bookbashuk Chapter 373 If there's no Demon King, why don't I just become the Demon King?!
Chapter 373 If there's no Demon King, why don't I just become the Demon King?!
Chapter 373 If there's no Demon King, why don't I just become the Demon King?!
Ironically, when the Demon King's army was around, the three human kingdoms united as one, and despite the despair of seeing no hope, they still fought bravely to create a space for humanity to survive.
Now that the Demon King's army is gone, the three kingdoms have begun to turn against each other and even fight each other. Although this is still a future event that has not yet occurred, the signs of it are already beginning to emerge.
However, to be honest, even if war were to break out in the future of this world, the impact on Broly's side would be limited.
Huihui and Youyou need no introduction, as they are from the Crimson Demon Clan, which does not belong to any of the three major human kingdoms.
Even when the Demon King's army was still around, they couldn't defeat the Crimson Demon Clan, let alone the three great human kingdoms, who were even weaker than the Demon King's army back then.
Even if war were to break out, it would likely not affect the Crimson Demon Village.
As for Aqua, her sect was prophesied to become the world's number one sect, which undoubtedly benefited from the war.
As for Wiz, he is a top-tier lich and, if he doesn't participate in the war and is only concerned with self-preservation, he will have no problem at all.
The one truly affected is Darkness, the noble lady of Axel. If war breaks out in the future, she, as the heir to the lord, will have to go to the battlefield.
However, given how tanky she is, the probability of her being killed is almost zero.
The only one with a real headache is Eris. As the goddess who governs this world, she has only been in peace for two years. If war breaks out in the future, there will probably be a lot of dead people who don't want to be reincarnated into this disaster-ridden world.
The celestial performance evaluation will definitely cause her to crack open. If faith in the mortal realm is still eradicated, she might not even be able to remain a goddess in the future.
"This matter needs to be resolved, but how to resolve it is the problem."
"Wouldn't it be better if I just went and arrested those who are causing future wars, taught them a lesson, or killed them outright?"
Broly asked.
"Future wars are an inevitable trend; simply eliminating a small number of decision-makers will not change the future outcome."
Miss Soket made a prediction based on these conditions, only to find it useless, while Darkness offered her own opinion from the side.
As long as the situation in the three kingdoms remains unchanged and the points of conflict are not resolved, war is an inevitable event.
Perhaps doing certain things can postpone the outbreak of war, but it can only postpone it. Once the critical point is reached, it will still erupt.
Now, it seems there are only two choices before us: one is to help the Kingdom of Belzegu eliminate the other two kingdoms, but that would require killing a great many people.
One option is to reappear the vanished Demon King's army. As long as external pressure is restored to humanity, internal conflicts will naturally be alleviated.
"How can we bring back the vanished Demon King's army?"
Considering Eris's feelings, Broly took the initiative to inquire about the latter method.
"The key to the Demon King's army is the Demon King himself; we must find the Demon King first."
Aqua said she did not deliberately choose not to change because Sokha's prophecy of a future favorable to Axisism.
"But that old demon king is very old, is he still alive?"
Youyou raised this question, and no one present knew the answer.
However, Wiz might know.
Broly and the others, along with the fortune teller, went to Megumin's house.
They found Wiz and told him about the prophecy.
"Mr. Yasaka Kyoichi should still be alive."
A while ago, we received a large sea fish at home; it was a gift from the other party.
As for where he is now, I remember he's in a small coastal town to the south.
Wiz tried hard to recall, but she didn't know the old devil's exact whereabouts.
As for wanting the fortune teller to use divination to find out the old demon king's current location.
Sokat tried it, but it didn't work.
"If that person is not dead, then he must possess magic that can counter divination."
Divination is not a panacea, and it is not too difficult to prevent a prophet from knowing your personal information.
When the old demon king was resurrected, he worried that outsiders might be able to divine his existence, so he devised many ways to counter divination and prophecy.
Therefore, even if a top fortune teller like Sokat were to perform a divination, the result would only be that the person could not be found.
"Oh no, what should we do?"
Princess Alice was a little anxious.
"It's okay, knowing the general location is enough."
Broly, however, said...
"Hey, do you have a solution?"
Darkness looked over curiously.
"All things possess energy, but few individuals possess abundant energy. Although I did not recall the old demon king's aura, I do remember that his energy was not low."
The old demon king is not strong in combat, but he has a high level and a high magic power.
In Broly's case, this means that the opponent's aura is much stronger than that of other creatures.
Although there are many powerful creatures in this world, few can match the old demon king's magnanimity.
Once you know the general location, you just need to sense the strong aura in that direction and go there to confirm it.
