Chapter 114: The Never-Ending Banquet

"Let us toast to victory!!"

"Aooooooo!!!"

"Cheers!"

The sound of clinking glasses and the noise of celebrating victory were deafening.

As Lord Demon King, who raised his glass, announced the opening speech of the banquet, this victory celebration banquet finally kicked off.

The light and melodious accordion music accompanied people's laughter and singing, echoing through the bustling street, and pots of freshly baked delicious dishes piled up like small mountains on the crooked oak long tables.

The MVP of the whole field was taken by the little demons of the Nightmare Realm without any accident, and they, who were always the most active in eating, swept the entire "battlefield" like a tornado.

As Cici's capable generals, Youxi and Mixi, like seagulls attacking the port, held oak wine glasses that were a third of their size and rushed into the sky.

"Bang—!"

Two glasses collided, and silver bell-like treacherous laughter echoed in the splashing beer foam.

"Giggle, sure enough, beer is best when it's snatched!"

"That's right! Compared to sitting at the table and eating, it's more fun to fly above the table and eat! Hehehe!"

"Bottoms up! Youxi!"

"Oooooo! Bottoms up!"

The two little demons held wine glasses bigger than their heads and gulped them down, regardless of the beer foam that was splashed everywhere.

Suppressing the urge to shoot this group of bats, the dark elves who dodged the beer foam elegantly changed to another table.

Anyway, there were plenty of seats here.

And not long after those pointed-eared ones left, a few lizardmen led by the pig-headed knight rushed over with lightning speed.

"Mine! All mine!!!"

Watching his good brother, who was anxious to eat with the little demons' "bath water" as soon as he was resurrected, the minotaur warrior covered his old face and skillfully pretended not to know this idiot.

At the same time, the "battle" in the sky continued, and Youxi and Mixi, who had finished a glass, dived again, adding a large glass of beer to their hands.

Looking at the two leaders who were high in fighting spirit, a group of little demons on the side immediately started chattering, not thinking it was a big deal to watch the fun.

"What's the situation?!"

"Are the heads going to compete?!"

"I bet Youxi wins!!! She dares to eat anything!"

"It must be Mixi!! Mixi is the smartest!"

"Stupid! What's the use of being smart?! This is a competition of drinking capacity!"

"Aooooooo! It's burning!!"

Amidst the cheers of a group of little demons, the eyes of Mixi and Youxi, which collided together, gradually sparked.

"Looks like we have to decide the winner this time."

"Kekeke... just relying on you wanting to win against me, you're still a hundred years away!" Clumsily imitating Queen Cici's laughter, Youxi confidently puffed out her chest, completely not taking the opponent in front of her seriously.

Facing the provocation of her lifelong enemy, Mixi didn't panic at all, with a relaxed smile on her face.

"That's not necessarily true! I've been fed fat by Lord Demon King!"

Youxi was taken aback, "??? You guy! Sure enough, you stole food behind my back!"

The battle was on the verge of breaking out! The two little guys were not big, but their appetites were not small, and in a blink of an eye, they finished another glass of draft beer without even burping.

Watching the leaders drinking like cows, a group of little demons let out excited screams, flapping their wings and clapping to cheer.

That drinking capacity was indeed unusually cow-like, even Luo Yan, who was watching the fun from afar, couldn't help but show an astonished expression.

Proportionally speaking, the human glass was almost equal to the little demon's bucket, and the latter could even drill into it if they tried hard.

He felt like he saw two pigs flying in the sky.

However, just when he and a group of little demons were waiting for the third round of competition to start, the two contestants seemed to reach their limits simultaneously, crashing straight down like crashed bombers, almost knocking the pig-headed knight, who was stretching his neck to look up, offline.

"Hahahaha! Look at your stupid look! Referee! Mixi vomited! Quickly announce the victory! The, the winner is Youxi!"

Crawling out from under the table first, Youxi stepped on the stool with both feet, her wings flapping slowly as if flying, looking down at Mixi who was vomiting messily.

Slowly crawling out from under the table, Mixi, with beer foam on her face, giggled, and suddenly burst into tears while laughing.

"Woooooo! Youxi! It feels so good to be alive!"

"Ahahahaha!"

Looking at the useless look of her colleague, Youxi laughed proudly, puffed out her round belly and said.

"Right? Don't say stupid things about dying next time! Youxi, I, almost died for real!"

"Hmm!"

Mixi's eyes were filled with tears, grabbing Youxi's skirt and rubbing it again.

