Ember Dragon

Chapter 739: Hunting Monarch
"Do not--"

The Blackwater Lord continued to struggle in the blurry space, as if he was dragged into a deep whirlpool and unable to escape.

With a wail, the huge dark body became more and more transparent, and finally disappeared completely in the space of Avernus, and the hundreds of thousands of rotten pioneers turned into mud.

"Long live Lord Bayer!"

"Invincible!"

"Only a powerful, wise and shrewd lord like Lord Bayer can lead Avernus to victory and pin those demons down in the abyss, so that they can never escape!"

The devils cheered enthusiastically, offering the most disgusting praises they could think of without hesitation.

Bayer also raised the Purgatory Sword in his hand, enjoying the support of his subordinates. He could feel the power of Avernus gathering towards him - that was a gift unique to the Lord of Hell!
"Shh-"

But at this moment, a sharp explosion sounded through the sky, and an arrow carrying a faint light pierced the sky and shot towards the heart of the Hell Demon.

The arrow was about five meters long. The arrowhead was made of black metal, extremely sharp and flashing with cold light. There were also complex patterns engraved on the arrow shaft.

Before the arrow arrived, Bayer sensed everything with his powerful perception that was enough to predict the future. He flapped his wings suddenly, stirring up a storm filled with sulfur smoke in an attempt to dodge.

Lava also appeared in the air, surrounding Bayer's body and turning into floating shields, blocking the arrows' path.

But the arrow was so fast that it first pierced through the evil aura's heavy defenses, then pierced through the lava, making a loud noise and causing gravel to fly.

"Thorn-"

Then, the arrow brushed Bayer's left shoulder and broke through the air, instantly piercing through the devil's thick wing membrane, tearing a hideous wound.

The dark light carried by the arrows was like a series of twisted little snakes, constantly corroding the flesh and blood at the wound and releasing a chaotic poisonous mist.

Bayer was furious, and roared in the direction where the arrow came from: "Who is it? Who is it?!"

"Bail—"

A hoarse growl came from a distance.

At the end of the wasteland, accompanied by the dark fog covering the earth, another tall figure slowly appeared in front of everyone.

It was a huge monster that was more than 40 meters tall. Its entire body was dark gray like lead. Its upper body was a human torso, while its lower body was a strong horse body, similar to a centaur.

But unlike ordinary centaurs, this monster's body was hideous and extremely twisted.

The human-shaped torso was covered with ugly scars emitting poisonous smoke, and the horse's lower body was covered with dense scales and protruding bone spurs, like a mutant born from the combination of a lizard and a horse.

The most terrifying thing is its eyes. Those sharp eyes flashed cold light in the darkness, revealing a fierce murderous intent, as if they could see through the weaknesses of all things in the world.

The Centaur was wearing light armor made from thousands of pieces of humanoid skins. In his hand was a longbow made from the spine of a giant beast. He slowly pulled the bowstring and put an arrow on it.

——This arrow was exactly the same as the one that had just hit Bayer.

As he stared at the Centaur from a distance and their eyes met, Bayer felt like a thorn in his back, as if he was being stared at by the most terrifying hunter in the world.

"Oh it's you."

Even Cassius, who was far away, stood up from the city wall, spread his wings, and stared at the centaur-like monster.

"What a powerful demon, extremely dangerous, and even capable of threatening my life.
Tsk tsk, maybe Bayer will have to agree to my terms and ask for my help." Cassius grinned, revealing a hideous smile.

There is no need for people to even speculate too much.

The overwhelming pressure and surging black fog had already revealed the identity of this Centaur - one of the three Abyss Lords who invaded Avernus, the "Hunting Monarch" Mastifa!
Bayer gripped the Infernal Sword tightly, slowly raised it, and said in a deep voice: "Mastifa, get out of Avernus, or your fate will be even more miserable than that black fool!"

The centaur, or Mastifah, looked at the devil in the distance and responded in a flat voice: “Oh, Bayer, the cunning devil who stole Avernus.

Come to think of it, I should thank you for exiling that idiot Ishiniks, so that I can get more benefits from this war."

