When Uoland led the rest of the Elven army to escape, the encounter naturally turned into a pursuit.
Out of greed for souls, Xeron certainly did not want to let any of the enemies escape. However, this was the elven territory, after all, and Uland was more familiar with the terrain than Xeron. After he led the remaining troops into the forest, Xeron quickly lost track of Uland.
Druids were worshippers and protectors of nature. They protected the natural world, and the natural world would also help them in return. Thus, when Uland entered the forest, the entire forest helped him hide his tracks. The leaves of the lush trees rustled, and the leaves fluttered in the air, blocking his line of sight. The grass grew wildly on the ground, covering the tracks of the elven army. The thorny forest spread and blocked all the paths in the forest, not letting the demons pass at all.
Under these circumstances, the elven troops successfully escaped, and Xeron roared in anger.
Although he had set fire to the forest in anger, not only did it not help, but it also blocked the path of the demon army. The demons were not afraid of fire, but it did not mean that they would not be hurt by it. So in the end, Xeron could only awkwardly return with the pursuing troops.
The demon army also needed to rest. They could not move forward until the forest fire was extinguished, so they could only clean up the battlefield first.
Many of the elven troops had died, but the demons were not much better off. Many demons had been killed and expelled. If not for Xeron suppressing Uland with magic, the outcome of this battle would have been unpredictable.
In the end, Xeron obtained more than six hundred souls, but in fact, Roy had secretly snatched more than one hundred and forty souls on the battlefield, which was quite a lot. In total, the elves had lost at least eight hundred people. But because Uland had escaped in the end, Xeron did not know how many troops he had brought with him, so he did not have any doubts about the number of souls.
The larger the chaotic battle, the more Roy could fish in troubled waters and reap more benefits. Anyway, the rules of the demon contract were there. If he did not take advantage of a loophole, how could he be worthy of himself?
After Xeron handed over Roy's share, it was equivalent to Roy obtaining a total of about two hundred souls in this battle. In addition to the ones he had obtained before, the total number of souls he had was now almost three hundred.
This was an unimaginable number of souls in the Abyss. In the Abyss, he had to fight to obtain three hundred souls continuously for at least a month to obtain them. But here, he only participated in a few battles and obtained them. It seemed like it made sense that demons liked war.
Three hundred souls sounded quite a lot, but it was probably not enough for Roy's next plan because about a hundred of these souls were split by Xeron, and they were all small souls with small soul power.
Fortunately, it was foreseeable that there would be many battles between Xeron's troops and the elves, and Roy would have many opportunities to continue obtaining souls.
Uland's appearance further confirmed the fact that the elves were gathering in the main city. As long as Xeron continued to advance, he would definitely encounter more encounters like this one. The only thing Roy was worried about now was that if he continued fighting like this, Xeron's troops would become fewer and fewer. No matter how powerful Xeron's magic was, it was impossible for him to not suffer any losses in battle. If he lost too many troops, it would become more and more dangerous for Roy to participate in battles with his troops. It would not be so easy to continue seizing souls with ease.
Therefore, after thinking about it, Roy felt that he should persuade Xeron to think of a way to replenish his troops.
However, Roy had clearly underestimated the scheming and scheming of these high-rank demons. When Roy mentioned that the loss of troops was too great and not conducive to the next step, Xeron immediately made a decision to ask for reinforcements nearby!
If they waited for Ignatius' reinforcements from the demon citadel, Xeron's troops would have to stop and wait for a long time. However, in order to maintain this soul-snatching operation, Xeron turned his attention to Rashka's troops. Although Xeron's troops were some distance away from Rashka's troops, the distance between the two was naturally much closer compared to the demon citadel.
Xeron planned to send someone to send a letter to Rashka on the grounds that he had suffered too many losses after encountering the main force of the elves and asking Rashka to transfer some troops to him!
Even Roy was shocked when he heard this. Was he unscrupulous in order to snatch souls?
Putting aside the fact that Rashka's troops did not receive Ignatius's priority supply, even if they did, Xeron's move would immediately turn Rashka's advantage into nothing.
No wonder Xeron believed him when he provoked him a little. This kind of thing often happened between high-rank demons …
In fact, it made sense. The demons had a huge backer like the Abyss, and they could continuously summon troops from the Abyss. But what about the other races? They could only rely on reproduction, cultivation, and training to obtain the corresponding troops. It could be said that the gap between them and the demons was not small. But under such circumstances, the demons had not completely occupied and destroyed this world. It might be because of the serious internal friction between these high-rank demons who were leading the troops.
After realizing this, Roy immediately understood that he could not be such a messenger!
He had thought of going to Rashka's side and coming back to add fuel to the fire, making the matter of Rashka and Ignatius joining hands' true '. But after discovering the internal strife between the three, Roy understood that he absolutely could not get involved.
Xeron could get someone to ask for reinforcements, but what if Rashka did not want his interests to be damaged and was unwilling to give reinforcements?
It would be fine if he did not give it. What he was most afraid of was that Rashka would directly kill the messenger and then pretend that he did not receive the news. In a confrontation in the future, he would directly push the blame to the elves and say that the messenger was intercepted and killed by the elves. If he went to deliver the letter, he might become such an unlucky ghost …
There was no doubt that in the Abyss, one had to always speculate about the thoughts of demons with the greatest malice …
At first, Xeron planned to let Roy go, but Roy used the reason that he was only a low-rank demon and refused this task. Xeron thought that it made sense, so he could only send an evil god to deliver the letter.
At that time, if Rashka really gave reinforcements, then it would be quite appropriate for a middle-rank demon to bring them back. If it were Roy, the middle-rank demons in the team might not necessarily listen to his orders and hurry on their way …
After the evil god left, Roy carefully asked Xeron what he would do if Rashka did not give reinforcements, but Xeron still looked confident.
Roy estimated that he actually had a way to quickly replenish his troops, which was to draw a magic formation and use it to perform a demon summoning ritual. However, this kind of summoning consumed a lot of Xeron's magic power. It was fine when there was no battle, and his magic power could slowly recover. But in the middle of a battle, it might be a big problem if he ran out of magic power, so this might be the last resort and he would only use it when the losses were really great.
In any case, after resting, Roy continued with Xeron's army.
However, even Roy did not expect that even the heavens were helping him. His guess had completely become true!
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