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by Little Merger

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1. Custom Made King

Custom Made Demon King

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Roy's life was nothing special. The only thing commendable was the last few moments when he saved a mother and her child from a drunk driver.

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It's really an egg! Damn it, what kind of monster have I become? Did I fall into Hell instead of making it to Heaven??

Join Roy as he ventures through various worlds with the Custom Made Demon King System—a system that allows Roy to draw anything he can imagine and create it through exchanging souls!

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Chapter 1: Hatched

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

Roy seemed to have a never-ending dream in the darkness and haze.

The dream seemed bizarre and ridiculous, and the reason why the word 'seemed' was used to describe it was because the dreamland dissipated immediately when a wave of throbbing came over him.

Roy woke up. The very moment he awakened, he could not recall anything about his dream.

After waking, Roy felt something amiss about his environment. He felt his entire body shrank into a ball and confined in a small space with air that reeked of rancid body fluid, which was even a little sticky.

Roy could not figure anything out since there was no light around him. Out of instinctive fear, he subconsciously opened his mouth to shout. However, he was almost choked to death by the liquid he inhaled.

Roy flailed his hands around blindly in panic as though he were drowning. In the end, his hands touched something that seemed to be a layer of 'wall'. He reached out and touched it. It felt thin and warm.

It was too late to think too much. Roy subconsciously banged his fist on this layer of 'wall' only to realize that something was wrong. His strength seemed to be much lower, and even his body was not what it was supposed to be.

Fortunately, that layer of 'wall' finally broke after he consecutively banged his fist against it. He heard a crack, and a fissure appeared in the wall. Faint light came through.

It worked! Roy's spirit was immediately rejuvenated, and he continued smashing.

After Roy managed to send a piece of the wall flying, the viscous liquid around him finally found an outlet. It rushed out through the gap, and the air from the outside world flowed in, allowing Roy to be finally satisfied with his instinctive breathing. He took a long deep breath, and the fullness in his lungs gave him the feeling of gratification that he was finally saved.

However, Roy was taken aback by the strange sounds he made after exhaling. He did not know if it was because his vocal cords had not been in use for a long time, but the sound he made was like this:

Tweet~~

Shit! Did I turn into a moaning monster?! Roy mocked himself before quickly peeling off the rest of the cracked 'wall' and making the gap larger. He grabbed the edge and drilled his body out of the gap.

The first thing Roy did after he pushed himself out was to raise his head and look at the sky. He was stunned!

Purple… moon?!

After staring at it for quite some time, Roy was finally certain that the round thing exuding a purplish glow and hanging in the sky was a moon. He then lowered his head in panic and looked at the place from where he had just emerged.

What the f*ck! It's really an egg!

Roy had had a bad hunch when he freed himself from the crack a moment ago. He felt despondent, as though he would never love again after realizing that he really emerged from a black egg.

He was actually hatched from an egg…

Hello everyone. Henceforth, please call me Hatched, Roy the Hatched…

After making light of the desperate situation he was in, Roy stretched out both hands. As he thought, what should have been a pair of human hands with calluses was now a pair of baby-sized palms. His skin was not only strangely dark red, but there were also some strange black lines on it. He had sharp nails on them, and even his feet were claw-like.

He touched his face. His eyes, nose, and mouth were still there, but there seemed to be two bulges on his forehead. Is this a pair of horns?

He touched behind and found a black arrow-shaped tail…

Damn it, what kind of monster have I become? It would be great if I had a mirror…

Roy suddenly thought of something. His expression changed as he lowered his head to look at his crotch. He finally heaved a long sigh of relief.

My precious!

Although it's a little chilly without pants, all's well if you're still there!

Lucky! My gender didn't change. Otherwise, it would have been crazy. Putting aside my memory of being a straight human male for the past twenty-odd years, judging from how I hatched from an egg, if I really became a female, wouldn't that mean I would have to pop eggs out when I breed in the future? That scene is simply…

He shook his head, chasing away this creepy imagery out of his mind. Roy started sorting out his memories since he was still confused.

There was nothing special about Roy's previous life. He grew up as a carefree youth in a peaceful age. After graduating from university, he worked hard in the city just to pay off that expensive mortgage. His favorite hobbies were playing games, reading novels and comics, and watching anime. He would occasionally barbeque with his friends if his economic situation allowed, and he would also take the opportunity to vent to his circle of friends late at night. He was rather good at finding joy in adversity. His goal in life had been for that house of nearly four-hundred square meters to work its magic in seducing a woman to take on and repay the mortgage with him…

If you thought about it this way, Roy was actually quite ordinary. The only thing that was commendable about him would probably be the last few pieces of memory he had.

Roy seemed to remember a mother and her child. When he was crossing the zebra crossing at the crossroad, a child was walking and playing a game on his mobile phone at the same time. His mother was pulling his arm, lecturing him, and they failed to pay attention to the traffic. Right at this moment, a car sped through the red light. Its driver might have been drunk or something. Roy saw it and had the chance to dodge, but that mother and son did not realize it. He had no idea what he was thinking about, but he grew hot, stopped in his tracks, and pushed that pair away. Then he felt a huge impact and his body swirling into the sky.

His memory stopped there, and Roy knew that he probably died. Was it necessary to ponder about why he appeared in this bizarre place and became a bizarre creature? Needless to say, he was reborn!

The young people of today would be embarrassed to chat with others if they did not know terms such as transmigrate and rebirth.

Roy had no regrets losing his life saving them. Who would have the time to ponder in the moment of saving people's lives? Humans led ordinary lives for many years, and one glorious moment was enough.

His only regret was his parents. They had to be grieving. Roy became sad when his thoughts turned to this…

After mourning for his previous life for some time, Roy sighed. After paying tribute, he adjusted his mind and raised his head to survey the environment.

What he saw made him a little dazed.

He seemed to be on a beach. However, unlike the blue sky and white clouds in his impression, the sand on this beach was blackish red, and the particles were very large, like burning coals that had water poured on them. Not only did they emit green smoke, but they also caused the surrounding air to be full of soot. The farther away from the sea, the more the red 'sand'. On the other hand, the nearer the sea, the more the black 'sand'.

This sand seemed to be formed of fresh magma, with hot and humid seeming to be the greatest characteristics of this beach. Surprisingly, other than the one Roy was born out of, there were tens of thousands of eggs on this beach!

These eggs varied in size, but they were at least the size of ostrich eggs. Their colors were different as well, having black, red, and even purple and silver. The only similarity was that the warm and humid condition of this silent beach gave these eggs a suitable environment to incubate.

It seems to be a natural hatchery. So, where did these eggs come from?

Roy turned his head around and saw waves washing the beach at its edge. The color of the seawater felt very uncomfortable under the moonlight. It was blood red!

The eggs of different sizes floated on this blood-red seawater and were pushed onto the beach with the help of the tide. This strange scene allowed Roy to finally understand how he had appeared on the beach.

The intensity of each wave was not regular. They were large and small at times, causing some eggs to be pushed further onto the beach while some were scattered around the edge.

Chapter 2: What Is the Most Important in the Twenty-First Century? Cheat!

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

This feeling of hunger was so sudden and violent that it threw Roy off guard.

A feeling of emptiness like a black hole came from his stomach, stimulating Roy's mouth to secrete a lot of saliva. These droplets of saliva dripped out and fell onto the ground, corroding it and causing it to emit green smoke.

Roy did not give a damn about this currently. He could not resist his body's physical instinct. He was so hungry that he turned his head to stare at the eggshell that he just hatched from.

This broken, ugly, and black eggshell was exuding an 'I'm delicious' smell, announcing its existence to Roy…

I can eat, right? Definitely so, right? Don't some creatures devour their eggshells after hatching?

Roy really could not think of anything else that could relieve his hunger from the surroundings, so he could not care less as he grabbed a piece of the eggshell, stuffed it into his mouth, and chomped on it vigorously.

Kacha Kacha. Unexpectedly, Roy realized that the eggshell was not that unpalatable. It was like chewing on crispy rice. He did not know if it was because of the magma beach, but it actually tasted as though it was baked. It was delicious!

The eggshell that he swallowed finally relieved some of the hunger in his stomach. However, before he could rejoice, a strange memory suddenly appeared in his mind, stunning him.

This memory turned out to be a kind of inheritance from the eggshell. It was short and only told him two things—one was regarding his identity, and the other was about his name.

Roy was stunned because he found out from the inheritance that his identity was a demon!

This was really too difficult to accept. Roy did not even think toward the direction of a demon when he realized his body's strange condition earlier. He was still guessing if he had rebirthed into some kind of monster like Godzilla, which would have been frustrating but also quite novel.

Now, however, the situation was worse than he imagined…

Shit, did they get it wrong?! I died saving lives! Even if the merit of saving lives isn't enough to let me go to Heaven, become a cute, chubby angel holding a small bow and arrow, and shoot at pretty ladies, I should have at least been granted another chance at life! Why did I turn into a little demon?! Did I fall into Hell instead of making it to Heaven??

He cursed inwardly but was unable to do anything. Roy had no power to correct this error even if something had gone wrong.

"Bacronsha Meryer Lacdiren Stanlis Lundisha… Ramos Osiris?!"

A lengthy name appeared in Roy's mind as he devoured the eggshell. This had to be his true demon name if he had not guessed wrongly!

According to the memory, every little demon hatched from an egg would obtain a name after devouring their eggshell. This name was the true demon name, and it was a mark imprinted on the demon's soul that must not be disclosed to anyone. If there was need, they could generally take a segment of their name from the whole string.

The reason why the true demon name had to be kept a secret was that once it became known to someone else, that person could bring indelible damage to the demon through special means! The disclosure of the true demon name was an immense threat to their survival! It was a common weakness among all demons!

This was like using a computer to create a document. The program would automatically mark the generated file with a page number. Once you knew the full name of a file, you would be able to locate the file accurately, even if there were millions of files… The true name of a demon was the 'mark' that the creator gave them! It could accurately locate the soul of the demon!

Now that he understood this point, Roy would not mention his true name anymore. Moreover, only a crazy person would read such a long name, and he would still use the name he had in his previous life.

However, this incident also put Roy on alert.

Him being a demon was an irrefutable fact that could not be changed once he had his true demon name. The first thing he had to do in an unknown environment and an unknown world was to adapt to this transformation. He must not get to know this world with his human thinking. Otherwise, he might die without knowing how if he was not careful!

Only those who had died once would know how lucky it was to be reborn. Who knew if he would be given another chance if he were to die again.

Therefore, whether as a human or a demon, it was most important for him to treasure his own life.

The surface area of the eggshell was not big, and Roy devoured the whole thing in no time. Just when he swallowed the last piece of eggshell and felt a slight satisfaction in his stomach, a voice appeared in his mind again.

"Custom Made Demon King System has activated!"

Roy was shocked. W-what?!

Before he could react, an illusory image appeared in his sight.

What appeared in front of Roy was a… panel! In the middle of the panel was a strange eye. It blinked at Roy and made a clicking sound. The sound immediately reminded Roy of the one his mobile phone made when he took a picture with it.

After blinking, the eye disappeared immediately. What replaced it was a picture in the blank space right in the middle of the panel.

The picture had a squatting little demon with dark red skin and pointy ears. In addition to the pair of just exposed pointed horns, he had a bunch of messy black fetal hair. He looked unexpectedly cute!

I-is this what I look like now? Roy stared at this 'selfie' with wide eyes.

All right, putting aside whether or not he was cute, Roy noticed that there were some options at the top of the panel.

The first item was Beautify. He stretched his hand to touch it, and a series of tools popped up on the left side of the panel. These tools were Graffiti Pen, Erasing Pen, Coloring Pen, and some other special brushes.

Other than the beautify function, there were also Color, Special Effects, Text, Collage, Filter, 3D, AE, Save, and so on. Roy felt uneasy after seeing these functions. He searched all corners of the panel and finally discovered—Shit! What Demon King System is this?! Why does it look like the combination of a bunch of software like PS, 3DMax, and AE?

Being reborn with a cheat is all nice and cool, but what the hell is with these strange abilities?

At the same time, an attribute panel appeared beside Roy's demon selfie.

Name: Roy

Race: Demon

Bloodline: At least four different kinds

Demon Name: Bacronsha Meryer Lacdiren Stanlis Lundisha… Ramos Osiris

Form: Newborn (Premature)

Hierarchy: Bottom of the low rank

Attribute: Dark

Strength: 14

Speed: 12

Magic Energy: 9

Activity: 13

Loaded Materials: None

Skills: None

Talent Ability 1: Soul Peer

Explanation: After living beings die, you can easily discover the location of their souls.

Talent Ability 2: Demon Blood

Explanation: The demon race is bloodthirsty and warlike. It is very easy for you to go berserk whenever you enter combat. In addition, Demon Blood gives you better affinity with negative energies.

Talent Ability 3: Soul Devouring Addiction

Explanation: It is in a demon's nature to devour and play with souls. It refers to the pleasure and ecstasy brought about through devouring souls.

Items: None

Number of Souls in Possession: 0

Evaluation: The complexity of your bloodline limits the upper limit of your potential. You did not even obtain the talent power of your bloodline, and your premature birth makes you the weakest existence among those at the same level… Cannon fodder, no hope, farewell!

After seeing this evaluation from the system, Roy had no idea what to say.

Roy had a feeling of novelty when he accepted that he was reborn as a little demon, but he did not expect to be so weak, making it difficult for even him to accept it.

Premature? I'm actually a premature baby? No wonder those demon eggs around me were dead silent. It is Heaven's will to destroy me for breaking out first!

His evaluation by the system might have said that he had no hope, but Roy still wanted to struggle. And first, he had to figure out how to use this system.

Fortunately, although the system looked complex, using it was relatively simple. It did not take long before Roy finally figured out how to use this system.

On the first page with Roy's selfie was his body displaying all of his current statuses. What Roy wanted to do was to upgrade himself by drawing and defining the material with special effects, colors, and so on before finally using collage to integrate it onto his body.

However, a special item was necessary to complete these operations—souls!

For example, if Roy wanted to give himself a pair of demon wings, he would first need to use the graffiti pen to draw these wings and then use the text function to define that it was a pair of demon wings that could be used to fly. He could also use the special effects function if he wanted to add on special abilities such as flames or frost to the wings. Finally, after consuming an equivalent amount of souls to save, Roy would immediately grow a pair of wings exactly the same as his design.

Throughout this entire progress, things like the materials for drawing and special effects did not cause any consumption, and he could use them as much as he wanted. However, the final step, saving, required the consumption of souls!

The more detailed the drawing, the more complex the definition, the more gorgeous the special effects, the more the quality and quantity of souls required during save!

Simply put, this so-called Custom Made Demon King System was actually one of Asia's big four evils, PS technology. You could draw anything as long as you could imagine it and then create it through an exchange of equivalent souls. No wonder this system is named the Custom Made Demon King System…

Drawing was not a problem for Roy. His previous job before being reborn was in art design. The problem was the acquisition of souls.

This beginning is a little difficult! Where should I obtain my first soul?

The moonlight from the purple moon began to shine brighter as Roy pondered. The radiation became stronger, like a signal. The large number of demon eggs on the beach began hatching one after another. The little demons within began breaking their eggshells and drilling out. The silent beach suddenly became lively with all kinds of weird growls…

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Chapter 3: Demon Law

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Demon eggs started hatching in batches, as though their time had arrived.

How to put it, this scene was like the one in Jurassic Park when the dinosaurs hatched. Little demons broke out of their eggs, and the entire beach suddenly became a birthplace of monsters…

The little demons hatched one after another, and their forms were all different. Some of them were humanoid like Roy, while some had beast forms with their four limbs on the ground. Other than that, there were insect-like demons with many legs. Some of them even had elytra on their backs! They seemed to be species that could fly from birth.

Other than their forms, their skin colors were also different. Most of them were blackish red, but there was also dark gray, cyan, and some with overlapping skin.

It seemed that the so-called demon was merely a generic term. Racial divisions were probably present among the demons as well.

Different from Roy, who observed his environment after being born, these little demons seemed to be driven by instinct to devour their shells once they got out. The entire beach was brimming with the sounds of rustling and clattering as two-thirds of the demons munched away at their eggshells, which could cause people with enochlophobia to shrink into themselves!

Roy watched the scene with caution. He did not possess the slightest feeling of comradeship with these little demons. However, he also noticed something. The little demons born now were different from when he was born. Most of their bodies were relatively dry, and there was not much mucus in the eggshells, unlike Roy's eggshell that had plenty of mucus left at the bottom, which had caused his body to be wet when he emerged.

Roy realized that his body was not as big as these little demons, nor was he as strong compared with the little demons with similar skin color as him…

Is this the consequence of premature birth?

After a while, the little demons finished devouring their eggshells and did something else that made Roy feel a chill in his bones.

Twenty meters away on Roy's right was a little demon with black skin and a hideous face. He had four eyes on his forehead, and the pupils within were vertical. Behind him was a short tail. Roy watched as this little demon patted his stomach after finishing with his eggshell, picked up a cooled lava stone by his feet, and then hopped toward the part of the beach nearer to the sea behind him.

There were quite a number of demon eggs on the beach that had yet to hatch. This little demon found one of the unhatched eggs, raised the stone with both hands, and smashed the shell.

The eggshell cracked immediately upon impact, but the little demon did not stop there. He hit it again and again, directly breaking the eggshell!

The sticky mucus in the egg flowed out after the eggshell broke. The little demon inside already had a full form and seemed to sense the danger he was in. He struggled to open his eyes and break out of the shell, but the demon was really ruthless. He lifted the stone and smashed the other little demon inside!

The severe pain made the little demon shriek with pain. However, he was unable to stop the atrocities of the four-eyed demon because of his restricted movement. The shrieks became weaker with every blow of the stone.

He subconsciously knew that he was going to die before being born…

Most of the other demons that hatched did the same thing as this four-eyed demon, seeming to have agreed unanimously upon it. They used the stones on the ground as weapons to break the eggs of those demons that had yet to hatch and then kill the little demons within.

Roy felt a chill down his spine from this extremely cruel scene.

Is this the law of survival in the Demon World?!

These demons did not even treat the other demons as their comrades, much less a fake one like Roy. Roy turned around and found that many of the little demons were clapping and jumping around proudly on the spot, quacking and laughing as though it was all a fun game after their kills.

This habitual cruelty and murderousness seemed to be a common trait among even the infant demons.

The four-eyed demon not far from Roy completed his bloody kill at this time. A small ball of light appeared from the body of the dead little demon and wanted to fly away, but the vicious hand of the murderer grabbed it before it could!

After catching the ball of light, the four-eyed demon swallowed it whole.

The four-eyed demon's body began to tremble and immediately entered a strange state. Even a bystander like Roy could see that he… seemed to be in ecstasy!

A song suddenly appeared in Roy's mind after looking at his expression. Heyo, I feel like my life has reached the climax…

That ball of light is… a soul?! Roy reacted quickly and looked around, only to find those little demons that hatched first were collecting the souls of their kills and swallowing them whole!

All of them revealed ecstatic expressions afterward…

This should be caused by the Soul Devouring Addiction in a demon's nature. No wonder souls are linked to demons in so many legends…

Roy found the opportunity to obtain his first soul—the little demons who did not manage to get out of their eggs!

As a weak premature baby, Roy had a full sense of crisis. From his observations, all signs showed that only the strongest could survive in the demon world. He could not guarantee whether or not the little demons around him would set their sights on a weak guy like him, so he had to increase his capital at all costs to increase his chances of survival.

Therefore, Roy immediately picked up a lava stone and ran toward a demon egg.

Roy steeled his heart and hit the eggshell with the stone. A crack appeared on his first hit.

He continued to smash until clack, and the eggshell finally broke. The mucus within flowed out, and inside housed a black demon with a sharp mouth like that of a worm. It struggled to climb out of survival instinct.

However, its savage appearance took a burden off Roy as he pounded the stone on the demon worm's head.

The strange body of the demon worm made it impossible to know where the head was, but it would definitely not go wrong if it was near the sharp mouth. Roy gritted his teeth and smashed it repeatedly. The demon worm became a white, slurry goo. The goo mixed with the purple demon blood, making it look simply revolting.

Holding in his nausea, Roy completed his first kill and then collected the soul from this demon worm. However, the ball of light was a little dim, and its volume was a little small. It did not seem to be of good quality.

In any case, Roy obtained his first soul. He could finally satisfy the requirement to use the save function to enhance himself…

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Chapter 4: Revolver

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The first soul came relatively easy since the opponent had almost no resistance. There would not be too many opportunities of this sort, so Roy wanted to seize the opportunity to grab a few more souls. He turned his head and found himself in an awkward situation. Too many boats were chasing too few fish!

There was no choice since more eggs had hatched than the number that had not. In such a short amount of time, all of the demon eggs were gone!

Roy only managed to get the demon egg because he had the advantage of proximity. Just as he wanted to obtain more, he saw a few little demons being slain over the demon egg in the distance.

Seeing this scene, Roy was suddenly shocked. The way that the demon race was born gave him a really bad premonition again. Would these stronger little demons that had yet to snatch souls turn to the hatched weaker demons?!

Roy felt like he was next on the chopping board as he looked at his small arms and calves…

No, I have to think of something quick! Roy quickly brought up the customization interface.

He might be born a demon, but Roy still had human thinking. The first thing he thought of was to get himself a weapon!

When he thought of weapons, it was naturally a firearm. His first thought was to draw a pistol.

He chose a blank page on the interface and started working on it. Since he had no mouse, he could only draw with the brush tool directly by hand.

Roy had some ideas. He knew that besides using a gun when he had military training in college, he had little understanding of firearms, so he drew a revolver this time!

The advantage of a revolver was that it had a simple structure, was solid, had stable performance, would not easily malfunction, and would not jam at critical times. Even a dud would not affect the firing of the next bullet.

Of course, Roy preferred exquisite, elegant, and modern firearms, but he gave up on the idea when he thought of the bullet jamming at a critical moment, feeling that a revolver would be much more suitable for a rookie like him.

It did not take him long to complete a revolver. However, Roy had an urge to bang his head against a wall when he looked at the gun.

Perhaps because he had not used his hand to draw for too long, but this revolver basically looked like graffiti. Places where it should have been straight were crooked, and places where it should have been curved were straight. It did not possess any form of artistic beauty at all.

However, everyone in art design knew very well that a sketch had to be modified repeatedly before finalizing a design, so Roy was not discouraged. He only needed to use a few auxiliary line tools to modify and color it as well as retouch its highlights and shadows before completing the gun.

However, a strange noise rang behind Roy just as he was about to operate the panel.

Gawk!!

Roy stiffened and turned around quickly. The one making the strange cry turned out to be the four-eyed demon from just now!

This four-eyed demon had already recovered from the pleasure of devouring his first soul, and he wanted to continue killing the unhatched eggs but found himself too late to the game. In his anger, he accidentally noticed this strange demon that was Roy. To be precise, he was attracted by the light of the soul floating beside Roy!

When the other little demons were foraging for souls, Roy did not immediately devour the soul and immediately became as eye-catching as a firefly in the darkness. Therefore, this four-eyed demon turned toward Roy. His four eyes fixated on the soul beside Roy, and saliva dripped from his huge mouth full of sharp teeth.

Demons had strong digestive systems, fueling their need for flesh, but if given a choice between soul and flesh, most would choose soul…

When Roy turned around, the greed in the eyes of the four-eyed demon became increasingly obvious. His instinct and intuition told him that this demon in front of him was weak, and he would be able to obtain two souls if he were to kill him!

Just like what Roy had predicted, the stronger demons that did not manage to grab souls had their sights on the weaker demons, and it was happening all around the four-eyed-demon and Roy.

A new round of massacre was about to begin. This was the law of the Demon World. Only the strongest would be able to walk out of the place they were born…

Roy immediately knew what the four-eyed demon wanted to do upon seeing his expression.

He wanted to modify and perfect his drawing, but there seemed to be no choice now, so Roy watched the other party while on high alert and using the text function to quickly define the revolver he just drew.

And the definitions he wrote were Firearm, Precision, and Infinite Ammunition!

He completed the definitions swiftly while in the confrontational death glare with the four-eyed demon. He quickly used collage to pull the drawing onto the main page and placed it in the hand of his selfie. Finally, he saved!

The shining soul floating beside Roy disappeared.

However, what made him awkward was that the revolver he wanted did not appear in his hand. Instead, a prompt came from the system: Insufficient souls. Saved only 23% of the progress. You can choose to cancel saving or to modify the drawing!

Insufficient souls! My definitions for the gun exceeds the limit that I can use one soul for!

This accident stunned Roy for a moment, and right at this moment, the four-eyed demon hissed angrily at him.

The four-eyed demon's sight was on the soul beside Roy the whole time, yet it disappeared the moment Roy saved. The four-eyed demon would certainly feel angry since the prey he was about to obtain vanished before him.

He could not see Roy's system interface, but he thought that Roy must have used some method to hide the soul. Therefore, he kicked the ground and flew at Roy!

He was one size larger than Roy, so his weight was naturally different. He immediately ran Roy onto the ground and opened his mouth to bite at Roy's face!

How could Roy dare to be bitten by him? He hurriedly waved his hand and slapped the demon's face, knocking his head crooked.

This was his subconscious reaction. He only wanted to fight back after the other party threw himself at him. What he did not think of was how sharp his claws were. The slap left a few bloodstained wounds on the four-eyed demon's face.

Gawk!!

The four-eyed demon was furious that his face was scratched bloody by Roy's claws and also used his claws to attack Roy.

