Chapter 242 Unbridled Wilderness
"Master, the Devil Legion has evacuated to a place thirty kilometers upstream of Styx Castle."
Kugma's communication technique rang in the ears of Long's demon incarnation, and Long also secretly sent a message:
"Very well, you can find a chance to return to the devil army yourself. Don't arouse the suspicion of other devils. Except in emergencies, don't take the initiative to contact me at other times."
Taking advantage of the good opportunity Kugma created for himself with the labyrinth technique, Long came directly to his true will and enslaved Kugma's soul with legendary spells. Although there was no visible change in appearance, there was no change in his thinking logic and personality. But now Kugelma has turned into the shape of Long, and he obeys Long's orders.
Of course, Ron, such a useful chess piece, will not just be used as a thug. He also has a legend under his command. Only by allowing Kugelma to hide and return to Baator Hell can greater value be created.
After the maze was lifted, Kugelma pretended to be seriously injured and was defeated. He could only abandon the devil on the bank of the River Styx and quickly took a boat down the river and escaped into the Castle of Styx.
And Long En led the selected powerful demons to board the ship "accidentally" left by Kugma, and continued to pursue it along the River Styx. After a "hard" battle, he captured the ship that had been "accidentally" deployed. Styx Castle, but was still "accidentally" escaped by the supreme commander of the devil's side in Styx Castle, the hell fiend Kurgma.
Although there were many coincidences, they all made sense, and except for Long and Kugelma, the other devils and demons involved in the battle for Styx Castle were completely unaware and fought extremely hard, leaving Long and Kugelma unprepared. The scene played by Gema seemed extremely real, and he can be called the most dedicated extras.
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On the banks of the River Styx, the heavily damaged demon army was marching and evacuating neatly along the River Styx. Although they were defeated, they were not in any disorder at all, which was in sharp contrast to the demons chasing behind them.
Although the Abyss side was victorious, internal conflicts continued to break out during the chase, slowing down the march, and the distance between them and the demon army became farther and farther.
It is no longer possible to catch up with the devils and completely eliminate them. The most the devils can do is drive the devils to the next fortress and push the battle line back from the area near the Molten Iron Lake and Ferrag.
The fortress-level military building that can now allow the devil to regain a foothold is undoubtedly the Styx Castle in the lower reaches of the Styx. Once the devil's army enters the Styx Castle, the demons can only temporarily evacuate.
If you want to capture a fortress as large as Styx Castle and with enough devil defenders stationed there, you need at least ten times the number of devil defenders in the fortress.
This time the demon lords were summoned by the demon archdukes for the purpose of guarding the Molten Iron Lake and Ferrag. By driving the demons into the Styx Castle, they had already overfulfilled their mission. As for the siege, that was for the next military operation.
A hell fiend quickly evacuated to the top of the army and looked into the distance. When he saw chaos erupted in the pursuing demon army and slowed down, a disdainful and sarcastic smile appeared on his face.
Although this war failed, its arrogance and contempt for the devil increased.
Most of those who died after entering the war were other races they enslaved or hired in various forms. The devils themselves suffered only more than [-] casualties. For a brutal and bloody battle involving nearly ten million creatures (although most of them were They are demons, and nearly half of the demons are fighting each other on their own side), so the casualties are almost negligible.
Moreover, the souls of the slaves and mercenaries who died in the bloody battle were also captured by the devils. As long as they return to Baator Hell and immerse the souls of these creatures in the Styx, countless evil demons will be born. After the high-level demons Their continuous promotion can quickly recover their losses in this bloody battle.
But look at those barbaric demons with low intelligence. Even though their strength is several times theirs, the number and proportion of deaths far exceeds them. The battle losses on both sides are almost one to ten!
Looking at the way they are chasing now, it is simply ridiculous. They are obviously chasing the enemy, but they have lost more than [-] troops in the conflict between their own sides.
As long as it returns to Styx Castle, it will be absolutely sure to repel these stupid demons. It can even use Styx Castle to counterattack the demon army and tear off a piece of flesh from these demon army.
He looked away from the demon army behind him and turned his head, but the Hell Fiend saw a familiar figure.
"Kugma? Damn it!"
