Chapter 160: The victory report sent to the rear

"Demon Capital Daily"

【Headline: Gate of Chaos disturbance subsides, Demon King's army sounds the song of victory and announces victory!】

【Recently, the "Gate of Chaos" incident that shook all of hell finally came to an end! With the culprit—the notorious ogre Kesen Skull-Crusher beheaded on the battlefield, the victory report from the front line arrived at the Demon Capital, and this newspaper learned from the Demon King Management Department that the Great Tomb has finally returned to long-lost peace!

"The Beginning of Erosion! A Broken Conspiracy and a War Triggered by a Duel!"

According to the report sent from the Great Tomb to the rear, the cause of the entire incident was due to Kesen Skull-Crusher using a forbidden ritual to open the legendary Gate of Chaos in the labyrinth, but an accident occurred while the ritual was halfway through—Luo Yan Dragong, the second son of the Dragong family, initiated a duel with the Demon King over the ownership of the territory!

In this duel incident that attracted the attention of the entire Demon Capital, the evil ritual of the Skull Clan summoning Chaos was accidentally broken by Luo Yan Dragong, causing Kesen Skull-Crusher to have to go with the flow, hastily launching a rebellion, attempting to silence Luo Yan to cover up the evil ritual of summoning the Gate of Chaos, and thus triggering subspace fluctuations, causing the live broadcast of the arena to be interrupted.

Kesen Skull-Crusher's behavior was undoubtedly burying his head in the sand; any aura of Chaos could not escape the eyes of the priests of the Ministry of Truth!

With Kesen Skull-Crusher's conspiracy exposed, the Demon King Management Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs attached great importance to this matter, activated the teleportation array located at Calamity Castle, and dispatched the Demon King and reinforcements to the Broken Rock Peak area.

After a week of long-distance trekking, the Demon King, who rushed back to the front line from the Demon Capital, finally met with the defensive forces of the Great Tomb and took the initiative to attack the Gate of Chaos, successfully controlling the corrosion of Chaos to the fifth floor of the labyrinth while rescuing the second son of the Dragong family from the encirclement of Chaos!

"Flame of Destruction Descends, Battlefield in Crisis!"

Facing the Demon King who returned to the front line from the Demon Capital, Kesen Skull-Crusher, fearing punishment, did not choose to surrender, but chose to go further and further on the wrong path! Under the bewitchment of Kalmandes and his servants, he summoned the descent of the Flame of Destruction avatar and the Chosen of Destruction through an evil ritual, attempting to introduce the destructive power from the outer realm to overthrow the Demon King's rule!

That was a burning sun, emitting infinite destructive light; according to the description of witnesses, its temperature was enough to melt rock into magma!

As the evil ritual was completed, the entire fifth floor of the labyrinth was shrouded under the tyranny of the Flames of Destruction. The scorching fire instantly engulfed everything on the battlefield, causing countless warriors to be buried in a sea of fire, and even the air was permeated with despair.

Just when everyone thought everything would be irreversible, the Demon King of the Great Tomb stepped forward, and under the blessing bestowed by the Demon God, turned the tide of the battle with his own strength!

Under his call, infinite roots spread downward from the dome, like a giant's hand firmly gripping Kalmandes's avatar! This feat shocked the whole scene, and while boosting the morale of the Demon King's army, it also caused the Chaos army to completely lose the courage to resist, fleeing in fear!

"Culprit Executed, Demon King's Army Wins a Great Victory!"

After suppressing Kalmandes, the Demon King's army pursued the remnants of Kesen Skull-Crusher, and the Shadow Demon General Thanos took action to encircle them in the rift of the underground city. In the end, this traitor and the Chosen of Chaos were beheaded by Thanos, and their souls were detained by necromantic spells, imprisoned in the soul cage of the Great Tomb, waiting for them will be the most severe punishment of "Soul Crushing"!

The Gate of Chaos was closed, and the underground city returned to tranquility. This epic victory once again proved the invincibility of the Demon King's army, and also shattered all unrealistic fantasies of all rebels. After the war, the Demon King's army quickly launched post-war recovery work and thoroughly sealed the residual energy of the Gate of Chaos to ensure that such incidents would not happen again.

