The lemures called "fire demons" are special in that they exist in the form of magma, just like elemental life.
They are like other lemures wandering the wilderness, hell is everywhere, and they are more disgusting to native life than lemures. They can exist independently or merge with each other, flow with the lava, gather in lava lakes or oceans, and integrate into the group.
The fire demons forming a swarm are difficult to deal with. The trouble is, magma is everywhere in hell.
Therefore, they are not the lowest beings in hell like their lemure counterparts.
Because of the fire demon swarm, the town moved from "Beautiful Lake" to Howling Canyon and gradually declined.
"We left guidance in the town, but fewer and fewer demons came." The blue-blooded sergeant whispered wistfully.
A long time ago, as a law enforcer, it managed hundreds of demons and arriving guests, and even had two subordinates. However, as hell is no longer connected to the human world, the town and its glory are no longer.
The waiter still didn't bring back the map, so Lu Li took advantage of the fact that the blue-blooded police chief was still willing to talk and asked for more information, such as who the mayor was.
"Brubby", this unpronounceable name belongs to the mayor of Beautiful Lake Town, and the meaning of the name was known to Lu Li when he first stepped into hell: a high-level demon.
At this time, the waiter emerged from behind the counter and put down several unknown rough leather maps that were rough and more suitable for preservation in the blazing hell than sheepskin.
The two maps corresponded to the old Meilihu Town and the new Meilihu Town respectively, and the other one was grabbed by the waiter and was not handed over.
Gorgeous squiggles with patterns like butterfly wings mark many locations on the map, including New Beautiful Lake Town at the foot, Screaming Canyon leaning against it, and Old Beautiful Lake Town in the lower left corner.
Lu Li analyzed that the diameter of the map was about 20 miles, and it was relatively fine. Because except for place names, the map did not mark the lairs of hellish creatures as imagined.
Maybe the lairs around the town had been cleared, but Lu Li preferred that no one would draw the map after the decline of Beautiful Lake Town. This was confirmed by the blue-blooded police chief.
Comparing each other, there are some subtle differences between the old and new Meilihu Town maps. For example, on the old Meilihu Town map, the island in the middle of the lake is the size of a small town, but on the new Meilihu Town map, there is only a slightly invisible one.
"Is there a lair of weird... hellish creatures near town?"
"Huh, of course." The blue-blooded Sheriff's cold snort meant that their relationship was hostile.
Lu Li looked at the waiter again, who was holding the last leather map but did not hand it over.
"This needs to be paid for!" the waiter screamed at the blue-blooded Sheriff's threat.
The blue police chief groaned and threw the black mud magic ball given by Lu Li. The meat ball rolled across the counter and was held by the waiter who threw the map.
"Thanks."
Lu Li picked up the map on the counter and observed the irregular texture on the rough leather. This was a map with a larger scale than the previous two maps. Both the Lake Center Island and the Screaming Canyon were huddled in the corners, and the new Lake Center Island Town was even bigger.
It was later marked on the map.
The center of the map belongs to a hell town called "Abyss City". The blue police chief said that it is controlled by the devil king and he has never been there. Lu Li simply compared the span of the map. The length of the Howling Canyon is about 60 miles, which is the length of a fingernail.
.The distance from Abyss City to Howling Canyon is about an arm's length. Even if he traveled day and night, Lu Li would not be able to reach there in 24 days.
The preciousness of this map lies in its scale. Towns and lairs with a radius of thousands of miles are all marked: tombs of the dead, the castle of the Marquis, the Church of the Spider God, the ruins of the fallen...
This means that Lu Li has a considerable source of humanity provided he can defeat them and they are still there.
When the map was drawn, the town of Beautiful Lake had not yet moved.
The nearest town to New Beautiful Lake Town is Rift Valley Town at the other end of the Howling Canyon, about 60 miles away. The canyon that slightly tilts eastward and extends to the north is also barely there.
"Do you still have contact with Rift Town?"
"No."
"Why?"
The straight-line distance of 60 miles between the two towns is not that far, and there are canyons connecting the two ends in the terrain, so it should not be difficult for the demons of hell to pass.
The blue-blooded sergeant raised his forearm-like horny claws and pointed at the middle of the canyon: "It collapsed and was occupied by banshees and turned into a wailing cave."
Lu Li temporarily set his goal to enter the canyon, solve the Wailing Cave, and reach the Rift Valley Town at the other end. But before leaving, he might find a way to harvest the fire demons in the "Beautiful Lake".
"How do I trade souls?"
Lu Li planned to use the soul obtained from killing the Black Mud Demon. Hell was evaporating his humanity all the time, and the soul could be consumed instead of humanity and used as currency.
The latter was more useful now, he couldn't always lie to these hellish creatures with nothing.
The waiter got into the hole in the floor again and appeared soon, holding a barrel with irregular textures engraved on it and a water pipe like a wine barrel.
"Put your hand in and release the amount you want to extract. Part of the extracted soul goes to the tavern."
Lu Li looked up at the blue-blooded Sheriff. Compared to the waiter, this lawful law enforcer was more trustworthy.
"The tavern will take a tenth."
The impartial blue-blooded Sheriff confirmed that this was not a scam and exposed the waiter's little trick.
Lu Li nodded and put his right hand into the barrel. The pain that was like tearing his soul emerged. Lu Li endured it and allowed a faint band of light to flow out of the barrel's water pipe, forming a ball of flowing light as big as a curled finger.
, if you look closely, you can see the soul surging in it.
It is the same soul and currency, but it is different from weird currency. Weird currency is made of solidified souls, and you can only hear the whimpering of the undead when you put it to your ears.
Lu Li retracted his right hand that still felt the tear and asked, "What's its face value?"
"13 souls."
"How much is it worth?"
The waiter's answer was 169 days of hell wear and tear, 130 trained lemure slaves, 39 days of living in the tavern, 23 and a half bottles of undead wine, hiring two intermediate demons for a month, enjoying succubi for seven nights, and skeleton horses.
Five days of food, two tavern luxury packages, an opportunity to change from a low-level demon to a mid-level demon, a ticket to Abyss City, and 0.7 houses in New Beautiful Lake Town.
It cannot be converted into shillings or weird currencies, because the soul is not only currency, but also represents the time of existence. Every 13 days, the hot wind of hell will wear away a soul.
The right arm that split the soul was temporarily weak. Lu Li stretched out his left hand to pick up the soul. An unexpected change suddenly occurred. The soul melted due to the redemption fragments in his left hand, and transformed into human nature and poured into the body.
About 0.1 parts.
13 parts of soul can only be exchanged for 0.1 part of humanity, but the key is... the soul can be exchanged for humanity.
"What did you do!"
The waiter held up his head and screamed, a little trouble arose: Lu Li did not have the 1.3 soul rewards that he could give to the tavern.
But Lu Li no longer pays attention to this point. Because if the soul can be replaced by human nature...
"The nests around Beautiful Lake Town are a threat to the town, right?" Those quiet, black eyes fell on the blue-blooded police chief who was waiting for law enforcement.
"If I help you take down the threat...how much can the town pay me?"