But in the next moment, the Book of Causal Paths poured a bucket of cold water over him. "Stop dreaming."
"Hachiwote may have lost his position as Great Lord, but that is not something a mere Greater Demon like you can covet."
"Don't forget, above you are fifth-rank lords and sixth-rank Demon Lords. Their advantages are far greater than yours!"
"Besides, the Abyss world is now connecting with the Purgatory world."
"At a time like this, even if you managed to pick up the scraps and become an Abyss Great Lord, you might only be walking down a road to death."
"Once the devils' legions charge in, their first priority will definitely be to kill the Abyss Great Lord."
"When that happens, we might not even get a chance to run!"
That bucket of cold water from the Book of Causal Paths instantly cleared Charles's head.
He sighed. "Yeah! There are still far too many people above me."
"It seems this opportunity was not meant for me."
But Charles quickly adjusted his mood. "Although I can't become an Abyss Great Lord, I can still become a fifth-rank minor lord first!"
He took to the air and roared, "You wretches, get moving!"
"Do you want the devils to kick your asses to pieces?!"
Charles led his legion swiftly back toward Millstone Fortress.
At last, after more than two months, they returned to Millstone Fortress.
Compared to when they had left,
Charles had departed with a massive army of more than a million demons. Now, upon their return, only a little over a hundred thousand remained.
Yet Charles's overall strength had not fallen, but instead increased.
Because the weakest among those who returned were all Lesser Demons.
Many of those he had led out before had still been at the Imp stage.