The Demon King wore an expression that seemed to say “How weak you are”. “You humans are really... But what if my desires remain unfulfilled?”
Xia Lin rubbed against the Demon King's chest. “But the human body really can't be compared with that of your demons.”
To get a few days of rest, Xia Lin endured the shame and cajoled the Demon King for a while. Finally, he managed to earn a chance to rest. From then on, he would get a day off every three days.
Taking advantage of the Demon King being in a good mood, Xia Lin decided to embark on his first mission. It was two days ago. Emmons took him to the demon library. However, due to an unexpected situation, Emmons had to leave for a while. He arranged for Xia Lin to sit on a chair outside, thinking that with Xia Lin's status as the Demon King's favorite, no demon would dare to harm him. Moreover, he was only leaving for a short while. So Emmons left. This was the third time he had taken Xia Lin out to play. There was nothing he could do; among the Seven Demon Generals, he was the most idle. Besides, this was the Demon King's order, so Emmons had no choice but to obey.
By the third time he went out with Xia Lin, Emmons was no longer as resistant to Xia Lin as he was the first time. But in his heart, he still thought with relief that Xia Lin only came out to play once every few days.
At this moment, a young girl suddenly knelt at Xia Lin's feet and begged him to save her. Xia Lin recognized this girl as one of the girls who had been sacrificed with him that day.
“What's wrong?” Xia Lin asked the beautiful girl, who was crying pitifully. Had she been abused by the demons?
“After the demons have toyed with our bodies, they're going to kill us! The Demon King dotes on you now. Please help us! Please!” Before she could say more, this human girl was taken away by two demon maids. Before leaving, they politely said to Xia Lin, “Sorry to bother you!”
After the girl was taken away, the system issued a mission: [Prevent the Demon Generals from devouring the souls of the other seven humans. Mission reward: Reduce the Demon King Lusarin's blackening value by 7 points. Failure penalty: Witness humans having their souls sucked away.]
This penalty for the mission wasn't severe. In fact, for other missions, Xia Lin could choose not to complete them. But when he thought of those poor humans, all teenagers. Some were orphans who had been tied up and brought here by the whole village, while others had both parents but were abandoned because their parents had too many children. They were already so pitiful. If he could help them, why not? At least he should give it a try!
“Demon King, I have something to ask of you!”
The Demon King asked lazily, “What is it?”
“Are the other seven human teenagers all beside the Demon Generals?”
“Yes. Why do you ask?”
“A few days ago, a human girl begged me to ask you to spare them. Would you?”
The Demon King opened his eyes and stared at Xia Lin. “Why are you pleading for those humans? They have nothing to do with you, don't they?”
Xia Lin secretly sighed in relief. Anyway, the fact that the Demon King didn't refuse immediately meant there was still hope!
“Because we're of the same race, Demon King. I don't know how things are for you demons, but we humans have our own rules of survival. In this situation, not only me but many other humans would choose to take the risk to save their human companions!”
The Demon King frowned. “But interfering with my subordinates' decisions for the sake of a few humans...” Demon King Lusarin rarely mentioned such trivial matters to his subordinates.
Xia Lin straddled the Demon King and pleaded with him. “Please, the Demon Generals are so powerful. It shouldn't matter if they don't devour one more human soul. And isn't it said that demons have other ways to strengthen their power?”