Chapter 167 It’s Hard to Change One’s Nature
After putting aside these angel souls for the time being, Roy finally received news from the Demon Eyes he released, so he brought Julia to the place where one of the Seven Deadly Sins lurked.
In fact, one of the reasons why he had promised Fury of the Four Horsemen to help her hunt down the Seven Deadly Sins was that Roy was a little curious about the origin of the power of these Seven Deadly Sins and if it had anything to do with the Seven Deadly Sin Demon Kings of the Abyss.
Of course, Roy certainly knew that he could only act within his own abilities. It was precisely because Roy had observed the battle between Fury and Envy (false) in Vulgrim’s Purgatory Space that he could roughly determine that the strength of the Seven Deadly Sins was only at the high-rank demon level. This was why he was willing to accept the mission. If the strength of the Seven Deadly Sins exceeded Roy’s abilities, then he would have never taken over.
However, even though the Seven Deadly Sins only had strength at the high-rank demon level, they were actually very difficult to deal with. In the demon hierarchy, high-rank demons were already quite powerful. They were the leaders and commanders of the demon armies. Once the people of other worlds encountered high-rank demons in their worlds, they would feel as though they were facing formidable enemies and would not hesitate to send a large number of troops to surround and annihilate them.
Especially in some worlds, if the natives were not clear about the hierarchy of the demons, they might treat a high-rank demon as a demon king. In the history books of certain worlds, when describing a demon king, they would often use all sorts of words to describe how terrifying the demon king was. But in fact, the demon king they described was maybe only a high-rank demon in the Abyss… A more specific description to describe the strength of a high-rank demon was that they could easily destroy a large city! When it came to demon lords, they could easily destroy a country. When it came to demon kings like Samael, they could easily destroy a world, a planet! The battle between Samael and the Destroyer had caused the Earth’s crust to change, chaotic weather, and frequent disasters. This was proof.
Roy was now a high-rank demon, so he also had the power to destroy a city easily… One of the Demon Eyes had found a strange figure. This figure was roaming through the destroyed buildings of humans, seemingly collecting something. When Roy and Julia rushed to the area where the Demon Eye was, they found that it was indeed one of the Seven Deadly Sins!
It was a… goblin-like creature carrying a huge bag on its back. The bag was so big that it was several times the size of this goblin creature, and it looked heavy. However, the skinny goblin effortlessly carried this huge bag and wandered around. And from time to time, he threw some shiny things into it.
There was no need to think too much. When Roy saw this goblin creature, he guessed its identity. It was one of the Seven Deadly Sins, Avarice!
The shiny things this goblin collected were all gold and jewelry. Before the End War, these items might have been very valuable in the human world; but after the End War, they became the most useless things. They could not turn into food to feed the survivors, and they could not be used to bribe the angels and demons for a chance of survival for humans, so they were naturally abandoned.
The ruins that Roy and Julia were in seemed to have a large bank in front. However, the building had been flattened, and the underground vault was open. Countless colorful bills were scattered everywhere in this area, but this goblin, Avarice, ignored the money and only searched for shiny gold.
Just as Fury had said, these Seven Deadly Sins were indeed not demons. Among demons, there were no such existences like goblins. This goblin was merely a ‘vessel’ Avarice possessed…
“That’s strange…” Roy hovered in the air as he looked at the goblin. “Are there goblins in this world?”
“It should be a species of the ancient races!” Julia said. “The space bubble where the Charred Council is in connects to all the alternate spaces of this world. When the Seven Deadly Sins escaped, not all of them might not have found their bodies in the human world.”
Roy nodded and did not delve into it further. He folded his wings and descended.
However, Avarice did not care about the uninvited arrival of Roy and Julia. He ignored them and continued to pick and choose in the ruins.
“Hey, stop!” Julia pointed her sword at Avarice. “You’re one of the Seven Deadly Sins, right?”
However, after shouting, what welcomed her was awkwardness. Greed ignored Julia, as though he did not hear her at all.
Roy sighed. Why does Julia like to say something before attacking? Is this a bad habit left behind from being an angel?
“Don’t bother talking nonsense. Go directly!” Roy summoned Frostmourne from the system space, flashed in front of Avarice, and then slashed at him!
It was not until this moment that the goblin finally discovered Roy and Julia. While being shocked, he quickly responded and raised his hand to block Roy’s slash.