Kugelma looked extremely miserable at this time. His whole body was bathed in blood. His hard scales were cracked everywhere, revealing the flesh and blood underneath that had been eroded by heavy blows. Many of his limbs had broken bones and were twisted out of shape.
Seeing Kugma's current appearance and the dozen or so high-ranking devils left around him, the pit fiends who already knew that Kugma had escaped early and returned to Styx Castle immediately guessed what was going on.
"You idiot! Did you lose Styx Castle!?"
The furious Hell Fiend was covered in red flames and looked like he wanted to eat Kugelmar alive: "Didn't you bring [-] troops back to Styx Castle!? How could you lose Styx Castle!? I need an explanation! "
Kugelma, who was severely injured by Long after performing all the tricks, was not afraid of being suspected by other devils, and his condition completely withstood inspection.
Kugelma put on an angry and cold look: "Kusage, pay attention to the way you talk to me! My rank is half a level higher than yours! Even if I want to be held accountable, it should be done by the Grand Duke himself. Not you!"
The raging flames burning all over the body of the hell demon Kusage suddenly went out. He stared at Kugelma with cold eyes and a sarcastic smile on his lips: "You can just be tougher for a while. When you return to Dis, the Grand Guild will Let your life be worse than death!"
Kugelma's expression turned even more grim in time, but he still did not lower his head. He snorted coldly and stopped talking to the other party.
Several other pit fiends who commanded the Demon Legion also gathered around and quickly figured out the current situation. Although they were all angry and furious about Kugelma's loss of Styx Castle, they did not punish Kugel who was at the same level as them. Ma's rights.
At this point, the original plan to return to Styx Castle and re-establish a front had to be abandoned.
The Castle of Styx has strong weapons and various defensive formations inside. Now that Castle of Styx has been taken away and firmly controlled by a legendary demon, they want to retake Castle of Styx with the pursuit of troops. It was impossible, and he would even be attacked from both sides by the demons in Styx Castle and the pursuers from behind.
The bridgehead into the abyss has been lost, and they can only choose to bypass the Styx Castle, leave the Abyss Plain, and retreat to the Carceri plane of the Exile Abyss.
This means that among the several armies of demons that have invaded the Plain of Abyss, this one has been completely driven out of the Abyss, and the battle line has been pushed back to the Abyss of Exile Kaserli outside the Abyss. They want to regroup and fight again. Entering the Wanyuan Plain has to spend a lot of time and energy again.
Long En stood on the observation deck of the huge dark fortress Styx Castle that straddled the River Styx, looking down at the demon army and turning around, but did not order the demon army under his command to encircle it.
There are only more than [-] demons under Long En's command, which is more than enough to hold on to Styx Castle, but going out to fight the demon army is definitely asking for death.
Capturing Styx Castle was already a great achievement, and there was no need for Ron to take risks to stop the devils who were eager to the power of the demon incarnation has almost reached the limit that Long En can continue to control. If he gets the blessing and promotion from the power of the abyss after killing the demon, there is a high probability that the demon incarnation will break away from Long's control and become a truly powerful demon. .
What Long needs to do now is to firmly hold Styx Castle in his hands after occupying Styx Castle, and become one of the most powerful and powerful demon lords in the Abyss Plain.
With the current strength of the demon incarnation, coupled with the unbreakable super fortress Styx Castle, Long already has this strength.
The demon army went away, and after waiting for a long time, the pursuing demon army finally arrived at the foot of the Styx Castle.
Several high-ranking demons were sent to negotiate with Long, asking him to open the gate of Styx Castle and put their friendly troops in to guard Styx Castle together.
Of course Long refused directly.
The high-ranking demons negotiating outside the city began to accuse Long of not leading an army to intercept, thereby letting go of the demon army that could have been completely annihilated.
Ron didn't bother to say more to these guys, and directly ordered the opening of the Styx Castle fortress barrier to prepare for the attack.
The demons under Long En pushed out fat purple worms one after another and set them up on the top of the fortress, stimulating the purple worms to spit out more than ten purple slime bombs at the high-ranking demons outside the city.
Several high-level demons fled in all directions, but two were accidentally hit by purple slime bombs. The body parts stained by the mucus quickly rotted. One high-level demon's head was swallowed by the mucus and died on the spot. Another one had its wings and a strip behind it cut off in time. arm, and barely escaped with his life.
