Demon King

The next day, when I woke up, Sialuk looked at me with loving eyes and used vines to support my back and help me sit up.

“Great Being-nim. Here is your breakfast.”

From Sialuk’s tree trunk, a long, red flower like a Silvie flower emerged, and the stem lengthened, approaching my mouth.

“What is this?”

“It is Trent honey, rich in nutrients, -ssi.”

“Even though you’re pregnant, you still produce honey?”

“Hohoho. I can create Trent honey at my will, -saopnida.”

“And since we’ve become husband and wife, call me by my name or a nickname.”

“T-Then, honey! Here, have my honey.”

“Okay~ And when will our seed come out?”

“If you plant the seed in the ground a month later, it will sprout and be able to walk around as a Trent after a year, -saopnida. Trents grow for their entire lives, -saopnida.”

I grabbed Sialuk’s flower and sucked on it.

Sweet honey poured out of Sialuk’s flower, and I ate it deliciously.

Even though I only ate honey, I felt full and my body felt strong.

I went to find Amaguk with Sialuk.

Amaguk greeted me with a smile, and I also expressed my gratitude to Amaguk.

“Thank you for giving me your precious daughter, Father-in-law. Hahahaha.”

“Hahaha. We met yesterday, and now you’re my son-in-law. Thank you for accepting my daughter. Since my daughter has fertilized the seed of the Dark Race Champion, we can now have an outstanding successor.”

“I am more grateful, -ssi.”

I exchanged pleasantries with Amaguk and decided to lead the expedition and depart for the Demon Lord Army territory.

Sialuk became the guide and led the expedition.

I persuaded my wives, Nerubika and Louisa, to accept Sialuk.

As Sialuk parted the grass and trees and headed in a specific direction, my expedition followed.

I was curious if we were going the right way, so I asked Sialuk.

“Sialuk. Is this the right way?”

“Yes, honey. There are many of our hidden tribesmen around here too, and they are telling me the way, -saopnida.”

“How do you know?”

“Plants have their own way of communicating with each other, -saopnida.”

“Ooh. Amazing.”

I tried to spend time with Sialuk as much as possible in the jungle.

Nerubika and Louisa were a little disappointed, but they understood.

I made many memories with Sialuk.

Sialuk even allowed me to sit on her tree branch and carried me around.

Sialuk prepared red fruits and sweet honey for me for every meal.

At night, I slept on a cozy grass bed made by Sialuk, covered with Sialuk’s vine blanket.

If I turned my shoulder or looked stiff, Sialuk would massage my body with vines to make me feel refreshed.

As I ate Sialuk’s fruits and honey, my stamina increased, and my dick was erect every hour, so Sialuk had sex with me using her genital flower to release my semen.

Sialuk loved having sex with me and was truly the epitome of a virtuous wife.

Perhaps humans only see the appearance of Trents and regard them as barbaric monsters.

Trents also have personality and emotions and can become loving husbands or virtuous wives in front of those they love.

After walking for another 10 days, the jungle ended ahead, and a vast field appeared.

When the expedition arrived at the border between the jungle and the field, Sialuk stopped walking.

“Honey. This is the end of the jungle, and if you go straight down south, there will be a city.”

“Thank you, Sialuk.”

“Please hug me.”

When I hugged Sialuk’s tree trunk tightly, Sialuk also hugged me tightly with her branch hands.

“Sialuk. Can you feel me?”

“Yes. I can feel your heartbeat and warmth, -saopnida.”

“I’ll go now. Thank you.”

“Yes. Trents live for a long time, -saopnida. Please come and find me whenever you are tired or having a hard time. I will always be waiting for you, honey.”

“I love you, Sialuk.”

“I love you too, honey.”

Even though the time we spent together was not long, and our appearances were different, I came to love Sialuk’s beautiful heart.

As I led the expedition south, I looked back and saw Sialuk still looking at me.

I waved my hand greatly once and went down south.

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As we walked south for two more days, we saw farmland and fields.

