Chapter 398: Chapter 392 I Want Him Dead

The Marilith is undoubtedly a high-ranking demon, and even in a place like the Bottomless Abyss, they are not very common, but not so rare that they cannot be found with a little effort.

In any case, if you can’t find a Marilith near Molten Iron Lake, go to the Great Abyss, and if none are there, head to Steel Fortress Valuno, where there are endless rose-tinted marble columns guarding a deep pit that leads directly to Shadela’s plane, which is the domain of the Enchanting Demon Queen Meixu Kant, then Styari belongs to the fortress town…

Leon really felt as if he had gone back to the past, as if he were leveling up and practicing skills in a game… The chaotic and evil demons don’t need to be treated as people; they can be killed at will. With each battle, he could feel significant progress, rather than studying all day and ending up confused about “who am I, what am I doing.” Isn’t that just like a game?

Leon was having a blast. He now knew how to better wield his weapons after entering the Three Heads and Six Arms state, able to make every strike deadly or deliver a thousand cuts. Against different types of enemies, he had different ways of dealing with them. There was one way to fight giant enemies and another for smaller ones…

“What’s up this time?”

“Where did all those monsters in the Bottomless Abyss come from?”

The Mariliths living in Pazuniya were in trouble. Strange things they had never imagined descended upon them. Creatures rarely or never seen in the Bottomless Abyss appeared. A Male-faced Sphinx showing up in the Bottomless Abyss was not a big deal, but what on earth was a Giant God Worm?

The Mariliths were no nobodies. As high-ranking demons, they usually served as senior commanders in demon armies, invariably acting as generals for a Demon Lord.

All this, was it the obliteration of conscience, the degeneration of morality, or the distortion of human nature? Mariliths were dying one after another, dying in most gruesome ways, with the safety of the girls’ lives utterly unprotected, inevitably drawing the attention of the demon lords living in Pazuniya.

Pazuzu ruled over all evil creatures soaring through the skies of the Bottomless Abyss, excluding the Mariliths, while being keen on finding new innocents to corrupt and ultimately destroy. Aside from this, he was never concerned with other demon lords and rarely disrupted their affairs and Steel Fortress.

Compared to Pazuzu, Aldinach belongs to the secondary demon lords.

Similar to Pazuzu, this reclusive Demon Princess also took pleasure in the fall and corruption of the pure and innocent, except her methods were not as subtle and cunning. She controlled a growing church in several Main Material Worlds, which was dedicated to abducting righteous and sacred figures or Holy Beasts.

The ambitious Baltazu is also a secondary demon lord. He is a retired general who won several victories in the Blood War, now serving as an important subordinate of the demon lord Flaz Erro, guarding the deep pit leading to the Heart of Hypocrisy… Flaz Erro could even trade blows with the Flame Divine Successor occasionally and sometimes undertook diplomatic duties for him.

“What did you say, General Balomez is also dead?”

Balatezo’s appearance was of an extremely obese human male with a stretched face and deep green skin, exuding a constantly changing morbid elegance, dressed in an ill-fitting military uniform adorned with a dozen medals and ribbons.

He was listening to his secretary, a Succubus, reporting.

“She was found dead beside the Nether River.” Succubi and Dream Demons inhabit various Lower Planes, epitomizing the term ‘debauchery’ with their black wings. They serve all kinds of evil beings, not limited to devils, demons, Night Hags, and Yugros Demons.

“Who on earth killed them?” Balatezo clenched his fist and pounded the table, causing the quill pen in the ink bottle to bounce up, “Was it those greedy adventurers from the Material Plane, those foolish Celestial Creatures, or those damned devils?”

“According to eyewitnesses…” The Succubus hesitated on how to explain, “Giant dragons, all kinds of giant dragons, both Colorful Dragons and Metal Dragons, including Dragon Turtles, and giants, Frost Giants, Fire Giants, Cloud Giants, along with a Male-faced Sphinx, Giant God Worm… Magma Land Shark, Magma Salamander, and Ember Phoenix.”

Balatezo furrowed his brows after listening, suddenly glanced at the Succubus and asked, “I can believe the dragons and giants part, but do you believe those other things you said? Are you messing with me?”

“No, sir. I don’t know, I just reported what I heard.” The Succubus paused, seeming to suddenly remember something, “Right, an Enchanting Demon mentioned a crucial piece of information… It saw a Frost Giant, having its head cut off by General Balomez, not dying, and after the body fell, it stood back up, returning to its original giant form.”

Balatezo stood up, hands behind his back, pacing and muttering something to himself, then suddenly stopped and said, “I know why, why that happened… He’s a Great Mage skilled in shape-shifting, or a Druid.”

“But why is he targeting only Mariliths?” Balatezo showed a mouth full of sharp teeth, “Regardless of why he’s targeting only the Mariliths, he killed two Marilith generals under my command, he must die, otherwise my reputation will suffer a serious blow.”

“Don’t we know where he is?” Being able to serve as Balatezo’s secretary, the Succubus is actually very smart, able to casually tell right from wrong, knowing to hide her cleverness before her superior.

“It doesn’t matter if we don’t know where he is, we can lure him out, draw him to where we’ve prepared an ambush.” Balatezo pinched his chin, “I will take action personally, and then you have General Balor Flame Demon Zacks ready.”

“The three of us will be enough to handle him… That guy isn’t very strong, you also said his shape-shifted creatures can’t contend with a Marilith, mainly he’s very skilled at changing forms, very skilled at escaping, running away when outmatched, over and over.” Balatezo said smugly, “If there are too many people, it becomes chaotic, easy for him to detect the trap.”

“No, I must ensure he dies here.” Balatezo tapped his fingers on the desk, proving himself to be an experienced veteran of the Blood War, “The ambush site is sufficient with us, but you can organize some people remotely, and once we start fighting on this end, immediately support us.”

“We must finish him off in one swift move, otherwise next time there won’t be such a good opportunity.” Balatezo grinned grimly.

On the other side, Leon was leisurely bathing in Molten Iron Lake, having worked hard for so many days, he must rest well; combining work and rest for twice the results with half the effort, still unaware of anyone plotting against him, as demons also excel at intrigue, not just brute force.