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After a week of trepidation, suspicion, fear, and panic, as time entered the second week, seeing that the demons did not do anything to them, the humans in the occupied zone gradually regained their activity.
Now, the square was densely packed with possibly tens of thousands of residents.
In the buildings on both sides, there were also many people stretching out their bodies and looking towards the center of the square.
A grand speech was being held here.
The middle-aged man in a suit and leather collar was resolute and passionate on the main stage, full of convincing trustworthiness.
Every sentence he spoke could bring bursts of agreement from the ordinary citizens who came to listen in the square.
"The cruelty and tyranny of the empire, the incompetence and mediocrity of that emperor, we have all seen it. The empire, up to now, has not mobilized a single soldier, because they have never regarded us as allies! If it weren't for the appearance of the demons, revealing the truth, all of us, up to now, would still be kept in the dark by the hypocritical empire!"
"The demons are indeed different from us, but they rescued us from the hands of the empire, gave us potions to purify the insect eggs in our bodies, so they are our friends! Not enemies! Only with the help of the demons can we defeat the empire together, drag that tyrannical emperor from the throne, and jointly usher in our victory!"
"Of course, I also understand, yes, many of us have lost our jobs because of the demons, unemployed at home, and some people don't even dare to leave their homes, afraid of those patrolling demon soldiers on the streets. I understand, I empathize, I also have a daughter who cries all night out of fear, suffering from insomnia."
"Undoubtedly, this is the most difficult moment for us humans, but it is precisely because of this that you, me, and millions of others need to unite at this most important moment. As long as we are united as one, any difficulty can be overcome!"
"As for the issue that everyone is most worried about..."
The man in the suit paused, then straightened his back, turned up the amplification magic a little more, and then said forcefully:
"Please rest assured, our negotiators are preparing materials day and night, many people have been working continuously for five or six days, staying up all night."
"All our efforts are to be able to fully communicate effectively with the demons. We will definitely ensure everyone's safety! We will strive for the benefits that we humans deserve from the demons, so that everyone can return to their previous lives as soon as possible!"
"Hereby, I, Shaquille, as the president of the Upper Senate of the Mage Nation, promise to all of you that as long as I am alive, I will never allow the demons to harm humans!"
"You're here, you've been working too hard recently, Azi."
Shaquille received Azi very enthusiastically, without any airs of a noble, and personally brewed a cup of hot tea for this female representative.
Azi shook her head, indicating that she was fine. The one who was truly working hard and under pressure was still Shaquille, who bore the burden and hope of millions of humans in the occupied zone.
Thinking of this, Azi stopped making any polite remarks, spread out the stack of materials in front of Shaquille, and began to report very attentively and seriously:
"President, in the past few days, I visited many ancient studies professors and collected those mythological legends from a thousand years ago. Although a lot of information is fragmentary, incomplete, and even erroneous, after my piecing together, I still restored a lot."
"The demons are definitely not invading our human world for the first time. A thousand years ago, they slaughtered many humans, triggering a brutal human-demon war, nearly destroying the entire world. I think this is their true face. What they are showing us now is a false appearance, to deceive and blind us, and more likely to deal with the empire!"
"So President, although the demons are powerful, it can also be seen that they still have weaknesses. They are also afraid of something. From ancient history, I speculate that what they fear is most likely the heroes! And those relics from a thousand years ago! If we can find these, it may be the hope of turning the tables!"
"Also, President, look at this. It can also be found from the ancient historical data that the demons do not develop. Although they are powerful, they only know how to destroy. Therefore, I reasonably guess that another major reason why they are not killing us now is that they want to use us to learn the development capabilities of us humans. And this is also our bargaining chip!
We can trade our development technology with the demons in exchange for their magic cultivation and various spell secrets."
"This way, we can secretly accumulate strength, popularize these cultivation methods to all humans, so that one day, the strength of us humans will catch up with the demons, no longer becoming so desperate, and even give birth to the legendary heroes, leading us, just like a thousand years ago, to defeat the demons and even completely eliminate them! Protect our world!"
From Azi's analysis, it was not difficult to see that this was a great plan that would last for ten years, decades, or even hundreds of years.
The current humans had to endure and hide, try their best to use their wisdom, use the chips in their hands to deal with the demons, try to absorb the knowledge of the demons and pass it on to themselves, thus accumulating strength and entrusting hope to future generations.
The female representative was very excited at the end, her eyes flashing with the light of courage and dedication.
Undoubtedly, she was wholeheartedly for humans, a true elite talent that humans needed to rise up.
But... Azi overlooked another most important point.
Not every human hoped to "rise up". On the contrary, what they least wanted to see was... rising up.