"I'll go look for it, and if I find it, I'll bring the person back."
Broly left those words behind, then jumped out of the house and took off, flying south.
He was very fast; in the sky, he disappeared in an instant.
. . . .
A small fishing boat floats on the calm sea off the southern islands.
Suddenly, a huge shadow appeared beneath the fishing boat.
With a splash, a giant octopus emerged from beneath the surface of the sea.
"Well done, this is your reward."
The old captain, with graying hair but still in good spirits, leaned against the ship's side, looking at the splashing sea with a satisfied expression. He then raised his hand and tossed out a ball of special magic.
The giant octopus caught the ball of magic with its tentacles, absorbed it into its body, and then rolled the fishing net toward the side of the fishing boat.
"The operation is complete!"
The old captain shouted towards the stern, and the girl who had been lying on the mast sunbathing grabbed the rope and jumped down from the mast.
She used the iron hook with hemp rope to hook the fishing net that the octopus tentacles were rolling over, and after doing this, she ran to the other end and started pulling the rope.
With a splashing sound, fishing nets filled with various kinds of sea fish were pulled from the sea onto the boat. Looking at the many expensive sea fish in the nets, the wheat-skinned girl revealed a smile like that of an old farmer.
Just as the girl was sorting the sea fish, she suddenly felt as if she was being locked onto by something, and following her feeling, she looked up at the sky.
A small black dot appeared on the horizon. The dot quickly grew larger and approached, bringing with it a gust of wind. The waves whipped up by the wind crashed directly towards the small fishing boat.
The girl sorting the sea fish quickly picked up the long, thin sea fish at her feet. This sea fish probably never imagined that one day it would be used as a sword. Powerful sword energy emanated from its body as it slashed at the huge wave that was crashing in.
The wave split in two, and the girl carrying the fish cautiously watched the creature descending from the sky. Only after recognizing Broly did she exclaim in surprise, "It's you?!"
. . . .
Broly carried the entire small fishing boat back, along with the people, the boat, and the fresh fish.
"Miss Wiz, it's been a long time."
After the old captain jumped off the fishing boat, he greeted the liches he knew who were there.
"Isn't this Lady Aqua? It's been a long time~"
Despite the grudge between his ancestor and the water goddess, Yasaka Kyoichi was, after all, resurrected by her, and still politely removed his hat and bowed to Aqua.
"I wonder what kind of help you all have that this old man can offer?"
The old demon king asked for advice.
"Broly, didn't you make things clear with them?"
Aqua looked at the boy with a puzzled expression.
"I only told him I needed his help, and then I brought him back."
Broly confessed honestly.
"The kind that doesn't even get our consent."
The Demon King's daughter complained, "Who would have thought that while fishing at sea, I could be kidnapped along with my ship?"
"Here's what happened..."
Wiz and the old devil were acquaintances, so the task of explaining the situation was left to her.
"What? You want me to become the Demon King again? No, no..."
The old demon king shook his head like a rattle drum.
"Don't worry, this is for the sake of the future peace of this world. You are being sent to become the Demon King again and rebuild the Demon King's army. No heroes from the Heavenly Realm will come to defeat you."
Eris quickly began to persuade him.
"Even if I won't be defeated by the hero, I don't want to become the Demon King again."
The old demon king still waved his hand.
"Huh, why?"
The crowd was puzzled, until the old demon king began to recount his past as a demon king.
"To put it nicely, I am the Demon King; to put it bluntly, I am just the nanny of the Demon King's army. Every day when I open my eyes, I have to feed hundreds of thousands of mouths."
If it were just a matter of food, that would be one thing, but the cadres in the past always managed to create all sorts of ridiculous and absurd things.
For example, Miss Wiz once misappropriated the Demon King's army funds to cover the losses of her deficit-ridden magical item shop...
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The old demon king pointed at the lich lady and directly revealed her dark history.
"Ah, my magic item shop has been profitable for a long time!"
Wiz blushed and quickly retorted.
"This is just a small matter. There are many more big things that require me, the Demon King, to clean up. Thinking about it now, it's all tears!"
I barely escaped the position of Demon King, and now I can travel and enjoy life with my daughter, go fishing at sea, and live a carefree life. Now you want me to go back to being Demon King? You might as well kill me.
Kyoichi Yasaka stated directly that if he were to return to being the Demon King, he might as well give his life back to Aqua. After all, he had already enjoyed more than two years of carefree life, and dying now wouldn't be a regret.
And the group had no choice but to deal with the old Demon King who would rather die than return to being the Demon King. They couldn't very well force this former Demon King's army veteran to drink the dirty water from before, could they?
