After the footsteps came from the door, there was not even the last sound in the banquet hall. Even Li Bai stopped eating, took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, stood up from where he was sitting,
Waiting for Qiao Nan's arrival.
Finally, there was movement at the door.
This wooden door is made of solid wood and is very hard and heavy. Normally, people below level 30 cannot push this door open.
The banquet hall is usually open to facilitate the entry of servants, but now that a banquet is being held inside, the door is naturally closed tightly to prevent outsiders from accidentally bumping into the people inside.
It takes a lot of effort to open such a heavy door, and it will make a lot of noise when you push it, alerting people inside that someone is coming.
It was this sound of pushing the door that attracted the attention of everyone in the room.
In fact, they thought that when Jocelyn came over, his father would also come with him, but the fact now is that Cyril did come over, but Jocelyn did not come.
When they saw the figure at the door, the banquet hall became completely quiet. The city lord at the front of the queue stared at the person coming in from the door.
They seemed to be unable to believe their own eyes, their hands were trembling slightly, and their eyes were wide open, as if they had seen something unbelievable.
The man was wearing a black-gold robe, with long platinum-blonde hair hanging down around his waist. His expression was indifferent, and his facial features were deep, but because of his temperament, they were perfectly integrated. His blue eyes only glanced lightly.
It makes people's hearts tremble uncontrollably.
His Majesty……
They subconsciously shouted this title in their hearts.
In fact, the difference between genuine products and fakes is very obvious. They have also seen many people who look similar to Qiao Nan. However, the first time they meet them, they will notice the gap between him and the real His Majesty.
That is a magnanimity that cannot be surpassed no matter how much you disguise it. No matter how similar their facial features are and how similar their little movements are, two people can still be distinguished at a glance when they stand together.
"Who are you? What's going on with the guards outside? How come everyone is let in?"
The city lords who didn't know Qiao Nan didn't react for a moment, and became a little angry when they found out that the person who came in was not the one they knew.
They had been gearing up just now and were ready to give someone a blow as soon as they arrived. Who would have thought that the person coming over was an unknown person?
"Aren't you waiting for me?" Qiao Nan raised a smile. His smile tore apart the indifference on his body and brought him down from a high place. Qiao Nan asked, "Now that I'm here,
But you dislike me, which is really unreasonable."
"The name we are calling is Jocelyn Cyril, the crown prince of the Dragon Clan. Could it be that you are?"
"I think it is precisely because Jocelyn Cyril is here that you should take it seriously. If you cause diplomatic issues between the two races, Amos will not spare you."
Qiao Nan pushed hard with both hands and opened the door to the maximum. The door rumbled and stopped on both sides. Behind him were Cyril and the butler.
The steward is a staunch Amos party. He should have gone to invite Jocelyn, but now he is following this unknown person. Even Cyril is willing to follow him, which is extraordinary.
Who is this person?
This was tantamount to openly supporting the other party. What they couldn't understand the most was why Cyril, who was unwilling to bow his head even in front of Lord Amos, was actually behind a strange man at this time.
That man was weaker than everyone present, except the servant.
But if this was Cyril's son, he could do such a thing.
But this looks different from Jocelyn!
The butler walked to the front and led Qiao Nan. He was the protagonist of this banquet, so he was naturally placed at the top. Qiao Nan walked through the crowd and walked on the red carpet from the door under everyone's gaze.
Reached the top.
In order to attend the banquet, Qiao Nan deliberately took out the more gorgeous dress from his backpack. The thick black robe was dragged on the ground, making the sound of salad as he walked on the ground.
"Didn't you hear what I said?" The man who had been quarreling with Qiao Nan since Qiao Nan came in reached out his hand in displeasure and wanted to grab Qiao Nan. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he was grabbed by the city lord next to him.
"Don't do anything."
The person who held him back was Furnaeus, the lord of the 30th city. This gray-skinned man with an elegant expression was a well-known intellectual among the 72 city lords.
He rarely takes action. Even if there is any dispute, he will first convince the other party with reason and then use other means.
