Chapter 36 The demon king of the banknote crossbow strikes!
Seeing such a scene around her, Miao Lan couldn't help but wonder crazily: "Could it be that the purpose of bringing her, a demon who is forced to represent the face of the Demon King Clayman, to the forefront is Crownpiss's purpose? What exactly is he planning to do?
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"Okay, let's start talking. What did Clayman ask you to do?" Cronpis finally spoke.
"...Sir. I was originally ordered by Lord Clayman to investigate this newly established... country. And he believes that the demon country Hekatia Tempest has the value of establishing diplomatic relations. I plan to represent the puppet country Kista in the near future.
Wu, came to visit with gifts." Miao Lan explained truthfully.
"Ugh." Picosi made a dissatisfied voice.
"Picosi, it seems that you have always been unhappy with Clayman to some extent. You feel like you want to fuck him but it doesn't seem like hostility. What's going on?" asked Cronpis.
"I have read Xiaowu's investigation report. I feel that as an ally, Clayman is the kind of guy who has nothing but financial resources and manpower and can only plan in the dark. It's really unpleasant that such a guy is an ally.
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"But financial resources, manpower, and planning abilities are all good things. Everything he has now was achieved by his own ability and connections, hehehe. If he were to be an official instead of a devil, I would quite like to admire him.
Hee hee hee." Crounpis said with a smile, turning back to Myulan, "Okay, let me tell Clayman that I am looking forward to his gift, and I hope it won't be too shabby when the time comes. You
You can go now, you are allowed to move freely in the Demon City Rimuru."
"Yes. Let's go, gentlemen." Miao Lan stopped, bent down and saluted, looked at the two figures walking away, and breathed a sigh of relief.
But she suddenly thought: How can she do the task now when she has become so eye-catching?
The only way to do that was to sneak into a more eye-catching group. It happened that Clayman took the initiative to contact her at this time and gave her a very loose and independent task.
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The "Magic Hero Project" is in full swing and smoothly.
It was as if they were being forced by violence, but now Youmu and his team have sincerely agreed. Who said that the demon kingdom created by Rimuru is so harmonious and the standard of living is high enough?
Otherwise, they must have been unable to bear Bai Lao's severe beating and secretly tried to abandon the so-called "Magic Hero Project" and escape.
Now even Rommel wanted to make a drama to promote Yum, but he failed due to equipment problems and the "shyness" of the person involved.
After training for a while, he was quite confident and was provoked by the beautiful magician Miao Lan who had become popular a few days ago and wanted to join the hero team. As a so-called "team entry test", he started a fight, but was killed on the spot.
Under Bai Lao's training, Youmu has become quite strong as a warrior, but he has no magic countermeasures or resistance at all. In addition to Miao Lan's strong tactical ability, which is enough to face the enemy head-on with the same warriors, this is also one of the reasons why he was killed instantly.
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So Youmu made Myulan the team's second-in-command, magic advisor, and tactics instructor.
This made Miao Lan, who originally wanted to keep a low profile, very distressed. She was busy every day with a group of rough guys who were dressed as heroes but had not yet graduated from fools. As a result, she also became a member of the teaching team and responsible for various inspections and logistics.
There was also an experience where everyone tried to use her superb magic to set up an ambush with Gobuta and several other Cronpis's family members to take revenge on the old man who usually fucked them hard, but in the end they still received a severe beating.
She couldn't figure out what to do. Clayman asked her to monitor what this team, which was apparently attacking the Pig-Headed Emperor but at least for now, was still a powerful force, was going to do something. However, she was somewhat cheered in her heart because she had long been persecuted by humans and had become a demon king.
She didn't even notice that the puppet and closed emotions had been reawakened.
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Two weeks later, in late autumn, one afternoon, a delegation from the puppet state of Kistau came to visit.
Crounpisi informed Rimuru remotely about this matter, but he is currently working as a teacher in a school and is also embarking on a journey to solve the physical problems caused by children as summoners from other worlds. This is at a critical time.
came back, so they were all left to Crownpiss to deal with.
Naturally, the first person to greet the guests was Clawnpisi, followed by Picoxi and the ghosts, followed by other monsters, demons, and the elders responsible for the country's operations.
By the way, Yum and his team, who are nominally a team of heroes, were also brought in to support the scene.
Rows of monsters pulled large beast carts decorated with a lot of gold, and activated the monsters' skills to create fireworks-like light effects along the way.
"Wow, it is indeed Clayman who is said to be useless except for his ability to make money. He is so heroic." Crounpis said casually within the range of the other party's hearing.
But it was Picoxi and Ziyuan who declared loudly.
"It's not a big deal. The owner can get this kind of thing at any time."
"If Rimuru-sama were here, a team of that level would not even be able to bluff."
Crounpis: "When did you two have the same mind? Shut up. Money is very important. And not only the appearance, the artistry of crafts and decoration is also quite good."
"That's right, even compared to Kaijin and Grom's craftsmanship, it's not that good."
"We must continue to improve."
"We must not lose to them!"
The three dwarf brothers that Rimuru recruited from the dwarves were also there making comments in a low voice.
The convoy slowly arrived at the entrance of the town. The door of the most luxurious lead car opened and the three of them got out of the car.
The first person to appear was a man with fair skin, silver hair, a pair of pointed ears, and a white high-end suit.
The other two are not even humanoid. One is a little fox with three tails and a golden body. It is quite small and cute, but it exudes good magic. It can rival Rimuru as the strongest Familia after becoming the Demon King;
The other is a guy with many hands who looks like Graeme. Their duty should be to protect.
Clayman put his hand on his chest, bowed slightly in an elegant and graceful manner, and said: "This is my first visit to you. I am the Demon King Clayman, who is known as the 'Puppet Master', and my will is the will of the puppet country Kistau.
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His management policy can be seen from the subordinates behind him. The guards and subordinates at close range are all magical beasts or non-living things that are directly controlled and do not even have independent will. It seems that he is very insecure.
"It's really unexpected that the Demon King pays a visit in person. I didn't expect you to miss me so much, Clayman. Please give me some advice." Cronpis deliberately used a very rude expression to see how the other party would react.