Indeed, if one thought about it carefully, Boyant's actions in persuading Falsiritz to ascend to the Demon King's throne were indeed very suspicious. As one of the few demons who had made a name for themselves in the human circle of power, his enthusiasm for reorganizing the Demon King's Army was extremely suspicious.
Although Xu Shenxing had never met 'Boyant of Xinrui', who was also one of the Four Legendary Generals, after returning to this world, he had fought with him more than once in a battle of wits and courage with the Demon King's Army fifteen years ago.
Of course, the battle here was more of a battle of wits and courage rather than a confrontation. Otherwise, Xu Shenxing would have slashed the other party in half, and there wouldn't have been so much trouble.
Even 15 years ago, Xu Shenxing's strength wasn't as strong as it was now. He was only 'strong' in the general sense. But even so, if it was a one-on-one … No, even if it was a one-on-three situation, it wouldn't be difficult for him to kill Boyant.
Although Boyant, Falsiritz, and Soraya were all Four Legendary Generals, he was the weakest in terms of individual strength. As a rare two-headed demon, Boyant only had a certain level of attainment in mental power and runology. The real reason why he could be listed as one of the Four Legendary Generals was simply because he was one of the few wise men in the Demon King's Army. He had always played the role of a think tank in the Demon King's Army. Of course, it could also be said that he was the Demon King's advisor at that time.
To be honest, that guy did have some tricks up his sleeves. Back then, Xu Shenxing's mortal wisdom was not enough to play with him. If not for the existence of the wise men in the Hero's Army who could see through some of his schemes in the early stages, and Xu Shenxing could not be bothered with the other party's schemes in the later stages and relied on his strength to forcefully defeat all of that guy's schemes, it would have been quite troublesome.
It was precisely because the group had displayed their strength that Demon King Eleena came to the conclusion that they were no match for the Salvation Army and took the initiative to surrender to avoid the worst situation.
But in this way, the demons who harbored malice against the humans were also saved, which led to the current situation.
"Yes, 'Soroya of Burning Blood', 'Farsilitz of Steel Jade', and 'Boyante of Xinrui' …" Xu Shenxing counted with his claws. "Wait, why are there only three of the Four Legendary Generals?"
"Speaking of which, when we fought our way to the Demon King's City, we only met three Demon Generals … I always thought that the fourth Demon General would be the strongest of the Demon King's Army and stay in the Demon King's City. In the end, after breaking through the Helcrown's guards and mechanisms, I met Eleena directly. "
Even Finn hammered his palm with a look of realization on his face.
I say, you've been living with the Demon King for fifteen years, but you haven't found this strange?
Xu Shenxing looked dispiritedly at the confused Finn.
"The fourth Infernal General is called 'Invisible Sixth'. His ability is biased towards information gathering, which is equivalent to having an unlimited amount of invisibility. However, he has almost no combat ability, and because of that, he almost never comes into contact with invisibility. It's normal that you haven't seen him before. Even the last time I saw his true form was nearly twenty years ago … Back then, he was the one who grasped all of your movements."
Eleena explained to Xu Shenxing in detail.
Finn suddenly felt like there was an old curse stuck in his throat, but he couldn't spit it out …
"In short, the most important thing now is to find Boyante, right?" Finn asked Xu Shenxing, who was licking his fur like a cat, after glancing at Farsilitz, who seemed to have no intention of continuing to struggle on the ground.
"That's the problem. It's very difficult to find that guy. I remember fifteen years ago, he was always hiding in a safe place like a tortoise. It's very difficult to catch him." Xu Shenxing sighed helplessly. He really wished that his old think tank could appear by his side. If that guy was here, he might be able to catch Boyante's slip. "Not to mention that we're in the open while that guy is in the dark. If it really doesn't work, I'll have to step in and destroy the Demon King's main force. Since that guy spent so much effort to reorganize the Demon King's Army, he'll definitely jump out when the Demon King's Army shows signs of falling apart. "
In the end, Xu Shenxing could only think of this simple and crude method.
But in many cases, the simpler the method, the more miraculous the results.
"If you really do that, it'll give me a headache."
Apart from the three people (two humans, one cat) and Farsilitz, who was lying on the ground, a young man's voice rang out in the empty hall.
Unlike Finn's simple and honest voice, which was full of a sense of justice, this slightly shrill voice gave off a creepy and slippery feeling.
"Oh, our Xinrui is finally willing to show himself." Xu Shenxing narrowed his cat eyes and stared at the position beside the Demon King's throne.
Even if the other party had used some special method to make their voices come from all directions, this little trick was of limited use to Xu Shenxing. He immediately discovered the location of the other party's true body.
"That guy is actually here … Tsk, but as the think tank, it's normal for him to appear beside the Demon King." Finn drew his longsword from his waist.
It was obvious that he didn't have a good impression of Boyante.
Moreover, that guy was suspected to be the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Finn's daughter. It was no wonder that the usually nice Finn would be so serious.
"Long time no see, Lord Demon King, and the two of you who used to be heroes."
Boyante seemed to have recognized Xu Shenxing's true identity from the conversation just now. So when he revealed himself beside the throne, he greeted the three people with human noble etiquette.
Unlike Farsilitz, Boyante still appeared in human form. His human appearance was that of a handsome man with short white hair and squinted eyes. He looked to be around 30 years old, and his body was thinner than Finn's, but his face was more handsome than Finn's.
"So, Boyant, do you have anything you want to say?" Eleena looked at her former subordinate and asked straightforwardly.