Roy’s height was too tall for this goblin. Looking down from above, Roy could finally see Avarice’s appearance. Although he looked like a goblin, this goblin had a pair of demon horns, his cheeks were sunken in like a human skull, his eyes were blood-red, and his hands were a pair of large sharp claws. He already had looked like a demon to a certain extent, completely different from the goblins that Roy knew.
In his huge bag, some items were visible. There were human corpses, the wings of angels, and even the limbs of demons. It seemed that what this fellow collected was not limited to gold and jewelry, but everything that was valuable to him… “Damn demon, who are you?!” the goblin shouted in a sharp voice. “Do you want to snatch my things?” “No, I’m just greeting you. Hello!” Roy replied with a smile. Then he raised his right foot and suddenly kicked the goblin’s abdomen. The enormous force sent him flying along with the huge bag!
Roy’s kick aimed him toward Julia. Seeing this, Julia raised her longsword and slashed at the goblin’s waist, intending to split him into two.
However, unexpectedly, the goblin was exceptionally agile. He adjusted his posture in midair, causing Julia’s sword to slash directly at his bag!
With a bang, Avarice landed on the ground, and everything in his bag spilled out.
“Ah!!!” Seeing this, the goblin screamed even though he was not injured. After landing, he did not care about anything else, desperately hugged the things that spilled onto the ground, and stuffed them back into his bag. However, the bag had already been cut by Julia’s sword and could not hold anything at all. After he stuffed things into it, they fell out.
After discovering this situation, Avarice looked up at Julia and Roy and screamed coldly, “You damned demon and fallen angel! How dare you break my important bag! I will kill you and use your skin to repair it!”
With that, he picked up a large piece of concrete with curved steel bars and threw it at Julia!
When the concrete flew over, there was a loud whistling sound. The goblin’s small and short body unexpectedly hid an immense strength that did not match it. The concrete came fast and swiftly in a parabola. Julia could not find a direction to dodge, so she could only grit her teeth and resolutely slash her sword at the concrete. Although she split the piece of concrete in half, the enormous force contained in it sent her flying!
However, a hand stopped Julia as she was flying back. Roy had flashed behind her and caught her.
Roy caught Julia with his left hand and raised his right hand slightly. A large cone of ice suddenly pierced out from the ground where Avarice was. The sharp tip of the cone hit the goblin’s stomach and knocked him flying.
Avarice screamed in pain. This ice spike pierced through his skin and stabbed a few inches deep. Fortunately, he was short and light, so he was sent flying up instead of being completely pierced. But before he could land and stand firmly, a large Ice Storm attacked the area he was in!
Countless large icicles descended from the sky and smashed into the ground. The hard black icicles pierced through the concrete and penetrated deep into the ground. Avarice had no time to dodge and was immediately submerged by the Ice Storm!
Roy’s magic did not stop. He continued controlling the icicles to hit the ground for ten seconds before gradually stopping.
Under his high-quality magic power, Roy’s frost attacks became much stronger. The countless icicles did not disappear after falling, but as the cold air froze, they connected with each other to form a huge ice cage.
The sharp icicles failed to kill Avarice, but this guy was already dripping with blood. When the ice cage formed, he was sealed within. The Magic Power Virus and the Desolate Virus contained in the ice immediately began to erode his body. The surface of his body felt cold and bone-chilling, but the blood inside his body was boiling and hot, and even his magic power was constantly dissipating.
Avarice immediately realized that he had encountered a tough opponent. This high-rank demon was stronger than him!
Thus, he mustered all his strength to break the black ice cage and jumped out. Then… he turned around and ran!
The goblin was short, so he could go to his nest through the narrow underground passages. These underground passages extended all over, and once he entered, it would be difficult for the tall Roy to find him.
However, just after he turned around and ran a few steps, he suddenly heard clanking sounds behind him! That’s… the sound of gold falling?!
Instinctively, Avarice turned around and saw a scene that made him immensely jealous. From the hands of the demon, a large number of gold bars appeared out of thin air and fell to the ground. The sound was from the noise of these gold bars colliding continuously…
He clearly knew that his life was in danger, but his greedy body could not help but turn around and walk toward Roy.
Roy knew that Avarice wanted to escape, but he did not bother to use Flash to chase after him. Instead, he let Avarice obediently walk back himself…