Chapter 465: Chapter 250: Now It’s My Time to Attack! — Elf Maiden
[Dear Elf Maiden, Hero, Magical Girl, Dragon Race Maiden, the Demon King Castle was completed last Friday. We will choose an auspicious day this month to hold the new castle induction banquet. We sincerely invite you to attend the ceremony this Sunday and choose your room. —Shami]
Using the communication function of the Demon King Ring and Demon Envoy Ring, Shami left a voice message for the four Demon Envoy Maidens far away in Saint Karno City.
The Demon King is a person of his word. He promised that once the Demon King Castle was completed, every Demon Envoy could receive a room of their own for free, and that promise will be fulfilled.
Now, the Demon King Castle is completed, and it’s time to allocate the rooms.
Shami wandered around inside the Demon King Castle, using things already available in the Demon King Ring to decorate the interiors as much as possible.
"Since it’s the Demon King’s residence, there has to be some artistic atmosphere."
Shami took out the paintings he had stolen from the small village that issued the quest when he was defeating Aguli.
The most representative is the one called "Starry Night," which seems to have filled the canvas with the entire night sky.
[Name: Starry Night]
[Type: Decoration, Item]
[Quality: Authentic]
[Attribute: Linen Cloth]
[Description: A painting from an unknown place by an unknown painter. It’s rumored the painter was mentally ill, and what he painted on the canvas was a night seen by someone with mental illness. Many people fall silent after viewing this painting, thus it is believed to be cursed.]
[Function: After viewing, it depends on the individual, but there’s a chance to experience one of two buffs.
Debuff: Dismal. Causes the viewer to feel low in spirits and sink into vacant contemplation.
Beneficial Buff: Ascension. Can increase the viewer’s San Value and possibly gain enlightenment.]
"A painting with dual buffs might produce some unexpected results if used well."
Shami hung the painting in a prominent position in the hall on the first floor of the Demon King Castle.
Shami looked up quietly at this painting.
For a moment.
[Ascension: San Value +1.]
[San Value: When one’s inner world is impacted by unexplainable things, resulting in fear and a gradual loss of perception and sanity, San Value can mitigate these symptoms; when one’s inner world is hit by external grand shocks, leading to worldview collapse or falling into complete despair, San Value can help to restore calmness.]
[Your San Value has increased, making your mind more tranquil.]
[Desires to be seductive have diminished. Instead of being seductive, why not improve yourself and advance the Demon Race.]
"This can calm someone when they are agitated, and you don’t need to beat someone up to enter sage mode. It’s practically a mental artifact to prevent the Demon King from being misled by beauty!"
Shami felt his mind becoming much calmer than usual.
The speed of thinking also visibly improved.
When thinking, images of flat-footed gold fur, the legs of the Magical Girl, the tail of the Dragon Race Maiden, and the chest of the white-haired maiden no longer flashed by occasionally.
Shami nodded with satisfaction and walked to the right side of the first floor.
The long corridor on the right side of the first floor connects the hall on the first floor with the reception room at the back. Now Shami has designated it as the art corridor.
On both sides of the long corridor, he hung dozens of oil paintings also stolen from the same village to enhance the artfulness of the Demon King Castle and to create a hidden trap.
[Type: Decoration, Item]
[Quality: Authentic]
[Attribute: Linen Cloth]
[Description: Created by a master of abstract oil painting from an anonymous background.]
[Function: By hanging these paintings at both ends of the corridor to form a gallery, it can lower the San Value of those passing through and trigger unexpected hallucinatory effects.]
With the paintings hung on both sides, the entire corridor became noticeably darker, with what seemed like temperature drops and occasional eerie draughts.
Shami walked back and forth in the corridor twice, seriously examining the pictures on both sides.
Not long after, the air in the gloomy corridor seemed to thicken into strands, slowly stretching towards his body.
Shami touched his arm.
"Strange, it’s getting stranger..."
As this odd sensation became increasingly real, the world ahead seemed to be swirling, as though connected to another void world, from which a creature resembling a centipede but with feet made of human heads was crawling out and attempting to pull him in.
Shami hastily used magic power to stabilize his body and yelled at the air.
"Even if hallucinations appear, look at the person! This is my castle, if you continue this, I’ll burn all you paintings!"
As Shami’s voice fell, the hallucinations vanished instantly, returning to the normal corridor.
Shami slowly went up to the second floor.
Overall, he was quite satisfied with this sanity-draining corridor.
In the Demon King Ring, Shami still had many Demon Race books collected from various places.
Shami went to the third floor of the Demon King Castle and designated a part of the space to establish a library to house nearly ten thousand volumes.
Soon.
Shami walked out of the Demon King Castle and looked around his Demon Realm.
After settling down these days, the magical creatures have been assigned to their respective territories, doing their part, and contributing diligently, making the Demon Realm’s forces thrive.
"Good morning, Lord Shami!"
Even the Bone Frame standing at the entrance of the Demon King Castle was full of vigor.
"Good morning. Bone Frame, it’s time to water the wisteria tree, and then check if the Fishman over there needs any help. If there are fish that are hard to deal with, cooperate and assist each other, then gather all the items picked up by the Slime on the way back."