Rakshasa City.
Princess Consort Nishang hugged her husband, the Little Rakshasa King, from behind, wrapping her arms around his waist and resting her beautiful face against his back.
The man before her was truly her heaven, her earth, and the love of her life.
She did not even know how to describe the love in her heart. It was not merely love, but also affection and admiration.
She felt affection for him because this man was sometimes like a child.
She admired him because he was so wise and so great.
“Husband, do you really have to go?” Nishang asked. “You should know that no one will listen to you, and it will only make Father wary of you.”
The Little Rakshasa King said, “I know, but I still have to make the effort. If you know that someone is making a mistake but do nothing to correct them, you will regret it for the rest of your life.”
More importantly, he needed to buy time, not only for himself, but also for Lanling.
Princess Consort Nishang said nothing more and simply held her husband quietly.
After a while, the Little Rakshasa King rode a Dragon Eagle towards the Yun’e Clan, which was temporarily serving as the headquarters of the Demon Alliance.
The initiator of the Demon Alliance was the Rakshasa King, its first leader was the Earth Rakshasa King, while its headquarters was located in the Yun’e Clan. This showed just how fiercely each side was fighting for power within the alliance. None of them was willing to fall behind.
Inside the Cloud Pavilion, the six Demon Kings were holding a closed-door meeting and making military deployments.
At this moment, the footsteps of war were getting closer and closer.
All military deployments were already nearing completion.
The Demon Empire United Front, led by the Sky Demon Clan, had already deployed five million troops near the Rakshasa Clan.
The Demon Alliance had also deployed six million troops along the Rakshasa Clan’s border.
Along the more than three thousand li border between the Rakshasa Clan and the Sky Demon Clan, more than ten million troops had already been assembled.
At this moment, both sides were still continuously sending in reinforcements.
The atmosphere along the border had become extremely oppressive, as if it were a huge barrel of explosives. A single spark would be enough to ignite a raging fire.
War was completely imminent.
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“Your Majesty the Rakshasa King, your Crown Prince has come to see you,” said the eldest princess of the Yun’e Clan.
“What has he come here for?” The Rakshasa King frowned, then left his seat and walked outside.
The Rakshasa King looked different from the Little Rakshasa King. He was a typical member of the Rakshasa Clan, with a high and broad nose, deep-set eyes and a long square-shaped face.
It was an extremely imposing face, one that naturally inspired authority.
He was also taller than the Little Rakshasa King, standing at about two metres and forty centimetres tall. He truly gave people the feeling of looking up at a towering mountain.
When he arrived at the outer square, he saw his son, the Rakshasa Crown Prince.
Regarding this Crown Prince, the Rakshasa King was both proud and displeased.
He was proud because this son was simply too outstanding, even exceeding his expectations.
From childhood to adulthood, the Rakshasa King had never needed to make any demands of this son, because his performance always exceeded his highest expectations.
Moreover, he seemed not to need any guidance at all. He had simply become outstanding on his own.
The Rakshasa King was not close to him because father and son rarely confided in each other.
From childhood to adulthood, his Crown Prince seemed to spend most of his time daydreaming and rarely communicated with his father. Moreover, he had always seemed to have no desires or ambitions.
More importantly, the Rakshasa King had never known what his son was thinking.
Several Demon Kings were extremely envious that he had such an outstanding son, and all believed that he must have taught him well.
However, from childhood to adulthood, he had hardly taught this son anything at all.
This Rakshasa Crown Prince had learnt everything on his own, whether martial arts or scholarship.
The Rakshasa King knew clearly that his Crown Prince spent very little time cultivating martial arts, less than one fifth or one quarter of the time spent by his other illegitimate son, Youming. He spent most of his time daydreaming.
Having such an outstanding heir naturally made the Rakshasa King proud and happy.
However, he could not feel any admiration or closeness from his son, which greatly frustrated him.
He could even tell that his son did not share the same ambitions as him, and did not agree with many of his ideas.
The Rakshasa King felt that he was already a very capable and far-sighted ruler. Yet in the eyes of this son, he was not nearly as great as he thought himself to be.
