High-rank demon?! This guy is really a high-rank demon?!
In fact, Roy had vaguely guessed it before. He thought that even a middle-rank demon would not be able to completely offset the effect of his Bloodlust with one spell. But when he heard the other party admit his high-rank demon rank, he could not help but be shocked.
Damn it, I'm really unlucky. I did not expect a high-rank demon to activate the summoner to attract demons. If I had known earlier, I would not have stepped into the magic formation to perform the summoning …
Roy knew very well that there were only two attitudes of high-level demons toward low-level demons. One was to kill, and the other was to enslave. There were no other choices. He did not even need to look at this demon contract to know that it was an enslavement contract.
Roy did not want to be enslaved by others, even if the other party was a high-level demon. Perhaps in the eyes of other demons, submitting to a high-level demon was a matter of course, but Roy was an anomaly among demons. His thoughts determined that he was never willing to be enslaved.
He wanted to fight it out with this guy. Even if his soul was damaged, Roy wanted to go back. Even if Xeron was also a demon and an expert at playing with souls, as long as he was not a mortal enemy of demons like angels, he would not be able to break through the protection of the Ouroboros Mark on Roy's soul …
But the problem was that Roy had no way to deal with Xeron's magic. With a Weakness spell, he would have no combat strength. How could he fight in this situation? And judging from Xeron's attitude, he did not seem to want to kill him at all …
He could not sign the contract, but he would have to stay in this world for a year. Xeron would probably lock him up. What was the difference between that and being in prison?
After thinking about it, there was only one way, and that was to activate the magic formation and go back!
Therefore, while Xeron was still talking, Roy secretly pressed his hand on the magic formation and tried to output magic energy to activate the teleportation formation. He remembered that activating the summoning formation, even with a weak amount of magic energy, was fine.
However … there was no reaction!
What's wrong? Is it because there is no ritual? Or is it because the demon wants to send me back different from the summoning ritual?
While Roy was still in shock, Xeron noticed the magic energy he was outputting. Xeron immediately said in a surprised tone, "You … you can output magic power? Ah, yes, you have the bloodline of a high-rank demon, so it's not surprising that you have an output circuit … but … "
Xeron touched his demon horns in confusion. "But when I activated the magic formation, I summoned it toward the upper Abyss. How did a high-rank demon like you end up in the upper Abyss?"
As he spoke, he looked at Fat Tiger in Roy's arms. "And this hellhound too. I've never seen a hellhound with demon wings … It's too weird! What kind of variant is this? "
There were too many suspicious points about Roy. But doubts were doubts, and Xeron had never doubted Roy's identity because Roy also had the unique demon aura of the Deep World. He could not be wrong about this, so Xeron did not think too much about it after wondering for a while. The Abyss was so big, so how could there be no lack of strange things? After he put aside his doubts, he wanted to subdue Roy even more.
He felt that although Roy was a low-rank demon, he was definitely an elite among low-rank demons! There had indeed been such examples in the past. Even demons of the same species might have huge differences between them. Occasionally, individuals that were much stronger than others of the same species would be born. These demons were usually called elite demons of the same rank.
Therefore, he took out his rare patience and said to Roy, "I've said it before. Don't waste your energy. If you want to teleport yourself back, you have to output the magic power of the summoning formation in reverse. This requires not just a little bit of magic power but a huge amount of magic power. If you think you can teleport back easily, you're gravely mistaken!"
Towards the end, he gradually became a little impatient and said, "My patience is limited. I'll give you one last chance. If you're really unwilling to sign the contract and submit to me, then I'll handcuff you and throw you directly into the human kingdom. Those angels in the City Amongst the Clouds will treat you well!"
Roy was helpless. He felt that his way back seemed to be blocked, so he could only stare at the words on the contract.
The content of this demon contract was like this. Roy had to submit to Xeron. During his stay in this world, he had to obey his orders and fight for him as his subordinate until he died or was expelled. During this period, all the souls captured on the battlefield had to be handed over to Xeron, and in return, Xeron would provide him with a certain amount of food.
This was originally the case, but because he wanted to recruit Roy, an elite demon, Xeron finally added a clause to the contract. If he won a war, then Roy would receive ten percent of the souls harvested in this war as a reward!
Seeing the content of this contract, Roy immediately understood why a high-rank demon like Xeron would appear in this world. It was precisely because they could stay in this world for a long time that they did not hesitate to recruit troops and wage war in this world. It had to be known that as long as they won every war, the victorious demons would be able to harvest a large number of souls from the battlefield. This method of harvesting souls by high-rank demons was much faster than hunting alone!
If Roy were just an ordinary low-rank demon, Xeron would not have given him the profits of the war and would have directly squeezed him like a slave owner.
It had to be said that Roy was really lucky to have added demon wings to himself. High-rank demons paid attention to bloodlines, but Xeron would never know that Roy's bloodline was actually very complicated. He only saw Roy in a different light after mistakenly recognizing his bloodline …
Overall, although this contract was still an enslavement contract, it was much better than the other summoned demons. Ten percent of the soul income was enough to turn him from a slave to a laborer …
After taking a closer look and finding that there were no traps, Roy signed his name and let the contract take effect.
After seeing Roy sign his name, Xeron could not help but laugh proudly. He took off the helmet on his head and revealed his original appearance. It was a face that looked a little human. If not for the pair of demon horns, Roy would not have doubted that he was a human.
This kind of humanoid demon was often the symbol of some high-rank demons …
"Come down. I still have to continue recruiting troops!" Xeron pointed at Roy. "You're the owner of that hellhound, right? Then I won't sign a contract with it. You'll be responsible for taking care of it in the future! You're not allowed to send it away. My orders to you are equally effective on it! "
This was Xeron's order. After signing the contract, Roy naturally could not violate it, so he could only nod in agreement.
In fact, this was also good. Only Roy knew that Fat Tiger was not a true demon hellhound, and he could not make a contract with anyone … Since Xeron did not sign the contract, he would not discover this.
"Now, I'll give you a mission. Go to the surface and keep an eye on the progress of the crater!" Xeron continued. "After I summon enough troops, I'll detonate the volcano!"
Roy did not know why Xeron wanted to detonate the volcano, but he did not ask and left with Fat Tiger.
The place he was previously at was underground. When he came out of the summoning array, he felt a burning sensation. This place seemed to be a tributary of the underground magma river. If he followed the magma river all the way, he would enter the bottom of a volcano from underground.
After climbing from the bottom to the crater, Roy found that there were already a large number of Abyss creatures here, but most of them were low-level demons. They were burning mercury-like liquid according to the drawn patterns and pouring it on these patterns to form a huge magic formation around the crater …
Recalling what Xeron had said about detonating the volcano, Roy immediately understood that the function of this magic formation was to forcefully detonate the volcano. Otherwise, Roy estimated that the volcano would not erupt for the time being.
Seeing these low-level demons working, Roy did not interfere. He flew into the sky with Fat Tiger and looked at the surroundings of the volcano.
Hey, the Dragon of Chaos, Urgash, and the City in the Clouds … The Heroes of Might and Magic world. I was summoned to a very dangerous place this time! Roy muttered self-deprecatingly. "However, a demon like me is very dangerous in this world. Are you, a high-rank demon, very safe?"
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