The Commander of the Chain Knights was confused.

First, from the Commander of the Brand Templar’s words. Second, from the sudden realization he could not move his body.

From what he knew, Command Brand did not have the ability to disable his movements.

He did not even sense their soul-burning sigil entering inside his body.

T-Then… does that mean…

He finally realized after seeing the Commander of the Brand Templar hopped off his bed and kneeled beside him, facing forward.

The future demon god is here.

The Commander of the Chain Knights broke into sweats. As much as how he wanted to greet the future demon god, he could not move his body.

He tried to determine the cause. To his horror, he failed.

Myles had already refined his mastery of his skills, causing even a commander to fail discerning the cause through their senses, except their eyes.

The Commander heard a gust of wind smacking behind him. He glanced upward and soon saw feet levitating above on the bed where the Commander of the Brand Templar was previously at.

The Commander of the Chain Knights was awestruck of his appearance.

A hybrid… half-imp, half-incubus. Is this the future demon god that he is talking about?

To confirm his speculation, he moved his eyes to glance at the Commander of the Brand Templar and as expected, he was facing the hybrid while kneeling with one knee.

The Commander of the Chain Knight’s heart was shaken. He glanced at the future demon god and wanted to greet him by kneeling, but to his horror, he still couldn’t move his body.

Not even his mouth.

He could only until the future demon god gave him permission to move.

The future demon god stared at him and continued to flap his wings in front of his face.

Suddenly, his head was grabbed and he was marked with the Command Brand.

The Commander of the Chain Knights was horrified. A chill ran down his spine.

W-What is he doing? I am willing to follow him as long as he allows me to declare my willingness. There’s no need for the Command Brand, right?

What he failed to understand was he was not completely loyal to the future demon god yet. If his life got involved in a circumstance where he would be saved if he sold off the future demon god, he would not hesitate to do so.

However, with the help of the Command Brand, he would be willing to sacrifice his life, so long as the future demon god would be free from the scrutiny of others.

As the Command Brand began to enslave the Commander of the Chain Knights, as expected, his body instinctually refused and began to fight against the soul-burning sigil.

He fought by utilizing his demonic energy.

But, when it came to the quality and quantity of a demonic core compared to the future demon god, how could he win?

In the end, a second away before the Command Brand was about to completely manifest in his soul, he resigned to his fate, and thus inevitably became a slave before the Command Brand had fully formed.

Myles slowly pulled his hand and smiled.

So, my experiment is a success?

There was a reason why he coveted the Command Brand—it would make it even easier to subdue and enslave others with it.

It might also work just by fully marking a command brand to others, but according to the voice in his head, it would certainly alarm their master. Only by enslaving the other demons through the ancient demon of gluttony’s effects would it truly be effective.

The voice in his head also declared that before the command brand would successfully mark the soul of a demon, the ancient demon of gluttony’s effects would be a second faster than them. Hence, it would be better to stop the command brand in a haste before it fully manifested in the soul of the demon.

To erase the lingering presence of the command brand, the ancient demon of gluttony would consume it, and thus, enslaving others with the new method wouldn’t really cost him of demonic energy.

Myles was elated to know that not only subduing and enslaving others would now be quicker and safer, he wouldn’t have to consume demonic energy.

Furthermore, if the enemy was more powerful, for instance, they have an incomparable will, there was the imperative engrave, where the brands would multiply across their body and any resistance causes self-immolation.

The said demonic martial arts, the Imperative Engrave, was powerful, but it was still a double-edge sword.

Myles would prefer the demonic innate art, Command Brand, in enslaving others.

Myles glanced at the Commander of the Chain Knights and smiled when he heard the voice in his head echoed.

[Congratulations! You have gained a Greater Demon Rank 3 followers!]

Myles smiled. Compared to the Brand Templar, Myles was not interested in learning their demonic innate arts. After all, he already has the sovereign of the black web.

As Myles waited for the Commander of the Chain Knights to finish, he asked the voice in his head to show information about the Commander of the Chain Knights in front of him.

[True Demon Name: Morvath Kaelis

Race: Chain Knights

Rank: Greater Demon Rank 3

Law Affinity: Law of Chains (Mid)

Skills: Imperial Shackles, Doctrine of Absolute Restraint

Role: Enforcers, Slave Wardens.]

When Myles read the skills, he was stunned by the second part. Compared to the knight captain of the Chain Knights, the Commander of the Chain Knights has two skills and the last part was a doctrine.

Without hesitation, he asked the voice in his head to show the descriptions.

[Doctrine of Absolute Restraint:

A standard Chain Knight martial system built around control before damage. Core Principle: “Neutralize motion. Victory follows automatically.”

It consists of four signature techniques: anchor step, sequential lock, burden transfer, and sovereign restraint.

As of now, according to the memories of the follower, to execute the fourth signature steps requires burning the demonic core, and thus, a life-threatening skill.]

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