Chapter 244 - Fire And Wings (2/2)

Nessa nodded and ran forward. She didn't know what Evan was going to do, but he sounded extremely convincing. Moreover, after Evan had made his oath, Nessa became fully convinced that Evan had a way to kill all the mages in those caves.

He frowned and slammed his fist into the wall with all his might.

”Damn! I didn't want to do that. It gave me goosebumps. How long has it been since I last did this?” Mumbled Evan slowly heading toward the main room.

Nessa had already told all of her comrades not to touch Evan and to run away from him. She cast her spell, and while her comrades ran away and took Laila to safety, she restrained Bas and the others.

”Shit! We need to get through these stakes! Did that guy really lose?”

Bas knew that Evan was two flames weaker than Nessa, but he didn't think the girl could beat him without getting seriously hurt. The others frowned and tried to make their way through the hail of bloody stakes. They thought the vampires had decided to run away, and so all but Nessa retreated.

By then, Evan had reached the battlefield. He was standing in one of the tunnels and was barely visible in that area.

He bled himself slowly and began to draw the demon's sigil on the ground. Evan had used the power of demons in this world many times before, but now he was really disturbed.

Evan wasn't afraid of the price the demon would demand. He was mentally prepared for what would happen after that. Evan was willing to pay even 200 years if it demanded it. Not only did he want to get blood magic spells, but he also wanted to learn about the power of vampires.

From Nessa's words, Evan understood that a vampire noble who had survived evolution was stronger than most mages of the same rank. Such power couldn't help but appeal to him.

He looked at Nessa and, realizing that he couldn't wait any longer, decided to activate the sigil.

Evan said quietly, ”Sigil of the 68th demon - King Belial, activation.”

The next moment Evan's consciousness was transported to Nirvana, where the demon he had summoned was already waiting for him. It was a tall man with waist-length hair. His red hair burned with a bright flame that could burn anything. His skin was pale, and his eyes were cold. His face looked as if he wanted to enter eternal sleep.

The most notable detail of his appearance was the four angelic wings. Two of them were snow-white, and the other two were dark as the abyss. All four wings burned with a crimson flame.

Evan said, ”Give me the power to incinerate everyone here. Not even ashes should be left of them!”

The demon nodded lazily and said, ”You're pretty interesting. I'm curious to see what happens next, you must offer me a sacrifice equal to 100 years of your life.”

Evan nodded confidently, and flames from the demon's wings headed towards Evan. This flame did Evan no harm, but it burned away his life force. At the moment, Evan's life span was 422 years. After a couple of seconds, it would be reduced to 322 years.

Evan knew the sigils of 72 demons, and the higher the demon's position, the stronger it was. This rule worked without exception, but between some positions, there was an incredible difference in strength.

The destructive power of the 69 demon Marquis Decarabia and the 70th demon Prince Seere differed from each other, but not fundamentally. Moreover, Prince Seere's spear could be even more useful than a single destructive blast in some situations.

However, the demons with King status were somewhat special. The power gap between the 68th demon King Belial and the 69 demon Marquis Decarabia was unimaginable. For the same reason, the price was much higher. What's more, Evan was only using the first level of the sigil. The higher the sigil level, the more significant the difference between the Kings and the rest of the demons.

When the procedure was over, and Evan sacrificed 100 years of his life, he gained the power of a demon. Before he disappeared from Evan's Nirvana, King Belial gathered all his flames into a small blob and directed it toward Evan.

The blob of flame slowly flew toward Evan and penetrated his chest. The next moment Evan's appearance began to change rapidly.