Facing Long's threats and provocations, the demon lords in the demon army were angry but helpless. Their hearts were divided. Although it was not impossible to capture Styx Castle, their losses could be expected to be huge. Even if Styx was taken away, It would be easy to defeat the river fort but the gain outweighs the loss.
After watching the demon army retreat unwillingly, until he could no longer see the demon army from the observation deck of Styx Castle, Long once again suppressed a group of alienated demons with bloody killings, and allowed the demon army under his command to become honest again.
At this time, there are still 34 demons left under Long En's command, most of which are intermediate level or above.
Not only did they survive this war, the demons who participated in the bloody battle also received considerable benefits. The rewards of the abyssal will gained from the crazy fighting, and the strength gained from gnawing and devouring countless demon corpses made them even more powerful. powerful.
34 demons are more than enough to defend Styx Castle. Long only needs to prevent the demons under his command from betraying him, and he can almost rest easy.
Ron stepped into the Styx Castle, and his will was withdrawn from the demon incarnation and returned to the original body.
The harvest this time exceeded Long's expectations. Not only was the demon incarnation promoted to the level of legend, but he also gained Styx Castle, one of the most important strategic locations in the Abyss Plain.
After occupying Styx Castle, Long can use this fortress as a base for the incarnation of the devil, develop his power in the abyss, and collect news about the abyss for him.
The Styx Castle is located next to the Styx River, and Long can also block the river and set up a checkpoint on the Styx River to collect taxes from the passing Styx ship merchants.
Now that the devils here have been completely driven out of the Abyss Plain, the Styx ship merchants who have temporarily disappeared due to the bloody battle will soon pour out from various places to resume trade along the Styx River.
One day late in resuming business, the Styx ship merchants will lose one more day of profit. They are eager to resume normal operations and earn souls.
As long as Long has enough power to scare all Styx merchants into paying taxes, there is no need to worry about the funds needed to develop his power.
Not only that, Long En also accidentally ran into an old acquaintance. Long En and Kurelia once tried to descend to the material world but were killed by Long En and Kurelia. The abyssal demon Kugma came to incarnate to destroy the plan, and successfully enslaved him and became A dark seed inserted into the hell of Baator.
Now that the Demon Avatar has attracted too much attention, he must prevent the connection between the Demon Avatar and him from being noticed by the beings paying attention to the Demon Avatar.
In the following days, Long En reduced the number of times that the main consciousness descended into the body of the devil's incarnation. He only checked the devil's power from time to time to prevent the devil's incarnation from continuing to advance out of his control. The tax agency that levies business taxes and formulates the direction of subsequent expansion.
Long didn't expect the demon incarnation to act exactly according to the plan he made before the main consciousness came. After all, although it was his incarnation, it was still a demon in nature, and its behavior was chaotic and erratic. As long as the general direction was not wrong, it would be fine. Just too much is fine.
The information about this battle spread rapidly in the Abyss and Baator Hell, and even the entire lower plane heard about this "Battle of Styx". The reputation of Long's demon incarnation also spread, and the "Holy Lord" His name was known by more and more beings, which forced Long to be more cautious.
After a few days, Long En again came into the body of the demon incarnation, read the memory of this period, and raised his eyebrows with a strange expression.
One day ago, the demon incarnation received a letter from Baator Hell. A rare evil lawful demon messenger handed it a solicitation letter from the gods.
And this deity is the mother of dragons, the five-color dragon queen Tiamat, who occupies the first level of Baator Hell.
Tiamat was very interested in Ron's demon incarnation, a demon that showed lawful characteristics from time to time (when Ron's main consciousness came), and secretly extended an olive branch to it, promising many benefits, and tried to turn it into a demon. incite defection.
But Long felt that Tiamat's purpose was more than that.
The demon who instigated his rebellion and occupied Styx Castle would not only exert unexpected effects in the bloody battle, but also gain more benefits.
But Long En always felt that the mother of the five-color dragon, who could be regarded as his "mother", was also interested in the thunder and lightning ability of his demon incarnation.
Ron destroyed the letter with a half-smile: "He doesn't want to use my demon incarnation to deal with me, does he?"
Long thought for a while and ordered his subordinates to bring Tiamat's messenger.
He decided to accept Tiamat's offer.
