Fiona seriously suspected that there was something wrong with her ears.
At such a tense moment, Tang En actually said … to focus on culture and entertainment and urge Dante, Clover, and the others to speed up the publication of comics?
How could he have the nerve to urge them!
Could it be that he didn't know that the elven ladies were still angry at him because he had escaped from the previous night's ambush?!
More importantly, the war is coming. Shouldn't we strengthen our combat strength?! Why did he suddenly decide to go into the culture and entertainment industry?!
Did this guy go to the Purgatory Abyss and his brain was poisoned?
"Don't worry. Of course, I'm doing this for a reason."
Tang En comforted Fiona's emotions. "Let me ask you. If the demons suddenly invade Prandal, how long can we resist?"
Fiona raised her eyebrows and said a little unconvincingly, "Why are you so unconfident? Can't we defeat them? "
Now, under the leadership of Tang En, the military strength of the Irus Empire was not what it used to be. Their combat strength was not just a little bit stronger. Even if the demons came, it was not impossible for them to win, right?
"It's good to have confidence, but blind confidence is too stupid."
Tang En knocked on Fiona's forehead. "The demons can fight with the devils for so many years without being at a disadvantage. How can they be defeated so easily by us?"
"In terms of individual strength, the demons crush us humans and orcs. In terms of numbers, the demons are not much less than us. This means that if a full-scale war starts, we will only be at a disadvantage. "
"If the battlefront is more concentrated, we can still concentrate our strength to resist, but I'm afraid we can only resist for a year at most. If the battlefront is scattered, let alone a year, I'm afraid we won't even be able to last a month."
Tang En's words were not alarmist words but the truth. The difference in strength between humans and demons was so big.
However, he did not tell the complete truth. If they could resist for a year, they would be able to pool their resources and develop more magically modified weapons. They would be able to continuously strengthen their combat strength and eventually tie with the demons, or even surpass them.
However, there was no need to say these words to them now.
Looking at the shocked crowd, Tang En spread out his hands and said, "That's why we need a powerful ally.
Aurelia sucked in a breath of cold air. "Devil?! We're forming an alliance with the demons?! "
"You're right."
"But that's a demon! How can we ally ourselves with the demons?! "
Even Olina was a bit flurried. She was a devout believer. In the Bible of the Radiant Church, there were many bad words about demons.
Mortals always liked to use their own understanding to figure out those unknown things. That was why they came up with so many things that left one at a loss whether to cry or laugh. For example, a god might just be bored and casually write or draw something. He might be complaining that a certain god was not dedicated enough or something. Then, if a believer saw it, the believer might think that their god was dissatisfied with another god. Then, a religious war might break out, and the people would be plunged into misery and suffering.
Therefore, it was very terrifying to interpret the Bible rashly. However, Olina, who had read the Bible well, had the impression that demons were the enemies of humans. They were very terrifying monsters who would cheat people to degenerate and capture people's souls...
He was the worst of the worst.
How can we form an alliance with such a guy?
"So what if he's a demon?"
Tang En spread out his hands. "The enemy of our enemy is our friend. If we can form an alliance with the demons, we will have a shield that can stand at the forefront..."
Aurelia frowned and said, "But demons are very cunning. They may not necessarily stand at the front honestly. Maybe they will deliberately be lazy and let some demons come over, letting them kill humans."
Tang En said lightly, "It's not a possibility. They will definitely do so."
"Then we still..."
"A small number of demons are not terrible. We can deal with them ourselves. I think they will definitely be shocked by our combat power. And we don't want to treat the demons as saviors. We just need an ally who can help us share most of the pressure. "
Tang En said with a smile, "They want to use us to completely defeat the demons, and they also want to use the demons to destroy us. We want to use them to contain the demons. It's a relationship of using each other."
"So, what we need to do now is how to make the demons help us share as much of the pressure as possible, so as to buy us precious time to develop. It just so happens that during this trip to the Purgatory Abyss, I found some interesting things that can be used by us."
Fiona was speechless. "Are you talking about the reason why you gave that order just now?"
Tang En snapped his fingers. "You guessed right!"
"... Are you really not kidding?"
Fiona rubbed the corners of her eyes. "Or do you want to learn from those businessmen who open up new markets and sell those comics and animations to the blank market on the demons' side?"
"Of course not."
Tang En said with a smile, "I'm afraid you still don't know why the demons are so thirsty for human souls, right?"
The girls nodded. They really didn't know.
