The Death List Novel - Chapter 178

Chapter 178 Hellfire Devil Dog

Qin Lun looked over and discovered that Munkins was holding a small creature in his hand.

It was a two-headed canine creature with wrinkled skin and slightly trembling eyes, as if it had just been born. The two-headed puppy was only the size of a palm, lying on Munkins’ praying fan. If he didn’t pay attention to it, he would really ignore it.

Qin Lun quickly noticed something. Although Munkins’ palm was emitting flames and thick smoke, the puppy didn’t notice anything. It still had saliva and slept soundly.

“He’s a newborn Hellhound, a branch of the Abyss Devilhound!” Berylseth explained with a smile.

“I’ve heard of this creature before, but it should have just been born!” Qin Lun looked at the two-headed puppy curiously.

As for the five management races of the Horn of the Abyss, he had also checked some information and knew that the Hellhound was a low-level creature of the Abyss Devil Race. Hellhound was ruthless, devoted to duty, and agile as the wind. It was an excellent summoning creature.

However, Qin Lun’s expression remained calm. He was actually not satisfied with this summoned creature. The reason for that was because the low-grade Hellhound was small and did not meet the standards of a melee meat shield.

“The Abyss Devils have many types of melee warfare, but the powerful Fourth Grade melee meat shield is not easy to find!” Berylseth seemed to have seen through Qin Lun’s doubts and shook his head with a bitter smile. “After receiving your request, we gave birth to more than a hundred Hellhounds of pure bloodline. Only then did we pick them out!”

‘”Hellhound has many different breeds, and its battle prowess varies greatly in adulthood. Please don’t underestimate it. Of all its companions, this puppy has the highest affinity for fire elementium!” Berylseth said casually, “The spell formation on the ground is drawn from the blood and souls of other Hellhounds. It is both a contract spell formation and a sacrificial spell formation.”

Qin Lun’s pupils constricted and he frowned slightly. He could hear Berylseth’s hidden meaning. Sly Demon seemed to be explaining how precious and outstanding this Hellhound was, but in fact, he was also telling him obscurely how much effort the Abyss Devils had paid for it.

“Sir Munkins will use this sacrificial array to inject some of his strength into the little thing. He will forcefully upgrade this Hellhound into a Hellfire Devil Dog, also known as the Ancient Era’s Molten Nucleus Dog.” Beelzebub continued solemnly, “The Hellfire Demon Hound is a large creature that fits the position of a melee meat shield. However, adult Hellfire Demon Hounds rarely fall below Tier 7, but you can only sign Tier 4 creatures, so …”

Even though Berylseth hadn’t finished speaking, Qin Lun understood everything. The Abyss Devils did indeed have good intentions. Not only did they want to find a summoned creature for themselves, they also wanted to use the potential of the summoned creature to make them reluctant to give up on the Hellfire Devil Dog in the future. Using this summoned creature to maintain his potential connection with the Abyss Devils.

Although the Abyss Devils had all sorts of thoughts, they had indeed paid a huge price for this Hellfire Devil Dog. Not mentioning the more than a hundred Hellhounds who had sacrificed their magic array, there was also the power of a high-grade Flame Devil to sacrifice. This was a scheme that Qin Lun had no choice but to accept. It was full of the cunning style of the Abyss Devils.

After thinking about it, Qin Lun felt a little helpless. The highest summoned creature that Maiser could sign could only be a Tier 4 creature. Tier 4 was the lowest intermediate creature. At this level, finding a powerful melee meat shield was indeed a bit difficult.

If Mazel’s Summoning Technique could increase the settings by one or two levels, he would have a much wider choice and wouldn’t have to owe the Abyss Devils such a big favor. Even though the Hellfire Devil Hound was still a puppy, its potential was comparable to that of a high rank Abyss Devil. This favor was no less than the fruit of the World Tree provided by the Moonlight Fairy.

“The deal offered by the nobles is too big. I’m afraid I can’t afford it!” Qin Lun said with a bitter face.

“How could that be? It is only a Tier 4 creature after all. As a high-level apostle who is about to step into the profession threshold, you shouldn’t be unable to pay the bargaining chips, right?” Berylseth blinked craftily.

The classification of apostles by intelligent races is different from the true classification of apostles. Professional apostles already possessed many offensive and defensive skills, and their HP was no longer as scarce as beginner apostles. In addition, the existence of restored items made it difficult to kill them. In the eyes of intelligent races, apostles of this level could already be classified as high-level creatures.

In fact, in the long history of the Broken Universe, few professional apostles would die at the hands of native races. Unless they fall into a trap, there is a way to escape. This was also the reason why the intelligent races feared the apostles. If they could not kill them in one strike, they would provoke a calamity that was neither old nor dead. As long as they lived, they would always increase their strength.

“You think too highly of me. No matter what, I’ve only just crossed three mission worlds, and my resources are limited!” Qin Lun shook his head.

Since he had decided to get closer to the Abyss Devils, he had no intention of hiding anything from them. Only by demonstrating the value of his investment would the Abyss Devils attach more importance to him, and the difficulty of obtaining the Abyss Devils’ bloodline would be greatly reduced in the future.

“Have you really only crossed three mission worlds?”

The expression on Berylseth’s face was unpredictable. He knew that Qin Lun had only crossed the mission world twice in the Corner of the Abyss. At the same time, the elves had given him personal information once, a total of three times. Moreover, judging from Qin Lun’s trading information at the auction house, he should have successfully completed the alien mission and obtained quite a bit of harvest.

