After being forced to step down, the once-annoying nun eloped with me.

"Is it really okay to do this...?"

She sighed.

Nia, on the other hand, put on the dress that Gaparia had ordered, and while wagging her tail, she said: Of course, no problem.

"After all, that's a country with polygamy—cough cough, that doesn't count. After all, this is for the future of our Ysgard, and it concerns whether we can withstand the demons' attack next."

I think the people would be willing to understand, right?

"My many years of experience in governance have taught me that those who are sacrificed will never understand us."

"But this time, aren't you and me the ones who will be sacrificed?"

"Ugh..."

The vampire let out a heavy sigh.

And that sigh came two days later.

12 month 8 day.

After a brief period of adjustment to local life, Naruja...

Yang Hao borrowed the back garden of the Presidential Palace, intending to invite Margarita, along with military commanders and researchers from the Presidential Palace of Isugard, to enjoy the "product display from the United Nations".

... .....

On the afternoon of December 8th, after using the magic released from an entire magic storage device, Naruja created a golem on the spot using materials she had found on the spot, which greatly shocked the researchers and military representatives of Isgard.

For the researchers, this is decisive evidence that the theoretically existing "alchemy golem" has become a reality.

For military representatives, this meant a radical change in the military—after all, compared to a human or alien that needed eighteen years to grow, a golem, a puppet that could be made directly from mud and rock, was far too cheap.

Not only are they ridiculously cheap, but in terms of overall performance, even the most basic Stone Golem is more useful than dozens of Isgard soldiers.

From the perspective of the Isgardians, producing these golems seems to require only magic power, which is incredibly cheap for the continent of Elusia, and the most basic stone and soil—nothing more.

Of course, the actual situation is unlikely to be that cheap... After all, the United Nations still hasn't been able to solve the problem of "requiring the Listeners to produce it"—although it's true that the Edenites, represented by Elena, are the creators of the Listeners, the United Nations still doesn't want the people of Nanaruja to make a joke of it.

Therefore, before the total population of the Listeners increases, the cheapest Golems are, in a sense, precious consumables.

However, Yang Hao couldn't say it outright—after all, it was only natural that these golems, after using cheap automated scripts from Eden and Japaria, would be sold off as laborers to earn some money for the country...

Therefore, Yang Hao was happy to let Naruja control Golem and give it demonstration after demonstration, with Elena providing assistance.

Meanwhile, he and Finn took the opportunity to sit behind a table in the conference room on the third floor of the presidential palace with Miss Margarita, discussing matters related to Golem. He then asked a curious question:

"Has Isgard still not developed any equipment or tactics to avoid soldier casualties?"

The saying goes well.

To get people to buy your products.

The best approach is to first whet the other person's appetite, then hold the opened food in front of their nose a couple of times before telling them that we can sell it at a low price.

But how exactly the price would be low is another matter—and frankly speaking, Yang Hao felt that Isgard probably wouldn't interfere with his sale of Golems.

After all, Issugard must also want to study our products, and their army needs a new model to learn from and imitate, right?

Yang Hao smiled at Miss Margarita. Miss Margarita, however, turned and glanced at the nonchalant black dragon before simply shaking her head.

"After all, our national conditions and resource constraints do not allow us to develop too many things at the same time... In a sense, the United Nations is indeed something we envy. However... my diplomats and researchers will handle the Golem matter themselves. So, Mr. Yang Hao, let's talk about something more serious."

"Please speak."

"Things about demons."

Upon hearing this, Yang Hao's expression immediately turned serious.

Although the two countries are indeed only general allies at present, they still need to be extremely careful and make thorough preparations when facing the "Demon," an enemy that is so close at hand.

However, Yang Hao wasn't entirely clear on the current state of the demons in Ysgard. Therefore, after careful consideration, he could only say:

"Is there some sign of activity from something underground in your mine?"

The vampire president nodded:

"Although it is still dormant, we should start preparing now—and it is obvious that Ysgard is not capable of fighting the Brood alone."

"How did you know that was the mother nest?"

"Don't think that gods only exist in your area."

The vampire's meaningful words made Yang Hao fall into deep thought. But he quickly realized that it would be more practical to focus on the demons at hand than to concentrate on that unknown deity.

Thinking of this, he nodded:

"Alright... So, what does Ysugard know about that Mother Nest?"

"It's here specifically."

Margarita took out a pre-prepared document. Meanwhile, in the courtyard, Naruja demonstrated how to move and move Golems quickly, eliciting gasps of surprise from the researchers and military representatives, while also causing some to show signs of concern.

Ignoring the cheers outside that could bring him huge profits, Yang Hao took the document handed to him by the Miss President, studied it carefully, and quickly drew the following conclusion:

The Demon Nest in Ysgard was not as advanced in terms of evolution as the Demon Nest in Eden, a region with abundant magic at the time, and was almost free from worries about food and clothing.

On the other hand, the Demon Nest in Ysgard is as old as the Nest that Bayrzin fought against back then. And because it has not been invaded by enemies for a long time, this Demon Nest, which is currently in the process of awakening from hibernation, has most likely repaired all its damage and also achieved some degree of evolution.

"...According to the research of my private scholars, the mother nest currently located beneath the mine is most likely the survivor of the demons who were burned by the Goddess of Fire on the continent of Orros."

Based on Nia's investigative experience, we have roughly drawn the following conclusions:

1. This demonic lair is highly likely to have extremely high resistance to fire-type damage. Because it is located thousands of meters underground, crushed by a large amount of rock and soil, and covered with a small amount of oil and coke... coupled with its location in an area of ​​extremely high pressure, it is very likely to completely overwhelm our physical resistance and possess fire-type attack methods.

