After Roy made his decision, the entire city of Ur-Hekal began to prepare for war with his will as the goal.
When Xeron still occupied this city, he had built a large number of Gates of the Abyss altars in the city to summon and expand the army. Now that Ur-Hekal was in Roy's hands, he also used these altars.
Under the leadership of Julia and Benia, a large number of demons were summoned from the Gates of the Abyss every day. Bloodthirst and greed for souls made these demons respond to the call of war and rapidly expand the number and scale of the demon army under Roy's command. For low-level low-rank demons and middle-rank demons, Roy filled the army with them, and for the few but powerful high-level high-rank demons, Roy appointed them as leading heroes.
Three days later, the first wave of twelve 10,000-man formations set off. These 120,000 demon troops, led by twelve demon heroes, walked out of Eeofol and headed toward the kingdom of Heresh. Next, they would attack the cities of Heresh from all directions, and Giovanni, the spy, would be in charge of receiving them.
Although the opponents were undead, this was not much of a benefit to the demons. These skeletons without flesh and blood could not bring any souls to the demons. But Giovanni also said that the necromancers of Heresh actually had a lot of souls in their hands, and they were all of relatively high quality. They used these souls to study necromancy. If they could kill them, they might be able to seize these high-quality souls from them.
This news cheered up the demon heroes a little …
When the demon army stepped out of Eeofol again, the sentry posts set up by the various races on the border immediately discovered their traces. Therefore, a large number of smoke signals rose and sent a warning to the various races. For a time, the entire world of Ashan was in a state of panic.
Julia and Benia did not set off with the demon army. They were not interested in attacking the undead kingdom of Heresh. In their opinion, with Giovanni, a spy who was familiar with the internal situation of Heresh, there was no suspense in attacking Heresh, so they stayed in Ur-Hekal and were responsible for gathering more troops to deal with the possible siege of the various races that might appear next.
It was the same for Roy. He stayed in Ur-Hekal. Firstly, he did not need to take action in this war, and secondly, attacking the kingdom of Heresh was only to fulfill the demon contract between him and Giovanni.
Although many demons would think of ways to exploit the loopholes in the demon contract to harm the contractor, no matter what, demons would choose to fulfill the demon contract no matter what method they used. This was one of the few credibility that demons had …
Of the two demon contracts in Roy's hands, one was with Rafaro, and the content of the contract was to resurrect Rafaro. Roy had done this. Although he had turned Rafaro into a Sky Dragon and completely reduced him to his mount and tool, Rafaro had resurrected, hadn't he? Furthermore, he had obtained a body that was even more powerful than before.
The content of the contract with Giovanni was to help him ascend to the throne of the undead monarch. This contract was actually simpler. Wouldn't it be quick to use the endless demon army to push forward and completely eliminate the disobedient necromancers?
At that time, even if Giovanni became the undead monarch, he would not dare to rebel against Roy. This way, the power of the undead could also be used by Roy.
During these three days, in addition to familiarizing himself with his strength, Roy was also constantly understanding the current situation of Ashan through various channels. He knew very well that although the various races of Ashan hated and were wary of the demon camp, in fact, a demon camp led by a demon lord and a demon camp without a demon lord were completely different in the eyes of the various races.
Judging from the calendar of the world of Ashan, it had only been a thousand years since the beginning of the Seventh Dragon Era. In these thousand years, even though the demons had taken advantage of lunar eclipses to escape from Sheogh several times and launched the Battle of the Blood Moon, they had not caused much harm to the world of Ashan. The various races had developed and fought, and they had survived and multiplied until now.
But why? It was because the Seventh Dragon, Sar-Elam, had sealed all the demon lords in Sheogh!
Without the leadership of a demon lord, the demon camp could be said to be useless. Even if there were some high-level demons, most of them fought and schemed against each other. Such a demon camp could only be regarded as a minor problem.
But as the seal weakened, the situation gradually changed. Demon Lord Kha-Beleth, the first to escape, did something big not long after he came out. Not only did he directly abduct the queen of Erathia, but he also caused the Dark Messiah to be born. Kha-Beleth had been hiding in the dark for nearly twenty years, and the moment he attacked, he struck the vital point of the humans.
