Kyle took a deep breath as he looked at the gigantic Ice Demon.
"Hey, Theodor," Kyle said.
"Do not talk to me! You are not alone!" Theodor shouted.
"He already knows you're in my head. What's the point of pretending?" Kyle asked.
"True," the Chief said. "I am also interested in Lord Theodor's input."
Theodor just snorted.
"How strong is that Greater Ice Demon?" Kyle asked.
"On its own, not strong," Theodor answered. "Sulfur wouldn't have issues with it."
"On its own?" Kyle asked.
"Demons are dumb," Theodor said. "They are even dumber than beasts. They are just elemental forces. It is just minorly more intelligent than fire."
"Sending a Greater Ice Demon to fight Sulfur would be like sending you to fight an experienced Initial Fighter. An act in futility."
Kyle decided against commenting on Theodor's dig.
"However, Demon Masters control their Demons. This means this is a Greater Ice Demon with the intelligence and experience of a Demon Master."
"That sounds troublesome," Kyle said.
"It can be."
"If the Demon Master is outstanding," Theodor added. "Conjurers are much rarer than Beast Tamers for a reason. Conjurers have to learn much more."
"Beasts know how to fight. Demons don't. They just destroy."
"You can tell a beast what to attack, and it will attack, but when you control a Demon, you have to tell it how to attack. You have to tell it to move to the side, to move an arm forward to attack, to unleash an energy-based attack, and so on."
"And while you are controlling the Demon, you also have to defend yourself. Your body is weak, and if you are careless, you might accidentally get caught up in your Demon's attacks since it doesn't care about you."
"Approaching your Demon is dangerous due to its uncontrolled power, but staying away from your Demon leaves you open to an attack."
"Without a team or a Demon by their side, a Conjurer is a Sorcerer without Spells."
"Conjurers also do not have improved minds, which makes controlling two bodies at once especially difficult."
"As a Conjurer, you need to know how to summon a Demon, how to enslave it, how to fight effectively as a Demon, how to control two bodies at once, and you need to know all of that without an improved mind."
"Almost all Conjurers are useless. Even 90% of Demon Masters are useless. There are only very few Demon Masters who are a force to be reckoned with."
"And I can already tell this is not one of them."
"Sulfur could take care of both of them," Theodor said.
"What would he do?" Kyle asked, looking at the Greater Ice Demon, which was going wild on the horizon.
"He would just throw a boulder at the Demon Master and then take care of the lone Ice Demon," Theodor said casually. "Sulfur knows how to fight. This Demon Master and this Greater Ice Demon don't."
At that moment, Kyle noticed that the Greater Ice Demon's movements had become chaotic.
It was wildly moving its claws around while shooting its ice beams in random directions.
In a way, it seemed even scarier than before.
How could one stop such a force of nature?
"The Demon Master is dead," Theodor said. "The Greater Ice Demon is out of control."
"How do you stop something like that?" Kyle asked.
At that moment, a huge explosion destroyed one of the Ice Demon's arms.
"Have you ever seen mortals putting out a big fire?" Theodor asked.
"Yes."
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