To put it in a clichéd way, the gears of fate began to turn slowly, but no one was aware of it.
It was the same for Haas.
At this moment, the Black Knight was riding on a skeletal warhorse, staring coldly at the squirming green ocean in the distance. He didn't expect that he would encounter such a huge problem just because he was ordered to find the princess who was hiding in the canyon.
As one of the four demon generals under Klein, Haas had always been someone who was unwilling to be left out.
He was not as indifferent as Tinidell, and he was not as blindly loyal to Klein as Marcus.
For Haas, joining Klein was an investment.
His thinking was simple. With the strength that Klein had displayed, he would definitely ascend to the throne after the Demon King Ceremony was over.
If he could invest in advance, then when Klein ascended to the throne in the future, he would definitely be able to ascend to the throne.
Of course, Haas was also capable, and anyone could invest in advance.
Demons in the lower realm were all rats, and they were more diligent than earthworms in finding loopholes.
Klein had been famous in the Demon Realm for a long time, and there were tens of millions of Demons who wanted to follow him to live a good life. As a Death Knight, Haas naturally had his strengths to be able to fight his way out and sit in his current position.
In fact, before the Demon King Ceremony this time, most of the Demon Realm almost unanimously thought that the other four demon king's sons should be able to pass directly, except for Jenn.
They didn't even consider the possibility of the four of them killing each other in this question.
On one hand, the four of them were geniuses that were rarely seen in the Demon Realm.
Although it was not right for them to fight for power in the lower realm, they still had a common enemy, Sinapus, in the outside world.
Therefore, it was naturally impossible to suppress and kill the demon kings who had the potential to be nurtured.
Moreover, a few of them were terrifyingly powerful. If they were allowed to go all out on the Main Plane, they would probably completely collapse the Main Plane before a winner could be decided.
These Demon Kings' sons definitely had the ability to do so, and the demons were convinced.
Therefore, a long time ago, they began to make their own investment choices.
However, it was a pity that these sons of the Demon King all had strange personalities. Klein was still alright, but the other three didn't seem to have any desire to take in underlings.
Lilicia never showed herself, and most of her subordinates were succubi and succubi who were good at manipulating and bewitching people.
Vivian, on the other hand, was a racist. All races other than the Black Dragons should get lost.
As for Nabelius, no one really dared to approach her. After all, a single mishap in a biochemical virus experiment would be disastrous. Moreover, there were many who were mysteriously infected by Nabelius's virus in close proximity, not to mention the little one's bizarre 'Fate' ability … it was truly fatal.
As for Jenn?
Hehe, almost no one took him seriously.
In the eyes of many Demons, if it weren't for the fear of Vivian and Nabelius, Jenn would have died a long time ago.
His only achievement as a Demon was probably teaching these two unprecedented Demon Kings' sons. Of course, even this was quite controversial in the underworld. In fact, many Demons believed that the two young ladies' achievements today were not because of Jenn's good teaching, but because of their own talent.
Jenn was just lucky to meet these two sisters consecutively.
Otherwise, it was uncertain what the outcome would have been.
Haas wasn't satisfied with his treatment because he was only ranked second among the Four Legendary Generals.
However, Haas didn't dare to complain because the Dark Fairy Princess, Tinidale, ranked ahead of him. Whether it was strength or background, she was much higher than a mere Death Knight.
There was a period of time when Haas was a little discouraged and didn't know what to do.
It wasn't until Tinidale went 'missing' that he pulled himself together.
Haas didn't know what Tinidale was up to. Even though the Four Legendary Generals seemed to be connected in name, they didn't interfere with one another in reality and no one knew about each other's situations.
Haas only knew that Tinidale was sent to complete a mission, but he never returned.
Klein never mentioned her again. It was as if Tinidell had never existed.
This was naturally good news for Haas. Not only did he take over the Undead Army left behind by Tinidale, but he also became the leader of the Four Legendary Generals as he wished.
However, Haas wasn't confident about his current mission.
According to the Lord's orders, he had to reach an agreement with Princess Pestilence and obtain her assistance.
Haas was not confident about this. To be honest, he had not interacted much with Nabelius, and his understanding of the Princess Pestilence was limited to some rumors.
However, these rumors were enough to give him a headache.
Just like what Haas had heard before, if someone with 'ill intentions' got too close to the princess, he or she would face some trouble.
Back then, Haas treated it as a rumor. But now, he didn't think so anymore.
