Sure enough, the two sixth-rank demon lords, born with evil and betrayal flowing through their veins,
found forming an alliance far less simple than they had imagined.
What had originally been a meeting to conveniently treat each other's wounds turned into a bloody backstabbing battle.
In the end, both demon lords gained several new rule-inflicted injuries.
This left them in an even worse state than before.
It could only be said that, when it came to choosing opponents, the two demon lords had made the same choice.
Charles could be set aside for now, but Anog/Kolsama absolutely had to be dealt with ruthlessly.
Yet after they each departed,
they contacted one another again.
Because they truly still had one common enemy.
Charles.
Charles was becoming an increasingly troublesome problem, and he had to be dealt with.
Each side contacted the other while harboring its own schemes, discussing how to target Charles next.
But ideals were plump while reality was bony.
They reached a consensus on targeting Charles.
But as for how to target him, they kept haggling. Neither side was willing to be the one to stick its neck out.
Thus, the plan to target and deal with Charles continued to advance slowly.
Demons were always like this.
They possessed greedy ambitions, yet all manner of accidents always arose on the road toward achieving them.
Demons were always like this.
But devils were different.
When the devil marquis discovered Charles's existence, and realized that he might threaten the devils' progress in exploring and conquering this Abyss World,
they began devising all kinds of plans.
Through the Yugoloth merchant network, they began gathering and learning every piece of intelligence concerning Charles.
More and more information came in.
It gave the devils a deeper understanding of Charles, this demon lord.
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