Chapter 625: 625
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"Master, leave this to me . The only thing is that the demons' city will need a Lord . Who do you want it to be?"
Saleen's curiosity was piqued by Nailisi's question and he asked, "Can the Lord of demon city not be of demon bloodline?
"Of course . The Pope is not a God, but he still oversees a group of disciples with godly nature . "
Nailisi's reply left Saleen feeling torn . Who amongst his subordinates would be suitable to become the Lord of a demon city? The mages of Sregl Island would not be suitable . If they were, Saleen would not have been troubled over the lack of talent to manage things in Metatrin City . The pirates' grades were too low .
Jola should stay in Metatrin City to train and guide warriors while Su should be leading armies and not demons . As for Daniel, Saleen was prepared to let him lead Metatrin City when he was not around . At the very least, Daniel could be tasked with the daily administrative duties .
"Saleen, let Nailisi be the Lord of the demons' city," Sika said .
"Master, I don't want to!" Nailisi rejected immediately . Although she yearned to lead a demon army, she did not wish to leave Saleen .
"What about Cuisi?"
"Not advisable . Master… Cuisi knows some of the weaknesses of demons' cities . I don't entirely trust him to take up this responsibility . "
"I don't have anyone else that I can use . Lex does have a few mages who are already grade-5 and are quite capable . "
"Humph, don't tell me you miss Narnia?" Sika pinched Saleen's nose .
Saleen felt wronged and said, "She is only grade-4 . "
"By the time demons' city has been built, she will probably have advanced to grade-5," Sika was merciless . She was not jealous, but she was certain that Narnia was fond of Saleen . It was obvious from the way she looked at Saleen .
Narnia was a nice lady so Sika would not treat her like how she treated Irene . Should Narnia confess her feelings one day, then things would be hard to handle .
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"Sister Sika, why don't you be the Lord of the city?" Nailisi's green eyes blinked quickly as she stood behind Saleen . Sika wanted to reject, but suddenly changed her mind . She smiled and said to Saleen, "Why don't I give it a try? Sounds like it will be more fun managing a bunch of demons than Caucasus people . What do demons eat? I can't do anything about that . "
"Sister Sika need not worry about that . Demons' City will have a huge magic summoning array where many magic bugs can be summoned from the demon dimension . Since we will have many magic bugs, all we need to do is to find some good cooks so that the demons can have delicious meals . Ingredients are not a problem . "
"Cooks? Who will dare to be cooks for demons? For all you know, they will be the ones eaten by the demons . "
"Master!" Nailisi's tone sounded like she was acting cute .
"I'm just kidding . Demons don't really have any particular tastes, but they do need to replenish their salt levels so we need to have suitable vegetables to do that . Demons don't just eat meat after all . We need to quickly find salt . "
"Master, let's just open a saltworks outside demons' city . We are just beside the sea so we don't need to buy anything . "
"I am too overwhelmed . " Saleen patted his head . In Qin, salt was exclusively sold by the royal family . Even the noble families needed to get permission from the royal family and also pay a large amount of tax before they could sell salt . It was not within Holy Rock City's jurisdiction, even Alchemy City would create their own salt .
"Saleen, let's not be too loud about it . It's good enough that we have our own source of salt and our mages can help to refine it further . It should not be for sale or Holy Rock City might not be too happy about it . " Sika was cautious when it came to the big picture so she made sure to remind Saleen .
"I know . If we intend to feed a city of demons with our own salt, we probably won't have extra to sell to others anyway . "
"Master, shall I begin preparations tomorrow?"
"Alright, this matter is urgent . Can you complete this task within a year?"
"A year… it will be tight because I don't have enough materials and resources at hand . "
"Go find the winged skeleton . You and he try your best to find salt . Keep whatever you find from the sea . You don't have to give it to Metatrin City, unless you find very useful or rare items…
"Of course, I will keep them for Master . " Nailisi was overjoyed that Saleen was giving her permission to keep valuable items .
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Saleen knew Nailisi's intention in salvaging items from ancient sunken boats . She was bonded to him so her possessions were equivalent to his . He did not care too much about it so as to satisfy Nailisi's greed .
Demons were generally possessive and Nailisi was no exception . Even if Nailisi salvaged items that were useless to her, she would still keep them in her spatial equipment so that she could take them out to admire once in a while .
As for the winged skeleton, he was extremely loyal so all the resources that he and Nailisi salvaged together in secret were all used to expand Saleen's navy . Right now, Saleen did not lack materials for building of boats because the winged skeleton had supplied them to him long ago . Saleen lacked sailors instead so the winged skeleton allowed his subordinates, the jade skeletons, to stand in as sailors for the time-being .
