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The same goes for Rhine.

The demons' counterattack also gave him an opportunity.

Because if the world is peaceful, it is almost impossible for him to accomplish the great feat of unifying the world. The main reason is that he has no excuse. Everyone is living well, and if you attack others for no reason, it will be considered as aggression. If you are not careful, you may end up being an enemy of the whole world like the little mustache. Even if you finally conquer the world by force with a powerful army, rebellion will definitely happen from time to time.

There is no need to explain what happens next. In short, Rhine has the same intention as the church.

The only difference is that what the church wants is fame, status and faith, while what the Rhine wants is population and land.

However, considering that Hongyu is a kind-hearted demon king, Rhine will not tell her his thoughts. Because in order to realize his ideas, there must be sacrifices in the process. This is unavoidable. One general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of people. It is unrealistic to want to create an empire without paying any price.

No matter what, the war between the demons and humans is inevitable. All he can do is to minimize casualties and prevent ordinary people from being affected.

When Rhine realized that war was really coming, his breathing became a little rapid.

Because this was different from the small fights on the Landia continent, where a war involving tens of thousands of people was already a war involving the entire nation. The war on the Penician continent was a war for the center of the world, a war for the hegemony of the era, and a war involving tens of billions of people. There were probably more than two thousand legends participating in the war on both sides alone.

As if she had noticed the change in Rhine's mood, Alisha hugged him from behind. "Your Majesty, your heart is in turmoil."

"Yes, I know. Thank you." Rhine said as he cast a spell on himself similar to the one used by Bone King to force himself to calm down.

After he calmed down, Rhine said to Hongyu:

"If the demons cannot cope with the top power of humans, then the demons will definitely lose. I don't know if the demons have demon gods, but humans have power comparable to that of gods. Also, don't forget that humans have many half-step gods, but the demons only have four demon kings, right? Even if each of them can fight five at a time, there are only 4 of them. And humans have at least 20 or of them."

"and many more……"

Rhine suddenly thought of it. Among the forty or fifty Half-Step Gods, one third was taken away by Vic, leaving only more than thirty.

But these thirty-odd Half-Step God Realm were scattered all over the continent, which meant that they couldn't act together all the time. And with the strength of the Demon King, it was not difficult for him to fight five alone. If he wanted to defeat him, he would need seven or even eight Half-Step God Realm to surround him, and if he wanted to kill him, at least ten would have to surround him together.

In other words, the four Demon Emperors can completely replace 4 Half-step Gods, or at worst 40. However, the mainland also only has more than 32 Half-step Gods now.

No wonder the demons dared to start a war without a demon god, because this was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as they could fight to support themselves in the war and gather a huge amount of resources to promote a demon god, it was hard to say who would win.

At least this is the most hopeful time for the demon clan so far.

"It seems you have also thought of it. What the demon clan lacks now is a demon god."

Ruby replied.

There are human spies among the demons, and there are also demon spies among the humans.

The demons probably understand them better than humans themselves.

"The demons are still unable to elect a leader because everyone wants to be the leader and no one is willing to give in."

"Because the demons have a way to promote the demon gods."

(ps: Many people have complained that the last few dozen chapters are rather bland, but there is nothing we can do about it. We can’t just keep going high* all the time, right? There needs to be a transition as well. I am now laying the groundwork for the high* part of this volume.)

Chapter 311 Rhine Plans to Unify the World

"The method to give birth to the devil!?" Rhine asked in surprise.

You should know that the Demon King in the demon clan corresponds to the legend of mankind, the Demon Emperor is half a step into the realm of god, and the Demon God is already in the realm of god.

As for the Demon King, he is a demigod-level being.

"Yes, you should know that we demons have the characteristic of becoming stronger by devouring our own kind, right?"

"So you plan to use the lives of the demons to create a demon god?"

The reason why demons can devour their own kind to become stronger is because their body structure is different from that of humans. They possess the same "magic core" as magical beasts, so they can directly strengthen themselves by absorbing the "magic core" of other demons.

The law of the jungle is just a metaphor for the order of human society, but in the demon clan, the weak demons will really become food for the strong.

"Yes. Whoever becomes the leader of the demon clan will become the Demon God."

"But, I remember that the demons only start to condense their core when they reach a high level, right? This means that in order to give birth to a demon god, they must at least devour high-level demons, and high-level demons are already the backbone of the demon clan, right?" Rhine asked.

High-level demons are equivalent to high-level human professionals. Professionals of this level are already big shots in some small places.

"No need. Even in a wartime situation, using living demons to feed the demon god is bound to cause resentment among the people. After all, this is a very large number."

"You can't use living demons... I understand. Are you planning to feed them directly with the magic crystals of dead demons?"

The reason why professional demon hunters or adventurers in the Demon God Territory are willing to risk their lives to go deep into the Demon God Territory to hunt demons is because the magic crystals dropped by high-level demons after their death are the best magic media.

