Summoned by Another Demon

As the days passed, Fat Tiger continued to grow. Through hunt after hunt, he became increasingly ferocious.

However, what left Roy somewhat helpless was that Fat Tiger's original personality settings included the trait "curious." As Fat Tiger grew, his curiosity toward new things became more and more intense. Once he was capable of hunting weaker demons and Demonic Creatures on his own, he would no longer kill his prey immediately, instead turning them over and over as he toyed with them.

He would first let his prey run, then chase after them. Once he caught up, he would pounce and pin them down, only to release them again and let them keep running. Or, when faced with some bizarrely shaped demons, he would simply hold them down with his Claws, all three heads staring with six eyes as they continuously studied the creature's strange appearance. Only after he grew tired of playing would he bite the prey to death.

And whenever Roy led him across the ground, he would constantly run back and forth. Though he always returned quickly, he would occasionally bring back strange things in his mouth. Most were demon bones scattered across the wilderness, but there were also oddly shaped stones, eggshells left behind by certain Demonic Creatures, and so on. Every time he brought something back, he would eagerly present it to Roy, his Master, then stare expectantly at him, waiting for praise.

Whenever that happened, Roy did not know whether to laugh or cry. No matter how one put it, a Hell Hound was still a dog at heart...

The only thing Roy felt fortunate about was that he had not truly settled down anywhere yet. Otherwise, he felt Fat Tiger would really tear apart the house like a husky...

During this time, aside from feeding some of the souls he hunted to Fat Tiger so he could continue growing, Roy used all the rest to make Refined Magic Power Potions. After defining their settings, the potions' efficiency in utilizing souls rose tremendously. Compared to simply devouring souls, this was a far better method of increasing magical power.

After more than two months, Roy's magical power had risen to over ninety points and was about to break through one hundred.

Fat Tiger had more or less grown up by now, and Roy had mostly finished digesting the gains from returning from the Van Helsing World. He could not help wanting to visit other worlds again.

Ever since returning from the Van Helsing World last time, Roy had understood something: the Abyss Gate was likely connected to certain parallel worlds. Yet the protagonists in those worlds were not true protagonists, because they could be killed—indeed, even killed easily.

Thus, Roy guessed that these so-called protagonists were merely special individuals born when their worlds evolved to certain points in time. Even without them, those worlds would still exist and continue operating and evolving.

Perhaps one Van Helsing World was not enough to make that clear, but Roy had a faint premonition that if he chose to be summoned again, he would very likely end up in a world he was familiar with to some degree.

Whether demons or Angels, they were ultimately creatures imagined by humanity. But demons truly existed now, and Angels truly existed too, which meant humanity's fantasies had become reality!

Furthermore, the once-fictional Van Helsing World had become a genuinely existing parallel world here. In that case, it did not seem strange for other worlds imagined by humanity to exist as well.

Roy did not know why this was happening, but he felt that it was probably related to humanity.

Thinking of how his system realized modifications through manifestation, Roy became even more suspicious that all information might be capable of transforming into matter.

Human imagination was incredibly rich. When their countless fantasies about mysterious things were recorded in writing and depicted through images, they produced an enormous amount of information. That information ultimately gave rise to Angels and demons, as well as countless fantasy worlds. In turn, Angels and demons continually appeared in the human world, deepening humanity's understanding of them and causing its fantasies to become more numerous and more vivid.

Humans, Angels, and demons formed a cyclical pattern of mutual influence. Among them, souls became the thing that connected all three most closely, which was why they seemed so important...

These were merely Roy's wild speculations, and he did not know whether they were correct. After all, he always wanted to find a reasonable explanation for everything. It was not just him—throughout history, humanity had always sought reasonable explanations for the unknown.

Perhaps only after encountering more of the Abyss World, the human world, and even the Angel world would Roy have a chance of finding the answer...

After staying in the Shallow Abyss World for a few more days, Roy brought Fat Tiger and found a new altar.

This was the fourth altar he had found. It had actually been placed in the valley between two neighboring mountains.

"Fat Tiger, jump up!" Roy stepped onto the altar first, then beckoned Fat Tiger from behind. Once Fat Tiger climbed up, Roy sat down near the edge of the Magic Array. Fat Tiger eagerly trotted over and lay down beside him as well.

Roy quietly waited for the Magic Array to activate, waiting for someone to summon a demon.

