Under the stimulation of magic power, this memory crystal emitted a faint light, and then an image was projected from the crystal.
In the image was the image of a demon. This demon was half-human, and his lower body was on the ground with four feet. He looked like some kind of animal, and his upper body was humanoid. He had five fingers on his arms, and his muscles were not very developed. But what was strange was that this demon did not have a face on his head. His face was actually on his chest! At the position of his pectoral muscles were his eyes. These eyes looked very big, but they were also very strange because the pupils in his eyeballs were actually horizontal!
At first glance, this kind of horizontal pupil looked like it was squinting, but after looking at it for a while, you would feel especially uncomfortable, always feeling that the pupil was staring at you at all times.
And on his abdomen was a huge, ferocious mouth. The sharp teeth in his mouth were exposed, crisscrossing on his abdomen. The color of these teeth was different from the skin on his abdomen, so it looked like this demon's entire abdomen had been broken into two.
Just looking at his appearance, this demon was indeed quite scary … a typical monster-like demon.
In addition to this image, the memory crystal also had a section of demon language sealed in it, and the owner of the voice was the high-rank demon Edrach that Roy had heard earlier. "César, upper-middle-rank demon, illusion demon bloodline, good at using illusion magic.
"César, upper-middle-rank demon, illusion demon bloodline, good at using illusion magic. He was originally a warrior under Demon Lord Rogeros, but he stole one of Lord Rogeros's magic artifacts and fled. Moreover, he hid in another world. Since it's impossible to locate the world he's in, it's impossible to hunt him across worlds. But it doesn't matter. The repulsive force of the world will send him back. This memory crystal also has another function, which is to sense Lord Rogeros's magic artifact. Once César is expelled back to the Abyss by the power of the world, the memory crystal will immediately notify you. Kill him and bring back his faceless head and magic artifact!"
After listening to this information, Roy felt like his tail was about to be tied into a knot. How could this mission be like this?
The target of execution was easy to deal with. The upper-middle-rank standard was nothing much, and it was just that his magic power was much higher than Roy's. Given some time, he could catch up with the Magic Energy Growth Potion. But this demon was actually an illusion demon, which meant that he should be very good at deceiving and playing with illusions. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to steal something from a demon lord.
Of course, it was also possible that he had taken advantage of the demon lord's carelessness …
Unlike in other worlds, because there was no repulsive force in the Abyss, demons rarely signed demon contracts. Moreover, it seemed that the contracts signed in the Abyss were not effective. The demons of the upper ruling class relied on their powerful force to control resources. These resources might be the knowledge inheritances of demons, souls, or something that could strengthen demons, such as the demon blood in the pool water of the place of refinement. But because there were no contracts, if low-level demons wanted to obtain these resources, they could only work for these demons of the ruling class and fight for them in exchange for these resources. This was a typical employment method.
Of course, there were very few cases of such effectiveness and loyalty. Otherwise, there would not have been a betrayal like César. Moreover, there were probably many similar situations. Not only had it happened to Lord Rogeros, but it should have also happened to other demon lords. And in order to hunt down these traitors, the Abyss had even given birth to a unique name — 'execution demon'!
Roy did not care about the specific process of César's betrayal, nor was he interested in understanding it. But from this information, he could tell that the target of his execution this time should be relatively intelligent.
Strictly speaking, this kind of shrewd demon was a demon … This kind of demon who knew how to use intelligence to his advantage was much more difficult to deal with than those demons who only knew how to rely on brute force.
The most troublesome thing was that this guy had actually hidden in another world!
Now, Roy finally knew why Edrach had given him a year to complete this mission. The reason was that there were so many worlds connected to the Gates of the Abyss, so who knew which world he was hiding in?
Although Edrach had said in the memory crystal that the power of the world would expel him back, did Edrach not think that if César signed a demon contract with a summoner in another world and never completed it, wouldn't he be able to stay in that world for a long time and not return? How was he supposed to complete the mission?