In the market, the magic cores of demons are more popular and more valuable than those of beasts. Often, a high-level demon magic core can be worth the price of five beast magic cores of the same level.

"Yes, the most important power essence of the demons is concentrated in the magic core. The efficiency of absorbing the magic core is much faster than devouring the demons."

"The thousand years of accumulation of the demons mentioned earlier refers to the crystallization of magic power left behind by the demons after their death."

"Although the number of demon kings born in the past due to food shortages was far less than it is now, after thousands of years of accumulation, it is still a huge number."

"As far as I know, the demons have 21 Demon Emperor-level cores, 627 Demon Lord-level cores, and tens of thousands of Demon General-level cores. As for the Demon Cores below the Demon General level, the number is too large to be counted, but it should be around hundreds of thousands."

"Goodness, I didn't expect the demons had another trick up their sleeve." Rhine complained in his heart.

However, even if the demons gave birth to a demon god, Rhine was not optimistic about the demons.

Because they are both in the divine realm, the gap between them is huge.

Although the church's divine realm was also created, they are not only in the middle stage of the divine realm, but also have a large number of divine artifacts to arm them to the teeth. Coupled with the endless blessing of the power of faith, they are comparable to the peak of the divine realm.

Compared to the church, which is a wealthy dog ​​family, the demons are just poor losers. It is said that the body of the demon is the best weapon of the demons, but in fact, it is because of the lack of resources that they cannot produce a decent weapon.

Unless a tough guy descends from the sky from the demon clan, or another ruthless person like the Demon King appears, the demon clan will not be able to change the outcome of failure.

"I see. As long as the Demon God is born, the demons will have all the necessary conditions for a counterattack."

Rhine has figured out the current situation of the demons.

"But I still have a question. How did you run for the commander-in-chief of the demon clan? Why did the four royal families choose to give up power?" Rhine asked curiously.

As the actual rulers of the demon clan, do the royal family really want someone to ride on their necks?

"This is exactly the problem that the demons are troubled by now."

"We held hundreds of meetings, big and small, but we just couldn't reach a consensus among everyone."

"Some say we can hold a tournament and choose the strongest demon king as the commander-in-chief. Some say we can hold a referendum and choose the most prestigious and popular demon king as the commander-in-chief. Some say we should choose the youngest and most talented demon king among the demons as the commander-in-chief, because only in this way will there be a chance for the birth of a demon king. In short, there are all kinds of opinions, and no one can convince anyone else. I am one of the candidates, who has the highest reputation among the people."

"As for what the royal family thinks, they don't have any opinions."

"Why? This is a chance to be promoted to Demon God, but the Four Demon Kings are indifferent?" Rhine wanted to ask this question since just now.

Because above the Demon King there is the Demon Emperor, so logically speaking, the Demon King should not have the chance to become a Demon God.

"Do you think that this kind of demon that is forcibly born with a magic core will have no side effects?" Hongyu asked back.

"That's true."

If there were no side effects, there wouldn't be so few demon gods in the demon race. Only five have been born in the past six thousand years.

"Because a demon god that is forcibly born will not only have all its potential squeezed out and will never make any progress in this life, but it will also overdraw a lot of its vitality."

"How many years are left?" Rhine asked directly.

The cost of the former doesn't matter. It is acceptable to become a demon king even if you never make any progress in this life. After all, not everyone is a demon king.

The latter is more important. Overdrawing your vitality can be a big deal or a small one.

Under normal circumstances, it is not a problem for a demon god to live for tens of thousands of years, and it is not unacceptable for him to overdraw for a few thousand years.

But since the Demon Emperor of the royal family remained indifferent to the temptation of "becoming a god", it means that the side effect is very serious.

"10 years, or even shorter, it depends on one's physical condition."

"Hiss... This overdraft is quite severe." Rhine took a breath.

A lifespan of tens of thousands of years was directly reduced to 10 years. No wonder the Demon Emperor was indifferent. He would not be happy if it were him.

"It is precisely because this price is something the Demon King cannot afford that the royal family strongly supports the election of the Demon Commander."

"Well, have you disclosed this side effect to the public?"

"No, this news is only known to the royal family."

"Isn't the royal family afraid of causing backlash? If the Demon God knew the truth, wouldn't he settle accounts with the royal family? Even if it was induced, the Demon God is still a Demon God after all, and the Demon Emperor cannot resist him." Rhine asked curiously.

"The royal family will mix some specially made magic cores into the magic cores that the demon god absorbs. These magic cores are like bombs buried in the demon god's body that can explode at any time."

"How despicable." Rhine sighed.

From this point of view, this demon god that was pushed out is not even a puppet, but a pure tool. Rhine finally understood why the royal family of the demon clan was willing to give up power and why they strongly supported the election of the demon clan commander. Dark! Too dark!

