It doesn't matter what the lord is.

"Although there is still an unstable little guy in Yuxi City, I have hidden it. Its aura is still very weak and the demons can hardly detect it. As for Fileta, when I came to Yuxi City, I found that the little girl was a mixed-blood. Twenty-one years ago, the King of the East, one of the four kings of the demons, led his army to conquer human territory and conquered Yuxi City. At that time, his demon soldiers were very offensive to human women. The girl named Fileta might be the child of a high-level demon. This time, the demon army mobilized a large army and attacked Yuxi City instead of Zhaochen. They were probably coming for her."

He Yue looked very bad.

Merlin smiled and said:

"Now that we have found the problem, wouldn't it be better to prescribe the right remedy?"

He Yue also smiled and bowed:

"Sir, you don't know that since our city lord came, Yuxi City has taken in many homeless people. All along, we have been in trouble together. If we send Fileta away today for the safety of Yuxi City, Yuxi City will no longer be Yuxi City. The city lord will not do this, and neither will I."

Although she had a polite smile on her face, her tone was firm and there was no room for negotiation.

Merlin nodded, without commenting.

After He Yue left, Merlin thought for a while and went to see Fileta alone.

Most people may not know what a king-level demon is. People usually only use two words to describe this kind of demon: terrifying. Merlin often said that the demons could fight a devastating war with the old gods in the past, so it is not a problem for them to deal with some mere humans now.

After meeting Fileta, Merlin only said two sentences.

He first sighed:

"Well... although the fifth level of perfection is not low, it is still somewhat unworthy of your talent. If there is a chance, I don't mind teaching you some magic."

Then he said seriously:

"Let me make it short. If you want to save Yuxi City and bring your Lord Mayor back alive, there is only one way... Follow me, I will escort you to the Demon Tribe."

Fileta did not ask where the destination was or why they were going there, but only asked:

"Will the master be alright? What about the others in the city?"

Merlin ran his hand over the huge staff behind him and nodded with a smile.

Fileta was silent for a moment, took out a long magic robe and put it on, then said:

"Okay, I'll go with you."

51. My Daughter

When He Yue woke up, she found that Fileta had disappeared overnight. The four city gates were intact, and the people guarding the city walls also said that they had not seen Fileta.

So He Yue suspected that Merlin must have said something to Fileta, but she had no evidence. When she found Merlin again, he was sitting on a chair, half asleep and half awake, with a smile on his face, and he said he didn't know anything when asked.

So Shuang led the Anbu to try their best to find Fileta's whereabouts. They walked through the streets and alleys, and passed by the people coming and going, but they never saw that soft silver hair again, nor did they see that tall and plump figure again.

So the disaster that was supposed to befall Yuxi City did not arrive as expected.

Far, far away from Yuxi City, Fileta saw the middle-aged demon with snake pupils. Almost instantly, she knew why Merlin brought her out. It was an aura that humans could never approach. When it arrived, black fog filled the air, and all creatures within a radius of dozens of miles died, except for Fileta and Merlin. Birds flew into the forest, fish swam in the water, jackals, tigers and leopards tore their throats in pain; even the cicadas on the trees and the ants in the cracks of the rocks were not spared.

It appeared from the black fog, like the god of death reaping lives.

After looking at each other, cold sweat instantly soaked Fileta's robe. She hurriedly lowered her head, only to feel that everything in front of her was inexplicably blurry. Her heart was pounding faster and faster, her body was shaking uncontrollably, and she could hardly stand.

In fact, it was not just her. A hundred miles away, where the black fog could not reach, the people of more than 40 cities on the borders of the three territories of Zhaochen, Yunyang, and Yunhai all felt a chill in their hearts. It was as if a snake was crawling at their feet, not fatal but enough to make people break into a cold sweat.

The magic circle within a few dozen steps around Merlin was spinning wildly, blocking all the black fog out. He raised his head and said to the demons who were reigning over this place with a smile:

"It's been a long time since we last met, Snake Eye, the King of the East."

