...The biggest contradiction between demons and humans is that the survival resources in this hellhole of the Demon Realm are so scarce that if the demons cannot find a way out for themselves, they will all be trapped and starved to death in this land sooner or later.
Even though many demons have evolved the ability to eat soil, it cannot prevent the basic contradiction that this land is so desolate that it is not suitable for the survival of any living thing.
The main reason why the demons invaded the main continent was that they hoped to have a fertile land with abundant resources. Based on the demons' worldview, they just needed to grab whatever they wanted.
Of course, even if the demons intend to use more peaceful means, it is impossible for humans to accept giving up their land and coexisting with the demons.
After all, even the most advanced Saint Laurent Empire is still a feudal society. Its productivity is quite primitive and it can barely feed itself. The empire has to protect the rights of its citizens by exploiting other vassal states. Under such circumstances, how can it get any land to be distributed to the demons?
Anyway, no matter what, this is the most fundamental contradiction that prevents demons and humans from coexisting, but this contradiction does not exist for Star.
He is a lich, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't eat or drink. He is a dead body. In essence, he is just a spirit possessed by the so-called "body" container.
But even though there are no conflicts in terms of survival, it does not mean that there are no other conflicts.
As a lich, Star is one of the few smart people among the demons, but he has no interest in improving the living conditions of the demons. He only studies one thing.
...eternal immortality!
First of all, the lich itself has a longer lifespan than other creatures. After all, it is debatable whether his current form of existence can be considered "alive".
In short, according to the lich's self-awareness, the death of the body is just a trivial matter; the key is the self-preservation of the soul.
A lich can maintain the "activity" of his body by constantly changing his body, but his soul will also be constantly worn out by the power of time.
In this world, everything will die... the only difference is whether it comes early or late.
But there are always some creatures that cannot accept death, which is understandable. Death is a great fear imprinted in the instincts of all living things. It is normal to be afraid of death, and it is also human nature not to want to die.
But most people have to die even if they don't want to, and Costa hopes to gain eternity for himself through his research.
To do this, he needs a lot of... a lot of souls and research materials...
...Some of these things can be obtained from the Demon Realm, such as souls, and the same applies to the souls of demons and monsters.
However, there are many precious magic materials that are not produced in the Demon Realm. Even though Star took the opportunity of invading the main continent to collect a lot of them and tried to cultivate and raise them in the Demon Realm, the results are quite poor so far.
This hellhole of a place, Demon Realm, is really not suitable for anything that can breathe to survive...
Therefore, Star's greatest wish is to establish his own "ranch" on human land. In this way, he can continuously obtain resources to provide for his research.
Apart from that, he actually has no interest in the identity of the Demon King and most of the fighting and killing.
Although he doesn't like fighting and killing, he is doing live experiments after all. In fact, the blood debt on his hands is innumerable. If we compare the number of heads he has, it is not necessarily less than Dullahan.
But of course, he himself was completely unaware of this. According to the basic three views of the demon race, if you die you can only blame yourself for your incompetence, otherwise why wasn't I the one who died?
Anyway, he also heard about the succubus that had been causing a lot of trouble in the Demon Realm recently, and Star had no interest in it at first.
After all, Livi was making trouble in the North, and didn't bother his South. Star himself was a cowardly person, after all, his biggest goal was to pursue immortality, so he stayed at home in his daily life.
However, when Livi successfully escaped from Dullahan and was said to be heading all the way to the South, Star became interested.
At first, Star was dismissive of the so-called "demon king". Demon king? Why would a mere succubus be so powerful?
However, when Livi was able to escape from Dullahan, this gave this theory a lot of possibility.
Of course, maybe Star himself still doesn't quite believe that Livi is the current Demon King, but he is very interested in Livi's strength.
Star was naturally well aware of how weak the succubus was. However, such a weak succubus could actually break through the restrictions of race and successfully escape from Dullahan's hands. There must be a reason for such strength.
And Star is interested in all powers beyond common sense. After all, who knows, maybe one of them contains the secret to immortality?
Therefore, he immediately developed a strong interest in Livi, and coincidentally, Livi seemed to have also set foot in the southern border.
"...You must have some ability to escape from Dullahan, but I will not let you escape from me. So, how should we prepare to welcome this friend? We must prepare seriously."
After all, unlike other demons who are not good at business, Star has gone through a hundred years, and the southern border is his home and territory. As long as he is here... relying on various arrangements made in advance, he is confident that he can fight against Dulahan without losing.
Of course, Dullahan had never fought with him in the South Territory, so the truth was that this could only be speculated...
