In the dim hall, Cornes was making final preparations for the demon king to devour the elf girl.

He used magic to summon a huge instrument, which was as tall as a person, similar to the experimental bench used by human magicians for research. It was interspersed with various glass pipes for extracting magic power.

This instrument of Cornes can transform the body of the elf girl into pure magic power. However, its appearance is very strange. There is actually a monster's head on it, but it is already in the state of a skeleton, as if it belongs to some kind of magic.

A giant octopus with countless tentacles clinging to the instrument.

Then, Cornes started the instrument, and saw that the tentacles that had long lost their vitality came to life and began to twist wildly.

Facing such a disgusting thing, any girl would scream in terror, but the elf girl remained unmoved at all, and was finally wrapped tightly by the tentacles.

There was a rather spacious space at the bottom of the instrument. It looked like a dark box, just big enough to accommodate one person. The tentacle immediately threw the girl into it and then closed the lid.

After everything was ready, the instrument began to vibrate violently, and then a shrill scream came from the box, as well as the sound of sharp blades cutting flesh, which was horrifying.

Cornes closed his eyes slightly and listened to those sounds carefully, seeming to enjoy it. However, when the Demon King standing not far away saw this scene, tears actually flowed from the corners of his eyes.

He himself felt strange, but then he became frightened and angry. How ridiculous it was that the majestic devil would show mercy to the suffering of others.

He knew very well that Nova's personality still existed in this body, but under the influence of the powerful will of the devil, Nova's personality had no chance of turning around.

Although it is outrageous, no matter whether he wants to believe it or not, this kind of thing happened, and he must find a way to completely eradicate this useless personality.

While he was deep in thought, Cornes came over and interrupted him.

"Lord Demon King, please take a look."

The Demon King looked at the instrument and found that a large amount of bright red liquid was flowing through the winding pipes, then converged into one stream, passed through a filtering device, and finally became translucent.

Before it was over, the huge octopus head suddenly opened its eyes and came to life, swallowed the translucent liquid, and spit it out after a while.

But at this time, it has turned into a white gas. After passing through the cooling pipe, it has turned into a liquid state again. This is also the final step. What catches the liquid is a silver wine glass.

Cornes walked over and held the wine glass in front of the devil.

The Demon King could naturally feel that the magic power contained in this glass of liquid was similar to that of Cornes. He couldn't help but be surprised, thinking how could Cornes have such great ability to capture a powerful elf.

However, since it was his capable subordinate who did it, he didn't think much about it and happily took the glass and drank the liquid in one gulp.

This is a unique way for demons to obtain power. As long as they devour the opponent's body, they can obtain all the opponent's abilities. From now on, he also has the power of elves.

"By the way, where's the giant dragon you're talking about?" The Demon King then asked, he couldn't wait to get more power.

"Haha, then you don't have to worry about it." Cornes said casually, but strangely, his tone was a bit perfunctory.

Of course the devil could hear it, and he couldn't help but get angry.

"Kenes, why do I feel that you are a little inflated? Yes, you are indeed the only dark knight I can rely on, but don't forget, I can take away your identity at any time."

When Cornes heard this, he was startled for a moment. He seemed not to have expected that the Demon King would notice the change in his attitude, but now that things had happened, he no longer needed to be secretive.

"Really? Then try stripping it."

"..."

The Demon King was immediately surprised. He didn't understand why this guy suddenly changed his personality, so he didn't have time to get angry.

"Haha, my Lord Demon King, it seems that if I don't tell you the truth, you won't even think of it," Cornes smiled maliciously, then clapped his hands and shouted behind the instrument, "Come out.

"

"What? You actually..."

The one who walked out was the elf girl just now. She was unscathed, and she looked completely different from the one in the cage. She looked energetic. It turned out that what happened just now was just a deception.

"I forgot to tell you, it was me who secretly colluded with the elves, so you lost to humans. Although I had to wait more than five hundred years to become the Demon King, it was all worth it.

of."

"Haha," the Demon King laughed angrily, "Idiot, how dare you covet my position?"

"It's useless to talk more. Look at your current situation."

After saying this, the Demon King also understood the current situation, and immediately condensed a ball of black flame in his hand, intending to throw it at Cornes. At this time, he would no longer show mercy to this only capable general. Anyway, among the Demons

Some are Dark Knight candidates.

But the next second, he realized something was wrong, because the condensed black flame in his hand did not take shape at all, it just smoked for a while and then stopped moving.