The little demons that just hatched were all infants and did not have many ways of fighting. There would not be any tactics in their battles, and they relied purely on their physical strength and their sharp claws. However, Roy was not as strong as the four-eyed demon, so he was on the losing end of the attacks. If the system rated his strength at fourteen, then this demon was at least at twenty. He was much stronger than him!

This can't carry on. Roy, who was overwhelmed and on the ground, took advantage of a gap in the attacks and suddenly kicked from the bottom upward, into the crotch of this four-eyed demon, dealing a vital blow to his weakness!

He noticed that this four-eyed demon was a male, or rather, it seemed like males were the majority among this group of demons. All of them just hatched and had no clothes to cover themselves with, so it was simply too easy to aim for the right place. This was the only advantage Roy had, maintaining calmness and logic, not completely relying on physical instincts.

However, the critical hit Roy imagined did not happen. While the kick caused the four-eyed demon to scream, he did not lose his combat strength. Instead, he took the opportunity to bite Roy's shoulder!

It seemed like the weakness of human males was not the same for demons. Their privates were not as vulnerable…

The four-eyed demon tore a piece of flesh off from Roy. He did not have much pain in his shoulders but instead a tingling sensation of paralysis, making Roy realize that this four-eyed demon's saliva might have poison!

Creatures such as demons had already exceeded Roy's knowledge, so having such abilities was not at all surprising!

Roy found himself getting more and more exhausted, and he had no other choice but to grit his teeth and bring out the interface again. He used one hand to parry the four-eyed demon's attack while his other hand worked swiftly.

Roy should be thankful that he finished drawing the gun before the four-eyed demon attacked. Otherwise, he would have never been able to finish it during this fighting. Right now, he only needed to modify the text definitions.

Roy already realized that it was definitely because the Infinite Ammunition attribute was too overpowered that he could not save the revolver.

He was originally afraid that the firepower would not be high enough, so he wanted to have unlimited ammo. But now, it seemed as though the requirement for souls was very high if he wanted to materialize this function…

Therefore, he erased Infinite Ammunition and even Precision and changed them to Full of Bullets!

Roy felt a weight in his right hand when he saved this time. It was cold to the touch.

At this critical moment, Roy knew that he finally managed to save, but he did not have the time to look at it. Once his finger found the trigger, he immediately pressed the muzzle onto the abdomen of the four-eyed demon…

The next second, a thunderous noise came!

Bang!!!

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Chapter 5: Fifty Cents Special Effects

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This shot echoed through the entire beach, startling all the little demons fighting each other nearby!

They stopped fighting in unison and turned their heads toward the direction of the sound. Two consecutive gunshots immediately came again, scaring them.

They had never heard such a bizarre sound…

Roy, who opened fire, was taken aback as well because he realized that the four-eyed demon that he shot in the abdomen did not die immediately. Instead, he threw his head back in severe pain and ripped off a large piece of meat from Roy's left arm.

Roy felt so much pain that he felt he was going mad. He aimed the muzzle of his gun on the stomach of the four-eyed demon and shot two more times.

This time, the movements of the four-eyed demon finally froze. After a strong push from Roy, he fell off Roy and landed beside him as fresh blood oozed out from the three bullet holes, dyeing the sand beneath him purple-red in no time.

A bloodied Roy climbed up from the ground, gasping as he looked at the four-eyed demon. He had such tenacious vitality that he was still alive. This pissed Roy off, so he pointed his gun at the forehead of the little demon and pulled the trigger again!

This time, the four-eyed demon stayed silent…

In order to ensure that the revolver could be saved and appear, Roy had even deleted the Precision attribute. Anyway, for him, the accuracy of such a close-range attack did not matter. However, what he had not taken into account was that this four-eyed demon required four shots to die. His vitality was amazing. It was completely different from killing the demon worm in its eggshell!

There was a huge difference between the demons that hatched and those that had not.

Of course, that could also be because the firearm had insufficient power…

The soul of the four-eyed demon emerged from its corpse. This soul was much stronger than the one that Roy obtained earlier, and it was also much brighter. Roy did not rush to get the soul. He looked up, and as expected, the little demons nearby started crowding around him.

They were startled by the continuous gunshots just now and were curious to see what it was. Moreover, they saw a high-quality soul, tickling the greed in their demonic nature.

Roy's current condition was not good. His entire upper body was covered with injuries, and his left shoulder had bite wounds. Even though the poisonous saliva of the four-eyed demon was not life-threatening, it was enough to make that half of his body numb. The left arm he had used to parry the attack revealed pale white bones.

However, Roy knew he could not let his guard down even in such a miserable state. He was worried that once he showed fatigue or panic, these little demons gathering around him would not hesitate to pounce on him and tear him into pieces. Therefore, he raised his gun, pointed it at a closer demon, and shot at him!

Bang! This shot did not hit the demon but landed on the ground near his feet. A series of sparks resulted from the friction. The little demon was shocked and quickly jumped away.

Then Roy pointed the muzzle at another little demon. This little demon was smarter. When he saw it aimed at him, he escaped before Roy pulled the trigger.

With this lesson in front of them, the little demons escaped whenever Roy pointed the muzzle at them. These little demons did not know that Roy only had one bullet left. They only felt that the thing in his hand was terrifying since it could kill a strong little demon, and none of them wanted to jump to their deaths. They all hoped the other little demons would go first.

A while later, Roy did not even need to use his gun. He merely opened his mouth to scare them with his sharp teeth, and the little demons would then escape by themselves.

Roy achieved his goal. Unfortunately, he still underestimated the demons' greed for souls. The little demons would carefully gather again as long as he did not put away the soul of the four-eyed demon.

It gave Roy a headache. In fact, he could also feel his body instinctively hunger for the soul that was shining by his feet, causing him to salivate continuously. It should be because of Soul Devouring Addiction. Although Roy was dying to know what a soul tasted like, he knew that souls were his ticket to survival, so he could only resist his physical impulse and try to see if he could store this soul in the system.

Unexpectedly, he succeeded, and that ball of light immediately disappeared.

He noticed that the counter for Number of Souls in Possession in his main attribute area of the system had changed from zero to 'Complete low-quality souls (1), low-quality souls about to disappear (1)'!

The complete low-quality soul was probably the soul of the four-eyed demon, but that 'low-quality soul about to disappear' baffled Roy for a while. If he did not guess wrong, that soul should be the first soul he obtained. What he did not expect was that after his revolver materialized, the soul had some remaining and did not disappear completely.

The difference in soul consumption for different definitions and attributes surprised Roy once again. This soul was not enough when he added the Infinite Ammunition attribute earlier…

Is this the difference between white equipment and blue and purple equipment?

Roy was regretting now. If he had known that the system could store souls, he would have first stored the demon worm's soul in it, and he would not have needed to fight the four-eyed demon then…

As soon as the soul disappeared, the little demons gathering nearby instantly became restless. Roy raised his gun again vigilantly, but the little demons dispersed, running to other places that had fighting to see if they could get anything out of it…

Roy finally sat on the ground, relieved that his crisis was over. However, he did not have the consciousness that he had a tail and thus sat on it, causing him great pain.

Seems like I have to change my human habits after changing form. After sighing and moving his tail aside, he finally settled down to look at the revolver he had drawn.

However, Roy's head filled with black lines once he took a good look at it.

What could he say, this gun he held was simply too strange! If he had to use one phrase to describe it, it would be fifty cents special effects!

Not one cent more! It was too fake!

It was already crooked when he was drawing it, and then because of the emergency, he had not colored it at all. He had not even defined its material. It felt like a white plastic gun in his hand. (The background color when drawing was white.) It was crudely made with plastic spikes everywhere, as though it were just taken out of a plastic mold…

Roy dared to swear that this was not as good as the BB gun he played when he was young!

However… this was where it got weird. This cheap special effects gun could actually be fired and was really powerful. This was purely because Roy defined a Firearm attribute to it. This was the first time that Roy felt that this custom system was truly extraordinary!

Using text to define the strength through the system was akin to the power of language or like the information-material conversion technology in the novels that Roy read before. Moreover, it had idiot-proof operations…

Roy could not help but to feel happy when he thought back to him fighting monsters and going on quests for equipment in his games. Now, he had gone one step further to creating his own equipment.

He now had another soul, and the quality did not seem half bad. However, Roy was not in a rush to upgrade the revolver in his hand. Instead, he summoned the system interface and began drawing again.

This time, he drew a test tube and a line in the middle to indicate the liquid level. He then chose blue to color the inside of the test tube.

A test tube filled with blue liquid appeared, and Roy defined it with the text: Antidote!

Yes, what he had to do first was to resolve his poisoned status. In order to save on consumption, he did not define too many things about the antidote and only intended to use up the soul that was about to disappear.

The poison from the four-eyed demon shouldn't be that powerful, so it should be relieved with this, right?

Roy was about to save when he completed it, but he changed the color of the liquid to dark brown after giving it some thought.

Moreover, he added another attribute in the definition: Cola-Flavored!

After making that addition, Roy saved it satisfactorily. Unsurprisingly, the soul that was about to disappear truly did disappear, and a dark brown potion appeared in Roy's hand.

Come, let's drink this happy drink of all nerds! Roy lifted his hand and downed it…

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Chapter 6: Earthquake, Volcano

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A while after drinking the cola-flavored antidote, Roy could feel the numbness on his shoulder lessening.

It works. The effect isn't too obvious, but it really works against the poison. Roy sighed with relief, and now only the wound was left.

He originally wanted to draw something to stop the bleeding and some bandages, but he felt that it did not do the consumption of souls justice. Roy looked at the battling demons nearby. These demons would not get away unscathed even if they were to win, and Roy wanted to know how they dealt with their wounds.

In the end… he saw most of them licking their wounds until they stopped bleeding…

The beast-like behavior made Roy feel helpless, but he could only follow. He knew that too much blood loss was not good for any creature, even a demon.

Fortunately, the revolver in Roy's hand gave the demons nearby a great deterrent, and none of them disturbed him while he licked his wounds quietly. After a while, his severely wounded left arm gradually stopped bleeding.

The strong devouring the weak continued on the beach. From time to time, the stronger demons killed their prey and swallowed the souls of these weaker demons, leaving no chance for the other demons. Seeing this, Roy extinguished the thought of taking advantage of the situation.

The importance of souls to Roy, who had the system, was self-evident. However, demons had Soul Devouring Addiction, creating many competitors for him. Whenever he thought of this situation, Roy could not help but want to sigh.

After he stopped his bleeding, Roy opened the system interface. This time, he drew some bullets for the revolver, materialized them with the consumption of the four-eyed demon's soul, and filled them into the cheap revolver.

He did not know what else he would encounter later, so it was important for him to ensure the state of his weapon.

However, after he loaded the magazine, the situation suddenly changed again.

A sudden tremor came from the ground!

This tremor was so strong that even Roy felt dizzy while standing.

What's happening? A big earthquake?

The tremor continued for quite a while before gradually stopping. Roy recovered and found that the little demons that were fighting frantically earlier stopped after the tremor! They suddenly gave simultaneous strange cries, as though they woke up from a dream, and started running forward desperately.

Those without wings dashed on all four; those with wings took off into the sky. They were moving forward desperately even though they did not fly high.

Seeing their actions, Roy did not say anything and immediately started to run as well. Although he did not know where to run to or why he was running away, he was clear that it was definitely not a coincidence for so many demons to be doing the same thing. Something was going to happen.

Fortunately, Roy was used to running with both feet, so his injured left arm did not affect his mobility, making Roy thank his lucky stars that he was not wounded in the leg during combat. Otherwise, it would have been troublesome.

As he followed the little demons all the way across the vast beach, the scorching green smoke and the heat gradually dissipated. The scene in front of them became clearer as well.

The destination of these little demons turned out to be a black volcano with smoke emitting from its top!

Is the volcano erupting?! Roy was uncertain. But if it's really going to erupt, why are the little demons not fleeing from it but toward it?

No matter what Roy thought, the little demons at the forefront rushed up the volcano without looking back. They jumped between the gullies formed by the molten magma and crossed strange black stone all the way to the top. Those insect-like and bird-like demons with wings went straight for the top of the volcano and plunged into the hole on top!

Are they really flying into the volcano? Roy was shocked, but he turned back to look at the army of little demons behind him and could only force himself to run up the mountain.

He knew he lacked the instinct and the inherited memories imprinted into the bones of a demon, and he did not know what the other little demons knew. They must have their reasons for running into the volcano. After all, it's impossible for all the little demons to court their own deaths, right? Therefore, it's right to follow them!

As to whether or not he would perish in the flames of the volcano, it remained to be seen. He could only follow the actions of the little demons.

The altitude of the volcano was pretty high. Fortunately, the route was pretty clear, and there was no such thing as getting lost. Roy climbed along a straight line and reached the top of the volcano in no time.

For the first time, he saw the insides of a volcano. He saw a straight deep pit with smoke increasing gradually, and at the bottom of the volcano was a bright fiery color. At the bottom, there was a thin layer of magma that solidified with countless irregular cracks, and that fiery color seeped out from these cracks. It looked like countless fiery red lightning appearing at the bottom of the redness. The scene was truly spectacular!

It might be spectacular, but the meaning behind it was terrifying as well. It seemed like it would not take long for the cracked magma to buckle under the pressure and eventually form a volcanic eruption. If he did not find a way to leave as soon as possible, he would not even have a corpse left!

As he stood atop the volcano, Roy looked around and realized that this hatching place was actually an island with a blood-red ocean surrounding the island.. Going by how the previous hatching place actually extended all the way to the beach, it meant that the area covered by the volcanic eruption was rather large. The entire island seemed to be within its eruption range, and he could not avoid it unless he headed into the ocean.

And only God knew what dangerous creatures the bizarre blood-red ocean harbored.

No wonder why these little demons hurried to the volcano before it erupted. They have no other place to evacuate to…

Watching how the other little demons climbed down the inner wall of the volcano, Roy also learned how to use the sharp claws of his four limbs to climb down. However, Roy could only hold on with his injured left arm while using his right arm and feet to climb down.

He moved cautiously, ensuring that he gripped firmly every step of the way because he saw many little demons losing their footing and falling to their deaths on the thin layer of magma rocks…

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Chapter 7: Hell, Abyss

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Thousands of little demons poured in from the mouth of the volcano. This scene was a little shocking, but Roy realized that the little demons that arrived near the bottom earlier did not go all the way to the bottom. Instead, they were searching for something on the inner wall of the volcano.

They used their claws to tap, trying to probe the inner wall of the volcano. While Roy wondered what they were doing, a little demon screamed in surprise and then started to dig desperately at the place where he tapped.

Most importantly, the other little demons actually ran over to help!

This was such a strange scene. It was the first time Roy saw the little demons cooperating with each other!

It did not take long for these little demons to dig a black hole. The moment the hole appeared, the little demons cheered and swarmed in!

There were more holes than just one such one. Little demons made holes everywhere in the inner wall of the volcano, and the nearby demons would enter together.

Roy finally realized that the holes made by these demons were thin and weak points in the inner wall of the volcano!

There were actually countless caves of all sizes in this volcano, but every time the volcano erupted, the surging magma would fill them up. The pressure from the eruption was not too strong, so while it would fill up after every eruption, they would reappear after some digging.

This behavior of digging caves out had already been carved into the demon genes for millions of years.

After comprehending it, Roy did not give it any other thought. He followed a group of demons behind him to dig a hole and crowd into a cave.

Thousands of little demons disappeared into the caves in an orderly manner like ants returning to their nests. An explosive sound came not long after they crowded into the caves. Hot magma broke through from the bottom layer of rocks and shot up into the sky…

With great vigilance, Roy followed the little demons, marching into the cave without light. He, of course, had to guard against the sneak attacks of the other little demons in this dark environment. What was strange was that the aggression of these little demons had greatly reduced after leaving the place they hatched. They ran into the cave quickly without any thought of attacking the others.

9When the volcano erupted, a lot of magma poured into the hole they dug in the rear, blocking the hole again. However, none of the little demons were hurt by the magma. Roy thought the little demons would stop once the magma stopped pouring in, but those in front did not stop at all.

Roy could only continue moving forward because the little demon behind him would push him and growl, hurrying him once he stopped and blocked the path.

Roy did not expect the cave to be so long. He felt as though they had come a long way from the volcano.

And according to Roy's feeling, the cave seemed to be going diagonally all the way deep into the ground.

This meant that they were moving toward the crust…

Roy was very anxious. He did not know where these little demons were heading to, but he had a premonition.

Is the place they're heading to where demons really live?!

After an unknown period of time, strange emotional cheers suddenly traveled backward from the front. Upon hearing the cheer, the little demons in the rear became agitated and hurried along. Roy was driven by their movements and accelerated forward as well.

As expected, a bright light appeared from the front. After he walked in the cave for such a long time, Roy's eyes had adapted to the darkness, so the light he saw dazzled him.

But in fact, the light coming from the front was not strong at all. It was dim red and accompanied by a heatwave, rolling in without stopping…

Finally, Roy reached the exit. It was the huge mouth of the cave, which made him look really small. However, Roy could not attend to sighing in relief right now. Instead, he looked on dumbfounded at the scene that unfolded before him.

It turned out to be a massive underground space where a dimly-lit world appeared. The ground was scorched black soil, the forest was twisted black, and a large river formed by lava flowed slowly. The momentum moving the river came from the dozens of waterfalls of magma from the cave walls. They flowed from a great height accompanied by green smoke and sparks, stirring the airflow of the underground world, making the air hot. The hot winds rolled the black soot up from the ground, causing the air to be pretty dirty.

There was also a range of mountains, some of which were high and low, but most of them had the same color and tone. It could be said that this was a black and red world.

Black was the black ashes, while red was the redness from the flames…

From Roy's current perspective, he could only observe a small part of this underground world. There was a horizon in the distance that Roy could not even begin to imagine how big it was. According to Roy's understanding, this underground world should be under the seabed, a cavity formed between the crust and the mantle. Here, the sky was a dome supported by the hardened rock, and the ground was heated up by the core, which was why it looked hot.

Roy felt sorrow from within thinking about how he would need to live in this hell-like world. However, when the skin of his demon body felt the searing air in here, his body actually jumped for joy, giving him an urge to enter this world. The contrast between his thoughts and his body made him want to laugh and cry at the same time.

The little demons behind Roy had already excitedly climbed down along the cave's rock wall. Roy stood there blankly for a while before he finally sighed and followed suit.

Those with wings had already flown out. Hundreds of thousands of little demons that came from the hatching area poured out of the caves like ants and scattered into this underground world, but this scene felt underwhelming…

They were not the first batch of demons to enter this world, nor would they be the last. How many such demons lived in this underground world? And how many adult demons were there?

What Roy, who was climbing down along the wall of the cave, did not know was that he had only scrapped the uppermost level of the endless Abyss of the hell that was the Demon World…

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Chapter 8: The Self-Cultivation of a Little Demon

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Roy carried a strange creature the size of a rabbit on his shoulder as he ran on the hot ground and carefully observed all around.

Walking through a dark forest, he carefully passed by the twisted branches of distorted trees. These trees were demonic trees, and once any living creature touched the branches, they would immediately wrap around and frantically capture the prey.

Among the dark trees, there were many places with dense white spiderwebs. These spiderwebs were things that he had to be even more careful about, for where there were spiderwebs meant he had entered the hunting range of a spider demon.

Suddenly, a peculiar cry came from the sky above the forest. Roy quickly fell to the ground and put the strange creature he was carrying on his shoulder onto his back and lay motionless.

A giant shadow flew over him, but luckily, it did not seem to discover Roy lying on the ground and flew straight over him.

Roy was fortunate. He had already made plans to give up his prey. If that dark shadow were to swoop down on him, its first grab would have been the prey on his back…

Finally, he avoided all sorts of danger to come to a huge tree at the edge of the forest. This huge tree was already dead and decayed. However, there was a naturally formed hole at its roots, which had become Roy's residence.

After arriving at the tree hole, Roy did not head into it immediately but first carefully observed the camouflage he had set up. Only when he found that there were no traces of it being disturbed did he pick up the rotten branches and leaves of the hole and go in with the prey.

In the cave, Roy put down the prey on his shoulder and then let out a long sigh of relief.

It had been more than a week since he came to this underground world, and he had finally adapted to life here. Although there were many dangers to him in terms of environments and other predators, he could avoid them if he was careful.

Over the past week, Roy's greatest progress was learning how to hunt. He had no choice since all living creatures needed to eat to survive, and Roy was naturally no exception. However, even now, the prey he could catch was limited.

In addition to the demons, there were many other monsters living in the underground world. These monsters were equivalent to the wild beasts of the human world. However, to be honest, it was difficult for Roy to distinguish between the low-rank demons and the monsters by appearance alone. From his observations, most of the low-rank demons were basically following their physical instincts to hunt, kill, and destroy. This behavior did not show much wisdom at all and was not much different from that of the monsters.

In other words, they had low intelligence…

Nonetheless, it did not mean that they were pushovers. In fact, the demon race was the master of this world. Even a low-rank demon's body would become stronger and stronger as they gradually grew into adulthood. If they could survive for a long time, they would gradually move up to the top of the food chain.

The infant demons were existences only at the low rank, and they would slowly upgrade to the middle-low rank and finally the top of the low rank when they matured. If their bloodlines were not too complicated, they might even have the chance to promote to middle-rank demons…

Roy did not know what a middle-rank demon looked like because he had not encountered one so far, so he had been wondering if there was a world deeper than where he was that he could enter through some entrances. However, Roy's scope of exploration was limited, and he had yet to find these entrances.

These were the conclusions that Roy made while observing coupled with some educated guesses. Even if there were deviations, it seemed like he was not too far off the mark…

At the same time, Roy's body was growing, becoming slightly bigger and taller. He might not have passed 1.2 meters yet, but his strength attribute increased by two in the system interface. His speed also increased a little, although his magic energy did not move at all. The one with the most change was his activity, increasing a whole five to eighteen

Strength, speed, and magic energy were easy to understand, but the activity attribute baffled Roy slightly. According to his experience during this period, he realized that it might be referring to his vitality!

A strong vitality represented the degree of injury he could withstand and the amount of time he would need to recover after his injury…

After putting his prey down, Roy started preparing his dinner.

Roy did not know what to call this strange creature he caught, but it should be some kind of monster, and an infant one at that. This was because Roy saw it drilling out of the ground and caught it when it tried to climb onto a tree. In his memory, only certain insects would have such behavior.

This strange monster looked like a fat worm, but it had four claw-like legs, resembling an ant without its pliers, and a big hole on its head made by Roy's gun.

Roy had not upgraded his revolver, but he had spent some time adding some details to the body of the gun. It now resembled the Colt Python revolver in his memory. After modifying the barrel to make it straighter, he realized he had a certain degree of accuracy at long-range shots, unlike how he only dared to fire at close range with the fifty cents special effects before…

As for why he did not upgrade this weapon, he realized that it was not cost-effective to do so!

During this time, Roy had encountered several adult demons. Although he only saw them from a distance, he realized that the defense of these adult demons had improved greatly. In particular, the insect-shaped low-rank demon covered in a carapace with a shiny metallic luster made Roy feel that even bullets would not be able to penetrate it.

Unless Roy were willing to consume a large number of souls to add some attributes such as Break Armor and Penetration, he would die horribly with such a gun when he met such defensive-type demons.

After realizing that external weapons would be limited in the future, Roy began to put his efforts into the transformation of his body.

His own strength was true strength, especially so for creatures like demons, but Roy needed time to become an adult. According to the system's evaluation, it would be difficult for him to become the top of the low rank in this life. Promotion had nothing to do with him at all because his bloodline was simply too complex. Not only him, but even most of the other hatched demons could only become the top of the low rank.

However, Roy had another option now due to the existence of this system.

Roy could draw and exchange for human food such as braised beef and Dongpo pork knuckles through the consumption of souls instead of taking risks hunting like what he was doing. However, he did so without any hesitation because he was accumulating souls, and his plan for the transformation of his body required a large number of souls.

His prey had souls as well, though their quality was lacking. The quality of the souls seemed to be linked to the intelligence possessed. The higher the intelligence and the richer the emotion, the higher the quality of the soul formed after death. The quality Roy could obtain now was low, so he could only hope to obtain more of them.

Over the past week, he had caught four prey and obtained four souls. However, these souls were smaller than that of the four-eyed demon previously. Even so, Roy felt that it was an adequate amount.

Roy ate this insect monster while resisting his psychological discomfort. He did not even dare to set a fire to cook it because he was worried that the smell would attract powerful enemies. He did not need to worry too much about the smell of blood since it permeated the entire forest…

He had to do what he had to do to survive before he could protect himself…

After sating the hunger in his belly, Roy summoned the system interface and began his first physical transformation.

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Chapter 9: Modification Plan

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In addition to carefully exploring, observing, and hunting, Roy had been drafting designs these past few days.

The first draft he completed used his hands as reference objects. He made his entire palm bigger and savage, seeming as though a bony shell and messy bone spurs that protruded like nails covered it. He even lengthened his nails and made them sharper with a hook-like curvature. It even glowed with the radiance of metal.

Roy's initial definitions for this transformation were Steel Material and Flexible.

Yes, this was Roy's first modification plan, creating a pair of hands with steel claws for himself!

This was just a preliminary idea. In Roy's conception, if he had enough souls in the future, he also planned to transform his nails to be made of adamantium in order to achieve an indestructible and powerful force. He also planned for this transformation to extend to his whole arm.

