"Welcome to the fold."
Lord Bai Luo transformed the Holy Child into a subordinate, and along with it, the girl's magic essence also increased from 260,000 to 990,000.
Saints, like Heroes, are actually a power belonging to the human side.
Therefore, the Holy Child is not a demon, but a saint who has evolved to a higher level from humanity.
Lord Bai Luo couldn't transform the Holy Child into a demon.
But he could turn her into his subordinate.
Anyway, as he broke through to the Special S-rank, his original 24 slots had surged to 108.
With 108 subordinates, Lord Bai Luo currently had no shortage of open slots.
This was also why he dared to take down the Four Primordials all at once.
Even if half were given to the Cardinal World, that would still be 54 slots.
This was enough to almost sweep up all the named and prominent strong individuals mentioned in the original work.
Not to mention the "Nine-Eight-Seven" and the portion allocated to the Otherworld.
Egui Peng, Snow Empress, Artoria, Yustizafull, there were only five in total.
Adding the Holy Child, it was still only 6 people.
Furthermore, Lord Bai Luo had a feeling.
That is, as his strength continued to increase and the King of Wisdom evolved into a top-tier Ultimate Skill, he would completely break through the limit on the number of subordinates.
'But for now, I still need to be a bit frugal.'
It was precisely for this reason that Lord Bai Luo reluctantly gave up on the lovely Cute girls: 'Don't worry, I'll bring all of you home sooner or later!'
"They're back..."
"Uh, the town is in ruins."
"As expected of Lord Bai Luo, he's too strong."
"Yo-ho! Time to get to work!"
"We must repair the town before dark!"
"Oh oh oh!!"
"..."
Returning from the Void World, Lord Bai Luo watched as his dependents, led by the Red King, cleared the ruins, then used magic to repair roads and reconstruct houses.
Following the Oni Race, Lord Bai Luo added the Beast Race and the Winged Race to his list of dependents.
The so-called Beast Race included the Wolf Race and the Moe Girl Beast Race, totaling over 500,000 people.
The Winged Race, for now, only had less than 30,000 of the Tengu Clan.
However, considering Frey and her subordinate Winged People were also classified as part of the Winged Race.
This means that in the near future, over a million Winged People will follow Frey and become major magic essence taxpayers for Lord Bai Luo.
Although he no longer cared about the amount of magic essence.
The increase in dependents and subordinates would boost Lord Bai Luo's magic essence in his human form.
Just like now, Lord Bai Luo could clearly feel his strength surge.
[Bai Luo]
Normal magic essence: 16 million → 23 million (30% magic essence increase provided by the Cursed Children and Tengu)
Dragon Kind Liberation: 210 million → 220 million
After all, who would complain about having too much magic essence?
"Miss Toreni."
On the other side, Zhu Cai found Toreni: "There's something I'd like to ask for your help with."
"Ah, there's no need to be so polite, Miss Zhu Cai."
Toreni smiled: "I'm also a part of the Demon Country, you know. Just tell me what you need."
There was nothing for it, for Toreni had become an Awakened Demon Lord.
Even though Toreni had an excellent temper, Zhu Cai still had to be mindful of their respective statuses.
"It's about the expansion of the town."
Zhu Cai gestured for Toreni to look at the adorable Cute girls constantly emerging from the Void World: "With so many children arriving all at once, the town's area is no longer sufficient. We need to open up new space outwards."
"I understand."
Toreni was responsible for the management of the forest: "I will make the plants move away, leaving enough open space for everyone."
This little trick, for the current Toreni, was just a matter of speaking.
With the command of the Fairy Queen, which plants in the forest would dare to disobey?
"Then I'll trouble you with it."
Zhu Cai said, handing a planning map to Toreni: "Specifically, please carry out the transformations according to the markings on this map."
"No problem!"
Toreni took the plan, happily called her sister, and ran off to work.
Afterward, Zhu Cai found Hong Ye and Elder Feng to arrange the living areas for the Wolf Race and the Tengu Clan.
The Monster Town, after this expansion, would become a true city.
However, not all monsters would live in the city.
Like the Tengu Clan.
They had specific environmental needs, preferring to live on high mountain peaks or in secluded valleys.
Therefore, Lord Bai Luo did not force the Tengu Clan to abandon their original territory.
According to Lord Bai Luo's idea, his subordinate monsters, based on their strength, race, and status, would receive property within the city and a piece of territory in the forest.
Like the Wolf Race.
The original eighteen Wolf Kings each chose different areas and established clans there, gathering new Ya Wolf (C-rank monsters).
After joining, the Ya Wolf would evolve under the magic essence contamination of the Wolf Kings, becoming part of them.
As for the Tengu Clan, Lord Bai Luo assigned them the duty of border guardians, allowing them to continue living in the Kusha Mountains.
At the same time, Lord Bai Luo also handed over the Kusha Mountains and a large surrounding area of mountains and forests to the Tengu Clan for management.
"The Queen is now one of us; there's no need to be wary of her anymore."
Lord Bai Luo looked at Hong Maru and Hong Ye in front of him and said, "I need you to establish a defense line in the east and supervise the Beast Kingdom and the Puppet Country along the way."
In other words, this was a border fortress, guarded by two quasi-Demon Lords.
"The central area, with Einzbern Castle as its core, will expand outwards to construct an academy district."
Lord Bai Luo then looked at the Holy Child beside him: "The academy district will be divided into elementary, middle, and high schools based on the children's ages."
"Children will learn magic, martial arts, culture, cultivate interests, and uncover their talents here."
"Holy Child, I plan to entrust the management of the academy district to you. Is that alright?"
The academy district was a living area Lord Bai Luo specifically prepared for the Cute girls.
The girls were too young to discern right from wrong.
What they needed most now was not to master power, but to receive sufficient education and establish correct values.
"Please rest assured, I will take good care of the children."
The Holy Child was quite confident about this; she had been educated at a leadership level since childhood.
Leaving aside combat and such.
If it concerned fields like economics, politics, public welfare, or education, the Holy Child was confident she wouldn't lose to anyone in the Demon Country.
"Mm."
"Next, let's discuss the internal personnel arrangements for the Demon Country."
Lord Bai Luo looked at everyone standing in the castle's great hall and began, "Red King, Star Fang, Elder Feng, Torea, and Doris, I bestow upon you the title of the Demon Country's Four Heavenly Kings."
"You will guard the west (Falmus Kingdom), north (Dwarf Kingdom), east (East Empire and the territories of the two Demon Lords), and south (Sorcery Dynasty and Dragon Country) of the forest for me."