The Demon Emperor was Saint Emperor

Chapter 337: Chapter 284: Refusal

That is...

Saint Emperor’s Boots!

The final component of the Saint Emperor’s Divine Artifact Set is actually in Victoruri’s hands.

Without these boots, Lynn’s set attributes can’t be activated, making it impossible to gain an overwhelming advantage.

Just as Victoruri said, this indeed controls his potential to turn the tides.

"Victoruri, aren’t you afraid that I’ll stop at nothing to kill you, collect the Saint Emperor’s Divine Artifact Set, and then obliterate the whole Demon Realm?"

Looking at the Saint Emperor’s Boots held by Victoruri, Lynn could feel the excitement of his entire equipment, a longing to be complete.

Even Lynn himself couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotions, with a premonition that once he collects the complete Saint Emperor’s Divine Artifact Set, his power might skyrocket explosively.

It’s something he couldn’t feel with the Demon Emperor’s Armor, showing that there’s a gap between the top Divine-Demon Artifact Sets of the two realms, and the gap might be absurdly large.

"If the Miracle Saint Emperor has that confidence, you might as well try, but the result may disappoint you; I’m not as easy to kill as the Demon Dragon Emperor."

As she spoke, Victoruri took the Saint Emperor’s Boots back, visibly confident in speech, but possibly lacking confidence in her heart.

"Why not this? Let’s stop the fighting. Aren’t you after the Divine Abandonment Continent? How about keeping other conditions unchanged, you give me the Saint Emperor’s Boots, and I’ll give you the Divine Abandonment Continent, exchanging one piece of equipment for an entire continent, allowing you to make a huge profit."

Without the complete Saint Emperor’s Divine Artifact Set, Lynn couldn’t say he could easily take down Victoruri, so he had to make concessions and propose a one-for-one deal with Victoruri.

In truth, his suggestion was just a fool’s errand, meant to deceive the less savvy demons, playing off a ’may as well try’ strategy.

Regrettably, the Demon Dragon Race isn’t known for intelligence, but they’re not famous for being fools either.

Victoruri couldn’t fall for such a foolish trick, and upon hearing Lynn’s trade offer, she immediately scoffed.

"Humph! If you were to get this divine artifact, wouldn’t we fall under your control? Then you’d have the divine artifact, the Divine Abandonment Continent would be yours, and we Demon Race wouldn’t gain a bit, perhaps even lose several demons at your hands..."

The Saint Emperor’s Boots are a Light Element Divine Artifact, not only useless to Victoruri but also a constant threat of burning her. Such cumbersome items purely occupy space, and if she could trade them for an entire continent, she obviously would profit greatly.

But the Miracle Saint Emperor is missing just this one piece, if his set collection progress was at 6/8, or if she held 2/8, she’d definitely exchange it without hesitation.

However, reality is exactly as she said, this divine artifact is the Miracle Saint Emperor’s only hard counter, never mind him verbally exchanging the Divine Abandonment Continent, even if he surrendered the Divine Protection Continent, she couldn’t believe his nonsense.

"I can make a sworn statement, as long as you give me the Saint Emperor’s Boots, I, Lynn, will never set foot on the Divine Abandonment Continent in my lifetime!"

Though he had no actual hope, Lynn still hoped Victoruri was an easily deceived, old dragon.

"Haha, the Human Race’s credibility isn’t much better than the Demon Race’s, if you were an Elf, I might believe you."

Victoruri clearly wasn’t easy to deceive; the Demon Race is inherently deceitful and malicious, how could they believe in such intangible things as ’credibility’ or ’character’?

Unless...

He swore an oath to the Pantheon, and if he broke the promise, he’d suffer Divine Punishment...

No! This guy’s Light Element power is so pure he seems like the Light God’s incarnation, even if he swore to the Pantheon, the deities would likely disregard it, who’d punish him?

Counting on the Demon God is even less feasible, didn’t the Demon God just attempt a cross-realm strike? Yet, it couldn’t harm him one bit.

"Then what do you think is needed for negotiation? Let me be clear, I won’t accept the initial condition; the Divine Protection Continent was conquered by myself, and most war criminals fell by my hand, your offer isn’t enough to exchange for ownership of the Divine Abandonment Continent."

Seeing Victoruri wasn’t foolish, Lynn wasn’t surprised, but there was a slight sense of disappointment.

Isn’t it said that novel protagonists come with troublesome traits and a halo of reducing intelligence? Why is it ineffective for me?

Could it be I’m not the protagonist? Then who is?

"When negotiating, please understand, Miracle Saint Emperor, that the situation is under my Demon Race’s control; blame your lack of capable subordinates, all are dragging you down, if you still had the powerful forces from when you slew the Demon Dragon Emperor, I might have thrown down the divine artifact and retreated to the Demon Realm."

"But unfortunately, those useless ones are at least sufficient to annihilate all your elite subordinates, leaving a solitary world-class powerhouse, under these circumstances, you can only grudgingly accept defeat."

"So as I said, returning the Divine Protection Continent is giving you face, recognizing and respecting your strength, but as for the Divine Abandonment Continent... now what bargaining chips do you have to exchange with us?"

Words have reached this point, Victoruri clearly won’t relent; actually, if it weren’t for concerns about Lynn having the Seven Divine Artifacts, she truly wouldn’t want to return the Divine Protection Continent, and she never considered returning the Divine Abandonment Continent.