This idea naturally came from the claws of Wolverine. However, Roy guessed that the number of souls and their quality were probably insufficient to have them made with adamantium, so his current thought was to transform them into ordinary steel.

With such a sharp pair of claws, his advantage in combat was self-evident. Even if he encountered a strong opponent, he could easily tear through their defense with them. Moreover, a weapon of his own would not have problems such as a shortage of ammunition.

The second modification plan was Roy's tail.

Due to his different body structure, Roy could not walk completely upright like how he used to as a human. He could stand up but not straighten his body, causing him to slouch. For now, he had been using this arrow-like tail to keep his body in balance. Other than that, his tail was not very useful.

Not only was it unable to help Roy in combat, but it was also a weak point of his body, being sensitive and fragile, bringing him a lot of pain once it was hurt.

Therefore, in order to eliminate this weakness, Roy's second modification plan was for his tail. He drew a long tail that extended from his spine. It had sections, from thick to sharp, beautifully streamlined. Roy designed three bone knives that could open and close at the tip of his tail. When opened, it could grab objects; when closed, it could become a triangular blade that could pierce through a thick steel plate easily.

If done according to his vision, this long tail, once combined with his body, could even give his spine a protruding blade-shaped bone, making him look more domineering and savage.

He had no other choice. He was disheartened by this world where appearance was everything! It was the same even in this Demon World. Here, the value of looks was strong, scary, and savage. If your appearance did not possess any deterring force and could not invoke fear in others, then probably even ordinary monsters would dare to test you out…

Now that Roy had become a demon without any human form, he freed himself completely and let his imagination run wild.

Roy was rather satisfied with the design of the tail. His definitions for the tail were Bone Material, Flexible, Regeneration, and Hard As Steel.

After he had sufficient souls in the future, Roy also planned to transform the tail into adamantium so that it could become a true steel tail in the truest sense of the word.

The third modification plan was also the last modification plan that Roy had come up with recently. It was not for partial transformation… but for the entire body.

In the third picture, Roy drew a syringe gun and a test tube that matched with the syringe gun.

This test tube was very interesting. The upper and lower ends were encapsulated in silver-white metal, while in the middle were two separate, spiraling tubes with a blue liquid inside.

Very familiar, right? That's right because Roy's definition for this liquid was T-Virus!

Since it was for the whole body, the first thing that Roy thought was a strengthening agent, and when it came to strengthening agents, the first things he thought of were the T-Virus and the Super Soldier Serum.

Roy could recall the appearance of the T-Virus from the movies, but he was unclear about the Super Soldier Serum. Of course, he could have just drawn a random test tube and then defined it as a strengthening agent. It would have worked as well, but Roy felt that such a creation out of thin air might require many more souls than something he already had formed in his memory.

Just like the revolver he had made before, he had given it a basic definition, the size, the volume, and so on when drawing it. The additional text definitions were just to perfect it. However, something he thought of out of thin air required a more detailed definition, thereby requiring more souls.

As such, Roy finally chose the T-Virus. It was in itself a concept that was to thoroughly optimize and evolve his genes for the purpose of enhancing physical fitness and eliminating diseases. This was derived from the concept given to it in the movies, novels, and games. Moreover, it was the most basic enhancement when compared to the G-Virus, the Veronica Virus, and the like. It was very suitable for Roy's current weak body and had little chance of being incompatible.

However, due to concerns about its stability and whether or not his demon body could adapt to this virus, Roy gave two additional definitions to this T-Virus: Perfect Infusion and No Side Effects! This way, he did not need to worry about becoming a zombie…

If the existing souls that Roy possessed could materialize the T-Virus, then he could become stronger after injecting himself with it. If he was lucky, he might even obtain superpowers. It was super efficient.

Three modification plans, three drawings formed three materials. He was now ready to see which one would cost the least.

He had the soul of a lower-rank demon and four monsters. These five souls were all 'complete low-quality' souls in the system's evaluation, and only their volumes and values were different, so Roy started testing each material one by one.

The modification drawings of both hands and tail adaptively changed sizes to match his body after being placed on the main page of the interface. The T-Virus did not need adaptation and was displayed immediately. However, after his tests, Roy discovered that the number of souls he had was only enough to complete the tail!

This surprised Roy because the tail had the most attributes defined. Why is it the tail if more attributes require more souls?

Other than the tail at 100%, modification of his hands could only reach 20% completion, while the T-Virus was even less at only 5%!

In other words, if Roy wanted to transform his hands, he needed at least five times more souls than he currently possessed. Furthermore, he would need twenty times more souls for the T-Virus!

What the hell is going on??

After careful study, Roy realized what was wrong. The reason why the modification of his hands required more souls even though he defined fewer attributes was probably that he defined the material as steel.

1It was naturally more difficult for steel to have the flexibility of a living body. It had to be a bio-metal to achieve this. On the contrary, there might be more definitions for the tail, but the material was bone. That meant that it could be completed by proliferating Roy's own cells. The definition of Hard as Steel was only to strengthen the bone, so the overall modification of the tail was easier than the hands.

As for the T-Virus, Roy understood immediately. After giving it the two definitions, the T-Virus became the perfect strengthening agent, which was why it required so many souls.

In that case, Roy could almost confirm his modification plan immediately—either directly modify the tail or change the definitions for the arm and then modify his arm. He did not even need to think about the T-Virus for the time being.

After giving it some thought, he chose to modify his tail and eliminate his weakness first.

After attaching the tail to his body on the main page and pressing save, a tingling sensation spread throughout his spine. This feeling was really uncomfortable. Roy wanted to rub his back hard on the floor in order to alleviate his discomfort. However, he was very clear that it was best not to do so, so he forced himself to endure it…

After some time, when Roy was still in a trance, that itchiness finally disappeared, and with it came a strange sense of power…

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Chapter 10: Territorial Awareness

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Originally, Roy's arrow tail gave him the feeling of weakness and helplessness, and his tail often hurt because of his lack of subconscious self-protection.

However, it was all different now. A feeling of 'power coming from the tail' grew from within…

Knowing that his modification was complete, Roy felt a sudden elation. He listened to the clicking of the tail vertebrae and brought the savage-looking tail into view.

It moved according to his will, and there was not the slightest stagnation nor delay. It was indeed a part of his body!

Roy appreciated his work with great satisfaction. Perhaps it was because it matched his current body shape, but the stoutness of his tail had reduced. Now, it looked more reasonable and harmonious, matching Roy's dark-red skin. And due to Roy's definitions, this dark-red color glowed like a gem, and the hardness of his tail far surpassed his imagination. Moreover, the red glow flowed along his tail every time he shook it, as though flames were flowing on it!

The three blades on the tip of his tail operated as he willed. The strangest thing was when Roy flicked his tail hard, the speed at which the three blades cut the air actually brought about a terrible roar!

Roy looked around and suddenly launched his tail to shoot at the inside of the tree hole. The next moment, it pierced through the half-meter thick tree trunk!

He was surprised to find that the range of his tail actually exceeded its length. This was due to the gap between the joints of the tail. When it fully extended, the joints could stretch like a spring, causing its range to extend. This benefit in combat was naturally self-evident. Any enemy that tried to estimate his attack range by sight would definitely regret it!

Roy was extremely satisfied. He knew that the stoutness of his tail would increase with his growth and make a very useful weapon.

He opened the system interface and found that not only did his image within it change, but even his attributes had changed. Strength and speed increased by more than five points!

Roy's strength was now twenty-one, and speed was eighteen. This felt strange to Roy. Why did the modification cause my attributes to increase?

After studying it, he vaguely guessed that the muscles in his body might have strengthened to adapt to this tail. After all, a body was a whole for any living creature, and a slight movement in one part would affect it in its entirety.

Roy tested his body and found that this was indeed the case. The biggest changes were the muscles around his waist and thighs, strengthened for him to use his tail better.

This made Roy sigh. This customization system was really idiot-proof and automatically filled in the gaps that he overlooked.

He stretched his hand to touch his back and found that the bones on his spine had also risen. The blade-like bone fins made Roy's overall image more terrifying, but it also meant that Roy could forget about sleeping on his back from now on…

After discovering this, Roy was speechless.

Thinking about sleep made Roy realize that he was sleepy.

He had not actually slept much over the past week. The sense of crisis that haunted him since he arrived in an unfamiliar environment had not disappeared. How was Roy supposed to sleep in such circumstances? In addition, the demon body gave him a lot of energy, so he basically spent his time awake, either hunting, drawing modification materials, or spending time exploring around his residence. There was not an idle moment.

Up until now, when he finally finished his first modification and felt his strength increase, becoming more powerful, bringing him a strong sense of security. After relaxing a bit, sleepiness began to strike him.

Even so, Roy did not rush to sleep. He first removed the remainder of the monsters he ate just now from his cave, dispelled the smell of blood from it, and then covered the cave up with leaves and stone. He put a strange-looking fruit down only after he felt like everything was in order, and then he found a comfortable posture on the ground and closed his eyes.

1He did not know why, but Roy felt like he might sleep for a long time, which was why he did so much preparation work.

…

In this underground world, there was no difference between day and night. Roy woke up from his deep slumber after an unknown amount of time passed.

He stretched and listened to the sound of his cracking bones all over his body, feeling very comfortable.

Roy found that he seemed to have grown taller. Even his palm was visibly bigger than before he fell asleep.

How long did I sleep? Roy looked puzzledly at the strange-looking fruit he had placed before he slept and found that the fruit had long rotted away.

This level of decay requires at least two months? In that case, did I sleep for two whole months?

Roy did not possess a timekeeping tool, so he could only keep track of time this way. Of course, there were discrepancies this way, but Roy did not need to be precise. Anyway, as a demon, time no longer held any meaning to him.

He did not need to care about heading to work…

It's okay if it was two months. Wasn't too long. Roy's greatest worry was for a demon's slumber to be the same as the dragons in novels that slept for years on end. If that happened, he would lose his energy and become lazy.

The reason why he was worried about becoming lazy was the fact that he was a typical Gemini. He was active and greedy for fresh things. After his crisis of survival faded away, his curiosity started to surface. To him, since he had accepted his identity as a demon, he needed to understand more about this Demon World.

Simply put, Roy wanted to head out and explore. He did not like being stuck in a place for too long, and he felt that he would go crazy if he really had to sleep for years like dragons.

Roy found that his current height seemed to have exceeded 1.2 meters by visual estimation. He was happy, but the sound of rumbling in his stomach reminded him that it was time to find food.

He went to the entrance of the tree and listened to the sounds outside. After finding nothing out of the ordinary, he removed the stone that he had used to block the entrance and walked out.

However, when he emerged, he realized in shock that a white spiderweb had occupied near his cave!

Of course, he knew that there was a group of spiders not far away. Therefore, he was careful not to alarm them every time he headed back to the cave. However, what Roy did not expect was that in just two months, these spiders had expanded their hunting range to his residence!

I almost ran into a spiderweb just as I went out. How is this okay?! Roy nearly blew up. How can I allow outsiders to sleep beside my bed? Even humans have territorial awareness, let alone demons.

Therefore, Roy made his first decision after waking up—killing all these damned demon spiders that had occupied his territory…

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Chapter 11: Getting Into Big Trouble

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Large and small spiderwebs intertwined messily between trees, turning this area into a small labyrinth.

In this labyrinth, any form of panic would bring him straight into the spiderwebs. Once he was stuck on these extremely adhesive spiderwebs, he would be unable to break free.

At the same time, the struggle would attract the spiders lurking in the dark. They would first spray a dissolving toxin onto their prey and then wait a while for the prey to completely dissolve into a pile of goo before calmly enjoying them.

Roy had observed the process of their predation before. He also knew that there was a cluster of spiders and that they were social creatures. Once a spider appeared, a group of them might be near.

Through observation, Roy found that these spider demons could only be regarded as ordinary monsters. Their intelligence was not high, and their living habits were rather fixed. Other than their numbers, they were not that difficult to deal with for Roy.

He held the Colt Python in his right hand and picked up a long branch from the ground with his left hand. When he came to a spiderweb, he used the branch to poke and shake it, simulating the effect of an entangled prey.

Before long, a spider demon the size of a millstone appeared quietly from a tree. Since it was a monster, its size was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary spiders. Its strange patterns and hair made it look extremely hideous and ugly. It climbed onto tree trunks with its hooked limbs and made rustling sounds. Its huge swollen belly and the numerous black eyes on its forehead made it look creepy even though Roy knew it had poor eyesight.

These spider demons were quite cunning. They would usually judge the size of their prey by the vibrations that traveled through the spiderweb. If the vibration was strong, it meant that the prey was large and not to be messed with. Moreover, there was a possibility of it breaking free from the spiderweb. In such a situation, they would not show up. However, if the vibration was relatively weak, it meant that the prey was not too big and unlikely to struggle free from the spiderweb. Such prey could be slaughtered.

The vibration that Roy made through the branch was naturally incomparable to the vibrations of real entangled prey. So although the spider demon appeared, it was puzzled and did not immediately crawl to the web.

However, Roy only needed it to appear. Once it appeared in his line of sight, Roy raised the Colt in his hand, took aim, and shot!

Boom! The giant body of the spider demon was an easy target. Roy's shot hit its head directly, punching a big hole in it. The spider demon hissed painfully and fell from the tree.

However, it did not die immediately. Its entire body and limbs were still twitching and trembling. Roy stepped forward and stood in front of the spider demon. He raised his tail and punctured the place where he shot it as fast as lightning. He stirred around and turned the spider demon's brain into mush.

The limbs of this spider demon contracted, and it died completely. A tiny soul emerged from its body, and Roy grabbed it.

If the soul of the four-eyed demon was as big as a table tennis ball, then the soul of this spider demon was only as big as a soybean. It was even smaller than those of the monsters that Roy had caught.

Roy could not figure out what was going on, but he still put that soul away.

After storing it away, the description of this soul given by the system interface was: low-quality soul fragments (1)!

Not a soul, but a soul fragment? Roy was a little stunned. What does that mean?

No one could give him an explanation. He pushed that thought aside with doubts in his mind and turned to walk toward another spiderweb.

Every spiderweb had a spider demon lying in wait. These spider demons would not go into each other's areas, so there was no threat once he resolved the spider demon lying in wait. Roy's original plan was to burn these spiderwebs, but then he thought of how these spiderwebs without their spider demons might help him block intruders from breaking into his cave. He could use them as security, so he left them.

As long as he could clean up all the spider demons, the spiderwebs they left behind could become protective barriers for his cave. This was the only contribution they could provide to him.

With this in mind, Roy started to clean up every spiderweb that appeared in his line of sight. He would first lure the spider demons with the vibrations and then shoot them down with his gun. This cleaning process actually turned out to be rather easy.

However, later on, he realized that it was too much of a waste of his bullets. As such, he looked around and found an insect monster that was just entangled in a spiderweb.

This insect monster looked like a big beetle. After it was entangled, the spider demon guarding that spiderweb appeared in no time and climbed onto the spiderweb without hesitation.

At that moment, Roy, who had been standing below and waiting, swung his tail. The triangular blade tail directly penetrated the spider demon's head before it could bite into that insect monster.

Roy's modification to his body was wise, and this strange-looking tail displayed its great killing efficiency. There was no need to waste his bullets, frugal and environmentally friendly!

After killing the spider demon, Roy extended his tail, opened the triangular blade, gently grabbed the beetle, and pulled it off the spiderweb.

This beetle monster did not possess much intelligence, so it did not appreciate Roy's help of pulling it out of danger at all. When Roy's tail grabbed it, it actually opened its mouth to bite his tail, acting rather fierce.

However, was it possible for it to bite through Roy's tail? Glancing at it coldly, Roy grabbed it with his tail, walked to another spiderweb, and then flicked it hard, throwing the beetle onto another spiderweb.

The beetle began to struggle again. Soon, the spider demon guarding this spiderweb appeared…

Roy's baiting plan using this beetle monster was a success, and he successively solved dozens of spider demons this way. Roy only killed the beetle monster with his tail when it no longer had the strength to continue struggling, and he stored this little soul with a grin.

The souls from the spider demons were all soul fragments without exception…

The harvested souls of this massacre were, in fact, very pitiful. Not only was the quality low, but they were also very small.

Just as Roy was feeling depressed about his harvest, he found the light above his head being blocked by something, and a huge shadow appeared on the ground.

At the same time, a voice came. "Caught you! You mean little bug!!"

This voice was strange. It clearly sounded very strange to his ears, but Roy could fully understand the meaning it conveyed.

It was as though… the voice seemed to be acting directly on his soul!

What was even weirder was that Roy immediately understood what was going on when he heard the voice.

This is… the demon language?!

Roy's response was not slow even though he was stunned. He kicked the ground violently and somersaulted, rolling out of the range of the shadow!

Boom! The place where he just stood was immediately attacked just as he rolled away. A huge black shadow with an unparalleled momentum directly hit the ground.

A large amount of black mud splashed around, and a pit appeared in the ground. Roy climbed up and saw the attacker's appearance clearly.

It was a bigger… spider demon! However, unlike the spider demons he had killed earlier, what he was facing now was a half-human, half-spider female spider demon!

The lower part of her waist was a large spider abdomen, and her upper body was humanoid, naked but covered with the hair of the spider, which prevented any thoughts of temptation. She had many eyes on the top of her head, and a tong-like tongue slipped out. Only the pair of curved demon horns on her head showed her demon status.

Coupled with the eight limbs on both sides of her body, her entire body stood like a tank in front of Roy.

Looking at the half-human, half-spider thing in front of him, Roy could not help but suck in a cold breath. He knew he was in deep shit!

Judging from the size of his opponent, it was probably an adult demon and at least at the top of the low rank. It was unknown if it had advanced to a middle-rank demon…

Roy finally understood why he had only obtained soul fragments after killing those spider demons. The reason was simple. Those spider demons could only be regarded as clones of the spider queen in front of him! The reason why they lived in clusters was not because of their biological habits but because they were simply tools for the spider queen!

The spider queen sensed it when those soul fragments started disappearing during Roy's hunt, so she found Roy through them and came to kill him!

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Chapter 12: Intelligence Is a Good Thing

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Logically speaking, Roy's first instinct facing a sudden plot change with a hidden boss should have been to run away.

But he did not know why the first thought that popped into his head when he looked at that hideous spider queen was…

F*ck, I'll swallow my dung and commit suicide if my future wife looks like this!

When he thought of how he could become a bachelor demon for life because he could not accept their aesthetics, Roy felt a deep sorrow within! Then he turned around and ran!

It was impossible for him not to run. He knew that he could not deal with this spider queen just by looking at her size, and he would really be stuck if those spider demons besieged him!

You are too treacherous. Why would you, an adult demon, come to be neighbors with me, a young demon, and still use clones?!

When she saw Roy running away, the spider queen did not become angry but instead burst out in ridiculing laughter.

This was exactly what she wanted. As a demon that had hunted thousands of prey, she knew how to make the souls of her prey more delicious.

Terror, fear, pain. If the prey could maintain these emotions, the quality and taste of the soul might even improve after it dies!

This little demon in front of her was low rank without a doubt. Although he looked a little strange, and she was unable to tell which bloodlines he had, the spider queen did not mind at all. In fact, at least thirty percent of all her prey were little demons like this. Unlike those inferior monsters, these intelligent little demons were by far the easiest to produce high-quality souls.

Just put pressure on them and let them feel terror and fear!

Therefore, she was not in a hurry when she saw Roy running away. She stretched her limbs and took her time giving chase.

"Give up. You can't escape! How dare you steal from the great Araniya. Your only outcome is to become food in my stomach!

"I'll bite off your tail, rip off your head, and tear your body into pieces!

"You will wail in pain and beg me to kill you as soon as possible!"

While chasing Roy, Araniya yelled in a strange accent with the demon language, portraying the explicit miserable death that Roy would face when he died in a bid to increase the fear in Roy's heart.

Araniya continued advancing while spelling out these horrible endings, constantly using her tank-like body to knock down the trees along the way, creating an unmatched momentum.

She was chasing and teasing Roy like a cat would a mouse, and even the spider demons that gathered under her command did not completely block his route. Instead, they were like hounds, driving this prey that was Roy around.

However, she did not know that Roy was not as terrified as she thought.

The success of the first part of his body modification plan did not inflate his ego. He knew that a tail was not going to make him invincible, so when he was planning to clear out the spider demons, he had given some thought about what to do if he was under siege. Nonetheless, he had not expected the existence of a hidden boss like the spider queen.

Therefore, Roy immediately started to execute his plans when the unexpected enemy that was Araniya appeared.

He started running along the route that he came from, shuttling in between the gaps of the spiderwebs. These spiderwebs had lost the spider demons that were guarding them, so there was no problem as long as he did not get stuck on them.

Araniya's slow chase elated Roy. Of course, he could feel that it was the other party's way of toying with him, but that made him even happier.

After passing the territory of the spider demons and their spiderwebs, Roy no longer needed to dodge while running. He aimed directly for the southwest direction and ran with all his might.

Spider Queen Araniya had yet to find anything wrong, thinking that this little demon was merely fleeing in panic.

However, Araniya realized something was wrong once they were out of the woods. This little demon seems to be heading in the direction of the lava river?!

That's right! The place Roy chose to escape to was in the direction of the lava river. He had seen the river when he first entered the underground world from his hatching place, so it was a given that he could remember it. There were many dangers along the route from his cave to the river, but he was being hunted right now and could not give it much thought.

Araniya immediately became angry when she became aware of Roy's intentions.

She did not know what Roy could do by fleeing to the lava river. The reason why she was angry was that she realized that Roy was not as afraid as she thought he would be.

This feeling sucked; her expectations fell short…

"Surround and kill him!" In anger, Araniya decided not to continue with her game. Her soul fragments were still on him. Araniya would really regret to her death if he were to escape.

When they received the order, the spider demons immediately accelerated and started to surround Roy from behind.

Roy discovered that the spiders were approaching him and launching themselves at him, so he used his tail to whip them back. That steel-like tail caused them serious injuries when it knocked into them, and it was difficult for the spiders to get close for the time being.

After all, it was no longer their territory, and without their spiderwebs, the spider demons did not have a good way to stop Roy. Roy changed direction continuously as well. The spider demons had no problems moving forward and backward with their eight legs, but they were not that good with lateral movement. They were spiders, not crabs…

Araniya also realized that it was a big mistake not to surround this little demon with her spiders when she could. But it was slightly difficult for them to give chase now, so she went into battle herself.

Now that there were no trees blocking like in the forest, Araniya could increase her speed and move her limbs. She even crushed a few spider demons that were blocking her way and caught up from behind.

"Die! Damn you!" Araniya growled at Roy. However, Roy responded to her with a bullet!

During the chase, Roy twisted his body and fired at Araniya. Her huge body made an easy target for Roy, and as a result, the shot hit Araniya directly in her stomach.

The bullet failed to penetrate her body, but it made her abdomen shrink and her footsteps pause.

Pain! That damn little demon seems to have shot something that really hurt me!

Araniya roared angrily and accelerated again, but right after she started moving again, two loud bangs came. Her body was shot again.

Roy delayed Araniya in this way, and he finally saw that lava river a while later.

He turned back and shot all the bullets in his gun before he began running along the riverbank.

"Haha, despicable little bug. Do you want to jump into the river?!" Araniya could not help laughing when she saw this scene. "Even a demon will find it difficult to survive in such lava. You'll only die unless you have the bloodline of a flame demon!"

Tsk, what a chatterbox! Roy looked at Araniya with contempt for a moment before his eyes lit up.

Magma flowed in this lava river, but magma was actually melted rocks, so there would be some rocks that did not fully melt or cool down in the river. These rocks were not fixed to the ground and often flowed along with the magma.

And now, Roy saw such a piece before his eyes!

After calculating the distance, Roy suddenly changed his direction, stomped on the shore, and jumped directly onto that floating rock.

Roy landed on the rock with ease.

The rock sank a little under the weight, but under Roy's nervous glance, this rock did not submerge into the magma and rose slowly instead.

After chasing him to the riverbank and seeing this scene, Araniya was dumbfounded!

Damn it, how is this little demon so clever?!

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Chapter 13: Newborn Demon Wings

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Of course, it was impossible for Roy to jump into the magma. However, he did not intend to bathe in it from the beginning!

He was merely a newborn little demon, and he certainly could not match up with a demon like Araniya. However, he had his advantages as well—his small body and light weight.

As a result, he left Araniya dumbfounded when he jumped onto the rock!

Would she dare to continue chasing onto the rock with her tank-sized body?

That was no different from suicide…

Araniya stomped her spider legs angrily on the ground as she watched Roy flow steadily downstream atop the rock.

She really could not figure out if this little demon was lucky or if he planned this method of escape from the beginning. If it was the latter, then this little demon was a little scary. He was not born that long ago, yet he was as cunning as an old demon. How could a demon with such intellect be only a low-rank demon?

No, my soul fragments are still in his hands. He'll definitely eat them if I let him go like this, causing huge damage to my soul.

Seeing her clones catch up, Araniya gritted her teeth and directed them to the shore.

Jump! Everyone jump!

Araniya did not dare to jump herself, but the much smaller spider demons could. However, if they were to perish in the magma, Araniya similarly would not be able to recover her soul fragments on them.

However, she was now blinded by rage. She could not imagine that she actually ate a loss at the hands of a little demon. She wanted to kill Roy even if it meant losing her soul fragments.

However… would Roy not think of things that she could think of?

This rock floating on the magma was not too big, only able to hold Roy and without other space on it. In such a situation, there was only one place the spider demons could land, so Roy waved his tail and hit them away, making them fall into the magma.

