Devil's Bible

It was precisely because of this that he even managed to get on the church's bandwagon, and with the help of the church's resources, he was fortunate enough to be promoted to the Gold Rank, thus completing a class leap and becoming a nobleman.

However, they are ultimately taking an unorthodox approach and lack sufficient experience and resources.

Afterwards, whether one formally enters the church to become a priest or paladin, or uses family-inherited meditation methods, it is very difficult to cultivate a second golden seed.

Especially with the passing of the Golden Seed, their relationship with the church has cooled, making it extremely difficult to access church resources.

So in this generation, the head of the family chose to take a risk and focus on studying demonic knowledge.

After all, the four types of resources needed to advance to the Gold rank, aside from the Church of the True God, whale products, and earth-created artifacts, are demons.

Some members of the family were aware of this matter.

This is also something that can't be helped.

The family and the church only had a personal relationship, and that relationship has long since disappeared.

Whale products are also monopolized by various forces, making them difficult to obtain.

They simply didn't have the guts to do that, given the creation of the earth.

So after much deliberation, they ultimately settled on the side of the demons, with whom they had already dealt before.

It's now obvious that we've been exposed.

Summoning demons or studying demons is a grave sin, and even the privileges of a nobleman are of no use in the face of such a sin.

"The family is in dire straits! Go to the warehouse, take the secret passage, and escape!" A usually authoritative family member shouted immediately.

A noble family is certainly not weak.

However, no family has any chance of victory against the church.

The church in Baiwei Town alone currently has nearly twenty members of the Steel Seed class who are openly recognized.

Even if the patriarch has reached the extreme value of the Iron Seed and is a demon warlock who can summon multiple demons, so what?

There will always be only one outcome—being beaten to death.

Even if they gain the upper hand in the short term, it will be of no use, as the church can call for support from Qiquan City at any time.

Once the gold mine arrives, any turmoil will be settled.

Therefore, at this moment, no one in our family has any intention of resisting.

They just wanted to escape, to flee to the wild with their family's assets, or to find an opportunity to change their identities and go to live on the backs of other floating whales.

Inside the family's secret chamber, Czech de Ben, who was carefully sensing the demonic elements, opened his eyes, his body emanating a black aura.

Chapter 188 Demon Summoning

His gloomy face showed little panic or despair regarding the dire situation.

He knew that there was a prevailing view in the world that success was the only measure of worth.

Just like his golden ancestor.

His ancestor was not an honest man back then.

Of course, if one were an honest person, under those circumstances, it's unlikely that they would have been able to accidentally obtain a wizard's legacy from an ordinary person, and thus gradually acquire enough resources to reach the Golden Seed level.

On the surface, he is a wizard, but in secret, he studies demons.

Back then, the church also opposed the devil, regarding the study of the devil as a great sin, and vaguely knew that his ancestors had studied the devil, but so what?

Even after his ancestor became the pinnacle of the Iron race, he still gained the favor of the church and completed his ascension with the help of the church's resources.

This idea that once success is achieved, past problems cease to be problems remains constant.

Even now, though the situation has changed again and again, the reality remains the same.

The church is not unaware that many chambers of commerce, noble families, and even its own clergy have problems.

The church has been 'indulging' it all along; yes, that's the word that came to mind.

Tolerating these individuals and groups to make mistakes, and even providing them with some form of assistance, until they fail.

Then, in this process, the church cleans itself up, while the "wealth" "created" by those people through their mistakes is taken in by the church.

Therefore, he was extremely confident that as long as he was not caught and successfully advanced to the Gold Rank today, the matter of summoning demons would be completely covered up and would not become a stain on his record.

Crimes that are judged today can be overturned after a period of time.

It is very likely that this is just the behavior of a few people, and has nothing to do with him, the golden seed.

Therefore, preparations were made from the very beginning.

"Even if it means sacrificing the rest of the family, as long as I can use this to advance my career, the family will still exist, and the glory will still fall upon me!" Beneath this belief lies Czech de Ben's strong self-confidence.

He was the most talented member of the entire family in hundreds of years.

He calmly stood up, then opened his arms, activating the magic circle inscribed beneath his feet.

A surge of spiritual energy merged into it, and at that moment, the slightly ferocious gargoyles on the main castle of the entire manor all opened their eyes.

Gargoyles are the manifestation of demonic power by demonic sorcerers.

They lure lesser demons out of the abyss, make them possess stone statues, imprison them within, and use contracts, magic circles, seals, and other means to make them work for them.

If one has a deeper understanding of demons, one can modify these statues to maximize the development of the lesser demon's characteristic—immortality. This would make the statues immune not only to mortal weapons but also to some ordinary spells and divine magic.

In addition, the knowledge of the constructs can be used to give these gargoyles the ability to disguise themselves as statues, fly, and so on.

It can be said that the value of a beautifully crafted gargoyle is equivalent to that of three lesser demons.

"Woohoo!!" The demons, imprisoned within the stone statues for many years, let out an excited roar.

Then he plunged headlong into the sacred tide of the hymn.

The ocean of hymns, which could make even demons uncomfortable, was completely unaffected by these gargoyles. Using the weight of the statues, they leaped through the air and crashed directly into the priests' chanting group.

On the other side, many members who didn't have time to run or who ran towards the outer perimeter in a panic were captured by the paladins, and were basically knocked unconscious with a single blow from their sword hilts.

