Chapter 30: Lust Demon Queen – Glacelia!
After preliminary discussions, the Hell Alchemist – Flos left the fortress.
Shortly after his departure, the Soul Thief – Niglas secretly sent a high-ranking demon to deliver a message to the largest palace on the sixth layer of the Hell of Bartok.
About ten minutes later.
A glow of High-level Teleportation Spell appeared, followed by three graceful and alluring figures, one large and two small, appearing in the hall of the Soul Thief.
“Lady Glacelia!”
Although Niglas was the leader of the Soul Thieves, he was comparable to an ordinary minor demon lord when facing the ruler of the sixth layer of the Hell of Bartok, the Lust Demon Queen – Glacelia. The Soul Thief organization was quite loose; although it had many elites, most members clustered around lower plane lords due to the mixed races of demons, devils, and evil spirits. Niglas was under the protection of the Lust Demon Queen – Glacelia, but he was not her servant.
The relationship between them was more of a cooperative one, with a large number of souls stored in Glacelia’s castle coming from the supplies of the Soul Thieves.
The Lust Demon Queen – Glacelia was a beautiful devil with bronze skin, a pair of wings signifying her noble status as a Lust Demon, and a petite but deadly tail and sharp horns.
In terms of appearance, she was among the most beautiful female beings in the Hell of Bartok and even the Multiverse.
Thus, many adjectives describing her beauty need not be repeated; she had an absolutely exquisite and tempting face. Although her charm could not compare to that of the Succubus Queen – Mikanxute, she was slightly more beautiful than her. She inherited powers from the Lord of Hell – Asmothiels, and despite her young age among the demon lords, she had already advanced to become a Greater Devil.
Behind Glacelia were two petite Lust Demons.
Niglas dared not look too much at the Lust Demon Queen before him because he was well aware of how proud she was and how cruel she could be towards male devils. In the entire Hell of Bartok, there were few male beings that could match her in identity, status, and strength. As the daughter of the Lord of Hell, Glacelia regarded almost all male beings but her father with disdain, naturally viewing any male devil with thoughts about her as mere playthings.
This pastime was certainly not the same as love or s*x in the mortal realm; Glacelia would not allow male beings significantly beneath her to touch her. She preferred pastimes that were more cruel, relentless, and bloody.
“Speak.”
Facing the Soul Thief leader, Glacelia’s voice still carried a hint of arrogance as she spoke, “You hurriedly called me over; it must be something important, right?”
At this point, the Lust Demon Queen’s eyes narrowed slightly.
One thing was certain: if her next words did not satisfy her, Niglas knew that his future days would be difficult.
“Yes.”
He quickly nodded and said in a deep voice, “Today, a high-ranking devil came to trade with me.”
“He actually opened with a demand for six thousand medium-quality or higher Soul Crystals.”
Next, Niglas recounted the details of his conversation with Flos to the Lust Demon Queen; as the lord of the sixth layer of the Hell of Bartok, in fact, she would inquire about most major transactions of the Soul Thieves. This was likely related to a demon duke or minor demon lord preparing to expand their army, possibly containing information that Glacelia needed.
In the lower planes.
Although many demon lords liked to buy wild Abyss Worms from Night Witches and Ghost Hags, then select the promising ones to promote them to mid-tier demons,
the real elite forces of many demon lords were mostly creatures created through soul reshaping by the lords themselves.
Demons born this way had greater potential and were very loyal to their creators!
Or rather, when reshaping these souls into demons, the demon lords already left marks of slavery on them.
“Six thousand souls of medium quality or higher?”
“That’s enough to form an elite army!”
After hearing Niglas’ words, the Lust Demon Queen – Glacelia fell into thought, murmuring, “To trade with an artifact! Could it be that a certain evil god is standing behind him?”
Evil gods.
There were quite a number of evil gods in the Hell of Bartok, and many of the lawful evil faction gods were close to the Hell of Bartok, so high-ranking devils often interacted with evil gods.
