generation of demons is truly doomed."

Tang Luo sat in the chair beside Ao Yulie — the chair had been specially padded higher underneath.

Zhu Bajie stood diagonally behind Ao Yulie, lagging half a step.

Ten people entered the conference room in total: the Elder Council's six elders, plus the Four Heavenly Kings.

Among them, a full six were female demons.

Two belonged to the Four Heavenly Kings, four to the Elder Council.

Distinguishing the Four Heavenly Kings from the Elder Council was simple: the Elder Council's six demon elders all wore uniform robes.

They didn't look like frontline combat personnel at all.

The Four Heavenly Kings' attire varied.

Leaving the Elder Council aside for now, among the Four Heavenly Kings: two elves, one male, one female, the Assassination Heavenly King Asa Xi who had never assassinated anyone.

The other, named Yila.

Incidentally, among the Four Heavenly Kings, aside from the newly promoted Assassination Heavenly King, the other Heavenly Kings had no special epithets.

Probably once Asa Xi successfully assassinates someone, the title of Assassination Heavenly King can be dropped.

"Demon King-sama."

"Lord Akmon."

The ten who entered each performed a salute, expressing respect for the position of Demon King.

The elders addressed him as Lord Akmon; they were closer to Akmon, after all they had "raised" him personally.

"All sit." Ao Yulie said.

Several elders sat down, looking at Ao Yulie, feeling Akmon was different from before.

"From when you found me and made me Demon King, it's been nearly twenty years. These twenty years..." Ao Yulie extended a hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, not to rush; he began to tell a story.

In the story, he was a rebellious "adolescent."

Not understanding the responsibility he should bear on his shoulders, treating life — demon life — with a negative attitude.

Even wanting to run away with his sister-in-law and actually taking action.

Just as he was about to commit a grave error, he met his life mentor, Anubis.

This demon powerhouse who walked out of ancient ruins gave him an education of love, causing Akmon to awaken completely and reform thoroughly.

Deciding from this moment on to be a good Demon King!

A sonorous, powerful, deeply sincere, and impassioned speech directly moved two elders to involuntarily shed tears of emotion.

"I have decided to let Teacher Anubis become the hidden Fifth Heavenly King among the Four Heavenly Kings." Ao Yulie concluded, "From now on, Teacher Anubis's words are my, Akmon's, commands."

"A demon powerhouse who walked out of ancient ruins?"

Everyone's attention was completely placed on Tang Luo.

Time inside sealed ruins compared to the outside world is almost stopped; inside ruins, besides dead objects, naturally there are also quite a few living beings.

But unlike weapons and other dead objects.

Once a ruin opens, the living "sealers" inside will inevitably decline, no longer as powerful as before.

And cannot leave.

After leaving the ruins, only death awaited them.

These Sealers would become obstacles for adventurers exploring the ruins, even the final boss they had to face.

Some, however, would become a boon to the adventurers.