The night in the underworld is exceptionally silent.

After taking care of the ballroom, Atelves returned to the room with Sheora and Aruba, who returned to her inner space in order not to take up the rest space of the other two.

After the ball, Sheola seemed to be in high spirits, and talked to Artevans about how the other nobles would react to what happened at the ball, and what each nobleman would do when Monasse led his troops two days later.

"So, are you going to tell them your speculation?" Artevans asked, smiling.

"To say it or not, the decision is yours, whether Lord Artevans wants to end this battle for the Nether throne sooner or whether he wants to satisfy his own interests will determine whether I want to tell the two princes all the details of my speculation."

Sheola drank another cup of tea, then looked at Atvance with meaningful eyes.

"You seem to be excited today." Artevans felt a different atmosphere from Sheola's words and deeds, compared to the usual Sheola, who is usually calm and calm, today's Sheola seems to be more "lively". In Xiola's eyes, there was also a trace of "light" that she didn't usually have.

"I've been dancing with His Highness Daisey for a while, and I'm in a better mood now, and I haven't had this much fun in a long time, and speaking of which, I would like to thank Lord Artevans for coming up with this plan." Judging by Sheola's expression, she seemed to have some aftertaste. If you just think of the ball as an ordinary ball, then Sheola is undoubtedly the one with the best experience.

"Looks like you've been doing a good job with Daisey for a while." Artevans had never seen Sheola look like this, so he was also interested.

"His Highness Daius's temperament, demeanor, and handsome countenance are indeed difficult to distract. To be honest, even I was fascinated by him for a moment when I was dancing with him." Sheola looked out the window, reminiscing about what had happened at the ball. Then, she turned to look at Artevis.

"What are you going to do with those fainting guests?" In just a second, Theola's expression immediately changed to a serious look.

Seeing the change in Sheola's expression, Artevans straightened his face and took out a piece of polished ore engraved with a strange spell from his pocket.

Sheola recognized it at a glance that this ore could only be produced in the Underworld.

"Monasse has promised to leave the little leaders of the nobility at our disposal, but I don't intend to dispose of them immediately. After all, Kimparo and Fitia knew everything, and it was hard to say if the remaining two nobles would know what happened to the ball. In order to prevent them from using this matter to ruin the reputation of the royal family, they will leave the people in the underworld for the time being, and wait until Monasse is ready to go on the expedition in two days."

Artevans said, handing the ore to Sheola, "Before Monasse sets out, you take those men to the place where we first came to the Underworld, activate this ore, and Aktri will cooperate with you on the Hell's side. As for me, I'll stay here and see what the other nobles do."

"Understood." Sheola took the ore and bowed respectfully.

In fact, Artevans designed this ball mainly for his own interests, to be precise, it should be the interests of the demons, but assisting the Netherworld royal family is secondary.

Artevans wanted to use this ball to capture the Netherworld alive as much as possible, firstly, to weaken the available power of other nobles and indirectly help the royal family, and secondly, to add some available labor to the demon side.

There are nearly thirty small bosses captured alive, at least thirty, and unlike the spirits created by Acteri using the necromantic mother and the dolls of the "Black Temple", these small bosses are real beings with subjective will. If Yaktri could successfully transform their brains and make them become battle puppets or workers of the demons, the effect would be much better than those spirits and dolls. For the demons who are now short of personnel, it has also solved some urgent needs.

Just as Artevans and Theola were about to rest, there was a knock at the door that was expected, but untimely.

Sheola opened the door and found Serban standing outside. Seeing Serban's arrival, Xiola instantly knew the other party's intention, and couldn't help but smile, "Mr. Serban, I don't know what to do at such a late hour?"

Theola asked knowingly.

"I'm so sorry that I had to disturb the rest of the two of you. However, the old man came this time on the orders of His Royal Highness Monasse. The news from the messenger sent by Lord Sully, His Highness Monasse wishes to hear the opinions of both of them.'" Serban directly singled out his intentions.

(Is it so soon?) ）

It hadn't even been an hour since Sheola told him about her "speculation" when Sally's men arrived, much to Artfans' surprise.

"Understood, please wait a moment, and I'll sort it out with Master Artevans." Sheola nodded and responded.

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The main city palace.

"Flammy has a bad plan, I have more than enough heart but not enough strength, I hope Your Highness will be cautious. Well...... Pretty succinct information, not even saying what was going to happen.' After reading the scroll sent by Sally, Artevans put it back on the table.

"Lord Sully only asked me to send the scroll, but he didn't tell anything else, and I hope His Royal Highness will forgive me, but these two are?" Slenn stood respectfully beside Thrban, and he also noticed Atfans and Sheola, his face puzzled.