……So
"…Welcome to the South, my new toy!"
Chapter 38 High Calcium Tablets and Pork Belly
“…This is the southern border.”
Although in fact the South Border and the North Border are just geographical divisions, and not real maps in the game, there is only a line between them. Once you cross it, you will be teleported to a map with a completely different style.
But this is the Demon Realm, and as the saying goes, "everything is possible." Livi really encountered this kind of "sudden change of style."
When Aenekos controlled the puppet rock-armored beast and carried Livi and her party into the southern border, there was really only a thin line between the front and the back, and suddenly the entire sky turned gray.
"..."
Mawa looked up in surprise. Although she was a native of the Demon Realm, she had never left the North in her life. This was her first time coming to the South, and she was not quite used to the sudden change in atmosphere here.
"What's going on? Why did it suddenly get dark?"
She was quite confused about this, but Livy could see it.
"Well, it seems that someone has set up a rather large barrier here. No, this level can already be considered a certain domain."
As for who created this barrier, there is naturally no one else to think about. No matter how you look at it, it is definitely the masterpiece of the Demon General Star.
Because Star himself is an undead creature, and undead creatures hate sunlight, low-level undead creatures will be evaporated on the spot when exposed to sunlight.
Although Star himself is strong enough to resist the damage caused by the sun, he still hates the sun very much. This is a disgust that comes from physiological instinct.
Therefore, he set up an ultra-large-scale barrier in the southern territory under his control, and the effect of this barrier was naturally to block the sunlight.
Although it doesn't block out all the light, the sky becomes dark the moment you step into this land, which shows that the effect is immediate.
But as living creatures, losing sunlight is naturally unpleasant, not to mention the more serious problem. It's not just that there is no sunlight here, the air here is filled with a damp and rotten smell.
Livi recognized the smell instantly. After all, she was quite familiar with it. Of course, she didn't want to recall the reason why she was familiar with it.
...This is the smell of a corpse!
Soon, Livvy realized the source of the smell, and of course, everyone else noticed it too.
The soil here is different from that in the north. The soil in the north is dry and hard soil, with large lumps of soil, and it feels as if the entire land is poured with cement.
The soil in the southern border is similar to rotten soil and is quite soft and rotten.
...Generally speaking, this kind of soil should be suitable for farming if well cared for, after all, it pays great attention to nutrition.
But the problem is that there is too much "corpse qi" condensed in this rotten soil. When the rock-armored giant beast stepped on it, in addition to the rotten soil emitting a foul smell, there were also twisted and deformed things. Although it was impossible to tell what kind of creature it was, it was undoubtedly a skeleton.
There are countless corpses and bones buried under this land, so much so that wherever you dig you can find a murder scene. In addition to the dead bodies, there are also a large number of residual souls living in this land.
These residual souls are so broken that they can't even be considered earthbound spirits. They don't even have self-awareness and are just broken pieces of spiritual bodies.
The land that holds these large amounts of spirit fragments can almost be divided into two areas from the world of the living. In other words...
…This is the land of the dead, there is no room for the living.
When Livi and her group of living people set foot on this land, they obviously disturbed the "natives" of this land. Livi heard a rustling sound, and could see with the naked eye that mounds of earth were rising one after another on the surrounding black and purple rotten soil.
"... To be honest, I don't really want to see what's coming next."
As soon as Livi finished speaking, the earth mound burst open, and rotten corpses emitting a foul smell and bones that were so rotten that not even any flesh was left crawled out from the ground one after another, and swarmed towards this side.
"......Ah" Seeing these pork belly and high-calcium tablets, Livi naturally showed a very disgusted expression. This is a normal physiological reaction for people, but Livi did not expect that Mawa, who never cared about raw or cold food, would also show an expression of disgust.
“…I don’t want to eat.”
That’s right, as an ogre...she now has a strong feeling of losing her appetite. These undead creatures have successfully made her feel sick.
"...How about it, can you clean it up?"
Livi asked Aenekos this question. After all, Livi really didn't want to deal with these things.
This is not a question of whether or not she can win the fight. The key is that this thing will explode with one punch. The limit of what Livi can accept is high-calcium tablets, and as for pork belly that is still oozing pus, she naturally doesn't want to deal with it at all.
Fortunately, Aenekos gave a very positive answer.
"No problem. How can we let Lady Livy's hands be soiled by something like this? Besides, this is too tasteless!"
That’s right, Agnikos herself is also an expert in playing with corpses, but her flesh and blood puppets will undergo special embalming treatment, and the materials are Agnikos’ own “secretions”.