In fact, lower-ranked city lords like them have always looked down on Furnaeus. After all, in their opinion, big fists are the last word. Furnaeus usually doesn't fight and rarely gets into disputes with others. Over time, those people become
I forgot that Funeus also killed people on the battlefield and was a standard demon.
"Let me go!"
"Flash, I wouldn't hold you if you were stupid before, but now I have to hold you if you are stupid." Furnaeus did not let go. What seemed to these people to be a weak body was now
It tightened around his wrists like handcuffs, causing his bones to ache, and he even let out a fragile groan.
Furnaeus is a rare thinker within the demon clan. He has lived for a long time, and he is considered to be at the same time as Amos, but his ability is not biased in the direction of combat. In the 72nd legion that was promoted based on strength, his position is slightly lower.
A little bit better, but still in the middle and upper reaches.
He is good at rhetoric, good at debating, and can even make hostile parties become friends. This ability is very suitable for development in the army. He still has twenty-nine legions in his hands. He is a relatively rare person who is not ranked high, but has real power in his hands.
The city lord.
Even if his ranking is not high, the weight of his voice among the seventy-two city lords is quite heavy.
"Isn't it just one..."
"That's His Majesty Qiao Nan." Furnaeus said lightly: "Did all your history lessons go to the dog's belly?"
The two were talking in private, and many people couldn't hear it. They could only see that the two seemed to be communicating. Qiao Nan glanced over there, only to find that Furnaeus had loosened his grip on Flush.
He raised his hand and bowed to himself.
A very standard posture of surrender.
Flush froze on the spot, completely unable to believe his ears.
Did he just hear a name in a history textbook?
Furnaeus's attitude was particularly obvious. In the eyes of the subsequent city lords, Furnaeus's attitude was too weird. The top city lords understood Furnaus's attitude towards Qiao Nan when they discovered it.
.
Furnaeus has determined that the other party is Qiao Nan.
Even though it was ridiculous to be resurrected from the dead, it happened in front of them, so the identity of the Dragon Prince...
Qiao Nan walked up to the top and turned around, looking down at everyone in the banquet hall, "I'm very happy to be able to see you all again."
"Welcome your Majesty back." Furnaeus was the first to lower his head. He kept kneeling on one knee, holding his chest with his left hand and lowering his head. His kneeling seemed to be a signal.
The city lords knelt down together and once again showed their loyalty to Qiao Nan who was standing on top.
They were sure that it was His Majesty.
Dozens of extremely proud city lords actually knelt down and saluted a stranger. Before the stranger did anything, they recognized him as the king.
Is this kind of cartilage weighing down on them??
"Who are you?" Someone finally asked uncontrollably.
Qiao Nan glanced at it.
Everyone who kneeled down was basically someone he knew. There were only a few that he had never seen before. They should be the new city lords. They should have recognized him, otherwise they wouldn't have knelt down with them.
Qiao Nan curled up her lips: "My name is Qiao Silin. Of course, you can also call me Qiao Nan. I am more accustomed to the name Qiao Nan."
Qiao Nan?
Perhaps because they could always hear this name from Amos these days, these city lords immediately remembered the meaning of this name.
He is the real Demon King!
But that king was already dead, dead for nearly two thousand years, and his bones were probably rotted into mud. How could he appear in front of them again?
There was an uproar in the banquet hall. Qiao Nan glanced at the people who were not kneeling one by one and remembered their faces in his heart.
And Lilith...
Qiao Nan found Lilith standing in the darkness in the corner and smiled at her from a distance.
Lily stared back without showing any signs of weakness.
Damn it, just now I was thinking that Jocelyn was just a fake... I didn't expect that he suddenly turned into the real owner!
They maintain respect for His Majesty Qiao Nan, but it does not mean that they will be afraid of a dead person, just like sheep who have never seen a lion and feel that the lion has nothing to be afraid of and cannot maintain awe of it.
"Be careful what you say." Furnaeus is a little troubled by the stubbornness and unrealistic dreams of these people. Even though he already knows His Majesty's identity, he still talks nonsense about His Majesty.
"What? Do you have any objections to me?" Qiao Nan was not angry. He stretched out his hand to suppress Furnaeus' move to say something, but asked calmly, "If you have any objections, just say it. Isn't that right?"
