After flying excitedly for a long time, Roy finally landed on the ground.
It was no wonder that he was so excited. In fact, he knew very well that under the strict class system of the Abyss, only by becoming a high-rank demon could he truly obtain freedom.
Yes, high-rank demons not only meant strength but also freedom because only high-rank demons could be considered to have obtained power and truly become the ruling class of demons!
This was just like how people in the human world hoped to become officials for the sake of that power.
Although there were higher ranks like demon lords and demon kings above high-rank demons, not to mention the small number of these higher-level demons, they were usually rare. If not for the End War in the Darksiders world, it would have been absolutely impossible to gather so many demon lords, let alone demon kings.
In other words, Roy might not necessarily encounter demon lords and demon kings in most other worlds in the future. Without these higher-level demons, no one could control and suppress him.
Moreover, even demon lords might not necessarily use force to oppress high-rank demons. It had to be known that most of the time, high-rank demons followed beside demon lords, and they were existences equivalent to butlers. They took care of trivial matters for demon lords and served demon lords, so demon lords had to respect high-rank demons accordingly. Unless they encountered defections, even demon lords could not easily execute high-rank demons.
These were all mentioned in Araniya's inherited memories. It could be said that after promoting to high-rank demon, both his status and authority had greatly improved.
Just like Roy's execution mission. If he had not been a middle-rank demon but a high-rank demon, he could have even chosen to refuse! And if he had chosen to refuse, Demon Lord Rogeros at that time could not punish Roy because of this.
Therefore, Roy had finally climbed to the top of the pyramid of demon ranks …
Roy landed in a residential area of this city. Perhaps because of the density of the buildings here, the shock wave of the nuclear explosion did not completely raze this place to the ground. Many buildings still had some foundations and small parts of the buildings left, but the glass of these buildings had long disappeared. Roy could even imagine the spectacular scene of the glass shattering from the tremendous sound wave at the moment of the explosion …
In this residential area, there were many low-level demons roaming around. They were searching for human survivors, cats, and other wild beasts in every corner to obtain blood and souls. For these low-level demons who had survived the nuclear explosion, this world was simply their paradise. They could find scattered souls everywhere, and if they encountered angel soldiers, they might even be able to snatch the angel's soul!
When Roy landed, because he did not deliberately restrain his magic power, the low-level demons immediately felt the power and pressure emanating from his body. They growled and spontaneously gathered toward Roy.
When they arrived in front of Roy, these low-level demons all prostrated on the ground. Those with tails lowered their heads and extended their tails toward Roy. Those without tails spread their claws and extended their palms toward Roy.
Of course, Roy had seen this scene before. When he was in the Heroes of Might and Magic world, the low-level demons that Xeron summoned had expressed their obedience to Xeron like this. This posture was very similar to that of an orangutan … From this point of view, Roy's choice to resist back then was truly a rather unusual existence …
The number of these low-level demons was relatively large. There were low-rank demons and middle-rank demons, and there were about a thousand of them in total. It was fine if there was no high-rank demon leading them before since they could move freely and hunt freely. But now that Roy had appeared here, they had to accept Roy's leadership unconditionally.
This was the unique authority of a high-rank demon to lead! The moment Roy promoted to high-rank demon, he automatically obtained such authority as a commander. He could lead these low-level demons at any time and lead them into large-scale battles.
Of course, Roy did not need to care about low-rank demons. If Roy wanted to lead middle-rank demons, he had to give them appropriate benefits. After all, middle-rank demons should have their corresponding status.
Roy half-squatted on a broken statue and looked at the low-level demons prostrating on the ground. He felt an unprecedented sense of accomplishment. He knew that as long as he gave the order, these low-level demons would fight for him without fear of death and plunder a large number of souls for him.
Roy slowly looked around at these low-level demons. The low-rank demons did not dare to look up at him at all and kept their heads on the ground. They did not know what the temper of this high-rank demon in front of them was, so they did not dare to do anything that might anger him. The middle-rank demons were better and could secretly size up Roy. But when Roy looked over, they quickly lowered their heads and did not dare to look at him.
