Chapter 1252 Sisters! Come On!
Fiona seriously suspected that there was something wrong with her ears.
At such a tense moment, Tang En actually said... shift the focus of work towards culture and entertainment, and urge Danterian and Sanye to speed up the publication of graphic novels?
How dare he urge others!
——Don’t he know that because he escaped from the last collective night attack, those elf girls are still angry with him?
More importantly, the war is coming, what we should do is to strengthen our combat effectiveness! ? What a mess it would be to suddenly decide to go into the cultural and entertainment industry! ?
Could it be that this guy went to the abyss of purgatory and his brain was poisoned?
"Don't worry, of course it makes sense for me to do this."
Tang En comforted Fiona: "Let me ask you, if the devil suddenly invades Purandal in large numbers, how long can we resist?"
Fiona raised her eyebrows and said a little unconvinced: "Why are you so unsure? Can't you defeat them?"
Now, under the leadership of Tang En, the military strength of the Illrus Empire is no longer what it used to be. Its combat effectiveness is not even the slightest bit stronger. Even if the devil comes, there is no chance of victory, right?
“Confidence is a good thing, but blind confidence is foolish.”
Tang En knocked on Fiona's forehead: "The devil has been able to fight against the devil for so many years without losing. How could he be defeated by us so easily?"
"In terms of individual strength, demons crush us humans and orcs. In terms of numbers, the number of demons is not much less than ours. This means that if an all-out war breaks out, we will only be at a disadvantage."
"If the front is relatively concentrated, we can still concentrate our strength to resist, but I'm afraid we can only resist for a year at most. If the front is scattered, let alone a year, I'm afraid we won't be able to last even a month."
Tang En's words are not alarmist, but facts. The gap in strength between humans and demons is so huge.
But he wasn't completely telling the truth - if they could resist for a year, they could concentrate their resources and develop more magically modified technological weapons, continuously strengthen their combat effectiveness, and eventually tie the demons, or even overtake them. .
But there is no need to say these words to them now.
Tang En looked at the shocked people, spread his hands, and said: "So, we need a strong ally
Alleria took a breath: "Devil!? We are actually going to form an alliance with the devil!?"
"You're right."
"But, that's the devil! How can we form an alliance with the devil!?"
Even Olena was a little panicked. She was a devout believer, and the Bible of the Holy See of Light often spoke ill of the devil.
Mortals always like to use their own understanding to figure out those unknown things, so they come up with so many dumbfounding things. For example, a god may just be bored and write and draw casually to complain about a certain god's lack of professionalism or something. Then when a believer sees it, the believer may think that his god is dissatisfied with another god, and then he may Religious wars will break out, and people will be devastated...
Therefore, it is very scary to interpret it arbitrarily. Olina, who is familiar with the Bible, in her impression, the devil is the enemy of mankind, a very terrible monster, who deceives people and degenerates them at the slightest disagreement, and steals people's rights. Soul, etc...
A bad guy among bad guys.
How can we ally ourselves with this guy?
"What about the devil?"
Tang En spread his hands: "The enemy of our enemy is our friend. If we can unite with the devil, we will have a shield that can fight at the forefront..."
Alleria frowned and said, "But devils are very cunning. They may not always resist in front. They may be lazy on purpose and deliberately let some devils come over and let them kill humans."
Tang En said calmly: "It's not possible, but it will definitely be done."
"Then we still..."
"A small number of demons are not scary. We can completely deal with them ourselves. I think they will definitely be frightened by our fighting power. And we don't want the devil as a savior, we just need someone who can help us share most of the pressure Just allies."
Tang En said with a smile: "They want to use us to completely defeat the demons, and they want to use the demons to eliminate us. We want to use them to contain the demons. They are all using each other."
"So, what we have to do now is how to let the devil help us share as much pressure as possible, so as to buy us valuable development time. It just so happened that this trip to the Abyss of Purgatory made me discover some things Interesting things that we can take advantage of.”
Fiona had a dark line: "Isn't that what you said is the reason why you issued the order just now?"
Tang En snapped his fingers: "You guessed it right!"
"...are you really kidding?"
Fiona rubbed the corners of her eyes: "Or do you want to imitate those businessmen who open up new markets and sell those comics and animations to the devil's blank market?"
"of course not."
Tang En said with a smile: "I'm afraid you still don't know why the devil is so thirsty for human souls, right?"
