Chapter 1

A gloomy and terrifying classroom, a lecture hall hung with torture instruments, and a ferocious-looking demon standing behind a black stone lectern.

His name is Enuosi, a Diamond-tier (Level VII) Fear Demon, with two giant bull horns growing from the top of his head, looking just like an upright-walking beast.

That tall, sturdy body was wrapped in a scarlet robe, and his scarlet eyes emitted a chilling, murderous glare from beneath the shadow of his hood.

And the blackboard behind him was even more extraordinary; one could see a line scrawled on it in chalk—

【Methods on how to efficiently torture humans and collect fear energy from their screams.】

"Fear is different from charm, but the essence is actually the same... The source of our power is people's faith. Our believers do not praise us, but they live in constant fear of us, and in fact, this is also a form of prayer."

"Therefore, dead believers are meaningless; only living believers can contribute a continuous stream of power to us."

"Note this down here... We must make our prey fearful, yet avoid excessive torture that leads to their death or breaking."

"After all, if the prey loses its reaction to external stimuli, whatever we do will lose its meaning. Therefore, the highest level of torture is often intangible... However, at the same time, you must also be careful; if the torture is too light, it might have the opposite effect, such as making the prey feel good. And this is also something we must avoid."

"Focus! Don't think that just because you aren't a Fear Demon, you won't need this knowledge; even if you are a Succubus, you can draw experience from it. Never let your prey obtain you; only when those simps cannot get you will they treat you as their god... I hope what you learned from Lady Lilisi is not just the skill of posturing."

This is the highest institution of hell, the Demon King Academy.

As the name suggests, it is a place for cultivating Demon Kings.

Of course, because humans on the surface are becoming stronger and stronger, the current Demon Kings are no longer as sought after as they were five hundred years ago, and have even become a kind of consumable.

Therefore, the goal of the vast majority of students is to stay in the Demon Capital, preferably as a civil servant in the Internal Affairs Force... but these are digressions.

In any case, in order to stay in the rear after graduation, the students under the podium listened with rapt attention... only Luo Yan listened with a chill down his spine.

There was no other reason.

Everyone present was either a demon or an undead; he was the only human, and he was sitting in the very center of the classroom.

Every time the class touched on content about humans, no matter how thick-skinned he was, it was hard not to feel a tightening in his gut.

Especially Professor Enuosi, who would always split his bloody mouth wide open to give him a mysterious smile while lecturing.

Enuosi's smile was only one aspect; sometimes trouble would also come from beside him.

The Fear Demon Lu Mi sitting at the next table was peeking at him from time to time, looking eager to move... hoping this guy was just imagining things in his head and wouldn't really take the risk.

The Dream Demon Mai Jinli sitting on the other side was blowing air at the Flame Demon in the front row, muttering in a low voice from time to time.

"I heard that humans are more likely to doze off in a 40-degree environment..."

Luo Yan didn't know where this guy heard that, nor did he know what this guy was fantasizing about doing after he fell asleep.

In Professor Enuosi's class, he felt that even if he were roasted, he might not necessarily fall asleep.

Compared to the two ruffians sitting on his left and right, even more excessive was Miss Mi Ya sitting in the row behind him.

This young lady was a Succubus, with pink hair and heart-shaped tail tips and pupils, and a pair of sheep-like curved horns growing above her ears.

She had altered her school uniform skirt to be very short, to the point where one didn't know where to put their eyes.

From the beginning of this class, this guy had been picking on him, either kicking his chair with the toes of her feet tucked under the table or blowing air at the back of his neck with an exaggerated yawn.

This guy was the most dangerous! Other demons at least needed to cast spells, while she only needed to rely on her own racial talent.

If she didn't cast a spell, there would be no trace, and even if you were hit, there would be nowhere to reason.

Luo Yan didn't dare to be the slightest bit careless, fearing that if he were caught in a flaw, the things taught in class would be applied to him on the spot.

In the whole class, except for him, only a guy named Yi Ge was relatively normal.

Although this guy was a Succubus, he was a male Succubus, belonging to the very bottom of the high-tier demon ecological chain.

Because Luo Yan's status was similar to a giant panda, a "protected animal" designated by the Demon God, bullying him had very serious legal consequences, so Yi Ge usually served as the object of bullying in the class.

