Next, Lan Ling ignored the decree from Rakshasa City and continued with his previous plan.
The next night, the son of the Black Demon Flag Master returned to Black Demon City and said that he did not see the young Rakshasa King. After Princess Tigné handed over the head of the messenger, no one paid any attention to him, and there was no reply to Lan Ling.
As a result, there was naturally no way to inform him about the resurrection of the Black Demon Flag Master.
Two days later, the second decree came from Rakshasa City.
It was ordered that Lan Ling immediately enter the capital to propose marriage with Princess Sha Yan. The decree also clearly stated that after the wedding, the Black Demon Flag would be renamed to the Flame Demon Flag, and Lan Ling would be the Flame Demon Flag Master.
This was a classic inducement.
The decree clearly stated that if Lan Ling did not arrive in Rakshasa City within five days, it would mean that he had voluntarily given up on the marriage and the matter of becoming the Flame Demon Flag Master. It would not be considered as the Rakshasa royal family violating the Heavenly Demon Blood Oath.
This was considered a threat.
On the third day, the big day of the Flame Demon Flag Master officially arrived.
The 169 tribal chiefs of the Flame Demon Flag Master would all be replaced. The new chiefs would be at the top of the Mirror Mountain in Flame Demon City and pledge their loyalty to Lan Ling in front of the Mirror Demon King.
After pledging their loyalty, it would be the inauguration ceremony.
That's right, the inauguration ceremony of the 169 new chiefs would not be held in Black Demon City, but in Flame Demon City.
Although the Black Demon City was much larger and more magnificent, the Black Demon City was much larger.
However, Flame Demon City was the capital of the Flame Demon Flag Master, so the ceremony had to be held there.
The reason why it was held in front of the Mirror Demon King was because some tricks were needed.
…
At the top of the Mirror Mountain, there was a throne carved out of stone, looking simple and primitive.
Lan Ling was sitting on the throne, accepting the loyalty and worship of every Chieftain!
Without a doubt, Lan Ling was a legend, a conqueror.
These new chiefs might be afraid of Lan Ling, but they might not be willing to pledge their loyalty to him, but they had no other choice.
At first, when the first chief knelt in front of Lan Ling.
"I swear that I will lead the Silver Tribe and be loyal to His Excellency Lan Ling for generations to come …" This was the son of the former leader of the Silver Alliance.
Just as he knelt down, he felt the scene around him suddenly change.
He was no longer at the top of the mountain, but in a great hall in the sky that was tens of thousands of meters high. It was like the temple of the ancient Demon Emperor.
In front of him was not a stone chair, but a Throne of Darkness.
The one sitting on it was no longer Lan Ling, but rather … an ancient Demon Emperor that was a thousand meters tall.
He was as tall as a mountain, his eyes were like stars, his body was like a black hole, and his breathing was like the roar of the nine heavens.
The energy aura released from his body made it hard for people to breathe.
In front of him, people felt incomparably small.
This … this is the real body of His Excellency Lan Ling? He recalled that he had once summoned the Hell Lightning to kill the Black Demon Flag Master, and then resurrected him again.
Is this really the Ancient Demon Emperor?
The legendary Ancient Demon Emperor with stars in his eyes and the sun and moon in his mouth?
The new chief who first came to pledge allegiance felt his whole body tremble. He felt more and more insignificant, and a sense of surrender surged from the depths of his heart.
This was Lan Ling's method.
This was also why the loyalty ceremony was held in front of the Mirror Demon King.
Because the Mirror Demon King could create such an illusion, it could make these new chiefs feel unprecedented shock and awe, and even surrender.
Moreover, the so-called illusion was not purely an illusion.
This was because no one could create the illusion of the Ancient Demon Emperor. The Mirror Demon King was the shadow of the Demon Emperor, an image that truly existed.
Therefore, this image of the Ancient Demon Emperor seemed so real, and could not be created out of thin air.
"Get up …" Lan Ling said.
But in the ears of the new chief of the Silver Tribe, it was like the roar of the earth, and the whistling of the stars.
The new tribal chief raised his head, and then clearly felt a star-like radiance suddenly fly over, drilling into his brain and disappearing without a trace.
What … What was this?
Could it be a spiritual contract, a spiritual contract that represented his loyalty to His Majesty?
When the new chief stood up, the Sky Hall disappeared, the Throne of Darkness disappeared, and the Ancient Demon Emperor disappeared.
It was still Lan Ling in front of him.
But when this new chief looked at Lan Ling again, it was as if he was looking at a high mountain. He was incomparably fearful and submissive.
Just like that, the new chiefs came forward one after another to kneel and pledge allegiance to Lan Ling.
