Chapter 104: "The Devil"

Ever since the Whispering Forest came into power regulations on the trade of natural products, the amount of meat in Andhrari's working meals has been drastically reduced. Originally, Hogg Chew Bone felt that he couldn't eat large pieces of meat, but since he got used to foods like mushroom soup with meat and red berries, scrambled eggs. The gnolls felt that their appetite seemed to be better than before. Especially when I was working, I was no longer as sleepy as I used to be when I was staring at the flames and the sand flowing slowly in the crystal hourglass bottle.

As a witch medicine with some knowledge of the wonders of herbs, Hogg understood that it was probably some subtle ingredient in the vegetarian diet that had a positive effect. As his teacher said. Whether it's a poison or a tonic, the most wonderful way to use it is to quietly mix some weak ingredients in food. The former will slowly drain people's life force unconsciously, and the latter will make people become stronger and stronger spontaneously.

The teacher's words must have been right, which made the gnolls think that the children of the abyss, who were able to arrange such a menu, must also be proficient in the way of medicinal herbs. Although he was still hungry at times, as long as he had jingling Ambi in his pocket, Hogg didn't worry about food.

The most affordable is the small fishing shop "Jade Fish Scale" opened by the old man of the turtle man. The clever old fellow hired two cowards who were skilled in cooking, and took the advice of His Highness André to add plenty of herbaceous ingredients such as sesame seeds, coriander, onions, turmeric, cinnamon, peppers and peppercorns. In addition to traditional boiled and grilled, there are also fried and braised dishes that have a lighter fishy smell and are more appetizing. Every fish in the shop comes from fresh food that the Naga girl has just caught from the Emerald River. Elves and dwarves, who make up the majority of the population, are less enthusiastic about this food, which is actually very tasty, because of the fishy smell and the troublesome fish bones. Therefore, a whole big fish that is enough for two people to eat is only ten ampi, whether it is fried, braised or boiled, it comes with all-you-can-drink delicious fish soup for free!

Although even the old man himself admitted that the fish in the Emerald River were indeed too stingy compared to their counterparts in Vantiny, a bowl of milky white fish soup with the same aroma and taste was very popular with elves and dwarves here.

In addition to the delicious food that can provide a perfect mood, Hogg is even more happy that it is only the first month, and his monthly salary has been raised by His Royal Highness Andre to a full twenty silver leaves! Of course, this also means that the workload of the gnolls apprentice witch doctor has also increased a lot, and he needs to rely on the extraction equipment converted from the wine still to purify the essence of the mixture of purple cuckoo, tulip, aloe vera, fennel and other herbs and spices according to a certain ratio!

His Royal Highness said that there are strict and uniform standards for how many raw materials are put in, how much spring water is used, how much heat and how long the heating time is, and how much "stock solution" is distilled at the end!

Some of these spices, which are said to have been used by the elves for bathing, are packed into vases of blue flowers on a white background fired by the new Blue and White workshop, and sealed with cypress wax extracted from cypress oil. It is said that His Highness's goal is to sell them to humans far west of the wasteland...... It's not clear to Hogg whether humans like this kind of thing or not. However, succubi and elves are very fond of the purple flower soap with this original solution, and those clean-loving girls now seem to feel uncomfortable in their baths without this novelty...... In short, soap has made the gnolls unexpectedly popular, both in Andhrari and Lengtan Village.

It is said that the druids actually prepared to adjust the planting plans of several nearby elven villages for this matter, and it seems that they are only waiting for the Naga and Seal people of the Vanga Kingdom to completely open up the Emerald River, and they are ready to transport a large number of these goods to the elven king's capital.

The porcelain fired by the Blue and White Workshop uses the delicate clay and limestone powder from the upper reaches of the Emerald River and the foot of the Foggy Mountain as the embryo body, and the "ink" made of blue cobalt powder is used as a means for the elven painters to paint. Coupled with a transparent glaze layer made from a mixture of powders such as quartz stone and clay, this new craft workshop led by the Children of the Abyss has finally produced a satisfactory finished product after numerous failures. By further refining the glaze and firing details, the finished products produced by the Blue and White Workshop can be mass-produced as beautiful tableware and drinking utensils, as well as beautiful packaging for emerging products.

But André was still not satisfied, and he was eager to dig out all the possible ideas in his head and try to create a colorful and dazzling Andhrari.

Inspired by the transparent layer of enamel, the children of the abyss began to study the process of preparing glass. At the beginning of the period, the dwarves felt that this gray and particularly fragile "ceramic" was really not meritorious. However, after Andre tried to add the hematite liquid and copper ore liquid melted by the insectivorous flower slime to it, he got a strange red and blue like a dreamlike cloud!