Not only was Roy's four wings bursting with powerful magic power, but even his body was much taller. He was more than three meters tall, and his muscular body was well-developed. Coupled with his increasingly ferocious appearance and demon horns, he looked very intimidating. So the low-level demons around him all waited silently, and no one dared to make a sound.
"Now …" After a while, Roy finally spoke. This was the first time he spoke after his promotion, and he found that his voice had become much deeper. The dissipating magic power mixed with the demon language increased the soul shock. As soon as he spoke, all the demons present could not help but listen carefully.
"Now, all winged demons, move out. Fly to the surface of the sea and search for human weapons at the bottom of the sea!" Roy gave his first order. "Find them!"
"Roar! Yes! Your Excellency!! "
With a unified roar, the winged demons immediately flapped their wings and flew toward the sea. Roy spread his wings and followed behind them.
Roy had seen traces of intercontinental missiles rising in the sky to the east of the city from afar. Although it was hundreds of kilometers away, the intense flames were so eye-catching in the night sky, so Roy knew that human ships or nuclear submarines must have launched nuclear bombs in the nearby sea. After all, this was a large city with millions of people, and human armies had fought against angels and demons in the city before, so it was very likely that there was a military base here. The ship or nuclear submarine that launched the intercontinental missiles might have sailed out from a secret base in this city.
It had been several hours since the first wave of nuclear strikes, but although the angels and demons had been attacked, the losses were not too serious. There were still a large number of angels and demons active in the city. It was impossible for the humans to not observe these situations, so it was difficult to guarantee that there would not be a second wave of nuclear strikes.
The human side was already prepared to perish together with the enemy. After the first wave of nuclear attack, the destruction of the environment was inevitable anyway, so it was very likely that they would throw more nuclear bombs at the enemy.
The power of nuclear bombs was still immense, and high-rank demons who were not prepared for protection might die in the explosion. Of course, Roy did not want to be blown up miserably by nuclear bombs as soon as he promoted to high-rank demon, so after commanding these demons, his first thought was to find that human ship or nuclear submarine!
Although he had the unique ability of Radiation Perception, it was absolutely impossible for him to search such a vast sea alone. But now that he had the help of so many low-level demons, it would definitely be much easier to search …
A large number of winged demons flew to the sea. To Roy's surprise, it seemed that he was not the only one who had thought of this. Other high-rank demons had also thought of it. When he flew to the seaside, Roy saw a large number of demons gathering in other directions, and behind them, there were also high-rank demons commanding them.
The demons that had gathered had a tacit understanding to divide up the search area and act separately, searching for traces of humans on the surface of the sea. Some demons who knew how to swim plunged into the sea and searched at the bottom.
Then, after flying for about a hundred kilometers, Roy saw that even the angel army had appeared in the sky above the sea. It seemed that not only demons, but angels also felt the threat of human nuclear weapons and did not hesitate to send out troops to search.
When they saw these angel soldiers, many flying demons looked at Roy, who was flying in the middle, and waited for his instructions. Roy looked ahead and found that among the angel army, there were several angels emitting intense radiation, which meant that they might be powerful high-level angels leading the army!
"Search for humans first. Don't clash with these angels for the time being!" Roy ordered calmly.
Therefore, under his command, the demons tried their best to avoid the direction of the angel army's search. It seemed that the angel army had also discovered the existence of Roy, a powerful four-winged high-rank demon. Out of caution, they did not rush at the demon but only vigilantly paid attention to the movements of the demon while continuing to search.
Both sides tacitly maintained restraint and focused on searching for human ships. This made Roy feel sad for the humans of this world. Not only had they encountered the End War, but they had also ruthlessly fired nuclear bombs, causing the common fear of angels and demons …
How could this be described with the word 'tragic' …
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