In the end, after just a few were flung in such a manner, Araniya did not dare to get the demon spiders to throw themselves at him again. She was not dumb and could see how suicidal this action was.

"Despicable little bug!" Helpless, Araniya began attacking verbally. But her vocabulary was clearly lacking, so she repeatedly called Roy this name. "How long can you hide? You won't be able to come ashore as long as I follow you, and then you will be carried by the lava river into the lower levels of the Abyss. There, you will encounter even more powerful demons. They can all easily crush you with a finger!"

Roy was stunned. There are indeed lower levels in this world. And it sounds like the indigenous demons call this underground world the Abyss.

Is the end of this lava river flowing deeper into it?

Of course, Roy could not just continue flowing like this. But after saying this, Araniya followed Roy along the riverbank. Roy turned his head and saw that the riverbank was still rather far away. This lava river was much wider than he estimated with his eyes. It was at least four to five meters away from the opposite riverbank and impossible for him to jump over.

Although he wanted to use this rock as a boat, Roy could not find anything that he could use as a paddle. Moreover, an ordinary paddle would probably instantly melt in this lava…

Therefore, Roy looked like he was trapped.

Araniya scoffed when she saw Roy's hesitation.

However, before she finished laughing, she saw Roy patting the back of his head and then using his claw to gesture in the air.

What is this damn little bug doing? Araniya was baffled.

How could I forget that I have a lot of soul fragments? Roy thought while sitting on the rock. He summoned the system interface and saw that he had actually obtained about fifty soul fragments. If these soul fragments originate from Araniya's soul, perhaps they can be used?

If they can be used, then I might get out of trouble!

With this thought, Roy immediately began to draw.

This time, Roy drew a pair of wings, a pair of demon wings!

If he could not jump or swim over, then he could only fly over. Thus, Roy's first thought was to make a pair of wings for himself. However, he had no idea if the soul fragments he possessed were enough, so he did not dare to make the wings too big or set any complicated definitions.

He had only one definition for the demon wings: Flight!

But when he tried to materialize it, Roy found that it would not work! There were not enough souls! It could only complete up to 80%, even though it was the same material as his body's.

Roy had a headache. He also discovered that the system would not display the specific value for each soul. Similarly, there was no clear indication of how many souls it needed for each defined attribute, and it would only show the completion percentage when he was about to save, which required Roy to estimate the number required.

Roy guessed that the Flight attribute might require some strength in the wings itself. After all, it was necessary to offset his own weight to be able to fly, and it was impossible for a pair of wings without strength. This was probably why the wings could not materialize.

Roy gave it some thought and changed the defined attribute to Glide!

It was immediately successful!

This gave Roy the feeling of being like in a wingsuit. Humans might not be able to make it flap and fly, but they could spread the suit and glide with the wind…

Roy was still four to five meters away from the other side of the river. As long as his control was good, it was not impossible for him to cross the river by gliding.

Since that's settled, let's materialize it!

On the shore, Araniya was still wondering what Roy was doing, but right at that moment, she felt a great pain coming from her soul!

The severe pain coming directly from the soul was indescribable. Araniya's entire body was trembling, and terrible cries came from her mouth. The connection between the soul fragments and her main soul was suddenly severed, making her understand that Roy was devouring her soul fragments!

The strange thing was that she did not even see Roy taking out her soul fragments to devour them. Just how did he do it?!

Araniya's huge body was now lying on the ground. She raised her head reluctantly to look at Roy on the rock and found his body trembling as well.

However, his trembling was different because Araniya could see very clearly that two bumps suddenly arched out from Roy's back!

The two bumps broke out of their wall while Roy trembled. The next moment, a pair of dark-red demon wings appeared!

Araniya was shocked by this scene…

Demon wings?! Real demon wings! Could this damn little bug actually have the bloodline of a high-rank demon?!

Impossible. If he really has the bloodline of a high-rank demon, why would he appear in the upper level of the Abyss?

Araniya's doubt was normal. In the Abyss of the Demon World, bloodline was the most essential condition for evaluating demons. The low-rank demons usually had mixed bloodlines, and such demons were usually born from an egg. They would not even have the concept of parents. The male low-rank demons did not care at all, while the female low-rank demons would directly send their eggs to the upper world after laying them, putting them in the Demon Sea to allow the seawater to push these eggs to places where they could hatch all over. Such places were islands where volcanoes exist, and the hot volcanic rock bed would incubate and hatch the eggs. Almost all of the low-rank demons were born this way.

However, it was different for the middle-rank and high-rank demons whose bloodline was purer. Although some of the middle-rank demons might be hatched from eggs, quite a number of them had live births. All of the high-rank demons had live births, and this method of giving birth also led to a scarcity of high-rank demons. As a result, the high-rank demons placed importance on their offspring and educated them from birth.

The indication of purity of bloodline depended on whether or not the demon possessed demon wings…

Unlike the elytra wings of insect demons, Roy's wings had now transformed into the form of real demon wings. It was no wonder that Araniya would be puzzled. After all, the pure-blooded demons who possessed demon wings were extremely rare in the upper level of the Abyss…

In Araniya's shocked eyes, Roy tried to flap his wings. The wings looked small, and the wingspan was not large enough, but he was able to control it freely. Roy faced the other side of the river and squatted on the rock to start accumulating power!

He concentrated all his strength on his legs and even bent his tail against the rock. After he finished accumulating power, Roy slammed his legs and tail with great force and bounced up from where he was!

The jump brought him high up into the sky. Roy fully extended his demon wings while thinking of rushing to the other side of the river!

At this moment, the hot current from the lava river gave him a lot of buoyancy, allowing him to glide smoothly toward the other side of the river. However, Roy kept descending because he was gliding. Finally, he used his claws to grip the cliff at the other side over the river and landed his feet firmly on it, plastering his body against the cliff!

It could not count as a perfect landing, but Roy was overjoyed, finding himself out of danger!

Roy turned around, waved at Araniya across the river, and then tried to say his first few words with the demon language.

"Fare! Well!"

Yes, it doesn't seem too difficult to learn the mother tongue of the demon race…

Roy gathered his wings behind him and left under Araniya's stunned gaze…

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Chapter 14: Where Was the Magic?

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Roy walked backward. He had to guard against the possibility of Araniya jumping across the river.

However, he later realized that he was thinking too much. Araniya was now in unbearable pain and had no strength to pursue Roy. She could only watch him leave while hissing angrily at him.

Demons were experts at playing with souls. The more they played with them, the more they understood them. They could use certain means to separate a portion of their soul without damaging their main soul. Soul fragments were created in this way. These soul fragments could live on inside living creatures like parasites, and since the soul fragments had the demon's aura, they could naturally turn ordinary creatures into monsters.

The demons usually used these monsters with the soul fragments to help them capture prey or to fight. All of their perceptions would be sent back to the demon. The more soul fragments they separated out meant that there were more nodes and stronger perception. This was a special 'soul network'!

In this sense, demons were also creatures who liked to 'surf the internet'…

In addition to being stored in living bodies, the soul fragments could also be stored in certain items. These items were generally called demon creations or demon items, and these items often had some very special functions…

However, the separation of soul fragments was not without side effects. Once these soul fragments were swallowed or purified by others, it would cause severe damage to the main soul. It was also possible to obtain the true name of the demon from the soul fragments through special means.

Any damage to the soul might cause the collapse of a demon's mental state, their magic energy to dissipate, and so on, causing the demon's strength to drop significantly. Roy used up about fifty of Araniya's soul fragments to materialize his demon wings. This was a severe injury to her. It was already a feat for Araniya not to go crazy on the spot, so how could she still possess the energy to jump across the river to kill him?

He was now the biggest enemy to Araniya…

Of course, Roy had yet to understand much of the Demon World, so he did not understand the gravity of what he did. After leaving the riverbank, he was still feeling a little depressed.

What happened to driving out the bad neighbor? Why am I the one being driven away instead?

It was truly 'completely unexpected'. Murphy of Murphy's Law is still with me in spirit after transmigration!

I definitely can't return to my cave for the time being. At least not before I find a way to kill Araniya.

Unfortunately, a cave like that was quite difficult to find. Fortunately, Roy had already made up his mind to explore the underground world leisurely. His schedule was only moved ahead now, so he was not depressed for too long.

As such, Roy chose a direction and started moving forward.

He began his hunt for prey. After being hunted down by Spider Queen Araniya, Roy realized that there could be all kinds of accidents in this unknown world. If he was not careful enough and smart enough, he might lose his life. Therefore, the best way was to store some souls as a reserve so that he had room to navigate during emergencies.

Thus, while traveling, Roy hunted down the monsters he could win against and obtained their souls.

A month passed by in this way, and Roy could make some conclusions about certain things.

Perhaps it was as what Araniya had said. The more powerful demons stayed in the lower levels of the Abyss, while those on the upper level were basically all low-rank demons!

Fighting and hunting were the mainstay of this world. Demons hunted monsters and also their own kind. Similarly, monsters not only hunted their own kind, but they also hunted demons. This was because there was a possibility for monsters to turn into demons!

Monsters could accumulate demonic aura through devouring demons, and they could transform into demons themselves once they had enough demonic aura.

This also explained why the low-rank demons had such strange shapes and complicated bloodlines.

It was precisely because of this rule that some fierce and powerful monsters loved to hunt little demons like Roy. Roy saw a little demon about his size being caught by a huge bird-shaped monster swooping down from the sky. It was then gobbled up by the monster head first and even struggled as it moved along the monster's throat…

This scene made Roy's heart turn cold. It also made him understand that if he did not mature quickly, he might be eaten like this one day!

The pressure and urgency of survival made Roy realize that he was becoming more and more cold-blooded in his hunts. He did not even flinch when killing his kind now.

Roy could not kill the monsters and demons that were too powerful, but Roy could now kill opponents at the same rank as him with ease because of his special tail. Regardless of whether it was a sneak attack or an open attack, the tail's killing efficiency greatly benefited Roy.

The first thing Roy did after acquiring enough souls was to modify his demon wings.

He increased the size of its wingspan, and the demon wings now had a wingspan of two meters after extending. After finding that its carrying capacity was sufficient, Roy also changed the attribute of Glide to Flight!

Now, he could finally take off by flapping his wings and fly freely in the air. The only thing that was lacking was his speed.

Therefore, Roy had already thought of the next part of his modification plan for the demon wings—adding the attribute of High-Speed Flight.

After being able to fly, Roy's hunting range became much larger, and he could now fight the flying monsters and demons.

As time passed, Roy's range of exploration also continued to expand. However, he had actually only reached about one hundred kilometers away from the cave he had lived in. During this period, his experience with hunting made him discover something that puzzled him.

He realized that all creatures living in the upper level of the Abyss, be it monsters or demons, basically used only their bodies to fight. Although some used venoms or acids, these methods were only products of their own bodies. There were only two conditions to judge the strength of these demons and monsters: one was their body type, and the other was the size of their muscles.

This sort of physical fighting method seemed very exciting, but it also puzzled Roy to no end.

What about magic? Why are there no demons fighting with magic?

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Chapter 15: T-Virus Transformation! Adult Period!

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During this period, Roy had been thinking that he would have died in the lava river if Spider Queen Araniya had shot a shadow arrow or a spiderweb at him while he was on the rock.

However, Araniya did not use such magic. It was not just her. Roy had not met any demon throughout his journey that used magic in the truest sense of the word.

He would have thought that there was no magic in this world if it was not because he could clearly see a magic energy stat as an attribute…

Now came the question. Roy had magic energy as an attribute since he was born, so that meant that the other demons should as well. However, why was it that none of them used magic?

Could a demon who did not know magic be considered a demon at all?

Roy observed for a long time before he made his guesses.

His first guess was that the magic energy reserve of low-rank demons was too low to meet the conditions to use magic. His second guess was that the power of magic released was too weak and not as efficient as physical attacks, which was why low-rank demons did not like to use it.

His last guess was that the demons on the upper level of the Abyss had magic energy, but because of the lack of inheritance of magic knowledge, they did not know how to use magic at all!

Simply put, they were uneducated and uncivilized…

In fact, after giving it some thought, the third guess was probably the case. The upper level of the Abyss was chaotic and had fighting all day long. It was basically another version of human slums. Even if there was a demon language, he had not even seen a demon that was literate. It was no wonder there was not any inheritance of knowledge!

Perhaps he could only head to the lower levels of this Abyss to obtain the knowledge of magic after becoming strong enough in this upper level. If that were the case, it would explain why there were not any high-rank demons on this level. The high-rank demons were elites and were not going to live in slums with these peasants…

Roy felt refreshed, feeling like he stumbled upon the truth. If it was really what he guessed, did that mean that he could create a magic skill?

This was not impossible. Roy was an anomaly among the demons after all. He could use the customization system to modify himself, so he did not need to follow the usual route of demon evolution!

The ability to use magic in the upper level of the Abyss where most of the other demons did not know how to use magic was an advantage that required no explanation!

Roy had a feeling of superiority originating from human intellect over these low-rank demons with muscles in their heads. He basked in the joy of crushing them not only with his intellect but also with his strength.

Just do it, it was time to make a wave!

No matter how sure the plan looked, his priority was to ensure the supply of souls.

The first thing that Roy thought of was the T-Virus. He had drawn the material, so he would definitely use it. Roy estimated that he would need a hundred or so 'complete low-quality' souls to materialize it. Not only could the T-Virus greatly increase his physical strength, but it would also increase the possibility of giving him a superpower like Psychokinesis! Roy's original definition of T-Virus was Perfect Infusion after all.

Although Psychokinesis probably could not be considered magic, Roy was not that demanding. He was satisfied as long as it served its purpose.

Next, Roy entered hardcore mode and launched a massacre. All the demons and monsters weaker than Roy faced tough luck since he killed to hunt souls, not just for food!

Sneak attacks, ambushes, traps, Roy did everything he could to harvest souls!

In fact, many demons were cunning, but that generally referred to the monsters that had survived for a long time in the upper level of the Abyss, or those that had reached maturity, and formed their wisdom during their hunting experiences. However, the weaker demons and monsters that had not survived that long had yet to gather enough experience, and they were direct in their approach to combat—fight the opponent head-on and be done with it!

Therefore, this was the most vulnerable phase for demons and monsters. Those that could get through it would gradually smarten up, while death awaited those that could not.

This was why Araniya was surprised by Roy's cleverness. In her impression, a little demon like Roy was in his vulnerable phase, so how was it possible for him to be so cunning?

And now, Roy was specifically catching demons and monsters at this phase. He was even kill-stealing from the other weaker demons and monsters. How could they possibly do anything about it?

It took Roy about four days to collect 120 low-quality souls. Their sizes were different since they came from demons and monsters. After gauging that he had enough souls, Roy found a safe place and eagerly started on his T-Virus modification plan.

He opened his system interface and watched as the accumulated souls continued to disappear. In the end, Roy finally had the syringe gun in his hand!

It took him 114 souls to exchange for the T-Virus, by far the most souls he had used thus far. However, he hesitated now that he finally had the syringe gun.

He could not help it. It was a virus! It took courage to inject yourself with a virus. What if the system had problems?

Nonetheless, after pondering over it for a while, Roy decided to believe in the system. He pressed the syringe gun on his arm and pushed the pump, injecting himself with the potion.

After injecting himself, Roy threw the syringe gun carelessly. He sat cross-legged on the ground and started waiting quietly.

Not too long after, a strong burning sensation appeared from within his body and quickly spread throughout his torso, limbs, tail, and even his brain. All of them felt as though they were on fire.

This burning sensation quickly turned into unbearable pain!

Roy roared with pain. All the cells in his entire body were frantically proliferating at the moment. His muscles, internal organs, and bones were expanding at a crazy speed, and his blood flowed around his body at a crazy speed. The pain caused by his rapidly growing body made him crazy, and his hands could not help scratching all over his body, causing his skin to bleed out…

After what seemed like an eternity, the pain gradually began to alleviate. Roy slowly recovered and checked his physical condition.

It was not until this time that Roy realized he seemed to have grown out of the little demon category!

The rapid expansion of his body caused him to grow to about two meters tall, almost double his previous height. His arms, legs, tail, and the muscles all over his body bulged. His demon wings also benefited once again. It became wider and stronger, and its wingspan increased to more than three meters.

Stretching his hand to touch his head, Roy found his demon horns grew as well. They were directly protruding out from his skull and had a curve to them.

His palms grew larger, and the nails on them became longer, sharper, and began to flash a cold light. A gentle stroke on a rock caused a scratch on it.

Even without the modification by the system, these claws seem to be as hard as steel? Does that mean that I can obtain the adamantium attribute next time?

His tail became thicker and longer as well. Roy could feel his strength just by standing there now!

Even Roy did not expect such a huge change could happen with a tube of the T-Virus. It felt as though he directly matured into an adult. The hundred-odd souls were truly worth it!

As he looked at the system interface, Roy found his attributes had increased dramatically.

Name: Roy

Race: Demon

Bloodline: At least four different kinds

Demon Name: Bacronsha Meryer Lacdiren Stanlis Lundisha… Ramos Osiris

Form: Adult

Hierarchy: Top of the low rank

Attribute: Dark

Strength: 66

Speed: 35

Magic Energy: 9

Activity: 74

Loaded Materials: T-Virus, Alien Blade Tail, Demon Wings

Skills: Psychokinesis (Strengthened by Virus)

Evaluation: You seem to be resuscitated?!

Roy was amazed at the changes in his attributes. The T-Virus brought him a fifty-point increase in strength! The increase in his speed was about twenty points, and activity had increased the most with at least sixty points!

No wonder no traces could be seen from the skin he had scratched. It had healed itself with his strong vitality!

Moreover, his evaluation seemed to have skipped the middle-low rank entirely. His premature state was gone as well. He managed to patch it up.

However, what delighted Roy the most was the appearance of Psychokinesis in his Skills section!

Although he might have thought that it was possible to obtain superpowers before, it still made Roy feel incredible when it really appeared. He could not wait to try it out.

He stretched his hand out and curled his finger, visible through the sharp nail. A fist-sized rock floated up under his command and flew to where Roy's fingers pointed. This wonderful remote control technique was quite fun for Roy.

However, Roy felt pain grapple his brain after a while. The stone dropped onto the ground with the loss of his concentration.

Shit! Roy just noticed that his magic energy was now empty!

Does magic energy have to be consumed to activate Psychokinesis?! Moreover, it seems like my magic energy attribute didn't increase through the T-Virus?! Roy was shocked. How on earth am I supposed to increase my magic energy?!

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Chapter 16: The Aroma of Souls

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Roy came to the conclusion that the failure to increase magic energy was most likely related to Soul Devouring Addiction.

He suspected that demons loved to devour souls most likely because it would increase their magic power. Otherwise, the demons probably would not be so crazy over them just because of their taste.

So after his train of thoughts, he took one of his remaining souls out.

Should I try one?Come to think of it, I've been investing the souls in the system for my modifications and have yet to taste one. Is it really that delicious to a demon?

The soul that Roy took out was the smallest of them. Saliva dripped out of his mouth involuntarily as he stared at the soul. At the same time, an extreme desire arose, just like how he was when he saw delicious food during the time he still was human. He could not wait to eat them!

Roy gulped down his saliva and could not wait to throw this ball of light into his mouth.

The broad bean-sized soul melted—no, it disappeared—as soon as it came into contact with his saliva! The saliva of a demon really could decompose a soul!

At the same time, an indescribably wonderful taste came from Roy's tongue. His entire body and mind seemed to be in extreme jubilation. It seemed as though his body was frantically secreting dopamine, making his body feel lighter!

He was floating in the clouds…

This feeling lasted for quite some time before slowly dissipating. Roy slowly recovered while constantly reminiscing about the feeling just now. The more he thought about the aftertaste, the more his brain signaled that it wanted more!

Roy nearly could not stop himself from taking out the rest of the souls. Fortunately, he had a bit of self-control and forced himself to resist this urge.

What a close call! This thing is really addictive! Roy touched his chest, feeling a lingering fear after he stopped his impulsive thirst.

After calming down, he discovered that most of the soul seemed to have disappeared, and only a small part transformed into a special feeling, like flowing heat. It spread to all parts of his body first and then gathered again. Finally, it flowed to his heart and stopped there.

Is this flowing heat magic power? Roy experienced it carefully. He was unsure, so he simply opened the system interface to check his stats.

Roy had used up his magic energy when he used Psychokinesis, but he now found that the counter of the magic energy attribute was now 0 (0.3)!

What does this mean? Is the increase of 0.3 in magic energy something that I slowly recovered myself, or was it caused by consuming that soul?

If it was the latter, it meant that devouring souls could really improve his magic energy. This was not necessarily good news to Roy because it meant that he could not rely solely on the system to strengthen himself but would still need to maintain the growth of his magic energy, meaning that he needed even more souls!

This can't go on. I have to understand the reason behind the increase in magic energy and then think of ways to improve it! Roy thought. Otherwise, I'll be poor my whole life!

Setting aside the attribute temporarily, Roy opened a blank new page and began to draw again.

To Roy, the usage of souls in the system was far more efficient than directly devouring them to improve his magic energy attribute. They both consumed souls, but the system could bring about more things, such as the big underpants Roy was drawing now!

Yes, big underpants! You might not believe it, but Roy had been naked this whole time!

Now, he finally had some surplus to make some clothes to cover himself. It was all right when he was a little demon, but he did not feel that way anymore now that his body became bigger! The chill in between his crotch was not that wonderful.

Roy set the color of the underpants to match his skin color. It was made of pure cotton, breathable and dry. Roy was finally relieved.

Although he did not know the application prospects of this iron rod, protecting it was the instinct of every male, and demons were no exception…

I'm probably the first demon wearing underpants in the upper level of the Abyss, right? Roy thought as he hurried on his way.

This time, Roy flapped his demon wings and flew up, exploring from the sky above.

Just how vast was this Abyss of Hell? Roy had no way of knowing. He had walked hundreds of kilometers, but in fact, he was afraid that he had yet to walk out of the horizon he saw, let alone to the lower levels of the Abyss.

Now that he could hover around in the air, he saw many scenes he could not see from the ground. Hmm, and enemies.

Unlike being on the ground, Roy's enemies while flying were bird-type and insect-type demons with wings. However, Roy could now handle them with ease. The T-Virus allowed Roy's strength and speed attributes to increase slowly with time. However, these flying-type demons did not have much strength, so when he encountered these demons, Roy could crush them easily head-on. Roy's tail and sharp claws could tear their bodies directly once he caught them.

At the same time, Roy also learned the hunting method of the flying demons. When prey appeared on the ground, he would quickly dive down, and he could even directly overwhelm some larger-sized demons with the impact of the dive.

In order to verify his strength, Roy consciously chose adult demons as the targets of his hunt. Fighting the top-low-rank demons was a lot more interesting than simply bullying the weak, and it was very helpful for training his fighting skills.

Compared to the flying demons, Roy had greater strength, and he had the advantage of flight when facing the powerful demons on the ground. As a result, some of the wiser demons chose to avoid Roy after he had successfully killed a number of top-low-rank demons!

Roy was now a demon tyrant. He could probably even get rid of Spider Queen Araniya if he were to head back now…

However, Roy did not choose to go back because killing Araniya was not attractive to him. This was because Roy discovered one thing as the number of souls he possessed increased—the quality of the soul had nothing to do with the strength of the creature. He had hunted a total of twenty-three top-low-rank demons, but their souls were low-quality souls to the system without any exception. The only difference was that they were larger and had higher soul power.

In addition, Roy no longer needed to search for caves to avoid danger now that he was stronger. Therefore, even if he were to go back and kill Araniya, he would gain nothing more than a low-quality soul. This would take up a huge amount of time and give up the area he had explored to fly back hundreds of kilometers. It was not cost-effective however he thought about it.

In any case, he would probably still stay in the upper level of the Abyss for quite some time, and he could take his time to get revenge on Araniya for pursuing him…

Life in this upper level of the Abyss was very monotonous and boring. It was the same for almost all the demons living in this world. Their time was spent on fighting and hunting every single day. Roy tried to adapt to it, but it was still unbearable after a long time. He felt that he would go crazy if he continued this way. He even had thoughts of 'whether or not he should leave one or two souls to devour every day' as a pastime.

However, one day, while flying in the air and waiting for an enemy to run into him, Roy suddenly found dozens of demons gathering on the ground.

There was no conflict even though they were together, and they were actually desperately running in the same direction!

This was not unique to the ground. Even those in the air were actually flapping their wings desperately in the same direction.

This scene reminded Roy of the time he hatched, so he immediately reacted to what was happening. Demons would only act this way under special circumstances.

Roy, bored out of his mind, changed direction and followed them.

After flying some distance, he neared a certain range, and an indescribable aroma enamored Roy!

This aroma was similar to the soul that Roy devoured, but it was not as rich, and it was impossible for it to spread so far.

Could this be the aroma of a high-quality soul?! Roy realized.

He vigorously rushed toward it…

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Chapter 17: The Summoned Demon

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A demon's sense of smell was special!

Only they could smell the aroma of a soul from afar. However, since the souls they usually detected were low quality, they would not bother to rush over because they knew it was the spoils of other demons. They were too far away, and it would be gone by the time they reached it.

But it was different now. Only a high-quality soul would be able to emit such an aroma, and it was definitely something rare in the upper level of the Abyss. Hundreds of demons actually gathered after smelling it!

Many demons came involuntarily driven by the pure desire for such a soul. They were simply attracted to the aroma but did not know how this soul appeared.

