Magic? My Iron Torrent will sweep it all away!

Yax knelt on the spot, his expression extremely interesting.

It looked at its master's "I, the demon god, have seen through everything" expression and its lips twitched uncontrollably.

A flurry of analysis, as fierce as a tiger.

Upon hearing the result, I was shocked.

For a fleeting moment, it even doubted whether it should continue along with what Kogas was saying, since the adult seemed quite happy anyway.

But the demon's happiness is usually short-lived, and if it dares to lie, its life will be even shorter.

Yax coughed lightly and cautiously raised his head.

"Sir, there is a slight deviation in your results."

Kogas's smile froze.

"What?"

Yax forced himself to say:

"Technological civilization has won."

The nest fell silent instantly.

Kogas stared at Yax for a good ten seconds.

Its scarlet eyes first showed confusion, then bewilderment, and then gradually turned into deep speechlessness.

Technological civilization has won.

Then why were you so happy when you came in?

It remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking.

"Yax".

"Tell me the truth."

"Are you an undercover agent planted by technological civilization among my people?"

Yax was so frightened that he immediately lowered his head.

"My lord, I swear to the Demon Emperor, it's absolutely not true!"

"So what are you happy about, that we demons lost?!" Kogas's voice suddenly rose, making the air tremble slightly.

Yax said awkwardly:

"My lord, Aker is dead."

"But its death might not be a bad thing for us."

Kogas was about to say, "We're both demons, how can you gloat?" but he swallowed the words back.

It suddenly realized that it didn't really care much about Aker's life or death; it was just that it was embarrassed by the slap in the face it had just given in its analysis.

Strictly speaking, it's actually a relief that Aker is dead.

Seeing that Kogas did not continue to get angry, Yax immediately pressed his advantage.

"Aker bought the coordinates of the Kona civilization from you back then."

"Aker is dead, but technological civilization remains."

"We can sell those coordinates again."

"A business with no initial investment, yet incredibly profitable."

Kogas snorted coldly.

"I know that, you don't need to remind me again."

From a business perspective, this is indeed good news.

But from the demons' perspective, it just doesn't feel right to be so happy to hear about their comrades' crushing defeat.

Ax seemed to realize that as a member of the demon race, he shouldn't be happy about their defeat, so he immediately chimed in to clear himself of suspicion as a spy:

"My lord, think about it the other way around. If Aker heard that you were dead, he would laugh even louder."

Kogas, with his simple mind, didn't think too much about it; literally speaking, Yax wasn't wrong.

He sat back down in his seat, his tone returning to seriousness.

"Tell me, how did technological civilization win?"

"Didn't Aker prepare an underground passage to avoid the explosives?"

"Didn't it escape?"

When this was mentioned, Yax's smile faded somewhat.

Although it was glad that Aker was dead, it still felt a deep-seated fear of the terrifying methods displayed by technological civilization.

"Aker's plan is indeed without problems."

"Before it breached the barrier of the technological civilization base, it had the nine-headed earth-drilling dragon dig an escape route underground."

"Those tunnels were extremely deep and large in diameter, enough for Aker to drill underground at top speed."

"But even technological civilization has come up with a countermeasure."

Kogas squinted.

"What countermeasures?"

"They left a backup plan underground!" Yax said.

"When the base's barrier shattered and Aker prepared to escape underground, the technological civilization simultaneously deployed six superweapons."

"Five of them exploded on the surface, while the remaining one was hidden underground beforehand."

"Aker had just entered the escape tunnel when he was caught between two destructive energies."

"And then, that was it..."

Kogas's eyelids twitched.

This tactic... is indeed quite underhanded.

If it were me...

Just moments ago, it was wondering why it hadn't thought to dig a hole underground to avoid the explosion.

It couldn't help but confirm again:

"Six?"

"Six." Yax nodded.

"It's the same super weapon that bombed you back then."

Kogas's expression was complicated.

It only ate one and was almost blown to bits. It only managed to escape the blast radius because it reacted quickly and was tough enough.

Aker is doing well.

I ate six in one go!

It's hard to say whether to call them lucky or unlucky, to be so highly regarded by the Blue Star civilization.

Kogas remained silent for a long time before finally sighing.

"Then it didn't die unjustly."

"If six of those things exploded at once, even I, let alone Aker, wouldn't be able to escape."

Yax lowered his head, not daring to reply.

Kogas has calmed down from his initial shock.

It felt that it was better not to provoke this Blue Star civilization in the future; let whoever wants to mess with it do so, it wouldn't go.

As for Terra or Kona, I no longer have any ideas about them.

There are so many intelligent civilizations out there, go find them yourself. There's no need to be so tired of living as to touch this one.

That being said, since Aker is dead...

This certainly means that the Earth civilization is more dangerous than it anticipated, but from another perspective, what Aker left behind has become a large piece of meat that no one is guarding!

Thinking of this, Kogas said:

"Now that Aker is dead, we can prepare to resell the coordinates of the technological civilization."

Yax shook his head.

"Sir, there is something more important to do before we sell."

Kogas looked at it with a puzzled expression.

"What is it?"

Yax:

"All eight demon lords under Aker's command are dead."

Kogas's expression, which had just calmed down, froze again.

It stared at Yax with a speechless expression.

"What kind of good news is this? What does this have to do with me?"

"My lord, it's precisely because all eight Demon Lords are dead that this concerns you," Yax said.

"Moreover, it's a very big deal."

Kogas did not interrupt it.

Although Yax may sometimes seem cowardly and opportunistic, he's undeniably smarter than me!

If it were a different demon lord, whose suggestions always turned out to be traps, he would have swallowed them whole long ago.

Sure enough, what Yax said next made Kog'Maw's eyes gradually light up.

"According to the rules of the mother planet, after a demon god dies, its directly controlled territory on the mother planet will temporarily be brought under the command of the demon emperor."

"Then the Demon Emperor bestowed it upon the newly promoted Demon God."

"But the star systems and territories that Aker has conquered in the outside world are different."

"Those territories are far from the home planet, and their resources, legions, transit star systems, and space wormholes are all controlled by Aker's core team."

"Under normal circumstances, when a demon god dies, the demon lords under its command will immediately divide and inherit the territories in the outside world."