As for whether he could bring Fat Tiger along, Roy was not certain. Though Fat Tiger was a Hell Hound, he was not part of the demon race and did not even possess a bloodline. Therefore, Roy was unsure whether the Abyss Gate would accept him.

Even if it did accept him, Roy did not know whether the Ouroboros Mark would take effect on him...

So if Fat Tiger could not be summoned along with him, Roy could only refuse to sign a contract and return when the time came. Then he would have to wait a while longer, until Fat Tiger had grown into his complete form, before Roy could confidently travel to other worlds. At that point, he could have Fat Tiger guard the altar and drive away nearby demons, preventing other demons from ambushing him should he return injured after some accident.

This time, he was only conducting an experiment, so there was no need to consider the matter of sacrifices.

Still, he felt he needed to remain vigilant. Worlds demons could travel to often also contained their mortal enemies, Angels. Though he might not necessarily encounter them head-on, he had to be careful. Besides, he had tricked Gabriel before and taken away his Soul Fragment, so Roy had to stay on guard in case he encountered a more powerful incarnation of Gabriel again.

After all, weak Soul Fragment incarnations like Van Helsing's were rare for Gabriel. Furthermore, once an Angel's Soul Fragment left its incarnation, it would immediately be enveloped by Heaven's light and retrieved. And when Gabriel sensed that something had gone wrong with a Soul Fragment, he would immediately descend to protect it. Under such double protection, Roy's ability to bring back one Soul Fragment last time was practically like winning the lottery.

It was not as though demons had never obtained Angel souls before; otherwise, Fallen Angels would not exist. But High-Level Angel souls obtained by demons were exceedingly rare, and someone at Gabriel's level was one in ten thousand.

Luck was luck, but Roy, this demon, had surely been blacklisted by Heaven. If he were caught, he would be beaten to death on the spot, so he had to be careful...

Roy did not wait long. Before long, the Magic Array on the altar activated and lit up. Roy picked up Fat Tiger, tucked him beneath his arm, and stepped forward into the Magic Array.

The scent of the sacrifice from the other side of the Abyss Gate was also a bloody smell, but this bloody smell was somewhat strange. Unlike ordinary blood, it seemed mixed with something else.

But strange as it was, Roy was only planning to conduct an experiment this time, so he did not think much about it and directly responded to the summons.

What Roy did not notice was that while he found the sacrifice's scent strange, Fat Tiger, whom he held in his arms, seemed extremely excited by the smell...

The mist of the Abyss Gate spread out once again, enveloping Roy's entire body. As his body gradually began to vanish, he discovered that Fat Tiger, whom he held in his arms, was also becoming insubstantial. He was immediately overjoyed.

It seems he really could bring Fat Tiger through the Abyss Gate!

Fat Tiger looked somewhat nervous. It was his first time encountering the Abyss Gate. Seeing both his master and himself turning insubstantial, he could not help barking repeatedly, "Awooo! Woof!"

The light shifted from bright to dim, then from dim to bright. After once again undergoing the exact same experience as his previous passage through the Abyss Gate, Roy found himself in an unfamiliar environment.

He was likewise inside a Magic Array, but an intensely scorching aura came from all around him, making Roy briefly think he was still in the Abyss World. Fat Tiger was still in his arms, and at the same time, Roy felt that the rejection of this world's World Power was not as strong as it had been last time.

Just as Roy was still sensing the differences, a voice suddenly sounded beside his ear.

"Hohohoho! Look, a demon that isn't a Hell Hound was actually summoned! How strange. Does he like Griffin Urine Blood too?"

Roy turned toward the owner of the voice, but the instant he saw the other party's appearance, he was stunned.

Because the one who had spoken was also a demon!

This demon was also humanoid. His skin was crimson red, and he held a whip in his hand. His face was covered by a full black steel helmet, while a pair of extremely long black demon horns protruded from its top. He was tall and powerfully built. Though he lacked Demon Wings, his entire body exuded a scorching sulfurous aura. He was undeniably a demon.

What puzzled Roy most was that standing before this demon, he could feel an intense sense of oppression that made him deeply uncomfortable.

Perhaps Roy had stared for too long, because the speaking demon immediately became displeased. He swung the whip in his hand and lashed Roy across the body, roaring, "What are you looking at?! Get the hell out of the Magic Array already!"

Originally, I planned to make the second world Constantine, but after thinking about it today, I changed my mind and rewrote it, so the update came rather late.