Upon arriving, he realized that the aroma came from the inside of an extinct volcano.

There were many such volcanoes in the upper level of the Abyss. However, most of them were active volcanoes with magma flowing out at any time. The demon world was a world where lava and flames coexisted precisely because of these volcanoes.

Similarly, there were extinct volcanoes as well, but there were very few of them. Now, however, hundreds of demons were rushing toward the interior of this extinct volcano. And many more were constantly streaming in.

After diving down into the interior of the volcano, he saw that there was a ferocious fight going on!

The demons that arrived earlier showed their most savage faces and were fighting each other, but their battles were all surrounding an… altar!

Roy was astonished because he knew from one glance that this altar was artificial, something he had never seen in the upper level of the Abyss!

He could not expect these low-rank demons to build houses. In fact, due to the crossbreeding, most of them could not even be classified. Categories like flame demon, succubus, shadow demon, and so on could not be applied to them. Roy could not even tell what type of demon he was. Many low-rank demons simply survived, and they did not even know how to make simple tools and weapons, so how was it possible for them to build something?

Therefore, Roy was certain that the altar could have never been made by these low-rank demons!

However, the Demon World isn't a place that humans can survive, so who built this altar? Could it be something the high-rank demons left behind?

The altar looked huge. In addition to the height of the base, the top platform was as large as a basketball court. The large magic formation engraved onto the round platform had a six-pointed star in the middle, and within it was a strange drawing. It seemed to be an Ouroboros biting its own tail, and unrecognizable words surrounded the magic formation. Intuition told Roy that it was probably words of the demon language.

The magic formation was currently glimmering. The indecipherable words and the drawing were flashing rhythmically with a slight buzz. It seemed to have activated.

The aroma of the soul came from the magic formation, but what baffled Roy was that he could not see the high-quality soul anywhere, and there was nothing in the magic formation.

What's going on? Has the soul not appeared yet? In that case, where is the aroma coming from?

Looking at the demons that seemed to have lost their minds fighting below, Roy knew that they were competing for ownership of the high-quality soul that was about to appear. Although Roy's mouth might be dripping saliva from the aroma of the soul, he floated in the air to observe instead of joining the fight.

Roy had yet to understand the function of the altar, so he would not take action before he did.

He even stayed a little farther away to prevent those demons from taking the initiative to fight him…

It would not be an overstatement to describe the scene below as a river of blood. Demons died one after another as the fighting progressed. Purple demon blood flowed out of their bodies and converged. The demons that survived could not wait to get into the next fight after devouring their opponent's souls.

One of the demons was the most eye-catching!

He was a powerful demon about eight meters tall and had the largest body among the demons present. He had a four-foot-long tail covered with thick horny scales like that of a pangolin, and his upper body was humanoid. Roy knew this demon had lived in the upper level of the Abyss for decades from the long curved horns on his head!

Demon horns often had rings to show their age, and this was the main basis to judge their age. This old demon was almost invincible among this group of demons. However, the most important matter was that he had a weapon in his hand. It was a huge, crude stone hammer and was stained with the blood of the demons, looking extremely savage. The old demon seemed to have incorporated his own soul fragment into it, giving this weapon a terrible black glow and a hardness far beyond imagination.

Roy weighed the situation and found that it was impossible for even him to win against this old demon, further increasing his reluctance to enter the battle.

The old demon waved the big stone hammer around and killed everything around him. It did not take long before he became the lone survivor in this bloody melee.

He let out a huge roar as he stared at the remaining demons around him. They were unwilling but still slowly retreated, admitting defeat and recognizing the old demon as the victor.

The scene was similar to where he first hatched… This was the Demon World. The other demons would recognize your status when you had more power than them.

It's coming! Roy watched as the old demon took heavy steps up to the altar. He stared intently, trying to see what would happen.

The following scene almost made Roy think he was going mad.

When the old demon stepped on the altar, the high-quality soul did not appear as Roy imagined! Instead, a black light spot appeared on the altar. The entire magic formation began to shine, expanding that black light spot to form a black mist, and the mist enveloped the old demon. After coming into contact with the black mist, the old demon's body began to blur a little.

Finally, the entire body of the old demon disappeared, and the light from the magic formation dimmed.

F*ck, he really disappeared! Was he… teleported away?!

Roy looked at the altar in surprise. He felt the black mist was like a legendary space gate or portal. What else could explain the disappearance of the old demon?

The high-quality soul he was anticipating did not appear, and the old demon was teleported away instead. After he sorted everything that happened, a thought suddenly appeared in his mind. That old demon was being summoned!

Right, summoned! This must have been the case. Someone was summoning demons through some special means, and the offering given by that person must have been the high-quality soul. The demons fought each other over the offering! And the winner had to respond to the summon and enter the other world if they wanted the offering.

The role of this altar also came out—a medium to connect with other worlds!

Roy became excited. This was a huge discovery. No wonder the novels and movies that he watched in the past had plots that summoned demons, it turned out to be true!

What kind of world was I summoned to? Is there only one such world? Two? Or multiple worlds? What kind of person summoned the demon? What did they summon the demon for? Is there a contract between the demon and the summoner?

Wait, wait, wait. Roy had too many questions, but this discovery was really wonderful for a Gemini like Roy. This meant his monotonous life would finally become interesting.

The remaining demons left once the aroma of the soul disappeared. The empty altar was not attractive to them at all, but Roy stayed. He wanted to see how often this summon happened.

Other than that, Roy had to take a look at the rest of the extinct volcanoes to see if there were altars like this one in them that could open portals…

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Chapter 18: The Return of the Old Demon

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Roy initially wanted to stay here to see when the old demon would return, but he did not expect that the wait would last seven days.

Of course, seven days was only an estimate. Roy could not tell exactly how long he had waited. In short, it was quite long.

During this period, Roy realized that the opening of the altar was not occasional. On the contrary, it was pretty frequent.

The magic formation on the altar would emit light every now and then, and then all kinds of unique scents would emanate from the void.

Upon observing the phenomena for a couple of times, Roy gradually realized that every time the magic formation activated, people were communicating with the Abyss of the Demon World by providing offerings to attempt to summon demons. Offerings like the high-quality soul in the first offering were rare. Instead, the stench of blood typically filled the air in the void.

Roy guessed that it was highly likely that the stench of blood was from the summoner using fresh blood or internal organs as offerings.

But although the stench of blood could also attract demons, it was not as alluring as using souls. After all, demons frequently smelled blood during their hunt for prey in the Abyss and had smelled enough.

Therefore, mundane offerings would not attract powerful demons but only monsters or the weaker and smaller demons. Even so, the offerings had to be sufficiently bloody. If the stench of blood was not strong enough, even the monsters would disdain it, resulting in the magic formation quickly dimming soon after activation.

This indicated that the summoning had failed.

Apart from offerings being unattractive and the short activation time of the magic formation, the scent of the offerings faded quickly due to the deactivation of the magic formation. During this period of observation, Roy noticed that there were quite a few attempts to summon demons that failed.

If communicating with the magic formation required magic power, then failure was probably because of the weak magic power possessed by the summoner.

This made Roy conscious of the fact that most of the demon summoners were likely only dabblers. Not only did they possess weak magic power, but they also did not understand what demons really wanted!

Of course, the blame could not be placed on these summoners, as even the dabblers had managed to summon demons successfully. At least, this was what Roy had observed during his wait. A total of twelve monsters and three little demons that were attracted and entered the magic formation were successfully teleported. In particular, the three little demons could have hatched in the same batch as Roy. If not for the T-Virus, Roy would not have skipped the long growth phase and directly proceeded to the maturity phase. The other little demons were not so lucky, and they had to go through the usual growth phase.

However, during the growth phase, the little demons did not have it easy, facing difficulties in hunting for prey and surviving, so only the ones loitering into this area would be attracted by the scent of blood and respond to the summons. It was the same for those monsters. It was precisely because of these weak demons and monsters responding to the summons that led to the low success rate observed by Roy.

Those unsuccessful dabblers aside, the small group of lucky successful ones probably thought that they had mastered the summoning technique and noted it down. The circulation of these notes resulted in people using increasingly distorted techniques to summon demons.

After all, there were absolutely not many people who truly understood the Abyss.

Inferring from these hypotheses, the summoner that attracted the demons with the high-quality soul and had them select a winner through fighting could have been the only one who truly understood how summoning demons worked! He just did not know from what kind of world the summoner came from.

During the time Roy was waiting, some of the demons and monsters that were summoned returned sporadically. These returnees usually had satisfied expressions, probably because they had managed to enjoy the offerings. But there were also those that looked very miserable. They had injuries from head to toe, and some had even lost limbs, possibly the work of a stronger enemy. Despite making it back alive, such injuries were often indications that they could not live long in the Abyss, and they would quickly become the prey of other demons and monsters.

Roy could not help it and killed two wounded low-rank little demons. However, the souls he harvested showed up in the system as 'incomplete low-quality souls'!

This meant that those demons might have suffered injuries in the summoning process and lost part of their souls!

What happened? Roy was secretly relieved that he had not hastily entered the magic formation. This was not something he had anticipated.

He felt that he would only know after the old demon returned because the old demon, like Araniya, was someone who had mastered the demon language. Looking at how familiar he was when entering the magic formation, it should not have been the only time that he had responded to a summon, so he definitely knew what this demon summoning was about.

As for how to communicate with this old demon, he could only take it one step at a time.

On the seventh day, a black spot appeared in the magic formation without warning. The black spot quickly expanded, and a gate appeared. Afterward, a large shadow appeared in the magic formation.

The old demon finally returned. However, upon his appearance, his large body immediately fell headfirst into the magic formation, causing a loud thud. The volcanic ashes on the volcano wall rustled in the air with this huge vibration.

The old demon looked quite miserable. It was the worst situation that Roy had seen during this time!

One of his demon horns had completely broken off, resulting in purple blood flowing from the top of his head onto his face. His stone hammer was missing, and his tail was also broken. Hundreds of big and small wounds covered all over his thick horny scales, and the most severe one was the two-meter-long wound on his abdomen. This wound seemed to be cut by a sharp weapon, and it was so bad that his internal organs fell out of his body and hit the ground.

Roy was shocked to see how horrible the old demon looked. With such fatal wounds, how did he even return alive?!

Roy was certain that the old demon had experienced a fierce battle after being summoned. However, the old demon's injured state provided Roy with an opportunity to communicate with him, so Roy jumped down from the volcano wall and went onto the altar.

In fact, while Roy was coming down, the old demon had already struggled and crawled out of the magic formation on the altar. The old demon probably felt the need to leave the magic formation quickly in case someone summoned a demon again. What was he going to do if he was summoned again? The old demon was already badly wounded, and responding to another summon was akin to suicide…

After the old demon crawled out from the magic formation, he naturally noticed Roy moving closer to him. Despite his bloodied face, the old demon still roared threateningly at Roy.

He thought Roy was here to eliminate him, so of course he was not going to be polite.

But despite his fierceness, his roar could not help but reveal a tremor, exposing his inner uneasiness.

Roy recognized that uneasiness, so he did not waste any time. He went up and used demon language to say, "Answer… my quest… ion. Otherwise, you will… die!"

Roy was not fluent in the demon language since very few demons could communicate with him. However, the demon language had an advantage in that it could quickly let the other party understand what the speaker wanted to express.

As Roy spoke, he drew his claws across the hard stone floor. Although he did not leave any claw marks, it created a zizi sound and sparks to appear from the friction. He used this to let the old demon know that he had the ability to kill him easily.

Looking at Roy's extremely strong muscles and claws, the old demon knew that he was not a match for Roy in his injured state despite Roy being only a quarter of his height. The old demon could only lie down now! Therefore, the old demon quickly compromised and used the demon language to ask Roy, "What do you want to know?"

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Chapter 19: The Devoted and Professional Good Demon

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Seeing the old demon being very cooperative, Roy was very satisfied. "What's your name…?"

After asking this first question, Roy found that the old demon was a little hesitant, so he continued, "I'm not asking for your true demon name!"

Upon hearing this, the old demon breathed a sigh of relief. "Jascalos! You can call me Jascalos!'

"Okay, Jascalos!" Roy nodded and pointed at the magic formation on the altar. "What is that about? Is this altar and magic formation a teleportation formation? Who built it?"

"It's known as the Gate of the Abyss!" Jascalos replied. "You haven't been summoned before, right? We demons know this place as the teleportation gate. As for who built this altar, I don't know. These Gates of the Abyss have been around for tens of thousands of years. I've only heard that they may have been built by the demon kings living at the lowest level of the Abyss!"

If even an old demon like Jascalos, who had been living for who knew how long, did not know who built the altar, then there was no point in asking further. Roy could only give up getting to the bottom of this and carried on asking, "Where do the Gates of the Abyss lead? Another world? Is there only one such world, or are there many?"

"Many!" Jascalos answered while stuffing his internal organs back into his abdomen. "I've been summoned eight times in total. Almost into a new world every time. It is said that the Gates of the Abyss can connect to countless worlds. Any world that knows how to use magic power can connect with the Gates of the Abyss."

"Oh, you know about magic power?" Roy asked with excitement. "So, do you know how to use magic?"

However, Jascalos shook his enormous head. "No, I can't! None of the low-rank demons can transform magic power into magic. I wouldn't have been beaten so miserably if I knew magic!"

"Why can't low-rank demons use magic?" Roy asked puzzledly.

"Bloodline!" Jascalos explained, "The bloodlines of the low-level demons are too complicated. Magic power is accumulated through blood vessels and stored within the demon heart. Under circumstances where the bloodline is too complicated, and blood is unable to flow in the reverse direction, it's impossible to release magic. Only through promoting to the next level to become a middle-rank demon can a demon then enter the lower levels of the Abyss and search for a place of refinement to refine their bloodline, thereby building a channel for the magic power to flow."

After finishing, Jascalos looked at Roy strangely. "This is all in the inherited memories from a demon's eggshell after hatching. How come you don't know but are asking me?"

Roy was dumbfounded. Were there such memories in the eggshell? Why don't I know? It's not because of my premature birth again, right?!

"There was memory loss in my inherited memory!" Roy could only carry on asking, "Tell me, how do you accomplish the promotion?"

Jascalos did not answer but instead looked at the pair of demon wings on Roy's back and showed a weird smile. Roy could not figure out what he was thinking. It could not have been anything good because Jascalos looked like he was gloating. Roy could not bear it any further and said coldly, "You can choose not to answer, but I will kill you and search for another low-rank demon to get answers!"

"There are no criteria for promotion!" Jascalos said. "It's just incessantly hunting and plundering souls. In fact, most low-rank demons can't undergo promotion in their lives, so I also can't tell you how promotion works!"

Duh! Roy felt that he was asking in vain. Had the old demon known how to promote, he would already be a middle-rank demon.

"Okay, let's change the topic!" Roy said. "What happened to you when you were summoned? How did you get beaten so badly?"

A glimpse of fear flashed across Jascalos's face as he listened to the questions. "I was expelled! The one who summoned me was a demon sorcerer, but I didn't expect that he summoned me to deal with a powerful paladin. He left me fighting the paladin while he ran away. I fought for some time before the paladin killed and expelled me!"

"Killed?" Roy could not help but glance at the large wound on Jascalos's abdomen. "Aren't you still alive?"

"That's because the Ouroborus Mark protected me!" Jascalos said impatiently. "Any demon summoned to another world is under the protection of the Ouroborus Mark. It immortalizes the soul, and the demon will be expelled and returned to the Demon World at the moment of death. At most, the soul and the body will be badly wounded."

Roy finally understood why all the summoned demons returned eventually, even those that were maimed. None of the demons truly died in another world because of the protection of the Ouroborus Mark in the magic formation.

However, this was also probably because the paladin that fought with Jascalos did not know his true name. Had the paladin known his true name, Jascalos might not have made it back! He would have died even with the protection of the Ouroborus Mark.

Upon knowing this, Roy was finally relieved. Although it was dangerous, and Roy might encounter natural enemies such as paladins or exorcists, he would be safe as long as his enemies did not know his true demon name and would not really die.

Jascalos struggled to stand and said, "Have you finished asking? I'm leaving!"

Although Jascalos had escaped death, he was not in a good state. He had finally stuffed his internal organs back where they belonged, but he needed time to recuperate. Given the powerful vitality of demons, it was only a matter of time. Apart from rushing to recuperate, Jascalos could not wait to leave as the cunning and suspicious nature of demons meant that he did not dare to remain with Roy.

Standing on his feet, Jascalos towered over Roy, giving him an increased sense of confidence. This was also why he had been cooperative in answering Roy's questions. He was buying time to recuperate. Now that he regained mobility, he did not need to be courteous to a demon of Roy's size.

Such was the nature of a demon, brash and oppressive.

"One last question, what offering did you get? Was it that high-quality soul?" Roy asked with his head raised.

"Already swallowed!" Jascalos said with a sneer. "How can any demon store a delicacy like this?"

Roy felt a little regretful despite already expecting this. Although he had only smelled it and had not seen it, that was his first encounter with a high-quality soul.

He shook his head regretfully. "Is that true? Forget it. In that case, leave your soul!"

"Wh-what?"

Before Jascalos could react, Roy suddenly rose! He spread his demon wings, flew up from the bottom, and went straight for Jascalos's throat!

In the blink of an eye, Roy reached Jascalos's throat and swung his right hand violently!

Jascalos's throat was originally protected by his horny scale armor, but under Roy's claws, his throat was easily torn open. The four claw wounds were so deep that blood gushed out of Jascalos's throat like a running tap!

Roar!!! Jascalos roared as he stretched out his gigantic palm to grab Roy, who was in the air. Roy turned, avoiding his palm, and rushed for Jascalos's head, lightly landing on top of his single-horned forehead.

The next second, Roy's tail pierced directly into Jascalo's right eye socket.

Blood spewed out as Roy's tail pulled Jascalos's eyeball out and headed straight for the sky before Jascalos could react.

Jascalos swung his arm, attempting to hit Roy to no avail. Instead, he slapped himself, leaving his head spinning while experiencing excruciating pain in his eye. The intense pain left him roaring irritably.

If he had his stone hammer, maybe he could have jumped into the sky and attacked Roy. But now, he was at a loss with Roy flying in the air. He had already sustained severe injuries, and the newly-inflicted eye and throat wounds caused additional blood loss. Jascalos felt the world spinning and fell to the ground.

Seeing the twitching Jascalos lying on the ground, Roy did not land immediately, fearing that Jascalos was faking his death. As such, he waited in the sky for Jascalos's soul to appear, confirming his death, before landing.

With one hand holding Jascalos's soul, Roy could not help sighing. Sure enough, it was still an incomplete low-quality soul, not too big and missing a part.

In fact, Roy had never thought of letting Jascalos go from the beginning. Since he was a demon, he had to think like one. Had he been the one injured, and it was Jascalos beside him instead, Jascalos would have made the same decision to kill him. Therefore, there was no need for hesitation. Just execution…

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Chapter 20: The First Summon

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Actually, the reason why Roy decided to kill Jascalos was to verify if devouring a high-quality soul resulted in Jascalos having a more powerful soul.

The reason Roy saw the need to verify this was because Jascalos had mentioned that promoting to a middle-rank demon was necessary before he could enter the lower levels of the Abyss in search of a refining place. Jascalos could have known how to promote but chose to lie to Roy. Of course, it was also possible that Jascalos really did not know. Nevertheless, Roy's gut was telling him that the key to promotion was not only related to devouring souls but also the strengthening of the soul.

Only when the soul was sufficiently powerful could he become a middle-rank demon…

Unfortunately, Jascalos had encountered a powerful enemy during the summon, so he was killed and expelled. Although he had returned to the Abyss of the Demon World, his soul was damaged, so Roy could not see whether or not his soul had become stronger. Thus, it was temporarily unknown if consuming the high-quality soul offering had strengthened his soul.

Roy did not know if his guess was right, but he felt that there had to be a reason why demons tirelessly chased after souls, and not merely because of an addiction to the taste.

He has already confirmed that the first benefit of devouring souls could help demons accumulate magic power. Roy noticed that his magic energy had already fully restored, and the 0.3 increase had not changed. This meant that the previously devoured soul had indeed brought him an increase to his upper limit.

According to the information from Roy's conversation with Jascalos, a demon's heart stored magic power, explaining why Roy felt a heat flowing toward his heart when he devoured the soul.

In addition, Jascalos mentioned that low-rank demons had complicated bloodlines that resulted in their body being unable to construct a magic power output circuit. Thus, even though they had magic power, they could not use it. This was not applicable to Roy because he had already confirmed that he could use magic energy to activate Psychokinesis.

This allowed Roy to understand one thing. In the system interface, the reason why his attributes displayed magic energy instead of magic power could mean that he, this abnormal demon, could not only use magic but other powers as well.

Those powers might include superpowers, battle qi, spiritual power, and so on that Roy could use. The magic energy attribute was just a general term referring to the source of all supernatural energies. This was different from the magic power that demons needed for their system of demonic spells!

Having figured this out, Roy became excited. Right, since this is a personal customization system, doesn't that mean that I can create my own magic and skills? Since the final consumption is magic energy, there's no need to consider any overbearing and incompatibility Chakra issues!

If so, then how should I go about customizing my skills? Roy opened the system interface and looked at the 3D and AE functions. His gut told him these two functions were the key to customizing his skills. However, these two functions were currently dim, meaning that they were still unavailable.

Is this because I'm lacking some condition? Roy was unconsciously wagging his tail while thinking. Given how the system has to consume souls, the conditions to activate these two functions should also be related to souls! Moreover, it probably requires high-quality souls! Yes, those high-quality souls!

Roy suddenly felt enlightened. He had previously wondered that if low-quality souls could be used in the system interface to modify his body, then what was the need for differentiating between low and high quality? Now, he finally understood that high-quality souls were for advanced applications in the system.

Therefore, Roy now had a goal—obtaining a high-quality soul to verify his hypothesis.

Roy stretched out his claws, grabbed Jascalos's body, and dragged him down the altar with some effort. Jascalos was huge, so Roy could not leave him on the altar, taking up the little space there was. After cleaning the altar, Roy began waiting beside it.

From hatching until now, Roy had only caught low-quality souls in the upper level of the Abyss. It seemed like there was little hope of him obtaining a high-quality soul here. Even if there was a chance, it was probably very low. Therefore, Roy decided to look toward the other worlds that connected to the Gates of the Abyss.

Roy did not have to wait too long. The magic formation on the altar began to glow and buzz. And a stench of blood began to drift out from the void.

Ah, very good! This means the summoner on the other side of the gate is using blood to attract demons. It was good news to Roy.

It was important to Roy that he did not enter a world with high combat strength at his current stage. He did not want to end up like Jascalos, killed, expelled, and returning injured. Instead, this kind of summon that used blood to attract demons was a safer bet. It meant that the summoner on the other side was either a dabbler in a world where the supernatural was underdeveloped, or that their demand for the demon's strength was not high, merely wanting to attract low-rank demons to complete some small tasks.

Either way, it was a good choice for Roy for his first summon.

But Roy still waited a while, wanting to gauge the strength of the summoner based on the activation period of the magic formation.

As a result, a little demon was attracted by the bloody smell while he was waiting. When it climbed onto the altar, the little demon saw Roy, a competitor waiting by the side. Who knew where it got its courage from, but it even snarled at Roy to back off!

Facing this insolent little demon, Roy simply slapped it! Smashing the little demon's head into mush!

Roy grabbed the low-grade soul and stored it. He stepped into the magic formation and noticed that the glow from the magic formation was about to disappear, meaning that the summoner's magic power was not much, so Roy finally felt relieved about responding to the summon.

As the Gate of the Abyss opened, the mist enveloped Roy. It was a mysterious experience being in the Gate of the Abyss, surrounded by endless darkness, with only a glimmer of light shining in from the top of his head. This light was the exit to another world. Roy stood where he was as his body began turning illusory.

His body seemed to transform into a ray of light and fly toward the exit above his head. When he reached the exit, the surroundings became dazzling light, and his body began to reappear.

As the dazzling light dissipated, Roy found himself in a strange place, and he heard noises yelling in his ears.

"Suc… ceeded?!"

"The demon has appeared!"

"So-so scary! Quick, move back!"

There was a cacophony of noises coming from all kinds of voices, leaving Roy irritated. He looked down and found himself within a magic formation. The magic formation was similar to the one on the altar in the Abyss. The only difference was that it was engraved with dents onto the ground, and in the dents was red blood outlining the magic formation.

Four human skulls were placed equidistant around the magic formation, with a lit candle burning on top of each skull. Between these skulls were glass jars filled with internal organs emitting a rotten smell that pervaded the air.

A group of people wearing black cloaks were standing far away from the magic formation, looking fearfully at Roy in the magic formation. Observing from their panicked looks, it seemed as though they were in disbelief that they had managed to summon a demon.

Roy did not feel very good right now. It seemed like something extra had appeared in his soul during the summoning process, likely the Ouroborus Mark. Even though the mark was to protect his soul, it gave him dizzy spells. While his head was spinning, he smelled the disgusting rotten stench and heard the clamor around him, greatly irritating him.

Annoyed, Roy lashed out at these people!

"Shut up!!! Who the hell summoned me??!!"

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Chapter 21: Demon Contract

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Roy had lashed out in demon language, a language that acted on the soul, allowing demons to communicate with people in any world.

However, the impact of the demon language on the fragile human soul was overbearing, so Roy's roar caused concussions in everyone present. Their minds went blank, their bodies became unsteady, and even a couple of them started bleeding from their noses. It took them a long time to recover.

