Chapter 380: Fights
"Time to get ready, soldiers!" I yell at the troops, seeing our enemies across the border, looks like they were waiting for us to arrive.
’Well, it doesn’t matter...we just need to deal with them for a while, while the main army flanks the continent and attacks from the rear.’ I look around, feeling how the power of everyone has increased thanks to the ability of a hero who applied a buff to the entire army with that, we should even be able to win.
"Soldiers, don’t worry! We have the Blessing of our goddess and the heroes on our side, we don’t need to fear these evil demons! Let’s purge this filthy race from this world!" I use an artifact to spread my words everywhere.
’The church angels are also ready for use, apart from the demon king, no one else is a problem.’ I use an artifact to observe, I see the demons marching to this place.
"I guess it’s time to start," I murmur, preparing the artifact while the barrier activates. I’m the one leading the troops along with 3 other people, so I guess it’s time for me to do my part.
"Soldiers, ADVANCE!" I yell into the relic, causing all the troops to start running towards the battlefield, of course only the troops I’m leading, the other 3 different areas are still on standby.
I’m responsible for the ground troops, and my allies are responsible for the air troops, long-range, and the angels respectively.
Since there are 4 of us controlling the troops, if someone dies, another takes over, and since I’m the one with the least mass leadership ability, I decided to enter the battlefield directly.
’Well, if I die, they’ll take over my post.’ I advance with the soldiers at a quick pace, quickly reaching the front of the entire army that is running towards my allies.
"[Triple Slash]..." I try to cast a powerful fire spell on the demonic soldiers in front of me, but I’m prevented by a blow that I easily defend, being pushed back.
"..." I see who hit me, I see a girl with black hair and blue eyes wearing white armor that looks like a bikini, while she hit me with an axe.
"A succubus," I murmur, seeing her appearance. I see two other strong figures in different areas.
’Looks like it won’t be that easy...’ The expected, I think, considering that demons are quite strong. I let out a sigh.
"Can’t you let me pass? I won’t go after you if you flee," I say to the succubus, seeing her weapon turn into a sword.
"I have no interest in your proposal, anyway you will die here in the name of the Demon King," She says as she advances, striking from bottom to top. I defend, deflecting her sword downward.
I see that our troops have finally reached each other and soon collide, I hear the screams and the sound of swords clashing, with dozens of soldiers falling dead in the first clash.
"Well, demon, the one who will die will be you," I say, advancing straight at her, making a slight rotating cut. She dodges while a blade of flames is launched forward, cutting through several demons.
"[Ice Vortex]" The demon uses ice magic, creating something similar to a vortex that occurs in water, but as it is made of ice, it resembles more like spinning blades. I dodge, but all the soldiers behind me are hit.
I see their bodies being shredded and torn to pieces as the blood spreads in a visceral vision.
’Demons are really disgusting creatures,’ I look at this succubus who didn’t hesitate to kill 3 of my allies just to eliminate 10 of mine.
"Demons are really vile beings," I tell her, who shrugs and points at me.
"[Drain Charm]" She uses a spell and I feel my mana fluctuating, while nearby soldiers fall to the ground and are soon cowardly stabbed in the head by common demons who avoid coming near me.
"[Boundary Breaker]" I use earth magic, creating a slight tremor that makes her lose her balance, then I advance against her, kicking her in the stomach and pushing her back.
Meanwhile, the troops around us are balanced in terms of power, we are more numerous, but demons have greater natural magical and physical abilities.
"[Tornado Lance]" Her weapon changes shape, turning into a lance, and soon a spell is fired, creating a huge tornado. It’s so big that I don’t have time to flee or use magic to defend, while I end up receiving the attack at the same time that a huge hole is created in the formation of my allies behind me.
I hear screams of pain and despair from both demons and humans who are liquefied by the extremely powerful and brutal tornado.
’This is not good, fighting here will kill many soldiers, while she doesn’t even care about killing her own allies...’ I don’t have time to think, as soon as the magic ends, she’s already hitting me with a thrust.
’I feel...weakened?’ I notice that the boot of my armor on the part of the foot where I kicked her is also corroding, at the same time that I feel slightly tired and a little sleepy.
’Damn it...’ It seems I fell into an unpleasant trick.
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[Elena, are you okay?] I receive a telepathic message from Kaelith while I dodge the sword strike of this human in front of me.
