Silence.
In the white light, the virtual demon king slowly lowered his head to look at Shami.
"Aren't you going to say something? Words of gratitude, perhaps? Or maybe a job inauguration oath?"
"I thought this was a pre-recorded video."
Shami just realized that the virtual demon king was speaking to him.
"Of course not! This is the last bit of my demonic qi!"
The white light of the virtual demon king fluctuated a little, then calmed down.
"Are you the new demon king heir?"
"Yes. Is there still a way to refuse to become the demon king?"
"Of course not."
The virtual demon king looked at Shami with disdain: "Asked such a question despite being chosen as the demon king's heir. You, without the soul of the demon king."
"...
Done talking? I'm leaving now."
Shami turned around ready to leave.
"Hey, wait. Despite everything, I was the last demon king. Aren't you interested in hearing about my job exploits?"
"No thanks. I'm planning to do some farming later. Besides, you only lasted a few years in the position before getting overthrown by the hero. Don't you find it embarrassing?"
Shami's words stabbed like knives into Luwaka's heart.
Indeed, the continent has seen a total of 71 demon kings, and the 71st demon king, Luwaka, holds the shortest tenure, from the moment the hero discovered his identity to his death, it took only seven years.
"I..."
Luwaka was at a loss for words.
"It's not my fault, during my tenure, the heroes were incredibly fierce. They attacked immediately upon seeing me, barely saying a word of trash talk."
"Are you sure it's not because you kept teleporting into the hero's wife's bedroom?"
Luwaka looked guilty. If he could sweat, he'd be drenched.
"I still need to remind you, heroes are getting stronger nowadays. Even if you've become the demon king, you can't ignore physical training. Although the demon king possesses supreme magic power, physical durability remains a weakness. When the hero attacked me, a big-breasted, round-bottomed white-haired female hero hit me with her sword, and I lost half my life instantly. Damn it, indulging in wine and women has brought me to such a plight!"
Wait, is your focus on the hero a bit odd?
Shami listened, nodding his head.
"So, are there any ways to train the body?"
"Yes. Every day do 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and run 10 kilometers."
"..."
It's really a game with patched settings.
"Unfortunately, I never managed to do it," Luwaka sighed deeply, "Also, remember, don't get addicted to succubus or the like! It's too harmful to body defense!"
Shami took a glance at Luwaka's face, exhausted from kidney deficiency.
Considering Luwaka's teleportation locations, and those inexplicable skill moves.
He completely understood everything.
This is a lesson learned through experience. Although he's already dead, being able to realize his mistakes is certainly a good thing.
"Yes, I understand."
Shami nodded slightly to Luwaka. The posthumous realization of Luwaka, even if belated, earns him a bit of respect.
Luwaka closed his eyes, and the white light around him gradually dimmed.
"I've said all there is to say. It's time for me to leave this world. Afterward, I'll trouble you to burn some succubus figurines for me."
No reflection at all!
After the previous demon king disappeared, Shami prepared to leave the platform, but suddenly realized a blonde elf was staring at him from behind.
"I finally caught you! You, the new demon king heir!"
The owner of the clear voice was none other than Lureya Youze Aigal.
Lureya stood at the exit of the stone steps, blocking Shami's path, her emerald green eyes nervously fixed on Shami.
Isn't this the tablet spirit I encountered outside the demon king castle?
Shami immediately recognized the person.
How could she be here?
Shami didn't answer any of Lureya's questions, and after making his facial expression bland, his body stiffened, he slowly paced back and forth on the stone steps, and after four or five turns, Lureya caught on.
"Scoundrel! Stop pretending you're a background NPC! Even an NPC, not to mention a villager, wouldn't appear in the demon king castle's underground!"
Lureya loudly uncovered Shami's deception.
Having secretly followed Shami in here, she had silently witnessed everything that just happened from behind.
Although due to the distance she couldn't clearly hear the conversation between Shami and that white light virtual person, nor did she see what Shami gained from the platform.
But undoubtedly, the person in front of her is the demon king heir. And what happened just now was the evil demon king inheritance ceremony!
"I totally don't understand what you're saying? I'm just a law-abiding, respectable villager. Happened upon the opening of the demon king castle as a tourist spot, so I invested the savings of a year of farming to come and admire the exotic scenery." Shami spoke up as his disguise failed.
As a powerless villager, getting entangled with elves really isn't a good thing. He originally planned to use [Demon King's Teleportation] to leave directly, but the level one teleportation skill was still on cooldown.
He could only try to fool the blonde elf in front of him with charming words.
In his view, he could only see some information about the blonde girl.
[Name: Lureya Youze Aigal]
[Race: Elf Race]
To get more detailed information, he'd need to touch the elf in front of him.
Therefore, not knowing the true strength of his opponent, he did not act recklessly.
Lureya also didn't act recklessly.
She just discovered a demon king but realized she herself was completely just a weakling.
If it came to real combat, a weakling like her who hadn't finished learning the elf intermediate sword form, might just be thrown into the abyss beside the stone steps.
Thus, the human and the elf were caught in a boring contest of weaklings.
"Stop talking nonsense, no villagers would end up in such a place."
"Don't let narrow-minded thinking blind you. Seeing a skirt and concluding it's a woman, mentioning elves and picturing blonde, big-breasted beauties, noticing a villager in the demon king castle underground and insists it's a demon king. Such cognitive inertia could be fatal. Who says villagers can't have a rich cultural life?"
Lureya's gaze slightly lowered, easily seeing her own toes before looking at Shami, just to meet Shami's disappointed expression.
Dumbfounded for a couple of seconds, her pointed ears reddened slightly as she covered her chest with her hands.
"Scoundrel! Don't look at me with such a pitying gaze! You definitely brought up the elf example on purpose just now!"
"I may just be a villager, but a straightforward person, and would never do something like insinuations."
Shami shook his head, wearing a righteous expression.
"Stop that! I've witnessed everything! You better surrender! You'll be facing the new generation hero of the elf race, Lady Lureya!"
Lureya threatened, pointing her pale finger at Shami's nose, suppressing any thoughts of escaping.
The boy in front of her was just the newly chosen demon king heir, his strength should be equal to hers, no need to panic!
Seeing the elf in front refused to approach, maintaining distance, seemingly not very smart and a bit fearful of him, Shami quickly understood.
Either in this elf's mind, he is a powerful presence, not to be approached lightly.
Or this elf is just a weakling, a zer0-combat trash, and would self-destruct upon approaching.