Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 209 And You, My Brother

boom,
Amidst the deafening roar, the ground of the hill seemed to be pierced from the ground by an infinite force, shattering into pieces and forming a circular sunken pit over ten meters in size.

At the same time, there were cracks that looked like spider webs and lines of fire extending to the further distance, scaring the spellcasters so much that they quickly put up spell barriers and retreated behind the strong arms of the warriors.

The deep pit is filled with a strong breath of the abyss. This breath of the abyss spontaneously erodes the material plane without being driven, corroding the environment and life of the material plane.

In many worlds invaded by demon armies, permanent and difficult-to-heal scars were left behind, not only because of the destruction caused by the demons, but also because of the active erosion of the abyss.

"Your offerings, though good, do not satisfy me."

In the thick breath of the abyss, an extremely strong abyss monster slowly stood up from the deep pit.

This little demon lord was summoned by the spellcasting legion according to the specific spells and magic items recorded in the "Book of Darkness", "Tome of Aham" and "Demon Chronicle of Igvirf". In theory, he should obey the wishes of the summoner after being summoned.

Although the little demon lord did not lose control or resist, he did not immediately attack the enemy trapped in the nest according to the summoner's wishes.

This surprised many spellcasters, and they looked at the tall abyss monster.

The little abyss demon lord in front of him was obviously an ancient demon species from the abyss, a type of Tanar'ri demon. In the introduction of demons, this type of demon was called a soul-flayer or soul-binder.

This soul-stealing demon was more than eight meters tall, covered with purple skin. Every feature on its body appeared unusually strong, and two pairs of thick, blade-like bony horns grew backwards on its ugly and ferocious head.

His feet had three toes like those of ungulates, but the fingers on his hands were extremely short, replaced by extremely thick and long blade-like bone claws.

Even on the upper side of this demon's forearm, there were two pairs of bone blades and a pair of small bone spurs growing.

Its whole body looks ferocious, except for the short, thick tail behind its butt, which makes it look a little funny.

This kind of soul-stealing demon, called the "horned demon", has always been regarded as a bulky, muscular demon. It is a widely distributed slave owner in the Abyss, and sometimes becomes the captain of the guard of some powerful demon lords.

While their name comes from their ability to hunt and enslave souls, these demons are particularly fond of selling their captured trophies and victims to any wealthy creature as slave owners.

However, the demon in front of him did not seem to be the traditional impression of a muscular fool. Especially compared with its sturdy body, its eyes, which were only the size of green beans, were shining brightly and looking down at the many spellcasters.

"But in view of your promise to serve me in the future, the great demon lord Bartos has decided to respond to your call."

Although this Soul-Flayer Lord named Bartos carries the chaotic aura of the abyss, his mind does not seem to be that confused. As a not-so-powerful Soul-Flayer, he needs some wisdom and luck to survive until now and become a small lord.

"But I can serve you, and I have one request that is not excessive," the voice of the Soul-Reaver Lord Bartos carried the unique tone of the demon species. He turned his head and looked at the two creatures standing on the top of the hill.

One is the tall, incredibly strong but empty-handed troll Zuga, and the other is the incredibly powerful and fierce lizard man Rayleigh with two long swords stuck in his back.

The gaze of Soul Reaver Lord Bartos finally stopped on the troll Zuga. He said, "Hey, little guy, you should be the leader of these people. If you agree to my request, I will help you once."

The dragon-born troll Zuga's dragon-like features were not very obvious, and the scales on his body were covered by a simple armor. He nodded slightly and glanced at Rayleigh who remained calm.

Then he said loudly: "Powerful Demon Lord Bartos, please tell us your request. If possible, we will do our best to meet it."

"That nine-headed lizard has occupied the nest of our large tribe and demanded that we offer the flesh, blood and souls of our tribe members. It has relied on its own strength to enslave us. No matter how great the price, we must destroy it."

