After Charles reported the situation inside the room to Jody,
he began thinking about how to deal with the three Nightmarespawn Parasites.
Charles had plenty of tricks up his sleeve. What he needed to consider was which one would give him the best bang for his buck.
The low, makeshift shack offered the Nightmarespawn Parasites a little shelter, but it also limited their room to move.
The shack obviously couldn't hold back the now-powerful Nightmarespawn Parasites. They just hadn't realized it yet and didn't want to come out for the time being.
"I'll attack first. You can follow up."
Charles said this to Jody, then began preparing his spell.
He held a Crystal Ball in his hand and started by summoning an Imp.
There were three Nightmare creatures, but there was no need to use three Imps.
He traced the runes, forming a spell model, then sent invitations to summon several Imps he often called upon.
Soon, a demon answered Charles's summons.
Charles had maintained contracts with two hundred Imps for a long time. Whenever he had time to prepare for battle, he would prioritize summoning Imps he knew well.
If the battle was fierce and he had no time to prepare, he would invite all two hundred Imps at once and summon whichever one answered first.
That way, he could summon them as quickly as possible.
He expended some of his soul power, and two summoning arrays took shape in front of him.
Two Imps were enough to handle the monsters here, especially with a Great Knight and several knight guards nearby.
The summoning light faded, revealing an Imp and a Quasit in front of Charles.
At this stage, all demons were called Imps. That showed just how widespread this species of demon was.
Imps had wings on their