This guy was truly pitiful; those pitiful eyes sometimes made even Luo Yan, a die-hard straight man, feel heartache.

Of course, sometimes he couldn't make up his mind whether this guy was pretending...

It might be better to be on guard! The frequency of kicking the stool was gradually becoming a bit excessive; Luo Yan could endure no more, so he turned his head and glared at Mi Ya.

However, the latter not only didn't restrain herself at all, but also provocatively licked the corner of her mouth.

The wine-red pupils were like sweet chocolate gummies; just by making eye contact with this guy, Luo Yan's spirit couldn't help but trance for a moment.

That wasn't magic, but the Succubus's racial talent... these guys' pupils naturally had the power to capture souls.

Only high-tier demons or those with sufficiently strong mental power could be immune, but Luo Yan clearly didn't belong to either.

Oh no!

He had just thought this, and it was already too late.

In just this instant, Enuosi, who was standing on the podium, had already discovered his small movement of turning his head and immediately let out a bull-like roar.

"Luo Yan, you have quite the nerve to be making small movements in my class!!!"

The whole classroom was trembling, and the students sitting in the front row had already painfully covered their ears.

And this was just the regular volume when Enuosi scolded students.

"I'm sorry, sir—" Luo Yan stood up with a start, hurriedly admitting his mistake, but was interrupted by another thunderous roar.

"Sorry? Hell doesn't have the word 'sorry'! Lift your head and stare into my eyes! You dare to look at a Succubus's eyes, but not at mine? Don't submit to fear, overcome it! That's right, just like this! Very good, you can go to the restroom to dry your pants! Hahahaha!"

Enuosi laughed out loud on his own, and laughter erupted in the classroom as well.

"Hahahahaha!"

Only Yi Ge looked at Luo Yan with deer-like eyes, looking worried.

Mi Ya clicked her tongue, holding the back of her head with both hands, her face full of dissatisfaction, not knowing whether she was regretting that Professor Enuosi had ruined her fun, or regretting that it wasn't herself who had wet someone's pants.

Of course, Luo Yan's pants weren't wet, so naturally, there was no need to go to the restroom.

Facing the laughter of his classmates, he didn't respond at all, just sat back down helplessly.

Well, it's Hell; this situation is too common, and it wasn't the first time he had been teased by teachers in this academy.

Just yesterday, Lady Lilisi, the Succubus who taught illusion and control spells, had used him as a teaching material for a live demonstration.

Mi Ya, sitting in the row behind him, was probably just a clumsy imitation of that female benefactor just now.

As for Professor Enuosi, he was actually already considered one of the friendlier professors in this Demon King University; at least he could teach him some useful skills.

Thanks to him.

As an ordinary human living in Hell, he hadn't been scared into peeing by a Fear Demon's gaze for a very, very long time.

And looking at Lady Lilisi, she was just purely having fun at his expense.

Until today, he still couldn't be immune to the Succubus's control skills; no matter how he thought about it, that guy's teaching policy was problematic!

As for how he, an ordinary human, came to this ghost place to go to school, that's a long story.

First of all, he was not from this world, but a transmigrator from Earth.

The cause of the transmigration was a traffic accident; he couldn't remember the process in the middle, but in short, when he opened his eyes again, he was already in the Demon God Temple in the deepest part of the Aosi Continent, with mysterious incantations and a pentagram behind him.

According to the Shadow Priest in the temple, his mother was a human acolyte, and his father was a Blood Clan member who refused to reveal his name.

Logically speaking, he should have half the Blood Clan's lineage... but in fact, it wasn't like that.

In this world, the inheritance of the Blood Clan was not completed through primitive mating, but required the ritual of the Embrace to complete the inheritance of the Blood Clan's power.

That was a quite troublesome process, not only testing manpower and material resources but also testing the pedigree of the person being cast upon.

Usually, only the union of Blood Clan and Blood Clan would obtain the Embrace of the Blood Clan kin at birth.

As an inglorious illegitimate child, Luo Yan clearly wasn't qualified to obtain the Embrace.

And what flowed in his blood vessels was just the blood of an ordinary human.

What he inherited from his father was at most a handsome face and blood that seemed noble but was of no use; other than that, there was nothing... although he hadn't expected anything either.

His mother, Tifani, passed away shortly after giving birth to him, and his father hadn't appeared at all in the past eighteen years.

