"Mr. Shaquille, with the amplification from the Blessing Spell, you should now be able to move around inside the Demon Tower. If you still feel any discomfort, you can request for me to further increase the intensity of the magic power for you," Leon said.
So this level of power was merely the threshold to enter and exit the Demon King's Tower? Although Shaquille's heart was stirred with immense greed at Leon's mention of being able to "continue amplifying", his eyes flashing with desire, he immediately restrained himself and hastily waved his hand.
"No need, no need. Uh..."
Leon noticed Shaquille's awkwardness and took the initiative to introduce himself with a smile, "I am the King's Second Apostle and also the leader of the Wisdom Demon's Clan. Mr. Shaquille, you can just call me Leon."
Upon hearing this, Shaquille finally felt a slight relief in his heart. So he was the Second Apostle. If any random demon could bestow such immense power upon them, Shaquille might truly have had a breakdown.
"If there are no other questions, let us continue. His Majesty is just ahead."
"As you command, Lord Leon!"
And so, with Leon leading the way, the large group of nobles from the negotiation delegation walked cautiously and curiously through the Demon Tower.
They had originally thought this place was located somewhere in the world.
But they later discovered they were wrong.
The delegation of nobles was now on the ninth floor of the Demon Tower.
This floor had been designed by the Succubus Apostle Eileen to have a starry sky ceiling. After all, this was the Demon King's Palace, and the implication of the starry sky was that the absolute ruler of the entire universe and planes was the absolute king.
In the eyes of Shaquille and the other nobles from the human alliance, the vast starry sky overhead seemed to encompass everything, as mysterious and unfathomable as the real universe. This was clearly not something that could be seen in the world and could only exist within an alternate dimension.
They entered a palace, and not to mention the palace doors made from precious ores rich in magic power that they couldn't comprehend at all, just the majestic sculpture that greeted them as the doors opened attracted the gazes of many nobles.
It was a sculpture of a skeleton dragon, possibly two to three stories tall even while crouching.
The entire sculpture seemed to be made from real bones.
But they were black bones.
From the luster of the bones, one could see that there was no oxidation at all. They had been meticulously cared for, and each piece was as translucent as black jade, seemingly with faint gray airflow circulating within.
The joints and assembly of each bone were flawless and extremely tight, without the slightest defect.
As a result, when they saw Alice also looking over at them and smiling, it suddenly made many nobles feel a surge of warmth in their hearts, their hearts pounding rapidly. It turned out that not all demons were fierce and terrifying; there were also beautiful and lovely ones!
On the subsequent levels were the Great Demon, Sword Demon, Sorcery Demon, and other demon clans. They were more or less familiar with them, as these were the ones who had appeared on the battlefield before and were mainly responsible for patrolling and maintaining order in the occupied zones.
Of course, at the very end, seated on the highest throne and wearing red and black armor, they definitely wouldn't mistake him this time. After all, all the apostles present were bowing their heads and kneeling towards the figure on the throne.
That was the object of their audience on this trip and also the master of this Demon Tower.
The Demon King.
"Quick, present it."
After Shaquille also knelt and paid his respects, he immediately signaled to his subordinates. The subordinates understood and promptly took out beautifully packaged boxes from the back and respectfully placed them in front of Reji.
"What is this?"
"Your Majesty, these are the ignorant humans who attempted to resist the demons and tried to stop Your Majesty from unifying the world under the rule of the demon race in the areas under demon control. Such clowns have been completely purged by your humble servant on Your Majesty's behalf, and their heads are presented here!"
After a demon servant opened the lid, indeed, inside were heads, with expressions of disbelief, anger at being betrayed, despair, unwillingness, and so on.
"Very good."
Reji nodded.
Seeing the Demon King speak and even praise them, Shaquille finally felt relieved, and a fawning smile appeared on his face. He became more confident about the upcoming negotiations.
Unfortunately, he didn't hear the second half of Reji's thought in his mind.
[Very good, very much in line with the imagination of nobles.]
This scene had also occurred in the first playthrough.
But the instigator was the Wicked Demon.
However, this time...
The Wicked Demon had already been killed by him.
But... Reji slightly nodded his head, indicating that Shaquille and the other representatives of the "Human Collective" could continue speaking. He wanted to see which one, the nobles or the Wicked Demon, would ultimately prove superior.