Bayer sneered, "Are you all so arrogant, you abyss bastards? You are indeed short-sighted, foolish people without wisdom, who can only see the little benefits in front of them.

The outcome of this war has yet to be determined."

Mastifa raised the corners of his mouth, licked his lips, and revealed a chilling smile. His sharp eyes stared at the devil, as if he was staring at a prey.

"Don't worry, Hellfire, you are a rare prey. In return for your exile of Ishiniks, after the hunt is over, I will preserve your body intact and make it into the most perfect specimen."

Suddenly, it seemed to remember something and shook its head with some regret: "It's a pity that Zariel was killed by you. In my eyes, that beautiful, crazy fallen angel is a more worthy prey to collect."

Before he finished speaking, the hunting monarch pulled the bowstring, raised the bone bow, and aimed at Bayer in the distance again, his eyes sharp and his gaze like a torch.

The mighty power of the abyss surged, dyeing the arrow black. When the bowstring was pulled into a full moon shape, the whole world trembled slightly under this strong murderous intent.

Just by being swept by that gaze, hundreds of devil soldiers fell from the sky, bleeding from all seven orifices, with pale faces and fear on their faces.

Bayer also felt the terrifying murderous intent directed at him and was shaken.

If he was hit by this arrow, he might really die!
Bayer could clearly feel that the tip of the arrow clearly carried the essence of "death" from the bottomless abyss, which could take away the life of any existence!
As a "lord" with 70% of the authority, Bayer's soul has not been completely bound to Avernus and cannot achieve immortality.

At this moment, the Lord of Hell finally understood where Mastifa got his confidence from.

Lord of the Nine Hells, how could an Abyss Lord of unknown reputation and power level not even reaching that of a demigod possess such power! This is not magic at all!
"Ignorant inferior creatures"

Mastifah seemed to have guessed Bayer's thoughts and said in a hoarse voice: "Ten thousand years ago, the Gray Centaur God was hunted by the Hunting God Mala. With nowhere else to go, he fled to the Abyss, but he died in the end.

I was born from the corpse of the Gray Centaur God that was gnawed by Mala - the great hunting lord Mastifar!

My appearance will make the world tremble, and you, young lord of hell, will be my first prey after I walk out of the abyss!"

"Whoosh-"

Before he finished speaking, Mastifa loosened his hand, and the dark arrow tore through the sky and shot towards Bayer.

Bayer flapped his powerful bat wings with all his might, stirring up a violent storm. He climbed thousands of meters in an instant, and a wall of surging hellfire appeared beneath him.

But that terrifying arrow seemed to anchor the hell demon, instantly penetrating the wall of flames and shooting straight at him.

"You can't kill me!" Bayer growled with gnashing teeth, "I am the great Lord of Avernus, the Duke of Hell! I have gone through untold hardships and planned for hundreds of years to sit on this supreme position, how can I let you take my life so easily!!"

The Hell Demon swung his sword with all his might, creating crisscrossing cracks in the surrounding space, causing lava to flow down.

Bayer shuttled back and forth between space channels, constantly looking for opportunities to launch sneak attacks on the hunting monarch.

However, a thick chaotic black fog was lingering around Mastifa, disrupting Bayer's teleportation spell and causing him to run into obstacles repeatedly.

If the opponent is the Black Water Lord, Bayer can still set up a magic circle to exile him, or even keep fighting him until he comes up with a countermeasure.

But Mastifa's arrows were extremely deadly to Bayer, and he could lose his life if he was not careful.

"Bayer, give up your meaningless struggle. Your fate has already been determined - you will become my prey!"

Looking at the devil shuttling back and forth, Mastifa sneered grimly, bent his bow and shot arrows again, shooting more than a dozen sharp arrows in succession. These arrows dragged black light, crisscrossed in the sky, and produced chaotic trajectories.

Bayer released the power of Avernus in his body, and raging hellfire surged out of his body, destroying several arrows in succession, but was unable to completely eliminate the law of "death".

Even though the arrowheads were melted into molten iron and the arrow shafts were burned into charcoal, the arrows still shot towards Bayer's heart relentlessly, and would not stop until they achieved their goal.