(End of this chapter)
"Master, the Devil Legion has evacuated to a place thirty kilometers upstream of Styx Castle."
Kugma's communication technique rang in the ears of Long's demon incarnation, and Long also secretly sent a message:
"Very well, you can find a chance to return to the devil army yourself. Don't arouse the suspicion of other devils. Except in emergencies, don't take the initiative to contact me at other times."
Taking advantage of the good opportunity Kugma created for himself with the labyrinth technique, Long came directly to his true will and enslaved Kugma's soul with legendary spells. Although there was no visible change in appearance, there was no change in his thinking logic and personality. But now Kugelma has turned into the shape of Long, and he obeys Long's orders.
Of course, Ron, such a useful chess piece, will not just be used as a thug. He also has a legend under his command. Only by allowing Kugelma to hide and return to Baator Hell can greater value be created.
After the maze was lifted, Kugelma pretended to be seriously injured and was defeated. He could only abandon the devil on the bank of the River Styx and quickly took a boat down the river and escaped into the Castle of Styx.
And Long En led the selected powerful demons to board the ship "accidentally" left by Kugma, and continued to pursue it along the River Styx. After a "hard" battle, he captured the ship that had been "accidentally" deployed. Styx Castle, but was still "accidentally" escaped by the supreme commander of the devil's side in Styx Castle, the hell fiend Kurgma.
Although there were many coincidences, they all made sense, and except for Long and Kugelma, the other devils and demons involved in the battle for Styx Castle were completely unaware and fought extremely hard, leaving Long and Kugelma unprepared. The scene played by Gema seemed extremely real, and he can be called the most dedicated extras.
……
On the banks of the River Styx, the heavily damaged demon army was marching and evacuating neatly along the River Styx. Although they were defeated, they were not in any disorder at all, which was in sharp contrast to the demons chasing behind them.
Although the Abyss side was victorious, internal conflicts continued to break out during the chase, slowing down the march, and the distance between them and the demon army became farther and farther.
It is no longer possible to catch up with the devils and completely eliminate them. The most the devils can do is drive the devils to the next fortress and push the battle line back from the area near the Molten Iron Lake and Ferrag.
The fortress-level military building that can now allow the devil to regain a foothold is undoubtedly the Styx Castle in the lower reaches of the Styx. Once the devil's army enters the Styx Castle, the demons can only temporarily evacuate.
If you want to capture a fortress as large as Styx Castle and with enough devil defenders stationed there, you need at least ten times the number of devil defenders in the fortress.
This time the demon lords were summoned by the demon archdukes for the purpose of guarding the Molten Iron Lake and Ferrag. By driving the demons into the Styx Castle, they had already overfulfilled their mission. As for the siege, that was for the next military operation.
A hell fiend quickly evacuated to the top of the army and looked into the distance. When he saw chaos erupted in the pursuing demon army and slowed down, a disdainful and sarcastic smile appeared on his face.
Although this war failed, its arrogance and contempt for the devil increased.
Most of those who died after entering the war were other races they enslaved or hired in various forms. The devils themselves suffered only more than [-] casualties. For a brutal and bloody battle involving nearly ten million creatures (although most of them were They are demons, and nearly half of the demons are fighting each other on their own side), so the casualties are almost negligible.
Moreover, the souls of the slaves and mercenaries who died in the bloody battle were also captured by the devils. As long as they return to Baator Hell and immerse the souls of these creatures in the Styx, countless evil demons will be born. After the high-level demons Their continuous promotion can quickly recover their losses in this bloody battle.
But look at those barbaric demons with low intelligence. Even though their strength is several times theirs, the number and proportion of deaths far exceeds them. The battle losses on both sides are almost one to ten!
Looking at the way they are chasing now, it is simply ridiculous. They are obviously chasing the enemy, but they have lost more than [-] troops in the conflict between their own sides.
As long as it returns to Styx Castle, it will be absolutely sure to repel these stupid demons. It can even use Styx Castle to counterattack the demon army and tear off a piece of flesh from these demon army.
He looked away from the demon army behind him and turned his head, but the Hell Fiend saw a familiar figure.
"Kugma? Damn it!"
