Reincarnated in the Alternate World, I'm A Demonic Lord as Well as a Villager

At this moment, led by Aowu, every Fishman offered their treasures to Shami.

The lake water rippled.

For a while, the shore was filled with various items, from rusty long swords picked up unknowingly, to solid wood chairs covered in moss, moldy fruits soaked in water, to golden ornaments, a small box of jewels, a dazzling array of items.

"Did you find these things along the river? Thinking that I might starve or that they could be useful to me, so you plan to give them all to me?"

Shami understood Aowu's words, and for a moment, the leader's eyes were moist.

"You guys! Actually, there's no need to worry about the leader so much. I'm not disabled, I can support myself. Leave these things to you, but those piles of gold and jewels seem unnecessary for you, I'll keep them for you first."

Shami quickly stuffed the valuable items into the Demon King Ring, leaving the moldy fruits and chairs for the Fishmen.

At this moment, Shami found five or six strange bottles among the pile of items that looked like drifting bottles. Upon closer inspection, she was utterly shocked by what was inside.

"This, this isn't right, why is there such a thing, Aowu!"

The bottles contained not anything else, but complete Oukin Kin soaked in a special liquid!

Aowu, looking smug, called out with hands on hips.

"Aowu aowu aowu uwu."

The general meaning is:

It led the Fishman Race out to collect new exhibits for the Fishman Museum and encountered a convoy full of men in a river. The men in the convoy went down to bathe and play in the river.

Having no luck throughout the journey, everyone was a bit dismal. At this time, noticing that their collection lacked such exhibits, they activated the piranhas to borrow the men's Oukin Kin.

The jewels and gold were also snatched at that time.

"What kind of misunderstanding makes you think I need this kind of thing! Saying it's for collection is actually a pretty vicious human assault, right! Don't put on a face that says, 'If you decide to bathe in a wild river, then be prepared to have ○○ bitten off by wild piranhas!' "

Shami looked at the confident expression of the red Fishman in front of him, completely resigned.

Meanwhile, through the red Fishman's description of the convoy's flag, he vaguely sensed something amiss and quickly left the Fishman Tribe.

"I don't want such things, but don't discard them randomly; they might come in handy!"

Shami's voice echoed around Fishman Lake.

Aowu was silent for a while, placed these drifting bottles with Oukin Kin in the most conspicuous place, and marked them with "Exclusive for Shami."

Demon Realm Center. Outside Demon King Castle.

The Wisteria Tree Spirit Leaves trembled, and vines shook, initiating full-power intelligence gathering mode.

Beside it, Shami paced back and forth anxiously.

[It seems we've found a piece of news... Still a bombshell... Issued a few days ago... I don't know if it's what you mentioned, Shami, ahem...]

The Wisteria Tree Spirit stopped trembling, slowly speaking.

"Tell me what you've got." Shami looked over anxiously.

[It's a global wanted notice issued by one of the Aireland Continent's three major gold mining families, the West Well Clan, ahem...]

[Their third son went on an outing with his lover... Attacked by magical creatures in a river in the Izana Region... His physical essential parts sustained minor injuries... At the same time, a box of jewels and gold was lost... Hoping the magic creature's leader can contact them to return the stolen gold promptly... Otherwise, the West Well Clan will list the Demon Race as a hostile target, ahem...]

"We're screwed! Turns out ○○ is bitten off from a VIP person! Although they mentioned returning gold, they actually want the Fishman Race to return ○○, right, but after several days, how can it be reattached! And Aowu said the convoy was full of men then!"

The information was overwhelming, Shami frowned deeply.

However, this information could be entirely seen as the West Well Clan declaring war on the Demon Race.

Of all people to bite, biting the third son's ○○ from the Golden Clan!

Shami instantly remembered where he'd seen this logo — when going against Luwaka; many adventure teams visiting Yili Village had this logo on their clothes.

Indeed, the West Well Clan, Shami heard of their fame back in Yili Village; back then, many adventure teams were sponsored by this clan!

As one of the key gold mining families in Aireland Continent, the West Well Clan is undeniably one of the wealthiest, with their West Well Gold Group controlling 15% of the continent's gold production.

It's said the West Well Clan's wealth is comparable to a kingdom.

But these aren't Shami's immediate concerns.

Shami only realized that the Demon Race seems to have offended a heavyweight gold seller.

Gold, as the hard currency of Aireland Continent, even for the Demon Race, acquiring human-world supplies mainly relies on gold trading.

"Great, now one bite wiped out a huge chunk of gold."

Shami grumbled.

Yet, he didn't linger over complaints; he quickly pondered a solution.

The situation isn't too catastrophic; there's still room for negotiation.

Shami started devising plans to resolve it.

This incident isn't purely negative; it highlighted a significant issue in the current development of the Demon Race — insufficient gold reserves in the Demon Realm, lacking independent gold production capabilities.

"If gold is controlled by others, it's like having a lifeline held by someone else; the Demon Race also needs the ability to produce gold independently!"

Shami decided to develop the Demon Realm's gold industry.

At the same time, Shami began searching for solutions.

"The West Well Clan is still a formidable force, better to find a way to ease relations."

With hands behind his back, Shami walked away in contemplation.

Demon Realm. Southern High Mountain Area.

The subsequent goal was clear.

To enable the Demon Race to have independent gold production capabilities, there are currently three options available.

First, assemble a professional team for gold excavation, find potential locations, and conduct gold mining.

But the Demon Race has no experience in this area; labor is severely lacking. It's a massive project, starting from scratch, often the most challenging. Implementation is unrealistic.

Second, while others stockpile food, we'll stockpile arms; others are our granary!

The Demon Race now has initial capabilities to rob externally. As long as they obtain intelligence on gold transport routes, intercept partway, and collect all gold.

But the consequences are obvious.

After several interceptions and gold robbery, all gold transport teams will increase security, making successful gold robbery increasingly difficult. The Demon Race's image on the continent will plummet, forcing the Golden Clan to take the opposite stance, with more and more adventure teams joining the crusade against the Demon Race.

This is not something the Demon Race can currently withstand.

Then, only the last option remains.

Third, revive the Rolling Stone Spirit!

Rolling Stone Spirit, a major magical creature of the Demon Race, resembling ordinary stones, but actually a living stone, possesses decent combat abilities, capable of acting as a meat shield and intelligence point when necessary. Meanwhile, the Rolling Stone Spirit gradually nurtures gold within its body over time.

During past demon lord reigns, Rolling Stone Spirit played a crucial role in demon race gold production.

Shami certainly knows this; however, during the fight against Bichu'er, the Rolling Stone Spirit collectively betrayed the demon lord, hoarding gold without tribute, making Shami detest these creatures.

And that Rolling Stone Spirit King's act of shooting gold right in front of him polluted his psyche, maintaining a special sentiment towards this race thereafter.

"Now is the time to let go of grudges and the past."

Shami slowly muttered to himself.

The Rolling Stone Spirit had already been personally eliminated by him; resurrecting now would not carry any memory or emotions from the previous generation.

"If it's the Rolling Stone Spirit I resurrect, then their nature is like a blank sheet during development; I can shape them into my colors."

The Rolling Stone Spirit Clan will restart from scratch, back online!