There are many theories about the origin of evil spirits, the most famous ones are the theory of divine punishment, the theory of depravity and the theory of earthly spirits.
According to the theory of divine punishment, humans did something that offended the gods, which aroused the gods' anger. God sent a group of evil creatures to torture humans. They are evil spirits.
The theory of depravity holds that evil spirits were originally human beings, but they degenerated into cruel devils due to erosion and corruption by evil forces.
The theory of earth spirits is relatively simple. It is believed that evil spirits are evil spirits that grow underground and come to the surface under the leadership of the devil king to commit evil.
Although the sayings are different, the core idea remains the same. Demons are evil. Whether they are born or acquired, they all bear the label of devil.
In comparison, the history of demons is more tolerant.
Yes, evil spirits also have a history, and each family's history is different. Reggie found a lot of history books from the Lord of Wind Demons. In their history books, there is no such name as evil spirits (no one wants to call himself a devil).
There is no such thing as demons at all.
This is not a covert exchange of concepts. According to the records in the history books of wind demons, all kinds of evil demons are not the same form of life at all. They call themselves the wind tribe, the sand demons as the sand tribe, the fire demons as the flame tribe, and the frozen demons as
The Snow Clan calls the rock demons the Stone Bug Clan, the mud demons the Ragasto, the elves the Wise Clan, the orcs the Xiao Clan, the dragons the Blood Royal Clan, and the humans the Evil Barbarians.
In their eyes, there is no difference between humans and other races. The other demons are no closer to them than humans, but they have formed an alliance, and the leader of the Stoneworm tribe has become their leader.
The purpose of the alliance in the city was to fight against the brutal Blood Royal Clan and the Evil Barbarians, which was also the alliance of dragons and humans. At that time, the orcs and elves and the dragons and humans were one of the members of the alliance.
The Lords of the Sand Demons also presented their history books, the contents of which were surprisingly consistent with the Wind Demons. In the early days of the war, dragons and humans had an overwhelming advantage. The Demon Alliance was powerless and could only retreat to a deserted island to survive.
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But in the later stages of the war, the situation changed. Dragons and humans turned against each other and began to kill each other. The orcs and elves became victims caught between them and became slaves of both sides.
From then on, the war trend changed, and the evil demon reversed the defeat and successively conquered Qinges Continent and Bloodfall Continent.
Reggie has always had a contemptuous attitude towards the history books of evil spirits. He believes that the evil spirits are gilding themselves and beautifying themselves as one of the aborigines of this world, thus creating legitimacy for their invasion.
Regarding the origin of evil spirits, Reggie has always been inclined to the theory of divine punishment. Of course, he does not believe that humans have really offended the gods, nor does he think that the gods have sent evil spirits. He believes that evil spirits are invasive species from alien planets with technological capabilities.
Outperform the current human race and become invincible in the war.
But today I saw the Fountain of the Sand Clan, which completely overturned Reggie's understanding.
Why are there springs belonging to the Sand Demon on the Origino continent? The spring water is definitely not man-made, and it cannot be formed in a short period of time. In other words, the Sand Demon is one of the indigenous people of this continent.
These issues may not be the focus at the moment. The focus is how Reggie should deal with Delian, whether to agree to his surrender, or to take advantage of this rare opportunity to completely destroy the sand demon's spring.
After much thought, Reggie summoned Delian and asked a question: "After surrendering to me, will you make offerings to me?"
After surrendering, you have to pay taxes. This is the basic requirement after surrendering, but this is really difficult for the sand demon.
Although Delian has been imitating human life, he still has no concept of currency, and he will definitely not be able to get real money.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have money, taxes come in various forms, including in kind.
But the only physical object that the sand demons could take out was lichen, which was very precious to them but of little use to Reggie.
Even if you don't even have the physical objects, there is another way out. If you have money, you can support people. If you don't have money, you can support people. If you can't get offerings, you can still do military service.
"Will your people fight for me?"
The second question puts the other party into embarrassment again. Fighting is possible, but it depends on the scope.
If fighting other countries, Delian is confident that he can recruit a 50,000-person army of sand demons for Reggie. They are not Yalisan's puppet army, but soldiers who are willing to fight for Reggie.
But this makes no sense. Reggie cannot lead demons to fight other countries.
But if it's a battle with demons, Delian can at most bring his guards to the battlefield, and he doesn't rule out the possibility that these guards will turn against him.
This is the character of the sand demons. They talk about truth, but they only think that their own truth is right, and no one knows what their truth is.
"The taxes cannot be paid, and military service cannot be guaranteed. What can I say..."
Reggie paused for a moment, and Batchelor suddenly gave the answer: "Surrendering you is of no use at all. It's just like giving you a piece of land for free!"
"I, we can bring you peace." Delian immediately fell into panic.
"Bring peace?" Asaron smiled, "I'm afraid you don't have this ability. You can only control a small part of the sand demons. If the rest of the sand demons want to fight us, you have no way to stop them."
"I have a way, I will try my best, I, I, I will..."
Before Delian could finish speaking, the Red Wolf King stood up and said: "If you have too much meat to eat, you can feed it to the dogs. If you have too much land, you can leave it desolate. But neither meat nor land can be left to the evil spirits.
Not even a cent can be left to you."
It seems that the tone has been set. The Red Wolf King has prepared the poison. Delian knelt down and said: "No matter what you want me to do, I will do my best. Please believe me!"
"I can believe you, but I have to find a suitable reason," Reggie sighed. At the moment when the negotiation was about to end, Reggie suddenly gave his conditions, "Give me two thousand pounds of lichens every month.
, I want it dried, this shouldn’t be too much.”
The palace was quiet for a few minutes, and even the dull and dull Bachelo was surprised by Reggie's thoughts.
It wasn't until Jiawen stood up and saluted Reggie that people believed that this was really Reggie's decision.
They thought that this group of sand demons would face unimaginable difficulties, but for them, two thousand pounds of lichen was simply child's play.
Alexa knelt down on one knee for the first time and saluted Reggie. Delian stood aside and burst into tears.
Reggie did not perform any more sensational drama. After signing the document, a simple surrender ceremony was performed. The Sand Demon Lord Delian and his people officially became members of the Shattered Snow Kingdom.
After living in the desert oasis for two days, Reggie set off back to the city. On the way, the confused Bachelo suddenly asked a question: "My lord, why did you accept the surrender of the demons? Is it because of your kindness to them?"
"I will show no mercy to the devil."
"Is it because they occupy Giri that they are the masters of the continent?"
"I don't care about moral principles. The winner is the king or the enemy. What's more, mankind only has this continent left, and there is no capital to be humble to others."
"Then why did you accept their surrender? They have no value to you at all."
"Value aside, do you think I can defeat them? Do you know how many they have?"