The Soul-Reaver Lord Bartos's green bean-sized eyes rolled around, then he stepped out of the magic summoning circle in the deep pit and came in front of the troll Zuga.

Hundreds of warriors along the way avoided the body of this demon to avoid being contaminated by the abyss breath around the Soul-Reaver Demon.

"My requests are few. If you agree to sacrifice my soul, you can halve it or use the soul of another creature instead."

"However, I require your tribe to establish a sect dedicated to me, establish me as the supreme god in the sect, and dedicate your faith to me."

The soul-stealer Bartos looked down at the troll Zuga, and his huge voice carried the breath of demonic threat, causing the expression on the troll Zuga's face to change again and again.

"If you can agree to this condition, I will not only kill this nine-headed lizard for you and throw its head at your feet for you to use as a urinal, but also you can borrow my name and call upon my power when you are in danger in the future."

Bartos, the Soul-Reaver Lord, blew two streams of black smoke from his nostrils. He smiled grimly and said, "Well, that's quite nice, isn't it?"

Although there are many risks in trading with demons and other evil spirits, there are still many creatures in the mortal world who covet the power of demons.

Mortals would trade magic or other favors with demons, and demon lords would manipulate their servants in the mortal world to carry out their huge evil plans, but demons only regarded these mortals as tools, abandoned pawns at will, and finally harvested the souls of mortals into the bottomless abyss.

However, the soul-stealing demon in front of him was somewhat different from other demon lords.

This soul-stealing demon lord named Bartos obviously knew some knowledge that he should not know at his level. His purpose of existence was the same as that of some quasi-divine powers, relying on mortals to make a name for himself and to deceive the guys under his feet into giving him praise and worship.

This guy knows how to leverage fame into raw power, and the more people know about him, the more likely he is to rise further.

Moreover, Bartos was extremely ambitious. Before he became a powerful being with quasi-divine power, he had already begun to want to learn from those powerful demon lords and began to imitate and learn from the gods.

This is thanks to the successful examples of several powerful demon lords, such as Baphomet, the king of the minotaurs, and Demogorgon, the great lord of the abyss known as the two-headed baboon, and Jubilex, the lord of the abyss known as the Faceless One.

As well as Yeenoghu, the King of the Gnolls and the demon lord of all the Gnolls in the world, these special beings all achieved true divinity through similar methods.

The same is true for the lost undead power whose name has been erased from all records of the Abyss.

These pit lords have carved out a niche for themselves in the multiverse through their own evil ways and force of will.

Although the dragonborn troll Zuga was not aware of all this, no matter what kind of exorbitant price the other party offered, he would nod and agree after pretending to hesitate for a moment.

So the troll Zuga used up all the acting skills and strength he had accumulated in the first half of his life, and desperately twitched his facial muscles, twisting his expression to the point that even Rayleigh, who was standing next to him, could hardly bear to watch. After coughing twice, the troll nodded heavily.

"I said that no matter what the cost, I will save my tribe," the troll Zuga's eyes flickered, and he said in a heavy tone, "As long as you can defeat or kill the Hydra as promised, our Blood Claw tribe will fulfill this promise."

"Very good, I will let you know how powerful and tolerant the gods and masters you serve are," the Soul-Reaver Lord Bartos got a satisfactory answer and stepped towards the dark nest that was emitting poisonous gas all the time.

"Come out, my good dog," Bartos grinned and released the soul he had enslaved. It was also a demon from the abyss, but it was a Brezu demon with melee civilization.

This demon is the heavy infantry of the abyss, a powerful melee expert who revels in cleaving flesh and spilling blood. Perhaps it was once an enemy who failed in his competition with the Soul Reaver Bartos for the position of a minor lord.

This demon soul appears to have looked as it did in life, covered in festering abscesses and with patches of short bristles adorning its tall, thin frame.

It had a huge pale ram's head with huge curved horns, cold eyes, and protruding, dense, needle-like teeth covered with sticky saliva.