If Roy had not appeared and given Kha-Beleth some time, he could have used Biara to wreak havoc in the entire kingdom of Erathia, causing them to fall apart. Then he would have brought the matured Dark Messiah and released all the imprisoned demon lords. At that time, many demon lords would appear together and lead the entire demon camp to launch a counterattack against the various races of Ashan. Perhaps this world would really be finished.
Now, Roy had replaced Kha-Beleth and caused his scheme to fail. But the various races also learned of the appearance of the demon lords, especially the birth of the Dark Messiah, the dark savior in the prophecy. As long as the leaders of the various races did not lose their minds, they would understand that a vast crisis was in front of them. If they still wanted to preserve their strength and did not attack with all their might, the calamity brought by the demon army would destroy all of Ashan …
Roy also knew very well that he might face a war launched by the various races with the strength of their countries. The top combat forces hidden behind the scenes of the various races might also appear … Roy was not afraid of war.
Roy was not afraid of war. To him, his goals in coming to this world had basically been completed. Xeron was dead, and he had achieved his demon lord achievement. Since these goals had been completed, Roy could leave or stay as he pleased. On the contrary, if such a large-scale war started, it would be a good thing for Roy because he could harvest a larger number of souls.
It was rare for him to come here, so he had to get enough benefits! This was what Roy was thinking.
"Cassandra! Cassandra, where are you? "In the demon hall, Roy finished dealing with the matters at hand and called Cassandra to see him.
Cassandra soon appeared. She was wearing a lich robe shaped like petals, and her skirt fluttered as she slowly walked into the hall. A Book of the Dead floated on the right side of her waist as she walked forward. In her wrist was a baby.
"Master, you called me?" Cassandra came in and bowed to Roy.
Roy looked at the baby in her hand. It was the Dark Messiah, Sareth. During this period of time, Cassandra had been taking care of him, and Roy did not ask much. However, he did not expect that Sareth had grown a lot in just half a month. When Cassandra carried him in, he was still awake. His black eyes were open, and he did not cry or make a fuss as he looked at Roy curiously.
"Let me see!" Roy walked to Cassandra's side and stretched out his hand. Cassandra did not dare to disobey Roy's order and handed Sareth to him. However, she looked nervous and worried at Roy's expression.
Roy held Sareth with one hand. His small body was like an egg to the current Roy.
Holding this child, Roy immediately felt something different. The aura of darkness and flames were slowly spreading out from Sareth's body.
He was just a baby who was not even a month old, but he already had so much magic power filling his body. This surprised Roy. It had to be known that even low-rank demons needed a long time to accumulate magic power in their bodies. To truly know how to use it, they still needed to become middle-rank demons. Should he say that Sareth was indeed worthy of being a Child of Taboo?
Supported by Roy's hand, Sareth looked at Roy with his dark eyes and suddenly giggled. He stretched out his small hand to grab Roy. Facing Roy's ferocious demon face, this child did not have the slightest fear.
Looking at Sareth, Roy rubbed his chin with his claws and pondered. He suddenly thought of something. If this child were raised by a demon like me and a lich like Cassandra, what would he look like?
If I find a chance to bring him to the Devil May Cry world in the future, I wonder who would be more powerful compared to Children of Taboo like Dante and Vergil?
Interesting! Roy's interest was piqued.
"Master, forgive me for being presumptuous …" Cassandra said nervously. "Will … will you kill this child?"
Hearing this, Roy asked in surprise, "Why do you think so?"
Cassandra did not say anything, but it was obvious that she was very worried. After all, although Roy had avenged her and made her a lich to obtain power, Roy was still a demon no matter what …
Roy immediately guessed Cassandra's thoughts. "Don't worry. I said that I won't harm this child. Since you have feelings for this child, from now on, you're his mother!"
After receiving Roy's promise, Cassandra truly heaved a sigh of relief.
"But …" Roy changed the topic and looked at Sareth in his hand. "Before that, I still need to use this child."
"Follow me!" Ignoring Cassandra's reaction, Roy turned around and brought her to the secret room in Ur-Hekal.
It was time to start the second negotiation with the demon lords of Sheogh. Whether or not he could squeeze the greatest benefits from them depended on this wave …
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