Chapter 269 -269-Shaki, the Mind Demon Domain

At this moment, whether it was Jester Tycoon or the other high-ranking demons, the only expression left on their faces was terror.

Their hearts pounded violently as they stared at Caelan in horror.

In that instant, in their eyes, Caelan was the true incarnation of a demon!

"Whatever you want, we’ll give it to you!"

"As long as you let me go, I’m willing to hand over all my wealth!"

"Everything is negotiable—don’t be so rash!"

"..."

These high-ranking demons, who had once stood above all others, now looked as lowly as clowns.

Caelan calmly swept his gaze across their faces, then gently shook his head.

"No. You’re lying to me."

"I can feel it—you have no sincerity at all. Very well, it seems a deal cannot be made after all. Fortunately, you’re carrying quite a few treasures. They should be enough to somewhat mend my wounded heart."

Caelan spoke in an almost casual tone as he lightly wagged a finger.

The next moment, countless blades tore one of the high-ranking demons to pieces with effortless ease.

At the same time, all the treasures he had been carrying scattered onto the ground like so much trash.

And yet, though these valuables would normally have been worth a fortune, not a single one of the high-ranking demons so much as glanced at them now.

When faced with the real threat of death, wealth and treasure were nothing more than external possessions. Who would truly care about them?

"A deal! I agree to the deal!!"

"Don’t kill me, please!!"

Quite a few of the high-ranking demons fell to their knees before Caelan, weeping bitterly.

Jester Tycoon, meanwhile, approached Caelan with a fawning smile plastered across his face.

"Lord Caelan, we’re friends. Everything can be discussed. There’s no need for this—"

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a chill around his lower body.

Lowering his head, Jester Tycoon saw that a sharp sword beam had sliced him cleanly in half at the waist!

"Who said I was your friend?"

Caelan shot Jester Tycoon a cold glance.

In the next instant, gems poured across the ground like a flood.

Even Caelan was briefly stunned by the sight. He had never expected Jester Tycoon to be carrying so many treasures on him!

He crooked a finger, and a fist-sized, seven-colored gem floated into his hand.

"This is... Sun Mana Ore?"

Caelan froze for a moment. He had never imagined such a precious material would be in Jester Tycoon’s possession.

To put it plainly, a single piece of Sun Mana Ore like this—if placed in an auction house—would fetch at least tens of billions of gold coins, and even then it would be the kind of item money alone could not easily buy.

As expected, robbery really was the fastest way to make money.

A cruel smile appeared on Caelan’s face.

He felt absolutely no psychological burden when it came to robbing the demon race. And besides, the high-ranking demons gathered here were practically the entire leadership of both the Jesters and the Mind Demon race.

Even Mind Demon King Shaki herself was among them.

The thought of the harvest awaiting him made Caelan’s heart stir with excitement.

Tsk, tsk. Fallen Revelry? This—this was the real Fallen Revelry, all right?

Drinking a little wine and dancing a little, and they thought that counted as revelry?

Making money without restraint—that was real revelry, wasn’t it?!

"Let me out! Hurry up and let me out!!"

"Yelrus, didn’t you say you were already 11-star? Then open this damn domain!!"

...

When faced with the threat of death, these once-arrogant high-ranking demons behaved no differently from the Orefiends they had once considered the lowliest of creatures.

At this moment, they truly felt the Orefiends’ despair.

So this... was what it felt like to be slaughtered?

Caelan could not be bothered to waste any more words. He snapped his fingers lightly, and in the next moment, ten [Divine Mirror Dragonlords] gathered within the domain.

"Go. Kill them."

Mind Demon King Shaki had never expected things to spiral this far.

Her eyes widened as she roared in fury,

"Caelan, what are you doing!?"

In the next instant, a surge of powerful energy temporarily shielded the high-ranking demons behind her.

The demons who had narrowly survived immediately let out breaths of relief, their bodies going limp as they slumped backward.

Hah... death was truly terrifying!

Faced with Shaki’s questioning, Caelan merely spread his hands casually, the corners of his lips curling upward.

"What’s wrong? This is my gift to you. You don’t like it?"

Mind Demon King Shaki was so furious that her eyes nearly split apart. She had painstakingly built up her race and even taken the Jesters as servants. Yet in the end, it had all been destroyed by Caelan with his own hands!

"I’m going to kill you!!"

With a furious roar, Shaki instantly summoned her Mind Demon Domain.

In the next moment, Caelan felt himself standing within a separate dimension.

And everything familiar to him began replaying itself before his eyes, one scene after another.

"This is the person you love most..."

"This is the person you respect most..."

"This is the person you admire most..."

As Shaki whispered, familiar figures from Caelan’s memories appeared before him one after another.

But every one of them was shackled, and their ribcages had been pierced through by terrifying iron spikes, blood constantly dripping from the wounds.

"Caelan, you don’t want the people you care about most to suffer like this, do you?"

"Kill yourself, and you can protect them!"

Mind Demon King Shaki continued to coax and lure Caelan step by step.

A dazed light flickered in Caelan’s eyes. Seeing this, Shaki became even more vigorous, constantly unleashing the Mind Demon race’s greatest advantage skill.

As long as a person possessed desire, they could be controlled by the Mind Demon King.

Yet to Shaki’s great surprise, Caelan had been controlled by her so easily.

By all logic, the stronger a person was, the firmer their mind should be.

Could it be that this Caelan’s strength had simply been piled up through endless resources?

At that thought, the look Shaki gave Caelan gained a trace of disdain.

If she had known it would be this easy, there would have been no need for her to bother trying to tempt him in the first place!

But just then, another figure suddenly appeared within the [Mind Demon Domain].

This too was a projection from Caelan’s inner heart.

Yet the moment Shaki saw that figure, she was completely stunned.

Because that figure... was herself!

Could it be that this boy had already fallen for me in his heart?

As Shaki thought that, she suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

Because the shackles on those figures deep within Caelan’s memories had, at some point, completely vanished.

In their place was an expression of gradual enjoyment.

By contrast, her own figure was now struggling in pain, while invisible shackles were slowly becoming tangible.

"What did you do?!?"