The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

The way demons are born also determines their society and ideology.

The demon race has a strict hierarchy, with higher-ranking demons having absolute control over lower-ranking demons.

This class is both a class of bloodline and a class of power.

The bloodline rank of demons is almost the same as their strength rank.

For other races with magical bloodlines, their bloodline only determines their innate magical talent; their final strength depends on their training and magical learning.

Bloodlines generally cannot be improved; only by going to the Sky Well can one find a way to change or improve one's magical bloodline and magical talent.

But the bloodline of demons can evolve by devouring souls.

Therefore, the advancement of demons is based on bloodline advancement, not on advancement of magical energy or magical level.

Previously, everyone thought that in addition to the common abilities of dark magic and harvesting souls, demons also had different individual abilities, such as the ability of Nightmare Demons to charm females and the ability of Succubi to charm males.

In reality, dark magic and soul harvesting are the most basic bloodline abilities of demons, present regardless of bloodline rank, only differing in intensity.

Those differentiated abilities are new abilities that awaken after bloodline advancement.

The lower the bloodline rank of a demon, the easier it is for it to be born.

Demons like the lesser demons and imps, which are representative of lower-level demons, are born in large numbers.

Mid-tier demons, such as succubi, nightmare demons, and flame demons, are born much less frequently. Out of tens of thousands of low-tier demons, only one might be born as a mid-tier demon.

Those who are born as high-ranking demons are even fewer.

As for Lord-level demons, only one has been born naturally since the Abyss became part of the Valen world.

There have been no more demons above that level.

However, regardless of its initial rank, as long as it can devour enough souls, even the lowest-ranking lesser demon can evolve into a lord-level or even more powerful demon.

Originally, demons are the embodiment of evil thoughts, lust, and corrupt souls; naturally, they will do anything to advance their own power.

In the eyes of demons, all beings with souls, whether of their own kind or of another, are objects to be harvested from their souls.

Even the souls of one's own kind, filled with evil thoughts and desires, are easier to harvest; one can simply kill and devour them.

The souls of other races often contain many good intentions and desires that are as detestable to them as the Holy Light, and cannot be directly harvested through killing.

You either have to lure them into darkness first, or trick them into signing a contract and selling their souls to you before you can devour them normally.

The law of the jungle is etched into the very bones of all demons.

Even the weakest demons and lesser devils begin their constant battles from birth to acquire souls and thus accumulate power for advancement.

However, for demons, killing a demon of the same rank is much more difficult than killing humans of other races.

After all, when demons of similar bloodline rank fight, their abilities are roughly the same, and the fight usually results in mutual destruction.

Killing demons of low bloodline rank is easy, but the souls harvested are too weak to be of much help in advancing. As for demons of high bloodline rank, they can only run away when they see them. If they are caught, they will either be controlled as the other party's servant to harvest souls for him, or they will be killed directly.

Furthermore, a demon's advancement path is determined by the malice and lust attributes of the souls it devours during the advancement process. The malice and lust in a demon's soul are clearly biased; the more souls it devours, the more fixed its advancement path becomes.

Only those souls filled with good intentions and desires can freely choose the direction of advancement after being devoured.

Moreover, the lifespan of demons also comes from soul energy. Their lifespan is very short, and they must constantly consume their souls in order to continue to live.

For demons, the soul quality of an ordinary person is higher than that of a low-ranking demon, the soul quality of a low-ranking spellcaster is higher than that of a mid-ranking demon, and the soul quality of a mid-ranking spellcaster is higher than that of a high-ranking demon.

A soul with more good intentions is of higher quality than a soul with more evil intentions.

Even the soul of an ordinary person carries far more weight than that of a low-level demon.

Ordinary people are no match for low-level demons.

Dealing with outsiders is much easier than dealing with demons, but the rewards are much greater, which is why demons always have a strong preference for the souls of other races outside the Abyss.

This Nightmare Demon was originally a minor demon, but during its advancement, it devoured too many lustful souls. When it advanced to a mid-level demon, it could only become a Nightmare Demon or a Succubus.

He chose to advance to the Nightmare Demon simply because he heard that there were more delicious female souls on the surface world.

However, he was not satisfied with his chosen path for advancement.

Because of the advancement in the direction of lust, one has to sacrifice physical strength in order to maintain a certain "aesthetics".

Nightmare demons and succubi can only rely on their abilities to manipulate lust, dreams, seduction, or mental corruption to fight their enemies.

Once the enemy is not charmed, he is basically a fish on a chopping board.

However, he was already a Nightmare Demon. Demons do not have the ability to reproduce, so his ability to control his lust was basically useless against other demons.

It can be said that he can only defeat succubi and other nightmare demons with similar abilities.

Staying in the abyss offers no possibility of transitioning to other evolutionary paths.

He really didn't want to continue evolving in the direction of lust, so after advancing, he immediately came to the surface world to find the souls of other races.

This will give him more options for advancement, and the opportunity to become the Abyss Knight he has always dreamed of.

Other demons who come to the surface world are either in a similar situation to him, or they are servants of higher-ranking demons, working for them.

These demons are mostly mid-level demons, and some of them even have low-level demon henchmen with them.

The strength of a mid-level demon is roughly between that of a high-level spellcaster and a peak-level spellcaster.

The abilities of high-ranking demons generally surpass the peak level, which would be limited on the continent of Valen. Therefore, most of them would choose to go to other worlds through the Sky Well to harvest souls, and at most enslave some mid-ranking demons to work for them.

After truly understanding the situation of the demons, Moran felt that his decision to encourage all members of the Dawn Academy to hunt down demons was absolutely correct.

Other races also have individual differences; there are kind people and evil people. Witches are all friendly. Only demons are the embodiment of evil; they are all wicked and there is no possibility of them being redeemed.

They are utter enemies to all living beings with souls; it's a fight to the death.

The one less demon in the world means one more layer of protection for everyone's soul. (End of Chapter)