Kugelma looked extremely miserable at this time. His whole body was bathed in blood. His hard scales were cracked everywhere, revealing the flesh and blood underneath that had been eroded by heavy blows. Many of his limbs had broken bones and were twisted out of shape.
Seeing Kugma's current appearance and the dozen or so high-ranking devils left around him, the pit fiends who already knew that Kugma had escaped early and returned to Styx Castle immediately guessed what was going on.
"You idiot! Did you lose Styx Castle!?"
The furious Hell Fiend was covered in red flames and looked like he wanted to eat Kugelmar alive: "Didn't you bring [-] troops back to Styx Castle!? How could you lose Styx Castle!? I need an explanation! "
Kugelma, who was severely injured by Long after performing all the tricks, was not afraid of being suspected by other devils, and his condition completely withstood inspection.
Kugelma put on an angry and cold look: "Kusage, pay attention to the way you talk to me! My rank is half a level higher than yours! Even if I want to be held accountable, it should be done by the Grand Duke himself. Not you!"
The raging flames burning all over the body of the hell demon Kusage suddenly went out. He stared at Kugelma with cold eyes and a sarcastic smile on his lips: "You can just be tougher for a while. When you return to Dis, the Grand Guild will Let your life be worse than death!"
Kugelma's expression turned even more grim in time, but he still did not lower his head. He snorted coldly and stopped talking to the other party.
Several other pit fiends who commanded the Demon Legion also gathered around and quickly figured out the current situation. Although they were all angry and furious about Kugelma's loss of Styx Castle, they did not punish Kugel who was at the same level as them. Ma's rights.
At this point, the original plan to return to Styx Castle and re-establish a front had to be abandoned.
The Castle of Styx has strong weapons and various defensive formations inside. Now that Castle of Styx has been taken away and firmly controlled by a legendary demon, they want to retake Castle of Styx with the pursuit of troops. It was impossible, and he would even be attacked from both sides by the demons in Styx Castle and the pursuers from behind.
The bridgehead into the abyss has been lost, and they can only choose to bypass the Styx Castle, leave the Abyss Plain, and retreat to the Carceri plane of the Exile Abyss.
This means that among the several armies of demons that have invaded the Plain of Abyss, this one has been completely driven out of the Abyss, and the battle line has been pushed back to the Abyss of Exile Kaserli outside the Abyss. They want to regroup and fight again. Entering the Wanyuan Plain has to spend a lot of time and energy again.
Long En stood on the observation deck of the huge dark fortress Styx Castle that straddled the River Styx, looking down at the demon army and turning around, but did not order the demon army under his command to encircle it.
There are only more than [-] demons under Long En's command, which is more than enough to hold on to Styx Castle, but going out to fight the demon army is definitely asking for death.
Capturing Styx Castle was already a great achievement, and there was no need for Ron to take risks to stop the devils who were eager to the power of the demon incarnation has almost reached the limit that Long En can continue to control. If he gets the blessing and promotion from the power of the abyss after killing the demon, there is a high probability that the demon incarnation will break away from Long's control and become a truly powerful demon. .
What Long needs to do now is to firmly hold Styx Castle in his hands after occupying Styx Castle, and become one of the most powerful and powerful demon lords in the Abyss Plain.
With the current strength of the demon incarnation, coupled with the unbreakable super fortress Styx Castle, Long already has this strength.
The demon army went away, and after waiting for a long time, the pursuing demon army finally arrived at the foot of the Styx Castle.
Several high-ranking demons were sent to negotiate with Long, asking him to open the gate of Styx Castle and put their friendly troops in to guard Styx Castle together.
Of course Long refused directly.
The high-ranking demons negotiating outside the city began to accuse Long of not leading an army to intercept, thereby letting go of the demon army that could have been completely annihilated.
Ron didn't bother to say more to these guys, and directly ordered the opening of the Styx Castle fortress barrier to prepare for the attack.
The demons under Long En pushed out fat purple worms one after another and set them up on the top of the fortress, stimulating the purple worms to spit out more than ten purple slime bombs at the high-ranking demons outside the city.
Several high-level demons fled in all directions, but two were accidentally hit by purple slime bombs. The body parts stained by the mucus quickly rotted. One high-level demon's head was swallowed by the mucus and died on the spot. Another one had its wings and a strip behind it cut off in time. arm, and barely escaped with his life.