After finishing the hygiene problem, she was about to crawl out from under the table, when her face suddenly changed, and she vomited messily again.

Youxi, who was splashed all over, let out a scream.

"Hey! Don't vomit on me!"

"Sorry—vomit—!"

Youxi, flapping her wings, tried to pull away, but was held tightly by her legs by the sore loser Mixi, and rolled under the table together.

That scene can only be described as eye-stinging.

This time it wasn't just the guests at one table, guests at more than a dozen nearby tables all moved their tables and ran away, clearing the battlefield for the two little demons.

Only the pig-headed brother who was knocked unconscious remained in place.

I don't know if he was really unconscious or pretending to be unconscious while lying on his back...

Not far away, the flapping wings of Shark, Whale, and Wan were mixed in the team of NPC little demons watching the show.

Looking at the vacant arena, Shark Dong was eager to try.

"Whale brother! Let's try it too!"

She might not be able to win other things, but she would never lose in eating! Whale Jing Luo Nan Bei rolled his eyes helplessly.

"Try your head! I don't want to look for a toilet all over the street... and there's no benefit to winning."

"No benefit?" Shark Dong was taken aback, "I thought this was some hidden competition... usually there is one, right? Small games at the celebration event, earning points can be exchanged for Lord Demon King's mysterious prizes!"

"Maybe our Demon King is relatively stingy... I'm also puzzled, besides eating, can we only watch this event? Or do we have to explore it ourselves."

Whale Jing Luo Nan Bei touched his chin and fell into thought.

Wan, who was floating on the side, stared at the little demons in the sky and showed a worried look.

"How do you guys think monsters solve it?"

"Solve?" Shark looked at Wan and tilted her head in confusion.

Just when the three were talking, a adventurer at a long table not far away wiped his shiny forehead and muttered while looking at the sky covered in thick fog.

"Is it raining?"

A mercenary who was drunk on the side hooked his shoulder and said with a grin.

"What stupid thing are you saying, this is a labyrinth, where would there be rain!"

After saying that, he raised the glass in his hand and shouted loudly at the waiter who was busy with his feet not touching the ground.

"Wine! Boss! The wine is finished—eh? When did you fill it up for me."

Looking at the mercenary who sprayed out and the noisy banquet scene, Whale and Shark looked at each other with subtle expressions, subtle expressions.

"Damn it... why do I, as a little demon, have a feeling of losing."

"Hmm, lost."

Wan: "...?"

Watching the little demons who messed up the banquet without exception, Arakdo, who was buried in eating, mocked unceremoniously.

"Hahaha! How shameful!"

He always felt something was missing if he didn't say this.

Sure enough, after this sentence was spoken, the bread and roast meat in the basin became even more delicious.

Some people watch the fun, naturally some people are embarrassed.

And as the Great Queen of the little demons, Cici had to bear everything without exception.

Sitting on a raised chair, her expression was like sitting on pins and needles, constantly changing her sitting posture, but she felt itchy no matter what.

Especially the dark elf colleagues frequently cast disapproving gazes at her, which made her, who was trying to maintain an elegant demeanor in front of Lord Demon King, feel humiliated.

Do these pointed ears want to fight?!

She clenched her tiny fists in anger, but finally let go, and looked at the Demon King beside her in frustration.

"I'm really sorry, Lord Demon King, my subordinates are a bit too carried away..."

Luo Yan said with a smile.

"It's okay, it's a rare day to celebrate, just a little prank, it's nothing serious. As long as it's not too much, let them go!"

Who told the little demons to be heroes?

Those who were pranked should just endure it.

Anyway, no little demon dared to prank on his head, on the contrary, he gained a lot of faith from the guests' anger that had nowhere to vent.

Speaking of which, it really brings back memories. Watching the "bombers" whizzing and flying about in the sky, Luo Yan couldn't help but recall his days at the Demon King Academy.

He always wanted to leave that place before, but after he really went to a place far away from the sky and the emperor, he missed the life there again.

I don't know how Priest Jeffrey has been doing lately.

I'll go see him in a while.

Looking at Luo Yan's smiling expression, Cici misunderstood, thinking that Lord Demon King really cared, but just didn't say anything for her sake, and that frustrated expression became even more ashamed.

"Thank you for your generous understanding, I will definitely strictly discipline my subordinates when I go back..."

The words "strictly discipline" were emphasized by her, so that the sentence seemed to contain some kind of irresistible magic.