This was because Haas had encountered a lot of trouble on his way here.
The steep canyon wasn't a huge problem, but the dangers weren't small either. In fact, Haas had encountered a mudslide a few days ago.
The raging waves crashed down the mountain slope and instantly scattered half of the Undead Army who were caught off guard.
Fortunately, the Undead Creatures were long dead. If not, this mudslide would have been enough to send Haas home.
Even so, by the time Haas managed to gather his men again, he had lost nearly one-fifth of his troops.
This was considered bad luck for Haas.
But even so, Haas could only bite the bullet and continue moving forward. He was clear that the man didn't trust his abilities as much as Haas had thought.
If not, the Lord wouldn't have placed Haas, who was the first to follow him, in second place and Tinidell, who had just arrived, in first place.
Contacting Princess Pestilence was his most important mission, so he couldn't afford to fail.
But what Haas didn't expect was that this was only the beginning of his nightmare.
After encountering the mudslide, they finally managed to get out of it with great difficulty.
As a result, when Haas led his Undead Army out of the canyon, he was dumbfounded. Due to the torrential rain and mudslide, the terrain of the canyon had changed entirely.
The river had changed its course, and some of the places that used to be rivers had now become ravines. Some of the roads were even directly buried by gravel, directly changing into a completely different appearance.
Looking at this scene, Haas was completely speechless.
Before coming here, he had investigated the situation of the entire canyon.
After all, the canyon was so huge and no one knew the exact location of the Princess Pestilence.
Even though Haas had tried to find out more about the situation through the Kurisgaine Trade Association … He couldn't fork out 20 billion gold coins for the confidentiality fee.
Therefore, Haas had no choice but to investigate and search slowly.
After investigating the surrounding terrain of the canyon, he had come up with a detailed plan. But now, due to the torrential rain, mudslide, and flood, the entire canyon's terrain had changed drastically, which meant that Haas's preliminary work was basically for naught and he had to start all over again.
In this case, Haas couldn't afford to waste any more time. Therefore, he could only bite the bullet and enter the canyon before sending his men to conduct a carpet search.
In Haas's opinion, it would be a good thing if he could find even the slightest bit of information about the Princess.
But what Haas didn't expect was that they were ambushed.
And the thing that attacked them was the forest in front of them.
It seemed like this should be where the Princess was.
Looking at the squirming greenery in front of him, Haas felt a headache coming on.
After the first few clashes, he realized that the forest in front of him was alive.
In this regard, Haas wasn't surprised at all.
As an inhabitant of the underworld, he had seen stranger things than a living forest.
But now, Haas was much more spirited. In his opinion, this living forest must be responsible for protecting the Princess.
And if his guess was correct, as long as he followed this trail, he would naturally be able to find the Princess Pestilence.
In the beginning, Haas hoped to communicate with her, but he quickly realized that it was useless.
She had no intention of communicating with him at all.
The emissaries that he sent into the forest were all killed by her.
In this case, Haas had no choice but to change his original intention.
He had hoped to meet her through an official invitation.
But now, in this situation, Haas could only choose to use force. This might anger Her Royal Highness, but Haas had no other choice.
No matter what, it was much better than wasting his time here.
At this thought, Haas lowered his head and swept a glance at his hands.
Under the pitch-black heavy armor, one could clearly see his thick, white knuckles.
This was also one of the sources of Haas's confidence. Everyone knew that the Princess Pestilence's plague was invincible in this world. Even the Undead Creatures with physical bodies would fall victim to it.
Only beings like Haas, who were composed entirely of souls and bones, wouldn't be afraid of the plague and disease.
Boom!!
A deep explosion sounded. Haas lifted his head and gazed ahead, only to see the group of Black Knights who were in charge of scouting the path were smashed into pieces by withered vines mixed with ancient trees.
And in front of them, the trees that still seemed to be flourishing with leaves couldn't help but shake their bodies and let out rustling sounds as if they were demonstrating their strength.
Looking at this scene, Haas's expression turned increasingly cold.
Then, without saying a word, he drew his sword from his waist with a 'swoosh'.
Along with this action, pure white flames emerged on the blade and devoured the pitch-black blade in the blink of an eye.
"Everyone, heed my command. Prepare to attack!"
As he spoke, Haas raised the sword in his hand and coldly issued an order.
If Jenn were here, he would surely say something to Haas.
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