This left the Rakshasa King extremely frustrated, yet he had no one to whom he could express it.
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The Little Rakshasa King knelt with perfect composure and said, “Your son pays his respects to Father.”
“You should be preparing for war within the clan. What have you come here for?” the Rakshasa King said coldly.
The Little Rakshasa King said, “To make one final effort.”
The Rakshasa King said, “Enough, you do not need to say it. I know what you are going to say.”
The Little Rakshasa King said, “Father, please believe me. The Sky Demon Clan’s direction of attack will definitely not be our Rakshasa Clan. It will be the Earth Rakshasa Clan. Deploying the alliance’s troops along the Rakshasa Clan’s border will bring disaster.”
The Rakshasa King’s gaze turned cold. “Crown Prince, I know you have always been clever and have always looked down on everyone. But I want you to remember two things. First, you are not the only wise person in this world. Second, the Demon Empire United Front has already deployed more than five million elite main forces along the Rakshasa Clan’s border.”
The Little Rakshasa King said, “This is strategic intimidation, strategic deception.”
The Rakshasa King said, “Evidence.”
The Little Rakshasa King said, “Among the five million troops deployed along the border with the Rakshasa Clan, there are no warriors from the Demoness Kingdom and no Winged Clan warriors.”
The Rakshasa King said, “Ridiculous. In the so-called Demon Empire United Front, the Sky Demon Clan is the main force, while the Demoness Kingdom and Winged Clan are subordinate. Besides, do you really think the Demoness Kingdom and Winged Clan would risk their lives for the Sky Demon Clan?”
Then the Rakshasa King said, “Moreover, every conqueror attacks the easy targets before the difficult ones. Among the three clans bordering the Sky Demon Clan, the Earth Rakshasa Clan is the strongest. The cities of the Yun’e Clan are all built on mountain peaks. Only our Rakshasa Clan is the easiest to attack. Yet you actually claim that the Sky Demon King will invade the Earth Rakshasa Clan first instead of the Rakshasa Clan. I think you have become too clever for your own good.”
The Little Rakshasa King took a deep breath and said, “Father, how about this? Ask the Demon Alliance to assign a force for me to command and let me defend the Earth Rakshasa Clan’s border.”
The Rakshasa King looked at his son, unable to conceal the disappointment in his eyes. He slowly said, “Crown Prince, do not forget that you are the Crown Prince of the Rakshasa Clan, not the Crown Prince of the Earth Rakshasa Clan. Besides, the Earth Rakshasa King has already deployed defensive forces along his own border, so you need not worry about it.”
The Rakshasa Crown Prince said, “The forces deployed along the Earth Rakshasa Clan’s border are wrong. They should focus on aerial forces. If I am not mistaken, the Demon Empire United Front will use blitzkrieg tactics and conquer the Earth Rakshasa Clan in the shortest possible time, thereby destroying the morale of the Demon Alliance.”
The Rakshasa King said, “The Demon Alliance’s aerial forces are limited. They can only be deployed along the Rakshasa Clan’s border. I will ask you one thing. If the Sky Demon Clan’s first target is our Rakshasa Clan, what should we do?”
The Little Rakshasa King said, “I am willing to stake my life on it.”
The Rakshasa King said, “You cannot afford that stake!”
After saying this, he walked away without looking back and returned to the Cloud Pavilion.
“Crown Prince, remember this. Your responsibility is to defend Rakshasa City. If you dare to take any action beyond that, I will strip you of your position as Crown Prince.” After the Rakshasa King left, his cold voice still reached the Little Rakshasa King’s ears.
The Little Rakshasa King knelt there without moving.
The eldest princess of the Yun’e Clan walked over and said gently, “Get up.”
At this moment, the Little Rakshasa King was kneeling with his head lowered and could not see her, so the eldest princess of the Yun’e Clan did not conceal the affection in her eyes.
She was seven years older than the Rakshasa Crown Prince, so she could only let her younger sister Nishang marry this beloved man through the political marriage.