I will blame you."
When the man spoke out, Cyril had already clenched his fists, but he knew that he couldn't take action now, so he kept restraining himself and didn't do anything too exciting. He was standing in the shadows, not far away from Li
Bai, Li Bai hesitated for a moment and walked over from where he was standing.
"Your Majesty Cyril."
"Huh?" At this time, Cyril naturally had no patience to take care of Li Bai, so he just responded casually.
"His Majesty the Demon King and His Highness Jocelyn, they two..."
Hearing this, Cyril suddenly turned his head and smiled at Li Bai. There was ridicule and disdain in the smile, as well as a hint of sympathy.
Sympathy? Why is there sympathy? Is he sympathizing with me, the demons or the dragons?
Li Bai was puzzled by Cyril's laughter.
"Your Majesty Cyril...you..."
"Nothing, I just thought of something funny. What do you want to ask?"
"His Royal Highness Jocelyn and him..."
"It's a person." Cyril admitted frankly, "You will become the king of the orcs in the future. This matter will not be hidden from you, but you must remember that this matter is a secret and cannot be known to others, especially that Nuo
Man, if he found out, it would have been you who leaked it."
Cyril almost laughed to death at Li Bai's slowness. He even made a joke on Li Bai at this time, but Li Bai didn't think it was a joke, but instead thought it was a threat from Cyril.
Apart from the seventy-two demon clan lords, he was the only outsider at this banquet. Norman didn't know why he didn't come.
From just now, Li Bai has been trying to stay away from the center of the whirlpool, but he didn't expect that the secret he didn't want to know hit him directly in the face.
He is not interested in the secrets of the demon clan at all. Although he will definitely become the king of the orc clan in the future, that will probably be several years later. Of course, being able to know such secrets in advance will definitely help him in the future.
Gained the upper hand in the power struggle, but...
"When you hear Nannan's name, don't you have any associations?" Cyril asked patiently again.
Cyril was even more confused: "No."
Cyril looked at him like he was a fool, "Why don't you go out, you are really useless here."
Li Bai:……
"If you still want to continue to be your city lord, just shut your mouth. Your Majesty is not someone you can contradict."
"You said he is Qiao Nan, is he really Qiao Nan? He is just a guy who came from nowhere. The real His Majesty has been dead long ago!" Someone choked with Furnaeus.
"I understand what you mean. If you want to do something, just say it directly. Don't beat around the bush. It's very tiring." First City Lord Barr rubbed his forehead. He signaled to Qiao Nan, hoping to stand up. Qiao Nan nodded and asked the others to stand up.
Those who kneel stand up together.
"Lord Barr, that's not what I meant, it's just——"
"If you want the position of Demon King, you don't want others to get there, right?" Baal repeated, "As for people, don't expect things you can't get. This will only increase your troubles."
"Are all the recent city lords of the Demon Tribe of this caliber?" Cyril frowned, the anger in his heart almost boiling over, and his finally calmed down mood turned into an active volcano once again.
Li Bai could understand it. After all, this man said that he was the prince of the dragon clan, and also said that he was Qiao Nan, the king of the demon clan. No matter how he thought about it, something was wrong.
And even if they really don't want to believe it, seeing their seniors express their surrender so seriously, they should understand what the situation is now.
It is not ruled out that they want to find trouble specifically to anger Qiao Nan.
"Why do you think I'm not Qiao Nan?" Qiao Nan asked slowly, "Is it because of my strength? Or did it suddenly appear after a long time? Or maybe I used to be the prince of the dragon clan?"
After saying what the other party wanted to say, Qiao Nan continued to ask: "You guys brought up today's banquet, so that I can get out of trouble and to test my strength."
"I'm only level 62 now, so naturally I can't compare to you, but...I won't give this position to anyone else. This position has always been mine since two thousand years ago. It has always been."
"Then your two thousand years have been really wonderful. You dropped from level ninety-nine to level sixty-two."
"You must have the same confusion as to why I suddenly came back after almost two thousand years." Qiao Nan sat on the high-back chair, "I can explain the reason to you, but you have to promise to be here to listen today.
You cannot tell others what you have learned, and no one else will know except you, including you, His Highness Li Bai."
