Chapter 985: Battle for the Tower (19)

The huge central mine, like a mouth of the abyss, constantly devoured the demon soldiers who dared to enter, and after all the vanguard troops entered the central mine, there was no sound, and even the personnel who summoned the message failed to return as promised, which made General Rotten Heart a little confused.

In fact, he himself had never been deep into the central mines, which was not the job of a general at all, and his scouts never paid attention to the mines, because there were no soldiers there, and instead of going around the mines and finding out the terrain, it was better to go around and watch out for troops on the border.

The vanguard did not have an effect, and it was impossible for General Rotten Heart to give up, even if he did not defeat the enemy inside, he should at least withdraw, at this time, he did not think of the possibility of the entire army being annihilated.

So, he sent another team, this time the attack, without encountering too strong defensive resistance, the demon soldiers very smoothly attacked the gate, entered the corridor, and then encountered the same situation as before.

Because General Rotten Heart was unable to make any strategy to deal with the environment in the mine, the second army, like the first, disappeared into the depths of the mine.

At this time, General Rotten Heart finally found out that something was wrong, he felt that maybe there was some very powerful trap buried on the other side, since it was possible that other demon lords were doing something, then this kind of technical means was not impossible, as long as a few magicians were hidden in the mine.

So, he put his offensive on hold and began to study with his staff team and magicians what kind of magic trap could allow him to fall into both teams.

The offensive was suspended, and the miner slaves in the mine were finally relieved, and they threw the demon soldiers they had killed before into the bottom of the lava sea, and when Batman announced that he was resting, the first one to find him was the very excited Hexagon.

"Oh my God! I can't believe it! We actually defeated these fierce demon soldiers?!! I couldn't have thought of it before!!" Hexagon crackled and said a lot of interjections, and Batman sat across from the campfire, looking at him quietly, and soon he asked:

"You're no longer a slave, so what do you want to do next?"

Hexagon was stunned for a moment, then asked rhetorically, "What is it called, and what do I want to do next?" What can I do? Of course I'm going to keep mining!"

"Do you really like mining? Don't you have anything else you want to do besides mining?"

"But I've been mining." Hekkaku waved his tentacles, as if puzzled, and said, "What do you mean by something you like to do? You mean to say, I shouldn't mine? Should I go do something else? But I'm not going to do anything else!"

Did you know? Hexagon, the outside world is actually very big, the mine you grew up in is not all, the barren continent is not everything, even hell is just a region in the universe." Batman's voice was tinged with some distant melancholy, and he spoke:

Don't you want to go and see it? See what's outside of the mines, what's beyond hell, how do the other beings live there?" ….

"But what does it matter to me how they live?" Rokkaku's tone was even more puzzled, and he said, "I'm just a half-lived monster of the shadow vine, and all the shadow monsters are mining under the hands of the demon lord......

"Besides, you asked me to leave the mine to have a look, but now the mine is still full of the army of the corrupt general, and if you want to overthrow him and become the new owner of the mine, you have to unify the other six mountains, which is difficult!"

"Who said I was going to be the new owner of the mine?" Batman looked at Hexagon and asked, this time Hexagon was completely stunned, he asked, "You don't want to rule the mines, so why do you want to fight General Rotten Heart?"

Batman paused, as if he didn't know where to start, but then, he spoke slowly, "I know, maybe your race has been like this for generations, you work for the mine lords without any pay, they drive you with violence, you are afraid and you have to work."

You don't get any justice here, and life and death are decided by others

But when you feel afraid, don't you think that all this is unreasonable?"

"When you were afraid of death, did you ever regret that you didn't fight before, so now you can only let others live and die?"

These questions made Hexagon silent for a long time, as if he felt that these philosophical reflections were indeed a little difficult for a newborn, Batman did not continue to embarrass Hexagon, he stood up, and planned to talk to the elders of the Snake Demon, but at this time, Hexagon said:

"So, you rebelled against General Rotten Heart because you were afraid that he would kill you? But you just have to work hard......

"Didn't you work hard before?" Batman turned around and whispered, "Didn't the overseers still give an order that they couldn't do, and then they were going to throw you into the lava?"

"When you give someone else the power to decide your own life and death, you should understand that those who have this power will not have mercy and will not make a truly fair rule."

"Because as long as he can kill you at any time, he can overturn all the rules at any time, and if you don't want to die, you have to rebel and take back this power, and the first step to freedom is to create a chance to live with your own ability."

Hexagon didn't speak again, as if lost in thought, and Batman turned to leave, and he found the Elder of the Snake Demon, who was also looking for him.

The Elder of the Snake Demon smiled flatteringly, and he said, "My lord, you have defeated the powerful Revival General and taken the Central Mine, and perhaps in the near future, you will be able to take down the entire Mine, I have never seen a Demon Lord as wise as you......

