With a few thuds, several demons climbed up the building. These demons were not light in size and weight. As soon as they jumped to the top of the building, the ground trembled.
In the air, there were also a few winged demons circling the building, staring at Roy with malicious expressions.
A demon with a big mouth and sharp teeth crawled toward Roy on all fours. His mouth kept drooling, and when the saliva fell to the ground, it immediately corroded the ground and caused green smoke to rise.
When he was not far from Roy, he stopped and roared at Roy inarticulately, "Despicable … thief! Those, souls, are mine! You, can't take them! "
Although the other demons following behind did not make a sound, they faintly surrounded Roy.
The demons regarded the End War as a festival. The large number of souls in the city made them ecstatic. But because of the interference of angels, not every demon could immediately devour the souls of their enemies after killing them. There would always be delays in this operation for various reasons. When Roy used the Soul Attracting Flag to collect the souls that the demons had not taken away for the time being, he naturally received hostility from the demons. They felt that Roy had stolen their things.
In the distance, some angels also saw the demons gathering at the top of the building, but they smartly chose to watch from the sidelines. Compared to the angels, the probability of internal strife among demons was naturally higher.
However, facing the rebuke of these demons, Roy suddenly spread his demon wings. Under the infusion of magic power, the demon runes on his wings lit up, and the Field of Fear spread out and enveloped the entire top of the building!
He stabbed Frostmourne into the ground, and powerful frost power bloomed, causing the surrounding temperature to suddenly drop by dozens of degrees. Then he raised his head and bared his fangs at the demon. "So what if I snatched it?! Why? Are you coming up now to court death? Are you going to offer your souls to me?! "
On this battlefield, low-rank demons had no status. Even if the souls they hunted were snatched, they did not dare to make a sound. High-rank demons were generally commanders, and they dealt with high-level angels, so it was unlikely that Roy would snatch their souls. Therefore, in fact, these demons who came to find trouble were all middle-rank demons.
Therefore, once Roy released his power, these demons immediately felt threatened. Putting aside Roy's Field of Fear, the suppressive force of a high-rank demon emanating from Roy's body was becoming increasingly clear. When these demons felt this suppressive force from Roy, they could not help but take a few steps back.
They realized that they had encountered a tough opponent this time. The guy in front of them who had snatched their souls was actually a demon in the midst of promotion!
It could be said that Roy was only one step away from becoming a high-rank demon. After the last wisp of magic power in his demon heart was compressed, he would become a full-fledged high-rank demon. And these middle-rank demons who came to find trouble had not even touched the threshold of promotion!
The Abyss demons were a race that advocated strength, and the strict hierarchy had been buried in their bloodline for millions of years. Therefore, when Roy released his power, the demons at the outermost edge took a few steps back, turned around, and fled. The winged demons circling in the sky also flew away quietly. Only a few top-middle-rank demons, including the demon drooling with acid, were hesitant.
They were unwilling to let Roy snatch a large number of souls. In their opinion, although Roy was not someone to be trifled with, he was still a middle-rank demon in the midst of promotion. Perhaps we can win if we attack together?
At the same time, these demons held strong jealousy toward Roy. They knew very well that once they became high-rank demons, their status would be different. This was a promotion that many demons dreamed of, and they could not do it themselves now. So after discovering Roy's situation, it would be a lie to say that they were not jealous.
From their distorted expressions and eyes, Roy roughly guessed the thoughts of these demons, but he did not care what they were thinking. He had already given them the chance. If they did not want to leave, then they could stay!
He stretched out his left hand and suddenly lifted it up. Powerful magic power erupted at the feet of the salivating demon. A sharp black icicle soared into the sky in less than half a second and pierced through the belly of the salivating demon. This black icicle was tens of meters tall and hung the demon in the air!
The other demons quickly dodged when Roy's magic power erupted. But unexpectedly, Roy waved his hand, and several ice spears formed in the air and flew toward these demons, directly sealing off their retreat.