[I’m fine, Kaelith, I’m facing one of the 4 powerful humans who are here.] I tell Kaelith, currently Calypso is taking command of one area of the army while I take care of another part at the same time that I fight this human.
[Okay, I’ll get out of here too, alright? I found a hidden rat that’s pretty strong and I feel like letting loose.] Kaelith says, while I nod my head, but I realize she can’t see me.
[Sure, you can go, Calypso is in the cabin with the crystal, so it’s safe.] I allow it, while I perform [Jupiter] to turn into a dagger and with a quick blow I manage to pierce the human’s armor in front of me.
The dagger penetrates his thigh, and I release flames inside, he resists the blow and gives me a powerful punch to my face, pushing me back and breaking my tooth, which soon regenerates.
I see his hand corroding, he also notices the damage and takes steps back while breaking something and his leg heals, but the damage to his hand only grows a little.
"[Ignis]" I use another spell that spreads around, burning everything, while the human defends himself with magic, but he takes advantage of the low visibility to disappear.
Nearby enemy soldiers die, being carbonized while their armor melts, and the more distant ones affected by the heat also scream as the armor gets too hot and starts sticking and burning in the flesh.
’He’s smart.’ I ignore him and start focusing on killing the common humans, considering that I’m completely fine, I can help the troops for now and retreat later.
[Hey, Kaelith, the human I was facing fled, if you find him, take care of the problem.] I send a telepathic message to Kaelith to be on alert, while I advance against the common soldiers who can’t even hurt me and are killed with one blow.
The biggest problem is getting tired, I’m nowhere near having as much magic as other demons, waste is my biggest enemy.
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"Hey, Lilith, it looks like the humans have arrived," I say, feeling the ships starting to dock on the coast like a swarm of parasites coming out of the sea.
"Yes, Pandora, I also feel...the numbers are insane, how did the humans manage to get so many ships?" Lilith asks, curious.
"Oh, it wasn’t that hard, they used a hero’s ability," Vanessa helped before I killed her, apart from the ships the humans themselves built, they also had Vanessa’s help, who created many ships for them.
’That fucking bitch interferes even while being dead.’ Her unique ability was creation, so she obviously did a lot for the kingdom even now being dead.
She created common armor, common weapons, ships, and various other basic war supplies for use, so the humans were lucky, they only had to build part of the ships.
"Also, Lilith, they stored the ships in a dimensional relic, most of the vessels were hidden inside this relic," I say.
"I see, well, it seems that this is of no use when faced with your obsession to do things perfectly," She says with a smile.
"Eh...please don’t call my preparation an obsession, anyway, they’ll be here in two hours, so get ready and go to your long-range position, soon a strong someone should show up there," I tell her, who just nods.
"Well, I hope they at least entertain me, after all, after fighting with you, they’ll have to work hard to entertain me," She speaks with a smile, while Nyx, Kaos, and Iris also give a diabolical smile, perfectly matching Lilith’s sentiment.
’Well, I doubt there will be anyone.’ My battle with Lilith was quite unique, hardly anyone will be able to achieve something similar, mainly because Lilith is prohibited from using her true form because it is too destructive.
If Lilith uses her true form, she will mess up the demonic territory, she is too big and gets out of control, it would be useful to destroy a large part of the enemy army, but she would also attack my army.
"Hey, Lilith, control yourself! Don’t even think about transforming, I don’t have time to deal with your original form when I’ll be busy," I tell Lilith, who is leaving.
"I know, I’ll be careful and won’t lose control," She just murmurs and disappears, teleporting to her position.
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"Listen, all demons here have to be ready to give their lives, it’s not long before our battle begins, so I want you all prepared."
"Better be ready in an hour or I’ll kill those who take too long," I threaten, making the troops move quickly to adjust their positions, well hidden by magic.
When the enemies get too close, it will be too late for them to notice that there is already an army waiting for them here.
’This relic is undoubtedly very good, our alchemist deserves respect...’ Ironically, I’ve never seen our great alchemist directly, when even my own daughter has already seen him, apparently Azazel is quite fond of the alchemist who is so useful to our kingdom.
’Maybe after the war I should talk to this alchemist directly.’ Although as long as he continues to do his job well, I don’t care what he’ll do.