So Tang En told them about how the demons used human souls, and then he continued, "... Then, I found out that what they actually need is not human souls, but just a means to let themselves relax in between battles."
"That's right. What they lack is precisely entertainment culture..."
The answer was dumbfounding, but after thinking about it carefully, it made sense.
Demons and demons fought all year round. They were two races that were born solely for battle. In such an environment, under such pressure, of course, it was impossible to develop any interesting entertainment culture.
But in the long battle, they would also get tired of their current life and yearn for a new life experience.
So, human souls became their best choice.
However, if Tang En could provide a large number of entertainment means and props that were not inferior to the memory crystals, it could improve the current boring lives of the demons.
Aurelia was stunned. "They really agreed to cooperate with us for such a simple reason?"
"Of course, it's not just that."
Next, Tang En described the details of the contract he discussed with Demon King Barmetos to them. After carefully analyzing it, Fiona and Aurelia reluctantly approved of the contract signed by Tang En.
"It's not bad. Other than the traps you found, we haven't found any other traps yet."
Fiona breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "One of the troublesome things now is that we have to help the demons completely defeat the demons. In other words, before eliminating the threat of the demons, we are completely bound to the demons. This isn't a good thing."
"That doesn't matter. The point is …"
Aurelia frowned and said, "The demons requested that if we win the battle, we have to draw a residential area for them in Prandal! How could you agree to such a clause?! Since we're working together to fight against the demons, it might be fine in the short term. But after a long time, if the two sides can't successfully fuse together, there will definitely be big problems. "
Aurelia's worries were necessary. Two completely different races living in the same world. If they could not fuse their bloodlines, they would definitely break out in war because of their different living habits, worldviews, values, and so on.
Tang En shook his head. "Although your worries are necessary, you forgot a very important premise."
Aurelia was stunned, but she quickly remembered and fell silent.
Yes, the premise for conflicts to break out was that this world still had a future.
And now, there were only about forty years left for them. If they could not solve the invasion of Chaos, what future was there to talk about?
At that time, whether it was humans or demons, they would all disappear from this world.
"Okay!"
Tang En finally clapped his hands and said, "Don't think so much for the time being. Since it's a vacation, let's relax. As for business, let's talk about it when we get back. At least, we don't have to worry about the demons now. "
Before Tang En returned, he had already negotiated with Barmetos. The demons would take the opportunity to take the initiative to attack the demons when they shrank their defense line and determine their true target through their counterattack.
If they directly counterattacked with all their strength, then the human countries could temporarily rest assured.
But if their counterattack was very weak, then the human countries would have to be vigilant because it was very likely that their main forces had gathered and were preparing to attack the human countries.
This time, Salatimore did not follow them back because he wanted to report the progress of the Purgatory Abyss to Tang En in a timely manner.
…
Although Tang En said it very casually, in fact, after hearing this news, not many people were in the mood to continue their vacation except for the heartless him.
And Nar Hakesha, who was looking forward to continuing to push down Tang En, bitterly discovered that this time, Tang En was vigilant and directly sealed the room at night, giving her no chance to take advantage of it.
After relaxing here for two or three days, they directly teleported back to Ellington. This time, they did not even take the airship and directly let the pilot drive it back.
After returning to Ellington, Tang En immediately went to find Clover and Danterian.
Clover looked puzzled. "Draw a series of comics with demons as the protagonists, and also require the protagonists to be strong and meet the aesthetic standards of the demons. At the same time, they can't be depressed and have to meet the needs of the readers?"
Danterian was a little stunned. "Huh? Combined with previous creative experience, write a novel with demons as the protagonists? The requirements are to be satisfying and to meet the needs of fragmented reading? "
Tang En: "Yes! This is very important! We have to do it as soon as possible! "
Clover looked indifferent. "Of course, no problem, but …"
Danterian snorted softly. "… But before that, shouldn't you compensate us?"
"Compensate, compensate?"
"Yes!"
Clover stood on Tang En's left. "You're too cunning!"
"That's right!"
Danterian stood on Tang En's right. "You have to compensate us for our losses!"
Tang En's forehead was sweating and he slowly stepped back. "I don't know what I did wrong …"
Tang En, who was retreating, suddenly felt himself being hugged by a soft body. His body stiffened and he turned his head mechanically. Then, he saw Alice who had appeared out of nowhere and smiled. "Lord Messenger … this time … it seems that you can't escape! — Sisters! Go! "
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