Facing Long's threats and provocations, the demon lords in the demon army were angry but helpless. Their hearts were divided. Although it was not impossible to capture Styx Castle, their losses could be expected to be huge. Even if Styx was taken away, It would be easy to defeat the river fort but the gain outweighs the loss.
After watching the demon army retreat unwillingly, until he could no longer see the demon army from the observation deck of Styx Castle, Long once again suppressed a group of alienated demons with bloody killings, and allowed the demon army under his command to become honest again.
At this time, there are still 34 demons left under Long En's command, most of which are intermediate level or above.
Not only did they survive this war, the demons who participated in the bloody battle also received considerable benefits. The rewards of the abyssal will gained from the crazy fighting, and the strength gained from gnawing and devouring countless demon corpses made them even more powerful. powerful.
34 demons are more than enough to defend Styx Castle. Long only needs to prevent the demons under his command from betraying him, and he can almost rest easy.
Ron stepped into the Styx Castle, and his will was withdrawn from the demon incarnation and returned to the original body.
The harvest this time exceeded Long's expectations. Not only was the demon incarnation promoted to the level of legend, but he also gained Styx Castle, one of the most important strategic locations in the Abyss Plain.
After occupying Styx Castle, Long can use this fortress as a base for the incarnation of the devil, develop his power in the abyss, and collect news about the abyss for him.
The Styx Castle is located next to the Styx River, and Long can also block the river and set up a checkpoint on the Styx River to collect taxes from the passing Styx ship merchants.
Now that the devils here have been completely driven out of the Abyss Plain, the Styx ship merchants who have temporarily disappeared due to the bloody battle will soon pour out from various places to resume trade along the Styx River.
One day late in resuming business, the Styx ship merchants will lose one more day of profit. They are eager to resume normal operations and earn souls.
As long as Long has enough power to scare all Styx merchants into paying taxes, there is no need to worry about the funds needed to develop his power.
Not only that, Long En also accidentally ran into an old acquaintance. Long En and Kurelia once tried to descend to the material world but were killed by Long En and Kurelia. The abyssal demon Kugma came to incarnate to destroy the plan, and successfully enslaved him and became A dark seed inserted into the hell of Baator.
Now that the Demon Avatar has attracted too much attention, he must prevent the connection between the Demon Avatar and him from being noticed by the beings paying attention to the Demon Avatar.
In the following days, Long En reduced the number of times that the main consciousness descended into the body of the devil's incarnation. He only checked the devil's power from time to time to prevent the devil's incarnation from continuing to advance out of his control. The tax agency that levies business taxes and formulates the direction of subsequent expansion.
Long didn't expect the demon incarnation to act exactly according to the plan he made before the main consciousness came. After all, although it was his incarnation, it was still a demon in nature, and its behavior was chaotic and erratic. As long as the general direction was not wrong, it would be fine. Just too much is fine.
The information about this battle spread rapidly in the Abyss and Baator Hell, and even the entire lower plane heard about this "Battle of Styx". The reputation of Long's demon incarnation also spread, and the "Holy Lord" His name was known by more and more beings, which forced Long to be more cautious.
After a few days, Long En again came into the body of the demon incarnation, read the memory of this period, and raised his eyebrows with a strange expression.
One day ago, the demon incarnation received a letter from Baator Hell. A rare evil lawful demon messenger handed it a solicitation letter from the gods.
And this deity is the mother of dragons, the five-color dragon queen Tiamat, who occupies the first level of Baator Hell.
Tiamat was very interested in Ron's demon incarnation, a demon that showed lawful characteristics from time to time (when Ron's main consciousness came), and secretly extended an olive branch to it, promising many benefits, and tried to turn it into a demon. incite defection.
But Long felt that Tiamat's purpose was more than that.
The demon who instigated his rebellion and occupied Styx Castle would not only exert unexpected effects in the bloody battle, but also gain more benefits.
But Long En always felt that the mother of the five-color dragon, who could be regarded as his "mother", was also interested in the thunder and lightning ability of his demon incarnation.
Ron destroyed the letter with a half-smile: "He doesn't want to use my demon incarnation to deal with me, does he?"
Long thought for a while and ordered his subordinates to bring Tiamat's messenger.
He decided to accept Tiamat's offer.
(End of this chapter)
