Chapter 2: Leaving the Abyss
It didn't take long for all the tribal elders to be in the Demon Capital Hall, waiting for the new king to ascend the throne. Everyone is restless, and they all have their own princes, and they don't know which descendant the fire demon will choose to inherit. No matter who inherits it, it has a earth-shaking change in the demon world.
The black flames that went straight up to the sky slowly dissipated, and Yan Che slowly recovered his state. A hole was broken above Yan Tiege's dormitory, but it was only pitch black when he looked up. At this time, Yan Tiexin had already stepped down from the bed, knelt down on one knee, and Yan Tiege behind the door also entered the door, but he had already understood everything without seeing it, and said to Yan Che together: "Welcome to the Demon King!"
Yan Che still didn't dare to accept the reality, but his life didn't develop according to his hope. He also couldn't accept that his father spoke so deferentially to him. Yan Zhan, who was lying on the side and covered in bruises, couldn't accept the reality even more, even though he was burned all over his body, his heart was still burning and angry. He snatched the door and went nowhere. Yan Che stood dumbfounded, at a loss, looking at his father who was kneeling down to him, not knowing whether to step forward to help him up or say something else. He deeply felt a pair of ghostly eyes watching him deep inside, announcing that his body was no longer neglecting him. Yan Tiege got up and said to Yan Che: "I will meet the ministers and elders later, and ascend the throne and receive the crown." But it's not too late, I'll go and tell the elders that you should stay with your father." There isn't much time left. Then he patted Yan Che on the shoulder and left the room, and gently closed the door.
Yan Che looked at his father, and his father had a kind face. It is completely inconsistent with what is usually said to be sinful. The demon people have always said that his father is the most evil demon king, but he has never understood that his father has always been a loving father since he was a child, and even if he is tall and big, he is not willing to trample on a creature under his feet at will. Yan Tiexin beckoned, letting Yan Che get closer to him. Yan Che approached him and noticed that his body had begun to disappear. Yan Tiexin's skin began to peel off, like a broken egg. The shattered skin then disappeared into the air as if it were water vapor.
Yan Tiexin saw that his son's face was worried, and said with a smile: "For my father, I didn't do my father's duty, and promised to take care of you all the time on behalf of your mother, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive that day today." A father who has neither taken care of you nor your mother is worthy of being a father. I won't ask for your forgiveness, for in another universe, your mother would have been waiting there to teach me a lesson. I have lived for more than 300 years, and for the first time I was preached that I was a member of the Nuwa tribe. You've grown up and a lot of things are your turn to decide. If you really don't want to do it, there's no need to do it. In the future, there will be many people who will coerce you, threaten you, and use you, and you will have to judge and make your own decisions. Ask your uncle if you don't understand, he is a man to be trusted. A lot of things seem hard and you don't know until you've done them. At the beginning, people did not know how to survive in this wild land, but they only understood the meaning of life by reproducing and passing on from generation to generation. You don't have to worry about your brother, the demon can't tolerate failures and setbacks in his blood, but he will motivate himself even more because of this failure. In the future, he may become a barrier in your life, affecting you, and you have to choose for yourself. If some things really get out of control, then go all out to solve it, you have always been shy, always avoiding the problem, but avoiding it will not solve the problem. I...... I'm going to find your mother, you have to take care. Child, live well, you have grown up, don't let your departed mother worry anymore. After saying that, the third demon king completely disappeared. Yan Che originally grabbed his father's hand, but in the end, there was only one hand of air left. The ashes were blown into the sky by the wind and merged with the darkness of the abyss. It is often said that the fallen leaves return to their roots, and the demons are born from this darkness, and death is also a return to the darkness.
Yan Che silently looked up at the sky and said disappointedly: "I just want my family to be able to be together in a stable place, but I want to arrange a life that I don't want." Said to accompany me, one by one to leave. “
On the other side, Yan Zhan came to his palace in a hurry. All of his Deadpools are on standby. It verifies the old saying: if there is a way out, then you must have thought about failure. Yan Zhan is a person who does not allow himself to fail. Yan Zhan gave an order: "Yan Che usurped the throne with a conspiracy and murdered three generations of demon kings, you and I will enter the demon hall and take down the head of the traitor!"
A bloody storm will soon descend on this dark city.
The elders of the major tribes in the Demon Palace of the Demon Capital had long been unable to settle down, and they were looking for Yan Tiege to talk, but Yan Tiege was just slick and chatting about the shortcomings of his parents, so that the elders should not be anxious and wait patiently. It is better to treat it with a normal heart. Soon, everyone sensed an aura as powerful as the demon king of the past, and attacked from the main gate of the demon hall. That kind of aura is the origin of every demon race, the most primitive call, the majesty that can make everyone surrender.