Bayer was unable to cope with the situation and was pierced through the body by several arrows. The chaotic power surged into his body and he gushed out streams of hot devil blood.

Finally, the Hell Lord dragged his wounded body towards the Bronze Fortress and shouted desperately:
"Casius, save me!"

"Oh? You finally can't stand it anymore?"

The red dragon was originally watching the show with great interest. After hearing Bayer's cry for help, he suddenly flapped his dragon wings and soared into the air accompanied by a gust of scorching hurricane.

"Shh-"

Brilliant flames burst out from behind Cassius, and he cut through the sky like a meteor, instantly arriving at the front of the battlefield, next to Bayer.

Bayer spat out a mouthful of contaminated black blood, his expression tense, and he growled breathlessly: "Quick, Cassius, kill that damned gray centaur! It has the power of death!"

However, the Red Dragon turned his head and asked calmly: "So - you agree to my conditions?"

Bayer said anxiously, "I promise, go kill that gray centaur!"

"Whoosh-"

Several arrows shot from the sky and instantly tore apart the area where Bayer was. Fortunately, this hell demon had already fled to another place.

Bayer flew out of the space crack and roared angrily: "Casius! What are you doing!"

Unexpectedly, the red dragon took out a scroll from the gap between its scales and handed it to him: "Bail, after all, you betrayed your old master. I don't believe in your promise. Sign this contract."

"Damn it, at this point, you're still—"

Another arrow broke through the air and pierced through the left wing of the Hell Devil, tearing a huge hole in it and making his wings tattered.

"Now?" Cassius said with a smile.

Bayer seemed to have made up his mind. He took the contract, put his real name on it, and uttered a word through gritted teeth: "Okay."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cassius stood in front of Bayer, spread his wings that covered the sky, and revealed the sparkling dragon crystal on his chest.

The red dragon opened its bloody mouth and a dazzling white light burst out from its throat.

"boom--"

[Extremely effective ordering breath]

The flame of order, symbolizing order, gushed out of Cassius' mouth, forming a straight and flawless silver-white column of fire, like a holy pillar supporting heaven.

In an instant, the dozen arrows were submerged in a sea of ​​silver-white, and even the power of death from the bottomless abyss was completely annihilated.

——This is the Fire of Order of Cassius. After multiple enhancements, his breath has become powerful enough to compete with divine power.

"This is."

Bayer stared at Cassius who was breathing heavily. If he had not seen the greed and shamelessness of this red dragon, he would have thought that this was the incarnation of Bahamut traveling in the human world.

"Nine Hells, this is really weird, I actually saw an evil red dragon spewing out flames purer than those of an angel!" The Hell Demon sighed sincerely.

"Long live His Majesty Cassius!"

"Long live the Empire!"

"For the Burning Emperor!"

"Emperor Kai is invincible. Let's make barbecue out of all these demons! Brother Kai's barbecue is unmatched in the world!"

Seeing Cassius appear, the players on the battlefield shouted with extreme excitement, and some even felt unsatisfied.

"It's a pity that this war mission only lasts three days, and Emperor Kai has started to wrap it up so quickly."

"Hurry up and kill a few demons. I don't know if I will have this opportunity again in the future."

"Hey! This demon is ours, stop stealing it! Do you have any shame?"

In their view, the appearance of the Burning Emperor meant the end of the war - or more accurately, the beginning of victory.

In the misty wasteland in the distance, Mastifa raised his head and stared at the majestic dragon that was spewing silver-white fire.

There was an indescribable excitement in those deep eyes.

"I found it, I found it!" Mastifa looked almost crazy, and his hands holding the bone longbow were shaking slightly.

The Centaur was so engrossed that he muttered to himself like a fanatic, "What an unparalleled gesture! How wonderful it would be if I could lift up the thick dragon scales, pierce the beating dragon heart, and chop off the majestic head!"
That giant dragon - he is the most perfect prey! Far more precious than that hell demon! He will be the best sacrifice I offer to the Great Abyss!"

Cassius showed a ferocious look on his face and sneered, "You want to treat me as your prey? Foolish Centaur - I'm afraid you don't have the qualifications!"

(End of this chapter)