He thought that the devil's will had been dormant for too long and had become less adaptable to his body, so he changed his attack method and decided to conjure a black lightning, but it still didn't work. He seemed to be unable to use any of his tricks.

"Kenes, what on earth did you do!" the devil roared with a ferocious face.

"Humph, this time it's my turn to call you a fool. Don't you think about why I asked you to drink that glass of liquid just now? However, it's really funny to say that you don't have the slightest doubt. It seems that I have been

The disguise is indeed flawless."

"Hahahaha, Cornes, Cornes," the devil suddenly laughed like crazy, then regained his composure and said, "I really did not misjudge you, you are indeed a person who can do great things, even though you betrayed me

, but it’s not a bad thing for the entire demon clan.”

"Huh? What? Did you expect that I might kill you, so you started to flatter me?" Cornes crossed his arms and teased, "Come on, the mighty Demon King actually showed such a face, I can only

I feel pathetic.”

"No, I accept my fate. You can kill me at any time." The devil shook his head.

"It's not necessary, and I can't do it. You may not feel it yourself, but in the eyes of others, your self-healing ability is really ridiculous. I guess I can't hurt you even if I try all my means."

"Really? Then there is no other way. You can't let me commit suicide." The devil said jokingly.

At this time, after understanding his situation, the Demon King felt relieved from the bottom of his heart. He had indeed not lied. It didn't matter who became the Demon King, because for every member of the Demon Clan, the great cause of the group was always more important than the individual.

The fact that Cornes was able to successfully plot against the demon king with absolute strength is enough to prove his ability.

"Tsk tsk, don't compare me to you, okay? I don't have to kill you to become the Demon King, and your strength is far greater than mine. If you die, the power of the demon clan will be greatly weakened, and I, the next Demon King, will also be

It won’t last long.”

"Is that so? What do you mean..." the devil asked. He really wanted to know what kind of medicine this guy was selling in his gourd.

"I will spare your life, I will just take away your power."

"Oh why?"

"...You ask me why?" Cornes looked disgusted and impatient with this topic, "Do you really want me to kill you?"

The Demon King has always had strong powers of observation, and he quickly understood what Cornes was thinking.

He still remembered that when he was just born more than a thousand years ago, Cornes and several other dark knights were with him.

In fact, their demon race had long been completely destroyed due to the war that broke out among various races on the mainland. More than a hundred years after that protracted war ended, the increasingly prosperous humans also began to declare war on all races. They plundered and massacred everywhere.

Other races finally focused on the ruins of the demon clan.

It was precisely because of the greed of the human leader that the demon clan was able to revive. The demon king's will controlled him and transformed into a new demon king, while his four most loyal subordinates became the dark knights.

After being transformed into monsters, they may have lost their reason and memory, but their loyalty is still engraved in their bones, so even though Cornes betrayed his master, he would not kill the master he had served for thousands of years.

.

"Haha, that's it."

The Demon King couldn't help but smile bitterly. He never thought that one day he would be able to save his life because of human loyalty.

In fact, the human leader at the time was a tyrant despised by thousands of people. Not only did he crazily exploit the people, but he also killed all his relatives just to prevent his throne from being taken away.

However, after such an evil person was possessed by the devil's will, his conscience became aware of it and he began to reflect on his sins.

However, maybe that's how it is deep in the leader's heart. He feels guilty for what he has done, but he just can't restrain his greed. The devil's will will amplify what is deep in a person's heart and can make the most kind person corrupt.

Becoming a demon can also turn the most evil person into an angel.

However, the result of this reflection was that he believed that the culprit that turned him into a tyrant was greed, and as far as he knew, this greed was born from humans. Therefore, he vowed to kill all humans and end it completely.

This cycle of greed.

Members of the Demon Clan will only obey the Demon King's orders, so this goal has become the great cause of the entire Demon Clan, and must be achieved no matter how high the price is.

At this time, he was not complacent just because he had saved his life, but felt that he had no other value in existence other than being the Demon King, so he came up with an idea.

Next, Cornes no longer hesitated. He put his hand on the top of the Demon King's head, then suddenly grabbed it and pulled out a translucent soul-like thing from the Demon King's body.

Cornes swallowed the thing directly, and then his body began to undergo drastic changes. It continued to expand for a while, and became distorted for a while, but it did not take long before it returned to calm.

But when he absorbed all the power and looked at the Demon King again, he found that the opponent had lost his breath. He clearly remembered that he had left a trace of power for the Demon King, but in the end, even that remaining trace of power disappeared.
Chapter completed!