The huge central mine is like the mouth of an abyss, constantly devouring demon soldiers who dare to enter. After all the vanguard troops entered the central mine, there was no sound, and even the messengers failed to return as promised. This made
General Rotten Heart was a little confused.
In fact, he himself has never gone deep into the central mine. That is not the job of a general at all. His scouts have never paid attention to the mine because there are no soldiers there. Instead of going to the mine
Instead of wandering around and getting a feel for the terrain, go around and watch out for troops on the border.
The vanguard was ineffective, and General Rouxin could not give up. Even if he did not defeat the enemies inside, he should at least retreat. At this time, he had not yet thought of the possibility of the entire army being annihilated.
So, he sent out another team. This time, the attack did not encounter too strong defensive resistance. The demon soldiers successfully entered the gate and entered the corridor, and then encountered the same situation as before.
And because General Rottenheart failed to make any response strategy to the environment in the mine, the second army, like the first, disappeared into the depths of the mine.
At this time, General Rotten Heart finally realized something was wrong. He felt that there might be some very powerful trap buried on the opposite side. Since it was possible that other demon lords were causing trouble, this kind of technical method was not impossible. As long as he went to the mine casually,
Just hide a few magicians in the field.
Therefore, he suspended his offensive and began to study with his staff and magicians what kind of magic trap could make him fall into the two teams.
The offensive was suspended, and the miner slaves in the mine finally breathed a sigh of relief. They threw the demon soldiers they had killed into the lava sea at the bottom. When Batman announced his break, he was the first one to come over.
Hexagon is very excited.
"Oh my God! I can't believe it! We actually defeated these ferocious demon soldiers!?!! I couldn't even think of it before!!" Rokkaku said a lot of exclamations again, Batman
Sitting opposite the bonfire, looking at him quietly, he soon asked:
"You are no longer a slave, so what do you want to do next?"
Liujiao was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "What do I want to do next? What can I do? Of course I will continue mining!"
"Do you really like mining? Is there nothing else you want to do besides mining?"
"But I have been mining." Liujiao waved his tentacles, seeming to find it very confusing, and said: "What do you mean by something you like to do? You mean, I shouldn't mine? I should go
Do something else? But I don’t know how to do anything else!”
"Did you know? Hexagon, the outside world is actually very big. The mine where you grew up is not the whole world, and the desolate continent is not the whole world. Even hell is just an area in the universe." Batman said.
With some distant melancholy in his voice, he said:
"Don't you want to go and see? Go and see what's beyond the mines, what's beyond hell, and how other lives there live?"
"But, how do they live, what does it have to do with me?" Rokkaku's tone became even more puzzled. He said: "I am only a monster of Shadow Vine for half of my life. All shadow monsters are mining under the hands of the demon lord..."
"Furthermore, you asked me to leave the mine and take a look, but the mine is still full of General Rotten Heart's army. If you want to overthrow him and become the new owner of the mine, you have to unify all the other six mountains. This is terrible.
It’s so difficult!”
"Who said I want to become the new owner of the mine?" Batman asked, looking at Hexagon. At this time, Hexagon was completely stunned. He asked: "You don't want to rule the mine, then why do you want to fight General Rottenheart?"
Batman paused, as if he didn't know where to start, but then he slowly said: "I know, maybe your race has been like this for generations, you work for the mine lord,
Without receiving any reward, they drive you with violence so that you feel afraid and have to work."
"You don't get any fairness here. Life and death are all decided by others. But when you felt afraid, didn't you think that all this is unreasonable?"
"When you were afraid of death, did you ever regret that you didn't fight before, so now you can only let others take your life?"
These questions made Liujia silent for a long time. He seemed to feel that these philosophical reflections were indeed a bit difficult for a newborn. Batman did not continue to embarrass Liujia. He stood up and planned to find the spinel demon.
He wanted to talk to the elders, but at this moment, Liujiao opened his mouth and said:
"So, you resisted General Rotten Heart because you were afraid that he would kill you? But as long as you work hard..."
"Weren't you working hard before?" Batman turned around and whispered: "Didn't those overseers still issue an order that cannot be completed, and then they want to throw you into the lava?"
"When you hand over the power to decide your life and death to others, you should understand that people with this kind of power will not have mercy, nor will they set a truly fair rule."
"Because as long as he can kill you at any time, he can overturn all the rules at any time. If you don't want to die, you must resist and get back this power. The first step to freedom is to create an opportunity to survive by your own ability.
.”
Hexagon didn't speak anymore, as if he was lost in thought. Batman turned and left. He found the elder of the Snake Demon, and at this time, the elder was also looking for him.
The elder of the Snake Demon showed a flattering smile and said: "Sir, you defeated the powerful General Fuxing and took over the central mine. Maybe you will be able to take over the entire mine soon. I have never seen anything like this."
A demon lord as wise as you..."