But this actually didn't matter.

At first, when he just came to this world, Luo Yan felt that life was gray and that this life was over. However, after staying for a while, he found that it wasn't that desperate.

First of all, humans in the Underworld were "protected animals" designated by the Demon God.

Any human subject serving the Demon God must not be harassed or discriminated against by the undead creatures and demons of Hell, and it was strictly forbidden to harm them; violators would be punished with the death penalty. Whether this was to show the believers on the surface who secretly worshiped the Demon God, or to ensure the biodiversity of Hell, in short, humans in Hell all had certificates, and they actually lived quite well... as long as they weren't prey or prisoners of war caught in.

Although it was impossible to expect the Hell society, where the strong are respected, to have no discrimination against humans, at least on the surface, no demon or undead creature would cast spells on humans who were also believers of the Demon God, and the closer to the political center of Hell, the more this was the case.

In addition, humans could get extra points for taking exams for higher institutions in Hell.

However, because humans' magic talent was at the bottom, even with extra points, the vast majority of humans couldn't pass the exam at all.

Excluding the advantages of schooling, the employment aspect was also quite good.

Although the vast majority of demon workshops didn't welcome weak humans, the acolytes of the temples under the Truth Force always opened their doors to humans.

This position was equivalent to a civil servant in Hell, with a certain status and decent income; although there was no room for promotion, there was no danger, and after death, one didn't have to become an undead; the soul could directly enter the Reincarnation Pool and become a demon in the next life.

Luo Yan's biological mother in this life was an acolyte.

Although being an acolyte wasn't bad, Luo Yan didn't want to stay in Hell for the rest of his life, even if he had a noble "Demon Capital household registration."

It was true that there were humans in Hell, but this place wasn't suitable for human life at all.

Not to mention anything else, the "oceans" here were all magma of thousands of degrees, and a wave of heat could raise the temperature of the entire city by hundreds of degrees.

This temperature was nothing to demons and undead, and even nothing to dwarves, but it was fatal to humans.

That he could live to this day was purely the credit of the Demon Capital's magical barrier.

Luo Yan, who had been teased by Professor Enuosi, only felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the "100 wonderful tricks to make humans scream" taught in the second half of this class were a bit out of bounds.

At this time, the bell for the end of class finally rang in the corridor outside.

The little demons sitting in the classroom were like hearing the starting gun, "whoosh" taking off and flying towards the window, screaming "mine, mine," with their target pointing directly at the cafeteria in the adjacent tower.

However, just as they were about to fly out of the window, they "bang" hit a wall of air solidly.

Instant-cast Bai Yin-tier magic! Atmospheric Wall!

Looking at the Fear Demon on the podium, Luo Yan's eyes were full of envy.

On the Aosi Continent, whether it was the surface world or the Underworld, the level division followed the standards passed down from the First Epoch.

Among them, the lowest level was Black Iron (i), then Bronze (ii), followed by Fine Steel (iii), Bai Yin (iv), Gold (v), Platinum (vi), Diamond (vii), Purple Crystal (viii), Grandmaster (ix), and Demigod (x).

Above the Demigod, there was actually a Near-God (XI), which in layman's terms was like a god. However, in the Underworld, this level was suspected to be reachable only by the ruler of the Underworld, the Demon God.

In addition, each level actually had a subdivision of five stars.

However, because experience and technique accounted for a larger proportion in battles of the same tier, the reference value of star subdivision was limited, so it wasn't commonly used.

A Fear Demon capable of instant-casting Level 4 Air-type magic...

Professor Enuosi probably already had the strength of a five-star Diamond!

By the way, Luo Yan was Bronze (II).

Although his theoretical knowledge was exceptionally rich, and he was at the top of the grade every year at the end of the term, unfortunately, his racial talent really didn't have the item of magic power.

Just as the little demons with drooping wings were crawling up from under the window while cursing, Enuosi, standing behind the podium, stomped his foot.

"Quiet! I haven't said class is over! Get back to your seats!"

That movement was like an earthquake! Seeing that Professor Enuosi was showing his power, the little demons who were still cursing were suddenly scared pale, and one by one they crawled back to their seats nimbly.

Watching the students sit back down, Professor Enuosi looked around the classroom, cleared his bull throat forcefully, and then shouted loudly in a loud voice.