Snake Eyes looked at him and responded coldly:

"You little brat who attacked me back then... you are not qualified to reminisce with me."

Merlin scratched his head and said:

"Yes. I may not be able to defeat you even with the national defense formation, let alone outside the border between humans and demons. But I don't plan to fight you this time. Fighting is too troublesome, especially for a magician like me, fighting alone is a very painful thing. I brought the person you wanted. In exchange... I wonder if the demons can be withdrawn from outside Yuxi City?"

Snake Eyes raised his hand slightly, and the black mist suddenly became thicker. In an instant, the magic circle around Merlin shrank inwards, and only stopped when it was just big enough to accommodate Merlin and Fileta. However, the silver magic circle collided with the mist during the high-speed rotation, creating streams of light that were tens of meters long.

Snake pupils' expression remained unchanged, but every word of his voice was like a cold blade that cut through reason:

"I don't need to exchange, I just need to get it."

Merlin's smile was no longer full of ease. Maintaining the magic circle around him consumed too much of his energy. But he still said to Snake Eyes slowly:

"With the ability of the King of the East, he can do whatever he wants without being constrained. But this exchange condition was not proposed by me, but by the magician named Fileta beside me. Is the King of the East sure to go his own way?"

Snake Eyes finally shifted his gaze away from Merlin and looked at Fileta calmly.

Felita clutched the robe on her chest tightly and tried to breathe steadily. She was only at the fifth level of perfection, and had no idea how high Snake Eye's level was. But she could feel an extremely terrifying aura from it. Snake Eye just looked at her, and it was as if a huge pressure was pressing on her, making her almost unable to speak.

"I...Yuxi...Cheng..."

Fileta swallowed her saliva, took a deep breath, and said reluctantly:

"I want to see Yuxicheng Ping'an... and then go with you. I don't know what you want me to do... but if you continue to embarrass irrelevant people, I would rather die here."

The King of the East stared at her, the pressure from the superior on him getting heavier and heavier, and Merlin's magic circle was almost instantly covered with cracks. He pulled out the staff and stuck it into the ground. The three crystal pendants on the staff swung wildly, but the magic power was lost in large quantities, and for a moment Merlin's body became a little illusory. Fileta was even worse. She was directly pressed to her knees by this invisible pressure, and spit out a mouthful of blood on the ground. Her already rosy lips were stained with blood, which made her look even more seductive.

She slowly raised her head and forced herself to look into the snake's eyes. The light in her eyes slowly faded, but she refused to lower her head.

Finally, Shetong's hands fell to his sides, and the terrifying sense of oppression around him instantly dissipated.

Merlin held onto his staff and breathed a sigh of relief.

Snake pupil said to Fileta without any emotion:

"It doesn't matter. It's just a city. In my eyes, they are nothing more than a group of ants. Killing them or not makes no difference. Stand up. What does it mean to kneel there?"

Fileta struggled to stand up, but before she could steady herself, she felt something brushing against her body.

Snake Eye took action!

This thought emerged in Fileta's mind. She looked to the side in horror and found that there was a bottomless pit there. She was standing on the edge of a cliff. Merlin was floating in the air. In front of him were four silver magic circles that were stacked on top of each other but pierced through in one breath. Now half of his body was gone, leaving only a circular gap. There was no blood, nothing at all.

Fileta only felt that her consciousness was a little fuzzy, and her brain couldn't react to what was happening for a while.

There was no explosion, which meant that this attack was far from elemental magic. It was a more ancient and higher level existence. The moment the beam of light shone down, it directly turned the area into nothingness. Fileta had only seen a few words of description of this terrifying power in magic books, and there was no record of the principle. Even if there was, it was a level that she could not touch at all.

She suddenly saw Merlin giving her an apologetic smile. She didn't know why Merlin was smiling, but she saw that Merlin's body did not bleed and fall into the abyss as she had imagined, but suddenly turned into specks of light and disappeared.

Shetong put down his hand, sneered, and said:

"You came to see me in a body created by illusion. I wonder where your real body is hiding. You don't even have the courage to fight head-on. You are nothing but a coward."