Feeling the monstrous anger, Youxi and Mixi, who were bickering not far away, were startled, and quickly retracted their necks to restrain their lawless nature.

"Mixi! I have a bad feeling!"

"I, I, I, we'd better fly further away!"

"Same idea!"

Feeling the Queen's anger from the resonance of the magic net, all the little demons flying in the sky scattered in a rush.

Watching the little demons flying in the sky go away, Tyrael, who hadn't said a word since the banquet started, picked up his napkin and elegantly wiped his mouth, then cast his gaze toward the Demon King.

"I heard you reached an agreement with humans?"

Those deep and sharp eyes carried a penetrating power, not so much like the eyes of a hunter in the forest, but more like the misty forest itself.

Luo Yan could see his city government from it, but not much.

After all, true city government is not written on the face for people to see, but often hidden behind a harmless smile that people can't see.

In contrast, he cared more about the deadwood staff Tyrael was leaning against the chair.

He always felt that there seemed to be a pair of wise eyes hidden in those withered wrinkles.

"Yes, any problem?"

"Forgive my presumption," Tyrael nodded slightly, and said in a meticulous voice, "For such an important matter, don't you intend to make a decision after passing through your subordinates?"

"How arrogant," shaking the stone goblet, Cici narrowed her eyes, her lazy gaze carrying a hint of danger, "Are you questioning Lord Demon King's decision?"

"I don't mean to question, just reasonably express doubt," Tyrael looked at Cici expressionlessly, and continued in a steady voice, "I think reasonable advice is exactly what a minister should do, doesn't the Nightmare Realm care about the future of the labyrinth?"

"The Nightmare Realm supports all decisions of Lord Demon King, whether now or in the future."

Facing Tyrael's questioning, Cici expressed her position casually, and then suddenly seemed to think of something, her bright red lips lifted slightly.

"Tyrael, I said you should stop pretending, why didn't I see you have so many questions when Lei Ji·Delagong was here? You weren't a minister then?"

Pairs of eyes looked at her, and many dark elves had anger in their eyes.

Facing those pairs of murderous gazes, Cici couldn't suppress her mocking corners of the mouth even more, faintly revealing the tiger teeth hanging on her lips.

"Did I guess right? You guy who fears power but doesn't cherish virtue."

"You guy..." Shirley stared and stood up, her right hand clenched into a fist.

"Shirley!"

Tyrael scolded his daughter, forced her to sit back in the chair with majesty, and then looked at the Demon King and nodded slightly.

"Please forgive my daughter's rudeness... and, if my expression is offensive, please forgive me."

Luo Yan smiled faintly and said in an easygoing voice.

"No problem, your concerns are reasonable, I originally intended to hold a meeting after the banquet ended, but since you brought it up, let's say it here."

Paused, he continued.

"To be precise, the tacit understanding I reached with the humans on the surface is not an agreement."

"Tacit understanding?"

Like Charles, Tyrael also expressed confusion, including Cici, who felt puzzled by the word, also looked at him.

Putting down the wine glass in his hand, Luo Yan said in a chatty tone. "Simply put, it is to let uncontrolled wars proceed under some kind of order..."

It is impossible for a war that has lasted for a thousand years to brake like this, not to mention that humans are not willing, and demons are not willing to accept it.

However, in contrast, although neither side is willing to stop the war, both sides have suffered enough from the war, and both have realized that fighting like this is not good for anyone.

As a result, both sides have a need to reduce the intensity of the war, and this has bred room for bargaining.

Luo Yan spent about ten minutes laying out the consensus he reached with the future supreme commander of Lei Ming County.

And after hearing the concept of "Glorious War," Cici's eyes immediately lit up, and she said with a treacherous smile.

"Isn't this pretty good."

I didn't expect Lord Demon King to have such a hand, actually corrupting the future high-level of the Trident Knights!

Even more than that!

Using passes to trick adventurers into abandoning the oath of crusade against the Demon King, and then step by step inducing them to go toward corruption... This is simply too evil! Obviously, Cici didn't really understand what Luo Yan did, but it didn't matter much if she understood it from her own perspective.

Bottom lines are broken step by step.

Today, adventurers dare to say they are not here to crusade against the Demon King, tomorrow they dare to openly drift, and the day after tomorrow they might run to work under the Demon King.

Precisely because of this, standing from the human standpoint, any agreement with a compromise nature reached with demons is a blasphemy.

Facts are indeed so.

If it weren't for the experience of fighting side by side, if it weren't for the betrayal of Knight Commander Luo Yan shaking his faith... Charles, who graduated from the seminary, would never agree to these conditions.