For more details about this battle, please pay attention to the follow-up reports of "Demon Capital Daily"!

——Reporter: Victor Darkweave

Source of information: Office of the Demon King Management Department, main person in charge Ms. Mia Padriqi, etc.

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Suburbs of the Demon Capital.

The manor of the

Kamu, sitting in the study at the top of the tower, looked at the newspaper in his hand, his face as gloomy as deep lake water, making it impossible to tell his true feelings.

Throughout the entire report, the image portrayed of the Dragon family was quite positive, with all the blame pinned on the head of an ogre named Kasen Skull-Crusher.

This should have been a happy thing.

However, thinking of the expensive price paid, he couldn't be happy at all.

Seeing the Master in a bad mood, the servant who walked into the room with a teacup didn't dare to breathe loudly; he tremblingly placed the black tea on the table and then hurriedly exited the room.

Almost at the same time he stepped out of the room, as he pulled the door shut behind him, he heard the sound of a cup shattering inside.

His heart skipped a beat, and he quickened his pace to leave the area.

And just as he passed the corner of the corridor, he happened to see several servants standing by the window, whispering with evasive expressions.

"Did you read the newspaper?"

"I read it... but I don't understand, what does this have to do with the Dragon family?"

Hearing content of interest from those whispers, the servant who had just retreated from the Master's room couldn't help but slow his pace.

And at the same time, the slightly older one among the servants standing by the window lowered his voice and continued.

"The reason is that it has nothing to do with it, and that didn't come for free... It is said that in order to distance the Dragon family from the Chaos Gate, the Master compensated the Lord of the Great Graveyard with Black Wind Valley, and that is the only reason his younger brother appeared in the report sent back to the Demon Capital with a positive image!"

As soon as his words fell, expressions of astonishment appeared on the faces of the surrounding servants, and they whispered to each other in disbelief.

"Compensated the Demon King of the Great Graveyard with Black Wind Valley?!"

"If I remember correctly... that's a baronial fief, right?!"

"Is it for real?"

"Is it worth paying such a huge price?!"

"This is simply extortion!!"

Some servants were stunned, while the rest were filled with righteous indignation.

The slightly older servant sighed and said in a low tone.

"There's absolutely no mistake! Early yesterday morning, the butler arranged for people to go over there; I heard they moved everything that could be moved out of Black Wind Valley... If the ownership of the land hadn't changed, the Master would have had no reason to do this!"

He also felt that this price was a bit too heavy.

Perhaps there were other interest exchanges or hidden circumstances behind this, but that was not something he, a mere servant, could know.

While everyone was shocked by Master Kamu's grand gesture, they couldn't help but feel a sense of regret for the loss of the Dragon family's assets.

They were all servants who had served the Dragon family for generations, and their interests had long been tied to the name of the Dragon family; it could be said that they prospered together and suffered together.

Now that the Dragon family had fallen on hard times, they couldn't help but feel heavy-hearted.

One of the servants muttered in a low voice, trying to comfort everyone.

"Wasn't the castle there already smashed to pieces? Giving it away is fine, it's no big deal..."

The older servant shook his head and sighed.

"That may be so, but that's still one hundred thousand mu of land, and it's right next to the Demon Capital!"

One hundred thousand mu of land!

The more he thought about it, the more his heart ached!

It wasn't just the older servant who thought so; the servant who was eavesdropping at the corner of the corridor couldn't help but sigh in his heart as well.

No wonder the Master was in a bad mood.

This time, it was a real bloodletting...

It wasn't just the servants in the Dragon family manor who were discussing it.

As the news of the Dragon family moving out of Black Wind Valley spread like wildfire, all the nobles in the Demon Capital heard about the embarrassing incident where the Dragon family was humbled by the Demon King of the Great Graveyard.

As the saying goes, smiles don't disappear; they just transfer from one person's face to another's.

Just as Kamu Dragon was sulking, laughter like wind chimes rang out in the garden in front of the dormitory building of the Demon Capital's Higher Demon Academy.

In the domed pavilion in the center of the garden, a lovely vampire girl was sitting in front of a round stone table. A light blue long dress draped elegantly over the sides of the gilded wooden chair, and beneath her deep purple long hair was a face as exquisite and flawless as porcelain.

