Apologies for the delay. I had to attend a wedding and didn't have a chance to update as planned.
I'll be back with the remaining chapters as soon as I've had a good rest
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Purgatory.(Refining Hell)
As the name suggests, the second floor of the Demon Tower was filled with scorching hot lava, searing volcanic rocks, and even the air seemed grayish, laden with dust and powder.
Here, many high-ranking demons had been waiting for a long time. They split into two sides, respectfully welcoming Reji, the Demon King, and the apostles behind him.
The main demon clan on the second floor were the Great Demons and Sword Demons.
These two strongest combat forces among the demon races would serve as instructors to train the elite demons promoted from the Breeding Demon's Nest on the first floor.
Incidentally, demon races were not limited to the nine major clans. It's just that these nine clans were the most outstanding, which is why they became the apostle clans.
In fact, there were many other demon clans.
For example, Flame Demons, Blood Demons, Canine Demons, Hawk-faced Demons, and so on. There were too many to list.
These demon clans, due to their low upper limits or the fact that they had never given birth to powerful individuals, basically fell into the ranks of the "Demon Army". They were only used for war and did not participate in the internal affairs of the demon races.
In the purgatory of the second floor, their opponents changed from fighting each other to sparring and training with the Great Demons and Sword Demons, these two noble clans.
The term used here was sparring, not fighting to the death, because due to their bloodline, as lower-level demon clans, even against the weakest Great Demons and Sword Demons, they had almost no chance of winning. It was completely a one-sided slaughter.
Of course, even though it was sparring, if their strength was too weak, they would still be ruthlessly eliminated, and the mortality rate on the second floor remained high.
But, as they say, excellent weapons require repeated forging and tempering.
It's not hard to see that Reji's plan for the second floor of the Demon Tower was actually modeled after the environment of the "Chaos Rift" from before, even making it more brutal.
And in such a harsh "purgatory" environment, with the Great Demons and Sword Demons as the most difficult instructors, those demon clans that could survive this tempering and successfully "graduate" were no longer just soldiers, but truly became the backbone force.
For these elite among the elite demons, Reji no longer needed them to undergo further tempering and testing.
Generally, at this point, the demons would be around level 40-50.
During battles, they basically served as the leaders and chiefs of various demon troops.
And in peacetime when there were no wars, they would be assigned to other floors as patrollers and guards of the Demon King Tower, protecting the tower's safety and eliminating all invaders.
Moving on.
This place seemed to be her home, her new home?
Actually, Vielsia, who had learned about the "Demon Tower" before, already had a hunch in her heart.
And now, after reaching the fourth floor, she finally understood what Reji had meant by her people that had "moved in" earlier.
That's right.
The fourth floor of the Demon Tower was also a large floor that Reji had specially designated - the Emerald Forest.
The apostles who had originally been by Reji's side on the first three floors had also returned to their respective positions and did not continue to go up.
So now that they had reached the fourth floor, the only apostles left by Reji's side were Eris, Shermen, Eileen, and Leo.
Further up, the fifth floor was the Wisdom Demon's Court.
In simple terms, it was the administrative management floor.
The major resolutions of the demon race, or regular meetings, were all held in the "Grand Hall" on the fifth floor. Now, Leo took the initiative to step forward, using the pretext of "discussing" what improvements could be made to the first three floors he had just inspected, and took the other three apostles beside Reji to the next floor.
Leaving only Reji and Vielsia.
Leo was indeed the one who understood Reji the best.
The Wisdom Demon also knew that the current Demon King needed to get along with the new apostle, so he was very good at observing the situation and left the next period of time for the Demon King and Vielsia, and even more so for the elf race.
Reji didn't say anything about this.
Leo had indeed done him a favor. Now it could be considered that he had fulfilled his promise to this silly elf princess. Reji took the lead and brought Vielsia to see the rejuvenated elf race.
Reji's original intention was to show the progress of the elf race and tell Vielsia, -"See, I didn't lie to you. I said I would make the elves rise, and they did."-
However...
After only walking a few steps into the forest, Reji was stunned.
Because there were two patrolling elves there.
When they discovered Reji, they didn't even notice, or rather completely ignored, the "silver-haired" girl beside him. The two elves' eyes instantly lit up, and they rushed over in a flash.
One of them, even more excitedly and happily said,
"Demon King! You're finally here!"
"Elder Nazha has been waiting for you for a long time. She said that if you didn't come again, she would personally come to your door to find you tonight!"