As for the specific composition of this secretion, Livi thought it was better not to delve into it for the sake of everyone else, but anyway, the flesh and blood puppets processed by Anekos felt no different from living things.
Except that it cannot move without anyone controlling it, it is almost no different from when it is alive.
From this point of view, it can be regarded as a kind of alternative art.
And Aenekos was very proud of her skills, so she was fine with seeing the high-calcium tablets on the ground, but she got angry when she saw the pile of pork belly.
The giant rock-armored beast raised its millstone-like hoof and stomped down hard. The moment it landed, it created a visible shock wave that spread out in all directions, clearing out a clean white area in one go.
At the same time, the other lesser demons in the group saw this and stood in two rows on both sides of the rock-armored beast, each beginning to chant magic.
Although their magic attacks were so weak that they were like tickling to Livi, these high-calcium tablets and pork belly were obviously even more vulnerable.
Then, the rock-armored beasts launched a war and trampled on the ground. The little inferior demon girls on their backs formed a square formation, and all kinds of low-level magic began to wash the ground like rain.
Mava held the bone blade to protect Livi, and the rest of the goblin girls were responsible for providing the atmosphere and background music...
...Well, this scene is really becoming more and more like an outing.
The rock-armored beast was like a float, with colorful "fireworks" blooming on its back, and it rushed towards the direction of the Death Tower...
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Chapter 39 Mawa "Boss, why did you reward them!"
Livi is now very desperate, as if the lineup under her command, no matter how serious the scene is, can turn it into a picnic.
The group of shouting little demons are in a very good mood now. After all, they have followed Livi until now, and the significance of their existence is equivalent to ornamental plants.
After all, Livi didn't know why, but the postures of the creatures that had been marked with the mark of submission after being feminized still met the common sense definition of "beauty".
It may be the influence of the succubus's race. After all, succubi are naturally extremely beautiful. If you pick out the ugliest one from the race and throw it among ordinary people, she will still be a stunning beauty.
In short, it’s not a bad thing to be surrounded by such a group of beautiful girls. At least it’s quite pleasing to the eyes.
But if that really is the only function, then Livi would have to doubt deeply whether she had done something wrong by accepting these subordinates.
Fortunately, the little demons have at least mastered the minimum amount of magic, but their power is quite difficult to evaluate. Normally, even if they appear in groups, casting two attack spells can only serve as background effects.
However, I didn't expect to encounter weaker beings that are even less reliable than these little demons.
That is the high calcium tablets and pork belly that are all over the floor...
...These "things" can only be considered as undead monsters in theory. They have no self at all. In addition to the fact that their own image can cause mental damage to most people, they are unlikely to be able to defeat an ordinary adult in a one-on-one fight.
Under normal circumstances, such a weak monster can only cause some damage through numbers and a little insignificant poison attack, but all of these are restrained here.
There are giant rock-armored beasts used as mounts to charge into battle, but these things can't make a difference at all, and as for the toxins and stuff... the toxins in these things' bodies can only take effect when they are close to you.
So, Livi kept a distance from him and let him die by kiting him all the way.
Livi could even lie on the back of the rock-armored beast and enjoy the scenery. In order to make her sit comfortably, Aenekos specially made a "throne" for her to rest on the back of the rock-armored beast...
He was lying on the throne, with Mawa standing beside him with a knife in her hand. A group of goblins were patting his shoulders and pinching his legs, behaving in the most servile and attentive manner.
No matter which scene you look at, you can't feel much tension or sense of crisis.
Mava looked at the nest of goblins with envy in her eyes, but she had no talent at all in this area. She once tried her hand on the goblin mother, and almost pinched the goblin mother to pieces on the spot.
Although Livi's physical fitness is definitely not comparable to that of a goblin, in Mava's mind, Livi is a top-level "fragile" item. She has to prepare herself mentally for a long time before she can touch her lightly, for fear of leaving a red mark on Livi.
Even though Livi could jump into the lava and swim back and forth a couple of times, nothing would really happen...
Therefore, although Mawa is envious, she can only be responsible for the daily patrol and guarding work. When encountering miscellaneous soldiers, she is sent out to destroy the house. Her function is infinitely close to that of a husky.
In other words, the people around Livi now consist of the husky Mava, the driver and tailor Aenekos, the goblin girl who takes care of daily life and acts as a scout, and the little demon girl who is an ornamental plant...
...I can only say that there is a kind of beauty in playing house
Livi, with her chin supported by one hand, once again fell into her daily contemplation: Can I really rely on this bunch of talented people to overthrow the rule of the empire and establish a new order?
...Forget it, let's solve the practical problems at hand first, family members.
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