2. We cannot fight this demonic lair alone—we are a demon-poor nation. We only have physical attack methods, and it is certain that we currently lack the ability to break through the demon's pre-set armor from a distance.

3, which is also the most important.

It has been dormant for thousands of years, and its awakening without food supplies is a problem in itself... We hope to find the reason for its awakening; otherwise, we may face even more problems in the future.

"...I understand. Finally, our united nation will also investigate—but the first two points require serious discussion...Isgard's lack of long-range penetration of hard armor means you possess close-range armor penetration capabilities?"

The vampire patriarch nodded, and then used simple language to introduce the situation of the alien races in the country.

In Ysgard, the majority of humans are indeed unable to break through the hard simulated armor at close range. However, in actual tests, rare alien races such as dragons, orcs, and vampires can accomplish things that humans cannot with their own physical strength.

Conversely, these smaller ethnic groups are also very difficult to replenish once they suffer casualties.

Take dragons as an example. Black dragons have a breeding period of more than five years. What Margarita means is that it only takes nine months to lay a dragon egg, but it takes more than four years for the egg to hatch.

During these four years, the dragon egg is extremely fragile. In order to care for a single dragon egg and its unborn offspring, the dragon race has to dedicate precious human resources to its care.

It also takes more than ten years for a young dragon to reach adulthood and become capable of doing things...

This back-and-forth directly led to Ysgard not daring to use their precious alien races to fight against the demons—at least not before the final battle.

Yang Hao expressed his understanding, as he also did not want any sacrifices to occur domestically, let alone for the people of Isugard.

Then, Yang Hao focused his attention on the first question: Did Miss Margarita just say the word "oil"?

Margarita nodded in agreement.

"Oil is a rare resource we recently discovered... Theoretically, it can provide more efficient energy than whale oil—but the oil fields in our country are located in the vicinity of the Demon Mother's Nest, the legendary site of the fiercest battles. Mixed with coke beds, it's quite difficult to extract."

"Oh...so you mean Ysgard doesn't yet have the technology to utilize these resources?"

"Not yet. But the demon should exist."

"..."

After pondering for a while, Yang Hao realized that his family's oil reserves might have found a use, though he could use it himself—but in their current extreme reliance on man-made magic, the United Nations had no way to start researching a new route for utilizing oil energy from scratch...

However, the thought that many of the materials were related to oil made him feel a bit nauseous... Fortunately, Isgard had made it clear that it wanted to develop along this line, so he could leave it to them.

However, this raises the question of how to integrate Ysgard into the United Nations... Hopefully, the Demon Mother Nest incident will make the people of Ysgard realize that this is no longer an era where a nation can withstand the demonic calamity on its own.

...

He presented Margarita with a draft.

1. If Margarita agrees, the United Nations will immediately send over an artificial magic reactor, along with a large number of magical equipment and mages, to gain a magical advantage in the fight against the Demon Mother Nest.

2. The demon's lair is thousands of meters underground, much deeper than the depths of Bayerzans back then... Is it really necessary for them to fight the demons underground? Can't they just dig it out?

3. Considering the danger the demons pose to public opinion in Isgard... Yang Hao judged that rather than letting most people realize the seriousness of the problem, it would be better to temporarily conceal the risks while [leaking some information].

"...Leaving aside the earlier parts, I'm already working on the operation of concealing the facts and leaking information—but I can't guarantee that the Demon Mother Nest will continue to stay underground safely...so we need to hurry up."

"What about the garrison?"

"I want my country to safeguard its sovereignty. Therefore, Your Majesty Yang Hao, I hope that when the reinforcements from the United Nations arrive, they will have a suitable title."

"Military exercise?"

Yang Hao glanced out the window at Golem, whose performance had ended and who was being touched by researchers and military representatives from Isgard.

Margarita glanced at the golem as well, then added:

"Why not have a grand commercial exchange? In order to protect a large number of merchant ships and valuable resources, and incidentally establish friendly relations with the Isgard army, it would be reasonable for the United Nations to send some troops and highly classified equipment over, wouldn't it?"

"I'm worried that the military in Isgard might be unhappy?"

“If my military representatives achieve a victory during a military exercise, I will increase military spending for the military next year; conversely, even if they lose, I will still provide more funding and am even willing to send military representatives to the United Nations for training.”

"The military is indeed easy to deal with, after all, as long as they have a share... But what about the political parties on the government side?"

Yang Hao nodded and then asked another good question.

To this, Margarita simply sighed:

"Sometimes I feel that having too many political parties isn't a good thing."

"...You don't need to be so explicit. If you really intend to take action someday, please let me know in advance, so that I won't be misunderstood for wearing festive clothes."

"Hehe, let it be a misunderstanding—after all, to be honest, Your Majesty Yang Hao, you have already been misunderstood by some people here."

Yang Hao was probably aware of the "misunderstanding" Miss Margarita mentioned.

In those tabloid news articles, even postures that Yang Hao himself didn't understand were described vividly.

He was already thinking of going home and personally testing it on Theresa—but it was still too awkward for Miss Margarita, who was also involved, to bring it up.

So, Yang Hao gave a helpless bitter laugh, intending to take a sip of wine to ease his embarrassment and also to further consider the matter of demons.

Just then, a black figure burst into the conference room and caught their attention.

A black figure rushed up behind Margarita and whispered a few words in her ear, causing the president's expression to change drastically.