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The rat-man Skaven saw that Reji was unmoved by his words. If he had to say, at most Reji's expression was a bit strange, looking at him with a weird gaze, so he was very dissatisfied.
But this was also normal. After all, humans in this world were very ignorant and had never even seen other worlds outside.
He estimated that just seeing his rat-man appearance had scared Reji, let alone listening to the carefully arranged background he had prepared.
This wouldn't do.
Perhaps it was some kind of vanity at work, or maybe he simply wanted to exaggerate his powerful background to Reji in order to obtain more tributes from him later.
Only to see Skaven using his incisors, trying hard to make a sharp sound similar to kekeke. This was one of the best ways he had researched to make humans feel fear. Then he stepped forward with his furry paws, taking another step closer to Reji.
"What, you don't believe my words, newcomer? Squeak squeak... Poor humans, deceived and blinded by your Emperor for over a thousand years, like frogs in a well, birds in a cage, always living in your world, squeak."
"But don't worry. As a reward for you being able to reach here and meet the Rat Apostle, Skaven will bring you enlightenment and truth."
"Your human world is just a part of the material plane. There are many, many worlds like this, and the races born from them are countless. In addition to the greatest rat-men, there are orcs, nagas, dwarves, goblins, oh, and sweet elves."
Skaven was giving Reji knowledge about "other races".
The rat-man in tattered cloak spoke while pacing around Reji.
"Among these races, there are high and low levels of civilization. There are crude and barbaric inferior creatures like orcs, fishmen, dwarves, and goblins, and there are also superior races like rat-men, dragons, and elves. There are even existences close to Master, like the legendary star spirit race."
"As for you humans... squeak, you're just mediocre. Among the many powerful races, you're not worth mentioning."
"However..."
Skaven suddenly paused, and then raised his voice a lot. His pacing body also stopped, just in front of Reji.
Next, a fanatical look appeared on the rat-man's face. His narrow eyes were filled with awe. He opened his arms to Reji like a believer.
"However, above all these races, there is one greatest existence, and that is... the Demon Race!"
From Skaven's words that suddenly became timid and stuttering, one could tell that this was completely fabricated by him.
In fact, Skaven also knew that in the history of the Demon Race, there had never been a precedent of "absorbing other races", but... hmph, anyway, humans were all country bumpkins. It was more than enough to deceive them.
Reji searched the Demon King's inheritance in his mind and indeed found the rat-man world.
However, the Demon Race didn't descend on this world at all. It belonged to the kind of world that was too low-level. When the Sorcery Demon discovered it, he just passed by with the Demon Race army.
Now it seemed that just passing by that world seemed to have a huge impact on the rat-man world, and even generated faith because of it?
"You say the Demon Race is the greatest and supreme existence, but from your description, the Demon Race only brings destruction. Is this also considered noble?"
Hearing Reji dare to speak ill of the Demon Race made Skaven even angrier than calling him a rat-man just now.
It was as if its tail had been stepped on. It almost jumped up and said fiercely to Reji: "What do you know, human! If there was no Demon Race, wouldn't the various races in the entire material plane still wage war against each other? Wouldn't they still destroy each other!"
"It's precisely because of the great Demon Race that all races in the material plane have stopped fighting, stopped expanding outward, and lived obediently and contentedly in their own worlds, forming a balance."
"What the Demon Race brings is not destruction, but order! What the Demon Race destroys are never those weak races, but those self-righteous, ignorant, arrogant races who dare to challenge the order and even call themselves 'Him' to expand outward! The star spirits are the best example!"
So that's how it was.
Reji nodded. He somewhat understood Skaven's fanaticism towards the Demon Race.
At that time in the inheritance records, the Demon Race passed by the rat-man world precisely to invade the star spirit world. And the star spirit race was unprecedentedly powerful at that time, just as this rat-man said, and had become a bit overinflated, wanting to proclaim themselves as gods in the planar universe for a time. This could be seen from the previous Star Spirit Queen.
As power expanded, ambition inevitably expanded along with it.
And as a neighbor of the star spirit world, low, inferior, and filthy worlds like the rat-man world were to be swept away.
So by a fluke, the Demon Race destroyed the star spirits, which saved the rat-man world.
This also gave birth to the current... New philosophy towards the Demon Race, like Skaven's?
Reji couldn't help but associate it with the words in the hidden notes of the Great Guardian Malvin: the Demon Race is salvation.