After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King
Chapter 53 - 52: The Evolutionary Path of the Demon

Chapter 53: Chapter 52: The Evolutionary Path of the Demon

"Mr. Yila, what are you reading?"

Satan Ye, riding a horse with Hilena, curiously asked Yila who was sitting behind the Black Flame Headless Knight... At this moment, Yila held a sheepskin book in his hand.

Although it was very heavy, this was the only paper in this world.

Yila had considered papermaking when he was still a magician, but after researching, he discovered the issue... In many cases, parchment not only served as a medium for writing.

In other words, many times, *writing* was not just *writing*.

Only leather paper could bear any form of transcendent power, whether it was sheepskin, cowskin, monster skin, elf skin, or human skin.

It had to be the skin of a living creature.

For many magic books, the paper had to be *skinned from a living cow (or sheep)* to bear demonstration magic mana.

This happened especially often with blood mages’ magic books.

"Hmm? This is a book from the study."

Yila responded as he turned to the cover of the book, showing it to Satan Ye, Hilena, and the Headless Knight leader... No matter what, you horse riders, just don’t turn your heads to look!

In his heart, Yila complained, then briefly explained the book’s content, saying, "This book, ’The Beauty of Symmetry,’ mentions that the current Demon King Territory used to be a castle with only stone buildings."

"It was probably smaller than the current Demon King Territory, without planting and grazing areas, divided into the inner city... which is the Demon King Castle, and the outer city... which is the territories of various leaders."

Yila spoke simply, but still managed to draw everyone’s attention—this was normal because people in this world did not care about so-called *history*.

Thus, many past events were only traceable through such miscellaneous books, but few had the interest to do so.

"At that time, the vast Demon King City was inhabited only by higher races, with distinct social classes. From this perspective, it wasn’t as reasonably structured as the current Demon King Territory."

Yila casually commented, pointing to a passage and reading it word by word: "It says here, *’Demon King City was divided into the above-ground and the underground Demon King City, presenting an extremely symmetrical beauty. Two kings, two thrones, standing in the same position, yet in the absence of external invasions, displayed a phenomenon full of beauty where "the king does not see the king."*’"

"..."

"Does this mean that underneath our Demon King Territory... there is another Demon King Territory?! Another Demon King?"

Satan Ye asked in astonishment, instinctively feeling that this was impossible since that so-called underground Demon King City had never appeared during external invasions.

Hilena looked equally surprised.

"No."

Yila said, feeling a bit apologetic for causing suspense. He smiled apologetically and said, "The back of the book also says, *’Unfortunately, during a fierce betrayal by demon-like creatures, the underground Demon King City split from Demon King City and went to Hell. During this betrayal, very few demon-like creatures stayed in the Main Material Plane.’*"

"..."

With Yila’s explanation, everyone looked at Hilena.

"Hmm, are we one of the demons that stayed in the Main Plane then?"

Hilena said, pondering something with some confusion, then shook her head, saying, "The content of the book might be credible, but it doesn’t seem to concern us."

This was indeed the case, so Yila merely took a brief look.

"Even Little Demons that stay in the Main Plane can become stronger demons through combat and growth. So the impact isn’t significant, which is why I suggested bringing Little Demons to the battlefield."

Explaining her previous wish for Yila to bring Little Demons, Hilena took stock of the demon species in her mind, saying, "There are no demon soldiers left in the Demon King Territory. After the governor joined the battlefield, the demons became extinct."

Indeed, if Little Demons had to be baptized by battle to evolve into higher demons, they wouldn’t survive long enough to evolve if the governor was present.

The governor might struggle against strong enemies, needing to call other governors to encircle a powerful foe, but when it came to weaker enemies, the governor eliminated them unimaginably quickly.

Yila also remembered that when he first participated in the war, he saw Short Demons, demon dog trainers, Baphomets, Eye Demons, Balrogs, and Demon Lords active on the battlefield, but they gradually became rarer.

Demons were not born; they evolved.

But...

"What if a Balrog Flame Demon and another Balrog Flame Demon had offspring? Would it be born a Little Demon or a Flame Demon?"

Yila asked, considering something, then looked at Hilena and asked, "If a human and a succubus can produce a half-demon, what would a succubus and another demon produce?"

"..."

This was indeed very rude, as if asking, *"What would we produce if we had a baby?"* but it leaned more toward shame than insult.

Such shame made Hilena cover her face instinctively, but she still explained, saying, "Little Demons evolve from demon worms, which are born from the flesh and blood in the Demon Pool. Besides succubi, demons have no reproductive abilities."

How embarrassing.

"Oh, like me..."

In that moment, all of Hilena’s shame disappeared with Yila’s offhand comment. She looked at Yila in surprise, eyes filled with pity.

"Don’t look at me like that. It’s not just me, all governors are infertile."

Seeing Hilena’s expression, Yila knew what she was thinking. He responded to the similarly surprised Satan Ye and the seemingly astonished Headless Knight leader, asking, "How far is the Harpy’s territory?"

The people of this world seemed to place great importance on offspring, perhaps out of a respect for *legacy*.

"..."

Hilena, looking sadly at Yila, shook her head. Seeing the distant mountains, she said, "There’s still a distance... Hmm, Mr. Yila, do you want children?"

"I don’t want any. After becoming a governor, desires and emotions become flat."

Yila rolled his eyes as he spoke, not understanding why Hilena was still on this topic.

"..."

"Actually, succubi can bypass some limitations."

Hilena said, not noticing Yila’s increasingly speechless expression, explaining, "At least gender and mating behavior can be bypassed, but it requires a high power level. If I grow stronger, I can at least bring you pleasure."

Satan Ye: "..."

Headless Knight Leader: "..."

Yila: "I already said I don’t need it!"