"That's not right. If you know the whole story, why do you still want to run for election? Aren't you just looking for death?" Rhine asked puzzledly.

"Because only if I am elected can I minimize the casualties on both sides."

"If possible, I would like to resolve the conflict between humans and demons in a peaceful way and seek a way for coexistence."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Rhine denied it without even thinking after hearing it.

"Why? As far as I know, don't humans coexist with other races?" Hongyu said a little unwillingly.

"Humans coexist with the sea tribe because the sea tribe can drive away dangerous sea beasts and stabilize the safety of the waterways around the continent; humans coexist with the elves because the elves have the big daddy, the Silver Moon Elves, standing behind them."

"But in fact, even the Silver Moon Elves sometimes have to act according to the will of humans. Humans coexist with orcs because orcs are qualified coolies; humans coexist with subhumans because subhumans have human genes and blood, and the emperor of the empire composed of subhumans is also a human; humans coexist with dwarves and goblins because they export a large amount of weapons and equipment to humans every year."

"The reason why humans can coexist with other races is that they all have their own positions in humans, and this coexistence is based on mutual benefit. Once a race threatens the status of humans, then there is no need for them to exist."

"The demons are one of the few races that can threaten humans. Coupled with the feuds that have accumulated since the Demon God Era, it is destined that the two sides cannot coexist."

"Oh, no, aren't we already coexisting?" Rhine seemed to have thought of something and changed the subject.

"In the eyes of humans, the demons also have their own position, that is, "the public enemy of mankind." The purpose of the demons' existence is to attract hatred for the people above, divert conflicts, and be the knife when borrowing a knife to kill someone. "

"Otherwise, why do you think humans would let the demons survive over the past few thousand years when the demons were courting death every time and even occupied two-thirds of the continent's territory? Because humans need the demons, and the demons are more important than most other races. Even if other races perish, the demons cannot perish."

"Once the demons are dead, humans will no longer have a common enemy or an object of hatred, and conflicts will not be able to be transferred to other countries. It won't be long before a civil war breaks out among humans, so treating the demons as enemies is the way for humans and demons to coexist."

Rhine ruthlessly shattered Hongyu's fantasy.

He had never thought of promoting friendly coexistence between humans and demons in a peaceful way, because this was simply impossible. It had nothing to do with positions or family feuds, only interests.

The only way to allow humans and demons to coexist peacefully is to incorporate both sides into one system and make them different departments under one system. Although this still cannot completely eliminate the conflict of interests, at least the common interests of both sides are the same.

The way to realize this idea is to unify the world, so that whether it is the demons, humans or other races, they all have a common identity, that is, the citizens of the empire.

One of the main reasons why the Age of High Elves was able to achieve world peace was that they unified the world and made all the inhabitants of the world part of the collective.

He still remembers the words that his future self asked Ichihara Yuuko to bring to him.

When dealing with the demons, he only needed to treat them, behead them, and keep them as dogs. It can be seen that in the future, the demons have become the most useful dogs under his command, otherwise he would not have specifically told him not to kill them, but to keep them as dogs.

"Why is this happening..." Hongyu was hit hard and became listless.

"Is it really true that humans and demons cannot coexist? Do we really have to fight to the death?"

As a hybrid of human and demon, Hongyu feels very confused at the moment. She doesn't know where the demons will go in the future, and she doesn't want to see humans and demons killing each other. If these problems can be solved, she is willing to live only for 10 years.

“It’s not that there is no solution.”

Rhine told Hongyu about his plans and grand aspirations.

"Unifying the world...is this really possible?" Hongyu was somewhat tempted by Rhine's crazy plan, but only tempted.

"Do you have a better idea? Or do you want to learn from the previous demon god and open up a new world?"

"But isn't this just changing the target of war? After all, to the people of other continents, you demons are the enemies who invaded their homes. If things go wrong, we might end up making the same mistake again."

"Indeed. But your plan to unify the world is too crazy. Not to mention the world, even unifying the continent of Penichesia is impossible." Although she was tempted, Hongyu was not optimistic about Rhine's plan.

“It’s impossible for others, but it’s different for me.”

"Half a year ago, I was just an ordinary person who knew nothing."

"But now, killing a god is as easy as crushing an ant for me."

"Bragging." Hongyu curled her lips and whispered.

"As a high-ranking member of the demon clan, you should know the major event that happened at the church headquarters half a month ago, right?"

"Well, a mysterious giant hand descended from the sky and attacked the church's headquarters. It broke through all the defenses of the church headquarters with overwhelming force, and took away the church's faith collection device in front of all the church members. No matter how the church members attacked, they could not shake the giant hand that covered the sky."

The impact of this incident was too great, and even if the church wanted to suppress the news, it couldn't. Although the demons couldn't plant spies in the church headquarters, they did plant spies in the top ranks of the coalition forces, so naturally they also received the news.