It slowly descended from the sky and landed in front of Fileta. Fileta's consciousness blurred for a moment, and her mind and clarity were all hanging by a thin thread, which could break completely at any time and fall into the abyss.

Snake Eyes looked her up and down for a while, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but his voice was still extremely cold:

"See. This is how humans are. I know you killed many fellow demons in the past. It's nothing. It's just the way it is among the demons. You did a good job. But from today on, remember that you are a demon, one of the six demon tribes. Forget the other half of the dirty blood in your body. From now on, no matter where you are, whether in the territory of the demons or the territory of the elves, you must always remember your identity..."

It stared into Fileta's eyes and said slowly:

"You are the daughter of me, the King of the East, Snake Eye."

The last string of sanity broke quietly.

The light in Fileta's eyes completely disappeared and fell into darkness.

52. Bargaining chips

The power structure of the demon clan is very simple. The top is naturally the Demon King who lives in the center of the demon clan and issues orders to the entire demon clan. The current generation of Demon King has been in power for 217 years, and his rule is still very stable. Under the Demon King, there are the four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Clan who guard the four regions of southeast, northwest, and northeast. The Four Heavenly Kings are also the main factor in the civil strife of the demon clan, because each Demon King is likely to be born from the Four Heavenly Kings, so the mutual infighting among the Heavenly King-level demons is very serious.

Every king wants to go one step further and sit in the position that controls life and death.

It so happens that every king-level demon has his own territory and the demons loyal to him, which is basically equivalent to a local emperor who divides the land. No one is willing to submit to each other, so the struggle becomes even more fierce.

The King of the East, Snake Tong, is in charge of the territory in the east of the demon clan, and is considered a top leader among the demon clan. Unfortunately, Snake Tong's overall strength ranks third among the Four Heavenly Kings, or in other words, second to last, only slightly stronger than the King of the West, Leopard. Above him is the King of the South, Feng Shan. It is said that the woman is the mistress of the current demon king, and can be considered the direct line of the demon king. The King of the North, Hu Xiao, who is currently ranked first in strength, is said to be only one level behind the demon king, and is the person with the greatest hope of inheriting the position of the next generation demon king.

The affairs of the demon clan are hard to sort out. Although Hu Xiao is currently ranked first in comprehensive strength, he threatens the rule of the Demon King and has average relations with the other three kings. It can be said that a big tree attracts the wind; Fengshan's situation is relatively special. More than 200 years ago, when the Demon King was still the King of the South, Fengshan was a general under him. Later, the previous generation of the Four Heavenly Kings had a civil war, and the King of the South had the last laugh and became the current Demon King. Fengshan also naturally took over the position of the King of the South. It can be said that the basic base is very good, and there are many powerful demons under her, but because her military power is not strong enough and she cannot subdue her subordinates, many demon generals want to replace her.

Snake Eye's own force is very good, basically second only to Tiger Roar, but the demons in its territory are not very strong. There are not many demons that can fight. Although there are many low-level demons, they are useless, so its overall strength can only be ranked third. The fight between the four kings is not just a fight between them. For Tiger Roar, even if it has the strength to kill the demon king, it can't sit firmly in the position of the demon king, because it can't suppress the other three kings. The internal strife of the kings is not only about the strength of their own forces, but more about the number and strength of the demons in the territory. Snake Eye has suffered a great loss in this regard.

As for Leopard, his military power is average, and his territory is not too strong. But the other three families are willing to win him over, and his status is somewhat detached. Snake Eyes also tried to get along with him, but Leopard was always waiting for a price, never willing to make any clear promises, and secretly expanding his strength, which obviously showed his ambition.

As for the Demon King, it was even more of a headache. From the perspective of the Demon King, if he wanted to stabilize his rule, killing Hu Xiao and supporting Feng Shan would be the best choice, but the Demon Tribe was not without external enemies. Hu Xiao was guarding the north of the Demon Tribe, and killing him would lead to serious consequences. The Demon King would not dare to do so even if he was very brave. Besides, if the Demon King directly weakened the other three Heavenly Kings, it would inevitably lead to the joint resistance of Hu Xiao, Snake Eyes and Leopard, and even the Demon King would not be able to withstand it.