"You don't need to know that, I don't want the power of the royal family to be exposed too much to Uncle Sally." Monasse waved his hand and said to Slimne, "If nothing else, go back and tell Uncle Sully that I already understand."

"Then, please be careful, Your Highness." Si Lian En saluted and left the palace.

After seeing from the crystal ball that Slenn had completely left the Nether City, Monasse set his sights on Artefans.

"What do you think?" Monasse was not tactful, and directly asked Artevans for his opinion.

"I only gave His Highness a reminder, but there was no detailed explanation, if it wasn't for the superficial alliance between Sally and Flammy, he wouldn't have known that Flami was trying to do wrong. However, Sully sent someone to secretly inform His Highness of this information, indicating that there was a gap between them. It's not so much for His Highness's safety as for his own safety."

Artevans did not tell Monasse what Sheola said, although he wanted Monasse to fulfill his promise when he joined forces as soon as possible, but he also wanted to see if the royal family had the strength to resolve the possible crisis.

"My opinion can only be for reference, and the final decision is still in your hands." Artevans said with a smile as he spread his hands towards Monasse.

"Well, take some of our forces and all of Uncle Sally's forces to Necro territory, and use the rest to defend the main city. I'll go with me to Necro territory, and Thor Ban will stay behind to guard the main city."

Daiser spoke suddenly, "As for Mr. Artevans, I wonder if Your Excellency is willing to protect the main city while we are away. Of course, if you have anything better to do, do what you say.'"

"It's worthy of His Highness Daise, he is quite thoughtful." Sheola politely responded to Daisey's words, and glanced at Monasse secretly.

(Seemingly, I was right.) His Royal Highness Monasse has always been jealous of His Royal Highness Daise's talent. ）

Seeing Monasse's unhappy but unable to attack because he was robbed of his words by Daise, Xiola couldn't help but smile. The deliberate praise of Daiser was naturally deliberately said by Sheola, in order to observe Monasse's reaction.

"However, I'm a little curious, since you're joining forces with us, why don't you just attack the other nobles? It's not that we don't have the strength to do that, so I'm afraid we won't have to be so troublesome." Artevans had been trying to confirm something, so he asked tentatively.

"No!" Monasse slapped his hand on the table and stood up, "If I ascend to the throne by purely violent means, then in the eyes of the common people, I am unjust. In that case, I will not be able to gain the approval of the civilian population.'"

"If I want to be a successful king, I can't ignore the attitude of the common people. I want to get rid of the nobles who have bad intentions, but I also want to keep those who will benefit the future of the Netherworld. Only then will I be truly embraced and sit securely on the throne.'" Judging from Monasse's serious expression, his words were from the bottom of his heart.

(It seems that this would be a wise monarch.) ）

Artevans made eye contact with Sheola for two seconds, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly.

This also reflects the difference between the demons and the netherworld, but it should be said that it is the difference in the concept of Atvance and Monasse.

Due to the existence of nobles in the Netherworld, although the commoners are loyal to the Emperor of the Netherworld, they will inevitably be loyal to the nobles who govern and protect this area. If you rashly attack the nobles, then it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the commoners in the territory. With Monasse's imperial ways, he will pay great attention to the opinions of the common people, and he really wants to bring the Netherworld to prosperity, so he needs to plan one step at a time.

But in the Demon Clan, because the nobility has been completely erased by Sack, and as long as he has a special status, he can gain respect, which is perfectly reflected in Kaina, which is also the main reason why Artevans was able to successfully become the Demon King. Moreover, Artevans became the Demon King only to seek benefits for himself, so he naturally didn't care about the demon civilians, and even if there was a need, he would not hesitate to sacrifice the civilians.

"It seems that His Highness really thinks a lot about the Netherworld, and I was rude." Atfans symbolically bowed his head and apologized.

"No, without the help of the two of you, I'm afraid I won't be able to find enough strength to deal with the pressure of the nobles." Monasse hurriedly waved his hand, and his tone was very respectful.

"Here I can give advice to Your Highness to destroy the apparent alliance between the nobles as much as possible, so that they can kill each other first. In this way, you can also charge them with disturbing the stability of the Netherworld, and at the same time, you can gain prestige by calming the chaos."

Sheola thought for a moment, stepped forward, and said to Monasse.

"I'll think about it, but I'll have to focus on fighting the Necrons first." Monasse nodded in response.

Siola's words, Monasse thought they were possible, but he didn't have the heart to pay any more attention to them. But Sheola's words did give Artevans an idea.

(Sheola's idea might be useful...... ）