A few more days passed.
Lucius's zone of control had expanded considerably, pushing dozens of miles outward from the abandoned mine.
He had swallowed up another three medium-sized settlements and killed more than a dozen Level-Five Demon commanders.
Yesterday, after the Bloodspike Demon, he had taken down a Stone Statue Demon king to the east and a Bone Demon King to the north.
Both demons were at the early stage of level six, hardly weak, but against him and several hundred Chaos Guards, neither had lasted ten breaths.
Sela had not been idle either. She had swallowed up four small factions to the northwest, pushing her zone of control more than a hundred miles farther.
Over the past few days, the two of them had dispatched large numbers of guards to offer all the captured demons to Zul.
The ore deposits and Soul Crystals in the settlements had also been gathered up and sent back to the Dragon Domain in a steady stream.
During this time, the projection had fully recovered, and another five hundred newly acquired demons had been transformed into Chaos Guards.
Across the two worlds, the guards now numbered four thousand, every one of them at least as strong as a commander.
At that moment, Lucius stood at the command table inside the stronghold and traced a circle on the hide map with his finger.
"This area has been cleared."
His gaze settled on a region east of the Ironspine Territory—the Demon Wolf Commander's territory. Demon Wolf was one of Ironspine's trusted followers.
Lucius had learned from Insect Demon that the Demon Wolf Commander was one of Ironspine's earliest subordinates and was fiercely loyal.
His territory bordered Ironspine's central region, forming a defensive barrier for Ironspine's outlying forces.
His subordinates were formidable, with over a hundred commanders