Walking along the path that followed the fields, what we saw was a scene of various Dark Races such as Demons, Beastmen, Skeletons, and Ghouls working together in the fields.

A Skeleton wearing a skirt was diligently digging up potatoes and putting them in a box, and a Beastman man was carrying the box and loading it onto a cart.

Four Ghouls were standing in front of the cart, talking.

There were houses everywhere, and young Dark Races were running around.

The sight of various Dark Races living together was the very ideal that I thought the Kyle Holy Kingdom should strive for.

If an expedition of 300 Tentacles passed by in human territory, the army would have come out immediately.

But because they were the same Dark Race, the children and people didn’t pay much attention and did their own work.

Also, perhaps because civilization had already developed to some extent, they only looked at me with curious eyes and didn’t regard me as a god.

We were hungry, so we grabbed an Undead Demon who was passing by and asked.

“Is there a place to eat around here?”

“Ooh. Aren’t you an incredibly strong person? If you walk for one more day from here, there will be an inn and a place to sleep, so try walking there.”

Kureha spoke to me with a curious expression.

“The Undead here all have egos… amazing…”

The Undead Demon glared at Kureha and said.

“Undead also have emotions to some extent, -soida.”

“Sorry…”

Louisa looked apologetic as she thought of the Drowners we had returned to nature in the jungle.

“Kyle-nim. Could it be that the Drowners who died back then were also cursing us? Maybe they actually wanted to talk to us?”

The Undead Demon heard those words and explained.

“Not all Undead are like that, only Undead born in places with a strong Dark Aura have egos, -soida.”

We heard a clear answer, expressed our gratitude, and went straight down south.

A large village appeared, and there were various forms of buildings everywhere that were tailored to the races.

In particular, there were tombstones erected in places where holes were dug in the ground, which were probably the homes of the Undead.

As a group of 300 people passed by, all the Dark Races looked at the expedition and my face once.

I went into the inn that looked the biggest in the village, and a Specter woman, a translucent ghost, greeted me.

“Welcome~! Oh my! What a great guest you are?”

“How many inn rooms are there here?”

“There are 30 in total~”

I decided that only the Tentacle Heroes would use the rooms.

“I’ll rent only 7 rooms for one day. I have 300 subordinates, is it okay if they just sleep outside?”

“You can live as you wish as long as you don’t cause harm to others~”

“Where do we eat?”

“You can eat my cooking on the first floor or buy it outside. You can also catch your own food, but this area is all developed, so it will be difficult to find natural food.”

In the natural jungle, I could find food anywhere I wanted, but after coming to a developed place, it was actually difficult to eat as I pleased.

Fortunately, the Tentacle Elite Soldiers brought their personal assets, and a large amount of gold coins was put into the space of Lime-sensei, the Space Slime, so there was no shortage of money.

All the expedition members ate on their own.

There were many Undead in this village.

Undead didn’t eat rice or liked live animals as a delicacy, so there were many live animal stores.

I heard various things from the innkeeper.

In the Demon Lord Army territory, the Demon Lord and the lords ranked 2nd to 20th in power each rule their territories.

This ranking can be changed if anyone applies for a match and wins.

However, the lords’ subordinates secretly worked to kill or disappear their opponents before they could even fight, so the ranking hadn’t changed for nearly 200 years.

Also, this area is the territory of the 16th-ranked Lich Juknok, so the proportion of Undead is large.

We slept for one night and walked south for four more days, and a huge city surrounded by a black castle appeared.

A number of armed Undead soldiers were waiting in front of us.

There was a Lich who seemed to be the leader in front of the Undead soldiers.

The Lich was a strong-looking Skeleton wearing a wizard’s robe, with blue flames flickering in its hollow eyes.

The Lich greeted.

“You are a great powerhouse. I am Juknok, the 16th-ranked lord of the Demon Lord Army and a Lich. What brings you here?”