The brilliant colors once again stimulated the artistic passion of the elven craftsmen - anyway, as long as a precise direction was given, the specific matter would not be difficult to find someone to do, so the children of the abyss very irresponsibly dug many big holes for the curious elves and dwarves to fill in the long years and endless energy!

Andhrari has nearly a thousand permanent citizens with regular jobs, except for the demons under Andre's command and the sea tribe of the Vanga Kingdom...... Plus the three or two kittens, and the rest were all elves and dwarves from the Whispering Forest and the Misty Mountains. The novelty here has simply pushed their imagination beyond their imagination, and there are not a few people who are willing to experience new things here and spend time here, even if not for money and enjoyment.

In short, Andhrari's housing construction projects never really stop.

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Lucien (Horned Demon) has been given the position of Chief of the Dark Temple Guard, in order to pay enough respect to the will of the Abyssal that can no longer take care of them. He was also given a steel bust mixed with Mithril, a spear made of centuries-old ironwood and adamantite gold, and a simple and sleek black uniform specially designed by Andre. In a manifestation of his extraordinaryness, the Horned Demon was willing to dedicate the rest of his life to the Young Temple, which has not yet been remembered by history, simply because of the vows he had made to the Will of the Abyss in the most desperate time of the Demon Realm.

-- If I am saved, I will devote the rest of my life to the great will of the abyss.

Now is the time for him to make good on his promise.

Such oaths are not uncommon in the history of elves and dwarves, and many of their legends have featured similar believers in their devotion to the goddess. Although this was the first time they had heard of such a promise-bearer among the demons, it did not prevent them from supporting the pious Horned Demon from the bottom of their hearts.

Half a month ago, the two Alien Horned Demons and the Alienated Succubus Renissa were using their spare time to help Lucien simply clean the lawn around the temple. The work here is not heavy, and most of the people who come here regularly are Andrei's subordinates, who have long developed good hygiene habits. Andhrari's new law stipulates that littering in towns is punishable by a fine of more than one ambi, with no upper limit on the severity of the situation, and other tourists who come to visit out of curiosity will not stay here longer. Therefore, the maintenance of the temple is actually completely capable of Lucien alone, and this is just a way for the three successful former cowards to express their reverence for the will of the abyss. It may not be long before the soon-to-be-advanced cowards will come and take their place in this temporary job.

Their main alienation is mainly concentrated on the soles of the feet and knee joints. Instead of hooves that are more suited to the arid lands of the Demon Realm, the three new demons have the soles of their feet that are more suited to the wet land of the Whispering Forest like dwarves and elves, and the anti-joints of the calves have become similar to those of humans and elves. Although the part of the toe tip nail makes them look more like claws, at least with non-slip shoes on, they no longer slip and fall on wet moss ground as easily as they used to.

André felt that this might be the direction of unnatural selection evolution that had been determined in the dark...... It doesn't sound like the ability to stand still doesn't seem to have anything to do with these two foot structures, and Garlandia doesn't have a shortage of naturally growing hoofed creatures, but all but a few orcs have four legs.

In almost identical environments, the more similarly sized creatures have contact with the ground and the more flexible their feet are on the ground, the more stable they will be able to stand.

"And what are the teachings about the Dark Temple and the Will of the Abyss?" Yudeon and his uncle were curious about traditional demon thinking and beliefs.

"......" Andrei wanted to make up one, because he was afraid that the two druids, who had a deep understanding of theology, would easily expose their unconsidered lies.

Including the young goddess sacrifice, the burning gaze of the three elves forced Andre, who was the spiritual leader of all the demons in Andhrari, to say something: "The ruthless tradition of the demon world is to select the most suitable winners to survive in that barren world, but in the beautiful and rich Garlandia, our previous set must no longer be suitable. However, as a race from the Demon Realm and the Abyss, we can't completely abandon those traditions......"

"The people of Andhrari should know all the means of sin and lust, and have the ability to master them as strict precepts that cannot be easily reached. They are not disseminated, they are not mentioned lightly, they are kept deep in their hearts as a means of dealing with enemies and cruel environments. ”

The words of the Children of the Abyss made the three elves who had a certain understanding of Andhrari's experience deeply convinced that they really could not blindly resist and demonize the demons because they were afraid of the influence of the demons' unique thinking.

None of these people paid special attention to it, and it was precisely because of Andre's temporary concoction that the demons had a special branch since then - "demons", a new demon race that strictly abides by the precepts with sin as the core but knows them better than anyone else.

PS: The devil and the devil are only translations for English, although they are classic settings, but in fact, they have almost nothing to do with Chinese culture, why are demons chaotic? and the devil is evil and orderly? It's just the consistent argument of Westerners from their belief culture. ――I've wanted to try to change these settings for a long time.,Just like magical girls and witches O(∩_∩)O~~.