The Barrier Master was only one person...
This left both priests somewhat stunned, because they knew very well that there was not even a single Barrier Master in the entire Emerald City army...
Only nobles could produce Blood Demon mages. Their inheritances were controlled extremely strictly, and if any of them leaked out, the entire clan would pursue the matter relentlessly. Thus, it was practically impossible for a wandering Blood Demon mage to appear outside. Sabo had been born a mercenary and was regarded as a lowborn among the many Blood Demon nobles. Though they respected him on the surface, they looked down on him in secret.
Sabo had been locked in a stalemate with the Great Clans all along. For many years, the core forces of the Blood Demon Legion had been recruited from mercenaries, without a single noble child among them. He had never compromised with the Blood Demon nobles. Fortunately, the Blood Demon race had many high-quality mercenaries outside, barely allowing Sabo to establish a powerful Demon Legion even without compromising with the clans. With the benefits brought by Borton Faction's rapid expansion as a rising power, the first batch of Blood Demons who followed him had obtained immense resources. Their overall growth was not even much inferior to that of the abyssal Blood Demon nobles.
This had left the Blood Demon nobles helpless against Sabo. Over the years, they had continued lowering their demands, hoping Sabo would open a loophole for them. Many conditions had been relaxed, and Sabo had gradually begun discussing the acceptance of Blood Demon clan descendants.
The reason was simple enough. Although lowborn Blood Demons had strong survival abilities, were useful, and had no complicated connections, most of those who survived in the mercenary trade were not lacking in aptitude. But their