After saying that, the elder of the Thorn Snake Demon bent down, curled up his tail, lowered his posture, pressed his finger on the center of his eyebrows, lowered his head and said to Batman: "You will be the hope for the revival of the Thorn Snake clan. We hope that you can
Follow you and build great achievements..."
Batman looked at him and asked: What's going on with the Tritons? What's going on with you?"
The elder of the Snake Demon did not stand up, but said in a calm tone: "So, you have already seen that we are different from other slaves in the mine. The Snake Demon was not a weak race. On the contrary, we also used to follow
Belabi went to war on the battlefield."
"In the era when His Majesty Belial was still the demon prince, the thorn serpent clan placed their bets on him. The ancient leader of the thorn serpent declared allegiance to Belial and accompanied him in his battles, and finally achieved brilliant results.
, the leader was also granted the title of Duke of the border territory, just like the current Grand Duke Astro."
"But at this time, a Medusa named Das charmed His Majesty Belial and became the queen of the new kingdom."
The elder of the Snake Demon showed a resentful expression, gritted his teeth and said: "This vicious queen, in order to support her people, must completely eliminate the Snake Demon who is also a snake demon type."
"She personally concocted a conspiracy to make His Majesty Belial suspicious of the loyal leader of the Serpent Demon. In the end, the leader of the Serpent Demon was killed by His Majesty Belial, and all the Serpent Demons were demoted to slaves and were infected with the poison.
A curse that prevents the use of magic."
"And after an original magical race lost the magical power it relied on for survival, it was completely unable to compete with other powerful demons with physical strength alone. The spindle demons could only retreat into the mines, because only by becoming slaves can we
There is a way to survive...,
After saying that, he lowered his body again and said to Batman in a humble tone: "In the classics left by my ancestors, I once had a glimpse of the glory of my ancestors. Your style is no different from that of the young Majesty Belial. Please lead me."
Let’s build a new territory!”
"You want me to be the new Demon Lord?" Batman asked.
"Yes, sir, you have such potential. As long as you can capture the mines, General Rottenheart's territory and army, it will be enough for you to develop your own power. If you can lift the curse of the Snake Demon, we will definitely be loyal to you."
you……"
Batman saw the crisscrossing ravines on the face of the Elder Spinel, which reminded him of another person, the old man who wanted to sell him drugs as medicine when he stayed in the slums.
Batman discovered that such low-level people, especially the old people at the bottom, always have a habitual humility and flattery in their expressions and looks. That flattering look is not deliberately disguised, but has already been
It is deeply engraved into their souls.
Now, this old demon regards him as his savior, hoping that he can lead the Snake Demon clan back to glory. However, Batman always feels that there is something wrong with this, and a strange feeling surrounds him.
Batman cannot have any sympathy for the devil. Everything he is doing now is just to see humans through the devil.
These are actually two very similar races, with the same wisdom, same habits and society. The only difference here from human society is that Batman, as a human, does not have to consider the consequences of everything he does here.
This is a proving ground where he can show off his talents.
If he follows the script, Batman knows that he should accept the allegiance of the Triton, and then use this race, which is obviously smarter than other demons, to lead other demons, deepen the tactics, and create a more efficient war system.
, and then win step by step.
He was crowned as the new king and obtained a vast territory. To maintain such a territory, he must build a strong army. To build a strong army, equipment is indispensable. If you want solid armor, you need to smelt minerals, and
If you want to have enough minerals, someone must mine them.
Some people are generals and some are slaves, so the life and death of the slaves will still be in the hands of the generals. In the endless cycle of dynasty fate, all this is an unsolvable dead end.
But for Batman himself, is he here to become a demon lord? What is the use of his territory in hell?
Indeed, the grand victory of unifying hell will be engraved into a medal, giving up his collection room, and perhaps it can also become his trump card against certain demons that go to the human world in the future, but is this enough?
Batman saw in this group of oppressed demon slaves the suffering people at the bottom of Gotham.
From birth to growth, they have been bound to a small piece of land. They have never seen the sky outside. They don't even know what resistance is, or even know that their destiny can be in their own hands.
Batman stood up, so they regarded him as their savior, thinking that he would definitely become a powerful king, but this only amazed them, and then they continued to accept their appointment and rule day after day.
Is this kind of life bad for them? In fact, it is not so. They know nothing and have almost nothing to ask for. Without desires, there is no pain.
But Batman prefers to call this numbness. Their ignorance is not their own choice, but the product of the unfairness of the world. And he leads such a group of numb people to win one battle after another, and finally gets,
Just another unfair world.
Batman suddenly discovered that if he still regards himself as the savior and asks everyone to regard him as the savior, then things will not change at all. No matter who becomes the king, it will not change the situation of the people at the bottom.
But if there is no savior, who can they rely on?
During the lull in the war, Batman began to think about some more in-depth questions.
But just like Gotham, victory and peace are only temporary, and things will always slide in a bad direction, and then slide unstoppably into the abyss.