Chapter 175 The Lord of the Hollows
Ulthane had never thought of fighting such a battle before.
Of course, he knew that he was facing a frost demon this time. In fact, Ulthane was already more than twenty thousand years old. He was still young among the makers, but he had seen countless people over the past twenty thousand years. In this period of time, he had also encountered a frost demon and had even fought against it.
Therefore, when Roy fought him, Ulthane thought that he might encounter magic attacks like Ice Spear or Ice Storm, and he was already prepared to deal with them.
But who knew that this frost demon in front of him did not play according to common sense? He did not use any offensive magic at all!
Had it been a proper battle, Ulthane would have definitely not have fallen into such a situation. He was a famous warrior of the makers and had a strong physique that could crush angels, demons, and dragons. However, Roy took advantage of environmental factors and used an ultra-low temperature to cause unreasonable overloading and explosions to resolve this battle directly…
Ulthane did not even have the time to respond effectively before he was instantly frozen. Under the ultra-low -200°C, his entire body had already lost feeling, and even his mind was frozen. In layman’s terms, he blacked out and did not know anything…
However, Ulthane did not die because his soul did not appear. His incomparably strong body saved his life at the critical moment, allowing him to maintain a weak heartbeat after he was frozen.
But in this state, Ulthane was extremely fragile. As long as Roy landed and poked him lightly with a nail, his frozen and fragile body would shatter like broken gla.s.s, turning into countless ice crystals… At that time, no matter how strong his body was, it would not be able to save him.
Roy landed and came in front of Ulthane. However, Roy did not attack Ulthane, whom he could easily destroy with his hand.
Shaking his tail, he felt that it was slightly troublesome. This guy, Ulthane, was a formidable enemy, and usually, Roy should eliminate the roots here to prevent future trouble. But the problem was that Roy knew very well that the makers were not a warlike race.
Of course, he knew why Ulthane had attacked him earlier. He only intended to save the fleeing human soldiers. He regarded Roy as the leader of the low-level demons and wanted to kill him so that he would not continue to harm the surviving humans.
After the End War began, angels and demons fought earthshakingly on the ground, but the ones suffering were these unprepared humans. And in this world, humans were an important part of the order of balance, so even the ancient races that were unconcerned about worldly affairs such as the makers were now appearing in the human world. They intended to save these pitiful humans and pull them out of the tragic End War to prevent them from truly becoming extinct.
As for Roy himself, he actually had not given orders to the low-level demons to slaughter at all. It was purely the low-level demons spontaneously hunting them down after the human soldiers fled.
Ever since he met Ca.s.sandra in the Pirates of the Caribbean world, Roy had always placed himself in the position of ‘punis.h.i.+ng evil’. He felt that this was probably the true intention of the Creator to create demons. It was precisely because of this insight that he suddenly obtained the talent of ‘Chosen One of the Abyss’. After coming to this world, although Roy got caught up in the End War, he had indeed not taken the initiative to attack the humans of this world. He had always followed this principle. Unless humans attacked him, then he would fight back. The human soldiers had attacked him with rockets, so Roy naturally would not stop the low-level demons from chasing after them because they were already considered enemies.
However, Roy had never had any thoughts about the survivors in the bunker from the beginning. He only planned to leave here after obtaining those tactical nuclear bombs.
Clearly, Ulthane did not know his purpose. He had misunderstood Roy, but there was nothing he could do about it. It was impossible for the two of them to sit down and chat to understand each other, right?
“Forget it!” After thinking about it for a while, Roy felt that there was no need to provoke the ancient maker race. His purpose in staying in this world was very simple. First, he wanted to collect as many souls as possible, and second, he wanted to find some information that would help him promote to demon lord, for example, the nephilim, or the Creator, and so on. The history of the makers was ancient and long, and it was even longer than the establishment of the Charred Council. Perhaps the makers had information about the Creator, so there was no need to strain the relations.h.i.+p into a deadlock.
Of course, Roy did not intend to unfreeze Ulthane. This was his punishment for attacking him. Since he still had a heartbeat, Roy felt that he might be able to survive, so he left Ulthane frozen so that he would not cause trouble for him.
Roy turned around and left, chasing after Julia.
Not long after Roy left, a huge magic formation appeared in the subway tunnel! The tall figure carrying the angel and demon coffin on his back appeared from the magic formation. He held a staff in one hand and waved his other hand gently. A ray of light shone on the frozen Ulthane.
Under this light, the ice on Ulthane’s body began to melt slowly. After a while, Ulthane finally completely thawed and gradually regained consciousness.
After thawing, Ulthane’s legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground. He supported himself with both hands on the ground and panted heavily. The black war hammer smashed onto the ground with a bang.
The tall figure with the coffin on his back was hunched and wore a crown on his head, but his scarlet, s.h.i.+ning eyes showed his demon ident.i.ty. He slowly stroked his beard and said to Ulthane, “The frost power acting on you is very powerful, so you will have a long period of aftereffects…”
Ulthane raised his head and looked at the ancient demon. “Lord of the Hollows? Did you save me?”
He then looked around and asked doubtfully, “Where’s that frost demon just now? Did you kill him?”
“No, not at all!” The Lord of the Hollows shook his head slightly. “In fact, he did not kill you. He had the chance, but he gave it up!”
“Huh? Why?!” Ulthane was stunned.
“I don’t know! That demon… is very strange!” The Lord of the Hollows was also puzzled. “He’s different from the other demons I’ve seen, be it in terms of strength or behavior…”
Ulthane understood the meaning in the Lord of the Hollows’s words. He slowly stood up and asked curiously, “Are you observing him?”
Ulthane knew who this ancient demon in front of him was. It was the Lord of the Hollows! He was indeed a demon, but he was also once one of the members of the Charred Council. However, he left the Charred Council because of disagreements with the other council members. After that, he found an alternate s.p.a.ce and opened his own domain: the Hollows!
This ancient demon possessed unimaginable power. He seemed to plan on accomplis.h.i.+ng some kind of… balance in his own way! And some angels and demons, who were physically and mentally exhausted from the endless fighting, would take the initiative to find the Lord of the Hollows so that they could completely free themselves from the pain of their souls constantly resurrecting. In this world, the Lord of the Hollows was a famous existence…
Therefore, after hearing the meaning in the Lord of the Hollows’s words, Ulthane found it strange that such a big shot would pay attention to a high-rank demon. At the same time, Ulthane felt that what was even more strange was that the frost demon clearly had the chance to kill him but let him go. The makers were not people who could not distinguish right from wrong. Ulthane also faintly felt that the Lord of the Hollows was right. This frost demon’s behavior was indeed really strange…
Facing Ulthane’s question, the Lord of the Hollows glanced at him and said slowly, “Because Fury, one of the Hors.e.m.e.n of the Apocalypse, actually handed over the mission given to her by the council to this demon, so I think it’s necessary to investigate what he said to Fury… Perhaps this demon will also be the key to restoring the balance!”
“Really?” Ulthane lowered his head and looked at his war hammer, deep in thought.
“As for you, Black Hammer Ulthane, you need more patience!” the Lord of the Hollows said. “Perhaps things may not be as you think…”
With that, a magic formation appeared beneath the feet of the Lord of the Hollows, and he slowly sank into it… Only when just Ulthane was left did he pick up his war hammer and carry it on his shoulder. He ran forward with large strides. Looking at the direction, it was still to the central area of the underground bunker.
But this time, he planned to observe more, like what the Lord of the Hollows had said…