Its snake-like tail twisted and ended in a tangled mass of metallic spines. Despite its thin frame, this beast-like demon wielded the prongs, which were too large for its size, with an unsettling grace and quietly slid into the dark lair.

roar,
After only a moment, the roar and scream of the giant beast could be heard from the dark cave. The thick poisonous fog rushed out of the cave, and the Brezu demon carrying a thorn fork floated out of the cave slowly.
The sound of a huge creature moving its nest throughout the hill could be heard. One huge head after another poked out of the cave. The nine heads were like giant snakes, with blue-green skin and cold vertical pupils, just like wild beasts.

Only the head in the middle was stained with a light layer of gold, making it look particularly majestic.

"You, actually dared to disturb Xu Dela's nap time, you really deserve to die," the cold words were accompanied by a hissing sound.

Behind the nine heads is a huge body, which is twenty meters long, which is considered to be a very large size among snakes.

"You, actually dared to betray me," the anger in the eyes of the nine-headed lizard species named Hydra made her cold snake pupils light up, and she turned her head to face the demon lord Bartos.

Amidst the hissing sound, a strong breath of the abyss could be smelled, which made the Hydra Lizard surge with rage. "Go back to your abyss. This is not the place for you, demon. Do you want to possess my followers?"

"Haha, underage pure-blooded Hydras are rare even in the numerous material planes," the demon Bartos showed a strange look.

He sneered and said, "It's not too late for you to surrender now. Otherwise, even a demon would find it a pity to kill a pure-blooded Hydra. You should become the guardian of my sect."

Hiss,

The furious nine-headed hydra Hydra was enraged by the devil's words, and its nine heads spewed out swamp black water, highly toxic and acidic liquid. All of these spewed substances were extremely toxic.

It is said that the blood and flesh of the Hydra contain one of the most violent toxins in the world, which can easily poison any beast.

Unfortunately, no spellcaster in the world would ever fight without preparation, just like a certain old bat man who liked to walk in the night.

After learning that the demon worshipped by the Blood Claw Tribe was a poisonous nine-headed snake, these spellcasters chose to summon the demon lord - the Soul Flayer. This demon was almost immune to toxins and electric shocks, and was one of the creatures that was naturally not afraid of the breath of the Hydra.

"Hahaha, you bold fool," the Soul-Reaver Lord Bartos pounded his sturdy chest with his huge arms.

At this moment, his body suddenly swelled and turned into a 14-meter-tall giant with muscular body and exposed veins. A strong aura lingered on his blade-like claws, and he rushed directly towards the poisonous breath of the nine-headed snake Hydra.

The Brezu demon, who was flying in the sky with the help of the soul characteristics, also stabbed the huge fork at the back of Xudela's neck at this moment. Although the Brezu demon's body had disappeared, under the control of the soul, its attack was enough to hurt the enemy's soul.

"Roar,"

The swollen body of the Soul-Flayer Lord Bartos directly knocked away the head that was spewing poisonous breath, and the huge bone blade in his hand directly chopped off the two heads of the nine-headed snake Hydra. Toxic blood gushed out from the broken ends and splashed on the ground.

The intense toxin can even corrode the soil, causing it to dry and curl up.

The thorns of the Brezu demon also hurt Hydra's soul, causing the careless Hydra to suffer a great loss at the first encounter.

But at this moment, the golden head in the middle of the nine-headed Hydra let out a violent roar, and the visible sound waves and shock waves rolled up the soil on the ground and spread out in an instant.

At the severed part of the head, layers of wriggling granulation tissue were growing rapidly, as if a new head was about to be born.

The eyes, nose and mouth of the soul-stealing demon Bartos, who was facing the sound waves head-on, were filled with blood. The soul of the Brezu demon behind him was shaken so much that its hands and feet that were blocking the sound waves were shattered into nothingness in the first place.