The effect was very good. After slowly regaining their senses, everyone looked at Roy in fear. No one dared make a sound. It was just silent.

From the crowd emerged a fat man who looked a little foolish. He stepped forward boldly, knelt before Roy, and said in an excited and flattering tone, "Great Demon King Satan, it is me, your servant Lucius, who has summoned you. Thank you for listening to my prayers and coming to the world!"

After arriving in this world, Roy was now feeling a mysterious force acting on his body, and this force seemed to be repelling him. While he was trying to comprehend this, he heard Lucius and stood there dumbfounded.

God's Great Demon King Satan! Why didn't I even know I had this name??

It took Roy a few seconds to react. These people probably only knew the basics of summoning and decided to give it a try. They had no idea what was happening in the Abyss of the Demon World, and the only demon name they knew was Satan, so they called out this name while summoning.

Unfortunately, they did not know that it was impossible to summon a true demon king with their weak magic power. Their magic formation could only reach the upper level of the Abyss where Roy was. Even if it were not Roy who responded to their summons, it would have been some other low-rank demon.

Of course, calling Roy 'Satan' was not too ridiculous since 'Satan' could also be used to refer to all demons. In essence, there was no demon king with the name Satan in the Abyss. Even if there were such a demon king, that demon would have been too busy answering all the summons since most summoners only knew this name.

There was no need for Roy to correct their misconception. He only asked impatiently, "Why did you summon me?"

Hearing this, Lucius raised his head and looked at Roy fanatically. "My Lord! Please bestow upon me power, eternal life, and let me become the ruler of the world! In return, we will serve you as our eternal master!"

Not only Lucius, but everyone wearing black cloaks all knelt toward Roy.

Roy could not believe his ears. He could not help wondering if Lucius misunderstood what a demon was? His request was power, eternal life, and becoming the ruler of the world!?

And all Lucius was willing to give in return was to serve Roy as his master?

F*ck! Something so good, even demons want it. How could I give it to you!

During the first summon, Roy had his values realigned. Not to mention that Roy was merely a low-rank demon now, even if a true demon king came, Lucius's voracious appetite would have probably astonished them.

Actually, what Roy did not know was that his current appearance contributed to the misunderstanding. After the strengthening of the T-Virus and modifications by the system, Roy's current body was full of a sense of strength. His muscular build, ferocious teeth and claws, and huge demon wings matched what Lucius and the others imagined Satan looked like. Since they lacked understanding about demons, they wrongly estimated Roy's strength and misbelieved that Roy was omnipotent, thus making the ridiculous request.

To Roy's astonishment, a contract… a demon contract appeared in front of him upon Lucius's request!

The demon contract was a lambskin scroll shining with a black light. Roy could sense the scroll emitting the same energy as the Gate of the Abyss, and the scroll might have formed from his traversal across worlds. On the scroll was the contract written in the demon language, and even Roy could clearly understand the content of the contract. It mentioned that if Roy could meet Lucius's wish and make a deal with him, then he could ignore the repulsion of this world and remain here until he fulfilled the contract. Otherwise, Roy would continue to be expelled by the power of the world.

The power of the world? The power of the contract? Very magical stuff! Who exactly created these rules?

However, Roy was not taken aback. Nothing more could surprise him since he had even reincarnated into a demon.

But this did not mean that he would sign the contract just to stay in this world. The terms of the contract by Lucius were just too ludicrous! Roy had only heard of demons enticing humans to sign a contract. Besides, the contract had to be signed according to his ideas.

Roy rolled his eyes and suddenly laughed.

Since Roy was a demon, his laughter naturally sounded wicked. Just as Lucius and those present were creeped out by his laughter, Roy said, "Eternal life? Even gods will ultimately perish. What makes you think you can have eternal life? Even if it were possible, do you know what price you would have to pay?"

"Wh-what price?" Lucius looked at Roy blankly.

"Give me a hundred million souls, and I will give you eternal life!" Roy directly asked for the sky.

Lucius was dumbfounded and took a deep breath. "H-how is this even possible?"

"A transaction has to be fair!" Roy sneered. "Eternal life has a price to pay! Otherwise, what do you think your dirty and greedy soul is worth?"

Looking at Lucius's shocked expression, Roy changed his tone. "Of course, there is another offer. Give me a hundred souls, and I will give you a hundred years of life!"

When Lucius heard this, he regained his bearings. He was shocked to hear Roy's term of a hundred million souls, and now, he immediately had the illusion that he could probably meet Roy's term of a hundred souls.

Regardless of whether Lucius was having an illusion or not, Roy continued to induce, "So? Using this method, you can gain a hundred years of life, and then you can use these hundred years to slowly accumulate souls and complete the transaction. If a hundred years is not enough, we can make it two hundred or three hundred years until you have enough souls. Then we can make the exchange, and you get eternal life!"

"Okay, let's use this method!" Lucius hurriedly stood up in excitement.

"Are you sure you want to use this transaction method?" Roy asked.

"Yes, let's use this!" Lucius nodded in agreement without thinking.

All Lucius could think of was the hundred years of life he would receive. After all, a hundred years for humans was long enough. However, he had not realized that Roy had successfully induced him to change his original wish from being given eternal life to exchanging souls for life! 'Give' and 'exchange' were two completely different meanings on the demon contract!

To Roy, the difficulty of these wishes was completely different. He could not live eternally, so how could he give Lucius eternal life? Instead, prolonging Lucius's life was more manageable. In the worst case, all he needed to do was to create another T-Virus, um… a simpler version, and then inject Lucius with the virus to fulfill the contract.

Well, zombies live for a long time too.

Are humans too greedy, or are demons too cunning? Even Roy himself was unclear now.

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Chapter 22: Dracula??

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Why did people want to summon demons?

That was because people had needs, desires. Be it for power or eternal youth, they always looked for ways to achieve what they could not reach or do. Therefore, demon summoning was born.

Generally speaking, those who summoned demons were not good people. People with pure and kind hearts would never think of seeking help from demons. Only those with devious hearts and those that were evil by nature would sell their souls to demons.

Lucius was such a person. Even Roy, a demon, loathed him.

But it could not be denied that demons needed people like Lucius. This was because signing a contract with them guaranteed that demons could stay in another world.

Roy wanted to remain in this world to take a look around, but he could not entirely accede to Lucius's request, so he had used deceit to induce Lucius into changing the terms of the contract. Now, Roy understood a bit about why many religions associated devils with lies and deception. Devils were not like this by nature but rather forced by circumstances. They had to be when they met these excessively greedy people!

Roy felt that Lucius should be grateful to him. If Roy had not eliminated the little demon at the Gate of the Abyss and responded to the summon, then Lucius and his people would have met that little demon. At that time, Lucius and the rest would have only had a little blood and internal organs as offerings. They were reluctant to sell their own souls and only offered a bit of loyalty but were audacious enough to request eternal life and control of the world. That little demon would have been angered enough to tear them all to shreds!

You should not doubt this. Even a little demon was much more powerful than ordinary humans. Killing Lucius and the rest would have been effortless. It was not uncommon for a summoner to receive backlash from summoning a demon, as most demons were violent and chaotic. When the demon found that it could not enter a contract, it would kill the summoner and devour their soul with little regard to being repelled and expelled by the power of that world. Therefore, when a summoner did not have the strength to guard against a demon, summoning a demon was very dangerous.

Maybe only Roy would have the patience to talk Lucius into amending the contract.

In the Abyss of the Demon World, demons and devils were actually the same race. The only difference was that some demons had higher intelligence and knew how to use strategy rather than only violence as the only means of solving problems. They seemed more rational, so humans called them devils. Strictly speaking, Roy could also be called a devil.

The moment Lucius changed his wish, the wording on the demon contract naturally changed. The details of the contract were that Lucius would provide Roy with a hundred souls of any quality. In return, Roy would give Lucius a hundred years of life. The contract, under Roy's doing, had no time limit. This meant that until Lucius provided Roy with the hundred souls as stipulated in the contract, Roy could use this contract to resist the repulsion from the power of the world and stay here.

That was not all. Roy had manipulated the wording to ensure that he only needed to provide Lucius with a hundred years of life and not an additional hundred years of life. Given that Lucius was already forty, Roy only needed to provide him with another sixty years of life if he managed to fulfill the contract!

Despite Lucius being able to see the demon contract—it was an agreement between them after all—the demon contract was a manifestation created by the power from the Gate of the Abyss and inherently biased toward demons, so he could not recognize the demon writing on it. Lucius could only stare at the contract incomprehensibly.

Finally, Roy extended out a shiny fingernail and pointed at a blank space on the contract for Lucius to sign. The contract was only complete with Lucius's signature affixed.

Roy did not need to sign because his name appeared on the demon contract from the beginning. However, it did not show his entire true demon name but only the last segment of his true name, 'Osiris'.

Immediately after Lucius signed the contract, it burst into flames and burned out, indicating that the contract had officially come into effect. And the feeling of repulsion that Roy was experiencing slowly vanished.

What Lucius went through today was both very nerve-racking and exciting, so his chubby face was covered with sweat and oil, making him appear radiant in that fire. His eyes were feverish as he watched the flame engulf the demon contract while muttering, "It's really possible. It's really possible! I've also signed a contract with a demon. Now, I no longer have to fear that damn vampire!"

Lucius should not have said that out loud, but during his excitement, he blurted it out. Of course, Roy heard it, and his heart stirred. "You mean others have also signed a contract with a demon? What is this about a vampire?"

Lucius was frightened by Roy's ferocious look and unconsciously took two steps back. He replied fearfully, "Y-yes, my Lord! I meant Dracula, the vampire Count Dracula! There are rumors in town that he is the son of the Villelis family ancestor. Four hundred years ago, he became a vampire and gained eternal life and strength by signing a contract with a demon."

The vampire Count Dracula?? Roy was stunned when he heard that. What's going on??

Hiding his doubts, Roy remained calm as he asked jokingly, "Oh? So when you originally wanted eternal life, you actually wanted to become a vampire?"

"No, no!" Lucius quickly shook his head. "Creatures like vampires are basically monsters. I don't want to become like that! It's better to exchange souls for life! I don't want to be hunted down by the church."

Roy heard another keyword, church!

Roy had previously suspected that he was summoned through the Gate of the Abyss to a world similar to Earth. After all, looking at Lucius and the others resembling humans from Earth, Roy could not help thinking this way. After hearing keywords like vampires, Dracula, and church, his suspicion grew.

Roy decided to find out more. "Looking at you being so scared, is that vampire attacking you guys?"

"Yes, my Lord!" Lucius took out a handkerchief with trepidation and wiped the sweat on his head. "For the past four hundred years, our town has always been harassed by vampires. However, Dracula was the only vampire then, and he didn't need too much blood. With the population of the town, it didn't pose a problem. However, in recent decades, Dracula has gained three more vampire brides, and their attacks have become more and more frequent. Every day, many people die from having their blood sucked, and the town's population has decreased. At this rate, the town will be finished."

"Haven't you thought of escaping?" Roy asked.

"It's impossible. The escapees were all killed by Dracula. He treats the people in this town as his livestock, so how could he possibly let us go?" Lucius explained bitterly. "Moreover, almost everyone in the town is impoverished, and there is no money to escape to other places!"

"But you mentioned the existence of a church!" Roy grew increasingly suspicious but continued probing further. "Does the church allow vampires to run wild?"

"Not at all!" Lucius shook his head. "After Dracula became a vampire, the Villelis family ancestor was self-reproachful and went to church. He could not bear to kill his only son, but he swore to God that his descendants would kill Dracula. If they fail to do so, all of the family's souls won't be able to go to Heaven. Because of this oath, the church has acquiesced to the Villelis family dealing with Dracula and has not sent any help."

"But the situation now is a little different!" Lucius continued. "The Villelis family have been trying to kill Dracula for four hundred years but to no avail, and they've died in his hands one by one. The once large Villelis Family has dwindled to having only two members left. It is only a matter of time before the Villelis family disappears. After knowing this, the church realized the seriousness of the situation and finally sent someone!"

"Since the church sent someone, how could you still dare to summon a demon?" Roy laughed. "Aren't you courting death?"

Roy was now suspicious that Lucius was trying to hoodwink a demon!

"No, no! My Lord, please don't misunderstand!" Lucius understood Roy's doubts and explained in panic, "The church did send someone, but you know who they sent? It's Van Helsing! He's simply another monster! The people in town did not want him to show up because if he fails, Dracula will vent his anger on the town and completely destroy it! Now, we have no other choice but to turn to you."

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Chapter 23: How is a High-Quality Soul Formed?

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When Lucius mentioned Dracula and his three brides, Roy had a premonition. Sure enough, when he heard the name Van Helsing, he finally confirmed that he had probably come to the world of the movie Van Helsing!

Despite Roy appearing calm on the surface, his heart was throbbing incessantly.

He had thought that he only reincarnated into a world of demons and did not think deeper. Now, after the summon, he realized things were not as simple as he thought!

Movies are basically fictional. Why did the Gate of the Abyss connect to a world in the imagination of humans?

If there is a world of Van Helsing, then does that mean there are other imaginary worlds? And the Abyss of the Demon World, is that also an imaginary place??

What is unreal, and what is real?

Roy's brain was in a mess, so messed up that he did not hear what Lucius said afterward.

Lucius noticed that Roy was slightly absent-minded and became more uneasy. He was actually the mayor of Transylvania and the only remaining noble left in the town. The town was constantly under threat from vampires, but he could not escape and feared for his life, so he had been praying to God every day without eliciting any response. In desperation, he had thought of seeking help from demons.

In the beginning, Lucius had initially wanted to summon a demon to kill the vampire Count Dracula, dealing with a demon with another demon. However, upon successfully summoning the demon Roy, he suddenly remembered the rumor that made Dracula. Greed began to grow in his heart, and he was no longer satisfied with just killing the vampire to save his life. Instead, he wanted to obtain eternal life like the vampire.

It suddenly dawned upon him that it seemed a little out of place that he had summoned a demon when the church had already sent someone to deal with the vampire.

What would he do if this demon misunderstood, thought that he had deceived it, broke the contract in anger, and decided to kill him?

Lucius did not know what Roy was thinking at the moment. He only sensed that the atmosphere was imposing, so he waited anxiously for Roy's decision.

Suddenly, Lucius felt an invisible force supporting his body, causing him to float in the air, leaving him flustered.

Using Psychokinesis, Roy pulled Lucius in front of him, and his demon eyes staring intently at him, making Lucius feel creeped out. After a while, Roy asked, "Is it day or night outside?"

"It's night. Night!" Lucius quickly replied while sweating profusely.

Bang! Roy stopped Psychokinesis, and Lucius's fat body fell to the ground. Roy extended his wings, broke through the wooden roof above him, and flew into the sky.

The magic formation that Lucius had arranged was in the basement of his manor. After all, these evil rituals could not be known by anyone. Lucius panicked when he saw Roy flying out. Worried that others would see Roy and realize that he had summoned a demon, Lucius hurriedly chased from out behind a flight of stairs.

However, after taking a few steps up the stairs, Lucius suddenly recalled something and turned around immediately. He drew two flintlocks from beneath his cloak and pointed it at the cloaked individuals who had participated in the summoning ritual.

"Sorry, ladies. I can't let this spread. Therefore, please die!" Lucius opened fire.

Lucius was just an ordinary person without magic power. How could he have activated the summoning on his own? The activation of the magic formation was not his own doing but rather the doing of these women in black cloaks. They were witches, and these witches inherently had weak magic power in them and had to join hands to activate the magic formation.

These witches were the bodyguards that Lucius had secretly hired to protect him from Count Dracula. But now that they had witnessed the appearance of the demon, Lucius could no longer keep them around. He pulled the trigger without hesitation, killing them all in his basement.

And because Lucius and Roy had signed a contract, the souls of these killed witches floated out of the hole Roy left behind in pursuit of him.

Lucius was just an ordinary person, but he could actually see these balls of light. His jaw dropped as he stared before recalling what he had to do and started running out.

On the high roof of Lucius's manor, Roy was squatting there. The season was now winter, and white snow covered the roof. The weather was cold, and the sky was grey. Neither the moon nor the stars were visible, but Roy grabbed a handful of snow and realized how real things were. The snow melted in his hands and became water droplets. Every step and every gesture was so natural.

The small town of Transylvania was built along mountains. Because Lucius was the only remaining noble, his manor was built on higher ground. Roy squatted on the roof and could overlook the entire town from this height. He could see small flickering flames and thin smoke across the small town. It was the smoke emitted by people burning firewood for warmth.

Roy watched this scene with some confusion. Everything looked so real yet felt so surreal. When he learned that the world he had entered had the same plot as the Van Helsing movie, Roy felt that what he was currently experiencing was similar to those infinity novels.

What was different was that he did not see any god nor have any missions assigned to him. He came to this world only because of a greedy human activating a demon summoning.

What left Roy perplexed was that he suddenly did not know what he should do in this world.

Four souls floated up through the barriers and suspended in midair beside Roy. Roy understood with a glance that these were the souls that Lucius was presenting to him. Roy had not expected that Lucius would kill his subordinates!

After grabbing a soul, Roy threw it into his mouth at once and began to feel the pleasure that came with devouring a soul. He suddenly understood that regardless of whether this was fiction or reality, he was living as a demon, so he should just live like a demon. He did not need to look further ahead. What he had to do was to harvest souls!

The delicious soul brought Roy back to his senses. He grabbed the three other souls and looked at them. He found that even though these were low-quality souls, these three were still bigger than those he had gotten before.

Even the soul he just devoured raised his magic energy cap by 1.2 in the system interface!

Huh? Does this mean that human souls are stronger than demon souls? Roy thought in disbelief. Is it because humans are more emotional than demons?

With this thought, Roy suddenly understood why the Gates of the Abyss in the Demon World could connect to other worlds. Is it because demons knew that human souls are better and thus wanted to enter other worlds to hunt human souls?

While Roy was thinking, Lucius climbed onto the roof while panting heavily. It was tough for such a fat person like him.

"Master…" Lucius wanted to persuade Roy to go down but did not know how to begin.

Roy knew what he wanted but did not intend to do so. I am a demon, so why should I care about your feelings?

But at this time, Roy suddenly discovered that there was a faint scent coming from Lucius. The scent was very light but sufficient to make Roy salivate.

Roy had initially thought it was a misconception. How could a fat, stinky, sweaty man make him feel this way? But then Roy realized that this scent did not come from his body but from his soul!

Recalling that Lucius had just killed his subordinates and contributed four souls, Roy suddenly had a flash of enlightenment.

Is it his depravation that's causing his soul to give off this scent?

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Chapter 24: The Appearance of a Vampire

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Roy was not a hundred percent sure that Lucius's soul was transforming into a high-quality one. And despite Lucius being still alive, Roy, a demon, could smell his soul from his body.

Smelling this, Roy could not help salivating. His body was instinctively telling him, Quick! Go get this soul!

However, his reason told him, No! It's not time yet! You still need Lucius, this contractor. And his soul has not yet reached its most delectable state!

It was precisely because he was attracted by the smell of his soul that Roy was looking at Lucius hungrily. When Lucius's eyes came into contact with Roy's, Lucius felt a shiver run down his spine. He felt as though he was being stared at by some fierce and dangerous beast. It was an instinctive warning from his sixth sense.

Lucius unconsciously moved backward, but Roy's big hand grabbed him and pulled him closer.

"What are you afraid of?" Roy narrowed his eyes.

"No… nothing!" Lucius denied. However, he had to say that he truly regretted his decision now that he knew transacting with a demon was much scarier than he thought!

However, Roy now perfectly interpreted and acted what it meant to be a demon. He laughed vigorously, and as though he was reading Lucius's mind, he told him in a low tone, "You think you can still turn back? It's useless. After signing the contract, your body is already covered with demonic aura. You are like a firefly in the dark in the eyes of those from the church!"

Lucius's psychological defense line immediately fell apart.

Little did Lucius know that Roy was deceiving him. While demonic aura might be real, he would not know how powerful those people from the church were.

While watching Lucius in anguish, Roy coldly sneered. "Relax. Maybe demons are really evil, but the demons are more contract abiding than you think. Since you summoned me and signed the contract, then I will see it through!"

After he finished speaking, he let Lucius go, extended a claw kindly, and helped Lucius adjust his collar. However, the sparkling claws gave Lucius unsatisfactory customer service. Lucius looked with bated breath at those nails and followed them as they moved…

"You did a good job presenting me with four souls so quickly. Well done!" Roy smiled. "So, I won't be stingy about giving you a little reward!"

While speaking, Roy opened the system interface.

Roy was unsure how other demons fulfilled their contractors' wishes, but he thought those low-rank demons did not know how to use magic and usually solved issues with violence. But Roy was different and had a different solution.

Roy casually drew a test tube and some liquid in the system interface. Then he started to define the potion in the test tube.

He defined it with Slimming Medicine and Rapid Burning of Ten Kilograms of Fat!

The definitions of such a potion were simple and did not require much soul power to exchange for it, so Roy used his fingers and sketched randomly in the air in front of Lucius. Before long, a test tube appeared in his hands.

And that test tube appeared to contain a water-like liquid… Yes, Roy was too lazy to even color it, and it was also tasteless. He handed it to Lucius just like that.

"Drink it!" Roy said. "This thing can prolong your life!"

Lucius held the test tube and hesitated, unsure if he should believe Roy. But seeing Roy stare at him intently, he did not have much choice apart from raising his head and downing it.

Lucius moved his lips and did not taste anything. While he was wondering, he suddenly felt a strong burning sensation in his body. Unsure of what was happening, he screamed in panic.

It was actually only his fat burning…

After shouting for a while, Lucius realized that there was no pain but only sweat surging from his body. After the burning sensation disappeared, he suddenly felt that his body was much lighter. A feeling of relaxation came, making him feel as if he had become younger!

Lucius was overcome with emotion as he touched his body with disbelief and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my God! Has… my life increased?"

"Yes!" Roy replied while looking down. "You presented souls, so I extended your life. Fair deal, right?"

"Yes! Yes!" Lucius nodded excitedly. "Really fair!"

Roy shrugged it off as something trivial but was thinking deep down about what a fool Lucius was!

This world belonged to the end of the nineteenth century when science had just started picking up, so Lucius had neither any idea of what human medicine was nor that obesity was the largest enemy to his health. Roy's test tube of slimming medicine helped him burn ten kilograms of fat rapidly, causing him to lose weight immediately. This greatly reduced the burden on his heart, arteries, and whole body, making him feel 'relaxed' and even misconstrued it as a prolonging of his life.

Hmm… It can't be considered a misunderstanding. Losing some weight truly did help him gain a few more years of life…

The little sweetener given to Lucius made him more determined to transact with the demon. Roy chose to do this for the sake of Lucius's soul because this was the first soul that Roy had encountered that would soon become high-quality. How could he easily let it go? Since Roy had guessed that his soul was evolving because of his depravation, he needed to let Lucius continue degenerating.

After gaining benefits from presenting souls, Lucius would more ardently collect them…

As for how to collect? Heh heh, of course through killing people, Roy thought about it for him. Anyway, vampires frequent the town, so couldn't Lucius easily blame those vampires for the lost lives later?

Alas, I am getting more and more evil! Roy sighed before returning to his senses. Not right. I am now a demon. For demon standards, I should be becoming more and more outstanding!

At this moment, Roy suddenly heard a piercing cry from afar. He turned around and saw a bat-like flying creature in the sky in the distance. It had broken through the grey fog and flew out.

As a demon, Roy had darkvision and could clearly see things in a dark environment. When the bat-like flying creature broke through the fog, Roy saw the shadow of a dark castle behind it.

Although Lucis could not see it, he also heard the cry. He immediately shivered and panicked. "Vampire! It's a vampire! It's come out to hunt!"

No, I need to go home and hide! Lucius thought, but he was held down by Roy. "Why are you panicking? You're under the protection of a demon, so how can the vampire touch you?"

"Yes… Yes, right!" Lucius held his ground and became slightly braver.

In fact, Lucius was not to be blamed. The small town of Transylvania had been living in the shadow of these vampires for many years, causing the people here to form a conditioned reflex. And Lucius, as mayor of the town, had to lead the townspeople to resist the vampire attacks. After a while, the townspeople became resistant to him, and this made him feel even more helpless against the vampires. If not for this, why would he have thought of resorting to such extreme means as seeking help from a demon?

Roy pointed in the direction from where the vampire flew out and asked Lucius, "That direction, is that where the vampire castle is?"

"Yes!" Lucius quickly nodded. "Dracula and his brides live there. The entire town knows about this castle, but apart from the Villelis family, no one has dared go near it…"

"You return first. I'll go take a look at the castle!" Roy loosened his grip on him, stretched his demon wings, and created a gust of wind as he flew up into the sky.

Lucius stared blankly at Roy's flying figure and took a long time before he came back to his senses. He trembled as he climbed down from the roof…

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Chapter 25: The Smell of Sulfur and Fire

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Roy decided to have a look at the vampire castle because he was curious.

He had some impression of the Van Helsing movie. After all, the appearance of werewolves, vampires, and Frankenstein was a little beyond comprehension. Most importantly, Hugh Jackman was in it, deepening the impression.

But after all, a long time had passed, and Roy could not remember the content too clearly. He vaguely recalled that the vampire Dracula was quite a poor thing. He was infertile and could not have children, so he began to seek scientific cures. This later led to the story unfolding.

