Following Hela through the gate of time and space, Rhodes came to her territory.
There were no solid walls or solid houses around, just hollow rock walls, bloodstained leather tents, and demons sitting around a fire in the open space.
These demons gathered here, and the main types were abyss demons. Rhodes even saw some horned demons. In the distance, there were sounds of breaking through the air from time to time. Several abyss demons were beating each other with long whips for fun, and they laughed happily.
At the end of Rhodes' sight, a huge pillar of dark red fire reached straight into the sky. Under the pillar of fire, dark yellow young creatures were lined up in a series, moving in one direction driven by the abyss demons.
"You look a little disappointed."
Just as Rhodes was carefully looking around the camp, Hela's words reached his ears.
"I'm just a little surprised." Rhodes shrugged and said, "I thought your territory would be better than here, but nothing here is worthy of you."
"Oh?" Hela smiled and looked at Rhodes with interest, "Are you trying to please me? Why didn't you do this in front of the king's statue before?"
Rhodes showed a helpless look: "I mean, these simple facilities are not worthy of your strength. With your strength, you should enjoy better. You are a high-level demon, right? Your strength has exceeded Killed most of the demons.”
Hela snorted and did not answer Rhodes' words.
Not long after, she brought Rhodes to an empty tent and then said:
"The fire trial held by the Demon King will start soon. You can wait here for a while. If you feel bored, you can also communicate with the nearby demons. I think you will be satisfied with them."
"I want to go back to the monster furnace and collect soul fragments dedicated to the king. Is that okay?" Rhodes seemed to have thought of something and asked proactively.
As he spoke, Rhodes looked at the huge fire pillar not far from the camp. Below the fire pillar was the monster furnace where Rhode's body was born. Above it were collected soul fragments from unknown sources. Hela's camp was established not far from the Monster Forge.
Hela thought for a while and replied: "You can't get close there. I also need to select creatures with enough potential from those little monsters to participate in the trial of the Demon King. There is no need to rush to get the soul fragments. Now you? Just wait here. When the trial starts, there will be enough demons for you to get the soul fragments."
Rod said nothing.
"Right? Your allegiance should be to King Gluttony, right?" As if thinking of something, Hela took the initiative to ask Rhodes.
"Yes." Rhodes replied.
"I once won back a batch of special small demon statues from other Cregans, including those of King Gluttony." As he said that, Hela reached behind her and took out a thumb-sized statue from somewhere. Exquisite stone carving.
"I have long distributed the small statues of other demon kings to other subordinates, but the statue of the gluttonous king cannot be distributed. There are very few demons who will be loyal to the gluttonous king? They don't need this statue." Hela said While saying this, he handed the exquisite stone carving in his hand to Rhodes.
Rhodes looked at the stone sculpture in his hand with some confusion. Soon, a prompt came from the system log.
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【King Statue (Gluttony)】
Type: pendant
Requirements for use: Demonic Bloodline
Basic attributes: Luck -1, indestructible
Special attributes: After praying devoutly, the statue will be regarded as a special altar. The holder can use this to contact the demon king in exchange for rewards from sacrifice.
Evaluation: The demon statue made by the magician Ferry? If used properly, it will connect to some powerful existence.
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Looking at the demon statue in his hand? Rhodes seemed to realize something and showed a surprised look.
The small demon statue in front of me can obviously be used as an altar. With this special demon statue, if ordinary demons want to get the reward from the sacrifice, they can do it immediately without going back to the Temple of Apocalypse or looking for other altars.
The small statue in front of him is easy to carry. Even without a space ring, Rhodes can take the statue with him without worrying about losing it.
Of course, for Rhodes at this time, he did not need this statue. As a result of sacrificing the omen of doom, Rhodes has the highest-level devil contract, which can be exchanged for various rewards immediately without the need for other certificates.
After returning from the Temple of Apocalypse, Rhodes has not yet carefully checked the various new rewards in the contract, but now, Rhodes has more important things to perform.
From Hela's words, Rhodes seemed to have discovered something and asked: "You said that few demons would be loyal to King Gluttony? Isn't this king not strong?"
Hela shook her head: "That's not the case. King Gluttony's ability is among the best among all kings. Even the angry king who is in charge of strange beasts can't get any benefit from King Gluttony."
"Then why aren't there many demons loyal to him? The more powerful the king, the easier it is to gain allegiance?" Rhode asked.
"Because the King of Gluttony will eat the demons that follow her." Hela explained, "The more devoutly the demons that follow her, the more delicious they will be to her. I can be considered a priest under the King of Lust, but a demon priest like me doesn't know How many more there are, the number is unimaginable, but there is only one priest under King Gluttony, and the rest were all devoured by her."
Hearing what Hela said, Rhodes seemed to have thought of something, and his expression changed slightly.
Once upon a time, Rhodes saw the name of the King of Gluttony from the Book of Silence of the Thieves Guild. It was not Beelzebub who Messiga guided him to, but another one.
The giant Shanzel is the current King of Gluttony.
Rhodes had some impression of the name Shanzel. It was the name of an ancient demon. Deep in the snowy areas of Brakada, the Kingdom of Dragons entrenched on the highest snow-capped mountains was called this name.
Rhodes didn't know what happened in the past. Maybe the ancient demon had been active in the surface world, or something happened. When Rhodes came to hell, all the secrets that he had ignored were revealed at this moment. All appeared in his mind.
What makes Rhodes even more concerned is that according to the prompts in the system log, the Gluttony King who made a contract with him is not Shanzel himself, but Beelzebub, who died at the hands of the hero of light countless years ago. I don't know what the difference is between the contract he has now and the contract he made directly with Shanzel.
