Soul of Burning Steel

Laldan As has always considered himself a lucky and cunning demon, and thought that he could use this luck and cunning to live leisurely in the dark sixth abyss.

Over the past few hundred years, this idea has not been wrong. As a rare type of demon, the Heart Eater is one of the few demons who can really plan conspiracies and prepare for major events. Since the infancy, Laldan As has relied on several perfect preparations in the abyss. Survived the lord's melee, and relied on his outstanding performance to gain the attention of a demon king at the time.

But it's not just that, when Laldan Ace knew from nowhere that the current abyss lord was interested in a material world called 'Mycroft', who was only in the realm of high-level demons at that time, and had always cherished The cautious and cunning demon immediately divided his soul and created an avatar projected into that strange world——in Mycroft, it used its talent of peeking into people's hearts to convince the ignorant hunters and farmers in the mountain village to believe in themselves , and offered sacrifices obediently, gradually, Laldan As's demon belief began to gradually spread, and its intelligence network also developed rapidly, spreading all over the bottom of the western mountainous area.

Because of the early investment in this adventure, many abyss lords who had obtained information about the Mycroft world were delighted by this. Demon King Goliath made a move and directly promoted Laldan Asp to a great demon, and regarded him as confidant. For an ordinary Mind Eater, this is undoubtedly a leap. It skipped the most difficult general promotion period, and directly became a lord, and was responsible for the intelligence of the Sixth Abyss on the Mycroft world. .

During the period of working for the Lord of the Abyss, Laldan Asi fully demonstrated his dark wisdom. Under its overall planning, most of the scattered demonic cults in the entire western mountainous area were incorporated by its followers. Only a few Except for the cults that are really supported by the family of the evil gods, they consciously spread to the whole world, and the cult teachings compiled by the great devil are still the core spirit of many cults in the Mycroft mainland after two hundred years. Under the request of Danas, every demon believer is extremely good at hiding himself. If the Church of the Seven Gods had not had a convenient method to directly tell whether someone has fallen by simply reciting holy scriptures, there might be many believers in the It won't be found at all during the investigation.

Because of his outstanding work performance, Laldan As was extremely appreciated by Goliath, and he even got the right to freely enter and leave the Valley of Tears Fortress. The strength of Heart Eater also gradually grew because of the sacrifices offered by believers, reaching the It has almost reached the level of the peak of the Great Demon, and it has only been less than three hundred years since its birth. It can be said that it is as fast as taking off. Countless demons are jealous and call it the lucky Laldan As .

Is it all because of luck? Perhaps, all in all, Mind Eater didn't stop its steps, it had ambitions in its heart, and it would never be satisfied with its current status.

Relying on years of planning, Laldan Asi finally drove his followers into the impenetrable northern imperial capital. It is planning to make a big news in this lofty place known as the Holy City of Three Mountains, where a legendary strong man sits in town - what better plan than a grand explosion, hopeless panic and fear of demons?

Of course not. After the plan started, everything went well, and the most elite group of believers of Lal Danas sneaked into the city and murdered an ordinary merchant family with a baby. The clone of Erdanas completely destroyed the small half residential area on the side of the imperial capital, spreading the evil of the devil and the panic of the devil to the whole world.

Everything is perfect. If it is really achieved, then the name of Laldan Ath will spread throughout the Mycroft continent, and its fear belief will be deeply implanted in the hearts of its believers, which is enough for it to break the most important Levels, let the future advancement become a quantitative accumulation, and make the process of Laldan Asi become a king a smooth path. It thinks that it will succeed, which is the 'fact' that should be the case.

But whether it was luck or fact, after meeting that man, it stopped abruptly, and even took a turn for the worse.

In the short moment before I even reacted, the clone that was originally hiding in the space-time rift waiting for an opportunity was dragged out by that damned man and killed directly, and then the five-color dragon clan that had agreed to attack together attacked in the far south The Seven Sacred Mountains failed, and they were expelled from the Mycroft Continent together with the Dragon God. Laldan As was even surprised to find that the world began to clean up the cultists on a large scale for some reason. The invisible forces that were originally rooted in all parts of the world are everywhere The government's strong suppression instantly wiped out, leaving only a few seeds left in the mountain village.

Gritting his teeth, Lal Danas found out that whether it was the failure of the sacrifice at the beginning, the subsequent holy war on the Seven Sacred Mountains, or the large-scale cleaning activities of the cultists in the Northern Empire, it was all related to that of the Radcliffe family. It is related to the lord, and it vows that if there is a chance, it must let the other party suffer the most painful torture in the world, and burn his soul and heart in the poisonous fire of the abyss for thousands of years!