With internal strife at this level, it is no wonder that the demon race, once a race that could compete with the old gods, one of the "Top Three Races", has declined to its current state. Although a lean camel is bigger than a horse, the current demon race is indeed no longer as glorious as it was a thousand years ago.

Snake Eyes itself couldn't figure out this relationship of domino effect, but it understood a basic truth: if it wanted to kill the Demon King, first it had to be awesome, as the saying goes "a blacksmith must be strong before he can forge iron"; secondly, it had to have awesome younger brothers under it, who could defeat the younger brothers of other kings, so that the remaining three brothers and sisters would understand that resisting it would bring them no good results, and they would have to admit that it was them and the rightful new Demon King.

Snake Eye's own strength is quite good now. Tiger Roar is one level lower than the Demon King, and it is one level lower than Tiger Roar, so it is almost the same as the Demon King. As for the problem of the lack of strength of its subordinates, it really troubles it. This thing cannot be taught. It depends to a large extent on the "feng shui" of the territory. For example, there will be many powerful demons in Fengshan, just like money falling from the sky when you sit at home. There is no reason to explain.

So Shetong thought about it and there seemed to be only one solution: recruiting players.

It is confident that in a few decades, its military strength will not be inferior to that of Tiger Roar and the Demon King, but it estimates that in a few hundred years, its subordinates will still not be as powerful as those of others. Up to now, the number of subordinates that it can look up to can be counted on two hands, and the number of famous rookies in the East District of the Demon Clan is also quite limited. The gap will widen as time goes by. If this continues, there will be no hope.

So when the elves sent people to contact it, Snake Eye agreed with the other party's decision.

The elves married a princess to its son, creating a marriage between the two races. The two sides made a secret plan. After the elves stabilized the war with the dragons, they would send a large number of intermediate forces to support Snake Eye, make up for its lack of powerful subordinates, and help it obtain the position of Demon King. After Snake Eye became the Demon King, he would beat the dragons and help the elves restore their former glory.

We work together, each taking what he needs, and it's very comfortable. You help me, I help you, and we are all good brothers.

There was only one problem. The elves claimed to be one of the six central tribes and were on equal footing with the demons. They refused to marry their princess to Snake Eye's son for no reason and demanded that their prince must marry one of Snake Eye's daughters.

Shetong thought about it and realized that he had six sons and no daughter.

The elf messenger asked in disbelief, is there really nothing, not even one?

Snake Eye thought about it again, thought about it carefully, and thought about it with all his might.

Oh, it seems there really is one.

Twenty-one years ago, it led its army to conquer human territory, intending to plunder a batch of resources from humans to make up for the weakness of its own territory. Unexpectedly, just after conquering Yuxi City, it received news of the invasion led by the King of the South. Considering that if it stayed any longer, it might be attacked by human reinforcements and the army of the King of the South, Fengshan, Snake Eye had to withdraw. But before leaving, it had sex with a human woman, and at that time, the woman seemed to be vaguely pregnant.

When it needed a daughter for marriage, Snake Eyes finally remembered vaguely. In recent years, it had heard that there was a half-blood magician fighting against the invasion of demons in Yuxi City, but it didn't take it seriously. After the King of the South seized the opportunity to invade last time, it didn't dare to transfer the army out of the territory at will, but as long as it didn't personally lead its troops to attack, the war on the eastern front was just a small fight in its eyes. Who won and what results were achieved were not worth caring about, because it had no impact on the overall situation.

It turned out that she was his own daughter.

Shetong found that he still had to find his daughter because she suddenly became a little useful.

Marriages between major races like this are also a trend in the world, and one or two people can basically not play any role in it. This is also the reason why Lid hoped that the demons would retreat after their attack on Yuxi City, but the demons were like stubborn people who would not give up until they achieved their goal.