What Dracula wanted to do was none of Roy's business, and Roy did not intend to get involved either. His focus was on Lucius transforming his soul into a high-quality one. However, he was curious and wanted to see what kind of creature the vampire Dracula really was.

Roy came from the Abyss of the Demon World. Although the bloodlines of low-rank demons were complicated, resulting in all forms and sizes, Roy did not recall seeing a low-rank demon similar to a vampire.

Moreover, according to Lucius, Dracula had been in existence for around four hundred years. If he were truly a demon from the Abyss, then it was absolutely impossible for him to have stayed in this world for such a long time without a contractor. Therefore, Roy was certain that Dracula was not a demon.

Now, Roy was curious. If Dracula isn't a demon, then what is he? If he really signed a contract with a demon and then turned into a vampire, then how did the demon do it?

Roy felt that it was necessary to understand some of the means of demons because he might be summoned into other worlds in the future and face the various wishes of the summoners. If he had to consume souls in the system in order to satisfy them, it would be a loss for him.

And the only way to understand what the demon had done to Dracula was to ask the person himself…

As Roy flew through the dark moonless night sky, the small town of Transylvania below was plunged into chaos.

One of Dracula's vampire brides came out for food. For the past hundreds of years, these vampires had been coming out occasionally, and the townsmen should have been accustomed to their appearances. But in fact, no one wanted to be the one caught, so the appearance of the vampire threw them into a huge mess. They hid their children, then the women, and finally the men. The attacks were typically short-lived. After hiding the women and the children, the men most often found themselves unable to hide in time, so they attempted to hide behind one another.

They would rather sacrifice others than themselves. Based on their experiences, if the vampire was looking to eat on the spot, then it would be full after sucking the blood of two people. If the vampire wanted to enjoy the food back at the castle, then one vampire could only capture two people at a time. As such, when a vampire bride came out to forage for food alone, there would be few casualties. What the people had to do was to ensure that they were not one of those casualties.

Although it sounded cruel, it was also for this reason that the people had not been wiped out by the vampires. The vampires held them in captivity and did kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.

This time, the vampire bride that came out foraging decided to bring her food back to the castle. She hovered above the town and laughed at the panicked people below. When she had enough fun, she swooped down and used her claws to catch a vagrant man before returning to the sky and flying back to the castle.

But what the vampire bride did not notice was that Roy was right above her and looking down at her.

After transforming into a vampire, this vampire bride looked exceptionally ugly. Her skin was so pale it was almost blue, and those unsightly wings made her look neither human nor bat-like.

Higher in the sky, Roy tailed the vampire bride leisurely, and they soon arrived at the castle.

The vampire bride landed with her prey, while Roy waited a while before landing.

This quaint castle looked old and had traces of collapse everywhere. Thick moss covered the castle's bricks and crevices. It seemed like the owner had no intention of renovating the castle.

There were no guards outside the castle, so Roy entered the passages easily.

However, when he entered the castle, Roy found a stark contrast between the interior and exterior of the castle. The castle was brilliantly lit, and a hall was covered with luxurious carpets and extravagant European chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. A band with violins and an organ was playing melodious music. In the hall were men and women dressed in magnificent clothes, shuttling back and forth.

There's a ball going on in the castle?

Roy climbed onto the dome of the room, hid in the dark, and looked at the crowd below. These men and women were chattering away happily with a glass of fresh red 'wine' in their hands. Roy smelled the pungent stench of blood from all these wine glasses. He suddenly understood that everyone was a vampire, and what they were holding was not wine but blood!

There are so many vampires?

Seems like Dracula's bite has transformed quite the number of vampires…

Roy found the vampire bride that went out foraging for food among the crowd. She seemed to prefer fresh blood, and the man she caught did not die after she fed on him but instead looked weak. He was brought away by other vampires, possibly to be kept as a blood slave.

It's likely there are many blood slaves like him. Otherwise, it would be unbearable for Dracula to support so many vampire subordinates…

Roy thought Dracula would also attend the ball and started searching in the crowd for him. But after observing for a while, he did not see Dracula among them. Just as he was a little disappointed and wanted to look at other places in the castle, the doors of the hall swung open with a bang!

The one who entered was the black-haired Count Dracula, but inconsistent with his aristocratic status was his appearance. He looked disheveled. His sleeves were in a mess, and his collar was unbuttoned. The way he entered the hall was rough, and he even broke the two doors of the hall. Behind him were his two other brides following him, and the expression on the faces looked dazed.

The vampires, who were at the ball, looked at Dracula in dismay, not understanding what was going on.

Dracula ignored them, and his eyes swept across the crowd, twitching his nose while searching. He said in a low voice, "I smell sulfur and fire. This smell… only a true demon from Hell will smell like this!"

The vampires stared at one another, not daring to breathe a single word.

Finally, Dracula looked up at the top of the hall and shouted, "Get out! Demon! I know you're there!"

Oops, was I discovered?

Roy did not expect Dracula's nose to be so sensitive. He could only leave the shadows and loosen his claws to jump down.

Roy landed with a loud thud, and the entire hall trembled slightly. His appearance frightened the vampires in the room. These vampires, including Dracula's three brides, had never seen a real demon before. They quickly retreated in horror, leaving Dracula standing in front of Roy.

The moment Dracula saw Roy, he looked shocked, and his eyes widened.

It's really a demon! This demonic aura is the same as that one so many years ago…

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Chapter 26: One Who Got Tricked Again

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Born in that Abyss of lava and flames, even every breath was scorching hot, so Roy was naturally full of the smell of sulfur.

This smell was not unique to Roy. All the demons from the Abyss of the Demon World had it. Thus, the moment Roy appeared, Dracula almost mistook him as the demon that he had made a contract with reappearing.

But upon looking closely, Dracula found that the demon before him was not the same one from the past. The two looked completely different.

The demon that had signed the contract with him was much shorter and smaller. It looked exceptionally ugly and more like a monster than a demon. The one standing before him was not only bigger and taller, but it also was brimming with boldness, and that pair of demon eyes looked more agile.

This should be a stronger, more intelligent demon! Dracula thought in his heart.

But even so, Dracula could not help but burst into anger. He looked up, faced Roy with open arms, and roared, "Who are you? Who summoned you?! Why have you come to my castle? Is it because the person who summoned you wants you to kill me?!"

Roy looked down at Dracula. Given that Roy was two meters tall when standing, Dracula could only reach his chin. Roy's eyes went over Dracula, and he was sure that it was his first time seeing Dracula. The issue was, why was this guy so emotional upon seeing Roy for the first time?

Roy could tell from his tone that there was a thick feeling of… complaint!

Yes, complaint. This fellow sounded like he was venting his dissatisfaction against Roy. That tone sounded as if it was from an abandoned child…

Hehe, this is interesting! Roy bent his head, sniffed Dracula, and found only a rotten smell. When Roy looked at Dracula, he realized that Dracula was colorless and had become black and white.

This happened because of Roy's innate demon ability Soul Peer. In his eyes, Dracula had lost the radiance of his soul!

In other words, Dracula was soulless… dead! His soul had long been taken away!

Roy smiled, and with his appearance, he looked sinister. "Are you yelling at me because you're venting your anger at me?"

"Yes!" Dracula stretched out his hand and pointed at Roy. "I am venting my anger at you! Because your kind took my soul but left me alive. Do you know how painful this feels?!"

He bent his head, looked at his own hands, and placed his hands on his chest. "No heartbeat! No warmth! I rely on blood to survive, but I can't tell the taste of blood. I can't even see my reflection in a mirror! I am nothing but a living dead!"

"And it's you demons that caused all of this!" Dracula roared while pointing at Roy again.

However, in response was a stout tail flying straight at him, slamming into his abdomen, knocking him tens of meters away, smashing everything that stood in the way. The great force pounded Dracula into the wall of the hall. This scene left the other vampires in the hall screaming in horror.

After his tail whacked Dracula, Roy sneered. "What a joke! How dare you vent your frustration on the demon after transacting with them?"

Roy already understood what had happened. Dracula probably got tricked by the demon that he entered into a contract with, so upon seeing a demon again, he vented his pent up frustrations for the past hundreds of years on Roy.

But Roy was not his father, so why would he take it lying down? Thus, he directly knocked him flying to wake him up.

Dracula fell off the wall, and although he seemed to have been hit hard, there was no damage. He opened his mouth, exposing his sharp fangs, and began to transform.

Dracula had similar pale, almost blue vampire skin, but he was much bigger and stronger than his brides, and his vampire wings looked a bit like demon wings. He roared, flapped his wings, and flew at Roy. He extended his claws, wanting to kill Roy.

At the same time, Roy charged forward, grabbed Dracula's head with a hand, and smashed him down from the air into the ground with a loud bang, causing countless cracks in the floor of the ballroom.

Dracula was merely a creature created by a demon using unknown methods. Since his strength came from a demon, how could he possibly contend against one?

Even a low-rank demon was a fierce existence to be reckoned with in this world. If Roy had a strength attribute nearing seventy, then Dracula's was only at most at forty, directly crushing him!

Pressed into the ground by one of Roy's hands, Dracula did not give up struggling and extended his claws to try breaking free from Roy's grip. The next moment, Roy used the other hand, grabbed one of his wings, and tore it hard, ripping it off!

No blood poured out, but Dracula screamed in pain. Roy scoffed. "It doesn't seem like you don't feel anything at all. At least you can still feel pain!"

In the ballroom, his vampire subordinates and brides were shivering in fear and had already retreated into a corner. This fight was simply beyond them.

Realizing the huge difference in strength, Dracula finally gave up and stopped struggling. He begged Roy for mercy in a trembling voice. "So-sorry. Please let me go!"

"Hmph!" Roy snorted coldly but let him go.

Dracula's recovery was very swift. The wing that was half ripped off actually grew out quickly. When it finished regenerating, Dracula returned to his human form. He got up from the ground and patted the dust off himself while keeping his head down, not daring to say anything.

"Once the demon contract is signed, it must be executed. The content of the contract matched your wish!" Roy coldly told him. "You only have yourself to blame for your wish having a loophole and becoming an undead creature. Who else can you blame for the contracted demon exploiting it?"

"No, not only this time!" Dracula vehemently denied when he heard what Roy said. "There was another time!"

"Huh? Did you transact with demons twice?" Roy was surprised.

"No, that's not what I meant!" Dracula tidied up his appearance before continuing, "In 1462, I was murdered. Before I died, I sold my soul to the demon in exchange for resurrection. That demon took my soul and turned me into a vampire. This was my own wish, and I don't blame anyone. But after a hundred years, in their effort to kill me, the Villelis family sought the help of a demon!"

He raised his head and looked at Roy. "In any case, I am also a believer of demons. Is this how you demons treat your believers? Do you know that I was almost killed that time?"

"What's this about?" Listening to this, Roy was puzzled. "You mean, someone summoned a demon and tried to use the power of the demon against you?"

"That's right!" Dracula said indignantly. "A descendant of the Villelis family asked that demon for the power to kill me, and the demon turned him into a werewolf. The venom in the werewolf coincidentally restrains vampires. I almost died from that ordeal. If I hadn't torn my bitten left hand off to prevent the venom from spreading through my body…"

"So that's what happened!" Roy finally understood why Dracula started yelling at him and asked if he came to kill him. He actually had a similar experience before.

"Let's talk about your contracted demon. How did you become a vampire?" Roy asked quietly. "And what about that werewolf? The same way?"

"It should be the same." Dracula looked at Roy, his eyes fixed on Roy's neck. "It's demon blood. I drank it when I was about to die. It was that demon's blood. That purplish-red blood, I'll never forget what it looks like!"

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Chapter 27: The Noble Soul

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Demon blood? So that's it!

Roy finally heard the crucial piece of information from Dracula. This was his underlying motive for coming to look for Dracula.

Although Dracula became a vampire and could wreak havoc in this small town, his power was only sufficient to deal with ordinary humans. He himself understood that his so-called power was actually nothing much. Otherwise, how could he have spent more than four hundred years in a remote town on the edge of Eastern Europe without expanding his territory?

Garlic, holy water, silver stakes, and fear of sunlight were just some of the things that could harm a vampire. He was merely a vampire transformed by a low-rank demon and had innate weaknesses in his bloodline.

Roy did not expect that a low-rank demon who could not use magic power could actually use demon blood to give to humans extraordinary powers.

But after hearing Dracula say this, Roy suddenly felt that this was natural. You could just look at the low-rank demons living in the upper Abyss, and you would understand. Demon blood seemed to have very strong compatibility and could combine with any type of bloodline, to the extent of ignoring reproductive isolation. Even bug-type and bird-type demons had appeared. Compared to this, was it not simpler to combine with human bloodlines?

Maybe even the bloodline of angels was compatible with it. Roy had heard many legends about angel and demon hybrids.

Demons were strong by nature. When demon blood flowed in human blood vessels, the demon blood would cause changes to the human body. However, there were differences in what kind of monsters they would become. This was perhaps due to the complicated bloodlines of demons giving the blood, so the final characteristics of the humans were different.

This was a very good method for Roy because he did not want to consume his souls to fulfill the wishes of the contractors. To him, souls had more important uses. Not only could he use them in the system interface to transform himself, but he could also devour the souls to increase his magic energy. Having to eat and use the souls made him feel that there was never enough, so he felt that using them to fulfill contracts would be a waste.

Things would be easier now that he knew that demon blood had such a wonderful use.

There were only a few things that summoners wanted: power, life, and maybe a handful who summoned a demon to help them fight. To these people who wished for power and life, Roy only needed to give them a little of his demon blood to fulfill the contract in the future. This way, he would not need to waste his souls on them.

After finding out what he had wanted to know the most, Dracula was useless to Roy. He was not interested in killing someone soulless, so he just said, "Relax. The one who summoned me wasn't someone from the Villelis family, nor am I here to deal with you!"

With that, Roy jumped straight onto the second floor of the hall and climbed toward the dome-shaped window to leave.

Seeing that Roy was trying to leave, Dracula was dumbfounded and shouted, "Wait! Wait! Are you leaving just like that?!"

"If not, what am I going to stay here for?" Roy did not even look back.

"Wait, Your Excellency!" Dracula hurriedly said, "Please wait! Regardless of who summoned you, can you sign a contract with me since you're here?"

Roy stopped and looked back at Dracula. "Contract? What contract do you want to sign? It's not to restore your human body, is it?"

"No, no!" Dracula helplessly said, "I was just ranting earlier. I understand that even though I have no heartbeat and have lost most of my senses, this represents that I still have my strength. I'd really die if I were to restore my human body."

"Oh? Looks like you're not too stupid!" Roy mocked.

"The contract I want to sign with you isn't about me!" Dracula said. "It's about my children! Perhaps it's because we're living dead that my brides can't give birth to an alive baby. I've tried countless methods for the last few hundred years but to no avail. Since you come from the Abyss of Hell, can you please help me? If demon blood can resurrect me, then it should also let my children live!"

Roy's tail shook unconsciously, and he mused a little before asking, "So, what is the price? Dracula, what can you pay?"

"All of this!"Dracula became excited upon recognizing Roy's willingness. "Soul, blood, whatever I have, I am willing to use to pay the price!"

"Soul? Do you even still have a soul?" Roy sneered. "Your soul has long been offered to the demon you signed a contract with."

"Then use someone else's!" Dracula said. "If you want, I can even slaughter the entire town and offer their souls to you!"

"Ha, hahaha!" Roy could not help laughing when he heard this. "That's impossible! Dracula, haven't you realized in the past four hundred years that the people killed by you vampires don't have souls!"

Yes, Roy had long discovered that not only Dracula but also all the vampires present were nothing but black and white tones in his demon eyes. They had all lost the radiance of their souls. It made sense if it was only Dracula because he had made a contract with a demon, but it was worth pondering over why the other vampires were also like this.

Roy speculated that Dracula had been tricked when he signed the contract with that demon. Apart from transforming him into an undead, the souls of those whom vampires killed would automatically be offered to the demon.

In other words, that unknown demon had struck a huge deal with Dracula. It was as though Dracula was a stock, and as long as it held this stock, it would continuously receive soul dividends. It looked like that demon, although low-rank, definitely had higher intelligence.

Under these circumstances, how could Dracula still offer souls to Roy? Even if he were to sign a new contract, he would have to give priority to the previous demon contract.

As for the idea of letting his human servants kill on his behalf, that was even more ludicrous. Those human servants had not entered into a contract with Roy, so Roy would be unable to obtain any of the souls from the people they killed.

Therefore, in Roy's opinion, Dracula was unable to carry out a second demon contract. Otherwise, he could have summoned a demon to fulfill his wish instead of waiting until Roy appeared before asking.

It was hard to tell whether Dracula wanted to trick a demon into giving him what he wanted. Had Roy not known better and entered into a contract with him, Roy would have given his demon blood for nothing because he would not have received a single soul in return…

Now, Roy no longer minded using the greatest evil intentions to guess the minds of these demon summoners…

Just as Roy thought that Dracula understood his predicament and would exercise restraint, Dracula was full of confidence as he unexpectedly suggested, "No! Your Excellency, I have a way to offer a soul to you. Furthermore, it's a noble soul!"

"Oh?" Hearing this, Roy expressed interest and suddenly jumped down to stand in front of Dracula. "A noble soul? You really have the means?"

Noble soul? This refers to a high-quality soul… or another type???

The fallen soul, noble soul, these two names sound like they're at the same standard. Roy had previously smelled the aroma of a fallen soul in Lucius. What would a noble soul smell like?

Having malicious intentions and committing evil deeds will cause a soul to fall. Then how does a noble soul form?

Seeing Roy's interest, Dracula spiritedly explained, "It's the soul of a descendant of the Villelis family. There are only two remaining descendants of the Villelis family. One is Anna, and the other is her brother, Viken. But now, Viken is in my hands. He was bitten by a werewolf and has turned into a one. I can threaten Anna using Viken. Tell her that as long as she sacrifices herself, I will let her brother go. Based on my understanding of Anna, she will very likely do so. The moment she sacrifices herself, a noble soul will be born!"

"What do you think, Your Excellency?" Dracula asked exuberantly. "Noble souls like this will only be born in pure, kind, and self-sacrificing people. Without me laying a finger on her, her soul won't be offered to the other demon. And most importantly, because the Villelis family ancestor swore that before they killed me, the Villelis family descendants won't be allowed to enter Heaven. Heaven won't accept even the most noble souls, and the soul will stay in the mortal world. At that point, you only need to appear and take this noble soul!"

Dracula thought that after his explanation, Roy would feel assured and agree to it, but unexpectedly, Roy reflected upon it instead.

"No!" Roy shook his head. "If the oath of the Villelis family is true, then not to mention the noble soul, once you die one day, Heaven will welcome all of the Villelis family souls, including those that you had offered to that demon. I may have to spit back out the soul at that time!"

"That isn't possible. Once Anna dies, I will kill Viken. The Villelis family will then be left without descendants and unable to fulfill the oath. It won't affect you taking the soul!" Dracula smiled. "Furthermore, not all Villelis family members can go to Heaven. At least, I and the other one who summoned a demon and became a werewolf to kill me won't be able to. God does not tolerate the use of the power of demons. The Villelis family ancestor's oath has a loophole!"

"Really?" Roy said lazily, "Let's wait until you get it done first! It's useless to say any more now!"

With that, Roy climbed to the second floor again, preparing to leave.

"Your Excellency, how can I find you if I do it?" Dracula asked quickly.

"Go to the mayor of Transylvania. He's the one who summoned me!" Roy did not hesitate to give Lucius away!

Dracula looked at Roy's departing shadow and shouted to show his determination, "I will definitely do it. I swear!"

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Chapter 28: The Truth

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A long while after Roy left, those vampires hiding in the corner got out timidly.

Dracula's three brides crowded around Dracula and asked anxiously, "Master, are you really going to seek help from a demon again?"

Dracula put his arm around them. "This is just a backup plan. Igor is now trying to restore Frankenstein's instruments, and if those scientific equipment can bring our children to life, then we won't need to seek help from the demon. But if those machines don't work, then this demon is our last hope!"

Dracula was referring to the instruments that scientist Frankenstein had used to resurrect his scientific monster. Since these instruments could resurrect a monster pieced together from corpses, then maybe live baby vampires could be born smoothly. Unfortunately, the resurrected monster was lost in a large fire, and Dracula was still unable to find it. Dracula would have had more confidence with this specimen.

The three brides naturally accepted Dracula's plans. One of the brides said, "Master, it will be a full moon night in a couple of days. Let's catch Anna and let her see her brother Viken's first werewolf transformation! Let her see with her own eyes her brother turn into a monster, and we won't have to worry about her giving in!"

"There is another person apart from Anna!" Dracula's face darkened. "The mayor of Transylvania, Baron Lucius! Damn it. I didn't expect that he would dare summon a demon. Although I don't know what the details of the contract between him and the demon are, we must remain alert. What if he asked the demon to bestow him power or turn him into another werewolf-like monster? There can only be one ruler in this town, and that is me!"

"Find him, bring him back, and kill him when the time is right!" Dracula commanded the three brides. "Let him fail to complete the demon contract!"

"Yes, Master!" The three vampire brides bowed in acknowledgment.

Dracula did not know that Lucius's name was intentionally revealed to him by Roy before he left! And Dracula's reaction was exactly what Roy wanted.

A greedy person like Lucius was detested by even demons, so from the beginning, Roy had only signed the contract with him to stay in this world. He had never thought of letting Lucius complete the contract.

There was a clause in demon contracts that stated: Should the party entering into the contract with the demon be unable to fulfill the contract, the demon has the right to take away the soul of that party!

Lucius's soul had fallen. Compared to low-quality souls, Roy certainly wanted to obtain his soul, so he might as well reveal Lucius, the summoner, to Dracula. And because Dracula had suffered from a previous similar experience, there was a high chance that he would dispose of Lucius.

If he killed Lucius, it was akin to Roy's contract with Lucius ending, and then Roy could smoothly obtain Lucius's fallen soul.

After signing the contract, the demon could not do the other party in, but it did not mean that he could not kill with a borrowed knife…

Flying in the night sky, Roy was pondering about his plan. If Dracula was not stupid, he would first seize Lucius, imprison him, and prevent him from having the opportunity to execute the demon contract. Lucius would not die for a while, and Roy would not be expelled back to the Abyss of the Demon World temporarily. Dracula could then take advantage of this time to think of a way to transact with Roy.

However, Roy was skeptical about Anna's noble soul that Dracula mentioned, feeling that it was a bit unrealistic. Dracula might have spoken full of confidence, but what he did not know was that the church had already sent Van Helsing here.

If by chance Van Helsing killed Dracula, as he had done in the movie, then all his ideas would come to naught.

This was why Roy had not promised Dracula anything but told him to get Anna's soul first.

But there was another piece of news that Roy cared a lot about. It seemed like apart from demons harvesting souls, heaven was also collecting them!

Dracula said that noble souls would actively be collected by Heaven after the deaths of the owners of the souls, instead of wandering in the mortal world like low-quality souls.

What did this mean? It meant that noble souls were souls that Heaven needed!

Roy has never seen an angel before, but since demons existed, then angels naturally existed. Since there was the Abyss of the Demon World, there would similarly be the high-order Heaven, and both thirsted for souls.

Combined with his personal customization system, and through the consumption of souls for the mechanism, Roy thought that souls might be a kind of very special energy source. Demons gained magic power through devouring souls, while angels gained holy power through souls!

The arguments of people ascending to Heaven and falling down to Hell after their deaths were all false. It was just that fallen souls were more favored by demons, while noble souls were more demanded by Heaven. That was all…

Wait, hang on, hang on! I seem to know too much! Roy thought before quickly stopping his 'knowing too much about such a huge scam' imagination from running wild.

Then, if Dracula manages to get a true noble soul from Anna, can a demon like me use this noble soul?

If demons favor the negative energy in fallen souls, then what resides in noble souls should be positive energy. In that case, can demons still devour noble souls?

Dracula was not a demon, and he did not know why demons wanted souls. He simply thought that a noble soul should be something good. But as a demon, Roy had to consider the possibility of food poisoning…

Not long later, Roy arrived back at Lucius's estate, and when he landed, Roy had already reached a conclusion.

Demons might really be unable to devour noble souls, but he could use his system to recycle them and similarly strengthen himself.

Therefore, Roy made a decision. If possible, he would still nudge Dracula. If he could really obtain that noble soul, it would mean that he would obtain two high-quality souls in this world all in one go, and it would not have been a wasted trip.

So, upon seeing Lucius welcoming him back, Roy called him over and whispered in his ear.

Lucius nodded frequently while listening.

Afterward, Roy settled down in the basement of the estate while Lucius went about to complete what Roy instructed him to do.

Roy stayed in. He was generally only able to move around at night. During the day, anyone who saw him would know that a demon appeared, and he had no intention of exposing himself. Thus, he remained in the basement and studied the functions of the system…

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Chapter 29: The Arrival of Van Helsing

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He had accumulated quite a number of souls, most of them from hunting in Abyss of the Demon World and the four human souls offered to him by Lucius. Roy had now fifty-four low-quality souls.

Since his guess that souls were a special energy source, Roy began to probe deeper into how magic power was obtained from devouring souls.

He felt that demons devoured souls for the negative energy that resided within them. Negative energy referred to emotions of fear, pain, greed, etc. generated while the souls were alive. And because demons rarely had such emotions, the souls Roy captured in the Abyss of the Demon World were smaller and contained relatively less negative energy, resulting in lower growth of magic energy after devouring the souls.

