Restarting Life After Forcibly Marrying the Demon King

Luo Ning finished chatting about the business and was ready to show off.

"Where's the vegetables?"

He glanced over the table, and found that except for a pot of tea and a few small cups, there was not a single leaf of vegetables on the round table.

This place is a tavern anyway, but there is not a bite to eat.

"Well, the dishes are going to be served by the orc maids, cough..."

Maria coughed awkwardly.

"The original plan was to let them feed you a mouthful... come on."

As Maria said, she raised her gaze slightly, and took a rough look at the number one demon king sitting in the sky looking down on them.

The dark windbreaker wrapped the body of the Demon King, and his face and expression could not be seen.

But judging from the first demon king's attitude towards those beast mothers when he entered the door just now, it seems that the other party doesn't like the demihumans, and even less like the demihumans approaching Luo Ning.

Moreover, I don't know if it was Maria's illusion.

She felt that the first demon king seemed to be staring at her in mid-air.

"Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Lord Luo Ning."

The old king was immersed in emotion, and looked at Luo Ning with tears in his eyes.

Luo Ning waved his hands again and again: "I've said it all, don't say polite words."

"If it wasn't for you, the people and villagers of Ilan King City..."

"All right, all right." Luo Ning interrupted him repeatedly.

Otherwise, the old king would start chanting scriptures in his ear again.

Seeing that there was no food to eat, Luo Ning planned to leave.

Sitting here staring blankly, it's better to go back and drink Miria's chicken soup.

However, before getting up to leave, Luo Ning thought about it again.

"By the way. Ask you one thing."

He turned the old king's attention away as soon as he opened his mouth.

The old king wiped away his tears, and recovered from his gratitude.

"You ask..."

"In the past few years... no, it should be said that it has been in the past few hundred years. Has the empire continued to recruit soldiers?"

"Conscription..." the old king said in detail:

"The empire is a country with constant wars. They are always on the road of territorial expansion and racial aggression. Conscription is their normal state."

"Then, the number of recruits, the number of deaths, and the number of existing troops, can they match the numbers?"

"This..." The old king was a little embarrassed.

"These are the private information of the empire, and I, the fringe city lord, have no way to know..."

"I'm sorry."

When the old king answered, Maria gave Luo Ning an affirmative answer.

Although Maria's status is not as good as that of the king, as a well-respected principal, she has much richer communication with the outside world than the old king.

"I heard adventurers discuss this kind of thing." Maria looked into Luo Ning's eyes and continued.

"In recent years, due to the sharp decrease in the number of demons that can be hunted, many adventurers have been reduced to the point where they can't get enough to eat, so a large number of adventurers have chosen to join the army...According to them, more than half of the adventurers who joined the army have lost their lives. Lian, it is clear that no tragic war broke out in the empire, and there is no large-scale army death list, but those people are gone forever, and never came back."

Maria added incredulously:

"It's as if...they disappeared out of thin air."

"I see. Thanks for the information, Maria."

After hearing this, Luo Ning also had an answer in his heart.

There is nothing wrong with it.

If the second princess alone said this, the credibility would be doubtful, but with the rumors and Maria's dictation added, Luo Ning felt that this matter had almost surfaced.

Luo Ning did not have a deep understanding of the largest empire of mankind today.

To be precise, the Crotal Empire is not an empire among the human forces created by Luo Ning.

He was born after Luo Ning stopped writing.

It is now certain that Luo Ning stopped writing 800 years ago in the current timeline.

Fittingly, the foundations of the empire were also 800 years ago.

They are the products born following the natural trend among forces when the creation god stopped constructing.

According to the information collected by Luo Ning at this stage, the weird and weird puppet magic that hollows out the internal organs of living things almost started from that period.

When Luo Ning stopped writing, many changes happened in the world.

These changes, as well as the puppet magic that made the demons continue to go extinct, are most likely all from the hands of the empire.

Luo Ning raised his chin and looked at Li Lulu in mid-air.

When he was reporting the information before, he told Li Lulu what the second princess said.

Now Lilulu also heard the same answer with her own ears.

Under the windbreaker hat, the cold little face was thinking.

Luo Ning decided not to disturb her for now.

"You take this."

