Flillian, I want to live.

When he first met Gutel, Aura almost mistook her for some unknown little minion. Unlike the other big demons, Gutel had a kind of laziness and indifference to the world, so much so that if she didn't have two horns on her head, you could easily mistake her for an ordinary passerby rather than a man-eating demon.

"Show me some respect...Aura."

Compared to the self-assured Aura, Gutel was under much greater pressure back then. Although she was considered quite long-lived among the demons, she had slacked off on her magic training. Even if she tried her best to release her magic, she could only reach the same level as Aura.

"Oh, that's amazing! It seems you're a demon who has lived for quite a long time..."

Compared to the nervous Gutel, Aura was a little surprised that the other party actually had magic power comparable to her own. After all, in the four hundred years since her birth, Aura has been obsessed with the cultivation of magic power. Not to mention humans, even among the demons, it is rare to encounter an existence comparable to her.

From the first moment she saw Gutel, Aura knew that he was different from herself. Although they were both demons, Gutel's eyes lacked ambition and desire. Such a guy would never be as focused on practicing magic as herself, so the only possibility for her to possess magic power comparable to hers was that the other party lived longer than her.

Although the virtue of respecting the elderly and loving the young is prevalent among humans, there is no custom of respecting the elderly among the demons. This is especially true for a demon like Aura who stepped on the corpses of countless ancestors to become one of the Seven Collapse Sages.

"Aura, I received a sign from the Demon King and went to see him. You don't want to make the Demon King unhappy, do you?"

Even though he had considerable magical power, Gutel was far from being able to match Aura in terms of combat experience and skills, as well as the support of the Undead Legion. However, in dealing with demons, showing weakness would only make the other party become more aggressive, so Gutel simply brought out the name of the Demon King to threaten Aura not to act rashly.

"is it?"

Aula had indeed heard that the Demon King had recently been recruiting great demons from all over the place to meet him. No matter how arrogant he was in normal times, Aula did not dare to act presumptuously in front of the Demon King. Moreover, none of the great demons who could live for hundreds of years were easy to deal with. Aula had not intended to fight to the death with Gutel.

"Isn't it just a puppet knight that was killed? If you care so much, I can just capture a human knight and return it to you."

Guter looked at the hesitant Aula and quickly gave him a way out.

"Um……"

Although it is not impossible to let the matter go like this, Aula always feels that it is not very embarrassing.

While pondering, Aura set his sights on the girl hiding behind Gutel.

"she……"

Aura extended his hand and pointed at the girl who was lowering her head and hiding her cheeks under her sunhat.

"I kind of like this kid. How about giving her to me as dinner tonight?"

Aura looked at Guter and stated his conditions with a smile.

"Eh?"

Hearing Aura's request, Gutel turned around a little surprised and looked at the girl whose face was full of help.

"Lord Gutel..."

Feeling the increasing strength of the girl's hand holding hers, Gutel suddenly felt a little confused. She turned her head and looked at Aura again.

"No, no way..."

Guter subconsciously rejected Aura.

"Why not? You brought her with you just to use her as your food, didn't you?"

Aura tilted his head and asked Guter in confusion.

"Yes... spare food..."

Guter turned around again and called out the nickname she had given the girl.

What Aula said was not wrong. From the very beginning, Guter had indeed kept the girl with him as a backup food, ready to eat her as food at any time.

However, it was not known when Guter began to get used to having someone to take care of her and to have someone to chat with her during the journey.

"Lord Gutel, I..."

The girl looked at Gutel, who was a little confused, and opened her mouth, wanting to say something.

"That's right, I just need to find some new food supplies."

However, Gutel suddenly realized something and reached out, grabbed the girl's neck and lifted her up.

Chapter 90: Aura

During her long life, Guter had killed many humans.

There are so many of them that it is difficult to count them, so much so that even the most terrifying murderer has to feel ashamed in front of her.

Like other demons, Gutel does not feel the slightest bit of guilt for taking other people's lives. To her, this is something that should be done.

However, when she looked at the girl whose neck she was strangling and who she could easily kill with just a little force, she felt a sense of reluctance for the first time.

This may not be because Gutel suddenly had a change of heart, but the days of getting along with the girl made her feel that traveling with her was a pleasant thing.

"Lord Gutel..."

The girl called out Gutel's name again with difficulty.

Guter loosened his grip and threw the girl to the ground. She raised her head and looked at Aura.

"She is an excellent servant and will serve you well."

Guter promoted the girl's way to Aura.

"is it?"

Aura blinked, a curious look on her face.

"Of course. So, it would be more cost-effective to let her take care of you than to eat her."

Gutel nodded, then looked down at the girl lying on the ground with a look of desire on her face.