After saying that, the Snake Demon Elder bent down, he curled up the snake's tail, lowered his posture, pressed his fingers to the center of his eyebrows, lowered his head and said to Batman, "You will be the hope of the revival of the Snake Clan, and we hope to be able to follow you and build great deeds......

Batman looked at him, then asked: What's going on with the Snake Demon Clan? What's the matter with you?"

The Snake Demon Elder didn't get up, but said in a calm tone, "It turns out that you have already seen that unlike the other slaves in the mines, the Snake Demon was not a weak race in the past, on the contrary, we also followed Perebi to fight on the battlefield." ….

"In the days when His Majesty was still the Demon Prince, the Snake Demon clan put an eye on him, and the ancient leader of the Snake Demon declared his allegiance to Belel, accompanied him all the way to the battle, and finally achieved brilliant results, and the leader was also knighted and became the Duke of the Frontier Territory, just like the current Grand Duke of Astro."

"But at this time, a Medusa named Darth seduced His Majesty Belle and became the queen of the new kingdom."

The Snake Demon Elder showed a resentful expression, gritted his teeth, and said, "This vicious queen, in order to support her people, wants to completely eliminate the snake demon who is also a snake demon type."

"She concocted a conspiracy that made His Majesty suspicious of the loyal leader of the Snake Demons, and in the end, the leader of the Snake Demons was killed by His Majesty Beler, and all the Snake Demons were reduced to slaves and cursed that they could not use magic."

"And an original magical race, after losing the magical power that it relied on for survival, it was completely unable to compete with other powerful demons by relying on physical strength alone, and the snake demon could only take the initiative to retreat into the mine, because only by becoming slaves can we have a way to live......

After saying that, he lowered his body again and said to Batman in a humble tone, "I have been able to glimpse the glory of my ancestors in the books left by my ancestors, and your demeanor is no different from that of the young His Majesty Belle, please lead us to lay down a new territory!"

"You want me to be the new Demon Lord?" Batman asked.

"Yes, my lord, you have the potential, as long as you can take the mines, the territory and the army of the corrupt general, it is enough for you to develop your own power, and if you can lift the curse for the snake demon, we will definitely be fully loyal to you......

Batman saw the furrows on Elder Snake's face, which reminded him of another person, the old man who wanted to sell drugs to him as medicines while he was in the slums.

Batman found that such low-level characters, especially the elderly at the bottom, always have a habitual humility and flattery between their expressions and expressions, and that flattering look is not deliberately disguised, but has been deeply engraved into their souls.

Now, the old demon sees him as a savior, hoping that he can lead the Snake Demon Clan back to glory, but Batman always feels that there is something wrong with this, and a strange feeling surrounds him.

It is impossible for Batman to have any sympathy for demons, everything he does now is just to see humans through demons.

These are actually two very similar races, both with the same intelligence, the same habits and society, and the only difference here from human society is that as a human Batman, everything he does here does without regard to the consequences, this is a testing ground where he can show his talents.

If according to the script, Batman knows that he should accept the allegiance of the Studger Demon, and then use this group of races that are obviously smarter than the other demons to dominate the other demons, continue to deepen the tactics, create a more efficient war system, and then win step by step.

He was crowned the new king and gained a vast territory, and to maintain such a territory, it was necessary to build a strong army, and to create a strong army, it was necessary to have equipment, and if you wanted solid armor, you needed to smelt minerals, and if you wanted to have enough minerals, you had to have someone to mine. ….

Some people are generals, some people are slaves, then the life and death of slaves will still be in the hands of generals, and in the endless cycle of dynastic fate, all this is an unsolvable dead end.

But for Batman himself, did he come here to be a demon lord? What's the use of his territory in hell?

It is true that the grand victory of the unification of Hell will be carved into a medal, and the abandonment of his collection room may also be his future killer weapon against some demons who have gone to the human realm, but is this enough?

In this group of oppressed demon slaves, Batman sees the suffering people of Gotham.

From birth to growth, they were bound to a small piece of land, they had never seen the outside sky, they didn't even know what resistance was, and they didn't even know that their fate could still be in their own hands.

Batman stepped up, and they thought he was the savior, thinking that he would be a powerful king, but that would only amaze them, and then continue to accept the rule, day after day.

Is such a life bad for them? In fact, it is not like this, they don't know anything, so they have almost nothing, and if they have no desires, there is no pain.

But Batman prefers to call this numbness, their ignorance is not their own choice, but the product of the injustice of the world, and he leads such a group of numb people to win one battle after another, and in the end, what they get is just another unfair world.

Batman suddenly discovers that if he still sees himself as a savior and asks everyone to treat him as a savior, then nothing will change, and whoever becomes the king will not be able to change the situation of the people at the bottom.

But if there is no savior, then who else can they rely on?

In between the war, Batman begins to think about some deeper questions.

But just like Gotham, victory and tranquility are only temporary, and things will always slip in a bad direction, and then irrepressibly, slide into the abyss.

Catch the herd and burn the rope