Chapter 644 Shameless Humans
The Demon Continent comprised seven countries, all centered around the Demon Queen"s territory which was called Abyssal-h.e.l.l as it lay right in the middle of the Abyss and h.e.l.l.
Each country had a population ranging in the millions and was ruled by one of the seven sins.
The seven sins stayed in their respective countries for the most part but whenever there was something needed to be discussed, they would go to the Ninth Floor in h.e.l.l to meet each other and sort things out.
However, outsiders weren"t allowed there and so the Demon Court made a second office in the normal world.
This office was established at the border junction of three territories — the Demon Queen"s, the Country of l.u.s.t, and the Country of Sloth.
l.u.s.t and Sloth were neutral sins who didn"t have any enmity or were at odds with the other ones.
Although Envy and Pride disliked l.u.s.t, it wasn"t to the point of having a ma.s.sive conflict.
Due to this, the Demon Court in the normal world was established at such a place and since it was also close to the Demon Queen"s territory, even if the sins had a conflict with each other in the court, they wouldn"t fight because it may cause damage to the Queen"s territory.
A small yet luxurious city was established in this place. It was one of the smallest cities in the continent but ranked in the top ten most expensive ones all around the world.
Rich n.o.bles, businessmen, and high ranking officials had their places of residence here as it was a lawless but also a neutral place. Sloth and l.u.s.t looked after this place but there weren"t any rules or regulations that one had to follow.
This place was the perfect spot for doing anything illegal but of course, it was hidden from the common person"s eye and only the rich had special access to it.
The city was called Hexinberg as it was surrounded by six mountains on all sides.
It was an isolated city but had lots of teleportation circles and was well connected with the rest of the continent.
In the middle of this city was an ancient and grand black building.
This was the Demon Court and in there were the Seven Sins and the five Human Emperor Ranks, currently sitting and having talks in a luxurious and s.p.a.cious hall.
There was a long rectangular table in the middle of the hall and on one side were the seven sins and the other were the five Human Emperors.
In front of each sin was a flag representing them and in front of the humans were flags of their respective countries.
In the center of the seven sins that were sitting was Avelyn Asmodeus and beside her was the Sin of Sloth.
The seating was done according to the relationships each had with the others and since Asmodeus and Belphegor were neutral, they sat in the middle.
The Sin of Pride Baal was at the extreme end and on the other extreme was the Sin of Wrath Astaroth. In the middle of these people were the rest of the sins.
There were no pleasantries exchanged between the two parties once everyone settled down, the Human Emperors went straight to the important topic and asked why the Devils were roaming freely.
"The Devils have wiped forty percent of our healthy mortal population. What is the Demon Court doing? We need an explanation." A Human Emperor Rank said with an angry look.
The sins weren"t fazed by it. They had seen the news and were expecting such a reaction from the humans.
Avelyn Asmodeus looked at the Human Emperor and said, in a calm tone, "I don"t think we are obliged to give you any explanation. But since the Human Court has taken great efforts to pay the Demon Court a visit, we"d like to shed some light on a few important facts."
Avelyn leaned forwards and looking the humans in the eyes, said seriously, "first, it were the humans themselves who invited the Devils by using summoning spells. Second, it was the Human Court that failed to act in a timely manner. Third…"
One by one, Avelyn recounted the mishaps the humans had done and sent a tight slap across their faces for even questioning the demons for it.
The ones at fault weren"t the demons but the humans. They were just being a hypocrite and looking for a scapegoat to put all their blame on.
Avelyn didn"t cut them any slack and one after another, dropped many facts that made the humans too ashamed to even speak.
The Human Emperors cursed their court for giving them a set of instructions. They knew they shouldn"t question the demons on their own ground, but it was decided in the Human Court that these five had to bring this topic up and make them move a step back.
Who would"ve known that the Demon Court was already prepared for it?
Not only did Avelyn brutally suppress them by facts, she even brought up old matters in which the Humans had f.u.c.ked up and blamed the Demons.
The Human Emperors, listening to all of it, felt like they were shrinking within their seats inch by inch due to the suppression and shame.
The other sins who were listening had a smile on their faces and they commended Asmodeus internally for her skills to speak in such a profound manner.
After an hour-long session of Avelyn violating the Human Emperor Ranks with words, the Humans finally responded by changing the topic.
"We understand. As it appears, it was a mishap from our side. We"ll look into it. But keeping aside what has happened, our main goal to come here was to seek the Demon Court"s help. As per the treaties signed ten thousand years ago…"
The Humans didn"t apologize for their conduct and simply changed topics.
They had their pride and didn"t want to bow down to the Demons. But, they also needed their help to stop the Devils and so, the humans reminded the sins of the past agreements that were made.
According to the treaties, the Demons were responsible to control the Devils in case of an outburst.
Although the Abyss was sealed by the Demon Queen herself, on the off chance if there were to be done Devil that escaped, it would be the Demons who would catch them and stop them from causing chaos.
The sins were well aware of it and were reminded again by the Humans. It annoyed them but in the game of diplomacy, they had to quietly suck up and listen.
Above these Humans was the Human Supreme Rank. He had prowess equivalent to their Queen and the Demons knew they couldn"t afford to go to war with them.
The Humans also had a lot of Emperor Ranks and although their powers matched with the seven sins, the risk wasn"t worth it.
Excluding the Demon Queen"s secretary, Demons only had seven Emperor Ranks. They were extremely strong and ranked within the top twenty in the world.
But on the Human side, they had a lot of Emperor Ranks and war wasn"t viable.
The Humans had quant.i.ty while the Demons had quality.
n.o.body could predict who would win and who would lose.
Not to mention, the Demons also had the Devils with them and the number of Emperor Ranks among the Devils was unknown.
Though the Demons and Devils were under one Supreme Rank, by no means did the two have a good relation together. There was no sense of unity between these two races either.
Meaning if the Demons and Devils were to go to war with the Humans, n.o.body knew what the Devils would do.
They could attack the Humans but there was a good chance they could turn back on the Demons and attack them instead.
Or they could instead run away from the battle and attack someone else altogether. It was highly unpredictable.
For this reason, the Demons didn"t think of a war with the Humans.
The Humans weren"t aware of this fact but they were alert and didn"t want to face an unknown threat that were the Devils.
The two sides loathed each other but they couldn"t do anything other than have a battle of words with each other.
Their Supremes had not given them any instruction and they couldn"t opt for war. If they messed up, chances were that their Supremes would sacrifice them for the greater good.
With this in mind, the Demons let the hypocrite humans speak and the Humans continued to speak and asked for a solution regarding the Devil rampage.
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