The Golden Throne

"Quite improbable I'd say. A demon general won't act so rashly by attacking me if there was a demon lord at the helm. The leader is probably a demon minister. But, even a minister is not to be looked down upon. A demon minister is a demon general with a weapon made of pure devil crystal. Pure devil crystal! We are screwed if this demon minister has armour instead of a weapon. Far too many lives were lost to that minister who had armour. More than we could spare.", Feng Huang said, her face ashen when she tried remembering the past.

"Is armour made of devil crystal impregnable or something? I mean, something cannot be impregnable or something, right? Enough power and we can finish it off.", Liu Feng asked.

"It gives the demon protection, unlimited supply of mana, and restores any damage that he has taken. We had to fight with him continuously for a month and drain out all the mana that was in the devil crystal.", Feng Huang said.

"How good is the protection? And what is this about recovering damage? Can mana be used to recover damage? Doing it for us will cause excruciating pain right? How do demons do it so consistently?", Liu Feng was curious.

"We do not understand much about these demons, but one thing is certain. Give a demon enough corrupted mana, and he will be able to kill someone one, maybe even two tiers higher than him.", Feng Huang shook her head.

"Wait, after you drained all the mana out of the devil crystal, did it lose colour?", Liu Feng asked. 

"Yes. It became a sort of translucent colour. How did you know that? It was as if there was no more courrpted mana left in the armour. But, as long as it stayed on the demon's body, it just did not become completely clear. It always had the hint of darkness emanating from his body into the armour. And, it was still hard to penetrate. We had to target only the parts of the body that the armour did not cover, which was difficult in such a high profile fight. After the fight was over, we took the armour away before the demons could send more reinforcements. We hid the armour deep in the magical forest so that no demon could ever retrieve it and create another monster."

"Wait a minute. If the armour became translucent and clear, doesn't that mean that the demon crystal is basically a corrupted mana crystal?", he thought to himself. His ring flashed and a normal mana crystal appeared in his hand.

"Where did you get that artifact from?", Liu Man asked Liu Feng with a raised eyebrow. It was quite obvious that he didn't give it to Liu Feng.

"The master of the mage tower gifted it to me, Father.", Liu Feng lied through his teeth.

Then, he looked at the phoenix. "Did the armour look like this? Totally translucent after all the mana stored in it was used up.", Liu Feng held the crystal up for her to see.

"Yes. This is indeed how it looked. How could l miss that? It was a mana crystal! That explains it.", she exclaimed.

"So why can't we make our own mana crystal armour or something?", Liu Feng asked her.

"That big a block of mana crystal does not exist anymore. You can break a mana crystal, but you can never reforge it. That is just not possible. Truly regrettable that most of the mines were such that the mana crystals were broken to the small size that you see now, and that is what you have in your hand. Our continent spelt out its own doom.", Feng Huang sighed.

"If that is the case, then we might have to go to the magical forest. If it is made out of magical crystal, then that might mean that the armour is not just for demons, but for normal humans as well. If that is the case, well, now is the right time to retrieve it, because you might be able to use it."

"Use it? Use it how?", the phoenix asked curiously.

"If we can supply the armour with mana, and fill it with the fire element, then it will become a red coloured armour instead of the black that you saw when it was wielded by the demon. Because you are literally a part of fire, and you thrive with fire mana, you will be able to increase your power considerably with an armour like that.", Liu Feng explained. "Of course, all of this is in my head. I still have to test it. That is why I need to go to the magical forest and get that armour out of there."

"Impossible. Anyone who even looks like a human will die if he enters the king's territory. And taking away the armour? You will have to fight a war with the king first. He lost his son to that minister, so he keeps the armour as a memento now."

Liu Feng was at his wit's end. "The king of the magical forest hates demons right? Because he technically is a part of Dicain."

"Yes, he is."

"And he is an embodiment of wind right? So is he close with Eurus? The Queen spirit of wind."

"Of Course. Who do you think bore his child?"

Liu Feng suddenly coughed out. "Wait, the King of the magical forest had a kid with a spirit?"

"Yes. We are able to exist in the spirit realm, and also able to move in the primal chaos freely."

"Huh, that's weird. If you are basically spirits, then why don't you just go to the spirit realm?"

"Unlike spirits, we can exist in the mortal realm. We are here to enjoy the goodness of the mortal realm that the spirits up there cannot. "

"Interesting. Well, then should I send the contractor of Eurus to the king to negotiate? If he helps out with the subjugation of the demons, then we will take away all traces of demon energy remaining in the forest, and it's surroundings. Cause I am sure that the Glade side of the forest is stinking up with corpses, and your territory was run over by demons."

"You are risking too much. The King does not listen to reason as much as he does emotion. You must hope that he does not kill you all the moment you see him."

"Yes, but we need help to kill the minister right? The dragons won't arrive until three or four months later."

"Dragons are coming here?", both Damascus and Liu Man said in unison.

Liu Feng slapped his own forehead. "Right, these two are still here."

"Yes, the master of mage tower was kind enough to invite them here, but it takes a lot of time to come from the kingdom in the west."

"You should have told us! As kings, we should know who is on our side, and we should have as much information as possible. It was very irresponsible of you to omit any information from us."

"Sorry for that. Now, to the topic on hand."

"Who all are coming to join the fight now?", Liu Man asked Liu Feng.

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