After twelve hours, the 169 chiefs had finished pledging their loyalty.
Every one of them had received a shock and baptism to their souls.
…
At night, in the new hall of the Flame Demon City's castle.
In front of countless people, the 169 chiefs took their oaths.
The 169 chiefs recited a 365-word oath, and then officially took office as the new chiefs of the 169 tribes under the Flame Demon Flag.
After the new chiefs took office, the first general assembly of the Flame Demon Flag was held.
All the chiefs, all the senior civil officials, and all the officers above the rank of chiliarch participated!
At this time, the entire Flame Demon Flag had more than 600,000 troops, so there were more than 700 officers above the rank of chiliarch. Including all the chiefs and senior civil officials, there were more than 1,000 people.
There was only one content in the whole assembly, and that was the official establishment of the Flame Demon Council.
There was no election, no show of hands. All the members of the Flame Demon Council were appointed by Lan Ling.
The first Flame Demon Council had a total of eight members. Suo Mo was the chairman of the council, and Black Curse was the deputy chairman.
Suo Mo, Duo Duo, Gou Li, Black Curse, Yuan Tan, Xie Li, Chi Huo, and Chi Yan were the members of the first Flame Demon Council.
Even after the establishment of the Balrog Empire in the future, Lan Ling did not plan to reorganize the council into a cabinet.
Perhaps he would establish another cabinet, but he would definitely not abolish the council.
From then on, the Flame Demon Council would become the highest authority of the Flame Demon Flag, and even the future Balrog Empire. Not only would it have the highest political authority, but it would also have diplomatic and military authority.
Not only would it establish the Flame Demon Council, but it would also appoint Suo Mo as the Flame Demon City Lord.
In the future, three more super cities would be built.
Among the five big cities, all the tribes in four of the big cities would continue to maintain the previous hunting mode of production.
The Flame Demon City would become a special region and carry out a brand new mode of production. It would change from hunting to planting, processing, breeding, fishing, and so on. Not only would agriculture be developed, but primitive industries, mysterious energy industries, and so on.
Therefore, no one spoke during this assembly. Everyone just passively accepted and listened to Lan Ling issue one order after another.
Everyone who received the order had no choice but to swear in front of everyone that they would complete the task given by Lord Lan Ling.
As for these plans and orders issued by Lan Ling, most of them were his ideas, which were then turned into the real plan by the team led by Yoon Hi-hee.
In the human kingdom, Lan Ling had first been the City Lord, then the Governor, and finally the Regent of the Raging Wave Kingdom. He had a certain amount of experience in governing a country.
The Flame Demon Flag was like a blank piece of paper. Drawing a pattern on a blank piece of paper was the most difficult, but also the easiest.
No matter how badly Lan Ling did it, it was still better than the primitive Black Demon Flag.
After a full 20 hours, the first assembly of the Flame Demon Flag ended.
As for whether it was a success or not, no one knew, because everyone was holding a document of different thickness in their hands.
The document was filled with tasks that they had to complete.
If they could not complete it, they would immediately step down.
If they did not do it, they would be beheaded. There was no room for discussion.
The Flame Demon Parliament, five large cities, and one hundred and sixty-nine tribes. These three administrative levels formed the national machinery of the Flame Demon Flag.
Although it was primitive and crude, it was better than nothing.
After the assembly ended, this crude national machine began to truly operate.
Without a doubt, this was a great moment.
And his 600,000 troops, or more accurately, his 30,000 Centaur troops, would become his violent machine.
It was hard to say whether the Centaur Army was the whip of destruction, but it was definitely the sharpest whip of the Flame Demon Flag.
Next, there would be a team of more than 5,000 Centaur Cavalrymen, who would travel day and night to inspect every tribe and every military camp of the Flame Demon Flag.
Once they found any existence that disobeyed Lan Ling's orders, or any organization that did not carry out the task, they would immediately raise their butcher's knife and kill first and report later.
This army of 5,000 Centaur Cavalrymen would be like a terrible whip, lashing the Flame Demon Flag, this crude national machine, constantly spinning, like a spinning top.
… …
For three days and three nights, Lan Ling continuously met with the various chiefs and generals, issuing one mission after another.
For a full dozen hours, there was not a single moment of rest.
After basically everything was settled, he summoned the members of the Flame Demon Council for a closed-door meeting.
There was only one topic, should Lan Ling go to Rakshasa City?
Except for the three Centaur Khans, the other five had the same opinion. Lan Ling could not go to Rakshasa City, including the former Black Demon Flag Master, Black Curse.
"I have a good understanding of the Rakshasa royal family. His Majesty's behavior has already touched their reverse scale. Once you go to Black Demon City, you will definitely be placed under house arrest and will never return!" Black Curse said.
