[Stinking Cloud].
Though this special spell of the Conjuration School had a spell circle as high as "3," in the vast majority of cases, it was not cast as a damage-type spell meant to reap lives.
Manipulating Magic Particles and driving poisonous fog with mental power to obstruct vision while causing enemies physical discomfort and infecting them with disease was its basic effect.
Coming from Purgatory, the long lifespans and outstanding talents unique to their race meant that as long as Devil nobles put their minds to learning, they could always achieve the results they desired through accumulations far richer than those short-lived species could ever match.
Saloyan's ambition was clear enough from the fact that he had been willing to project his consciousness into the Material Plane and attach himself to such a bottom-tier Adventurer, one who had not even obtained a Profession Level and whose soul quality was utterly ordinary. He had even been willing to exercise the greatest patience and "guide him step by step," all just to entice the other party into taking him to the planned destination and searching for the faintest trace of something that might interest his superior.
He wanted to advance far too badly.
Under such circumstances, how could he possibly neglect the crucial strength required to climb upward?
His superb magical attainments and countless years of accumulated knowledge had long since freed him from being limited to the stiff, rigid ordinary spells recorded in spellbooks. Instead, he could make corresponding alterations according to the special evil energy he possessed as a Devil and the specific situation on the field.
The Stinking Cloud he released now could be said to have undergone a heaven-and-earth transformation compared to the original spell.
Not only was its color denser, heavier, and tinged with the smell