The girls nodded, they really didn't know.
So Tang En told them about how the devil uses human souls, and then he continued: "...Then, I discovered there that what they need is not actually human souls, but just a kind of ability that can It’s just a way to relax between battles.”
"Yes, what they lack is exactly entertainment culture..."
The answer is jaw-dropping, but if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
Devils and devils are fighting each other all year round. They are two races born entirely for fighting. In such an environment and under such pressure, of course it is impossible to develop any interesting entertainment culture.
But during the long battle, they will also become tired of their current life and long for a new life experience.
So human souls became their best choice.
However, if Tang En can provide a large number of entertainment methods and props that are no less than the crystallization of memories, the boring life of the devils can be improved.
Alleria looked stunned: "They really agreed to cooperate with us for such a simple reason?"
"Of course it's more than that."
Next, Tang En described to them the details of the contract he negotiated with Demon King Balmetos. After analyzing it carefully, Fiona and Alleria reluctantly approved the contract signed by Tang En.
"It's not bad. Apart from the traps you found, there are no other traps found so far."
Fiona breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "The troublesome part now is that we have to help the devil completely defeat the devil. In other words, before the threat of the devil is eliminated, we have been completely bound to the devil. , this is not a good thing.”
"It doesn't matter, the point is..."
Alleria frowned and said: "The devil demands that if we win the battle, we will set aside a residential area for them in Purandar! How can you agree to such terms!? Since we are cooperating against the devil, there may not be any in a short time. What, but after a long time, if the two parties cannot successfully integrate together, there will definitely be a big problem."
Alleria's worries are also necessary. Two completely different races live in the same world. If they cannot merge by blood, a war will eventually break out due to different living habits, world views, values, etc.
Tang En shook his head: "Although your worry is necessary, you have forgotten a very important premise."
Alleria was startled, then quickly remembered, and then fell silent.
Yes, the prerequisite for conflicts to break out is that the world still has a future.
But now, they only have about forty years left. If they can't solve the invasion of Chaos, what's the future?
By then, both humans and devils will disappear from this world.
"okay!"
Tang En finally clapped his hands and said, "Don't think so much for now. Since it's a vacation, let's relax. As for the business, let's talk about it after we go back. At least, we don't have to worry about the devil now."
Before Tang En came back, he had already reached an agreement with Balmetos. The devils would take advantage of the demons to shrink their defenses and launch an active attack on them, and judge their true target through their counterattacks.
If they directly fight back with all their strength, then the human country can rest assured for the time being.
But if their counterattack is very weak, then the human country should be vigilant, because this is probably because their main force has been assembled and ready to attack the human country.
This time, Saratimore did not follow him back, just to report to Tang En on the progress in the Purgatory Abyss in time.
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Although Tang En said it very coolly, in fact, after learning the news, except for him who was heartless, not many people were in the mood to continue taking vacation.
Nalhaksha, who was fully expecting to continue to push down Tang En, found out that Tang En was vigilant this time and sealed the room directly at night, leaving her no opportunity to take advantage of him.
After everyone just relaxed here for two or three days, they teleported directly back to Ellington. This time they didn't even take the airship and let the pilot drive back by themselves.
After returning to Ellington, Tang En immediately went to find Sanye and Danterian.
Sanye looked confused: "To draw a series of comics with the devil as the protagonist, and also require that the protagonist must be strong, in line with the devil's aesthetics, and at the same time not be depressed, and must meet the needs of readers?"
Danterian was a little dazed: "Huh? Combine your previous creative experience to write a novel with the devil as the protagonist? The requirements are more exciting and more satisfying, to meet the needs of fragmented reading?"
Tang En: "Yes! This matter is very important! It must be done as soon as possible!"
Sanye looked indifferent: "Of course there is no problem, but..."
Danterian snorted: "...But before that, should you make it up to us?"
"Compensation?"
"Yes!"
Sanye stood on Tang En's left: "You are too cunning!"
"That's right!"
Danterian stood on Tang En's right: "We must compensate for our losses!"
Tang En started to sweat on his head and slowly backed away: "I don't know what I did wrong..."
Tang En, who was retreating, suddenly felt that he was being hugged by a soft body. His body suddenly stiffened and he turned his head mechanically. Then he saw Ellie who appeared at an unknown time and pursed her lips and smiled: "Messenger Sir...this time...it seems like you can't escape! -Sisters! Come on!"