At this very moment, a freshly printed "Demon Capital Daily" was spread out before her, and as she looked at the headline, she was laughing happily, her fair face glowing with radiance.

"Hehehe... worthy of being my elder brother; small characters like the Dragon family are no match for him at all!"

Muttering to herself, Vivian stroked the ink painting on the newspaper with a look of intoxication, her porcelain-white index finger gently flicking the high-spirited "paper person" in the frame, letting out giggles from time to time as she watched him frown and dodge.

If only the elder brother in reality could let her tease him like this.

Thinking of the way that person looked when angry, her eyelashes couldn't help but tremble slightly, as if she were immersed in some unrealistic and impossible fantasy.

However, that fantasy didn't last long; suddenly realizing something, she quickly frowned and woke up from her daydream.

Wait—

If I can play with my respected elder brother like this, couldn't others do the same?

Thinking of this, she froze, her hand pressing on the newspaper tightening, her already pale index finger turning white and blue.

Feeling the terrifying power that could crush the paper into dust, the paper person living in the frame changed his expression slightly and flashed away, disappearing from the newspaper.

Watching the "elder brother" escape from the oil painting, a hint of jealousy arose from the depths of Vivian's heart.

Especially when she saw the name of a certain loose succubus at the end of the report, a sourness capable of melting steel into molten iron surged in her heart.

It would be better to just destroy this issue of the newspaper.

With the power of the Prince Prince Kelin family, annihilating a mere issue of a newspaper was absolutely no problem!

At worst, she could buy them back at ten times or a hundred times the price!

Of course, she was just thinking about it.

Even if Grandpa doted on her this much, she couldn't really act so recklessly...

Glancing at her sister who was acting foolishly toward the photo, Nan Fu, sitting opposite, picked up his black tea and took a sip, using the teacup to hide his indescribable expression.

This person seemed to have completely forgotten which side she was standing on when the Dragon family was clashing with their elder brother...

But then again, the Dragon family really did go too far in that matter, actually daring to use the heir of the Prince Prince Kelin family.

If Grandpa found out, he would definitely make them...

Nan Fu suddenly fell into silence.

Alright.

He wasn't sure what Grandpa would do if he found out; he might even beat up his own father before beating up the Dragon family.

Either scenario was possible.

Putting the teacup back on the tray, Nan Fu coughed lightly, his voice filled with infinite emotion.

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"I didn't expect the Dragon family to actually cave in."

Vivian curled her lips, her expression arrogant as she said.

"Otherwise?"

Nan Fu shrugged his shoulders.

"I just think... with their energy, there are many ways to make a person disappear, right? Just like they act in plays—"

Before Nan Fu's words had even finished, a surging murderous aura shrouded the top of his head, causing him to shiver involuntarily.

"They wouldn't dare!"

Looking at his murderous sister, Nan Fu hurriedly waved his hands and leaned back, his small frame nearly falling off the chair.

But everything seemed to be too late—

"Wait, wait a minute! I'm just assuming! Assuming! And of course I don't want this kind of thing to happen... Speaking of which, what's the use of beating me up, ahhh!"

The Prince Prince Kelin family's way of expressing friendliness was always different from ordinary people; the students of the Higher Demon Academy were long since used to it.

Having been beaten up for no reason, Nan Fu looked aggrieved, but seeing that his older sister's mood had improved again, he couldn't help but feel a bit comforted.

It was clear that his sister was truly worried about their eldest brother's safety.

If their father knew, he would surely be gratified...

The still-young Nan Fu was worried sick about family matters, although most of the time it was meaningless, blind worrying.

Vivian, having calmed down, no longer paid him any mind, but hummed a light tune and began writing a letter on the spread-out paper.

Setting aside those rumors about the Dragon family, her respected eldest brother had defeated the Chaos invasion on the battlefield!

With such a proud event, how could her congratulations be missing?

Unknowingly, the respect, like a surging river, filled an entire page, but Vivian still had no intention of stopping.

It wasn't until the light emitted by the amethyst dome was flickering that she lingeringly left a line of elegant handwriting at the end.

【——Your sister, Vivian Prince Prince Kelin, looking forward to seeing you again.】

Would writing it like this seem too deliberate?

