A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 541 - Chapter 541 Chapter 401 Big Harvest_1

Chapter 541: Chapter 401: Big Harvest_1 Chapter 541: Chapter 401: Big Harvest_1 “…So, you really succeeded?”

Looking at the Demon Saizeru obediently standing next to Duanmu Huai, Zhi Jingxiang was baffled. To her surprise, she only woke up from a nap to find this Demon behaving like a newlywed bride, standing obediently behind Duanmu Huai. The Demon didn’t dare to breathe too heavily, and acted just like an obedient pet dog!

“Yes, I finally managed it by combining theory and practice.”

Duanmu Huai said while reaching out and patting Saizeru’s head, like someone would pet a dog. The once arrogant Demon was now silently hanging its head down.

Regret was also gnawing at Saizeru from the inside!

What’s with all that theory and practice?! If I was not a demon, you’d have killed me by now!

Saizeru could remember how terrifying Duanmu Huai was last night. It had even seen its own belly distend grotesquely! Without the sturdy physical endurance of a demon, it would have already been torn open and dead by now!

For the first time since becoming a demon, Saizeru hated being a demon so much…

But what exactly had happened?

Saizeru couldn’t understand how it all happened. It initially thought that Duanmu Huai wanted to capture it like many other girl monsters, to make it surrender and be tainted, using this method. At that time, she was confident and thought, ‘Even if I can’t defeat you, you can kill me, but if you expect me to sincerely become your familiar, dream on!’

I’m one of the Twenty Four Demons, don’t I have any dignity?

So, after Duanmu Huai had tormented Saizeru to within an inch of its life and held up its head, reciting the Demon Beast Trainer’s spell to subdue demon beasts, Saizeru simply scoffed.

You want me to be your familiar? You’re dreaming!

However, what Saizeru did not expect at all was the feeling of complete mental collapse when it looked into Duanmu Huai’s eyes. Unfounded fear and submission overcame it, as if a helpless rabbit had encountered a tiger. No reasoning was needed. Fear burst forth from the depth of its very being. At that moment, it wanted to kneel and worship him wholeheartedly as if it was standing before an incomparable deity!

When Saizeru snapped out of it, it had already accepted and reciprocated Duanmu Huai’s pact, becoming his familiar!

What humiliation!!!!

If possible, Saizeru really wanted to fight Duanmu Huai to the death. Unfortunately, after becoming his familiar, Saizeru was reduced to a pet dog of Duanmu Huai. It didn’t even have as much freedom as a pet dog, they would whimper to their master for attention. But now that Saizeru was Duanmu Huai’s familiar, Duanmu Huai controlled its life and death. If he said to do something, Saizeru could only obey, and wouldn’t dare to disobey!

Previously, whether it was Tutu, the maid, or the Mech Girl, they were all harmless to humans, so Duanmu Huai let them be, giving them complete freedom. But Saizeru was different. After all, it was a demon and an enemy of humans. If Duanmu Huai had not wanted to verify his hypothesis, he would have already twisted off Saizeru’s head.

So now, apart from staying by Duanmu Huai’s side, Saizeru couldn’t do anything else, nor could it kill anyone or harm Duanmu Huai’s companions.

“Alright, let’s get going. We’ll try to get back to the Fortress City today.”

Duanmu Huai summoned the Electromagnetic Giant Rhino and led the three of them back on the road towards the Fortress City.

Of course, Duanmu Huai wasn’t idle along the way. He kept questioning Saizeru, who didn’t want to talk but unfortunately had to since it was now his familiar.

From Saizeru, Duanmu Huai and Zhi Jingxiang finally learned about the specifics of the Demon Army. This Demon Army was led by a Demon from one of the two major factions in the Devil World, the Krebs Faction.

The team was also led by three Demons.

If Duanmu Huai remembered correctly, the ones who had attacked Lisas before were Demons from the Honnete Faction, and there were three of them too.

Do these Demons prefer to operate in groups of three?

However, Duanmu Huai understood the feud between these two factions in the Devil World. Honnete is the daughter of the former Demon King Gaia, and Krebs is the head of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demons.

Before Gaia’s death, she had summoned a person from a different world intending to pass the throne to her, but she didn’t want it and ran away. Hence, the Devil World was left leaderless. Consequently, the demons split into two factions. The Honnete Faction wanted to respect Gaia’s will and let the runaway Demon King assume the throne, and they opposed harming humans. The Krebs Faction believed that since Gaia was dead and the new Demon King had fled, he should take up the crown and unify the world!

