The process of searching for territory did not go too smoothly.
Roy spent most of his time going in and out of spatial entrances. He investigated no less than a hundred fragment worlds of various sizes, but he did not find a fragment world that satisfied him.
Perhaps some people would say, Can't you just find one? Why do you have to be so obsessive?
But in fact, Roy understood that it was completely different from casually dividing a place as a lair in the upper level of the Abyss. If nothing unexpected happened, the territory he found would be his true 'home' for a long time in the future. This period might very well be hundreds of years or even centuries. In view of this, Roy naturally wanted to find the most suitable place.
Therefore, although Roy was impatient, he continued searching patiently.
As time passed, Roy was surprised to find that the number of fragment worlds here was astonishing. He had entered and exited hundreds of spaces, but the repetition rate was only about 2% at most. The rest were all new spaces, and the size, terrain, and even environment of each was different. It was hard to imagine how vast it would be if all the fragment worlds here were combined.
While searching, Roy had also barged into other territories with owners. Without exception, the demon lords in these territories were very vigilant of Roy, and the more irascible ones would even directly attack him. In such situations, Roy usually dealt with them a few times and then retreated, having no intention of continuing to fight.
It was not that he could not win, but that there was no need. Not only was Roy looking for a suitable territory and environment to live in, but other demon lords generally chose the environment they liked and felt comfortable. But because of their different bloodlines, what was suitable for them might not necessarily be suitable for Roy. For example, Roy had encountered a demon scorpion lord whose territory was purely a black-red desert. He could travel freely in the desert, but Roy might not want to stay in the desert.
The demon lords that Roy encountered would usually find some demons of their own race to be their subordinates, but they would occasionally recruit some demons of other races. However, the number of these subordinates was generally not too many. After all, these low-level demons were summoned from the upper levels of the Abyss, which was equivalent to turning wild demons into domesticated ones. As a lord, he naturally had to be responsible for the food and clothing of his subordinates. If his territory was not large enough, he would not be able to support these subordinates.
Therefore, demon lords generally controlled the number of subordinates, and this number would be maintained at hundreds to thousands. These demons would act as standing armies and stay in the demon lord's territory for a long time, mining, building buildings, managing territories, and so on. Demon lords usually did not manage these low-level demons personally but handed them to high-rank demons who had submitted to them.
That's right. This business model was the one used by Demon Lord Rogeros. It was not just him. It could be said that most demon lords used this method to maintain their rule.
Only when there was a territorial war with other demon lords would the demon lords summon more demons from the upper levels of the Abyss in large numbers.
Or if he wanted to execute some traitors, he would temporarily find some demons as execution demons to hunt down and kill the traitors, just like how he had found Roy back then. After that, he would just give a certain reward.
This method of governance and management was considered a relatively efficient method of governance among demons. In tens of thousands of years of history, demon lords had always used this method. Not to mention demon lords, even low-level demons were used to it … If Roy wanted to govern his territory, he would probably inherit this management method.
Remembering what he saw and heard in his heart, Roy continued to search for various spatial entrances and check one fragment world after another.
"Huh?" After an unknown period of time, Roy plunged into another spatial vortex and was stunned when he saw the situation of this fragment world.
This was a very cold fragment world. The ground was full of crystallized rocks, and all kinds of withered and twisted plants had long icicles hanging on them. A strong blizzard was howling in the sky, and the plain in front of him was covered in a vast expanse of whiteness, making it impossible to see too far away.
Roy finally encountered another world of ice and snow. Moreover, from what Roy could feel, the temperature here was even lower than in Anivia's territory, and the entire world had a deathly silent atmosphere.
Roy spread his wings and flew forward against the blizzard. He found that the area of this fragment world was quite large, with a conservative estimate of tens of thousands of square kilometers.
This scale was not considered large among the fragment worlds Roy had entered, but it was not small either. It belonged to a lower-middle-scale fragment world. The rarest thing was that there was an active volcano in the center of the plain. Moreover, this volcano was buried underground, and only a small part of it was exposed above the ground. It was precisely because of the existence of this volcano that the center of the plain was relatively warm, and Roy even saw several hot spring lakes.