"ROAR!!!" Aware of the danger, these devils all let out roars and began to mobilize their magic power to counterattack.
One of the demons opened his mouth and spat out a shockwave formed by the power of darkness. The other two demons ignited with raging flames and waved their hands to shoot out Bursting Fireballs.
Unfortunately, when their magic faced Roy's ice spears, they could not block or offset them at all. The black ice spears that Roy shot out broke through their magic and pierced into their bodies!
Although he was still a middle-rank demon, Roy's magic was completely different from before. The compressed magic power brought about a qualitative change in magic! It could be said that the magic he cast with the same amount of magic power was at least twice as powerful as before!
This was the most essential difference between high-rank demons and middle-rank demons …
Roy's ice spears pierced through the three demons at the same time, but they did not pierce their hearts. Even so, the three demons let out loud screams. But before their voices subsided, Roy appeared behind them in a flash. He swung Frostmourne with powerful force and instantly cut the three demons in half!
Purple blood splattered. These demons paid the price for their hesitation just now.
After taking the souls of the three demons, Roy raised his head and looked at the demon pierced by the icicle. Although the icicle had pierced a large hole in his abdomen, this guy was still alive. The vitality of demons was very strong, but the Magic Power Virus contained in the black icicle was rapidly devouring his magic power, making him unable to fight back at all.
"Don't … kill me!" the demon said weakly to Roy. "You, are strong … I, am willing to submit to you!"
This was a choice that many demons would usually make when facing demons stronger than them, but this situation rarely happened between demons of the same level. For this demon to say such words meant that this demon was really afraid of Roy, just like Araniya.
Roy thought about it, stretched out his claws, aimed at the demon from afar, used Psychokinesis to break the icicle at the top, and put the demon down.
The situation here was a little different from in the Abyss. In the Abyss, Roy could not make use of Araniya, and he did not trust her loyalty, so he directly killed her and took away her inherited memories.
But this demon in front of him did not seem to have any inherited memories worthy of Roy's attention, so he might as well treat him as an accomplice and help him collect souls!
If I had known earlier, I would not have killed the other three demons so quickly … There were too many souls here, and Roy's efficiency alone was too limited.
"I can let you go and let your pitiful soul continue to stay in your ugly body!" Roy said to the demon who was trying to pull the remaining icicles out of his body. "But you need to sign a demon contract with me!"
"Yes, Your Excellency!" the demon gritted his teeth in response. He was in pain …
Roy waved his hand, and a demon contract appeared in front of them. The content of this demon contract was very simple. Roy would let this demon go and not kill him, but as the price, twenty percent of the souls this demon hunted in this world would automatically be handed over to Roy through the power of the demon contract!
To put it bluntly, this was Roy collecting protection fees! As long as this demon was not killed by other angels or enemies in the future, he would have to hand over twenty percent of the souls he obtained to Roy.
After seeing the content of this contract, the demon signed his demon name on it without saying a word.
This way, the contract was established.
"I, can, leave, Your Excellency?" My Lord! "The demon asked carefully.
Roy nodded. He quickly covered his wounds and jumped down from the top of the building as though a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders.
Roy was not surprised that this demon would sign the contract so readily because Roy's method of collecting protection fees was actually not rare among demons. Many high-rank demons did this, and there were even more profiteers.
Xeron had done this in the Heroes of Might and Magic world, and his method was even more extreme. All the spoils of war belonged to him, and he only shared a small amount with the demons below him. Even after signing contracts with some high-level demons, Xeron actually obtained fifty to sixty percent of the spoils of war.
In comparison, Roy's protection fees were only twenty percent, which was already relatively generous.
Roy was not a true high-rank demon, so he could not command these demons to fight and harvest the spoils of war for him. But he could use this method to find more demons to sign demon contracts, which could be considered as achieving the same goal as a high-rank demon.
At that time, not only would he use the Soul Attracting Flag to collect souls, but he would also have a large group of contract workers under him. The speed and efficiency of earning souls would definitely increase by a lot …
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