“I am Kyle, the king who founded a country of Dark Races in the north. I came down through the jungle to negotiate with the Demon Lord Army. For your information, the king of the Phantom Tree tribe in the jungle is my father-in-law.”

Juknok’s blue flames flared up as if surprised.

Juknok said.

“You are a precious person. I will guide you to my mansion. I will lend the soldiers an area within the castle. And I trust that you will not do anything foolish.”

“Hahaha. I came to negotiate, why would I do anything foolish? Let’s maintain a good relationship with each other.”

We were guided by Juknok and headed to the central mansion along the streets of the city, which was teeming with Undead and some Dark Races.

My Tentacle Soldiers were staying in a huge accommodation away from the mansion.

Only I and the Tentacle Heroes entered Juknok’s mansion.

Juknok said that he would hold a banquet because a precious guest had come and brought us a tray of various live animals tied up tightly at the table.

He introduced Minji as our pet dog and took her away, and separate food came out.

Juknok recommended the food.

“These are precious animals. Enjoy your meal.”

Juknok picked up a rabbit with mixed gold fur, opened his mouth, and sucked in a translucent soul.

“The taste of the soul is excellent.”

We pulled out Tentacle tongues from our mouths, dipped them into the animals, and sucked them in.

The rabbit with mixed gold fur tasted savory.

I told Juknok about what I had experienced, my current position, and my goals.

Juknok was impressed by my abilities and my dream of creating a continent for the Dark Races.

Juknok asked me a question.

“Kyle-nim, you are an incredible powerhouse in my eyes, but are you interested in the position of Demon Lord?”

“Hahaha. I am already the king of the Kyle Holy Kingdom. And my goal is not to become the Demon Lord, but to gather all the Dark Races and strike the Light Race. I don’t necessarily have to be the Demon Lord.”

“I understand. Then let me tell you my story. Do you perhaps know the Undead Master from 200 years ago?”

“Wasn’t he the Dark Race Champion from 200 years ago?”

“That’s right. And he was my brother.”

“Yes?!”

“My brother was the 2nd-ranked Demon Lord Army lord 500 years ago. At that time, my brother, my younger sister and I were raped and killed by humans, but when the Demon Lord made a truce, we strongly protested. My brother and I couldn’t betray the Demon Lord, so we strengthened our own power and became Liches to live forever. 200 years ago, my brother and I led a large number of Undead soldiers and invaded human lands, but my brother died because of the existence called the Hero, and only I escaped to this place.”

“I’m really sorry.”

“Our defeat was that the Light Race united as one with the Hero, but we couldn’t unite the Dark Races and attacked the Light Race with only the power of the Undead. Since then, there have been changes in the rankings, and I have become the 16th-ranked lord.”

“Do you still want to invade humans?”

“Hahaha. The biggest enemy of the Undead is desire. In eternal life, desire gradually grows and eats away at itself and its surroundings. I am now satisfied with living a simple life.”

I asked with a serious face.

“What if there is a possibility of tricking the Hero and defeating humans?”

Juknok thought deeply and came up with an answer.

“Someday I will have to avenge my younger sister and brother.”

“I will help you with that revenge someday.”

“First of all, I agree with Kyle-nim’s opinion, but if Kyle-nim’s kingdom fights the Light Race alone, you will only be repeating my brother’s mistake. If Kyle-nim gains the support of the Demon Lord and other lords, I will also become Kyle-nim’s ally.”

“I understand. Where is the capital of the Demon Lord Army and can I know the current situation?”

Juknok sighed deeply and continued the story.

The capital of the Demon Lord Army is in the Demon Lord’s territory, and it takes about 9 weeks to walk east from here to reach it.

The current Demon Lord is a Demon old man over 200 years old who has almost enjoyed his natural lifespan, so he has opened a Demon Lord Scramble to choose the next Demon Lord as his death is imminent.

The Demon Lord Scramble lasts for 1 year, and anyone can register or give up, and participants can kill each other at will.

After 1 year, the surviving participants gather in one place and hold a battle royale to select one person.

