Chapter 219: The Demonic Eye

"Delicious! Delicious! So delicious!!"

Kishirika was like a vacuum cleaner spirit; in the blink of an eye, she swept the table clean, then lay back on it, her belly bulging like a balloon.

"...I can't anymore, I'm a bit stuffed."

Kishirika covered her mouth and tried hard several times before finally swallowing the last bite.

"Where did this girl come from? She can really eat!"

Eris was a bit shocked.

Clearly Kishirika looked tiny, her appearance and appetite were completely disproportionate.

"Your offering has made this Empress very satisfied."

This time Kishirika truly ate to her heart's content.

"As long as you agree to let me be your keeper and stay by my side, there will be endless delicious food every day."

Chen Nuo proposed again.

This time Kishirika was truly swayed, biting her fingernails one moment and scratching her hair hard the next.

"I can't, this Empress already has a fiancé, and I also cannot leave this continent."

Kishirika lamented.

During the Second Human-Demon War about four thousand years ago...

The son of the Immortal Demon King Necrolacros, who is now known as one of the Seven Great Powers, Fighting God Badigadi, put on the Fighting God Armor under the deception of the Human God to protect Kishirika.

In the final battle with Laplace, both sides perished together, and he took Kishirika along with him as well.

However, to repay Badigadi, Kishirika promised to marry him in her next life.

But after so many reincarnations, Kishirika had never been able to fulfill this promise.

As for not being able to leave the Demon Continent, it was because of a curse on Kishirika; she didn't know who had imprisoned her there.

"So, as long as these two problems are solved, you agree to be kept by me?"

Chen Nuo said, counting on his fingers.

"That's right! Human warrior! Go defeat the son of the Demon King and fight for the ownership of this Empress, ga-ga-ga."

Kishirika said with a mischievous grin.

She didn't think Chen Nuo could defeat Badigadi.

If he really defeated him, then there was nothing more to say; she would just give herself over.

As an old relic from thousands of years ago, Kishirika's moral and ethical views were very primitive.

As for love?

Don't be ridiculous. The main reason Badigadi wanted to marry Kishirika was that this Magic-Eye Emperor was the most beautiful and noble in the Demon Race.

As the strongest in the Demon Race, Badigadi naturally believed only such a woman was worthy of him.

This was also why the two had not yet married.

Badigadi wanted to marry the Demon Emperor Kishirika, not the little bean sprout before him who couldn't even get a full meal.

"No rush. Before that, you pay for the meal first."

The corners of Chen Nuo's mouth curled up slightly.

"What? Pay for the meal? Let's get this straight, I have no money."

Kishirika reached into her pocket and pulled out ten clearly pale and tender fingers, waving them at Chen Nuo.

"It's fine, then pay with your body."

Chen Nuo rolled up his sleeves and reached out toward Kishirika.

"No! I have a fiancé now. If you had been born a few thousand years earlier, I wouldn't mind taking you into my harem."

Kishirika spoke words of rejection.

Thousands of years ago, the Demon Emperor Kishirika lived quite a wild life; she might not have had three thousand beauties in her harem, but it wasn't far off. The reason she remained chaste after reincarnation was simply out of adherence to her vow.

"You're overthinking it. Let me study your Magic Eye."

Chen Nuo slapped Kishirika's head, interrupting her howling.

"Magic Eye? Why didn't you say so earlier? Which one do you want?"

Kishirika covered her forehead and rolled her eyes, her tone carrying a faint hint of disappointment.

"Let's be clear, my power hasn't fully recovered yet, so I can't give you any high-level Magic Eyes."

At her peak, Kishirika could hold up to fourteen types of Magic Eyes in her body, but now, she only had seven, all in their lowest-level forms.

"Not 'want', but 'study'."

Chen Nuo corrected her.

"Whatever you want, it's all the same, as long as you offer this Empress enough delicious food every day, jie-jie-jie."

Kishirika made a triumphant sound, happy to have found a long-term meal ticket.

Ordinary food wasn't enough to tie down this former Emperor, but Sandrone's monster cuisine was simply too delicious, and it contained mana, which could speed up Kishirika's recovery.

Eating like this, it probably wouldn't take a thousand years; in five hundred years, he could harvest a mature Demon Race lady.

