Chapter 8: The Demon King's Apprentice's Wishes

When Mora returned to the camp with her men and a bountiful harvest, she found that most of the camp was doing something they didn't know. Playing with mud, rubbing vines, and burning bamboo...... For the snake demon, who has long been accustomed to hunting and warfare as the main means of clan development, this is simply inexplicable! If these people are allowed to go out hunting with her, today's harvest will definitely be even richer!

Luckily, today they encountered a herd of more than twenty deer, and Mora only used the blade in his hand to forcibly leave behind a panicked unlucky egg. Fortunately, the area around the swamp was abundant, and the team had also hunted a wild boar and a lot of rabbits, otherwise Mora might have forcibly driven the cowards to form a hunting formation, desperately paying some casualties to catch a few more fat deer.

There are so few warriors that can be used! The snake demon is a little nostalgic for the old days of hunting. Cowardly demons can only follow the main forces of hunting in important tribal activities to scare the frightened prey...... Then it is their job to see if there are any edible mushrooms and fruits nearby.

In the concept of most demons, food and hunting are the first major things in addition to inter-tribal warfare, so it is natural to arrange more warriors to participate in such activities. Mora couldn't understand what her new leader was thinking, but she was a noble child of the abyss, and when she had no better way to lead the exiles out of their predicament, obeying the new leader's arrangement was undoubtedly the wisest decision.

The state of the cowards in the camp was a bit surprising to the snake demons, these timid and useless fellows who were often used as food preparation seemed to be as noisy as usual today, but the noise was particularly harsh considering everyone's current situation.

The cowards were doing their own thing, discussing something with their companions, with obscene smiles on their faces that could not be hidden, but they did not seem to be happy with the abundance of the hunting party. Because the rich harvest that attracted people's attention in the past does not receive much attention today.

The snake demon was a little curious, although these unambitious fellows were easily satisfied and had no ambition to speak of, but what did the children of the abyss do to make them so busy and so excited at the same time?

The Firedemon sat resting on the grass, directing a group of cowardly demons to do something around the stone fire. Garuda is the spouse of the former leader of the snake demon Canor, and the father of the young snake demon Kassandra. Denor chose the Firedemon as the source of the other half of his bloodline because Garuda had not joined the other forces in the tribe. After joining the snake demon group, Garuda also kept a low profile, and he didn't have much ambition so that people didn't have to worry about him declaring an army to seize the throne. Such a fire demon is very suitable as the spouse of the female leader, but this kind of personality often means that it is difficult for him to become the best one among the fire demons, but what does it matter? The relationship between most demon spouses is difficult to stabilize in the first place, and if a better choice is found, it is a big deal to have another one.

The snake demon writhed its bewitching half-body, and the turquoise snake tail slid across the grass, slowly approaching Garuda as if it were swimming.

"Let's try this. The fire demon held the jug of water beside him in his hand from a distance.

"What is this? Isn't Your Highness strictly forbidden to drink water?" the snake demon held a black jar that was a little small for her in one hand, and the warm afterglow of the jar and the black appearance made her frown.

"This is purified water, which His Highness calls 'boiling water', and this is the second pot that has just been boiled. ”

Sniffing closer, Mora didn't see anything special about this thing, as a container for water, the appearance of this thing is really a bit of a diaphragm, and it is obviously not as convenient as a water bag in carrying, but I don't know if the difficulty of making and the acquisition of materials are easier than the water bag made by the stomach pouch of the prey.

The snake demon knew that Garuda had no reason to harm her, and since he let her drink, he must have his own reasons.

The warm water was drunk by the snake woman with a grunt in her throat, and she was indeed a little thirsty as the leader of the hunting party.

Mora was comfortable with the blood of her fresh prey, and although she wasn't exactly cold-blooded, she still hated cold and low temperatures, which made her sluggish and lethargic.

"You said it was 'purified'?" Mora suddenly remembered what the Fire Demon had just emphasized.

"Yes, the water has been purified by flames, and I've heard that some of the high-ranking demons who survived the Great War have metal vessels that can be used to heat liquids. I thought it was a heirloom treasure from a foreign civilization. I didn't expect that under the guidance of His Highness, it would be so simple to achieve it. "The fire demon who has mastered the new skill has a bit of a high-spirited temperament.

"Metal utensils? It is indeed a precious instrument left over from the Great War, although it is rumored that only a small number of Barlow Flame Demons can reproduce it, but what does that have to do with this ugly thing?"

Thinking of metal, a thought popped up in the snake demon's mind that made her ecstatic, "Have you mastered the method of smelting metal? What kind of metal is it?"

