Selef, with his hand on the surface of the large rock, began to transfer his demonic energy while absorbing demonic energy. After more than a minute, he forced the demonic energy to follow his will, just as it had done in the labyrinth of the Danteriar gardens.

Isirid watched her surroundings with her demonic wand in her hand, ready to act if any danger approached.

Selef forced the demonic energy to shape the stone, but the demonic energy only flowed inside the stone. He realized that if he made a mistake, he would only materialize the demonic energy, which would crack or destroy the rock, and that was not his goal.

Isirid, who had been watching, was a little surprised to see the speed with which Selef absorbed and expelled his demonic energy, and after almost five minutes, she began to get an idea of what Selef was trying to achieve.

"Imagine, magic is the materialization of a specific will. I cannot create if I do not have a clear vision of what I want to create," concluded Selef as he imagined a part of the rock being compressed to create a void. then the demonic energy followed Selef's will, compressing part of the interior of the rock, after which Selef imagined how the rocky surface in front of him turned to dust, and shortly thereafter, that is what happened.

Before them appeared the entrance to a cave that had not existed before.

Selef took Leyla in his arms and then entered the cave. He laid her down, then took out a pillow and placed it under the back of Leyla's head.

"Come in," Selef said to Isirid from inside the cave.

Isirid looked around one last time, then entered the cave.

Selef waved his hand and the dust turned into a wall with a small crack that allowed oxygen to enter.

"You're a genius," said Isirid, who couldn't deny Selef's talent.

"You can do it too, it's no big deal, it's the same principle we use to create the chairs and benches in the Danteriar gardens," replied Selef.

"What shall we do now?" asked Isirid, who knew they still had to obtain the rank 5 core or two rank 4 cores.

"Meditate, focus on reaching the maximum point of the fifth rank. I'll help you," said Selef, who sat down in a meditation position.

Isirid trusted him, so she didn't question him and sat down in a meditation position with her back to him.

Selef placed his left hand on Isirid's back and began to transfer demonic energy to her.

"Feel your demonic energy circulating. I will teach you the intermediate level of my demonic energy absorption technique. When you master it, I will teach you the rest."

Hearing Selef's words, she had no doubt that she was important to him, since for the demons their techniques, especially those related to energy absorption, were very valuable, which is why very few demons liked to share them, not even with their loved ones.

"Thank you, Selef," Isirid said.

"You are my partner. This is nothing compared to what I will give you in the future if we make it out of this mountain alive. For now, concentrate. Time is not on our side," Selef added calmly, as he focused on the flow of demonic energy he was transferring to Isirid.

••••

The group of commanders and leaders that Duke Venzariac had assembled settled in the demon barony and demon viscountcy, and immediately fortified and organized their subordinates to protect the conquered territory. Then, as the duke had ordered, they continued their attack on a demon county and another barony.

On the way to their new targets, the troops commanded by the mercenary Edward Likens killed, looted, and enslaved the demons of some small villages.

This time the battle lasted less time, as the demons surrendered because the demon count abandoned the city after making his family members drink poison.

The demon count, sensing the power of his enemies, felt that the fight would inevitably result in defeat, so he decided that he would do everything possible to personally report what was happening at the borders, because he could not report it through the demonic crystals.

Meanwhile, the demon count, dressed in an elegant black and white uniform, with gray skin, shiny black horns, and completely purple eyes, wielded a battle axe. He ran unrestrainedly using his demonic power toward the territory of the Sevec Marquisate, but he had to stop to face three individuals in gray robes who possessed sinister weapons, which made the count feel repulsed.

"Damned demonic humans!" exclaimed the demon count in anger.

The three men in gray robes were in the fourth and fifth ranks.

The demon count did not hesitate and made the energy of his demon core burn suddenly, raising his fifth rank in the high level to the sixth rank in the middle level.

The three men went on the defensive. Seeing the count's energy concentrating on his battle axe, they thought he would fight with everything he had to try to kill them, but contrary to what they thought, he used all his demonic and vital energy to throw the battle axe towards the territory of the Sevec Marquisate.

"Damn it!" exclaimed one of the men in gray robes as he saw the axe flying through the air at breakneck speed, impossible to stop.

Another of the men in gray robes approached the demon count and realized that the demon was dead. Even so, the man in the robe used his sinister black sword, which had several ominous eyes, and decapitated the demon count's body.

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The conquest of the next territory by the troops led by General Alphens was swift and deadly, as when they took the barony they had attacked, they left not a single demon alive, regardless of whether they were demon women or children.

The attack launched by Duke Venzariac's army, which had lasted less than a day, was overwhelming, ruthless, and bloody.

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