Only a few members rushed into the family's treasure vault.

However, upon entering the treasure vault, they did not find the various resources stored in the family's inventory; on the contrary, most of the shelves were empty.

The few that remain are basically worthless.

The family member in the lead clearly knew what was going on. Ignoring the empty shelves, he lifted up a section of floorboards that blended into the environment, revealing the hole beneath.

"Let's go, let's go quickly."

The various shouts, cries, and complaints made the entire warehouse extremely chaotic.

Fortunately, their survival instincts propelled them toward the passage.

Outside, the demon butler and the gargoyles summoned by Jörg de Ben bought them some time.

Although he was confident that his promotion would save everything, Ben also wanted to keep as many of his family members as possible.

He used up almost everything his family had to get promoted, so when he succeeds, he'll want more people to share in his glory.

Of course, before that, he had something else to do—to demonstrate his strength!

Among the demons he formally contracted was a Shadow Demon.

Escaping into the shadows was not difficult for him.

However, only by demonstrating sufficient combat power can the church understand that they cannot exterminate him.

At that time, the church's 'indulgence' will reappear.

He won't be pressured too much; instead, he'll have some free time to search for the remaining gold medicine resources.

That's just how the world is; the victor is always right!

Thick black fog billowed from the castle, and Ben did not use his original form in order to prepare for the future 'misunderstanding' with the church.

A large amount of dark shadows enveloped Ben, which then formed a black robe and a white bone mask appeared on his face.

The ruler of the Floating World Society, the master of countless demons, the Demon Warlock has arrived!

He emerged from the shadows and appeared above the castle, after which several magic circles lit up simultaneously.

Then a large number of demons emerged from the magic circle.

It contains many lesser demons and other magical creatures.

In addition, three other demons are worth noting.

A demon that perfectly fits people's image, with bulging muscles all over his body, black snake-like scales covering his entire body, and many scars on his spiral horns. His eyes are now filled with greed as he looks at the humans around him.

The other is a demon with a snake's tail and three pairs of arms, each holding a sword.

The last demon, however, was in human form.

He was not much different from humans, with long black hair and delicate features, making it difficult to distinguish his gender.

She was wearing a black gothic-style, form-fitting, black armor-style long dress.

Apart from that, if it weren't for the few black scales on his cheeks that were covered by his hair, some of the clergy present would have mistaken him for a young master or lady from a noble family.

After being summoned, he did not, like the other demons, covet the souls and flesh of humans.

Instead, he was gazing at the distant sky, at the sun striving to climb higher.

Chapter 189 Grandfather Saves Me

The moment the Demon Warlock appeared, he shocked the entire audience.

Summoning spellcasters inherently possess greater ability to engage in group battles.

They are able to acquire combat power of the same level from the outside world through various means.

Of course, summoners also have their own problems. Because they need to support the existence of their summoned creatures, most of their mental energy is used to maintain the summoning relationship, leaving them with very few spells to cast.

Unless, of course, the thing that is summoned is able to maintain its own existence without his concern.

Demon warlocks excel at this. Although demons do face various forms of rejection when they arrive on the material plane, they are inherently adept at establishing contracts and connections.

If necessary, a demon warlock can completely detach all their mental energy and stop maintaining summons.

The problem is that the summoned creatures of a demon warlock are demons, and the summoning relationship is not maintained by mental power. In fact, it requires the establishment and signing of more contracts and guarantees.

Therefore, demon warlocks rarely summon demons of the same rank; they mostly summon lesser demons and gargoyles made from those lesser demons.

At this moment, in addition to the Shadow Demon on his body and the Demon Butler, he had a total of five Iron-class demons under his command, which immediately created a huge deterrent.

It should be noted that the Iron Seeds of the Tailtown Church number only twenty.

Even including retired clergy members like Dong Luo, the Iron Seeds of the Baiwei Town Church would not exceed thirty people.

But the Demon Warlock is just one person.

"Witness, everyone, this is my power!" The demon warlock's arrogant voice resonated with demonic energy, forming a black wave that even made the sun in the sky seem to turn a darker red.

The original chanting of hymns was largely drowned out by this force.

The effect of hymns in evoking a resonance of faith in the surrounding environment is interrupted.

Many pastors suffered mental trauma as a result.

For a time, the evil of demons seemed to take over.

"You little devils from the church, you're too green to take me down."

"Let Rhine or that old devil come," the demon warlock said, standing on the castle rooftop and looking down at all the clergy.

They completely disregarded the people in front of them, even the many Ironblood paladins and priests who were coming to provide support.

The reason he was so cautious and never revealed his weaknesses was not because he was afraid of these people, but because of the golden seed from Rhine and Qiquan City.

Before this, he didn't even take Naims, who had risen to fame in the last six months, seriously.

The demon warlock was in high spirits. He had been hiding for too long. Even though the world he had helped build would be destroyed and swallowed up, and the golden elixir he had been refining would be taken away and sealed away, he had not exposed himself to the church.

Now that he had to expose himself, he was able to finally vent his pent-up frustration.

This brought him great joy and mental relaxation, and even made him feel that his advancement to the Gold Rank would be easier.

But it was at this moment that the demon whose gender was unknown glanced at him.

There seemed to be some displeasure in his eyes, displeasure that the blackness stirred up by the demon warlock had tainted even the sun.