Chapter 1047: Chapter 45: Betrayal Is an Everyday Occurrence Portal of Assemblage.
With a rush of urgent, piercing screams, Elara immediately ordered the servants to bring in all the bathing and dressing items.
In this luxurious room, pink drapes hung all around. On the large bed in the front, indistinctly overlapping alluring figures could be seen. A quivering, venomous stinger peeked out from the curtains, drooping powerless to the floor. Its cold glimmer sent chills down one’s spine; even a light prick would paralyze a mortal on the spot.
Everything here was brought over by Shadella.
The Enchanting Demon Queen Meikanshute was more than happy to see Duncan’s downfall. She spared no effort to fulfill all this man’s desires, both material and carnal. This corruption would slowly make her feel that she could gradually seize control over him, with a bit-by-bit corruption, inch by inch infiltration, until one day she could exert her influence on him.
"Master."
"There’s news from Shadella’s side," Elara whispered softly.
Duncan nodded expressionlessly, allowing the servants beside him to assist in dressing. Everything during this period was a facade, letting the Enchanting Demon Queen Meikanshute think he was lost in debauchery, indulging in the enchanting beauty of the demons. In reality, he had already converted dozens of units of the Enchanting Demon Legion stationed at the Portal of Assemblage to his green mark.
Duncan’s scheme was already taking flight.
Even, by mastering the ’Demon Domain’, units unaffiliated with the Enchanting Mage had secretly pledged allegiance to him.
"Digest the Demon Domain."
"You have acquired special power to dominate demons."
"You can transform certain creatures into Purgatory creature templates."
The Bottomless Abyss was not solely for demons to lord over. Yenogu, after falling into the Abyss, relied on the ’Demon Domain’ to control other Tanari demons.
After Duncan seized and digested the Demon Domain, he also acquired a portion of its power.
"Demon Domain: All your attacks can carry additional desecration bonuses; you may freely wield profane words. You acquire the power to dominate lower demons, and when carrying out racial judgments, you can be regarded as a Subordinate Demon Lord, and corrupt certain creatures into Purgatory beings.
Additional spells: Demon Body, Summon Demon, Demon Wings, Otherworld Gate, etc."
It’s not a particularly strong Domain Law.
The power of the Demon Domain is quite scattered, with many known beings wielding it, such as Demon Lord Di Maoge Gen, Fraz-Urbluu, Glazest, Ocus, Yenogu and so on.
The more dispersed the Domain Law, the less power everyone gets.
Yenogu himself was not a particularly powerful Demon Lord, so Duncan only seized a small fraction of the Demon Domain. The most important change was in rank; he now possessed the rank of a Subordinate Demon Lord.
If Duncan desired, he could even transform into a demon form.
As Elara was dressing Duncan, his slightly dark red skin also began to change. This was an additional ability of the Demon Domain, enabling Duncan to freely switch the Purgatory template and become immune to the enchantment of the Enchanting Demon.
Constant reliance on Constitution Immunity for absorption was cumbersome, and with Duncan’s substantial workload, it was naturally more convenient to change into a slight demon form.
From outside the mansion, the wails of gnolls echoed.
When Duncan stepped out the front gate, he saw a group of enchanting demons toying with the gnolls. Not by absorbing their essence, but purely through torment, whipping them for amusement. Sadistic pleasure is a form of desire; enchanting demons themselves bully the weak and fear the strong. They only pull out all stops to seduce the powerful while being quite cruel to the weak.
"Master."
A group of chirping enchanting demons knelt on one knee.
Duncan ignored the gnolls, nodded calmly, then nonchalantly said, "Don’t play them to death."
"They’re still useful."
The leading Enchanting Mage giggled, "Yes, Master."
The Bottomless Abyss lacks morality and anything good.
These gnolls have likely consumed countless humans, and Duncan had no leisure to pity them. After Yenogu’s death, all gnolls became resource consumables, doomed to become the enchanting demons’ slaves, used as cannon fodder and drudges.
The entire Portal of Assemblage has now changed dramatically.
Compared to other demons, the enchanting demons are undoubtedly better managers. They drove mortal and gnoll slaves to rebuild the town, divided markets for better management, and simultaneously laid out the city’s blueprint.
Gnolls are a nomadic race, inherently lacking potential, and poorly managed.
While heading toward the front gate, a fierce human warrior hurriedly knelt on one knee, beside him a cunning and cruel Half-Elf skilled in vivisection, culinary prowess comparable to Hannibal. The human warrior bowed his head respectfully, "Master."
"The Cannibal King—Maragass has arrived."
Currently, humans hold a slightly higher status than gnolls here for a simple reason: they are more useful. Whether in labor or otherwise, they are more valuable than gnolls, for they have productivity.
These human slaves have even turned their fortunes to become overseers of the gnoll slaves, just like the gnolls treated them back then. These human overseers now cruelly treat them as well. In the Bottomless Abyss, there is no mercy; the entire realm of Ferren knows not to repay evil with virtue. If there’s a vendetta, one settles it immediately, or if not, devises a way for future revenge.