Chapter 54 (1/2)

After Uland escaped with the remaining elven troops, this encounter evolved into a pursuit.

Out of his greed for souls, Xeron certainly did not want to let any enemies escape. However, this place was in the elves’ sphere of influence after all, and Uland was much more familiar with the terrain. After he led his troops into the forest, Xeron quickly lost their trail.

Druids were worshipers and defenders of nature. They protected nature, and nature would also protect them in turn. Thus, once Uland entered the forest, the entire forest was helping him cover his tracks. The lush foliage of tall trees shook their leaves off, and the entire sky of falling leaves blocked the view. Grass suddenly grew wildly and covered the trails of the elven troops. Brambles spread in the forest, blocking all the forest trails, hindering the demons from passing.

Under these circumstances, the elves escaped successfully, causing Xeron to roar angrily.

Although he set the forest ablaze in anger, not only did it not help, it instead blocked the paths of the demon army. While demons did not fear flames, it did not mean that they would not be hurt by flames. Thus, in the end, Xeron could only awkwardly stop the pursuit and return with his troops.

The demon army needed to reorganize as well. Before the forest fire died down, they could not progress, so they could only clear the battlefield first.

While the elves had lost many of their soldiers in the battle, the demons were not doing much better. Many demons were killed and expelled. If not for Xeron’s magic being more powerful than Uland’s, the consequences of this battle would have been unthinkable.

The number of souls that Xeron finally got was around six hundred, but Roy had quietly snatched one hundred and forty souls on the battlefield, which was quite a lot. Doing the math, it meant that the elves had lost at least around eight hundred people. But because Uland had escaped, Xeron did not know how many troops there were and thus did not doubt this figure at all.

The larger the battle, the more souls Roy could siphon off. In any case, since there were loopholes in the demon contract, why would he treat himself unfairly?

After Xeron handed over Roy’s share, Roy obtained a total of two hundred souls in this battle. In addition, with the souls that he had before, he now had almost three hundred.

This number was unimaginable for him in the Abyss of the Demon World. In the Abyss, he had to fight on his own, and it would take him a month to reach this number. But here, he had participated in a few battles and obtained this many. It seemed there was a reason why demons loved wars.

Three hundred souls sounded like a lot, but it was insufficient for Roy’s plans because the hundred or so souls that Xeron had given him were small souls and had little soul power.

Fortunately, it was foreseeable that Xeron and his troops would fight more battles with the elves, and Roy still had many opportunities to continue accumulating souls.

Uland’s appearance further confirmed that the elves were gathering toward their capital. As long as Xeron continued to advance, he would continue encountering them. Now, the only thing that left Roy worried was that Xeron’s troops would decrease as they fought more. Regardless of how formidable Xeron’s magic was, it was impossible to have no losses in battle. The more casualties there were, the more danger Roy would be in during the battles. It would then not be so easy to snatch souls anymore.

After thinking about it, Roy decided that he should persuade Xeron to find a way to replenish his troops.

However, Roy had clearly underestimated the scheming and fighting between these high-rank demons. When Roy mentioned that they had lost too many soldiers and were at a disadvantage for their next move, Xeron immediately made a decision and asked for help nearby!

If he waited for Ignatius’s reinforcements from the demon city, Xeron’s army would have to stop and wait a long time. Xeron wanted to maintain his current pace of grabbing souls, so he laid his eyes on Rashka’s army. Although there was a considerable distance between them, it was still closer than the demon city.