Everyone was even more uneasy, because most of the tribes supported the eldest prince with pure blood, and they had always rejected the son born to this descendant of Nuwa. They don't know what will happen to the Demon Realm if it falls into the hands of outsiders, and pedantic racial ideas still remain in the minds of the vast majority of people.
Yan Che walked into the hall and approached Yan Tiege. The elders all looked at him with strange eyes, and Yan Che ignored them. Yan Tiege immediately set an example, knelt down and shouted, "The Demon King is supreme!" The others saw Yan Tiege kneeling, and some of them couldn't react at first, and some people also refused to kneel, but Yan Tiege had a sharp look, and everyone knelt down one after another, willingly or reluctantly calling him the Demon King. Yan Che was not used to this situation. Since he was a child, these people have treated him coldly, and now they are just acting on the spot. Yan Tiege got up, and Yan Che said to let these elders get up, and Yan Che did so. After the people got up one after another, he stepped up to the throne and sat down. Yan Tiege was about to hold the enthronement ceremony, and according to the previous ceremony, he was ready to arrange all the regulations for the new king to succeed to the throne in the future, when Yan Che finally mustered up the courage and said: "I am really embarrassed by this great responsibility, and the succession to the throne is also an accident. The coronation ceremony can be put on, my father has just been subsumed into chaos today, and I will hold my father's funeral first. “
The Demon Wolf Clan Elder of the Demon Beast Tribe bent down and replied: "Since ancient times, no one has remembered the sacrifice of the Demon Clan's soldiers, let alone a funeral. The first thing my king did when he ascended the throne today is to make everyone in the demon clan rethink the glory of their ancestors and not forget the roots, which is really a good thing. "This Demon Wolf Clan Elder was originally a small tribe in the Demon Clan, and he was often ostracized by other demons and treated as a beast. Originally, there were no seats for them among the major elders of the Demon Clan, and it was Yan Che who helped the Demon Wolf Clan when he was a child, and proposed to Yan Tiexin to promote the status of the Demon Wolf Clan, and after successfully ranking as the elder of the Demon Clan, all the Demon Wolf Clan were loyal to Yan Che. Therefore, the Demon Wolf Clan was one of the few who stood on Yan Che's side. Although everyone wanted to refute the words of the Demon Wolf Elder, the tradition of the Demon Realm was indeed as he said, thinking about the deceased and respecting the strong, the character of the second prince of Yan Che was understood by everyone, and he had never acted in accordance with the tradition of the Demon Realm. Yan Tiexin was also like this back then, wasting a great opportunity to unify the continent, choosing to combine with a Nuwa tribesman, and finally announced his surrender and walked away from the abyss. Everyone reluctantly agreed.
"Also, my mother's funeral was also organized. Yan Che added.
As soon as these words came out, everyone began to dispute, especially the conservative party finally found an opportunity to take the opportunity to make things difficult. Someone said, "This Zhao Lingniang is a descendant of Nuwa, and the gods and demons are not in the same sky, how can she mention it or even sacrifice with the demon king." "Also" It's that the descendants of Nuwa let my demon clan defeat a hundred years ago, what qualifications are there to be compared with the demon king for such a shameful humiliation!" Some people retorted, "Do the gods and demons have brains, my demon clan was one of the four gods of the continent in ancient times, what is the problem with combining with the descendants of the same god clan." What do you mean by saying this after three generations of Demon Kings have been on the throne?" In the end, the more he spoke, the more unpleasant he became, and there were only countless voices of quarrels in the main hall. Yan Che finally couldn't bear it anymore and yelled: "Shut up!"
"I knew you hated me all along. Since I was born, many people have hated me, and even many people want me to die. My mother died because of you, and you are not satisfied, why are you so aggressive? Many people don't want to see me inherit the throne in the future, and I refuse, I said let my brother be the demon king, but the fire demon chose me. Why do you want to do this to me! What is the fault of my mother, which makes you hate her so much, even if she is long gone, you still have to talk about her heroic spirit, she was forced to die by you, and you are all murderers of my mother!"
