Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Roy had tested the fear effect of the Eyes of Nightmare, but he could not test the ability to see through and break illusions.
Just as Roy thought that it would take a long time before he could meet an illusion demon, the memory crystal that Roy had tied around his wrist unexpectedly lit up on the fourth month and twenty-eighth day that he entered the middle Abyss!
Roy did not respond at first, but then he suddenly remembered his mission and immediately felt the direction through the memory crystal. He called out to Fat Tiger. “Let’s go!”
Roy and Fat Tiger flapped their wings and flew into the dark sky, swiftly heading in the direction the memory crystal indicated. The difficulty of this mission was not knowing when César would come back, so he could only idly wait for him. But César finally returned and reappeared in the middle Abyss, and it was finally time for Roy’s execution mission.
The location where César appeared in the Abyss was quite far from Roy. Roy had flown for a long time but did not see the signal from the memory crystal become stronger, so he had to hold Fat Tiger in his arms and use Mach Flight to speed up the pace.
Roy could tell that César had especially avoided the area where Demon Lord Rogeros had set up the refining pool when he returned. It seemed like he knew that he would be hunted down.
But in Roy’s impression, a demon returning from another world by opening a Gate of the Abyss should have teleported back to a random location. Could César have mastered some method to navigate when passing through the Gates of the Abyss?
Roy was unsure about this, but he still deepened his vigilance toward César. Although he would have no issues dealing with the illusion demon’s illusions with the Eyes of Nightmare, the opponent was still an upper-middle-rank demon in the information!
The difference between the lower, middle, and upper levels of low-rank demons was only the difference between newborn, growing, and adult. The lower, middle, and upper levels of middle-rank demons were calculated using the absolute value of magic power. In the past few months in the middle Abyss, Roy had figured this out. If the absolute magic power value of lower-middle-rank demons was between 400 to 600, then the value for middle-middle-rank demons had doubled to be between 800 to 1200. And for upper-middle-rank demons, it had doubled again from middle-middle-rank demons to be between 1600 to 2400.
In other words, in terms of magic power, upper-middle-rank demons had about four times more magic power than lower-middle-rank demons!
And this difference of four times, in terms of number of souls, was a difference of five to six thousand normal souls. Given the speed at which demons hunted souls, upper-middle-rank demons had stayed in the middle Abyss for a very long time.
As time passed, the crude magic power usage of middle-rank demons would become more refined, and the magic they mastered would become more powerful, which was a very huge difference.
If not for the fact that César was an illusion demon, Roy would not have had the confidence to complete the mission. After all, as long as he found a way to break illusions, César’s power was not a big deal. Although César’s magic power far exceeded his, Roy was not someone to be trifled with. His Magic Power Virus had the characteristic of devouring the opponent’s magic power, so it was suitable for dealing with demons like illusion demons.
Moreover, Roy had two skills he could use to escape, Flash and Teleport. This was why he had the confidence to face the upper-middle-rank demon. The gap between Roy and the upper-middle rank was nothing more than the insufficient accumulation of time and magic power. In terms of combat ability, he was not afraid of César.
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Roy did not expect that he would fly for four days!
On the way, he passed by a lot of demon territories, but these demons did not disturb him because he only flew by. As he neared, the signal in the memory crystal gradually became stronger, indicating that Roy was close to César…
When he felt that the signal in the memory crystal was about to reach its peak, Roy landed with Fat Tiger.
It was definitely impossible for him to be so bold as to fly directly to César’s head and land. He planned to observe his opponent carefully first.
On the dusky black ground, the sulfuric-laden wind blew by from time to time. Roy crouched on a scorched black rock that was cooled lava, looked down, and found César!
Just like the information showed, this illusion demon named César looked a bit like a centaur, but his entire face was on the abdomen of his human upper body, making him look rather strange.
César was currently hunting, and his prey was a monster that looked like a tentacle monster. It was a very cruel monster and had dozens of tentacles full of suckers. Once stuck on the enemy, they could tear the enemy’s flesh into bloody pieces. But when Roy saw César, he seemed to be hunting this monster as easily as drinking water.
Facing the tentacle monster making threatening gestures, the eyes on César’s chest merely sparkled twice. Then Roy saw the tentacle monster charging fiercely at a giant rock nearby!
The enemy was obviously in front of it, but it firmly entangled its tentacles around the rock and did not let go at all. After César leisurely walked over and smashed the tentacle monster’s head with the huge ax in his hand, the entire hunting process ended!
It was not until this time that César calmly used his ax to pick up the tentacle monster, opened that hideous mouth on his abdomen, and swallowed the tentacle monster together with its soul.
However, Roy noticed that after devouring the monster, César made a dissatisfied sound, seemingly not satisfied with the soul of this tentacle monster.
This guy actually has a weapon. In addition to illusions, it seems like he’s also skilled at melee combat. A demon who isn’t powerful wouldn’t be able to use this ax. Roy pondered while watching César eat. And there’s that tentacle monster. This monster doesn’t have eyes and completely relies on the perception of its limbs. But César’s illusion actually had an effect on it. This means that his illusions aren’t only limited to visual deception but should have perceptual deception…
César’s hunt was not over yet. Demons usually did not eat enough after one monster, so Roy could continue observing César’s fighting style.
By the way, what about that demon artifact? After watching for a while, Roy noticed this problem. Besides the hair covering César, Roy did not see anything like clothing. Edrach had said that César had stolen the demon artifact, but Roy could not see it on him. If not for the signal in the memory crystal constantly reminding him, Roy would have even suspected that César had not brought it back…
Only after devouring several tentacle monsters did César stop. He used one hand to grip his battleax and the other to wipe the blood off the mouth on his abdomen. He suddenly said loudly in the demon language, “I’m already full. Come down! You’re the execution demon sent by Rogeros, right?”
As he spoke, he turned his body toward Roy’s high position. The gigantic pair of demon eyes on his chest also looked over.
Was I discovered? How is that possible? Roy had specially chosen a position against the wind to prevent scent problems!
However, it did not matter if he was found. Roy knew that he was good at concealing his tracks and tailing, so he calmly spread his demon wings and flew down from high above.
But he did not land. He flapped his wings and floated in the air not far from César, while Fat Tiger retracted his wings and stood on the ground. After landing, Fat Tiger sniffed César’s smell and remembered it.
“How did you find me?” Roy asked curiously.
“Your gaze! This is also a kind of perception!” The mouth on César’s abdomen opened into a grin. “And we illusion demons are the best at the feedback of perception! As long as you look at me, I’ll be able to notice you as well!”
“Really?” Roy’s heart stirred when he heard this. He immediately activated the Eyes of Nightmare and asked, “Where’s the demon artifact? Where are you hiding it?”
With the activation of his Insight ability, Roy found that there was a deviation in where César was standing from what he was seeing! His body was actually a little farther behind. As expected, this guy had already secretly activated his illusion!
However, under the watchful gaze of the Eyes of Nightmare, his illusory body disappeared, replaced with the true location of his body. This made Roy feel relieved. Sure enough, the Insight ability was able to dispel this illusion!
However, Roy intentionally did not look at where César was but continued staring at where his illusory body was just now because César had just said that he was very sensitive to sight.
This way, Roy would confuse César. He would not realize that Roy had seen through his illusion and would underestimate him.
César stroked the sharp teeth interlaced on his stomach and said proudly, “The demon artifact is in my stomach. You can get it by killing me, but I strongly doubt that you have the strength! Seriously, I didn’t expect that a lower-middle-rank demon would even take on this execution demon mission. It seems like Rogeros doesn’t plan on getting his item back…”