Most importantly, the environment here was very clear and did not feel too gray and dirty. Instead, it was quite beautiful.
This environment was perfect for Roy. The blizzard and low temperature in the periphery were natural barriers, and the warmer part in the center was suitable for Julia and the others to survive. If he could build a city around this volcano, it would be the perfect territory.
I've decided to do it here! Roy flew down toward the volcano. He had already decided that even if there was a demon lord in this fragment world, he would chase him away!
Boom. Roy landed on the ice. His three pairs of demon wings spread wantonly, and his entire body was filled with magic power. In the Abyss, he did not need to resist any repulsive force of the world, so he was naturally at his peak. Under the influence of his magic power, the surrounding ice and the blizzard flying over all turned into black frost that spread under Roy's feet.
His powerful magic power surged between heaven and earth, using this method to announce his existence. If there were other demon lords in this territory, then this would be a means to lure them out.
Seemingly sensing Roy's magic power, the ground trembled slightly, and the magnitude of the tremors was gradually increasing.
Roy quickly determined that the source of the tremors was in the crater, so he grinned sinisterly and spread his wings to fly toward the crater.
The exposed part of the volcano was about a hundred meters long, and the boiling magma inside was shorter than the crater. When Roy flew to the crater, the magma suddenly churned, and then an enormous figure rushed out.
It was an incomparably enormous … worm! It had a round body and dark red skin. It had no eyes, but it had a round mouth tens of meters in diameter with ferocious, sharp teeth that were like rollers. When it rushed out of the magma, it brought out a large amount of fiery red and boiling lava. In the lava rain that fell from the sky, it stood upright and faced Roy.
Roy looked calmly at this terrifying demon worm. He did not know how this fellow grew to be so huge. Just its body that was exposed to the surface of the magma was more than sixty meters long, and the rest of its body was still buried in the magma.
Most importantly, Roy judged from the other party's aura that it was not a demon lord!
In fact, this guy was not even a demon and could only be regarded as a monster. It had the aura of a demon, which meant that it had a demon bloodline. Its strength was at most at the middle-rank demon level, but this guy looked too … ridiculous!
Another mutated guy! Roy came to this conclusion.
Without eyes, this demon worm relied on its sense of smell and vibration to move. Although its body was countless times larger than Roy's, after sensing the demon lord aura on Roy, it made a loud gurgling sound and lowered its head to Roy.
This was a gesture of submission. Of course, Roy could see it and could not help but rub his chin. When he checked this territory earlier, he found that there were no other creatures on the icy plain. But now that such a demon worm had appeared, it meant that the creatures here were likely living underground.
Roy flew over and stroked the demon worm's head a few times, indicating that he accepted its submission. This made the demon worm excited, and its huge body began to twist.
The only pity was that this guy was only a monster, so it could not communicate with Roy. Otherwise, he could ask it to see if this territory had a master before.
This was a very suitable environment for frost demons to live in. Roy felt that if there were other frost demon lords, they would not abandon this place. But after talking to Anivia, Roy suspected that if there had really been a frost demon lord here before, the hunters of the Burning Legion would have killed it …
But no matter what, this territory now belonged to Roy.
He flew out of the crater and returned to the icy plain. The demon worm wanted to follow him out, but the low temperature outside made it very uncomfortable, so it could only soak half of its body in the magma and sway at the crater.
Roy knelt on one knee on the ice and supported it with his right hand. Magic power surged out of his palm, and the blue flowing brightness flames spread out in all directions with his palm as the center. Wherever the flames flowed, the solid ice immediately formed a magic formation.
In just a few seconds, Roy completed the summoning formation. After injecting magic power into it, the summoning formation began to glow.
Julia, Benia, and the others had been separated from Roy when he returned, but Roy knew that they should have returned to the Abyss level where high-rank demons were. What Roy wanted to do this time was to summon them directly. There was also Cassandra. Because of her demon contract with Roy, she had followed him to the Abyss when he returned, but he did not know where she was. Roy also had to summon her through the contract …
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