Once a matter involved an evil god, Glacelia became serious.
“Do you have any guesses about who it is?”
She turned to look at Niglas and said slowly, “There are not many evil gods close to the Hell of Bartok; do you know who stands behind him?”
Most evil gods were in the lower planes.
However, dealing with the Soul Thieves didn’t necessarily require an evil god with a divine kingdom in the Hell of Bartok; evil gods from places like the Grey Wastes, the bl**d War, or the Hell of Scorching Flames might also secretly seek representatives to buy souls from the Hell of Bartok to conceal their identities.
“I don’t know.”
Niglas shook his head and said, “But I can be sure that the evil god behind that Hell Alchemist is no simple matter, because I sensed a trace of a mark of surveillance on him.”
“He is very likely a weak divine power or higher evil god!”
Hearing Niglas’ words, Glacelia frowned in thought and slowly said, “Proceed with the transaction as normal; as soon as the artifact arrives, bring it to me!”
Most artifacts had usage requirements.
For mortals, artifacts that did not meet the requirements were completely unusable; however, for high-ranking devils with even a trace of divinity, as well as more powerful demon lords, artifacts were extraordinarily valuable!
Sometimes, artifacts might not even need to be used.
Devils could always think of various ways to corrupt and modify an artifact, whether to corrupt it or extract its divine power, which was a temptation for all devils.
“I understand.” Niglas quickly nodded.
Glacelia smiled with satisfaction upon hearing this and continued, “Serve me well! If you can prove yourself, I will recommend you to my father!”
The father of the Lust Demon Queen was naturally the Lord of Hell – Asmothiels.
Upon hearing this, Niglas’ expression instantly turned excited!
…………
Modo City. Study.
Today was a good day; although the Overseas Islands had become increasingly stormy as summer approached, even Modo City occasionally experienced heavy downpours.
However, Soren received good news today.
He had received word that the devil servant he sent out had contacted the Soul Thieves in the Hell of Bartok. If the transaction went through, Soren would be able to procure a large number of medium or higher Soul Crystals from the Soul Thieves, all of which could be used to create Iron Golems. With the further development of Modo City, ordinary Stone Golems could no longer meet Soren’s requirements. Creating higher-level Iron Golems required better Soul Crystals, which could likely only be satisfied in the lower planes.
From Stone Golem to Iron Golem, combat power surged dramatically!
An army composed entirely of Iron Golems would not only fare well against the armies of the material plane but would also be able to contend fiercely against the elite demon legions of the Bottomless Abyss!
Currently, Soren had secured the Soul Crystal portion.
Next, what he needed to do was figure out how to obtain a large amount of steel to meet the consumption demands of the Golem Factory operating at full capacity.
Of course,
this was somewhat difficult.
Because the current level of civilization in the material plane could not meet the steel production required by Soren. He had no leads on the steelmaking technology from the times of the Arcane Empire, and the demonic steel forging technology was still under research. Therefore, the only thing Soren could do now was increase manpower, mobilizing the Grey Dwarves brought from the Underdark to temporarily meet the consumption of the Golem Factory with their steel forging technology. As for any other shortages, he could only think of ways to procure materials from the Northern Witch Council.
Although Modo City was developing rapidly, many aspects still had shortcomings!
The Golem Legion was a crucial part of Soren’s plan.
He had now preliminarily resolved the energy supply issue, and he was also close to solving the shortage of Soul Crystals. Now, the only obstacle to establishing an army of Iron Golems was how to obtain enough quality steel.
The weight of an Iron Golem was at least two tons!
Unlike the relatively inexpensive Stone Golem, Iron Golems far surpassed Stone Golems in both craftsmanship and cost. To form an army of Iron Golems, Soren would need an astonishing amount of materials!
Given the current level of civilization in the material plane, he might still need to think of solutions himself.
………………(To be continued ~^~)