Fileta is not only Snake Eye's dispensable daughter, but also an important bargaining chip in its deal with the elves.

To Shetong, the will of the chip is irrelevant, and it doesn't matter how many subordinates are sacrificed for it. Even at all costs, he must hold her firmly in his hands and maximize her role.

53. Something went wrong

After finding Fileta, Shetong didn't want to delay for a moment and quickly returned to his palace.

Two rows of high-level demons stood on both sides of the palace. Each demon was more than tenth level strong, but at this moment they were respectfully divided into two rows, lowering their heads and welcoming its return. To ordinary demons, these high-level generals seemed to be out of reach, but in the eyes of Snake Eyes, they were just some useless subordinates.

Fileta followed it with lifeless eyes, and mechanically walked into the palace of the King of the East. This place was not as good as the three-story palace of the human king, but it was much better than the primitive life of the general demons who slept in the open air. The stones were not polished, and the palace built did not feel magnificent, but in terms of size, it was definitely impressive.

Snake Eye walked into the hall, and all it saw were powerful demons bowing to it. However, when it took a look around, it frowned slightly.

Something missing!

Snake Eyes originally thought that when he came back, Zhu Bisi should have brought back the elf princess Delis. This time, it sent a group of new demons from the East District, led by Zhu Bisi, to hone them on the one hand, and on the other hand, it did not want to arouse the vigilance of the other three kings. After all, the route to pick up Delis needs to pass through the border of the territory bordering the King of the North, Hu Xiao. The appearance of demons that are too powerful in that place is like a declaration of war against Hu Xiao. Once discovered, no matter how strong the demons sent by Snake Eyes are, can they be stronger than the elite soldiers under Hu Xiao? That would be called losing both the daughter-in-law and the army.

But Snake Eye didn't expect that Spider Bis would stay outside for so long.

It doesn't think anything will happen to Zhubis. Although the East District cannot defeat the other three districts, its internal rule is still very stable.

In a word, there is no traitor and the deal can be made.

But Zhubis didn't come back on time, which meant something must have happened on the way to Rhyme. Maybe the situation on the elves' side changed and they didn't hand over Delis, or maybe Zhubis was intercepted by other forces on the way back, or maybe Zhubis had diarrhea for several days and delayed his trip. But Snake Eyes always had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

At this moment, a vulgar voice sounded in the hall:

"Dad, this is my sister? She's pretty, hehehe...can I touch her?"

A ball of fat rushed over from behind the throne, and its white and fat hand stretched out to Fileta's face. It was unknown what it had just eaten, and its hands were covered with grease and blood. Snake pupils looked coldly, and the temperature around them dropped sharply. The hand also hovered in the air, only a few centimeters away from Fileta.

Snake pupil said coldly:

"Those are for the elves, you shouldn't touch them. When the elf princess comes, you can do whatever you want with her."

The chubby demon withdrew his hand awkwardly and grinned.

It also had a pair of snake eyes, and it spit out its tongue when it spoke, but it looked completely different from the Eastern King Snake Tong. Snake Tong's body was more like a human, only its eyes were like a snake; the demon in front of him was neither human nor snake, with flesh all squeezed into a ball and limbs extremely short, looking like an overly fat human or a giant python with arms and legs. Especially the face, whether it was the eyes or the nose, it looked completely like a snake, with a big mouth that almost stretched to the ears, the middle part of the face was tender and clean white flesh, and the outside was a circle of scales.

One look at it and you will have nightmares for at least three days.

She Mi, She Tong's eldest son, is one of the newcomers of the East District Demon Clan. He has reached the ninth level of perfection and may break through to the tenth level at any time. She Tong likes this son quite a lot. When he is about to break through, She Tong kills a high-ranking general every week to feed him, to ensure that She Mi can break through the tenth level, continue to move up, and one day inherit his position as the King of the East.

Shemi looked at Fileta reluctantly, and felt that she had never seen such a beautiful demon before. Both her face and figure were impeccable, and she looked easy to raise, and could give birth to dozens of little snakes in a litter.

It asked: