NABC Chapter 374 No money, what kind of demon king are you!
Chapter 374 No money, what kind of demon king are you!
Chapter 374 No money, what kind of demon king are you!
Previously, when Huihui had just graduated from the Red Prison Academy, she experienced a period of not being able to find a suitable job and staying at home.
At that time, Broly also accompanied the other party to Soket's fortune-telling hut for a fortune-telling session about their future career.
The divination result at the time indicated that he was the Demon King. Soket never understood why he was the Demon King, but now that he has divined again and received a similar image to the one he had in the past, everything has come together.
"Megumin became the new Demon Lord for the sake of world peace. Her title is 'Red,' which is the closest fiery color to the burst magic, and it also signifies her Crimson Demon Clan identity. Her new Demon Lord army will be known to the world in the future as the Crimson Demon Army..."
By linking the past and present divinations together, Miss Socker was able to see even more of the future.
She pointed to a group of people around her and began to announce their identities in the future Red Devil Army.
"Bone Dragon Knight (Princess Alice), Heavy Armor Barrier (Darkness), Frost Lich (Wiz), Logistics Minister (Yoyo), Two-Faced Evil God (Aqua, Eris), Ultimate Destruction Weapon (Broly)..."
Every single one of them, according to Miss Sokatter's prophecy, would have a special code name on their person within the future Red Devil Army.
Even the old Demon King and his daughter were rehired as instructors for the Red Demon Army's monster unit, while Xiaomi became the commander of the demon unit.
"Ah, is this real? I can really become the Demon King as I wish?!"
Huihui's breathing quickened as she listened; she could already imagine herself as the future Red Demon King.
At that time, no one will continue to say that she is just a mere delivery girl for a magic item shop, a ridiculous red demon with a problem in her brain who daydreams all day about mastering the Explosion Magic to the world's best level!
"Uh, this is just information from the prophecy. I don't know if you can become the Crimson Demon King, Huihui. After all, the future is no longer a predetermined fate the moment it is prophesied."
Sokat is telling the truth.
"So what should I do to successfully become the great Red Demon King?"
Huihui's eyes were shining. She grabbed Sokat's hands and leaned closer to ask.
"I don't know, you'll have to ask yourself. Of course, there may be other people's opinions as well."
My divination can only predict the general future outcome; it cannot pinpoint every single detail that will lead to that outcome.
Miss Sokatter explained.
"However, the only thing that is certain is that the world's originally war-torn future has changed."
Whether things will turn for the better or for the worse depends on the efforts of those living in the present, such as sticking to their own choices.
She added another sentence.
"Very well, I will stick to my choice. Everyone, I will become the Demon King, I will conquer the world!"
Huihui was already in a state of excitement, waving her cloak and announcing to the public that after becoming the Demon King, she would carry out a huge and ambitious plan to conquer the world.
"Eh, if that's the case, all I see is a future of ruins. Megumin, you'll be assassinated, and Broly will kill all those who tried to assassinate you. Only a few people will survive."
Following Huihui's instructions, Sokat made a prediction, and without knowing the additional condition of the Crystal Palace, he obtained a future vision of the world under the assumption that a small number of people would survive.
Huihui: "..."
Sokat's words silenced the Crimson Demon girl, who was in a state of excitement and displaying her ambition.
"Ahem, everyone, let's discuss how we can make this world a better place while I become the great Red Demon King!"
Huihui coughed twice and then took the lead on a new topic.
"Then why don't we discuss making this world a better place without making Megumin the Scarlet Demon King?"
Aqua glanced at her sideways and asked a question.
"Uh-huh……"
Darkness nodded in agreement with her words.
"That's because I can't become the Red Demon King's future. It's not a bright future. Even if the world gains peace, it will never be a beautiful world!"
Huihui answered decisively.
There are many possibilities for the future, but Huihui feels that the future of becoming the Red Demon King is the best possibility.
Whether the world will be at peace in the future will have to wait until she becomes the Red Devil.
Only the world peace that she ushered in after becoming the Scarlet Demon King was the most meaningful and beautiful!
"You selfish bastard!"
Upon hearing this, Aqua began to criticize. She had no regard for the Axis Cult, so naturally she couldn't stand Megumin, who was even more shameless and self-centered than herself.
"Broly, you'll consider my future happiness and stand firmly by my side, won't you?"
Megumin ignored Aqua's words, blinked her bright red eyes, moved closer to the boy, rested her head on the child's shoulder, and acted like a little bird clinging to him, acting coquettishly.
Broly: "..."
He looked at Aqua.
"Megumi, you despicable and shameless bastard, you actually want Labroly to support you!"
Aqua gritted her teeth.
"I'm his wife. What's wrong with a wife depending on her husband? Aqua, didn't you also rely on Broly to successfully become a celestial deity?!"
Huihui glared at her and said with a hint of self-righteousness, "There's no reason why Aqua could rely on Broly to become the main god, but she couldn't rely on Broly to become the Scarlet Demon King."
These two clowns are staring at each other with wide eyes.
"Please, by any means necessary, please prevent that terrible future of war from happening!"
Eris pleaded earnestly.
"There's no better way right now, is there? Aqua, you have a respectable goddess job, so why not give way to Megumin, who's just a delivery girl now? She really wants to be the Demon Lord, probably because she hasn't had a decent job in a long time."
Darkness then switched sides and began to persuade her, saying that Huihui's delivery job and Youyou's potion apprentice job were different. Those jobs had little room for advancement, and any outsider could easily be replaced.
In terms of social status based on occupation, Aqua, as a goddess of the heavens, has the highest social status, while Megumin is on the verge of being unemployed and belongs to the category of relatives who live off their family business.
"Well, you're right. In that case, this goddess will be merciful and let it go."
Having found a way out, Aqua didn't want to make things difficult for her disciple, so she said this.
"Hey, that's not why I want to be the Red Demon King!"
Huihui quickly retorted, but tears welled up in her eyes, making her words unconvincing.
"Alright, alright, let's get down to business. How do we make Megumin the Scarlet Demon King, and how do we change the future of war?"
Youyou took out a handkerchief to wipe Huihui's tears and said something.
"Becoming a Demon King is relatively simple; all that's needed is for the Crimson Demon Clan to support her as a whole."
The old Demon King wasn't really keen on attending this kind of meeting, but considering that if someone else didn't become the Demon King, he might end up taking their place, he actively offered his suggestions.
"Isn't this a bit difficult? Although it's for the sake of world peace, not everyone is willing to play the role of a supervillain and become the greatest enemy of mankind."
Princess Alice thought that persuading the other Crimson Demons to participate would be a major challenge, so she took the initiative to raise this issue.
"Hey, why are you all looking at me like that? Did I say something wrong?"
Then, Princess Alice received attention from everyone except her two guard girls, including Broly.
"Princess Alice, you are friends with Megumin and Yuuyu, but you may not be familiar with the situation of the Crimson Demon Clan."
Darkness broke the eerie silence first, explaining to Princess Alice.
"Um……"
Youyou nodded in agreement.
"Let me tell you, if I were to bring up this opportunity that could make me an enemy of the world in public, I'm afraid a bunch of idle people in the village would be willing to help me with this favor."
Huihui said with considerable confidence.
"Huihui and the others really like the persona of imbuing themselves with a special identity."
Broly nodded in agreement and even gave some examples.
"For example, the possessor of the Demon Eye, whose bandaged hand seals a terrifying thing, or who has another self inside their body."
"What is extremely dangerous and difficult to decide for ordinary people may be something that the Crimson Demon Clan desperately wants."
"Your Highness Alice, you must understand that the Crimson Demons are not ordinary people; their brain circuits are usually different from those of humans."
"Hey, Darkness, the way you're talking makes it sound like we're weirdos with something wrong with our heads."
Huihui glanced over.
"Oh, I didn't say that. I was praising your Crimson Demon race as an extraordinary race!"
The knight girl quickly denied it.
"In short, persuading my people to join the Red Demon Army is definitely not a problem."
"Yes, as long as you pay, it's not a problem."
Sokat agreed with Huihui.
"Hey, I have to pay?"
Huihui quickly looked over and asked.
"If you don't pay me, do you expect me to work for love? Liking extraordinary characters is common among our kind, but life is still about the mundane things like food and fuel, which all cost money. Otherwise, Huihui, why do you think I'd be a fortune teller?"
Sokat said matter-of-factly.
Spiritual pursuits are spiritual pursuits, and real life is real life. The Crimson Demon Clan makes a relatively light distinction in this regard. Even if there are Crimson Demon Clan members who are immersed in their own self-created personas, they will usually find a simple and unpretentious normal job.
For example, one could become a gatekeeper at the village gate, a fishing grandpa, a chef specializing in magical cuisine, or a top fortune teller known throughout the world.
Although Huihui is a member of the younger generation in the village, if she wants to recruit the villagers into the future Red Devil Army, it's not enough to just make promises about how great the super villain character is. She also needs to have the material foundation to provide bread and milk and pay everyone's wages.
