[CH598+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

The 5 Great Demon Families are bound together in an alliance to rule the Upper Realm.

It is their family loyalty and strict hierarchy that keeps them from betraying one another and focused on advancing for the good of their family branches.

To ensure these strict rules and regulations are followed, all Demons within the major Royal Branches have their avatars connected to a central interface monitored by all of the family heads.

If any Demon dies, all the families will be notified, and the threat will be dealt with swiftly.

This is a well-kept secret. Only high-ranking 1st Class Lords, who have dealt with Demons in the past—tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years ago, back when Demons didn't have as much power in certain zones of the Upper Realm—are aware of it.

While the average Lord in the crowds of the Volterra District feels as though their show was stopped right before the best part, the Human and Ogre putting on this display know very well that if they were to end this match by killing these Demons, they would be in far more trouble than they can handle right now.

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In the center of the Citadel, Andras, the Noble Vermillion Demon stationed to watch over this Citadel, curses loudly while pacing back and forth even faster.

Ember's voice echoes out through the hologram at the front of his massive room, and Andras hears the words echoed for millions of Lords to hear.

"Is that all? You Demons challenged me. A 5th Class human... Forced me to accept your terms... -And you were beaten this badly just because I purchased a few Avatar upgrades..."

Ember walks closer to the mutilated, melting avatar at the back of the room, shaking his head.

Torvak speaks at the same time while stepping a heavy foot onto the remains of the chest of the Demon in his room.

"Out of respect for the Vermillion Family Head, we won't kill these runts. For the strong to bully the weak is cowardly. The Ogre Conglomeration will do business with any race that gives us a deal, and I will gladly challenge anyone who believes we have wronged them. However, this is the last duel I shall accept on such baseless shallow claims."

The Ogre steps off the avatar and kicks it aside, looking up to the ceiling of the dueling room.

Ember takes a similar stance, as they know exactly who is watching.

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The Citadel Lord yells out with rage, but he didn't receive this position for his strength alone.

Andras Vermillion is a very intelligent tactical Noble Demon. He understands that the opponents he is dealing with know knowledge from an era before he was brought to the Upper Realm just 18,000 years ago to follow the family head.

An utter defeat like this is quite an embarrassment, but it can still be salvaged.

Their family head has not been notified, so everything that has occurred here is still contained on a local level. Only the Ellipsia Citadel knows of this blunder.

The Demon opens up a few panels of his status to yell for some of his servants.

"Close the Citadel ports! I want all Fast Travel Orbs to and from this sky base halted until this matter is taken care of!"

As the Demon closes his status, he's faced with the fact that even though these two have caused him great trouble and damaged his family name in front of millions of Lords, simultaneously, he should be thanking them.

If Ember and Torvak had killed both Demons then and there, the Vermillion Family name would have lessened in stature in the eyes of the other 4 Great Families.