The Little Rakshasa King stood up, nodded to the eldest princess of the Yun’e Clan, then mounted the Dragon Eagle and flew away. However, he did not head towards Rakshasa City. Instead, he headed towards Earth Rakshasa City.
An enchanting demon man watched the Little Rakshasa King’s disappearing figure, a seductive smile appearing at the corners of his mouth.
He was Youming, the Rakshasa King’s most favoured illegitimate son.
“Brother, your stubbornness has brought me one step closer to the position of Rakshasa King.”
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Flame Demon City.
The war was far away from Lanling, yet it was also very close!
Although the Demon Empire United Front and the Demon Alliance had already assembled ten million troops along the borders of the Rakshasa Clan and Earth Rakshasa Clan, Lanling’s great reconstruction and construction plans were still proceeding in full swing.
Because of the appearance of the Little Rakshasa King, Lanling temporarily no longer had to face military pressure from the Rakshasa Clan, but he now had to face military pressure from the Demon Empire United Front.
Once the Sky Demon King and Princess Dini launched a large-scale invasion of the Rakshasa Clan’s territory, Lanling did not believe that he could remain uninvolved. Nor did he believe that the Sky Demon Clan would spare his Flame Demon Banner territory.
According to the Little Rakshasa King’s advice, the coming great war among the demon clans would be Lanling’s stage. He needed to perform to his fullest on this stage and capture everyone’s attention, at the very least, he needed to completely surpass the Rakshasa King’s illegitimate son, Youming.
Only then, when the Little Rakshasa King suddenly died, would Lanling have the opportunity to rise with the situation and seize control of the Rakshasa Clan.
Of course, there was another extremely important point. He needed to make Princess Shayan pregnant.
However, at least for now, Lanling had not decided whether he would take this path.
Deep down, he did not want to take this path.
According to his own plan, he wanted to make the Flame Demon Banner incredibly powerful, resist the invasion of the Demon Empire United Front on his own, then sweep across the entire demon realm and establish the Demon Empire.
However, judging from the current situation, there was far too little time.
Ten million troops were assembled along the Rakshasa Clan’s border, only less than seven thousand li from his Flame Demon Banner territory.
Once the Demon Empire United Front invaded the Rakshasa Clan’s territory, it would take at most a few months to reach the gates of Flame Demon City.
Therefore, winning over Princess Shayan and making her pregnant also had to be included in Lanling’s plans, just in case.
Lanling knocked on the door of the so-called Princess Yudie’s room.
“Who?” Yudie’s maid’s voice came from inside.
Although Yudie was Princess Shayan’s personal maid, she herself also had numerous servants. This time, when she came to Flame Demon City, she had brought dozens of maids and servants, occupying more than ten rooms.
“It’s me,” Lanling said.
“What do you want?” the maid asked.
“I have something to discuss with Yudie,” Lanling said.
The so-called Yudie inside said nothing. Once again, it was the maid who answered, “I’m sorry, Princess Yudie does not want to speak with you and does not want to see you.”
He was the master of the entire Flame Demon City and the Flame Demon Banner, yet someone was actually refusing to let him enter. Anger began to rise in Lanling’s heart.
If this had happened before, Lanling would have ordered them to rush inside, break her hands and feet, seal her martial arts, then throw her from the highest point of the castle to her death.
However, because of the Little Rakshasa King, he restrained his anger.
If he really killed Yudie, it would also be a slap in the Little Rakshasa King’s face, although the Little Rakshasa King might not care much.
What an utterly foolish woman!
Lanling said, “Fine, I will say it from outside. Yudie, it is good that you are hiding in there and refusing to see me. It saves us both trouble. But from now on, do not let me hear you insulting my family, even in private. Otherwise… I will make you regret ever being born into this world!”
There was silence inside for a while.
Then Yudie’s cold voice came from within. “So what if I insult them? You all came from the foreign army of the Chimera Tribe, with a status no different from slaves. The child of two slaves, what else could he be but a bastard?”
This fool was really asking to die!
Lanling narrowed his eyes, kicked the door apart and walked straight inside. He grabbed Yudie’s long hair and dragged her out, then coldly ordered, “Someone come here. Cut out her tongue!”