GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Her mental transmission killed every mid-rank demon in the vicinity. The high-rank demons frowned while the weak ones almost blacked out.

Aeternus was unbothered by the shout.

He shouted back. "Can you keep it down? I have guests over and you're ruining the atmosphere."

"I am the demon lord," Beelta screamed as if to announce herself or assert her dominance.

"So what? Just because you're the demon lord does not mean you can do whatever you want."

"You can't take my position from me. I will forever remain the demon lord."

"Will you stop screaming? If you're so sure of yourself then there's no need to worry." He asked calmly as he started to make more giant white balls of chaos.

She wasn't willing to listen to reason. Her fury rose to the sky as she roared, "You have crossed the line. You have gone too far."

Still, Aeternus remained unconcerned. "What are you going to do about it? Certainly coming here to shout and rant won't help. This is unbecoming of someone of your stature. You're just embarrassing yourself."

She had gone mad so she didn't listen to him. She kept shouting threats at him while he continued to make snide comments.

"Beelta, this is so unlike you. I would like to listen to what's got you down but I am busy here trying to establish a coup."

He took control of the momentum of the surroundings and locked her out when she wouldn't quiet down.

The arena resumed its silence and vigil. Their eyes and attention were focused on the evolution going on within the arena. The evolution took more than 10 hours before it was completed. Then a giant flaming hand broke the cocoon. A giant flaming bull's head complete with a single giant horn came after.

A burning minotaur came out of the cocoon in its full glory. It stood up to reach 10 meters tall. There were four large wings on its back and three flaming tails. The skin and the body of the demon seemed to be made from red-hot volcanic rocks. Lava was dripping to the ground from the cracks in the skin.

There were seams in the skin from which the burning and churning inside of the demon could be seen. There is a number in his left eye that showed the number 1 in the demon tongue. It identified him as the second member of the house of Khaos. The lava inside the body of the burning demon was dripping through its skin like sweat.

The temperature of the arena spiked immediately after the demon released its aura that swept over the surroundings. There was also a spiritual influence apart from the physical discomfort of the aura. The aura was whispering ideas of anger in the minds of everyone. It was trying to make them angry and lose their composure. But how could they do that when they are practically frozen in their seats unable to move a single muscle?

The giant flaming minotaur, the embodiment of an active volcano ready to erupt knelt and bowed his head in Aeternus's direction.

"INFERNOX greets the Lord of the house of Khaos. Your every wish is my command, my lord." Its voice rumbled like thunder and this time, almost all the high-rank demons blacked out.

Even the geniuses were pushed to the very edge of consciousness. The weaker ones would have lost consciousness but the ravings of madness in their ears made it impossible to do so. So they fell into insanity instead. Their subconscious had to do something to protect their minds.

Blacking out is a defense mechanism to protect the mind, if they can't do that, then they might as well take the suggestions of anger and wrath in their heads. Still, no one did anything because they couldn't move a single muscle.

The demon lord's shout killed mid-rank demos and stressed high-rank demons but the effect is limited to that because of the distance between them. Her shout wouldn't have affected mid-rank demons if they are in their region instead of the region of high-rank demons.

INFERNOX might not be as powerful as the demon lord but is very close to these high-rank demons. They are nothing but prey to him and their subconscious knows that.

"Not bad." Aeternus smiled as he examined the stats of the new addition to his house.

NAME: INFERNOX

RACE: Chaotic Entity.

BLOODLINE: Chaosling.

DEMON RANK: Demon Duke.

CHAOS RANK: Second Star.

HEALTH: 100%

STAMINA: 100%

CHAOS ENERGY: 392,671

ACCUMULATION: 7

ATTACK RATING: Physique:600. Spirit:612. MAGIC:648.

DEFENSE RATING: Physique:624. Spirit:588. MAGIC:648.

ABILITIES:

1. The Power Of Wrath(EPIC): +9 Boosts to Strength when angry by burning chaos energy.

2. The Endurance Of Wrath(DIVINE): Boosts to Physical, Spiritual, and Magical attacks the more injured you get and reach up to +21.

3. The Aura Of Wrath(UNIQUE): A passive aura that badgers those around you with a Spiritual attack. Those that are unable to overcome the attack become immobilized. Those that can overcome it but are affected by the aura will have their prowess reduced based on the level of influence. The debuff ranges between 10-50%.

4. The Strike of Vengeance(DIVINE): The Accumulation of anger and resentment for empowerment within the body. Can be used to attack or to raise the state of existence to 17.

5. Body of Calamity (UNIQUE): Calamity brews within you and you're a volcano ready to erupt. The more your Accumulation increases the more potential you possess. You gain a boost to every part of your body even when you don't use Accumulation and this boost is directly proportional to the amount of Accumulation stored.

6. Connection To The Lord(UNIQUE): You are capable of communicating with the Lord of your house through this connection and he to you through the connection. You are his eyes and hands. The Lord can see through your senses and assist you with some energy to perform the tasks he has given you.

STATUS: Reverent.