Towering forbidden steel pillars stretched out to the ceiling, and the intricate runes on them appeared and disappeared in the dim light, and under the forbidden steel, the Great Love Poet sat on his knees in front of Planai, his expression focused.

In this hermetically sealed cell, the conversation between the two seemed to become a quiet and deep ritual, and the cold and silence around them listened to their voices.

"So please give up, new king, the Protos Empire is hopeless, unless you can convince Rocky McCarthy of us with all his heart......"

Pranay lowered his voice and said,

"But this is obviously impossible, even if he is willing to sell his soul to us, we can't really entrust our lives to him, to gamble on this death with less than one percent of the odds."

His natural magic evolved in the direction of clairvoyance, and although it was only in its infancy and not under his control, he could see intermittently and unsteadily what was going on above ground during the years he had been underneath Helrom Prison, sometimes very close, sometimes far away.

“……”

Antanas and Cinora, who were standing on either side, kept exchanging glances, but there was not the slightest sign of speaking.

As Planai's old friends, they are more or less willing to believe in the accuracy of Planai's judgment, because the two of them together are not as smart as Planai.

But then, both Antanas and Cinnora looked at the black-haired and green-eyed figures, waiting for the king to make a decision.

They who have sworn that they will follow whatever the king chooses.

"So why, Pranay, do you think the odds are so low?"

The Great Love Poet paused for a moment and asked again.

He thought about it and decided not to waste his strength to tell the three big demons who Rocky McCarthy really was.

Previously, on the minus four floors, she even repeatedly emphasized to Antanas that she was a man, but she didn't believe it.

If you don't see the body, the three big demons shouldn't believe that the black-haired and green-eyed poet in front of them is a holster.

Just wait and leave Helrom Prison and invite the three of them to the Headmaster's Office in the Red Mondstadt Building at the Royal Academy of Magic and Magic in Protos to see their real bodies, and it will be better than all explanations.

"Once we choose Rocky McCarthy, we'll be in new danger with him too."

Pranay believed that the new king had understood his words, and that the odds he was asking were based on the premise that they would be able to persuade Rocky McCarthy to sell his soul to the demons.

"Under the premise that the many forces of the Protos Empire have their own thoughts, I am trapped underground, and I can't tell the cause and effect of the undercurrent behind it, and how many strong people are hidden behind the turmoil in the Protos Empire, with the combat power of our demon forces, even if we have the intelligence opportunity, we may not be able to achieve the final victory."

Pranay looked into the eyes of the new king, believing that there was no need to continue, and that the new king understood what he meant.

Unless the new king can reach the ninth rank and have the ability to fight against two or three cardinals of the resurrection church on his own, then there is a high probability that the combat power will be stable and abundant.

As far as Pranay has seen so far, all the forces of the Demon Realm side combined, even if they find the right enemy, they may not be able to compete with any of them.

"New King, can you defeat Isis, the Great Sage of the Empire, alone?"

Pranay asked instead.

He had heard his sister Cinnora say that the new king was very strong, and if the new king could be stronger than the strongest generals under the ninth order of the Demon Realm back then, there might be a glimmer of hope.

"You can't win."

The poet shook his head.

This is too much for a fourth-order.

Although Pranay was not surprised when he heard this, he looked away, and his eyes seemed to say-

Then there is little hope and it will be difficult for us to be the winners.

"Can you tell me what you think, Pranai?"

The poet of great love picked up the wine bottle, poured another half a glass for Pranai, and motioned Pranai to speak to himself slowly.

Pranai watched the new king pour him wine, and suddenly became a little nervous, this was obviously not in line with the etiquette of the demon world, but he couldn't do anything, he could only wait for the new king to finish pouring it, and toast to the new king.

Pranay picked up the wine glass in a daze, sipping the snow spirits, as a sane demon, Pranay really wanted a demon king who could listen to his thoughts, not a tyrant who coerced him by force.

It's just that he never dared to fantasize about such a thing.

It wasn't until Planai silently put down the empty glass that he spoke again.

"The ticket to the victory of this Protos Empire is at least two general-level combat power, and the rest is to compete for intelligence, we are not sure that the enemy will have three or four general-level powerhouses, not to mention that there are more Herrom rules in Herrom, sometimes it is not necessarily the combat effectiveness that determines the victory, and the force guarantee is only our last resort."

His voice was a little more undulating, and his expression was a little more serious.

The three of them who were former Demon Realm Wenchen together could only fight one general of the Demon Realm Group Army, and they had a disadvantage in fighting the generals of the Thing Department and an advantage in the Fighting Generals.

"General?"

The great love poet feels that there are more and more units.

"Probably the same as the current cardinals of the Resurrection Church, they are all the strongest in the Eighth Order."

Pranay explained.

For example, there are at least two cardinal-level powerhouses on one side of the known overthrow force, so there must be at least two general-level opponents against them.

According to the battle he saw in the snowfield on the northern border that day, the gray-clothed eighth-order sealer was most likely to be the Silent Bishop Askesan.

And the mysterious black-robed man, even Pranay can't figure out where it comes from.

In a worse case, if not handled properly, even the neutral sages Isis and Duke Berenhard of Herrom will help the opposing side for the time being.

But this is only the information that is currently known, and there is obviously more to be known behind the scenes of the Protos Empire.

In Planai's view, the Protos Empire is now a round table of great powers, and all parties with different minds have a pie chart, and no one knows how much pie they have until the day when they really reach the tipping point, and they can only estimate it.

The more pie charts you have, the better your chances of winning.

Ideally, Pranai naturally hopes that their Demon Realm can occupy more than half of the pie chart, so not only can they win it all, even if there is an accident, they also have the power to flip the table.

But if you want to flip the table, I'm afraid that one ninth-order plus them won't be enough.

Because once you choose to flip the table, you have to challenge all the other forces.

So Pranai could only take a step back, expecting them to have as large a pie chart as possible from the Demon Realm.

The actual situation is that even if the Demon Realm enters the market at the moment, the pie chart in its possession is too small, and it may not even be guaranteed to prevent potential real enemies from topping the table.

“……”

The Great Love Poet understood, the general of the Demon Realm back then was probably an existence comparable to the bishopric level.

Now that Sigrid has been sealed, the combined efforts of the three great demons can only supplement the only general-level combat power on their side, and they can only have one general-level combat power even after three days.

However, Ranchi felt that the situation was not as bad as Pranay thought.

Because Asksan and the black-robed man are not in full state......

As long as he can untie his old friend Askesang first, Sigrid can not only break the seal but also become stronger, and the gap between the two generals will be widened at once.

(End of chapter)