MC's career as foreign lord

However, now that they had bumped into each other, the imp, who had initially been a bit apprehensive, had already reverted to his usual arrogant demeanor, casting a slightly contemptuous glance at the Flame Demon before him.

"Hey! You, a Balor Flame Demon, were completely played by a mere imp like me. Do you even have the face to show yourself?" Anyway, this was just a projection; he couldn't do anything to him.

"Zhou! I can find you a few demons for free. Just hand him over to me, and I'll devour him alive!"

As soon as he said this, Grelin's already twisted demonic face contorted even further. If he were killed by a human or an elf, he would only lose a projection.

But the Balor Flame Demon's whip could scorch the soul. If he fell into his hands, he wouldn't even have the chance to be resurrected in Hell!

Moreover, his main body was in the Abyss!

"I... I have important news to tell!" At this moment, he couldn't care less about lying or revenge; survival was the priority.

"Oh?" Zhou Ren turned his head. This was the kind of opening he liked. That was the purpose of summoning the Balor.

Demons never deigned to lie; they were more about rage and chaos. So, in a sense, these demons were simply the best thugs and helpers.

"Ahem, Balor, you can continue searching for those demons who want to come here. If you do well, this imp might not be out of the question for you!"

Continuing to dangle empty promises in front of the demon, the scroll suddenly shattered. It seemed Balor's temper wasn't that great, but he knew how to assess the situation.

"Now, shall we talk about what you know, Mr. Imp?" Zhou Ren said, his face full of smiles as he stood before the imp. But to this little imp, this human seemed more like a devil than himself.

"You must sign a contract with me that you won't harm me again!" He had already signed one just now, but he still seemed a little dissatisfied.

The arrival of the demon posed a threat to him that was more than just that!

"You still want to negotiate terms with me? Besides demons being able to harm souls, I'm not incapable either!" Zhou Ren smiled. "Or... shall I start?"

Without waiting for the other party to agree, he slowly began to speak, "Both this demon and you came through the teleportation gate!"

As he spoke, he lifted the cover on the sofa, revealing the one-meter square teleportation gate in front of the fireplace.

"But seeing you looking so angry, I guess you tricked him into coming here together? You can run around here without any restrictions, but he's confined to this house. It seems like something you designed together with the town's mages back then?"

Zhou Ren said, "I heard Locke say that the town's old mage was only a mid-level professional. How could he possibly trap a high-level demon unless someone helped!"

The things he said became clearer and clearer. You used the demon's power, then talked to him and tricked him into signing a contract, making it your way of luring others into cooperation and plundering souls.

"So your level can't be too high, or why would you deceive a demon instead of eliminating him?"

His eyes were full of wisdom and calmness, "I wonder if my analysis is wrong?"

Not only the imp, but even the people around him looked at him with extremely complicated eyes.

This kind of unraveling method, this kind of bizarre and ingenious language, made people feel as if their entire body had been stripped bare at the first glance.

This was a strange way of penetrating, and it was also a terrifying insight that made everyone feel a little unacceptable.

"I wonder if you have anything special you can tell me now? It wouldn't be unacceptable to trade you to Balor for two demons!"

"I..." The imp was just about to speak, but Zhou Ren had already stuffed him into another ordinary furnace, "I'll give you a few days to think about it. If not, I wonder if the demons of Hell can be used for kindling?"

"Huff!" Only after he stuffed the imp into the furnace, put the furnace back into his backpack, and the smile gradually became gentle, did everyone heave a sigh of relief.

The pressure he gave off just now was really too great. Only at this time did everyone look at each other, and Shia initiated the question.

"What did you just say... trading with demons, what do you mean?"

The hidden meaning of her sentence was actually whether he would start to transform from a neutral camp to a chaotic camp.

Zhou Ren heard it and shook his head slightly, "Of course not!"

If this matter wasn't explained clearly, it might affect their transaction or even their relationship later.

"Demons can be burned as fuel in the furnace. I made a deal with this demon. As long as he can find enough demons to burn for me, I can temporarily not use him as kindling!"

Zhou Ren said. These words were said very sincerely, and naturally convinced everyone, but they still had an expression of a path they had never imagined.

Using demons as fuel, only he could think of it. They shook their heads one after another, and several people gave up. The news about the imp had basically come to an end. As for what Zhou Ren wanted to do with this imp, they didn't really want to know.

Now everyone's attention was focused on this teleportation gate, which was also Zhou Ren's intention.

If he wanted to catch demons through this gate, the elves would probably not be able to avoid it, so exposing it at this time was a better choice.

The purple teleportation gate bloomed with a subtle light. Although there was only a purple square gate, at this time it seemed to have a bit of a leisurely change.

Then, the voice suddenly came again from the scroll that had been torn open and seemed to have been abandoned.

"Human! You better really have that bit of ability!" It was still that Balor Flame Demon.

And just as the eyes of everyone began to turn to this area, a claw that didn't look human stretched out from the teleportation gate that originally looked motionless.

Some thick and complex voices directly sounded on the other side of the door. Of course, to most people, it was just a bit of cruel roar, "I will eat all the humans here, prepare your bet!"

The claw filled with flames made people know his identity, and this was actually another Balor Flame Demon.

"Yo! This demon is moving fast enough!" Zhou Ren said, he originally thought that Balor would need some time to provide fuel, but he didn't expect him to send one so quickly?

