Charles found a spot amid the ruins and sat down, watching Zarlos evolve.
The aura of Zarlos's advancement quickly drew other demons over.
To quite a few Greater Demons, such an aura was a temptation.
Yet when they arrived nearby, they discovered Charles standing watch.
One Greater Demon even flew over, but upon seeing Charles, muttered a few words under his breath before retreating unwillingly.
Charles's strength made him one of the best even among fourth-rank Greater Demons.
After all, the two attacks on the devils' city had let those Greater Demons witness Charles's strength and wickedness.
He was simply too wicked. Not only was he wicked toward devils, but he even snatched Devil Barons that other Greater Demons had already half beaten to death.
If they had not known they could not beat Charles, those fellows would have come over to teach him a lesson long ago.
Charles stared at Zarlos's advancement, analyzing the power of laws that emerged during the process and recording the state of his advancement.
This was greatly beneficial to Charles's grasp of wizard knowledge.
Very few wizards had the opportunity to observe, from such close range, the process of a Greater Demon advancing into a Greater Demon.
Charles recorded these changes.
Zarlos's advancement took even longer than Charles's had.
Perhaps it was because Charles had advanced as a wizard first, making his soul powerful enough.
Zarlot, on the other hand, had gained his advancement entirely because he had slaughtered enough devils in battle.
Inside the demon egg, Zarlos's body was reforming.
His bloodline race still retained the form of a Balor. The only difference was the addition of several subtle changes.
Overall, it was still primarily a Balor.
When Zarlos's demon egg began to emit the aura of a Greater Demon,
Hachiwote's aura instantly