Anxious and hesitant, she finally couldn't resist chanting a spell, using extraordinary power to erase the sign-off she had just written.

At the same time, on the other side, in the neighboring Demon King Academy, the principal's office was also filled with hearty laughter.

"Hahahaha! Worthy of being my student! He truly didn't disappoint me!"

In the flickering soul fire, a light of appreciation shone. Principal Headmaster Aiwen Krug, holding the newspaper, had a satisfied smile on his face, as if that report of victory hadn't been sent to the Demon King Management Department, but to his own desk.

Actually, there was no difference.

For him, who had students all over the underworld, the Neiwu Force was like a place he went for a stroll after a meal.

Luo Yan's letter had just been sent back, and he had already received the news from several students.

Looking at the heartily laughing Principal Headmaster Aiwen, Vice Principal Dorin, standing to the side, had a slightly worried expression.

As a Sorrow Demon, every time she worried, the room's temperature would drop by more than ten degrees, to the point that the window not far away was covered in a layer of frost.

"Have you heard about the Dragon family's affair?"

Putting the newspaper in his hand aside, Principal Headmaster Aiwen smiled indifferently and said.

"I've heard something about it, what's wrong?"

Vice Principal Dorin sighed gloomily and said.

"Based on my understanding of the Dragon family... I always feel that those guys aren't so easy to bow their heads."

Seeing the worry in the Vice Principal's eyes, Principal Headmaster Aiwen gave her a comforting look, smiled, and said.

"If it's about the Dragon family, I don't think you need to worry; this kid is smarter than we imagined, he has already considered... or rather, already solved it."

"Oh?"

Vice Principal Dorin's face showed an expression of surprise, she raised her eyebrows slightly, and then asked.

"What do you mean?"

Principal Headmaster Aiwen continued with his smile unchanged.

"Remember the duel before? Those twelve magic crystal cannons that shocked the whole scene."

"Of course I remember, for those few days afterward, the cafeteria was broadcasting that thing all day long... but I don't understand, does this have anything to do with what I said?" Vice Principal Dorin looked at him, puzzled, not having sorted out the logical relationship.

Principal Headmaster Aiwen continued slowly.

"The relationship is huge; at that time, when the cannons sounded, Caesar Prince Prince Kelin, who was watching the battle next to me, had his eyes fixed on them, and immediately bought them all in the name of the Cabinet, sending them to the front line via the War Department overnight for testing, and the final test results were quite astonishing... The front-line generals were full of praise for this war machine, and within two days, they wrote back expressing their hope to purchase more to replace those sulfur cannons made by the underworld dwarves deployed in the front-line fortresses."

Dorin was stunned.

"... And then?"

Headmaster Aiwen continued.

"Then he wrote to Prince Prince Prince Kelin, stating that the transport capacity resources of the teleportation array were limited and the cost was expensive... therefore, he intended to open the factory near the Demon Capital, where raw materials and labor costs were lower."

Vice Principal Dorin's face immediately showed an expression of surprise, vaguely having guessed something.

"You mean..."

Principal Headmaster Aiwen had an appreciative smile on his face, his voice filled with praise.

"I don't know what agreement he reached with the Dragon family, but shortly after the agreement was reached, the location for this war workshop was set in Black Wind Valley, and it seems that the people responsible for the construction are from the Partridge family."

Dorin looked at him in shock and said.

"He pulled the Partridge family into this?"

"This is exactly where this kid is smartest," Principal Headmaster Aiwen said with a smile, "Black Wind Valley is no longer just a problem between him and the Dragon family; it also involves orders from the War Department and the interests of partners. Even if the Dragon family wanted to go back on their word, they would have to weigh the consequences of offending two groups of people at the same time."

Dorin was silent for a while, then sighed softly.

"I have nothing to say... perhaps you are right; he is the graduate most suited for the profession of Demon King among all the students who have graduated from our Demon King Academy in these past few decades."

Principal Headmaster Aiwen laughed triumphantly, his nose almost pointing to the sky, and said without blushing at all.

"Hahahaha, that's natural! I've lived for so many years, and I have never misjudged anyone!"

(End of chapter)