Chapter Fifty-Two: Demon Contract!
2015-10-02
Author: Floating Tower
The battle has ended.
Due to an unexpected summoning of another Flame Demon, Soren easily seized all the territory outside the Gurenba Arena. The only obstacle preventing him from controlling the entire Gurenba Arena now is the Demon Goblins hiding inside the arena. The massive circular arena resembles a fortress, and even with Soren’s abilities, it would be difficult to breach this stronghold. He needs a significant amount of cannon fodder to break through the defense line of the Demon Goblins; otherwise, he might end up being surrounded and killed by the enemy.
After all, the Demon Avatar is not the true body.
With the strength of his true form, he could come and go as he pleased, but this Demon Avatar lacks any abilities of a Professionist and relies entirely on the innate power of the Flame Demon. If surrounded, it would be a dead end!
However.
Soren has his own method, which is to make a deal with the Evil Spirits of the Neutral Faction.
For Soren, the wealth of the Bottomless Abyss means nothing. He hardly cares about the territories outside the Gurenba Arena, so after defeating the other High-level Demons, he immediately summoned all the Evil Spirits of the Neutral Faction. He prepared to make a deal with them concerning the territories of the shops outside.
The next day, at the Lava Tavern.
The first to arrive at the Lava Tavern is a High-level Ghost Hag, who controls the weapon trade outside the Gurenba Arena.
Next to appear are the Night Witch, the Nagros Demon, the Lesser Rosé Demon, and others—almost all the neutral Evil Spirits outside the arena have been summoned here by Soren.
The tavern is quiet.
The alluring tavern owner stands behind Soren, her fingers gently pressing on his shoulder. It must be said that these Succubi truly understand the techniques to please males, which not only involve pleasures of the bed but also include other aspects. Succubi inherently know how to satisfy male desires for conquest.
“Ladies and gentlemen.”
Soren stands up and scans the room, finally fixing his gaze on the Ghost Hag before him. This Ghost Hag is no ordinary being; it is said she hails from the Material Plane of the Shura Field and later shifted her business to the Bottomless Abyss. Moreover, the Lesser Rosé Demons are also quite powerful; they have a vast trade network. Even the smuggling trade during the Abyssal bl**d War is run by them.
After pausing for a moment, he speaks in a deep voice: “I intend to make a deal with you all. This is the content of the contract. If you’re interested, feel free to take a look.”
In the Bottomless Abyss, only the River of Underworld Contract holds binding power.
Demons are not as trustworthy as Devils, and breaking promises is common. The Evil Spirits of the Neutral Faction have long since learned to avoid contracts without connections to the River of Underworld. They would never believe them.
A contract document is passed into the hands of the other Evil Spirits.
The first to receive it is the High-level Ghost Hag. After glancing at it, a hint of surprise appears on her ugly and twisted face as she slowly says, “Your Excellency Soren!”
“You’re saying that if we help you take over the Gurenba Arena, the territories outside will be allocated to us?”
Soren silently observes the expressions of the other Evil Spirits.
Once everyone has taken a look, he slowly nods and says, “Exactly! If you help me take over the Gurenba Arena, all the territories outside will belong to you. Not only those territories, but I will also allocate half of the earnings from the casino once the arena reopens.”
The Evil Spirits are very strong.
The Evil Spirits present are all engaged in planar trading. They operate in other layers of the Bottomless Abyss or directly trade between the Bottomless Abyss, the Hell of Bartok, and the Shura Field. These Evil Spirits have guards and mercenaries because of their neutral nature; they enjoy doing business but do not like to get entangled in the conflicts of demons.
Soren’s intention this time is to use the guards and mercenaries of the Evil Spirits to eliminate the Demon Goblins, and in return, he will hand over all territories except for the street of the Lava Tavern to these Evil Spirits as compensation. Every order needs wealth and power to maintain, and Soren lacks neither; as long as these Evil Spirits are willing to fight, they can obtain generous rewards.
The Bottomless Abyss is not the Material Plane.
Soren’s true body has operated in the Material Plane for such a long time, easily able to summon a large number of forces, but the Demon Avatar cannot do that; he needs to rely on the strength of these Evil Spirits to conquer the Gurenba Arena. Moreover, a successful trade can earn the trust of these Evil Spirits. The reason why the Evil Spirits rarely appear in the Bottomless Abyss is that many would rather deal with Devils than trust Demons.
One could say that combined trade from all layers of the Bottomless Abyss does not even compare to the first level of the Hell of Bartok.
Chaotic nature is a disaster.
Soon.
The Evil Spirits in front of Soren reached a decision because he offered them irresistible temptations of benefit.
“I need more manpower.”
The leading High-level Ghost Hag, after signing the contract, turned to look at the other Evil Spirits. Her gaze lingered on the Lesser Rosé Demon for a moment, seemingly hinting provocatively, “My sisters do business in the bl**d Town of the first layer of the Bottomless Abyss. If we are to attack the Gurenba Arena, we need to hire more mercenaries from there.”
The Lesser Rosé Demon slightly bows to Soren and says slowly, “Your Excellency Soren!”
“According to the terms of the contract, I will summon at least five hundred followers. My family is the lord of the Shura Field realm, and it seems I need to return for a while.”
This is a war.
Just relying on the thousand or so demons Soren has gathered would never be enough to capture the Gurenba Arena, as it is home to an entire tribe of Demon Goblins.
Although they are currently without a leader, a Goblin tribe has an absolute numerical advantage.
Originally, there were over ten thousand Demon Goblins in the Gurenba Arena. After the initial chaos, driven by the long-suppressed demons going berserk, the numbers of Goblins decreased by several thousand, but there still remain about five to six thousand troops. Soren cannot storm the arena with just his cannon fodder; the only way to quickly take control of the arena is to rely on the guards and mercenaries of the Evil Spirits.
Eliminating these Demon Goblins is the only way for Soren to truly occupy this place.
However.
If he wants to become the unquestioned Demon Lord of the Gurenba Arena, there is still a daunting problem ahead—namely, the Abyss Dragon lurking near the Lava Volcano. It is an ally of the former Demon Lord Miamid – Coin of Disaster. The intentions of the Abyss Dragon are difficult to guess; Soren might be able to ally with it, but it may also require his true body to come again to deal with it.
Everything depends on the attitude of that Abyss Dragon!
………………(To Be Continued..)
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