236 The Little Norton Kingdom Actually Has You Two, the Sleeping Dragon and the Baby Phoenix
“Ho ho, you have no idea the value of this human, you’d just waste my precious specimen.”
Altice laughed twice, and step by step approached Dekan, looking coldly at him and saying so.
She currently found the little succubus particularly amusing.
Daring to contradict her without understanding the world’s depth and height.
If only she didn’t have to abide by the agreement, she would have just driven away the succubus she loathed.
But now, she had to give the little succubus a fair chance for challenge.
“Tsk, I’m not going to kill him anyway, I’ve always been kind-hearted.”
Dekan glanced at Morion, a mere glance that made Morion feel uneasy all over, turning away his eyes.
“To regard him as food or a slave, is it? When you reach the lower echelons, you yourself might not be able to protect yourself. Once danger comes, humans will merely be your expendable foot soldiers.”
Altice took another step forward, looking at Dekan in a forceful manner and continuing.
“I won’t let him die, so what gives you the right to criticize me? When all his research value is spent, won’t you end up killing him too?”
Dekan didn’t back down either, hands on his waist, coldly smirking in response.
“No, I never kill humans, I haven’t even hurt any humans. This is the difference between me and you guys.”
“Ho, I also claim to be human. Do you believe me?”
…
The two demons exchanged fiery words, their tempers gradually growing.
If they continued arguing, they might end up unable to resist using violence.
But both knew they cannot resort to physical force.
Thus, unable to vent their anger, the more they quarreled, the more aggressive their words became.
Morion, seated on the sofa, felt his scalp tingling.
What kind of quarrel was this exactly?
Morion didn’t know why Dekan had suddenly got so worked up.
But after careful thought,
Morion realized the phrase “Dekan is a demon” might have made Dekan extremely unhappy.
Also,
Altice was naturally unhappy with Dekan in the first place.
Or rather, their personalities were the type that refused to back down, bound to argue once they met.
So they argued.
“You two, stop arguing.”
He finally couldn’t tolerate the squabble between the two demons.
Morion felt strange.
Why was he, a male human, ever in a position to mediate between two female demons?
If this was called a battle of the gods, it was way too bizarre.
Wait…
It wasn’t two females, one was a male demon in disguise.
Even weirder.
Sigh…
Dekan was originally a human, wasn’t he?
Morion, usually sharp-logical, now felt a little confused.
Although he always believed that one should hypothesize others’ race and gender based on one’s perception,
He wasn’t sure what Dekan was now.
If someone now gave him a death-defying quiz asking him to guess Dekan’s name, race, or gender, he wouldn’t dare to guess.
However, upon hearing Morion’s voice,
“Be quiet!!”
The voices of Altice and Dekan nearly synchronized in an instant.
Morion was startled.
Now he couldn’t help but secretly be grateful that he had played a cunning trick on Altice before Dekan came.
Otherwise, if Dekan met Altice, they would definitely fight to the death.
And in that scenario, he would have no choice but to confront the eighth-rank great demon bloodline alongside Dekan.
He would die rather than do such a thing.
No sane person would dare take on an eighth-rank demon.
Besides, from what he had learned, Altice was exceedingly difficult to deal with.
Her frontal combat power might be far inferior to other eighth-rank wardens.
But for Dekan and Morion, who liked using dirty tactics, a demon like Altice, with profound knowledge, adept at spells, and rational, was a tough opponent.
Yet Altice and Dekan seemed close to finishing their arguments.
“If you claim you understand humans so well, then fine, if you want to take prisoners away from the fourth level, the content will be exactly related to human studies. I hope you can win like you said.”
Said Altice.
The originally emotionless her was now full of disdain as she looked at Dekan.
“Ho ho, human studies? Can you win against me? Let’s see if we can put that to the test!”
Dekan found it simply ridiculous.
Though during his time in demon academies, demons learned a comprehensive course called human studies.
But,
He was originally human!
How could he possibly lose to a demon?!
If he lost, wouldn’t he look like a fool all over the Central Kingdoms within the transmission range?
After that, he might as well just write behind his back “I am a demon.”
This was a matter of honor, he must not lose.
“How exactly are we going to compete?”
Dekan asked.
Dekan was already looking forward to seeing Altice’s disappointed face.
He was sure that this female demon wouldn’t dare attack him directly at the moment.
Altice was a different kind of demon who followed reason.
And she adhered to it so rigidly,
She might even be able to coexist harmoniously with humans.
Even though her attitude towards humans was a bit warped.
Her kindness towards Morion was not because she regarded humans as friends, but more like livestock or specimens.
But compared to other demons, she was much better.
Dekan found it hard to categorize her as good or evil.
His urge to beat her up stemmed solely from the feeling that Altice was asking for it, not out of a desire to torture a villain.
For someone like her,
Dekan had little desire to torture her.
He wanted to crush her completely!
Altice waved her hand lightly, and a row of books on the wall seemed to have heard her summon, floating towards her by following her magic.
Then she gestured again, and the books neatly stood on her wide desk.
Upon closer inspection, they were not books.
They were boxes sealing documents.
Altice said:
“This is the content of the fourth level’s assessment. We will compete in knowledge. Best of three rounds, you and the prisoner you want to take away can both challenge me.”
Hearing Altice’s words, Dekan and Morion exchanged a glance.
The contents of this level’s competition were no longer fights, but debates!
Although Altice was a millennium-old, learned demon, even the scholars of the human world might not dare to debate human studies with her.
But, Dekan glanced at the topics.
Hiding his true human identity,
He had an advantage that Altice couldn’t possess.
There were subjects which Altice almost couldn’t possibly win against him!
For example, 【Human Ethics】!
After exchanging a glance, Dekan and Morion gave each other a nod, unable to suppress the smiles on their lips.
Suddenly, a feeling of “having gone through trials and tribulations together, we meet again, and with laughter dissolve all grievances” filled the air.
Both of them powerfully joining forces would guarantee victory!
Even though, according to Altice’s rules, they couldn’t collaborate to cheat in the exam.
But they could take turns.
The two were skilled in different areas.
Being allowed to be teammates, such a debate was like the meeting of a sleeping dragon and a baby Phoenix.