A large number of warriors around were fine behind the spell barrier and magic shield jointly held up by the spellcasters, but the spellcasters in the spellcaster legion all had red faces, and they tried their best to output their magic power to stabilize the shaking spell barrier.

Blood was oozing from the Soul-Reaver Demon Lord Bartos's facial features, but he was not seriously injured. He stomped heavily on the ground at this moment.

Spell-Like Abilities: Greater teleport.

The soul-stealing demon Bartos disappeared in an instant and appeared behind the nine-headed serpent Hydra, waving his claws and slashing down at the nine-headed serpent.

Spell-like abilities: air walking, acceleration. After cutting off another head, Bartos flew into the air and avoided the huge tail of the nine-headed snake Hydra. Instead, a huge rock was shattered into pieces and crushed into ashes.

Spell-like ability: Advanced Command. A low-level demon stepped out of the abyss under the summons of the Soul-Flayer Bartos. This is also a Soul-Flayer, but only five meters tall, but its body is also abnormally strong.

As soon as this soul-stealing demon appeared, it rushed directly towards the Hydra, not caring about its own life or death. Under the summoning of the advanced command technique, this demon must submit to the will of the summoner.

"Damn you, you forced me to do this," the severed head of the Hydra Hydra had begun to swell up. At this moment, the mouth of the golden head opened and spit out a white flash.

As soon as this white flash appeared, it attracted the attention of everyone in the audience, because this white flash exuded an extremely powerful and strong aura.

Ding ding ding ding,

The white flash trembled around the Soul-Grabber Lord Bartos in a strange rhythm. Then the sharp tip hesitated for a moment and easily pierced into the body of another summoned demon.

He pierced the demon's heart directly, and then it became motionless, with only a white ivory chain with a translucent luster remaining outside its body.

"Damn it, I want you to tie him up, not kill that idiot," Xudela shook his body frantically, and at this moment his huge body wrapped around the soul-stealing demon Bartos who was frightened by the ivory chain.

The two huge beasts roared at the same time at this moment, rolling and fighting on the ground, cracking the surrounding hills and collapsing the ground, but the Soul-Flayer Bartos could not break free from Hydra's strongest grip in a short time.

The Soul Reaver's sharp claws can cut off any of Xudela's heads, except the golden head in the middle and the light golden body.

His sharp claws could only cause great damage to the pale golden body of Hydra, but he also had to face the Hydra's binding and the constant biting of his head.

But even in this fierce battle, the two huge monsters still felt an extremely deadly danger at the same time.

They all raised their heads at the same time and looked at the flames in the sky that were rolling like a storm.

They may not have heard the words circulating in the land of gold, that is, be careful of the fire in the sky. The blazing fire may not be the sun, but the sun's incarnation in the mortal world - the King of Gold.

Rumble,
The sound of the explosion was still rolling in the distance, but in front of the two monsters, they saw a sun suddenly setting in the distorted air before them, and two huge, dazzling dragon claws stretched out and pressed down on the two monsters.

collapse,
Before the two monsters could come to their senses, their heads and bodies were pressed into the mud by a huge force, and the deep pit buried their bodies.

When they raised their heads, they saw a huge, unique dragon.

And a magic circle that rose quietly from a legion of spellcasters.

Although demons will not truly die outside the abyss, even after death, they will reshape themselves with their own essence at the bottom of the abyss. Few creatures can completely kill a demon in other worlds.

But whether it was the knowledge left by the ancient magicians or the knowledge exchanged with the alien gods, they all clearly told the Red Dragon how to seal the devil's true body and essence in the material plane.

Today's battle is just a small experiment.

The soul-stealing demon Bartos felt like crying but had no tears as he felt his own power and his sense of the abyss. He shouted angrily, "Damn it! I responded to your call and tried my best to fulfill the contract for you. Not only did you fail to fulfill your promise, you also wanted to seal me away completely. You are the real demons, you damn demons!"

(End of this chapter)