In contrast, because humans were weaker, they were emotionally richer and more prone to generating negative emotional energy during death, thus the larger human souls.

Based on these theories, Roy thought of an idea.

He felt that demons simply devoured souls to increase their magic power and probably did not fully exploit the negative emotional energy in the souls!

Therefore, during the two days in the basement, Roy took out all the souls he had and categorized them by size. He then selected several souls of similar size and soul power and began experimenting.

He split these souls into two groups, and one group was for Roy to devour directly.

Through devouring these souls and observing the magic energy attribute in the system interface, Roy found that the growth rate was generally around 0.3 to 0.4 each, and only two souls reached approximately 0.5.

After recording this data, Roy began drawing in the system.

His drawing was still a potion, but his definitions were different this time. His definitions were Magic Energy Growth Potion and Refined Pure Extracts of Souls!

For insurance, Roy thought about it and added another one, Maximum Use. After deciding these three definitions, Roy threw the souls he would use for comparison into the system to save and materialize.

Unlike the materialized items in the past, the Magic Energy Growth Potion Roy made could be 100% produced because the potion itself was the refined extracts of souls. Just as how he could refine one soul, he could do the same for tens of souls. The only difference was the quantity and the size of the refined potion.

Soon, Roy had a potion bottle. He looked at it and then raised his head to drink it!

He had previously devoured twelve souls and gained a 4.2 increase in the magic energy attribute. However, after drinking it, this bottle of Magic Energy Growth Potion made from the extracts of twelve similar-sized souls increased his magic energy attribute by 10!

In other words, the soul extract potion produced by the system increased magic energy by more than double compared to devouring souls directly!

Roy's tentative plan was now established. He felt that he now needed to control himself when it came to devouring souls. Although devouring souls allowed him to enjoy their taste, it actually lowered the energy that he could harvest from the souls. If he had wanted to raise his magic energy quickly, the best way was to use the system to make the soul extract potion.

Now that Roy's magic energy attribute had grown to 23.5, he found that he could sustain Psychokinesis for twice as long.

The increase in strength and speed brought by T-Virus strengthening had now stalled, showing that he had fully developed the current potential of his demon body. Before he could make a better body development potion, these two attributes had reached their peaks.

These two attributes only guaranteed Roy's melee combat ability. Under these circumstances, Roy naturally had to look for other avenues. He needed to develop long-range attack methods and so on. Long-range attack methods required him to use high-quality souls to create skills, and the higher magic energy attribute was the fundamental guarantee after creating the skills.

6Meanwhile, during the two days that Roy was researching in the basement, strange things happened one after another in the small town of Transylvania.

Several people had disappeared over the past two days. These people were the homeless in the town, and their corpses were discovered not long after they disappeared. People initially thought the vampires had captured them but later realized that they were murdered upon finding their bodies!

Needless to say, Lucius had murdered these homeless people. As evidence, Roy had received those souls. The problem was that people in the town had no idea as Lucius had done it very discreetly. The people were panicking and discussing among themselves who the murderer was.

At this juncture, Van Helsing and his assistant, the church monk Carl, arrived in this town.

Transylvania had been closed for so many years, and the people had long been familiar with one another. Therefore, when Van Helsing and Carl appeared, they immediately knew that there were strangers among them!

With weapons in their hands, people spontaneously surrounded the two.

Under the shadow of the vampires, the people were extremely suspicious of strangers. This was because these self-proclaimed monster hunters often overestimated their capabilities, wanting to come here to exterminate the vampire Count Dracula. Dracula killed all these people without exception, and then Dracula and his brides lashed out on the townspeople, bringing disaster.

Van Helsing and Carl were unaware of this, so they had no idea what was happening when the townspeople surrounded them. Looking at the cold and numb eyes of the townspeople, Van Helsing did not doubt that they would swarm and kill them. He reached behind his back, ready to draw his weapon.

"You, turn around!"

At this moment, Van Helsing heard a pleasant voice behind him. He turned his head to find a blond beauty wearing noblewoman's clothes.

This lady was, of course, one of the two remaining descendants of the Villelis family, Anna Villelis! Although she no longer had the title of nobility, the Villelis family was once wealthy, so her clothing was completely different from those of the poor townspeople, especially the women with stained-covered faces. Anna naturally looked dazzling in comparison.

"Remove your hat!" Anna placed her hands on her hips, lifted her chin, and ordered Van Helsing. "Show your face!"

"Why?" Van Helsing asked.

"Because we don't trust strangers!" Anna replied. "Also, gentlemen, you'll have to disarm yourselves!"

"Come and try it!" It was impossible for Van Helsing to agree, and he tightened his grip on his gun.

The atmosphere became immediately tense. At this moment, another voice came. "I know who he is!"

People looked at the source of the voice and found that it was from their long-absent mayor!

"It's Baron Lucius!"

"Doesn't he always hide in his manor from the vampires?"

"Why has he appeared now? Looks like he's lost some weight…"

Ignoring the chatter, Lucius walked out from the crowd toward Van Helsing and said loudly, "Gentlemen, I know who you are! London, Paris, your wanted posters are posted everywhere, right? Van Helsing! You murderer! This is why you don't dare to remove your hat and reveal yourself, isn't it?"

After hearing Lucius's words, the townspeople were in an uproar. Wanted posters?! Is this man a murderer?

As a result, people immediately linked Van Helsing to the murders of the many homeless people that happened a few days ago!

"Damnit, does this mean he's killed the people in our town?"

"It can't be wrong. Although Baron Lucius is timid, he's a noble and has accurate news. He definitely isn't wrong if he says that that man is a murderer!"

"Murderer! He's the murderer!"

"Catch him! Burn him to death!"

Looking at the townspeople becoming increasingly emotional, Van Helsing could not help smiling bitterly. The wanted posters were real. Van Helsing had killed many monsters that were actually transformed from humans. And after dying, these monsters returned to their original human form. This caused many people who did not know the truth to misunderstand and treat him as a murderer, and he was wanted in various cities for first-degree murder.

Regarding this, Van Helsing did not even have the chance to defend himself…

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Chapter 30: The Changed Plot

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Lucius's presence was a huge variable. It was because of his presence that the townspeople were agitated.

No one would be willing to accept a wanted murderer into their town. For the safety of their families, they would come forward regardless of how timid they were.

"Catch him!" Lucius shouted to the crowd. "In the name of the mayor, I order you to arrest this murderer! I promise that his bounty will be used to rebuild this town and to help the widowed and orphans!"

The impact of this promise was terrific! Upon hearing this, a few men immediately charged at Van Helsing and attempted to catch him.

How could Van Helsing give in without a fight? He was an arrogant person from the start. Even when he was wanted for murder by ignorant people, he never bothered to explain anything. It was also not the first time he found himself in such a predicament either. He immediately drew the pistol kept behind his back and fired two shots into the sky!

The sound of the gunfire deterred the townspeople. They were only holding only axes, sickles, and manure forks, and they understood the might of guns, so of course they did not dare to rush forward.

In the past, Van Helsing had used this method to solve being surrounded and thought it would be no different this time. However, he did not expect that there would be a mishap this time. The mayor, Lucius, also drew a gun and pointed it at Van Helsing!

"I'll shoot if you dare resist!" Lucius said eerily.

Van Helsing was in a difficult position now. Would he really have to have a gunfight with these people to fight his way out? If so, then he would truly be a murderer!

He came here commissioned by the Knights of the Holy Order of the church to destroy the vampire Dracula. How would he finish his job if he were to be hunted by the entire town?

Van Helsing could not count on the monk Carl. Facing this scene, he had already long curled up in fear. Van Helsing hesitated for a moment before complying. He put down his gun and raised both hands in surrender, leaving himself at the mercy of the large men to twist his hands behind him and press him onto the ground.

"Tie him up!" Lucius felt immensely proud today as he ordered in great delight.

However, at this moment, the silent Anna suddenly said, "Wait, you can't arrest him!"

Van Helsing was slightly astonished as he turned his head and looked at this lady, not knowing why she would speak out to help him.

Lucius's face darkened. "Why?"

Anna replied, "If he is really like what you said, and if his name is Van Helsing, then he shouldn't just be a wanted criminal but also a very famous monster hunter! I know the name. It is said that he killed a vampire a hundred years ago!"

There was a commotion among the townspeople, monster hunter? Vampire hunter?

Lucius could not care less, but he remembered what Roy told him. "Miss Anna, how are you going to guarantee for him?"

Without waiting for her response, he continued, "Miss Anna, I hate to mention it, but I still want to remind you. I admire the oath your family made to the Lord and your family's efforts to kill Dracula over the centuries. However, have you ever thought that it is the incapability of your family that has resulted in Dracula still being alive today, leading to Transylvania suffering from the vampires for hundreds of years. Every household in this town has lost relatives to the vampires. And this is all the unshrinkable responsibility of your family."

Language was an art, and what Lucius said about the current situation was indeed the case. As descendants of the Villelis family, Anna and her brother, Viken, had always enjoyed special treatment in town. This was the result of the people admiring their family's efforts in eliminating the vampires, but the root of this disaster also stemmed from their family.

When Lucius stated these facts according to Roy's instructions, the people present looked at Anna, and their eyes flashed.

Lucius's words evoked painful memories of losing their loved ones, but many people had no way to vent their frustrations…

"Bah!" One of the women in the crowd suddenly spat on the ground.

This spit, like a ripple effect, caused others to start pointing at Anna.

"Baron Lucius is right. The nightmare of the vampires all stems from their family!"

"I don't understand it. Why can the souls of their family enter Heaven after they kill the vampires?!"

"That's right. What about those of us who have been harmed by the vampires? For those killed by the vampires, their souls will go to hell…"

"This is unfair! We aren't any worse than them when it comes to faith!"

"Why is God giving their family a privilege?"

The whispers gradually turned into finger-pointing. Seeing the loathing in those eyes, Anna could not understand how a simple sentence caused the situation to become like this???

Van Helsing listened and also felt that this was becoming very problematic.

He actually understood why. Before sending him, the church had told him that the Villelis family had helped defend its left wing in Eastern Europe, allowing the church to secure victory in the war of faith, so it had to ensure the Villelis family did not fall.

In other words, it was because the Villelis family was valuable…

Did that mean that the ordinary people who had no merit deserved all of this?

Van Helsing did not know the answer to this question. Some unspoken rules were unspoken for a reason…

"Therefore, Miss Anna!" Lucius sneered while holding the gun. "If I were you, I would place more thought into how to eliminate Dracula and not interfere in the laws of the town!"

"Tie him up and bring him away!" Lucius directed the townspeople to move with a wave of his hand.

Van Helsing could not resist and could only let the crowd push him away. Hundreds of the Transylvania townspeople escorted Van Helsing and Carl toward the wilderness outside town. There were no prisons in town, so they usually tied up prisoners and left them in the wild.

While being taken away, Van Helsing repeatedly turned around to look at Anna. Now that he knew her identity, he was thinking about how to escape and then look for Anna, a descendant of the Villelis family.

Looking at Van Helsing's departing figure, Anna knew that her family had lost their foundation in this town from now on…

Just as Anna was out of sorts, she suddenly heard a voice behind her.

"Hehehe. Dear Anna, you have now become a pitiful little thing!"

Anna's heart skipped a beat, and she drew her dagger from her waist as she turned. However, her hands were immediately restrained. One of Dracula's brides in her human form was standing behind her.

Clamping down on Anna's hand holding the knife, this vampire bride looked smug. She had been hiding among the crowd and witnessed the whole process, so she was feeling ecstatic.

"So, how does it feel to lose all support?" The bride smiled while speaking. "For the past hundreds of years, your family has lived as heroes in this town. But now, you've turned into the culprit. This drama is just so entertaining!"

"What do you want?" Anna asked angrily as she tried to break free.

"I came here to tell you an important piece of news!" the bride said. "Your brother isn't dead yet!"

"Wh-what?" Anna could not help but widen her eyes.

"You didn't hear me wrong. He isn't dead!" The bride let go of her hand and walked around her. As she walked, she sniffed Anna's blood greedily. "But his situation isn't very good. He was bitten by a werewolf!"

Anna almost lost it when she heard this, but before she could move, the bride hugged her from behind and laughed beside her ear. "But fret not. As long as the werewolf venom is neutralized before the first full moon, he won't turn into a heartless monster. And this antidote, Master Dracula happens to have exactly just one. If you want it, come to the castle and make a deal with Master!"

Without waiting for Anna's response, the bride let go of her, turned into a vampire, and flew into the sky. The people witnessing this were terrified as they scrambled in panic.

"Deal?" Anna bit her lips, struggling in her heart…

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Chapter 31: Mastermind

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Letting Lucius come forward, arresting Van Helsing, and stirring up the townspeople's feelings of opposition toward Anna and her family were naturally all Roy's ideas.

Since Roy had decided to take Anna's soul that could possibly become a noble soul, he naturally had to cooperate with Dracula's actions and even assist him. It was also a good way to separate Van Helsing and Anna.

Roy had two goals. One was Anna's soul. Let Dracula test Anna, and if she was really willing to sacrifice herself to save her brother, then the noble soul might be able to form. But on the other hand, if Anna was unwilling, then even if she died, it would be another ordinary low-quality soul and not worthy of Roy's attention.

The second goal was, of course, the soul of the fallen Lucius. Roy had greater confidence in that. Although Roy himself could not directly make a move against Lucius because of the demon contract, he knew he could make use of Dracula and even Van Helsing to get rid of Lucius.

And letting Lucius and Van Helsing meet was an extra guarantee. It was impossible for Van Helsing, a monster hunter, to miss the demonic aura on Lucius.

Regardless of who killed Lucius in the end, Roy would be able to achieve his goals. He realized that he quite liked the feeling of being the mastermind behind the scenes!

As for Van Helsing's soul, it was not part of Roy's plan. Although Roy did not clearly remember the plot, he vaguely remembered that Van Helsing was a very powerful existence, whether it was an angel's incarnation or something else. Therefore, to play it safe, Roy had no thoughts about seizing Van Helsing's soul. Lucius's appearance might have exposed his transaction with a demon, but as long as Roy did not appear in front of Van Helsing, there would be no issue. When he was unable to hunt the demon down, he could only deal with Lucius. As soon as Lucius died, Roy would leave and return to the Abyss.

Of course, Lucius was cunning, and no one could guarantee that he would not kill Van Helsing in order to not expose his dealings with a demon. After all, Van Helsing was sent by the church.

Whether or not Lucius made a move did not matter to Roy. If he could really kill Van Helsing, then it would be beneficial to Roy.

The critical problem now was that Roy needed a little time for Dracula to carry out his plan…

The townspeople tied Van Helsing and Carl to wooden crosses with both their hands and feet bound and left them in the wilderness. This town had commonly used this method to execute prisoners for years. As night fell, hungry beasts would appear and roam here to find food! All the townspeople had to do was to collect Van Helsing's body the next day and then use his head to claim the bounty!

While the others left, Lucius stayed behind. He waited until there was no one around before saying to Van Helsing, "I guess when the people from the church see your body, their expressions will be marvelous!"

Van Helsing was expressionless as he calmly said, "You reek of a demon. I could smell it from afar. I did not expect to find another person who made a deal with a demon apart from those vampires occupying this place. The church indeed made the right decision to send me to cleanse this place!"

"Hmph, so what if you know?" Lucius fiercely said. "The church hasn't cared about our lives for years, and now it wants to play the role of a good person? How am I wrong for seeking help from a demon for self-preservation?"

"This isn't a reason for your depravation!" Van Helsing said. "I will kill you and expel that demon, regardless of what kind of deal you had made with him!"

"Yet another self-righteous face!" Lucius shook his head. "However, you must be able to do it. You better pray that it's a ferocious beast that comes here tonight for food. This way, you can at least have a quick death!"

With that, Lucius left without looking back.

After Lucius left, Carl looked at Van Helsing with a dismayed face. "Van Helsing, what should we do? I don't want to become food for wolves!"

Van Helsing struggled but found that he was so tightly bound that he could not free himself. But he was not disheartened. "Don't worry. That blonde beauty is a descendant of the Villelis family. Since she knows my identity, she'll know that we are sent by the church to help her. She won't watch us get eaten by wild beasts. She may come to save us after night falls!"

"What if she doesn't come?" Carl asked worriedly.

"Then we'll just have to find a way to save ourselves!" Van Helsing sighed.

As time passed, night fell, and a figure finally appeared.

When he saw that Anna had really come, Van Helsing heaved a sigh of relief. It seems as though he had placed the right bet.

Anna was not silly. She knew that Dracula had sent his bride to pass the message with ulterior motives. Although it appeared to be for the sake of her brother, she would be truly silly if she delivered herself into danger just like that. In the end, she would not be able to save her brother, and they would have been both captured instead. After pondering for a long time, Anna came to save Van Helsing and planned to go with him to save her brother afterward.

Anna carried a torch as she walked forward. She quickly cut the ropes and released Van Helsing and Carl from the crosses.

But at this moment, an accident happened. From the night came two gunshots. Van Helsing shook and slowly fell to the ground.

"Oh no!" With a look of despair on her face, Anna rushed toward Van Helsing while watching blood surge out from his chest.

Lucius walked out from the darkness. In the light, he looked full of smugness. "Miss Anna, I guessed that you might come to release these prisoners. You've kept me waiting for a long time!"

"Why are you trying to kill him?!" Anna screamed at Lucius.

"Why can't I kill him?" Lucius asked in turn. "He's a wanted criminal. Do I need a reason to kill him? Instead, Miss Anna, you came to release these prisoners. Do you plan on following them?"

Van Helsing coughed blood and said to Anna, "Don't listen to him. He's made a deal with a demon and has already fallen!"

Upon hearing that, Anna immediately pulled her gun out, pointed it at Lucius, and fired two shots.

Although they were standing apart, and Anna's marksmanship was not good and failed to hit Lucius, she still managed to frighten him, causing him to squat in fear.

"My Lord! Save me!" Lucius called out.

As soon as Lucius finished speaking, Lucius's body was dragged away by a force that appeared out of thin air.

That was right. Roy had come along. However, he had not shown himself but hid in the darkness instead and only let Lucius come forward. Although Roy was speechless by just how craven Lucius was, he could not afford to let him die now, so he saved him.

All this was done in the dark of the night. Anna and the others were unable to see them and merely thought that Lucius had run away.

Anna was slightly despairing. She initially wanted Van Helsing to accompany her to save her brother, but Lucius had appeared and injured Van Helsing. Despite Van Helsing still being alive, he was unable to accompany her on the rescue like this. After deliberating, Anna stood up and told Carl, "You stay here and take care of him. I'm leaving!"

She decided to go to the castle alone.

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Chapter 32: I'll Just Watch and Keep Quiet

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"Don't go!" Van Helsing quickly grabbed her as she wanted to leave. "In addition to Dracula, there's a demon hiding in the dark. You'll definitely suffer disaster if you go!"

"But what can I do?" Anna shouted at him. "My brother is the only relative I have left. How can I watch him turn into an insane beast?!"

Overcome by grief, Anna knelt on the ground and held her face while crying. "God! What have I done wrong to suffer such torment?"

Van Helsing was lost for words. Although the church wanted to amend the situation now, they had left the Villelis family on their own for the past hundreds of years. Had the church intervened earlier, the Villelis family would not have been nearly wiped out. He now had no reason at all to stop Anna from saving her only relative.

After venting for a while, Anna stood up, wiped her tears, grabbed her weapon, and went ahead without looking back. She did not even leave any words for Van Helsing and Carl.

Van Helsing was lying on the ground while Carl was anxiously trying to stop the bleeding. Suddenly, Carl saw that the gunshot wound on Van Helsing's chest was slowly squeezing the bullet out of the flesh on its own!

He was so surprised that he almost cried out, but Van Helsing covered his mouth and whispered, "Shh! Pretend I'm going to die!"

Carl was not stupid. He immediately held back and tried his best to act. "God, I-I can't stop your bleeding! Damn, that bastard damaged your arteries…"

As he cried, Carl acted flustered while his hands were moving busily around Van Helsing's body.

"No… no need to waste the effort, Carl…" Van Helsing murmured weakly. "After dawn… you return to the church and… report what happened. I… I am so cold. I need… rest…"

Van Helsing lowered his head, shut his eyes, and stopped moving.

But in the dark night, it could be noticed that Van Helsing's hand was tightly holding a bottle of holy water…

Roy had not recalled wrongly. Van Helsing was indeed the incarnation of an angel. The only thing that Roy missed was that Van Helsing was not only the incarnation of an angel but also one of the incarnations of the famous Archangel Gabriel! The angel that was always known as the left hand of God! Legend had it that he refused to punish Rome and argued with God, so he was banished to Earth by God to temper his will.

Four hundred-odd years ago, before Dracula had sold his soul to the demon, the incarnated human Van Helsing was a good friend of Dracula. At that time, Dracula was a believer of God. However, once, when Dracula was out fighting against heresy for the church, the enemy spread rumors that he had died in battle, causing his wife to commit suicide.

Upon Dracula's triumphant return, he saw the remains of his wife. And while he was overcome with grief, a person of the church told him that his wife's soul could not ascend to Heaven because she had taken her own life.

How could he tolerate this? In a fit of anger, Dracula killed the people of the church on the spot. He felt betrayed. He had worked for God, but God had not protected his wife and even turned her away from Heaven after her death. Why should he continue to believe in a God like that?

From that day on, Dracula became an enemy of the church, and he took his army and fought to resist the church.

However, Van Helsing, who sided the church, became his enemy as well. After a bitter battle, Van Helsing had killed Dracula with his own hands and took Dracula's knight insignia from his finger. Just as Dracula was about to die, he used his own blood to summon a demon and sold his soul to it in exchange for revival. That demon used its own blood to turn Dracula into a vampire.

As for Van Helsing, he did not win God's heart despite winning the battle, so he still had to continue tempering himself. Because he had sustained serious injuries in his battle with Dracula, he lost his memory upon waking and did not know who had left him at the gates of the church. The church took him in, and he became a member of Knights of the Holy Order, the specialists dedicated to eradicating monsters all over the world for the church.

Although he had incarnated into a human, he still had his angel power. Apart from his exceptional skills, strength, and agility, he had a very long lifespan and a body that could recover very quickly. Otherwise, he would have long been dead from his battles with so many monsters.

Under Roy's command, Lucius had ambushed here. The two shots he fired had hit Van Helsing but could not kill him. While he was lying on the ground, Van Helsing's gunshot wounds were already starting to heal.

However, Van Helsing had smelled in the air the aroma that belonged to a demon, and it was much richer than the one when only Lucius appeared. So even though he could not see clearly in the dark, Van Helsing still suspected that the demon hiding behind Lucius was nearby! He suspected that the demon's real goal was him, so he got Carl to act along with him to lure the demon out. Then he would use that bottle of holy water in his hand to teach that demon a lesson…

However, as every minute passed, and as Carl's cries and performance toned down, the demon did not appear!

The atmosphere became awkward, and Van Helsing started wondering. Did I guess wrong?

What he did not know was that Roy was indeed present, but the problem was that Roy was not fooled at all!

Of course, it had nothing to do with Carl's acting, but just that Roy did not believe that Van Helsing would have died so easily with two bullets. Thus, he hid on a large tree nearby and watched. With darkvision, he could see at night, and regardless of how Van Helsing acted, he had to breathe and could not fake the movements of his chest!

Well, you can carry on acting if you want. I'll just watch without saying anything. Roy even wanted to get some popcorn to munch on…

As long as he stayed here, the demonic aura would persist, and Van Helsing would not dare to leave. As time passed, the farther Anna would be from Van Helsing, and he would not be able to catch up to her then.

As to whether Roy should just swoop down and try to kill Van Helsing, it was something that had not crossed his mind. Having stayed in Lucius's manor for the past two days, he had experimented with some things such as garlic, silver stakes, and crosses. Roy did not know if these things had any effect on vampires, but they had no impact on him, a demon. But holy water was like sulfuric acid to demons!

Take note, this was real holy water, and not the kind of 'holy water' that was only salt with water that the church used to fool their believers. Real holy water was water with blessings and purification properties, containing the power of holy light!

Roy had asked Lucius to get some holy water from the town's church. Probably because this town frequently suffered the invasions and harassment of vampires, the people here were pious believers of God, so the holy water produced in the church here was quite effective. Roy had only touched a tiny bit before being painfully scorched.

There was no way Roy could avoid it because it was a weakness shared by all demons.

As such, Roy did not worry about the other weapons on Van Helsing, but he was very worried about the holy water he might be carrying. And without being certain, Roy would not rashly make a move.

So he just quietly spent two hours here with Van Helsing before quietly taking Lucius and heading to Dracula's castle.

It was not until the demonic aura in the air slowly faded away did Van Helsing suddenly stand up, scaring Carl.

"What the hell is going on? Why did you pretend to be dead for so long? I cried till I was almost hoarse…" Carl asked incredulously.

"There's a demon, and he was nearby…" Van Helsing answered with a puzzled expression.

"What?!" Carl was shocked and quickly took out a cross to hold in his hand.

"Don't worry. He's already left!" Van Helsing waved his hands. "I thought I was his target, so I faked my death to lure him out. I didn't expect him to be so cautious and not make a move. He just left without even revealing himself…"

"Really?" Carl breathed out a sigh of relief. "That's right. What's going on with your body? I see that you've recovered."

"A normal monster can't kill me!" Van Helsing explained. "Let's go. That demon couldn't have hung out with us for two hours for no reason. Anna is in trouble, and we must hurry to help her!

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