"Speaking of which, if you really need a demon king to resolve the current conflicts in the human kingdom, you don't necessarily need an old man like me, do you?"
As the old demon king spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to Broly beside him.
"With his strength, wouldn't he be more than capable of becoming the new Demon King?"
Kyoichi Yasaka asked, somewhat puzzled.
"I cannot stay in this world for long."
Broly answered the old demon king's question.
To change the foreseeable future of war, what is needed is a long-term enemy of humanity that poses a sustained threat to all of humankind.
Broly certainly possesses more than enough strength to become a major enemy of humanity, but his inability to remain in this world for an extended period prevents him from fulfilling the subsequent conditions.
"Oh, so what should we do?"
Princess Alice cried out for help again.
"Hehehe..."
A burst of affected laughter suddenly rang out.
"Huihui, what are you laughing at?"
Youyou asked the girl next to her, puzzled.
Huihui has now changed into a special outfit: a black-faced woman in a red-based cloak.
"Of course, I've already thought of a way."
"Huh?"
Everyone looked over.
"What method?"
Princess Alice pressed for an answer.
"Since there's no Demon King in the world, then why don't I just become the Demon King!"
Huihui said so.
"Huh, I thought you had some brilliant idea, but this is all?"
Aqua glanced at her sideways, curled her lip, and her sarcasm was palpable.
"Hey, Aqua, are you looking down on me?"
Huihui was furious.
"It's not that I look down on you, but not just anyone can be the Demon King."
Aqua shrugged.
"Yes, at the very least, one must possess either a powerful force or personal strength."
Wiz continued the conversation.
"I'm just asking you, which one did you fall for?"
After receiving support, Aqua immediately retorted with a question.
"That's of course due to my formidable personal strength!"
Huihui said with absolute confidence.
"Uh, Huihui, your professional level is not low, but the problem is that you only know explosion magic, and someone who only knows explosion magic can't become a demon king."
Wiz looked at her and shook his head.
"Would you like to test the destructive power of magic against me?"
Huihui was not convinced, so she picked up her staff and decided to have a match with Wiz.
"In terms of destructive power, I'm certainly inferior to you, who specializes in explosion magic. But the question is, how many explosion spells can you actually use?"
"Three times, no, the limit is five times!"
The explosive spell, which consumes a lot of mana, can be used five times in a row. Megumin's mana has already surpassed that of many great mages.
"Mr. Yasaka Kyoichi, if you were to use Explosion Magic, how many times could your magic power sustain you?"
Instead of commenting on Megumin's confident statement, Miss Lich turned to ask the old Demon King the same question.
"Uh, more than ten times, but the explosion magic is not very useful. It's better to use the magic power to strengthen subordinates than to use it on this spell."
Yasaka Kyouichi answered truthfully.
"Do you really think someone who only knows how to use explosion magic can become a Demon Lord?"
Wiz asked another question.
"That probably won't work. As we all know, explosion magic consumes a lot of mana. If someone who only knows how to use explosion magic becomes a demon king, then as long as we send out some elite professionals to exhaust the demon king's mana with their lives, the opponent will be easily defeated."
The Demon King's army was once strong because it had no obvious weaknesses, and its ability could even amplify the strength of its soldiers to the level of its officers.
If he hadn't encountered an even more monstrous boy, he wouldn't know how he could have lost.
"However, a demon lord doesn't necessarily have to be a fighter herself. If she has a group of capable subordinates around her, she can also be a demon lord."
The old demon king then changed the subject.
In Yasaka Kyoichi's view, the Crimson Demon girl beside him alone was definitely not capable of becoming a Demon King or a great enemy of humanity.
However, if the Crimson Demon Clan is included, the situation is different. With each member being a Grand Mage, the Crimson Demon Clan is fully qualified to become a major enemy of humanity, putting external pressure on the current three human kingdoms.
Even the Demon King's army, which once had no weaknesses, was rendered helpless by the Crimson Demon Clan. When the soldiers were sent to attack the Crimson Demon Village, they would weep uncontrollably, calling it a meaningless death-defying battle.
"Ah, that's exactly what I mean. Besides my personal strength, I also have my people behind me!"
Upon hearing the old demon king's words acknowledging the overall strength of the Crimson Demon Clan, Huihui belatedly realized what was happening and immediately added, "..."
The group began to think about it.
"Will this work?"
Eris then inquired with Soket.
"Ah, it connects!"
The fortune teller performed another divination, but she didn't know what she had divined, so she exclaimed in surprise.
"What's connected?"
Broly asked curiously.
"It's all connected by divination!"
(End of this chapter)