Not just Cici.

After listening to Luo Yan's narrative, Tyrael's face also showed a hint of surprise, obviously not expecting this new Demon King to be so good at playing with people's hearts.

"If so, I have no objections... but there is one thing I want to ask you, what about those forces in the deep labyrinth?"

"Nothing."

Picking up the wine glass on the table and taking a sip, Luo Yan said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"When we needed them most, they didn't appear in front of us, so now they have to bear the consequences of all this."

That voice without emotional ups and downs made a hint of faint chill in the hearts of Tyrael and a group of dark elves.

When they came back to their senses, a bloodless sharp blade had already brushed past them.

That edge only missed their scalp by a little bit.

"The second meaning of Mist Town's existence is to drive the wolf and swallow the tiger."

"The reason why I want to set up a safe zone on the fourth floor of the labyrinth is to transfer the adventurers on the first four floors to the deeper layers."

In order to celebrate this hard-won victory, everyone used their full strength... even if some people used their strength in some redundant directions.

The survivors of Mist Town generously took out the food from their own and their neighbors' homes, the dark elves of the Gray Wind Tribe took out the treasured wine, and the little demons played the role of court jesters... contracting all the fun and redundant pranks of the entire banquet.

As for the vast number of players playing skeleton soldiers, they sensibly and consciously took out their mobile phones and ordered a takeaway.

Although some guys were unwilling and tried to force it into their mouths, the final result was that it all passed through their ribs and spilled out.

Wasting food is shameful.

They soon received a warning from the system.

【Server Announcement: Please cherish food! Do not waste! If the behavior of abandoning food is discovered, it will be deducted as a penalty according to the market price in underworld coins!】

Looking at the pop-up window floating in front of him, Hu Wan said depressedly.

"This way, I can't even satisfy my craving."

Ye Zhiqiu, who was sitting beside him, smiled.

"Although you can't eat food, it's quite good to feel the local customs."

Listening to adventurers chatting, he learned a lot about this world.

Lei Ming County is in the upper right corner of the Vortex Sea, but it is only a corner of the human world, and the entire Vortex Sea is like an enlarged version of the Mediterranean, besides the territory directly under the Empire, there are many large and small kingdoms, principalities, and city-states distributed along the coast.

Not just human kingdoms.

The dwarves, elves, ratmen, ogres, and even orcs, goblins, goblins, etc. of this world... they also have their own unique cultures, and on this basis formed their own countries or tribes.

In short, this world is even bigger than he imagined.

Far more than just the labyrinth!

"What a waste of time," Hu Wan shook his head and moved his bones that had just been repaired.

Looking at this guy who couldn't stay idle, Ye Zhiqiu couldn't help but tease.

"You are too roll."

Hu Wan rolled his eyes at him.

"You have the nerve to say!"

It's fine if others say he rolls, but he can't stand it when this roll king says he rolls.

He was the first time he saw a casual player so liver-heavy!

Just next to the two, the Long Xing World crowd also sat at a table.

Looking at the dazzling array of tributes but unable to start, Long Xing Longxing Longxing Baili's face was full of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

"Damn, I've started to regret it! I should have transferred to a lizardman with the boss in the first place!"

It's too uncomfortable to only look but not eat! 【Failed Eel】 and 【Failed Dirty Eel】 were gorging on the table, and even took time to comfort Longxing Longxing Baili brother when hearing his complaint.

"It's okay brother! We'll eat for you!"

"That's right! Oooooo! This roast meat is really good!"

"Absolutely!"

Long Xing Longxing Longxing Baili: "Absolutely your head! Choke you to death! %￥#@%!"

Long Xing Thousand Miles glanced at the furious Longxing Longxing Baili and couldn't help but complain.

"It's just missing one meal... what can't you eat in reality?"

Long Xing Longxing Longxing Baili shook his head and sighed at the sky.

"Can that be the same? Is there dragon meat in reality?"

Long Xing Thousand Miles was speechless.

"... There isn't any here either."

The joys and sorrows of lizardmen and skeleton soldiers are not connected.

Just when Thousand Miles and Longxing Longxing Baili were staring at the full table of tributes and couldn't start, Long Xing Wan Li Li was drinking and eating meat on the side.

"Hahahaha! Happy! Really damn happy!"

It's scary to eat a little more in reality for fear of high uric acid, but you can eat and drink without any scruples in the game, it's simply too cool! He bet.