"It seems we'll have to stay here for a while longer."

Eris sighed to Ruijerd. She knew Chen Nuo; once he became interested in researching something, he easily got carried away and couldn't leave.

...

...

The creation of a Magic Eye is actually a benign mutation of the physical body caused by the influence of a large amount of mana.

When Kishirika grants a Magic Eye to others, she doesn't actually give them a new eye; she uses her own mana to induce the other person's eye to mutate into a specific Magic Eye.

"One, two, three... seven Magic Eyes! What an amazing Slime. You're called Fufu, right? Interested in working for this Empress? I'll grant you the title of Demon King in the future. Slime Demon King, that sounds very stylish."

Kishirika's eyes widened as she looked at the various Magic Eyes emerging on Fufu's body.

She hadn't expected her ability to actually work on a Slime, inducing the mutation of multiple Magic Eyes.

Truly a once-in-a-lifetime sight.

"Record the fluctuation frequency of the mana release... analyze the mutagenic information... begin parsing the mana circuits..."

Chen Nuo said to Sandrone.

With their spirits connected in four directions and utilizing Pronia's computing power, the analysis of a Magic Eye was quickly completed, its mana circuit recorded, and he began attempting to replicate it.

(Cybernetic Magic Eye: Foresight Eye.)

A dense mana circuit was replicated in front of Chen Nuo's pupil, presenting scenes of the next three seconds.

With the experience and algorithms from deconstructing the Mana Eye back then, mastering a new Magic Eye wasn't difficult.

"Impressive, impressive!"

Kishirika wore an expression of "I don't understand, but I'm greatly shocked."

Had human magic developed to this point?

Even a Magic Eye could be turned into a castable spell.

Back during the First Human-Demon War, humans could already defeat the Demon Race and take them as slaves. She didn't expect that after thousands of years, the gap between the two races hadn't narrowed but had grown wider.

Humans were clearly a short-lived species that didn't live past a hundred; how could they create the incredible time and again?

Kishirika didn't realize that precisely because they were short-lived, the speed of human iteration far exceeded that of the Demon Race.

The lifespan of low-level demons wasn't much higher than that of humans, but the top tier of the Demon Race were all immortal demons.

Those who truly led the Demon Race had always been these reincarnating immortals.

In a sense, these powerful immortal demons had become the greatest obstacle to the development of the Demon Race's civilization.

Following the Foresight Eye, Chen Nuo successively mastered the Clairvoyance Eye, Identification Eye, X-ray Eye, Mana Absorption Eye, and Petrification Eye. Including the Mana Eye he already possessed, there were seven types in total.

And Fufu's gelatin was the best mana carrier.

Chen Nuo could carve the mana circuits of the Magic Eyes onto it, permanently fixing them to create external Magic Eyes.

After all, a person only has one pair of eyes. If Chen Nuo wanted to fully utilize these seven different Magic Eyes, they could only be placed outside his body.

The final result was seven external Magic Eyes, linked into a ring by mana, hovering behind Chen Nuo's head. Each emitted a different mana glow, looking eerie yet carrying a faint sense of divinity.

Then, through spirit synchronization magic, the information seen by each eye was transmitted to Chen Nuo.

Different Magic Eyes saw the world differently. Trying to process so much information at once was a significant mental strain even for Chen Nuo.

So he needed to arrange an external terminal for himself.

Whether it was Sandrone, Pronia, or Fufu, they could all share this burden for Chen Nuo.

"Damn... why do I feel like the title of Magic-Eye Emperor is slipping away from me?"

Kishirika looked at Chen Nuo in his "Nine-Eyed" form and couldn't help but mutter under her breath.

Her tone carried a hint of jealousy.

She couldn't use different Magic Eyes so coolly at the same time; she could only store them all in her brain.

However, this approach wasn't good for the brain.

A big reason for Kishirika's neuroticism was likely that too many mutated Magic Eyes were crowding her brain.

This meant that the types of Magic Eyes Kishirika could mutate were actually more than fourteen; it was just that her brain capacity was limited.

Literally.

Honestly, when observing Kishirika's brain, Chen Nuo did feel a bit numb seeing so many eyes squeezed together.