That's not right. Edrach is a high-rank demon after all, and it's impossible for him to make such a common sense mistake … Roy unconsciously wagged his tail and pondered. Or was my previous understanding wrong? Even with a demon contract, there's a limit to how long a demon can stay in another world? For example, how long can it be?
The more Roy thought about it, the more likely it was. Just like what he had just imagined, if he really signed a demon contract with a summoner and then refused to complete the contract, allowing the demon to stay in another world for a long time, then the loopholes in this demon contract would be too big!
Based on Roy's experience in the Heroes of Might and Magic world, in high-magic worlds, demons could almost rely on their own magic power to resist the power of the world and stay for half a year to a year without a contract. Then, Roy estimated that even with a demon contract, demons could probably stay in a world for no more than two years!
The lower the magic world, the shorter the time. At that time, even if the demon and the summoner did not complete the contract, the power of the world would forcefully expel the demon back.
As for whether it was the demon failing to complete the contract or the summoner failing to complete the contract, Roy did not know. Roy did not know. After all, he had never encountered such a situation.
Roy guessed that Edrach had given him a year's time because Demon César should have escaped for some time. With his middle-rank demon strength, he probably did not dare to escape to high-magic worlds. High-magic worlds generally had powerful races and people, and a middle-rank demon would probably have to live carefully in those worlds. Putting himself in César's shoes, Roy felt that if he were César, it would be impossible for him to escape to such a world.
Since he could not go to high-magic worlds, he could only go to middle-magic worlds. If he wanted to extend his stay in another world as much as possible, he could not choose a low-magic world. The repulsive force of such a world was too strong.
If the longest he could stay in a middle-magic world was between half a year to a year and a half, then Roy guessed that César might have escaped for half a year at most!
This way, it made sense for Edrach to give him a year's mission.
However, the magic in the memory crystal could only track Demon Lord Rogeros's demon artifact and not César himself. Was he not afraid that César would quietly bury the demon artifact in the world he stayed in and then secretly expel him back to the Abyss? If he came back like this, it would be impossible to track him at all.
Moreover, the so-called demon artifact should be a demon creation, right? Since it was a demon creation, there should be a demon lord's soul fragment in it. Even if he crossed worlds, it was impossible for him not to sense his soul fragment at all, right? Even Gabriel could tear open spacetime and forcefully descend when he sensed that something was wrong with his soul fragment. Even if a demon lord could not compare to an Archangel, could he really not even be able to locate it?
Unless … unless that demon artifact was not created by Demon Lord Rogeros but snatched from other demons. Without his own soul fragment, of course he could not sense it.
After thinking through the information that he could deduce, Roy could not help but touch the demon horns on his head. No wonder Edrach did not say what to do if he did not encounter the execution target when he gave him the mission. It seemed like he was already dead. Within a year, César would definitely be expelled back once. As for that demon artifact, it might be very important to César. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to risk offending a demon lord to steal it. Then, when he was expelled back, he would most likely bring it with him and not leave it in another world.
And after demons returned to the Abyss, there would be a cooldown period. This cooldown period was because the residual repulsive force of the world in the bodies of demons needed to be neutralized with the power of the Abyss. Therefore, during this cooldown period, demons could not immediately go to other worlds through a Gate of the Abyss.
If he wanted to complete the mission, he had to find César during this cooldown period!
After understanding how he was going to complete this mission, Roy put away the memory crystal. He casually drew a chain, threaded the crystal into a bracelet, and hung it on his wrist. This way, when César appeared in the Abyss, the crystal would light up, and he would be able to discover him immediately.
After accepting this mission, Roy would not be able to go to other worlds for at least a year. He had to pay attention to César's return at all times. But it did not matter. First, Roy had successfully become a middle-rank demon, and he needed to adapt to the situation in the middle Abyss. Second, he felt that it was best to take advantage of this time to fight with middle-middle-rank and upper-middle-rank demons to see how big the difference was between demons of the same rank and different levels. This way, he would have more confidence in dealing with César when he completed the execution mission.
The best situation was that Roy could encounter other illusion demons in the middle Abyss, which would be the best way to deepen his understanding.
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