"Fifteen years ago, I always thought that wisdom could defeat power." Boyante didn't seem to understand the hidden meaning in Eleena's words. He actually started talking to himself, "Until you appeared, my lord."
He stared at Xu Shenxing, but because his eyes were squinted, Xu Shenxing couldn't tell what his gaze meant.
"You used pure strength to crush all my plans. You led public opinion to make the ignorant people suspicious of you, sowed discord and caused the human authorities to secretly persecute you, and meticulously planned countless traps on the battlefield. You didn't hesitate at all, and you didn't even have the slightest bit of confusion. That way of crushing everything with absolute power made me realize for the first time that when power reaches a certain level, it is difficult to resist with pure wisdom."
Boyante's words seemed to be filled with admiration and longing for Xu Shenxing's' time is of the essence, attack first, talk later 'style. "At the same time, I finally understood that if I want to achieve my goals, I need more power. This is the main reason why I hid my identity among the humans for so long and quietly operated everything. "
"Are you planning to use this long speech to stall for time?"
Finn asked coldly.
"More or less. Of course, if you want to fight now, I'm more than happy to oblige."
Boyante admitted without hesitation.
That fearless attitude made the former Demon King Eleena frown.
"What are you planning?"
"Don't rush, listen to me slowly …" Boyante's lips curled up, as if he was enjoying the current situation.
Xu Shenxing looked at all of this without commenting. After all, according to various ACGN laws, 99% of the villains would be overturned by the protagonist after the narration, no matter how strong and powerful they were.
"Then, to achieve my ambition of reconquering this world and using it as a base to rebuild the Great Demonic Realm, what level of power do I need? Because there aren't many known conditions, the answer is a bit general. But to put it simply, 'power that won't be defeated by the Heroes'. Since the former Demon King Eleena wasn't a match for the Heroes, then I just need to obtain power that surpasses Eleena's. So, I rebuilt the Church. "
"What?!" Finn was shocked.
The Church was rebuilt by a demon? This is too much of a joke …
"Are you surprised? But I found some very interesting things in the old Church's records … For example, a method to increase one's own power through the faith of believers. " Boyante shrugged, and then his gaze fell on Xu Shenxing again. "Of course, this level of power can't defeat the Heroes … At least, it can't defeat you at that time. So, I took control of some abject demons and demi-humans, and let them start to selectively breed demons. "
"…"
Eleena's face was a little gloomy.
"Do you remember now, my dear Demon King? Although your main subordinates were demons like us, when you first conquered this world and made it into a decoration of the Great Demonic Realm, you relied on an army of a hundred thousand demons from the Great Demonic Realm … That's right. What's surprising is that the Demon King who seems to have terrifying magic power is actually just a harmless summoner. Your terrifying magic power should have been gathered from the demons under the feedback of the magic contract, right? After all, even if a hundred thousand demons are low-level demons, one percent of each feedback is enough for a person to have the strongest magic power in this low-level world. "
Boyant laughed out loud. "It's just that you've laughably released those hundred thousand ancestral daemons into the wild, but I've sent people to capture most of them and set up a daemon breeding ground deep in the mountains and forests. As for food for the daemons … Human rights are really a good thing. With rights, no one would care about where the slaves I bought and the lowlifes who went missing in my domain went."
Finn and Eleena looked at the lunatic Boyante with unfriendly gazes.
"Don't look at me like that. Haven't I said it before? The current me is completely different from before … Under my command, there are a million demons! My power is already ten times yours, Demon King! And now those million demons are rushing to the battlefield … Tsk tsk tsk, it just so happens that I'm running out of things to feed them. This war is really too timely. After all, the battlefield lacks everything except corpses, right? "
It was then that Xu Shenxing stood up as if he had just woken up, shaking the fur on his body.
"Finn, you two have no problem dealing with this lunatic, right?" He asked the couple. "I'll take care of the battlefield."
"Don't worry, leave it to us." Finn and Eleena looked at each other, and then smiled confidently and nodded at Xu Shenxing.
Seeing that, Xu Shenxing did not bother to continue talking nonsense with the lunatic, and ran towards the battlefield.
"Hey, hey, didn't you hear me? That's a million demons! And those ancestral demons have all been killed by me. You have no chance of winning! "
Seeing Xu Shenxing's calm and unhurried manner, Boyante could not help but become angry and roared at them. "And you two — do you still think you can beat me?! Right now, I have the Mana of a million Daemons' Feedback! "
"Although I don't know how strong the magic power of a million demons is, I'm still a little disappointed … I thought you would be smarter if it was you, but I didn't expect you to be no different from that stupid bishop from before."
Eleena smiled coldly, and her casual mockery had the demeanor of a big sister.
"What …" Boyante was furious.
"When did you have the misconception that those bastards in the Great Demonic Realm would let a summoner with no combat power conquer this world as the Demon King? And when did you have the misconception that the demons of the Great Demonic Realm would obediently listen to a weakling? "Eleena continued.
Boyante suddenly realized that he seemed to have made a mistake.
Yes, the demons of the Great Demonic Realm were not kind creatures. Even if they were tamed, they would still bite their masters when given the chance.
But the former Demon King had never encountered such a situation … Or rather, those demons were a little too obedient.
Pure black magic power emerged from Eleena's body again, but this time it was thicker and darker than before.
"There's only one answer: those hundred thousand demons were all subdued by my strength! And I've never signed any contract with any of them, because there's no benefit except polluting my magic power … In other words, I'm much stronger than those hundred thousand demons put together! Not only that, that lord is stronger than me. A mere million demons … Heh, your ambition has gone in the wrong direction from the beginning! "
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