Luo Ning took out several shiny transparent crystals from his pocket.

The transparent crystal stone refracts different light, like a piece of glass shining with bright light.

As soon as the crystal stone was taken out, Maria's eyes lit up.

"Where did you get such a high-quality crystal stone..."

Maria thought that Luo Ning would walk away from the Imperial City. After all, this thing is very expensive, and its quality can be auctioned.

But Luo Ning's answer caught her off guard.

"Pick it up."

Maria: "..."

"Humans just like to come to the demons to grab this kind of resources. There are still many of these things in the demons' territory."

Luo Ning said, and grabbed another handful of crystal stones, this time the stones were bigger and brighter.

"I will give you a part of the 'teaching material' to guide the demons in using magic tools, and the other part entrusts you to help me forge things."

"What do you want..." Maria swallowed.

If crystal stones of this quality are forged into magic props in large quantities... the power is self-evident.

I'm afraid that the empire can be brought down by smashing equipment directly.

"It doesn't have to be too complicated, it's just a simple item that can store magic essence."

Luo Ning said, looking at the old king's expression.

"We need a lot of these things, and we will send people over to process them together. You need to pass on the processing technology as well."

The old king nodded quickly and agreed, "No problem."

Maria was silent for a while.

She still felt that crystal stones of this quality were only made into stones for storing magic energy, which was somewhat wasteful.

But after thinking about it, this is Luo Ning's request, so he had no choice but to agree.

"I understand, I will let my students join in... The apprentices of San Zemaria all know a little crafting, but there will be a certain amount of wear and tear, so it's okay?"

"No problem." Luo Ning smiled, "Then I will leave this matter to you."

He picked up the tea and took a sip, then winked at Li Lulu who was in mid-air.

Things worked out perfectly.

Talking to the old king is much easier than talking to the second queen.

That's why Luo Ning doesn't like communicating with bad women.

After finishing these things, Luo Ning was in a good mood.

He looked at Li Lulu and almost blurted out the words.

"Old... king, I will go first."

Fortunately, Luo Ning was so quick-witted that he didn't say the word 'wife'.

He turned and glanced at the old king before speaking to Lilulu.

"Master Demon King, let's go."

Li Lulu nodded slightly upon hearing this.

There was still an indistinguishable calm expression on his face, his scarlet pupils stared down, his expression not angry but majestic.

Lilulu descended, her huge dark red bat wings covering the sky and the sun.

She glanced at the two humans lightly, and spoke calmly.

"I look forward to your performance, humans."

Leave when you're done.

The petite figure floated to the door in just a moment.

Come to think of it, Lilulu wasn't very used to having such a serious conversation with humans.

Luo Ning smiled and raised his legs to follow.

As soon as she went out, Li Lulu lowered her body and quickly retracted her bat wings into the windbreaker, perfectly hiding her conspicuous features.

Luo Ning saw a few strands of white hair falling out of his pocket, as well as the pair of red eyes that were lifted up and looked at him with resentment.

Li Lulu's cheeks were bulging, and her moist lips were slightly parted.

While speaking, the sharp demon fangs were also exposed.

"'Isn't there still me here'."

Li Lulu's tone was up and down, and her tone fluctuated back and forth, as if she was emphasizing something.

Luo Ning was stunned for a moment, and then came to his senses.

This is what he just said to Maria.

"I'm not here to reassure them..."

"……Humph."

One side of Lilulu's head.

"I don't listen."

Li Lulu glanced sideways at the tavern behind her.

This is the first time she has entered a human tavern. Leaving aside the noisy demihumans, the decoration style of the tavern and the dazzling array of shops on the street are indeed much better than those in the Demon King City.

Although they won't admit it directly, human towns do have a lot to learn from the demons.

"In this case, you can just talk to them directly, why do you bring me along?"

Li Lulu walked in front and said with a cold face.

Taking her to this kind of tavern, she didn't eat anything, but she was full of jealousy.

Li Lulu rubbed her belly, feeling full of gas.

If you don't come, you don't know, but when you come here, you know that Luo Ning is surrounded by women.

Although excellent individuals will attract a large number of opposite sexes, this kind of thing is normal in the Demon Race, but Li Lulu is still very upset.