Chương 232: The Children Who Aspire to Be Demon Kings

The so-called "elf dwelling" is actually the place where elves are born and live.

Elves and the Elven race, strictly speaking, are actually two different races.

The young and beautiful elves, with their long ears and love of living in the forest, have a high affinity with nature, but they are a demi-human monster race.

However, the so-called elves refer to beings that possess spirituality among all things, such as various elemental spirits, or the tree spirit Torene from the Jura Forest.

In a sense, although elves possess great power, they do not have a physical form.

If you make a contract with a spirit, you can use its power to fight. However, gaining the spirit's approval is by no means easy.

Legend has it that to reach the elves' dwelling place, also known as the elf's home, one must first go to the "underground labyrinth" and pass the test of Ramiris, one of the "Ten Great Demon Lords," before being guided into the elf's home.

Moreover, entering the Elf's House is only the first step. If the Elf does not respond when summoned within a specific magic circle, then everything will be in vain.

As adventurers, Ailian and the other two naturally knew about the Elf House and the underground labyrinth.

Seeing the generous reward offered by Yang Cheng, the three were quite excited. However, when they heard that they would have to face the Demon King's test, the trio instantly became a little timid.

Leaving aside Kabaru and Kidd for now, Ailian herself is a young lady from the Elf race, so she knows more about things.

"Labyrinth Fairy" Ramiris is one of the three oldest Demon Lords. Although few people have seen her in action, she is said to be one of the strongest veteran Demon Lords.

"Don't worry, all you have to do is lead the way and take us to the underground maze."

As for the trials of Demon Queen Ramiris and the elves' response, we can handle those ourselves.

Hearing that they wouldn't have to face the Demon King, and considering the strength that Rimuru and Yosei had just displayed, Ellen and the others hesitated only for a moment before readily accepting the task.

In their view, Yang Cheng and Rimuru were not ordinary monsters. Even if defeating the oldest demon king was difficult, passing the test should not be a problem.

For this reason, Yang Cheng and Rimuru, along with the children and guided by the Ellen trio, set off in a grand procession into the underground labyrinth.

The children who had always stayed at the Free Academy were incredibly excited when they heard that Teacher Yangcheng and his colleagues were going to take them on an adventure.

There is an extraordinary longing for so-called adventurers and the legendary underground labyrinth.

Because there were quite a few people in the group, they naturally encountered some monster attacks on their way to the underground labyrinth.

As for ordinary weak magical beasts, the trio worked exceptionally hard to fulfill their guard duties so as not to waste the generous reward.

When encountering slightly stronger monsters, Akagami and Shuna would take action to avoid wasting time.

But when they saw the "calamity-level" monsters being easily defeated by Akagami and Shuna, the children were filled with admiration for the two, while the three members of the Airen trio were dumbfounded on the spot.

Monsters or magical beasts are generally divided into four levels: Disaster Level, Calamity Level, Catastrophe Level, and Natural Disaster Level.

Among them, "Calamity-level" monsters are generally near-Demon Lord level with Demon Lord species, such as the Pig-Headed Emperor and the Storm Demon Catastrophe.

Clayman and Carrion are both monsters of this level.

Of course, even among those classified as "Calamity-level," there are varying degrees of strength. For example, Yang Cheng and Rimuru are at this level, but they could easily defeat three or five Orc Lords.

"Calamity-level" monsters possess strength comparable to quasi-Demon Lord executives, and generally require an army of a thousand or a well-equipped elite adventurer team to defeat them.

However, Chi Jia and Zhu Cai, who were Yang Cheng's subordinates, dealt with the monster of this level as easily as cutting melons and vegetables, which undoubtedly brought a huge shock to the trio.

Previously, they had always thought that Ms. Akakasa and Ms. Shuna were "maids" or something similar.

If even a maid can easily defeat a Calamity-level monster, then how strong must Master Yangcheng and Master Rimuru be?

"You guys are saying that Lord Yangcheng and Lord Rimuru, could they also be Demon Lords? —" Hearing the whispers of the three, Yang Cheng and Rimuru didn't say anything. Instead, Yang Cheng looked at Rimuru and asked, "Rimuru, don't you have any thoughts about becoming the Demon Lord?"

With your current strength, plus Milim's recommendation, you should be able to become the new Demon Lord in the next [Demon Lord's Feast], right?

Being too low-key might not be a good thing. The Demon Federation is growing bigger and bigger, and without the title of Demon King, you probably won't be able to keep things in check.

Besides, you've already been targeted by other demon lords. If you become a demon lord yourself, the agreement between them will actually save you a lot of trouble.

Yang Cheng's proposal did indeed tempt Rimuru, but when he thought about how he still wanted to trade with the human kingdoms, he wondered if the title of Demon King was too intimidating.

"Yang Cheng, you could be a demon king too, right? After all, you're stronger than me."

"I do have the idea of becoming a demon king, but the time is not right yet. What's the point of being a pseudo-demon king with only a title? If I'm going to be one, I'll be an awakened true demon king."

"Besides, I'm just the vice leader of the Monster Federation, so you'll have to handle things like keeping things under control yourself."

The conversation between Yang Cheng and Rimuru left Ai Lian and the other two terrified, while Akagami and Shuna were quite excited about it.

As for the children, they really don't know much about the so-called "demon king" or anything like that, but they just think he's cool.

Despite being summoned as "trainee heroes," they now show no interest in the so-called "hero" and instead clamor to become "demon kings" in the future.

Does the "Demon King" always have to be the villain? And does the "Hero" always have to be righteous?

Although they are young, they still possess the basic ability to distinguish between good and evil.

Those humans who summon them using simple summoning spells, and then discard them arbitrarily after learning of their "flaws," are the ones who claim to be righteous.

Their two teachers, though demons that humans reject and fear, were gentler than many people they had ever met.

Not only do they help them learn knowledge, but they also teach them skills, and now they even take them on adventures to solve their physical problems.

If both Yosei-sensei and Rimuru-sensei are bad people, then there are definitely no truly good people in this world. If Yosei-sensei and Rimuru-sensei, who are strong, handsome, and gentle, all want to become the Demon King, then the Demon King must also be strong and handsome!

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