But disasters never come alone. Not to mention the successive failures encountered in Mycroft Continent, Demon King Goliath also expressed his impatience with it. themselves, but can't stand the fact that they are useless. Laldan Asi, who lost his information channel, is a model that is almost useless, so not long after, the Demon King issued an ultimatum - Laldan Asi must go to the Mycroft Continent in person to find out for it about the The truth of the flame' rekindling, facing this abyss lord who gave him everything, the great demon can only obey.

Then.

Then, it was locked in this red and white sealed crystal ball.

"Why? Why are there two legendary mages in that place?!"

So far, Laldan Ass hasn't figured out what's going on in this world. According to it, there are only less than ten legends in the entire Mycroft continent, and they are scattered in various races and regions. In the Northland, it is not bad to have a great demon of the extreme level. Where did these two legendary spellcasters come from, and they just cast the detection circle and found it in a hidden state? !

But no matter how much you think about it, it’s useless. Now that Laldan As is in the pocket of the mage named Banir, he can only forcibly extend his spirit to perceive everything around him. In the misty darkness, it suddenly I noticed a familiar aura—it was the aura of Joshua van Radcliffe, the human warrior who made it fail all the way and led to the current situation!

"Damn it! If I hadn't been imprisoned here, I would have corrupted your people, destroyed your territory, and made everyone you care about worse than death, living an inhuman life!"

The great demon was struggling feebly in the sealed crystal, and it couldn't do anything except curse at this moment. And not long after, with a wave of space-time teleportation, Lal Danas felt that he was taken to the lair of the two legendary mages. It felt that the crystal containing itself was taken out by one of them, and it vaguely heard A conversation tinged with excitement and fever ensued.

"Just leave the issue of Creeping Forest to Stephen. He used to be a businessman and can make good plans in this regard."

"Then, let's deal with this big demon now. We are really lucky. You know, most of the demons we can catch before are incarnations, and their strength is not up to the ultimate level. Now we can meet a demon who is in Mike The lord who wanders in the real body of the Rove Continent—whoever dissects it, who will do it?"

"Come on, old chap."

The short and direct speech made this big demon who was once expected to become a king tremble all over, but it didn't have the slightest power to resist. Laldan As, who had been sealed with all the power in his body, couldn't even blow himself up. However, under the shackles of huge magic power, it could only watch its body stiffly as it was taken out of the sealing ball by two legendary mages, and then placed on the experimental table in a pale room full of heart-pounding, Then he was bound by iron rings.

"No anesthesia?"

"If you don't fight, the natural reaction of the living body is very important, so let's start with the muscles around the eyes. I heard that the innate abilities of the Mind Eater are all in that one eye. I have always been curious."

Hearing this evil speech comparable to a demon, Laldan Asi opened his eyes in horror. It saw a sharp scalpel under the control of magic power, volleying down towards its huge purple one-eyed, It can't roar, can't dodge, can't twist its body, it can only watch helplessly as the knife, which is so sharp that even the devil's skin can't resist it, is cutting into the depths of its muscles bit by bit, avoiding every attack delicately. Bunch of key magical channels and nerves.

"Damn ah ah ah-"

In the great pain, Laldan Asi could only roar endlessly in his heart: "I——I must escape!"

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The Balrog Syndicate has never felt that it has any wisdom at all. It spurns such weak things and takes pride in its own strength.

As a big demon who does not know which layer of abyss he was born in, but has pure blood of the Balrog, Syndicate has always lived a very nourishing life. Since its birth, it has been at the top of the local food chain, even if it encounters a powerful and invincible Demon, then it can also escape with its own poison and flames. All in all, the syndicate can no longer remember the memories of juvenile and youth, and it can't even remember how it advanced to become a great demon. The powerful radioactive energy disrupted its soul fluctuations, making it unable to think smoothly, and this is also a problem that almost all Balrogs have to face.

The more powerful, the more brainless. Unless you can break through that layer of boundaries and become a king.

All in all, I don’t know how many layers of abyss I have swum along the River Styx. Now Syndicate, who is looking for prey in an abyss without a lord, feels that this kind of life is very comfortable. There is no need to think or worry, just eat and become stronger every day That's fine, everything is as clear as a straight line, and for the Balrog, this kind of life like a single-celled organism will last for hundreds to thousands of years, until they get lucky and become kings will change.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long, because of an accident, Syndicate was forced to learn to think.

To be honest, the Balrog doesn't remember the exact cause and effect. Its simple mind can only vaguely remember that it was probably captured by a terrifying big devil, and then it was done with so many painful things that the devil wanted to die, but Strangely, since the first extremely painful experience, Syndicate felt that his head was much clearer—as if a communication circle with intermittent noises suddenly became unobstructed, even if occasionally There is a little noise, but that doesn't matter anymore.

Of course the Balrog didn't understand why, how could it understand such a complicated thing, it just instinctively felt that although the painful behavior made it worse than death, it would not make it die after all, and would also give it to make it become worse in the future. It has a stronger foundation, so no matter how much that terrible demon lord insulted it, it did not escape, but persisted until the last moment in the opponent's hands.

