Charles now also had some Flame Ratman followers under his command.
These Flame Ratmen were certainly weaker in battle than Balors.
But their loyalty was off the charts.
Having made up his mind, Charles quickly issued the order.
So long as Charles did not take the initiative to attack those devils who had already established settlements, basically no devil nobles would come after him.
Instead, the outlying positions of the devil pioneers were steadily advancing.
At this time, Charles had his hands full—one on the construction of his fortress,
and the other on strengthening the Flame Ratmen under his command.
He sent these Flame Ratmen out to lead troops into battle.
With the Flame Ratmen as the backbone, mixed in with large numbers of other demons, he could reduce Flame Ratman casualties while speeding up their strengthening.
At the same time, Charles was also accelerating his analysis of the heart cores of these devil barons.
His recent work had been properly arranged.
Meanwhile, Mark's trade route was flourishing. During this period, he had annexed the caravans of several other Yugoloths and was living quite comfortably.
Under such circumstances, he had also earned Charles no small amount of profit.
Charles communicated with the Book of Causal Paths. "I couldn't conduct cross-planar trade before."
"Do I have the qualifications now?"
"I'm already a fifth-rank Demon Lord, as well as a fourth-circle wizard, and my wizard side has even condensed an elemental true body."
"Even if cross-planar traces leak out at this point and attract demons, I won't have anything to fear."
The Book of Causal Paths wrote: "You indeed can now. As a fifth-rank Demon Lord, as long as you are not surrounded and attacked, there is nothing to worry about."
"As for sixth-rank Demon Lords, they likely do not have time