One day later, Demon Realm, capital city.
Cersei flipped through the books written in human language, which recorded the few magic-related knowledge of the Demon Realm.
The knowledge on it was only the most basic magic. It was very easy for Cersei to learn, but chaos demons' natural talent was' destruction 'magic. The spells carefully constructed by the spellcasters were useless in front of them.
This also made chaos demons look down on spellcasters in the battle.
But unfortunately, no matter how many spellcasters Cersei could defeat, she couldn't solve the problem of famine in the capital city.
"Your Highness, the watchers have gone to the territories of the 4 Grand Dukes. At present, we can know that the plants in the territory of the Water Elemental Lord are not affected by the 'plague'."
The Prophet came to the dusty library with a book that was almost half as tall as her. She tiptoed and barely put the book on the table in front of Cersei.
"Water Elemental Lord? The border area of the Demon Realm … I remember that part of the land is suitable. "
Cersei straightened the book for the Prophet and opened one of the pages. It was a map of the Demon Realm.
The area of this map could only be described as' so round that it doesn't look like it was formed naturally '.
The territories of the 4 Grand Dukes were located at the edge of the Demon Realm, and a powerful water elemental occupied a corner of the territory.
That was the 'ocean' of the Demon Realm, but there were scattered islands and beaches on the ocean.
"But the cost of transporting the inferior demons and centaurs to the border sea is too high, and if we reclaim the land now, we will only be able to harvest it next year. Your Highness … um … please wait a moment."
The Prophet tiptoed to see the map on the table, but unfortunately, she was still too short.
At last the prophet ran to a chair which had been placed beside him, and with great effort carried it to the table as a stepping-stone, stepped on it, and saw the book which lay open on the table.
The Prophet stretched out her hand and pointed to a corner of the map.
"I suggest we communicate with the Duke Of Black Dragon and let the soldiers go to his territory to hunt."
"The Duke Of Black Dragon … He is not so easy to communicate with, but if necessary, I will let him understand his situation in the Demon Realm."
Cersei put her hand on the longsword at her waist. The duke located in the other corner of the Demon Realm was a powerful Black Dragon. There were no subjects in his territory, only prey …
If the residents of the Underworld wanted to step into the territory of the Duke Of Black Dragon, without his permission, anyone would be burned to ashes by the dragon breath.
Going to the Duke Of Black Dragon's territory to get food was Cersei's last resort because it was not easy to make a Black Dragon yield.
"Your Highness, there's actually another way …" Before the Prophet could finish his words, Cersei raised her hand and interrupted him.
Cersei knew what the other method the prophet was referring to. It was to plunder the human world.
She had considered this method before, but it also meant that the Demon Realm was officially going to war with the humans. If it was not handled well, it would only make the famine in the capital worse.
At this moment, a message from the magic net appeared in front of Cersei. This message came from Josiah … Now, Cersei could only hope that Josiah had found a merchant who was willing to trade with the Demon Realm.
"Good morning, elder sister … Yesterday, I discussed with many merchants in Noland for a while. Several of them have channels to sell large amounts of food, and two of them agreed to let the apprentice you recommended go to their magic machinery factory to learn related technology. Also, the dean of an advanced magic academy in Noland is also willing to accept knowledge seekers from the Demon Realm. I have already asked my subordinate Zenas to prepare the portal. The location is in the Twilight Forest of the Skeleton Duke. Don't worry, the Skeleton Duke will warmly receive guests who visit her territory. Your brother, Josiah."
Josiah's message was in the form of a very formal letter. He probably considered that Cersei was busy with work and did not want her to be immersed in the chat.
Cersei originally wanted to send a message to greet Josiah, but seeing that Josiah's letter had already instructed her so thoroughly, she could only start thinking about business first.
"Prophet, I've already thought of a solution." Cersei waved her hand to close the message and looked at the demon in front of her who looked very young.
"Please speak, Your Highness." The prophet pushed up the wood-framed spectacles on the bridge of his nose, already prepared to accept Cersei's orders.
"Whether it's to reclaim land in the territory of the Water Elemental Lord or to go hunting in the territory of the Duke Of Black Dragon, I can do all of these tasks," she said.
"No, the place you're going to next is the Twilight Forest, the territory of the Skeleton Duke."
Cersei extended her hand and pointed to the corner of the map closest to the human world. It was a forest filled with the dead.
"Twilight Forest? Your Highness Cersei, this forest is shrouded in the aura of death. It's impossible to grow any living plants. "
"I know that your purpose in going to the Twilight Forest is not to reclaim new crops." Cersei put the book that recorded human magic on the table and said to the prophet, "Instead, you're going to the human city of Noland to learn knowledge related to magic."
"Go to Noland?"
The prophet was no stranger to this city. As a rare demon in the Realm of Demons who had studied magic, she was full of curiosity about the city of Noland.
The magic knowledge contained in the city of Noland was far more than any human city, not to mention the ancient magic that spellcasters had spent hundreds of years studying, as well as the recently emerging magic machinery technology.
"But haven't humans always rejected our race?"
The prophet's expression was still calm when she learned that she could go to Noland for further study. The first thing she thought of was the hatred humans had for demons.
"Of course I know the attitude of humans towards our race, but recently, under the influence of my younger brother, Noland seems to have changed a little. An advanced magic academy is willing to accept demons as students." Cersei looked at the location of the Twilight Forest on the map and said, "And the portal to Noland is in the Twilight Forest."
"Your Highness Cersei, are you sure this isn't some kind of … conspiracy between your younger brother and the humans?"
The Prophet asked this question in a cold tone that was likely to make Cersei fall into anger. Cersei stared at the demon in front of her who looked young but was able to maintain his composure under her gaze.
"I can't rule out this possibility, so the prophet will use your eyes to confirm it. Our race has been hiding in the Realm of Demons for too long. If we continue to close our eyes like this, we will eventually face destruction. So the prophet … I need to use your eyes to know all the changes in the human world." Cersei gave an order filled with a sense of mission.
"Understood."
The prophet accepted this order without much hesitation.
"Carry out your mission, watcher," Cersei said.
The prophet nodded, then put away the ancient book on the table. She held the heavy ancient book in her arms again, jumped off the small stool, and walked towards the door.
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