Nether River Memory Stealing Demon!
Lis looked at the devil that revealed its original form before him, feeling somewhat emotional.
Truth be told, encountering a living devil in the Gaia Main World was quite rare.
As evil creatures from the Abyss Hell, the restrictions placed by the Gaia Main World on demons and devils were quite significant.
For them to descend into the Main World, they could only do so through various special summoning rituals or magic arrays, relying on their own strength was extremely difficult.
In the 5.0 Abyss Invasion main storyline, massive spatial passages connected to the first layer of the Abyss appeared on each continent, which allowed those demons to enter the Gaia World with relative ease.
Flapping its fleshy wings, the Nether River Memory Stealing Demon cautiously watched Lis who stood not far away.
As a rare and not-crazed Nether River Memory Stealing Demon, it didn't have time to relish the joy of escaping its binds before sensing the solemn atmosphere around him.
The magic arrays set up around them in advance were clearly from the humans who actively helped him escape...
He simply didn't believe anyone would be kind enough to help a devil free itself.
Moreover, this human seemed to have a clear understanding of his situation.
All of this made him feel very uneasy.
After a moment of silence, the Nether River Memory Stealing Demon said in a hoarse voice:
"Human, since you've helped me break the seal, what do you want from me?"
Having obtained wisdom and escaped the deadly silence of its seal, Samus cherished its life greatly and attempted to leave the trap that had been set up in advance.
Lis wasn't surprised, after all, that's just how devils are; even if this Nether River Memory Stealing Demon had Gold Level strength before being sealed, as long as Lis was stronger than it now, the devil would never attack first.
For a demon, that might not be the case.
"What can you offer me?"
Lis asked, somewhat curiously.
"The great Devil Sasum can grant you the opportunity to break through to the Gold Level and can also bestow upon you eternal life," said the Nether River Memory Stealing Demon Sasum, naturally starting his spiel.
"Ha, I'm not interested in those."
Lis shook his head, laughing as he spoke.
"Besides, I really can't be bothered to figure out what tricks you'd pull in a contract."
"There's no need for a contract, Sasum can directly grant you power," said the devil hastily, sensing something was amiss in the atmosphere.
Sasum had a bad premonition; while this young man only had the aura of Silver Level, why was he able to exert such a great pressure on him?
Although his strength had fallen from Gold Level due to the extended seal, it shouldn't be a big problem to deal with someone at the Silver Early Stage.
"There's no need to continue speaking."
Lis figured there probably wasn't anything useful on this self-proclaimed Sasum, the Nether River Memory Stealing Demon, and he couldn't be bothered to waste more words.
"I just want that drop of Nether River Essence inside you, how about it?"
Sasum's complexion changed; this human even knew such hidden secrets.
But the Nether River Essence was the source of his power, this human was asking for his death!
"That, I can give to you, but…"
Before he could finish speaking, Sasum's body crashed directly into the restrictions of the magic array, trying to break through what appeared to be flimsy defense.
Lis's attention naturally remained on the demon, yet he didn't strike immediately.
"Are you kidding me?" Although it was just a casual creation of Judgement Flame, it wasn't something the demon could break through, not even if his strength were at its peak.
The impact of Sasum's body against the barrier seemed to shake the translucent but seemingly fragile walls, which held fast, refusing to let the demon pass. The immense force of the collision even left wounds on Sasum's pale blue skin, from which droplets of blood fell to ground.
What left him in despair was that the barrier didn't seem to be affected at all by his collision, there was not even a tremble.
Turning around, no longer pretending, Sasum bared his tusks and said fiercely to Lis,
"Damn reptile, you are offending the great Lord Sasum, prepare to face my wrath."
Lis ignored the demon's feeble attempt at intimidation and lifted his longsword.
With a gentle swipe of his left hand over the blade, a ghastly blue flame ignited along the sword.
After cricking his neck, Lis, holding his sword, charged towards Sasum.
Not bothering to use magic, Lis decided to beat the demon with his own hands, which also served as a good warm-up.
The Nether River Memory Stealer Sasum was somewhat caught off guard. He had sensed a strong presence of Magic Elements coming off Lis, which should indicate a Spellcaster's profession.
What, a close combat fight?
Sasum was somewhat gleeful, this was his area of expertise.
Unlike other demons, the Nether River Memory Stealer preferred not to use classical magical abilities, but to kill his enemies through physical combat.
Especially his lower half, which resembled the enormous foot of a snail or slug, could latch onto an opponent's body, its tentacles biting into and drawing their blood and memories.
That was, after all, the origin of their name.
The only pity was that he wasn't by the Nether River at the moment, otherwise it would have been even easier to drag his enemy into its depths.
Sasum didn't dodge as Lis thrust his longsword straight at him; he even seemed to meet the attack deliberately.
The sharp point of the sword pierced Sasum's skin without resistance, plunging deeply into his muscular flesh.
Blood Energy splattered everywhere, and the ghastly blue flame began to spread onto Sasum's wounds.
With a grunt of pain, Sasum hadn't expected Lis's attack to penetrate his flesh so easily, especially not the ghastly blue flames, which scorched his flesh and brought him immense pain.
But Sasum's plan had succeeded, he'd allowed Lis's sword to hit him so he could get close.
Flexing his muscles, he firmly trapped Lis's longsword and the lower half of his body suddenly coiled around Lis.
He had killed countless demons and devils this way.
Once entangled by his foot's suction, even those stronger than he couldn't do much.
Lis wasn't surprised by this sudden attack.
This was his first time facing a Nether River Memory Stealer in this life, but he had plenty of experience in his past life.
Dealing with you, I'm an old hand!
Without hesitation, he let go of his longsword and leapt backward, evading Sasum's onslaught.
After obtaining the assassin profession specialty, his speed also improved, barely falling short of a Hunter or assassin of the same level.
Sasum was surprised but not too dismayed, so what if he avoided