This was also the opinion of Suo Mo, Gou Li, Duo Duo, and Yuan Tan.
Everyone agreed that once Lan Ling went to Rakshasa City, he would definitely not return.
And the three Centaur Khans were not happy with this kind of retreat. In their opinion, even if the great master went through a mountain of knives and a sea of fire, it would be like walking on flat ground. No one in the world, no place, could stop his footsteps.
Cowering and retreating was definitely not the style of the great Moon Demon God, the great Sea Demon Fire God.
"His Majesty, even if you do not go to Rakshasa City, the Rakshasa royal family will not be able to do anything to you." Black Curse said, "Even if you do not marry Princess Sha Yan, Rakshasa City will not use force against you. At least they will acquiesce to your existence, and even pinch their noses and admit your Flame Demon Flag."
Black Curse was right.
If it were in the past, Rakshasa City would have sent out millions of troops to destroy Lan Ling.
But now, the war with the demons was imminent. The Rakshasa royal family could not do anything, let alone send out millions of troops to attack Lan Ling's Flame Demon Flag.
This was because the Heaven Demon Race was eyeing them covetously. As long as a civil war broke out in the Rakshasa territory, the Heaven Demon King was likely to make the Rakshasa race his first target to conquer. Everyone knew that one had to pick on the weak.
Therefore, based on the current situation, even if Lan Ling did not go to Rakshasa City, the Rakshasa royal family would not be able to do anything. They could only settle the score later.
"But if Master does not go, won't the people of the world look down on our great god?" Xie Li Khan said angrily, "Our Master is supreme and omnipotent. How can there be a place he does not dare to go?"
If Lan Ling did not dare to go to Rakshasa City, the only thing that would be damaged would be his reputation.
If you took over the territory of the Black Demon Flag, but did not even dare to go to Rakshasa City, then your achievements and future would stop at the territory of the Black Demon Flag. This was called being content in a corner.
"Master, why do you want to marry Princess Sha Yan?" Black Curse asked.
Lan Ling said, "First, to make our Flame Demon Flag more legitimate. With the identity of the son-in-law of the Devil King, all the people in the Flame Demon Flag territory will submit to me from the bottom of their hearts."
Black Curse said, "But according to your strategic deployment, when the first stage of the mission is completed, everyone in the Flame Demon Flag territory will probably only know about Lord, and not the Devil King."
That was for sure. Lan Ling's violent brainwashing was not just for show.
He held a knife in one hand and meat in the other.
If they were the people of the Flame Demon Flag, they would eat the meat. If not, they would be beheaded.
Coupled with the power of his new state apparatus, in at most three to five years, the tens of millions of people in the Flame Demon Flag territory would only know about Lan Ling, and not the Devil King.
"Second, after I become the husband of Princess Sha Yan, when the Devil King, the Little Devil King, and Princess Sha Yan are dead, and I lead the army to sweep away all the demon flags in the territory of the Devil Race, I will become the new Devil King of this territory." Lan Ling said, "Just like before, after I defeated Nai Shu's million-strong army and captured the Black Demon City, I still could not get the territory of the Black Demon Flag. Even if I kill most of the people in the territory of the Black Demon Flag, I will not get their surrender. I can only really get the territory of the Black Demon Flag through the Heavenly Demon Blood Oath and the loyalty of the Black Demon King. "
As soon as this was said, everyone understood.
The son-in-law of Princess Sha Yan, a member of the Devil King, was a prop for Lan Ling, a decorative prop.
It was also to give the conquered a reason to kneel down and swear allegiance.
In this way, marrying Princess Sha Yan became crucial.
"So, I must go to Devil City, and I must marry Princess Sha Yan," Lan Ling said.
Black Curse said, "But, once you go, you won't be able to come back."
Lan Ling said, "Order!"
Immediately, the eight members of the Flame Demon Council all stood up.
"After I enter Devil King City, if I don't return for seven days, 20,000 centaurs and 300,000 Flame Demons, immediately invade the territory of the Blue Demon Flag in the west, and act as if they are going to kill their way into Devil City." Lan Ling said, "If I don't return in seven days, immediately start the war. Don't occupy any land, just kill all along the way, and act as if a civil war is going to break out in the territory of the Devil Race. "
"Yes!" All the members of the Flame Demon Council said.
This was the role of the Flame Demon Flag.
It would become the brain of the Flame Demon Flag. Even if Lan Ling was not around for a short period of time, this brain could still maintain the operation of the Flame Demon Flag, and could already carry out Lan Ling's will.
After daybreak!
Lan Ling rode three Chimeras and went to Devil City to propose marriage!
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