There were 8 months left in the current situation.

Originally, the Demon Lord Scramble was supposed to be the strongest person becoming the Demon Lord, but perhaps because the war with humans had been cut off, that meaning began to change from the previous Demon Lord.

The lords ranked 2nd to 20th already didn’t want to become troublesome Demon Lords because they were already kings in their own territories.

However, the lords wanted a Demon Lord to come from their family, so the Demon Lord Scramble turned into a power struggle between families.

Hidden powerhouses who were not backed by families were secretly assassinated or had something happen to them and gave up the Scramble.

The young children of strong families remained until the end of the Demon Lord Scramble, and there was a bloody war between families beneath the surface.

The current Demon Lord, the Demon man Cloven, married the daughters of the three great families after becoming the Demon Lord to solidify his power, but when the Demon Lord Scramble opened, the three great families split and were secretly working to make their family’s child the Demon Lord.

Demon Lord Cloven has 3 legal wives and had one child from each legal wife.

The power of the three great families was so strong that only the Demon Lord and the 3 children from the three legal wives were left in the Demon Lord Scramble.

The three great families and successors were Prince Ranulf of the Werewolf faction, Princess Shagira of the Naga faction, and Prince Silvan of the Undead faction.

This situation made me, who has a lot of wives, think a lot.

The current Demon Lord Army is divided into the following factions.

The Jungle Autonomous Region refers to the jungle managed by the plant-type Dark Races on the border of the Demon Lord Army.

You don’t have to memorize the people now, they will gradually appear in the future story.

[1) Werewolf Faction: Prince Ranulf’s mother is the 1st Queen Oillope, the daughter of the 2nd-ranked lord Terius (Werewolf, male) and Queen Mishisha (Alraune, female) of the Beautiful Flower tribe in the Jungle Autonomous Region.

And Terius’s younger brother is the 7th-ranked lord Lycaon (Werewolf, male).

Prince Ranulf is supported by the 14th-ranked lord Romik (Werewolf, male).

Werewolves usually look like humans with wolf fur, but they can transform into bipedal wolf monsters.]

[2) Naga Faction: Princess Shagira’s mother is the 2nd Queen Rasha, the daughter of the 3rd-ranked lord Adnel (Naga, male) and the 8th-ranked lord Ambrava (Naga, female).

Adnel’s cousin is the 13th-ranked lord Ishpaga (Naga, female).

Nagas have the upper body of a human and the tail of a water snake like Lamia, and because they are aquatic creatures, they have scales and spiny fins all over their bodies.]

[3) Undead Faction: Prince Silvan’s mother is the 3rd Queen Stefania, the daughter of the 4th-ranked lord Baltazar (Vampire, male) and Anna (Vampire, female).

Stefania’s older brother is the husband of the 11th-ranked lord Magdalena (Dullahan, female).

And Prince Silvan is supported by the Leched Hollow (Undead Tree) tribe in the Jungle Autonomous Region and the 10th-ranked lord Asmodeus (Tentacle, female).]

[4) Demon Lord Cloven (Demon, male)’s support base is the Demon Lord’s younger brother, the 9th-ranked lord Knebaum (Demon, male),

the 12th-ranked lord Quillan (Demon, male),

the 15th-ranked lord Morgan (Demon, female),

the 17th-ranked lord Marcel (Demon, male),

the 18th-ranked lord Benny (Demon, female).

They do not support any of the princes or princesses and are expressing neutrality.]

[5) The 5th-ranked lord Stesaenon (Stone Golem, asexual) who did not appear here,

the 6th-ranked lord Dudurion (Manticore, male),

the 16th-ranked lord Juknok (Lich, male),

the 19th-ranked lord Spirala (Dark Fairy, female),

the 20th-ranked lord Tuljin (Troll, male) and

the remaining Jungle Autonomous Region tribes are expressing neutrality.]

Listening to this made my head hurt, and only one word came to mind.

“It’s a complete mess.”

Juknok nodded and agreed.