"Master, should I come?" Although the strength of the demons was different, as long as it was a Balor Flame Demon, they were basically above the high level. In case Mosa didn't take action, there might be accidents.

Zhou Ren waved his hand and smiled, "Have you forgotten what place this is?"

His words also reminded Mosa that this was not an area without anything, this was a territory, which was equivalent to Zhou Ren's kingdom of God.

Only then did he slowly relax, placing the others behind him.

“The master needs to capture this demon, please step back, lest you be injured!”

While many onlookers were still slightly puzzled, they saw the human lord take out a long whip from the void.

Then, with his left hand, he struck a flint, igniting a flame on the whip!

Instantly, the somewhat black whip transformed into a terrifying long whip engulfed in flames, with fiery claws extending from it. Yet, as he held it in his hand, slowly lowering it to the ground, it didn't even ignite the carpet.

“What’s going on?” Several people were naturally confused.

This was actually due to the properties of MC’s fire weapons: only objects that are attacked will catch fire, while other objects, no matter what you do, will not be ignited.

Such doubts only lingered in their minds for a few seconds before dissipating, as the demon in front of them was finally about to emerge.

Indeed, it was a very orthodox Balrog, with ragged wings, a pair of goat-like horns, and burning flames in its hands and red skin, all proving its identity.

“Are you that Balrog’s contractor? Quickly find me two people to eat, they look good!” It was unknown how Balrog had deceived him, but this fire demon seemed very impolite.

He pointed at the several shapely beauties behind Zhou Ren, wanting to taste their souls.

“Of course, but you need to take a walk inside the furnace!” Zhou Ren took out a furnace, “Hopefully, you’ll burn for a little longer!”

“Hm? As a demon’s servant, you dare resist my orders? You must have a death wish!” This unfamiliar fire demon seemed to realize the problem.

He immediately became enraged, and the flames on his body began to burn, the evil light spreading, the terrifying flames seemingly about to ignite the entire house in the next instant.

Then, he strangely discovered that he hadn’t even broken the floor, these things were as hard as steel.

“Even abyssal obsidian will be burned dry by my flames!” He seemed unwilling to believe it, fiercely burning with flames, while raising the black whip in his hand.

“Snap!” Another whip struck him, leaving a flame-like mark, “Damn it, you dare attack me!”

Before this fire demon could even react, he discovered another fiery mark on his body.

Zhou Ren stroked his chin, “It seems that even abyssal demons are susceptible to the erosion of fire!”

Having finished testing, he naturally didn’t intend to do much more, simply pulling the other party’s body over.

“What did you do to me? I… why can’t I move suddenly?” Only now did the fire demon belatedly realize the problem, but he was already out of time.

He didn't even have the chance to shout angrily like Balrog. The hand holding the whip was cut off in one fell swoop, and the two horns on his head were sharpened with a sword by the young man, then cut off with a snap.

Then, some strange things were stuffed into his mouth, seemingly a kind of plant, filling his mouth so he couldn't even speak.

“I wonder if sunflower stalks can plug his mouth?” Zhou Ren thought, turning him upside down and stuffing him directly into the furnace.

Now the furnace has changed its name again, it seems he’s much more valuable than Balrog!

[Extremely Efficient Burning Demon]: This furnace contains a Balrog, capable of burning for a very, very long time.

“Ah, another good harvest!” Zhou Ren said, digging up the furnace with a pickaxe, and tearing up the scroll directly.

“Your reward, Balrog!”

“You are a man who believes in promises!” No longer did his angry curses come from the scroll, but instead, it became calm, and then disappeared.

“You see, this is the content of my transaction with him!” Zhou Ren said, holding up the furnace in his hand, “This fire demon burns for a longer time, enough to burn for two whole months!”

At first, he felt that something was a little unreasonable, after all, they were both fire demons, so why could this newcomer burn longer than Balrog?

However, thinking about it from another perspective, it could be understood. After all, Balrog had been in this world for more than 10 years, even with the supplementation from the other side, it probably wouldn't be too much.

You must know that that is an abyssal world full of slaughter and desire, even his main body probably doesn't want to transmit more energy over.

Dragging on like this, wouldn't he become the kind of weak state he was in at the beginning? After all, without much energy to replenish, it's not surprising that he can only burn for such a short time.

“This guy can burn for such a long time, we can directly use him to smelt iron!” Zhou Ren said, now he was ready to go back and use that Fortune pickaxe.

“Won’t a demon suddenly burst out of this door?” Della suddenly said, the staff in her hand emitting a faint holy light.

“Otherwise, we should just destroy this portal directly, after all, it’s a disaster to leave it here!”

“Wait!”

“Don’t!”

“What are you thinking?!”

Zhou Ren, Shia, and Anna spoke at the same time, one was because of his capture plan, one was because of the rare interdimensional portal of the elves, and one looked at him with stars in her eyes, knowing that she was probably thinking about money again.

“I’ll temporarily entrust this door to you, and I’ll give you certain access rights!” Zhou Ren said, “But!”

Everyone knew that his words would inevitably be followed by conditions, so there was not much surprise, “If you make any demands, the elves will agree to your conditions!”

“What I want is very simple!” Zhou Ren said, “If this area is completely over, how about you give up this place?”

This was the moment when the true intention was revealed, “Since you admit that I am a lord, even the future duke of the elves, this wasteland will be my territory!”

“In addition, I should hold an auction here after a while, and the things to be auctioned… I need you to help me promote it!”

His eyes sparkled.