Mora knew that brass and steel, which were used as raw materials for weapons, were very rare materials, but Garuda's next words were completely different from what she had thought.

"Haha, you're so excited, it's not what you think. The water purified through it protects us from the curse of the swamp. "The Fire Demon is very open-minded.

"The power to resist the curse!?" the snake demon realized that the ugly thing in his hand had such a magical effect, and couldn't help but eagerly ask, "What the hell is going on?"

"His Highness is coming soon, and I don't really understand many of his words, so let His Highness tell you in person. ”

While conveying the order to the leading demons, Andre organized the crowd around him to gather around him to the stone stove where he was still trying to make pottery. The snake demon noticed that the Children of the Abyss had a rope on their shoulders that appeared to be woven from vines, and at the bottom of the rope was a bamboo tube of unknown purpose. He raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and began to show everyone the novelty on his body.

A thing made of bamboo tubes.

"This will be the water reservoir that all of you will be carrying with you for a long time to come, you can call it a bamboo cup, a bamboo tube, a kettle, whatever you want...... A hole was made on top of it to hold water, and a clean cork was used as a plug...... The small holes on both sides are threaded with ropes for easy carrying, and the ropes made today may not be very strong, but hanging them on the body with ropes is still the most convenient way at present. ”

"After the disbandment in a while, each of you will go to Shavaron (the male snake demon) and get a bamboo tube of the right size, and if you want a rope, go directly to Morrigan. You are responsible for the production and storage...... In short, from now on it will be your own private drinking utensils. This is to prevent the curse from lurking on one person and then spreading through that person to the entire race...... In the future, water must be heated by fire when drinking and eating! Water must be boiling...... Don't know what boiling is? Rest assured, from tomorrow onwards, the focus of the whole team will be on making individual bamboo cups and clay pots! Drinking water resources may be a little tight in the next few days, but it is still strictly forbidden to use unpurified water sources! Including washing the body and food!"

After saying so much in one breath, the son of the abyss, who was a little thirsty in his throat, took the jar from the snake demon's hand and drank the remaining remnants in one gulp, and then seemed to realize that there was something wrong with his actions, and added: "Drinking and eating are not allowed to use the clay pot directly like I just did! Pottery is public property, and everyone must have their own purified tools for drinking and eating...... Drinking utensils and utensils are forbidden to be used until they are purified!Rivia, Garuda, Marcell, and Lucien (the two males), bring your people with me when you finish your work...... Next, disband!"

The crowd dispersed to complete their work, and they discussed their future life with smiles on their faces...... On the contrary, the snake demon who returned from hunting seemed to have nothing to do.

"Mora and Dirad, come along. Andrei led the bustling crowd towards the shallow pit for clay.

The efficiency of firing pottery in an open-air stone stove is too low, and the Children of the Abyss plan to build a semi-enclosed kiln out of yellow clay, but this is not a small task for the cowards who have no tools to weigh their hands and can only dig holes with bamboo chips. After simply instructing the work of the four leaders of "playing with mud", Andre took the hunting team of the snake demon and the winged demon to prepare to start cleaning up the hunting spoils, and the final plan of the fire kiln will definitely be dominated by the fire demon who is the most sensitive to temperature. After all, Andre hadn't really studied porcelain kilns or anything like that. He had no experience in heat transfer or industrial design.

It is not easy to be a leader to make the subordinates who are black-eyed carry out their work in an orderly manner, but fortunately, the technical content of these jobs is not so high.

After getting on the right track, it will probably be easier, right? I feel that I must be respectful to everything, and the son of the abyss, who basically can't stop, is so busy that he sighs in his heart.

At the suggestion of the Children of the Abyss, the hunting group began to divide the food into small pieces and put them into a bamboo tube with an open side, and stored it in a simple seal with leaves.

After the completion of the "land reclamation" in the early stage, these people should no longer need to be taught by themselves, right? The delusional son of the abyss began to have a scene in his mind that his subordinates were full of experience and had all been transferred to skilled workers.

Perhaps, as the will of the abyss believes, games are the form he is most familiar with, and it may be more suitable for him not to regard the responsibilities of the leader as a burden, and then to treat them as a simulation management game?

Andre couldn't help but knock on his head, the demon king is a house or something, this is not a good phenomenon...... As it stands, this world is definitely not going to be as rosy as some fictional light novel world. Although he didn't accept it himself, and was forced to accept it without knowing it, Andre still has his own responsibility - to become a qualified demon king!

Without the help of this group of followers to help them adapt quickly to this world, perhaps the children of the abyss from another world would have a very difficult life. Even for the sake of these second-class people who are willing to pin their fate on themselves, Andre has to test what kind of weight this so-called "King of the Demon World" has!