Then, it was thrown away.

Ignoring the destructive battle that took place in the center of the sixth abyss in the distance, ignoring the abyss lord and god clone that came later, the flames all over his body have changed from black and red at the beginning to pure white now. Balrog can no longer sense it Those chaotic and noisy energy fluctuations in his body, its thinking is also unprecedentedly clear-so at the end of the rapid fall from mid-air, Syndicate immediately eternalized a talent that he had never used in the past-it used his own The liquid body stretched and elongated, turning into a parachute-like form, and landed safely in a hill and abyss jungle.

"I really want to thank the majesty for supporting me... Is the race human? I have never heard of a demon type, but it must be a very evil and powerful one."

In the multiverse, each race calls itself differently. Even demons don’t call themselves demons, so the Syndicate didn’t understand that the two-legged upright dire ape is not a kind of demon, but it’s a trivial matter. It knelt down piously in the direction of the warrior, expressing its admiration and gratitude: "So this is how the Balrog clan advances, I finally understand it!"

At this time, Syndicate can sense that all kinds of chaotic radioactive energy in his body have been burned away, and what is left is a relatively stable light green substance. They also have the power to supply their own flame heat, but the radiation The impact on itself has been ignored. It knows that as long as it can continue to maintain its own purity and wisdom, then even it can hope to be king, but the only fly in the ointment is that because most of its body has been burned, its power has been reduced from the big The high level of demons has been reduced to the point where they are about to fall to the realm of great demons.

In the abyss, the potential of the future is sometimes unimportant, and only the power to survive is the only truth.

Syndicate, who was immersed in the illusion of "his future has a bright future", suddenly realized after a chill, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from the surrounding hills and abyss jungle, it looked around vigilantly, and then I was shocked to find that I was completely surrounded by large groups of wandering demons and abyssal monsters.

"Gawuwu—" Accompanied by the gloomy roar of beasts and the greedy eyes of wandering demons, Syndicate immediately realized that it was the result of the movement he made when he landed—in the dark abyss, suddenly appeared I found a strange white flame burning creature, which is strange no matter how you think about it, and for some reason, the white flame creature seems to be in a weak state now, if you can eat it...

Thinking of this, the original greedy gaze suddenly became more fierce. For these monsters and demons struggling in the abyss without the protection of the lord, this may be their only chance to advance in their life.

Standing alone surrounded by demons and monsters all over the mountains and plains, Syndicate took a deep breath, and then exhaled a mouthful of pure high-radiation flames. At this time, it thought a lot. Innate instincts, great future and self-destruction after accidental death, but in the end, what remained in Syndicate's heart was wisdom.

"I!"

With a roar, the pure white Balrog displayed the ability he had just realized without hesitation. It immediately rolled itself into a sphere burning with ultra-high temperature flames, and then, with the momentum of ignoring life and death as nothing, moved towards Spinning and fleeing in the weakest direction of the encirclement——

"I will definitely survive!"

And a few days later, as if there was a delay, Joshua, who had just lamented the contribution of the products in the Creeping Forest to future technology, suddenly had a scene of Balrog fleeing desperately in his mind.

"this--"

Blinking his eyes, Joshua didn't understand what was going on for a moment. The scene just now flashed directly in his mind as if the system appeared, and for some reason, the soldier also sensed the relationship between himself and the faraway place. The Balrog produced some subtle connections.

"This guy, does it believe in me? No, it should just resonate with the power of steel I left in it."

Joshua, who thought it was a divine reaction and became vigilant for a moment, relaxed a little after he didn't feel the divine bones in his body active, and then he realized that he was using Syndicate as a pawn. When the weapon is swung, the strange resonance reaction caused by the very small amount of steel force poured in does not last long. Syndicate must be in an extremely excited state to communicate. Joshua can unilaterally block this communication. But the Balrog couldn't refuse Joshua's influence.

"Are you being hunted down by a group of wandering demons?" Already aware of the current situation of the Syndicate being besieged, Joshua pondered for a while. He found this kind of resonance reaction very interesting and rare, so he didn't want this animal that had been willing to The demon who worked for him just died like this: "Forget it, I will teach it some skills in using power, so as not to die so simply and lose my people."

Complying with the wonderful sympathetic response between the power of steel, Joshua transmitted some skills about using the high temperature of flames and using explosive acceleration to the syndicate who simply used its own shape to roll. He felt that the other party might be able to become his own. One eye in the Sixth Abyss, but just after the transmission was completed, Joshua suddenly frowned, and an inspiration flashed in his mind.

"Wait... Isn't this the same as when some demons cross borders to deceive people and trade souls?"

Standing up from the chair, the soldier walked in the hall of the Lord's Mansion, an inexplicable feeling stirred in his heart from nowhere: "And..."

"Very similar to the system."

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