Just this realistic cooking system is enough to make this game popular all over the world! Long Xing Wan Li Li was gulping down beer while the cross crack on his belly was still leaking water, and soon it was spilled all over the floor.

Several skeleton soldiers on the side saw this and pointed at him with red eyes.

"There's someone wasting food here!"

"Report! Must report a wave!"

Heroes are most afraid of villains.

Watching the group of skeleton soldiers who couldn't see others doing well, Long Xing Wan Li Li panicked.

"Damn?! How is this wasting food?! Damn, wait! I'll go out and send a head!"

After speaking, he took off his equipment and threw it to his teammates, and rushed out of the town to look for monsters that were not picky eaters.

【Ayami Little Demon】 floating in the sky had a sudden inspiration.

"Wait, if you keep dying, can't you keep eating?"

【Lele】 on the side couldn't help but spray out.

"Are you crazy!"

Although the whole banquet was eating, the Demon King's army was not all gluttons.

Besides players who were busy eating and watching people eat, there were also some players who could do big things who hadn't stopped since the banquet started.

After diluting the gunpowder collected from human soldiers according to the calculated ratio, they drank the chemical pool in one gulp, poured it into the ground metal powder, and made it into a simple firecracker, which was inserted into the highest bell tower in the town.

Following the order to ignite, a green light rushed into the sky from the bell tower, bursting into red and green alternating fireworks in the air.

Looking at the sparks flickering in the sky, people at the banquet showed surprised expressions, including those dark elves sitting in the corner.

Like elves, they naturally like beautiful things... especially new and strange things they haven't seen before.

Shirley, looking up at the sky, had her mouth turned into an O shape, and couldn't help but sigh.

"So beautiful!"

Not just Shirley.

Sara, who was sitting not far away, was the same, her eyes shining as she looked at the sky, her furry cat ears shaking.

"Is it magic?" Tyrael muttered to himself, then shook his head again, "... Looks like it's not."

With her chin lazily resting on the back of her hand, Cici, who was slightly drunk, stared at the fireworks in the sky, and a hint of yearning couldn't help but float in her scarlet pupils.

"Lord Demon King, look at the sky... there are stars."

"Hmm, I see it, but that's not stars, but fireworks."

Luo Yan had probably guessed which player's idea it was, and a knowing smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

It seems that guy is still a bit useful.

He didn't just do bad things.

At the same time, under the bell tower, the triumphant Mouth Brother was bathed in the cheers of a group of "little brothers."

Gou Shi: "Damn! Awesome brother!"

Knowledge Explosion: "6666!"

Mouthful of Chemical Pool laughed hehe, and said modestly without modesty.

"Low profile! Just basic operation."

Just not far from the group of skeletons, a lonely ghost was floating under the eaves, staring at the fireworks blooming in the sky in disbelief.

At first, he thought it was magic.

However, as the sparks fell, he was surprisingly surprised to find that he didn't feel the power of magic at all!

"This, how is this done?!"

Hearing the ignorant voice coming, Mouthful of Chemical Pool didn't need a translation crystal, and could guess what he was surprised about.

People in this world use gunpowder, but the so-called use is as if someone taught them, so that most people just know how to use it, and don't really master this power.

"This is called fireworks! Ignorant guy."

Hearing the voice from the crystal on the skeleton's neck, Miranda looked at the skeleton soldier in surprise and said in astonishment.

"Wait—you can talk?"

Mouthful of Chemical Pool laughed proudly.

"Hey, were you scared?"

Miranda nodded subtly.

However, by comparison, he cared more about another thing—

"That 'firework'... how did you make the flame change color? Can you tell me?"

Looking at the ghost whose face was full of thirst for knowledge, Mouthful of Chemical Pool said with a full sense of force.

"Have you heard of flame reaction?"

Miranda shook his head, looking at him excitedly.

"I'd like to hear the details!!"

The evening breeze was quiet and peaceful, and the banquet gradually came to an end.

And outside that quiet and peaceful atmosphere, pairs of brass-colored pupils were hiding under the forest covered by fog, watching the noisy banquet scene cruelly.

There was not only greed in those bloodthirsty gazes.

There was also a hint of disbelief.

Humans?

Demon King?

These guys are actually celebrating together.

Watching the lizardman zombies rushing toward the depths of the forest, two big green guys looked at each other, and couldn't help but see the color of vigilance in each other's pupils—

This bargain doesn't seem so easy to pick up.

"Hunting cancelled!"

"Have to go back and report to the Great King!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 115 =====