The enraged Yan Che began to emit thick black flames, making everyone tremble. This black flame can devour everything, and no one can survive under the black flame's incineration. The crowd was stunned by his majesty, and then saw the magic sword fly out of his chest and stop in front of him. That magic sword is refined by the true qi of the fire demon, and it preserves the primordial spirit of the fire demon, and it is the most authoritative magic weapon in the demon world. The fire demon in the demon sword said: "You can't even manage a group of rabble, how can you prove that you are my host." Boy, let me tell you, if someone can stop you, it's because you're not strong enough! In the eyes of the demons, you don't have the power to speak without power, if you want to act according to your own wishes, show me some skills!" Yan Che After hearing this, he grabbed the magic sword with his right hand and pointed it straight at the top, and a burst of black light rushed out, knocking a hole in the roof. The black aura of the flame demon permeated the palace, and the evil voice in the black aura was clearly heard by everyone, as if it could deprive him of his life at any time, which made people shudder. After seeing the true Demon Sword, all the elders stopped talking, not daring to question the identity and status of the Demon King of Yan Che. Yan Tiege, who was standing at the bottom, would also smile heartily, as if everything was as he expected.
At this moment, the shouts of the army were heard outside the temple. Yan Zhan had already led his group of Deadpools into the temple. The guards of the palace have been arranged by Yan Zhan into their own people, and they have fought all the way into the main hall of the palace.
Yan Tiege saw that the situation was not right, and immediately asked him, "Zhan'er, what are you bringing these people for?"
Yan Zhan sneered, "Uncle, do you think a bastard born of Nuwa is worthy of being the king of the demon clan? Yan Zhan said again: "The demon clan has been the king of the strong since ancient times, and you used the conspiracy trajectory to snatch the demon sword from your father. You are a traitor to the Demon Realm, and I am going to clear the portal for the Demon Realm. Today we only have one to live, and the one who is alive is the Demon King!"
Yan Zhan is really as Yan Tiexin said, and he will not give up. Yan Che slowly walked down the steps, the fire demon had returned to his body, and said to him in his heart: "This kid who has no one in his eyes does not obey my arrangement, and dares to demagogue. You hurry up and teach him a lesson for me, and prove the old man's vision. The hairy boy who doesn't even know how many pounds and taels he has to pay for his words. However, Yan Che walked in front of Yan Zhan and did not show murderous aura. Yan Che asked the elders and Yan Tiege if he was a real demon king today. Everyone replied: The magic sword is in hand, and there is no doubt about it. So Yan Che made a bold decision that everyone didn't expect: give way to Yan Zhan.
As if they had misheard, they were all confirming each other. Even Yan Zhan himself felt incredible, but how could he accept the food he was competitive, and replied angrily: "Do you look down on me? Or do you think you're going to die, and you're going to curry favor with me and spare you your life?"
Yan Che also cooperated with him and said, "I want to live, so to speak. I suddenly had something I wanted to do, something I wanted to understand. The throne, as well as the magic sword, are all for you. What I don't want is imposed on me, I don't know how to take advantage of it, and I won't cherish it. You crave power, and you have been fighting for a hundred years, and you are the right person in your own right. If I am still a king today, and everyone still recognizes me, then I will give you the throne, and no one will object. ”
But Yan Zhan understood that the magic sword no longer recognized him, and if he took the sword, he would fall back to the same fate as the dormitory, and then people would question him. The elders were still arguing that this contested position was unreasonable, not to mention that there was no proof of the magic sword. The magic sword chose Yan Che then Yan Che is the heir to the throne of the real thing, and the term conspiracy to usurp the throne is not appropriate, after all, where is Yan Tiege, who is known as the Ten Thousand Demons, to testify. Yan Zhan had already become murderous, and his right hand clenched into a fist and wrapped around the red flames at the same time, ready to swing towards Yan Che. And Yan Che just looked at him, as if he had already prepared in his heart. Suddenly, Yan Zhan's eyes darkened, and this was in his own inner world again. Not far away, a terrifying and familiar voice came: "You brute, you don't know how thick the sky is. The old man will clean the portal today to let you know how much waste you really have. ”
In the hall, everyone only saw Yan Zhan swinging his fist, but he didn't punch, his body seemed to be frozen, and he didn't move. Yan Che sighed, thinking that he had been putting up with his brother, but he didn't expect that in the end he still wanted to kill himself. His mother used to say that you should have adult beauty, and he turned to the elders and said, "Tell him that Yan Che has just been killed by him," and then swung his sword and cut off a horn on his head.
When Yan Zhan woke up, he was already exhausted, and no one knew what he had experienced during this time. Sweating profusely, he looked up and found that Yan Che was long gone, and there was a horn on the ground that only demons had. Yan Zhan asked weakly, "What about the others?" Before everyone could react, one of them took the lead and knelt down: "Welcome to the new king! The traitor Yan Che has been killed by your own hands and is wiped out." With such a person at the beginning, everyone knew it and knelt down to cheer. At least they feel it's the best of both worlds.