"From today on, you are Aura's servant. You no longer need to go through the hardships of traveling with me."

Guter announced to the girl.

"..."

The girl turned her head and looked at Aura who was smiling in the distance. Realizing something, she slowly stood up, stretched out her hand, and helped Guter to straighten the crooked collar in front of her. She also took off her sun hat and put it on Guter's head.

"Please take care, Master Guter."

After leaving these farewell words, the girl turned around and walked towards Aura.

A white ghost flew out from the girl's chest and landed on Aura's scale. With the obedience magic taking effect, the girl became Aura's slave.

Then, with the sound of a long sword being unsheathed, the headless knight beside Aura chopped off the girl's head from her body. With the spurting blood and the twitching body, another unconscious slave was born.

"You seem to like this child very much. I'll give this to you as a souvenir."

Aura walked past the headless corpse standing there, picked up the girl's head that had just rolled down from the ground, walked to the somewhat stunned Guter, and threw the girl's head into Guter's arms.

"No need to thank me~"

Aura patted Guter's shoulder with her hand stained with the girl's blood, and then left with her undead army.

"You are the great demon from before...what's your name..."

"Gutel."

Compared to Aura, whose memory was vague, Guter remembered the slightly humiliating meeting more clearly than the other party. She looked at Aura, whom she met again after a hundred years, and said her own name.

"Oh, Guter, that's right, that's the name. What did you do? Why are you hanging out with Fulilian and the others?"

After confirming Guter's identity, Aura became much calmer. She stared at Guter, who was wearing the sun hat left by the girl, and asked in a superior tone.

"I'm looking for a way to coexist with humans."

Guter spread his hands and answered frankly.

"Huh? What's the point of doing this?"

Aura raised an eyebrow and asked in confusion and confusion.

"Of course, it's to survive."

Guter blinked and answered honestly.

"The brave Xinmeier is dead, and the great magician Fulilian of the brave team will be trapped and killed in this barrier."

Aura turned her head and glanced at Fulilian, who was sitting cross-legged in the defensive barrier and seemed to have given up resisting.

"That's right."

Guter replied without denying it.

"Then what are you still afraid of? The so-called coexistence is just a stopgap measure invented to deceive humanity. Now, the enemy that threatens us no longer exists."

Aura looked at Guter. She could understand why Guter pretended to be a good person next to Fulilian. She was probably afraid that he was just like her, pretending to be harmless because he was afraid of her strength.

"maybe."

Gutel also turned his head to look at Fulilian and answered slowly.

"In that case, there's no reason for you to continue playing house with humans, right?"

Aura looked at Guter in front of her. In the previous operation, her beheaders had been exhausted. Even Liuguna, who had been with her the longest, died at the hands of Philen.

"what do you mean?"

Guter touched his chin with his hand and pretended to listen attentively.

"I want to be the new Demon King."

Aula ambitiously expressed the wish that had been hidden in his heart for many years.

After the Demon King was defeated by Sinmeier, some demons felt fear, some felt anger, but Aura smelled an opportunity.

She was accumulating strength in the dark, waiting for the moment of Xin Meir's death to make a comeback. In her previous life, she died at the hands of Fulilian, but this time, Fulilian's variables had been eliminated.

It's time to fulfill your true goals.

"Oh? The Demon King..."

Guter's eyes widened. This was something she had never thought of.

"Be loyal to me, Guter. If I become the Demon King, you will be my new Seven Broken Sages."

Aura promised Guter.

"Seven Bengxian?"

Guter thought to himself.

"Yes, are you interested?"

Aura tilted her head and asked Guter in a seductive tone.

"How should I put it? Can you talk about the specific treatment?"

Guter spread his hands and continued asking.

"..."

Aura suddenly fell silent. She seemed to realize something and stared at Gutel with narrowed eyes.

"Are you... stalling for time?"

Aura asked in a cold voice.

"You're really sharp."

Guter said, raising his hand.

"Curse-breaking magic."

Gutel unleashed the magic that he had learned from Fulilian and had prepared for a long time.

As the halo emanated from Gutel, the silver-armored knight beside Aura and Sophia who was kneeling beside him suddenly regained consciousness.

"It's really troublesome."

Seeing that the situation was not good, Aura hurriedly flew out of the big hole that Guter had just opened. She was suspended in the air, looking at the brother and sister hugging each other, with an unhappy expression on her face.

"I'm sorry, Master Aura, but compared to the Demon King, you're still too... weak."

Guter smiled and made a short gesture to Aurabi.

"I'm not used to being a subordinate to small fry. If there really is a new Demon King, even if I become one, it won't be your turn~"

Guter said arrogantly.

Chapter 91: Aura's IQ Takes the Highest Ground

"You guy..."