Living as a Demon Lord in the Dungeon

After the blood infusion was completed, Sean did not recite any prayers this time. Instead, he directly ignited the dragon's flame with fel energy, which was a small privilege after his identity as a sorcerer was restored.

As the magic circle slowly took shape, everyone held their breath and focused intently, with Sean paying particular attention.

hum!

A gray mist vortex formed, emanating a familiar abyssal aura. But unlike last time, this time the group did not feel the oppressive aura emanating from the abyssal dragon.

Sean breathed a quiet sigh of relief; things had indeed gone as he had predicted.

The demon god couldn't be bothered to personally attend to the ordinary sacrifices of a "veteran employee" like him.

That's perfect! Cash on delivery, everyone gets what they need – simple and straightforward!

Sean waved his hand, signaling Minos and the others to throw the magic crystal ore from the minecart into the gray fog vortex, while he himself changed the content of his prayer, placing the enhancement of fel energy as the top priority.

With the addition of magic crystal ore, a large amount of evil energy first surged into the main soul of the Myriad Soul Banner, and then fed back into Sean's own body.

Feeling the surging energy, Sean smiled with satisfaction.

As expected, pure mortal magic like magic crystal ore is the most sought-after offering by the Abyss Demons! It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it hard currency!

If I throw these two carts of magic crystal ore in, I might even have a chance to advance to the rank of a Grand Evil Sorcerer!

This gives us a better chance of winning when we deal with that vampire!

However, just as the second truckload of ore was about to be sacrificed, a strange thing happened!

A powerful demonic aura surged from the vortex, instantly engulfing the entire area.

Sean's expression changed drastically. He hadn't expected that the Abyss Dragon would suddenly come to investigate just as the ceremony was coming to an end!

He subconsciously tried to sever the connection between himself and his distracted mind, but the pressure vanished without warning the next second, as if it had never existed.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone else present was frozen in place in shock, Sean would have really thought he was hallucinating.

Minos swallowed hard, his voice trembling as he asked, "M-Master, what was that just now? Should we...should we continue?"

Sean frowned slightly. Just as he was about to speak, a powerful blessing from the demon god descended upon his divided spirit, accompanied by a divine decree.

Sean quickly checked the contents of the divine decree, then revealed a look of bewilderment, both amused and exasperated.

This is actually a letter of commendation and an appointment letter!

It turns out that the Demon Dragon Cult has not been developing well in recent years, with a loss of believers and a decline in talent.

Meanwhile, their side had carried out a series of large-scale sacrifices, offering a considerable number of high-quality sacrificial items, which could be described as an outstanding performance.

Most importantly, because his own divided spirit became the main spirit of the Myriad Souls Banner, the Abyss Demon Dragon mistakenly identified the more than one thousand banner spirits in the banner as believers developed by his divided spirit!

The evil god was overjoyed, thinking that the main soul was a rare talent, capable of both preparing sacrifices and developing followers.

The church is in dire need of manpower right now, so it has made an exception and promoted him to the position of Demon Dragon Lord!

Of course, he only had a title, but no subordinates or territory.

Sean was speechless. The original owner of this body had worked hard for so many years, even becoming the city lord of the underground city in the Demon King's army, before finally reaching the level of a great cultivator.

It's like a priest in the Church of Holy Light, who can manage a church in a small town.

Moreover, the leader of a religious sect wields immense power, essentially able to control the followers and clergy of an entire nation! Even the popes of some great empires treat their religious leaders with utmost respect.

From a senior monk to a bishop, there are two major ranks in between: bishop and archbishop!

His own distraction was nothing more than offering large sacrifices twice and developing a thousand followers, yet he became a model employee and was even promoted four levels in a row!

Although the decline and weakening of the sect was partly to blame, Sean still felt that this evil god was too arbitrary in his rewards and punishments.

No wonder they played such a good hand so badly, causing the church to decline to this extent.

But to be fair, although this abyssal dragon is a bit muddle-headed, as long as you please it, it will really give you benefits!

Along with the appointment of the Demon Dragon Lord came a massive amount of fel energy, a complete set of high-level evil spells, and even incredibly powerful forbidden fel energy spells!

And as a result, he successfully broke through and was promoted to a great evil sorcerer!

This sacrifice was full of surprises. Sean had planned to fleece the evil god before the big battle, but the other side threw him a fat lamb leg!

Moreover, the increase in strength is secondary; the main thing is that I now have the identity of the Demon Dragon Cult Leader! It's like having a powerful backer!

At that time, even if the big shot behind that vampire wants to do something underhanded, he'll have to consider the consequences of offending an abyssal evil god.

But this also made Sean wary; given his current situation, he really shouldn't be too high-profile.

But now he has become a model employee in the eyes of the evil god, the hope for the revival of the sect, and can be said to be under special attention.

Then, for the next sacrifice, I must devise a foolproof plan to ensure that I do not give myself away when facing the investigation of the evil god.

The situation of having a dead body like last time, or not having a dead body prepared at all this time, must never happen again.

Sean thought to himself that he should refine an external avatar.

When it's time for the sacrifice, he uses his divided spirit to manipulate the external avatar, making him indistinguishable from a complete, normal person. Even if the evil god himself investigates, there won't be any problems.

However, there are many methods for creating external avatars in the demonic path. Which one should be used?

As Sean stroked his chin and mentally flipped through the "Grimoire of All Magic," he sighed to himself that sometimes having too many choices isn't necessarily a good thing.

"Master, Master! Something terrible has happened!"

Just then, Elsalia came running over, carrying a bow and arrows on her back and a rotting raven covered in ice.

Sean snapped his fingers, extinguishing the evil fire on the altar, and turned to lead the group forward.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"Master, I was practicing archery outside the city when I saw this rotting crow heading towards the underground city."

I shot it down and saw that it seemed to have a letter tied to its leg.

As Elsalia spoke, she handed over the rotting raven. Sean took it and examined it, and sure enough, there was a familiar necromantic power on it.

"Hmph, it seems the enemy is issuing us a challenge."

He reached down and untied the letter from the raven's leg, glancing at the bow and arrows on Aisalia's back.

"This is……"

"Oh! These are the new magic bows and arrows that the gray dwarf masters helped me forge!"

Aisalia was delighted with her new weapon: "They said it's just a rough draft, barely usable. They'll gradually improve and upgrade it for me later."

However, after trying it out, I found that its power and range were already quite impressive!

"Master, with this, I can help you too!"

"Very good, very good!"

After offering a few words of praise, Sean unfolded the letter, glanced at it briefly, and then laughed dismissively.

"It's only been a day and a half, and they're already getting anxious. They're even threatening us, saying we'll face the consequences if we don't keep the appointment?"

Hmph, fine! I'll see what kind of trouble you can cause this time!

Minos, muster your troops!

Command the Minotaur as the first guard, and the Ratmen as the second, third, and fourth platoons! Assemble immediately!

Ready to go!

"Aisalia, Isha, you two come with me."