"Students, this is the last class I will teach you, and I hope you remember the content of the class firmly! Especially some people, if you want to save your life, you'd better listen carefully."

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but Luo Yan always felt that Professor Enuosi's pair of bull eyes glared at him, and sweat seeped out on his back again involuntarily.

The pressure of a Diamond-tier demon was not something a mere Bronze-tier Necromancer could resist.

Moreover, this Necromancer of his was also watered down.

Hearing Professor Enuosi's voice, the big and small demons and undead in the classroom began to discuss one after another.

"Last class?"

"What does that mean?"

"Is this year's summer vacation early?!"

"It's not the summer vacation that's early! You idiots, it's your graduation ceremony!" Looking at this group of greenhorns who were still muttering about summer vacation, Enuosi shook his head in disappointment and continued in a vigorous voice, "The adventurers on the surface are too strong, and the Demon Kings on the front line are not enough, so this year's school-wide graduation ceremony has been moved up."

As soon as his voice fell, the little demons in the classroom screamed again.

"Aoooo! Tear them apart!"

"I want to bite off their ears!"

"I'll eat the head!"

Little demons were not high-tier demons; strictly speaking, they couldn't enter the Demon King Academy.

However, they were all nobles among the little demons, so naturally, they couldn't be treated the same as other little demons.

Although Luo Yan often felt that this group of rice buckets might not be as smart as ordinary little demons, at least those cunning guys could often live a few more episodes.

Mi Ya, sitting in the back row, raised her hand and stood up amidst the gazes of a group of demons.

"But Professor Enuosi, we are third-year students, and we won't graduate until next year; did you remember wrong?"

Enuosi looked at her contemptuously and said coldly.

"Remember wrong? It's you who still don't understand the situation! The front line is in an emergency this year, and the third and fourth years will graduate together... but you are luckier than the fourth years; the quotas for staying at school have all been given to you. Tomorrow morning, you don't need to bring textbooks; arrive at the graduation ceremony hall at 8 o'clock sharp, and at 9 o'clock, people from the Internal Affairs Force will come to take you to fill in your wishes."

"You haven't taken many practical combat classes yet; you'd better pray that you won't be assigned to the front line; that place is not for fun, especially since the situation hasn't been optimistic recently."

The little demons were all stunned, and the Fear Demon Lu Mi, who was playing with nail clippers, was also stunned, including the Dream Demon Mai Jinli, who was blowing cold air behind the Flame Demon, his mouth bulging like a ball.

"How could this be..." Mi Ya widened her eyes, her peach-red pupils flickering with panic, and her fair thighs trembling faintly.

It was the first time Luo Yan had seen her show this expression; usually, it was seen on Yi Ge's face.

Maybe someone in her family knew the situation on the front line.

However... is it really that exaggerated?

To tell the truth, although the vast majority of students in this Demon King Academy avoided the profession of Demon King like the plague, and came here to study just to gild themselves, he had applied for the position of Demon King.

As for the reason, it was also very simple... as long as one became a Demon King, one would be sent to the vicinity of the surface.

This was the only chance for him, as a human, to return to the surface world.

Although Luo Yan knew very well that things might not be that simple, it was at least worth a try.

Even if the surface world is dangerous... it shouldn't be more dangerous than Hell, right?

Here, if a Flame Demon sneezes, it might accidentally injure him, and there are Succubi like tigers and wolves eyeing him.

Luo Yan had made up his mind; tomorrow, his first choice would be Demon King.

As for how to be this Demon King, that would not be up to this group of demons.

Anyway, he would be as cautious as possible, and would never use a 40-meter big knife if he could use a small whip and a back scratcher, striving not to be regarded as a threat by humans, nor to be targeted by colleagues in the rear.

Just play Tai Chi.

He wasn't good at magic, but he was very skilled at slacking off.

Perhaps because he had been on the battlefield, Enuosi knew the situation there very well.

Although he didn't like these playboys who were wasting time, he ultimately couldn't bear to watch his students go to their deaths.

He knew very well the means by which demons tortured humans, and he also knew best how humans tortured the demons they caught.

Looking at this group of greenhorns looking at each other, he continued to shout in a bull-like voice.

"You have one night to write letters home... you spineless cowards!"

"Class dismissed!"

(End of chapter)