But compared to a certain guy who implanted eyes on his hands, Kishirika's method at least looked less disgusting.

"Have you not considered creating other Magic Eyes?"

Chen Nuo asked curiously.

Kishirika's mana had unique characteristics, which was probably her "authority" as a demigod.

Although this Emperor couldn't even squeeze into the ranks of the Seven Great Powers in terms of combat strength, her total mana volume was unique.

Magic Eyes were, in a sense, the physical manifestation of magic.

The variations of mana are infinite, which means the types of Magic Eyes should also be infinite.

This is why some Magic Eye holders cannot adapt to this power; the existence of the Magic Eye causes the nature of the mana to change, creating a conflict with the holder's own mana.

"Of course! Don't look down on me. This Empress is an Emperor with great creative power. A few of my deaths were caused by trying to create new Magic Eyes, which led to mana going out of control and blowing my head off."

Kishirika rubbed her nose proudly.

He really didn't know what there was to be proud of in blowing up one's own brain.

"So you use yourself as a test subject."

Chen Nuo acknowledged Kishirika's death-defying spirit.

True, anyway, no matter how much she courted death, she wouldn't really die.

"Using my own eyes has a higher success rate."

Kishirika explained.

Power and Magic Eyes were among the few things this Emperor was obsessed with.

"In that case, let us explore more possibilities of the Magic Eye together."

"Oh-ho~ I'm starting to like you a bit. Just based on your pursuit of Magic Eyes, if this were a few thousand years ago, the position of this Empress's Imperial Consort would definitely be yours."

Kishirika stood on her tiptoes, raised her hand, barely reached Chen Nuo's shoulder, and patted it hard.

However, the expression of appreciation on her face turned into panic the next second.

"Wait, what are you doing with that thing?"

"Drawing blood. Since it's as you say, your physical condition must be extraordinary and has great research value. Also, since we agreed I'd be your keeper, I'll help solve the curse problem on you while I'm at it. Close your eyes, it'll be over in a second."

Chen Nuo pulled out a syringe; the needle was almost as thick as a toothpick.

Raising Kishirika with good food and drink these past few days was all for this moment.

"No! Let me go! Help!!"

Kishirika had never had an injection, but she instinctively became afraid the moment she saw the needle and began to struggle desperately.

Truth be told, this little bean sprout's strength was not small.

If she were allowed to recover to her peak, Chen Nuo might not be able to hold her down with one hand.

Cultivating a new Magic Eye wouldn't be finished in a short time. Chen Nuo's current priority was to solve the curse on Kishirika.

They had stayed on the Demon Continent for a bit too long.

Eris was already starting to feel a bit homesick.

Kishirika didn't explain to Chen Nuo exactly who had cast the curse on her; she seemed a bit reluctant to talk about it, but it wasn't important.

What was important was that even reincarnation couldn't shake it off; clearly, this curse was applied to the soul.

And as for souls, Chen Nuo happened to have done a little research.

Stripping a soul from a physical body was a mandatory subject for all students at Kamar-Taj Academy who wanted to progress.

"Don't squeeze! Yours is too big! I'm going to die, I'm going to die!!"

Kishirika shouted loudly.

Eris and the others on the opposite side watched this scene, black lines appearing on their heads, wondering what mischief Kishirika was up to again, given that Chen Nuo was just sitting there without moving.

In the mental dimension invisible to their naked eyes, Chen Nuo was poking his head into Kishirika's body.

This demigod body, although far from mature, naturally possessed a few extraordinary traits.

The soul and the physical body were too tightly integrated.

It was actually quite difficult for Chen Nuo to strip it out.

Since Kishirika's soul couldn't come out, he would just go in and take a look.

It seemed this action was a bit uncomfortable for Kishirika.

"Just bear with it a bit longer, I'll be quick."

Chen Nuo consoled her casually and, after a good amount of effort, finally managed to observe Kishirika's soul.

Sure enough, there was a curse entangled on it.

Unraveling it wasn't hard for Chen Nuo.

If all else failed, he could consult Teacher Ancient One.

The reason this single curse could trouble Kishirika for thousands of years was purely because the local mages had hardly explored the mental realm and had no achievements in this area.