At night, most of the servants and the retinue of the Grand Duke of Hammer had already fallen asleep. At the top of the main tower, unbeknownst to them, a fierce battle was taking place. The two sides of the battle are the sorcerers who visit the castle late at night and the steel dummies who guard the castle.

Forced to do so, the curse crow chose to do it, and his pride as a spellcaster made him unable to tolerate being kicked out of the castle by a puppet. But anger is anger, and the Iron Dummy's unaffected nature of the curse cannot be easily resolved. However, since the puppet had made such a loud noise, there was no need for the crow to remain quiet.

A yellowed parchment scroll was pulled out of the gray robe, a pact between the crow and some being. And now, it's time for those guys to keep their promises.

"I hope the Grand Duke of Hammer won't care too much about his carpet being burned. Untying the leather rope from the scroll, the crow whispered. As the sorcerer unfolded the scroll in his hand, a red magical glow burst out from the words on the parchment, reflecting on his face in a strange light.

"Hiss"

With the characteristic smell of woolen carpets being burnt, three circular portals appeared on the floor of the hallway, accompanied by a pungent smell of sulfur and a wave of heat. The sudden appearance between the sorcerer and the dummy clearly confused the steel golem, and for a moment, it was not clear whether the dummy should ignore the heat on the ground and continue on to its locked goal.

But it didn't get lost for long, as the large, scaly and scarred hands that came out of the portal made it sure that there were more targets to be cleaned up tonight. These new guests, who came with the smell of sulfur, were clearly not here for a friendly visit.

"Roar!"

Many people have wondered what a demon really looks like. According to folk accounts, these terrifying beings living in the abyss have goat-like horns and black hooves, and with each breath they take highlights the intense sulfurous substance and burns in the air. But as the mage of the Gray Tower, the cursed crow knew that the demon was not an existence that could be described in one or two portraits.

In the case of these guys in front of you, for example, the demons that are crawling out of the portal have completely different appearances.

The guy in the middle has insect-like mouthparts and a body covered in hard skin like a carapace, and it has four arms, two of which have sharp bone spurs at the tip, and the other two have only three thick fingers. Its legs have bone spurs with toothed edges. It's so huge that just one person can fill almost the entire hallway.

Unlike the big one in the middle, the demons that emerged from the other two portals on either side were much smaller, one resembling a hedgehog covered in fleshy tentacles, and the other looking like a rabbit with strong limbs like a lion. And none of these demons have ram's horns on their heads.

"Luckily, they all look like they're pretty good guys. The cursed crow, who had silently retreated to the deepest part of the corridor, looked at the demon he had summoned.

At some point, a triangular magic circle appeared on the carpet beneath his feet, and the three vertices of this circle represented the summoning, summoning, controlling, and repatriation of demons. The reason why summoning demons is considered to be a very dangerous act is because the slightest damage to this magic circle can cause the helpers summoned from the abyss to instantly turn into uncontrolled beasts.

Therefore, in battle with intelligent beings, the Raven will never use magic that summons demons, which is very likely to have negative effects. However, the opponent in front of him did not know how to destroy the circle at the sorcerer's feet. Summoning demons is a good choice for a brainless enemy like the Steel Dummy.

The demon who was subject to the summoner, although extremely reluctant, still faced the enemy in front of him with a low roar. As the worm-type demon collided with the dummy's circular saw with its bone-spurred arm, a tooth-aching tearing sound followed. The sturdy bones of the Abyss Demon were comparable to the hardness of most metals in the world, but in the face of the dummy's serrations, it still seemed to be somewhat insufficient.

"Quack!"

Demons can also feel pain, although things outside the abyss rarely cause them to scream. But watching one of his arms be torn to pieces by metal serrations at a rapid pace, no matter how resistant the demon was to pain, the pain was still unforgettable. But fortunately, while losing one of his arms, the demon's other three arms managed to get close to the puppet.

Stimulated by the pain of the severed arm, the demon used terrifying brute force to grasp the dummy's left arm tightly with two large hands with three fingers, as if it wanted to tear the arm with the circular saw directly off the dummy's body. The only remaining arm, with a bone spur, stabbed heavily into the dummy's head.

"Knock" was like the sound of a blunt object striking an iron plate, and the demon's bone spurs pierced the steel golem's head but could not penetrate it, leaving only an extremely shallow scratch on it.

Seeing such a scene, even the cursed crows were taken aback. From his observations, the insect-type demon's piercing was enough to pierce the gates of some small cities, but it couldn't hurt this steel golem?

While the big demons were fighting with the dummies, the remaining two smaller demons were not idle, and they attacked from the gap with the advantage of their size, and the part of their attack was the opponent's legs.

The hedgehog-like demon stretched out the tentacles on its back and tried to tie the puppet's left leg. Another demon with ears as large as a rabbit uses its fangs and sharp teeth to attack the dummy's Achilles tendons. But their attacks were doomed to be futile, as there were no muscles in a body made of metal.

"Boom!"

The metal dummy lifted his tentacled left leg and stomped on the rabbit-shaped demon. However, although the demon's attack was not enough to destroy the puppet's body, its agile reaction successfully avoided the puppet's trampling.

"Roar!" While the puppet's energy was attracted by the two demons at its feet, the insect demon was not idle, and it tried to tear off the dummy's left arm with all its strength, and its bone spurs hit the dummy's body again and again like a torrential rain. Under the pull of this demon, the entire left half of the metal puppet's body was lifted uncontrollably, and Rao is heavy body still seemed too light in front of the demon's power.

Seeing that the demon he had summoned had suppressed the dummy's actions, the crow smiled. In his opinion, once this kind of bulky steel puppet loses its ability to move, it is just a durable iron can. However, the sorcerer's smile didn't last long, and as red lines began to appear on the puppet's body, the tide of battle took another turn.

"Hum" With the sound of the chain and gears turning rapidly, the originally passive dummy seemed to have gained more strength out of thin air, and it took back the left arm that was pulled by the insect demon, and this powerful force made the insect demon involuntarily approach a few steps towards the dummy. And the dummy's right hand has been clenched into a veritable iron fist, towards the demon's head, and struck back fiercely. This punch actually blasted the demon's head away!

The Raven couldn't believe what he was seeing. The demon's body can be said to be the apex of all flesh and blood life, and even the giant crossbow used for dragon hunting is not enough to shoot through the demon's body. But with such a strong body, he can't even withstand a punch...... How much power does this really take?

The flying demon's head slammed into the wall behind the crow, and the insect-like head had been squeezed into a blur of meat sauce and began to burn with the sheer force. The body of the demon that had lost its head also began to flow a large amount of dark red fluid from its neck, and as soon as it came into contact with the air, it began to emit white smoke, which soon turned into a sulfur-smelling flame.

Interestingly, even though he lost his head, the demon still didn't let go of the dummy's left arm. This is one of the most disgusting characteristics of demons, they are like cockroaches, their whole body does not have the same vital points as humans, and if you want to kill demons completely, unless you can burn them to ashes, they will not let go of their enemies even if there is only one arm left.