"This is My Lord, the great Your Highness Alduin!"
Back at Molten Castle, Dimasen gathered his hundreds of thousands of demons to pay homage to Alduin.
"Trash! Vermin! Bow and kowtow to the great Your Highness Alduin! Bow now! Whoever is even a second too slow dies!"
You could not expect too much from creatures like demons. Even with Dimasen threatening them with death, the kneeling and kowtowing ceremony was still a complete, chaotic mess.
Dimasen chopped off several hundred heads in a row before the audience ceremony was finally finished.
"My Lord, these are all my treasures. Please accept them!"
After the greeting ceremony was complete, Dimasen brought Alduin to the main hall of Molten Castle and opened Dimasen's treasure vault.
Inside... it was a complete mess.
Demons were chaotic by nature. Even when collecting treasures, they could never arrange them neatly; they could only toss them all over the floor.
Soul Crystals! A huge pile of Soul Crystals!
In the lower planes, whether the Abyss or Hell, souls were the universally accepted hard currency. These Soul Crystals were currency, just like gold coins throughout the planes.
"These things... are somewhat useful."
Alduin had the warlock class, and these Soul Crystals were perfect as spellcasting materials. Healing Stones, Soul Stones, and the like all required Soul Crystals as materials.
Apart from these Soul Crystals, there were all sorts of miscellaneous weapons, armor, and magical equipment.
"Hm? This is..."
Among Dimasen's collection, Alduin saw a crown. A black crown. Set into the Black Lotus Gold crown was a gemstone that faintly glimmered with silvery light.
Alduin sensed a peculiar aura from this crown.
With a reach of his hand, Alduin seized the black crown. The fluctuation of psychic power emanating from it became even clearer.
"What is this? Where did