But does Huihui have the material foundation for this?
She's nothing! She's just a delivery girl, and her big expenses are covered by Broly's commission from the magic item shop.
She suddenly wanted to become a demon king and gather an army of her own people to support her. But she didn't have the financial resources to support that.
Therefore, Megumin, with her beady eyes, couldn't help but look at the Saiyan boy she relied on, but Broly also frowned at this moment.
He could easily support such an army in this world, but if he weren't in this world, he couldn't think of a good way to support such an army.
However, on the other hand, if he could stay in this world for a long time, he wouldn't need the Crimson Demon Clan, right?
Seeing Broly's predicament, Megumin looked at the others.
"The magic item shop can make a profit, but not enough to support an army."
"Miss Lich said quickly."
"Don't look at me like that. I'm not going to let you splurge on the money I used to buy the alcohol."
Aqua made her stance clear directly.
"Ah, I am just the eldest daughter of the Dustinis family, and the heir at that. The family doesn't belong to me yet."
"But it'll be yours eventually, right?"
"Even if it were mine, I wouldn't use the family fortune to fully support you in becoming the Demon King. At most, I'd offer some support."
"How much is it?"
"Several million Eris, perhaps."
Darkness reluctantly gave an offer.
Is this enough?
Huihui looked at Sokat and asked.
"Well, this is probably the money I can earn if I go out for a trip."
The fortune teller replied that she was still very popular.
But the subtext is that it's not enough. Let alone others, just look at Huihui's parents. The cost of making magical items used to be hundreds of thousands when they were poor. Not to mention now, it's at least several million, or even tens of millions of Eris.
Huihui silently turned her gaze to the great goddess of fortune. After all, Eris was the goddess of wealth in this world, and her image was engraved on the surface of gold, silver, and copper coins.
"I am only revered by believers as the goddess of wealth, but my actual divine role still falls under the category of the goddess of fortune."
Eris began to explain.
"Then why don't you mobilize your followers to support me? This is for the future of this world."
Huihui believes that becoming the Demon King is not just her (a poor girl's) business, but something that others also need to help with.
She wanted to become the Red Demon King for the sake of world peace; poverty led her to self-hypnosis and cognitive affirmation.
If she really doesn't have the money, Huihui will have no choice but to succumb to reality. Even if she's unwilling, she will give up the unrealistic idea of paying to become the Demon King.
"If we could mobilize the believers, then war wouldn't have happened."
Aqua retorted.
"Well, if we do that, it will turn into a struggle between divine right and royal power in the future."
Miss Soket did another divination before answering.
With the blessing of Lady Luck, she could even predict the future of two goddesses who had descended to the mortal realm.
The war itself hasn't changed; only the targets of the war have.
The war between the three kingdoms has turned into a war between the other two kingdoms and the Belzegu Kingdom, whose state religion is Eris.
The struggle between nations has become a struggle between divine right and royal power.
"On the other hand, if we had the money, we could have just given it to Princess Alice. The trigger for the war was the Kingdom of Elord's refusal to continue providing military funding to the Kingdom of Belzegu, and even its alliance with the Kingdom of Bradru against the Kingdom of Belzegu, which led to the war."
"Darkness said suddenly."
"Hey, that seems like a good idea too."
Soker's eyes lit up as he found a new way to change the future.
Money isn't everything, but enough of it can certainly solve some problems.
For example, easing tensions and allowing things to be implemented more smoothly.
"Oh, are you guys going to abandon me and go it alone?"
Upon hearing this, Huihui immediately became unhappy and started shouting.
"Hey, you old codger, don't you have any better ideas?"
The Old Demon King: "..."
This is going to be a gold coin explosion.
Thinking this through, the old Demon King explained, "In the past, our Demon King's army also needed to rely on the farming of the lower-level demons to feed ourselves. In addition, we were able to break through human cities and demand war reparations from human kingdoms, which allowed us to persevere."
"Hey, right, there's that trick too!"
Huihui suddenly realized.
She's trying to be a demon king, not a saint.
If you don't have money, why don't you extort money from the human kingdom?
With this idea in mind, the girl's eyes changed, becoming like those of a street thug.
Huihui looked a little dejected as she approached Princess Alice, grabbed the princess's collar, and her voice suddenly took on the trilled sounds of Yakuza.
"Hey, this is for your country, send me the money, understand?!"
Princess Alice: "..."
Others felt a sense of déjà vu.
Upon closer reflection, I realized that this was exactly the style of the saintess whom Axis had just taught.
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