This arrangement had to be temporal . It would not be appropriate for Saleen, a human, to own ghost ships and demon cities
The winter nights in the north were long . Saleen finally managed to have a good night's rest and even dreamed . Mages rarely dreamed because they could control their mental strength very well . This time, Saleen dreamed that he had expanded his territories beyond ten-thousand miles and was wearing a devil's suit . He was leading millions of demons towards the pearl of the glorious plains, the Holy City .
The plains were filled with corpses everywhere including death knights and corpses of disciples . Daniel and Aini used their death magic and the corpses began to get up and attacked the armies of Holy City .
Suddenly, a strange beam of light appeared from the sky and struck the center of Saleen's army .
That was God's punishment spell! Millions of armies were struck by God's punishment and were sent straight to hell before being turned into ashes by the explosion of a volcano there .
In the dream, Saleen was calm . The demons and spirits of the dead that had died were all revived in the flames . They were gathered in front of Raphael's magic tower and Saleen was standing on it . The pride he felt while looking down at his own army was unimaginable .
There was lightning everywhere and it was coming out from his clan badge . It tore open the dimension and his army appeared on the glorious plains again . Saleen laughed with glee when he saw the shocked expression on the Pope's face .
The dream suddenly ended and Saleen woke up . Sika was staring at him .
"Why do you have a silly smile on your face?"
"It's nothing . I dreamed of Pope Theisio . "
"Theisio? You saw his magic images?"
"Of course not, but I know it's him," Saleen laughed and got up from the bed . One dream meant nothing, but Saleen suddenly had a feeling that the Holy See's strength was not as powerful as he thought . The Pope had three godly items and one of them had been given to Joey . Once the three godly items had been separated, the Pope's power would be drastically reduced . He would not have lost so many men in the attack on Emperor Chanake otherwise .
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"Sika…"
"What?"
"Since Nailisi is not around, let's go for another round!" Saleen's energy has fully recovered after a good sleep .
"What are we waiting for?!" Sika smiled and pressed herself into Saleen . The hole in the wall was still there, but Nailisi has left long ago to look for Cuisi . Sika felt more at ease knowing that no one else was around to disturb .
In Cuisi's room, he was standing and listening to Nailisi's dressing down . At the end, Nailisi finally revealed her purpose for coming over and Cuisi was overjoyed .
"Master wants to build a demon city? I volunteer!"
"I already said, you will lead the first demon army . Sika will settle the demon city . "
"Sika? She is nothing!"
"Bastard!" Nailisi gave Cuisi a punch . It was a heavy one and Cuisi felt his bones almost break .
"Remember this . Even if you advance into a devil, do not upset Sika . I will ask Master to draw out your soul and let it burn in hell for ten-thousand years if you do . "
"Okay . " Cuisi bowed his head and asked, "Master, I will not upset her . What if she comes looking for trouble?"
"What if I give you a slap? What will you do?"
"Of course I have to bear with it since it is Master who did it . I will bear with it even if I am angry . " Cuisi did not dare to deceive Nailisi and answered honestly .
"If Sika slapped you, you will also bear with it . That is the woman that my Master values the most . If anything happens to her, both of us are finished . Do you understand?"
"I understand now . "
"Any other questions?" Nailisi saw the expression on Cuisi's face .
"How strong is Sika?"
"If you fought with her in your human form, you would lose . By the time you fully possess a supreme demon's powers, she will probably have advanced as well . Her subordinates are Caucasus people and some of them are very strong . "
Cuisi was convinced after what Nailisi said . Sika was stronger than him, there was nothing wrong with submitting to her . The demon dimension worked that way, the weak would submit to the strong .
"Alright, Cuisi, do you have the diagram of a demon city?"
"Yes . "
"Give it to me . After the city has been built, make sure you build a good relationship with Sika . The soldiers making up the first demon army will be chosen from the demon city . If you serve Sika well, you will be give the best demons for your army . Do you understand?"
Cuisi finally understood . Profess his loyalty to Sika now so that he would be able to reap the benefits in future . He gave the diagram of how to build a demon city to Nailisi . She was satisfied and left with the diagram .
She was never going to allow Cuisi to lead an army and become Lord of a city at the same time . She would not be able to control him otherwise .
As for Sika? Sika did not have such a strong thirst for power . Even if she was given more lands, she would still be a Caucasus priestess at the end of the day .
For the rest of the day, Saleen and the rest of the mages studied the diagram on how to build a demon city . Nailisi was also there to translate the demon language . According to the diagram, the city of the largest scale could contain more than five-million demons .
There was only a small plain near the port downstream . The entire plain would be almost used up if such a big city was to be built there .
Fortunately, this was not a city for humans . Demons did not like to wander around nor deal in businesses . They did not care for roads either . The surrounding mountainous areas were sufficient for the demons to move around .
The port that was beside the sea would remain unchanged . They would be building a shipyard there that would contain more than two combat vessels . This matter would soon be handed over to the winged skeleton . Even Saleen was afraid to let spirits of the dead and demons become neighbors and for humans to live there .