After a full week of searching for the goblin fossil crystal in the deep mountains, Shami finally found a piece as pure and clear as crystal within a crack in the mountainside.
The elf maiden became excited.
"Great! Let’s destroy it quickly!"
"No. It’s not about that kind of nurturing, Lureya. Are you free? I might need you to come here for a bit."
Shami began using village skills, carefully chiseling the crystal out of the rock wall with a hammer.
"This month I have to go out with everyone to complete the survival training assigned by the school."
"Is that so? School life seems quite rich then."
As Shami chipped away at the stone wall, he conversed with Lureya.
"To resurrect a goblin, we need a beautiful elf maiden to perform a ritual dance. Thinking it over, you’re the only one who meets that standard. I was considering asking you to come help out."
"Of course, no beautiful elf maiden but me! But who would dance that weird ritual to resurrect a goblin!"
Lureya boasted lightly.
"And I don’t have any free time lately."
"Is that so? Then I wish you well in your survival training."
"Wait, if you force me to appear, then I’m free."
"Let’s leave it at that for now. I need to concentrate on digging this out."
"Hey, Shami, be a bit more assertive."
In the mountain crack, Shami hung up communication with Lureya and began the final chiseling work.
Soon, the full goblin fossil crystal was chiseled out.
It was an oval-shaped crystal about 1.3 meters high. At the very center of the crystal lay the silhouette of a small dwarf, maybe just over a meter in height, though it was hard for Shami to see the specifics because a layer of mesh-like material enveloped the figure.
But with the magic king’s detection triggered by touch, he knew this was the "Goblin Fossil Crystal."
The only material needed for goblin resurrection now was the "Evil Elf’s Ritual Dance."
Shami stored the goblin fossil crystal back in the Demon King Ring and left the mountain through the path he came, returning to the demon king’s outpost in the little forest.
With a brief moment free from external tasks, Shami started to focus on matters of his demon king castle.
He took out the "Heart of the Demon King’s Castle," resembling a small castle model, from the Demon King Ring.
Having grown to this point, he now had some influence, and more people were gathering in the backyard. Staying at the maple forest clearing outside Yili Village was clearly not a good choice.
As a demon king, he needed to provide the demon envoys with a warm home, ensuring they felt safe and belonged, enabling them to work wholeheartedly for the demon clan.
That’s right, building a home!
[Name: Heart of the Demon King’s Castle]
[Options: 1. Enter the Heart of the Demon King’s Castle to modify the internal structure of the demon king’s castle; 2. Deploy the Heart of the Demon King’s Castle. Choose an open area, place the Heart of the Demon King’s Castle, and build the core base of the demon king, allowing other magical creatures to reside and form a demon realm territory. (Once rooted, the Heart of the Demon King’s Castle is difficult to relocate, so choose a placement location with care)]
Shami looked at the Heart of the Demon King’s Castle floating mid-air in front of him.
After obtaining the Heart of the Demon King’s Castle, Shami focused much on the Demons Atlas and hadn’t studied the Heart of the Demon King’s Castle in detail.
"Now I have to research properly and prepare to build a new home. — Jelly, come over and keep an eye on my little castle, don’t let anyone near it and break it, or I’ll be very upset."
Shami muttered to himself and then shouted for Jelly, who was nearby.
As his magic power aligned with the Heart of the Demon King’s Castle, Shami became ethereal and finally, he transformed into a purple light, entering the Heart of the Demon King’s Castle.
In the small forest, Shami leaned against a tree and closed his eyes, while the Heart of the Demon King’s Castle floated in mid-air. Jelly bounced over and swallowed the Heart of the Demon King’s Castle whole, then cozied up to Shami, basking in the sunlight.
Shami looked at himself, which should be part of his spiritual power.
But he couldn’t multitask and pay attention to himself in the real world.
At this moment, Shami stood in front of the gate of this demon king’s castle.
"Feels like entering a dungeon."
Shami gently pushed open the door and walked into the castle hall.
Looking around, he saw bare walls, with no decorations, as if it were an unrefined castle.
The hall was very spacious, with a layout similar to a western-style castle hall.
Facing the main entrance were two spiraling staircases and a flat wall likely meant for the castle owner’s portraits.
Shami spread his arms and floated in the hall.
The demon king castle had five floors in its original state. After exploring the first floor, Shami walked up the stairs to tour the entire demon king castle floor by floor.
At the same time, as the demon king, he had the ability to remodel it.
"There are too many rooms here, even though they’re meant for residents, maybe I can eliminate some."
On the second-floor corridor, Shami wasn’t satisfied, so he opened the construction panel of the Heart of the Demon King’s Castle and removed several rows of walls.
"As the demon king, my room must be the largest. Forget it, I’ll just make the whole second floor mine."
"The remaining rooms will all be placed on the same corridor side for the demon envoys, then install a physical training room on the left of the corridor and a library on the right, and then install iron gates on both ends. Without three hours of training and reading daily, no one gets out."