Li Bai, who was suddenly named, nodded, "But if possible, I hope to leave here. Our orc tribe has no intention of participating in the internal affairs of the demon tribe."
"He already knows, you can't leave." Of course Cyril couldn't let Li Bai leave. He had told him just now. Wouldn't it be bad if he left again? This man is not very good at hiding his thoughts.
Norman must have guessed it as soon as he asked. Of course Norman must have known it for a long time, but it was just two different things for him to guess it himself and to tell him clearly.
"..." Qiao Nan glanced at the other party, and Li Bai was baffled by the complexity in his eyes.
I didn't say anything, why would the other party look at me like this? Was what I just said wrong?
"Butler, please close the door."
Cyril made a soundproof barrier and surrounded everyone inside to ensure that no one could hear the conversation inside the room.
"First of all, I returned to this world the day before yesterday. I came to the devil world yesterday and I am standing here today."
"The day before yesterday I was still an ordinary person with only level one, but now I am level sixty. If you pay more attention, you will find that not long ago I was only over level fifty."
"Do you mean to say that, given a few more days, you can reach level ninety?" Lilith couldn't help but finally spoke.
She walked out of the shadows, pushed past the others and walked into the sight of others.
"It's not a matter of a few days, but it's still okay to reach level 90 before the succession ceremony." Qiao Nan said something that was no different from a joke to the other party.
"Are you kidding? If we can break through from level 60 to level 90 within a month, wouldn't we be useless?"
"If it is your Majesty, it can indeed be done." First City Lord Barr concluded, "If you can't do it yourself, you think others can't do it. This is the idea of a frog in the well. Lilith, your level is not low, why?
Still don’t understand this?”
People who can sit in the position of city lord have quite good talent and strength. They are all geniuses in the eyes of their peers.
Although Lilith has some brain problems, her potential is quite outstanding. When she was still in the academy, she was ranked first in the school every year.
He also compressed ten years of courses into three years, skipped a grade from school, joined the Demon King's Reserve Army, and spent decades climbing to where he is now.
This promotion speed is already very fast, and this potential is good even among city lords. As long as Lilith is given time to grow, she will definitely grow into one of the top ten most powerful generals in the demon world.
This is also the reason why the city lords have a very high tolerance for Lilith.
"Do you mean to wait a month before reaching level 90 before the succession ceremony begins? Do you want to participate in the succession ceremony as a level 90 person?"
"That's what I thought, but you must not want to."
Lilith raised her chin, "I am now at level 88, and you are only at level 62. There is a full 26 levels difference between us. Without Lord Amos, what can you do to me?
?”
Qiao Nan suddenly laughed. He laughed so hard that Lilith was confused, "What are you laughing at?"
"Then let's compete. If you win, I will give you the position of the Demon King. If you lose, you will agree to one condition."
As soon as Qiao Nan said these words, not to mention Lilith, even the eyes of other city lords lit up.
Only a few people who were familiar with Qiao Nan's character sighed.
Don’t these newcomers know it, and don’t they, the old people, know it?
One of the reasons why Qiao Nan became famous in the first place was that he liked to challenge opponents who were stronger than him by leapfrogging levels. When he was only over level 50, he challenged enemies who were over level 80 and managed to survive. He even used strategies to defeat enemies.
The opponent dismounted his horse and became a cripple.
Ever since he tasted the sweetness that time, Qiao Nan has fallen in love with the joy of this kind of cross-level challenge. It is precisely because of this that Qiao Nan has upgraded faster than others.
Of course, in addition to the experience provided by leapfrogging monsters and killing monsters, Qiao Nan's upgrade speed also includes rewards for completing tasks. The combination of these is the secret to Qiao Nan's upgrade.
He had already cleared all the missions in the Abyss Hell before, so this time when he went to the Abyss Hell, he could only skip levels and fight monsters, and could not level up as quickly as before. If he did not have enough experience in the Abyss Hell, he could go to other dangerous places.
He was familiar with all the places to gain experience, and the monsters' routines were all the same.
"How?" Qiao Nan rarely took the initiative to provoke, "Lilith, you are not afraid anymore, are you?"