Managing the race was easy to track down. However, the Old Sly knew that the Moonlight Fairy had a deep relationship with Qin Lun, so he wasn’t sure if the Fairies had tampered with the apostles’ information.

The Abyss Devils had a long life span. It had been more than a thousand years since the Corner of the Abyss was established. Berylseth had dealt with thousands of high-ranking apostles.

In his memories, there were apostles who were close to the profession threshold in the three quest worlds, and there were even awesome people who had passed through the trial world and directly changed professions. However, these apostles’ qualities were already very strong. They possessed high-level combat abilities, allowing them to easily cross the threshold of changing professions.

Apostles like Qin Lun, who were ordinary people but could rise rapidly in just three or five mission worlds, were rare. This kind of apostle had good intelligence and strength. As long as he acted cautiously and had some luck, he would basically become a powerful figure in the future.

Of course, Qin Lun was still 108,000 kilometers away from such a influential figure. However, a person like him was the most favored rope-in target of the intelligent races. This was because once he truly grew stronger, the intelligent races would lose the opportunity to make him owe him a favor.

“Seventy thousand broken crystals, what do you think?” Qin Lun looked at Berylseth seriously.

Potential was not equal to strength. If this Hellfire Devil Hound wanted to truly advance to a high-tier creature, he would have to put in a lot of effort to nurture it in the future. Now, even if he succeeded in sacrificing, he would only be at the fourth rank after reaching the summoning contract. Seventy thousand broken crystals could already obtain a decent piece of dark gold equipment at the auction, which could almost offset the value of the Hellfire Devil Dog.

“Do you have so many broken crystals?” Berylseth’s eyes lit up and he said with a smile, “I heard that you just bought a pair of top grade dark gold guns at the auction house a few days ago.”

“Your information is not detailed enough. That transaction did not involve a large amount of currency in circulation. It was just a barter.” Qin Lun said indifferently.

“This … hehe, you know I didn’t mean that!” Berylseth was slightly stunned as he rubbed his hands awkwardly.

As the ruling race, the Abyss Devils were able to gather some information about the auction house. However, it was taboo for them to be unable to find out the details of the apostle trade.

‘”Haha, actually, I still need to buy some things. There is still a big gap in funds. If the nobles allow me to owe 50,000 broken crystals on credit, that would be even better!” Seeing the awkward expression on Berylseth’s face, Qin Lun smiled.

“Of course, you really are a smart person!” Berylseth patted his chest and pretended to breathe a sigh of relief.

The reason why the Abyss Devils paid such a high price was not for the sake of 70,000 broken crystals, but to make Qin Lun owe him a favor. If he really turned the Hellfire Devil Hound into a pure deal, then he would have to give up everything. Qin Lun’s current credit method could be considered to have tacitly accepted the hidden rules of favor, which made the old cunning devil feel relieved.

“Alright, Sir Qin Lun, since you are satisfied with this little thing, I will inform Sir Munkins to begin the sacrifice ceremony. Please retreat a little bit and use the summoning spell on my command later!” Said Berylseth solemnly.

After the two of them retreated a bit, Flame Fiend Munkins, who was standing in the middle of the formation, slowly released his newborn Hellhound. The palm-sized two-headed puppy was bound in mid-air by a mysterious force. The entire sacrificial array formed from the blood of the Hellhound’s soul began to shine with a bright bloody light.

As the Sly Magician chanted in the devil language, wisps of smoke-like blood-colored souls rose from the sacrificial array. The puppies’ souls wailed as they converged into thin threads, slowly connecting to the only surviving brother in the air.

Threads of fiery red magma began to leak out from the lava cracks in Munkins’ body. The pure fire elemental magma slowly condensed together like a fiery red infusion pipe, connecting to the neonatal Hellhound in the air.

“Woo!” The palm-sized two-headed puppy trembled as it opened its eyes and let out a roar at the Flame Devil.

In Qin Lun’s astonished eyes, the two-headed Hellhound expanded rapidly at a visible rate. Soon, it changed from the size of a palm to the size of a basin, and then to that of a calf. The puppy’s smoke-shaped soul was swept away by it, and the lava tube that Munkins connected to it was like a straw, pulling fire elementium out of the Flame Devil’s body.

“Now!” Qin Lun suddenly heard Beelzebub’s reminder.

Qin Lun’s eyes lit up as a wave of Laws flashed through the hall. However, Berylseth and the crafty mages around the formation seemed to have no feelings for the fluctuations of the Laws. Only the Flame Fiend Munkins gave him a sensible glance.

“Ao!” The Hellfire Devil Dog, as the summoned target, also sensed the law of contract and let out a defiant howl.

Feeling the resistance of the Hellfire Devil Hound, Qin Lun was slightly shocked. When he got the Big Black Bear BEN, it was Exorcist Bonny who helped him complete the summoning contract. He himself did not have any experience in signing summoning contracts, so he could only forcefully connect the Hellfire Devil Hound’s soul with his consciousness.

In fact, even Beelzebub hadn’t expected that Old Sly wouldn’t know that Qin Lun didn’t have any experience at all.

Fortunately, Flame Fiend Munkins was keenly aware of the subtle changes in the formation. A brutal light flashed in his eyes. He pinched his hand and crushed the lava tube, cutting off the output of his power to the Hellfire Devil Hound.

“Woo!” The Hellfire Devilhound that had lost its food let out a dissatisfied whimper and instinctively began to ask for it from the Summoner …