As he reached Neith and Helena, he said looking at the later "How much did you understand out of this battle?"

Helena blushed and said "Not much…" Adam smiled and said "When we are done dealing with those monsters, I will spare with you. That should help you. For the next monster, I will only use the sword."

Helena nodded, and they climbed back on Neith's back.

The hours went by quickly, and when they reached the end of the list of Sage Monsters that had been found, night was about to fall. Adam had subdued 41 Sage Monsters, with three of them being above Level 190, while he killed 31 of them.

This allowed him to absorb a lot of Soul Energy to feed his two souls. Soul Energy was very mysterious, and it was one of the only things capable of crossing worlds. Since Adam's two souls were connected to each other, even though they weren't in the same worlds, Adam was able to feed both souls at the same time.

Actually, the Soul Energy he had absorbed proved to be a little too much, as his entire mind was filled with Soul Energy. It would take some time to absorb it all.

Since he had already taken care of all the Sage Monsters that had been found, Adam decided to enter another fit of seclusion. He wouldn't get out until he finished absorbing and processing all the Soul Energy.

As Adam entered seclusion, several thousand kilometers away, in the Demon City.

Tazolos, who had been in seclusion for several months now, finally exited his room. He was very excited because he could feel the barrier separating him from becoming a King Demon was growing thinner and thinner. Although he wasn't there yet, it was now but a matter of months.

However, as he walked through his palace, he noticed something was amiss. All his subordinates had weird faces, they looked angry and powerless.

This made the fire demon frown as he exited his palace. Once outside, he couldn't see anything amiss though, so he took some altitude to get a look at the entire city.

At first, he didn't see anything, but as he turned around and saw his palace, he shouted in rage.

"WHICH BASTARD DAMAGED MY GOD DAMNED PALACE!!!!"

As his furious roar spread in the city, an old demon looked up and hurriedly flew up. He knelt in mid air and said "My King." This old demon was actually one of the generals of Tazolos, and the one who had managed to attack Adam.

Tazolos' cold gaze turned to the old demon as he asked "Kriar, what happened?"

Kriar, the old demon, lifted his head and said "We were attacked. The Northman who fought against us to save the intruders from Epoch was the one who attacked."

Tazolos sneered and said with a tint of amusement, but also anger "That Northman caused so much damage? Have you gone senile?"

Kriar replied seriously "Through our spies we learned more about him. That Northman is called Valiant Heart, and he is a human Sovereign. His combat prowess though is unprecedented, and so is his growth. He killed millions of subjects, as well as some Intermediate Demons and Higher Demons. I clashed with him personally, and I can confirm he is as strong as me. Moreover, he has enough Aura to create a Space barrier to bypass our arrays and still destroy the palace. I fear if we were to fight, he would kill me in the attrition battle. Moreover, he is fast, he is the fastest one in our world."

Tazolos was shocked by what Kriar said. Kriar was a Level 200 Higher Demon, and was his greatest general. Not only was he the second strongest demon in Providence, he was also a master tactician. He was their clan's Grand Elder!

As crazy a Level 84 Silver Rank matching a Level 200 Sage Demon was, Tazolos still believed it rather than Kriar being wrong.

And that made everything even more shocking. In Providence, Tazolos was the second strongest being, only second to an extremely old monster that was stuck at the very peak of the Sage Realm.

As for Kriar, he was most probably the fifth strongest being in the entire world, and now that brat had already become so strong despite being a Silver Rank?

If that was the case, then he was a serious threat…

Seeing his king was thinking, Kriar didn't say anything, and waited. After a moment, Tazolos said "We shouldn't antagonize him for now, there is no need. I can feel I am not far from becoming a Legendary Demon. By that time, he won't stand a chance of escaping from me."

Kriar looked ecstatic as he said "My Liege is destined to rule this world! Congratulations in advance!"

Tazolos nodded and said "Have the repairs of my palace hastened. I will soon return to seclusion. Be at the ready for any other attack, and if that Valiant Heart once again attacks, don't try to kill him, but force him into retreat. Anything else?"

Kriar nodded and said "Actually, I think I should be able to trap that Valiant Heart and kill him." Tazolos raised an eyebrow as he said "There is no need to take any unnecessary risk against that Northman. I will naturally kill him once I reach the Legendary Rank."

Kriar replied "It wouldn't involve much risk. Earlier this day, some of our spies managed to enter the camp of those refugees from Epoch."

As he said that, a disdainful voice came from the side "What, you want to assault that camp? Even I can tell this is a terrible idea."

Both Kriar and Tazolos turned their heads to look at the side, where another demon was standing. This demon was a humanoid bull, known as the Minotaur. They stood among the strongest demonic clans.

Tazolos looked impassive as he said "Eranan, put aside your childish arguments and cooperate for once."

Eranan, the Minotaur, knelt and said "I shall obey my Lord." A moment later, an extremely beautiful woman appeared as well. She would almost look like a human woman if it weren't for her pointy ears, her black tail or the black bat wings on her back. She was a Succubus, the dream of many men.

She knelt before Tazolos, showing off her incredible cleavage, as she said with a sultry voice "My King, I missed you!"

Tazolos revealed a smile but quickly hid it as he looked back at Kriar and said "Tell me, what's your plan?"

Kriar nodded and said "As I was saying, some of our spies managed to infiltrate the base of Valiant Heart. Indeed, attacking would be foolish. But our spies managed to find an interesting piece of information. Valiant Heart's pet is a Titanic Spider, and it is not far from becoming an Ancestor Rank."

"I believe we can use this to our advantage. Not long ago we found a precious ore that would become an incredible allure to any Titanic Spider. Using it would allow them to break through any bottleneck very easily."

The succubus said "You want to bait his pet with that ore? How can you be sure he will follow?" Kriar looked at her and said "Although it is his pet, apparently they share a much stronger relationship. If it falls in danger, he will definitely go rescue it. You should know better than anyone the ravages caused by emotions, Sultra."

The succubus let out a devious chuckle, which Kriar promptly ignored as he added "I suggest trapping that spider, wait for that lad's arrival, and use the Heaven Locking Array. Since that Valiant Heart seems to have deep attainments in the Space Concept, this is the only Array that could trap him. Otherwise, with his speed, he would be more than capable of fleeing."

Tazolos nodded and said "This is a good plan, as expected of you. You have my authorization to proceed."