In short, the Honnete Faction is relatively friendly towards humans, while the Krebs Faction naturally poses a greater danger.

Of course, that is only relative friendliness.

Lisas had also suffered quite a bit of casualties back then.

So, it’s evident that Demons and humans don’t get along.

Anyway, back to the main topic.

The three Demons who invaded Seth belonged to the Krebs Faction. One was La.Saizeru, and the other two were Camilla, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demons, and Kirk.

Among the three, Saizeru was the vanguard of the army, Kirk was more like a strategist, and Camilla was the real instigator of the operation.

By hearing this, Duanmu Huai couldn’t help but think of someone…

“Do your Demons usually pick those who aren’t very clever as the vanguard? Like Satra or something….”

“You know Satra?”

It had to be said, upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, Saizeru was also taken aback.

“Of course, when she invaded Lisas before, I fought with her in Free City and drove her away, haven’t seen her since… I didn’t see her when I eradicated Noss and Ezeru in Lisas either…”

“I do know that Satra returned to the Devil World for treatment after being severely injured…”

Saizeru stared blankly at Duanmu Huai, too stunned to speak. There were only so many demons in the Devil World, and although they divide into two factions, they still stayed informed about each other. She was aware of Satra’s return to the Devil World for recuperation after being severely injured. It was a big topic at the time; after all, Satra was a demon, a demon protected by an invincible barrier. Who could have injured her so badly she had to retreat back to the Devil World?

No conclusion had been drawn when news arrived that Noss and Ezeru had died in Lisas, it shocked the entire Devil World. These three were key figures in the Honnete Faction, with two dead and one injured, it was undoubtedly a huge blow to the Faction.

Not to mention, the death of the former Demon King Ji’Er was a huge shock to the Devil World.

But the Devil World had not been able to gather much information on who was responsible.

Now Saizeru knew, it was actually this man who was behind it all?

Wait, that means…

“Did you kill Lord Jill?”

“What? Any objections?”

Duanmu Huai shot Saizeru a look, asking nonchalantly. Saizeru shook her head frantically in response.

You took down the former Demon King, and I shouldn’t have any objections?

Now Saizeru understood why this man had such an outrageous idea. With the former Demon King and other demons dying at his hands, his plan to capture a demon as his familiar didn’t seem so outrageous anymore?

This was a ruthless man!

Duanmu Huai didn’t care much about the rivalries and grievances among demons; what concerned him more was something else.

When he was fighting Saizeru, he noticed a group of angels standing behind her, which baffled him. Why were the angels on the side of the demon? Like many online novels speculated, did the Creator God secretly collude with the Demon Clan?

Could he trace back to the whereabouts of the Creator God?

After Saizeru explained, Duanmu Huai realized he had got it wrong.

The group of angels led by Saizeru were indeed angels.

But in fact, they were girl monsters known as “Angelic Knights”!

Yes, their true nature was that of demon beasts!

According to Saizeru, angelic knights were born in the following way.

As mentioned before, there was a race on this continent called Carla, or, from Duanmu Huai’s perspective, the Elf Tribe.

The members of this Carla Tribe, once they reached a certain age, would evolve into either angels or demons.

By the way, this “demon” did not refer to the members of the Demon Clan, but to a female monster called “Demon”.

This world had taken the word game to the extreme. Angels were not angels, and demons were not demons.

Even Saizeru herself, used to be an Angelic Knight before she became a Demon, which was the reason why she could lead the Angelic Knights.

Compared to other girl monsters, Angelic Knights weren’t as ferocious, but they were pretty good at fighting, which is why they were pulled into this action.

“Hmm…”

After listening to Saizeru’s explanation, Duanmu Huai began to ponder.

It must be said that he was quite envious of these angelic knights.

Duanmu Huai knew very well how important the facade of an organization was.

In many human civilizations in the world, if you have a group of angels on your side, at least you won’t be seen as the bad guy.

Of course, it was rare to see angels categorized in the category of demon beasts.

Duanmu Huai had once contacted Heaven in the Holy City, but it was a bit far away and couldn’t provide him with much support at the moment. So when he saw the angels Saizeru brought, he got an idea – could he bring these angels under his command?

If he had a large group of Angels leading the charge, wouldn’t that enhance his image even more?