Chapter 492 – 140. The Way of the Lord (4)
The Demon Beast Army’s frontal attack resumed.
Drawtail Gorge. Aquarithe’s Demonic Beast Army marched there.
To the extent that most of the demon soldiers’ expressions stood in fear. The momentum of the advance was tyrannical.
I saw the vanguard of the Demonic Beasts approaching from beyond.
About 150 high-ranking monsters were charging.
‘For now, the number of troops is the superiority of the Western Demon King’s army.’
The Western Demon King’s forces, including the Royal Knights, were approximately 5,000.
Originally, 7,000 troops were supposed to gather. Due to the attack of the aquarite, the loss of troops was great.
So, compared to human troops, it was not an absolute large number.
Demon soldiers basically have higher combat power than human soldiers. Besides, they are all good at using magic and mana.
So let’s compare it to the normal Imperial Army. Even if it was 5,000, it was a corps-level force with a strength of about 10,000.
On the other hand, the number of monsters in Aquarite is about 1,000.
It’s only about one-fifth of the Western Demon King’s Army. Rather, this side seems to be an overwhelmingly advantageous battle.
However, the same comparison logic applies to the Imperial Army as well.
‘According to the headquarters staff, most of those thousand or so are Type 2 monsters or higher.’
Each monster is brutal enough to be the boss level of a mid-to-high dungeon.
Of course, they are much stronger than the soldiers of the Western Demon King Army.
The Aquarius is an imperial class nest. I made that special dungeon here in the canyon.
There is no limit to the power supply. It was even possible for demonic beasts to summon subordinate monsters with that magic power.
In fact, it means that they have more than 3,000 troops. Considering its strength, it is a difficult opponent to stop with just 2 human soldiers.
In that situation, when Aquarius, who had regained his strength, began pouring down storms.
It would not be surprising if the disaster of a few days ago was repeated.
‘No. I would never do that.’
If there is a difference from a few days ago.
Now, me and my party have joined the Western Demon King’s Army.
As a result, much of the morale that had already fallen to the bottom was raised.
Return of the lord. And even the blessings of her goddess Unir.
The Western Demon Army created another opportunity for a counterattack with me at the center.
In order to continue the momentum properly.
The first step to counterattack. The victory of the spearhead was more important than anything else.
‘They are no longer my father’s soldiers.’
The Western Demon King’s army is now a new oath of loyalty to me.
For me. To the point where he could even lay down his life for the new monarch. We had to raise their morale.
To that end, I decided to stand in the vanguard.
I said to the commanders at the headquarters who were standing next to me.
“It’s time to start fighting.”
At my words, everyone put on a nervous expression.
They are strong enough to serve as senior commanders. Of course, he wasn’t nervous about those Demon Beasts.
“Couldn’t you take that thought back even now? The word that you will stand in the vanguard…”
Remi Ella looked very worried, she pleaded with me.
But I grinned.
“Isn’t there such a lot of prey? I don’t want to give in to my subordinates.”
And I turned my head and saw the advance party of the main camp reviewing all at once.
An elite unit led by master-class elf swordsman Krien, the cold shield.
With those men my father loved dearly. I decided to stand in the vanguard.
Krienn met my eyes and lowered her head again.
Unlike the soldiers in the headquarters, who are full of tension.
Cold Shield. The eyes of the knights and soldiers were fierce.
I stood in front of them
“You will now face the vanguard of the enemy with me. Being in the vanguard means you have the highest chance of dying. Are you afraid of death?”
I said that and looked at them again.
It seemed that he had an intuition for the fierce battle that was about to happen. I was a little nervous, though. The eyes didn’t die.
“I am not afraid!”
The answer gave me a satisfied smile. And shouted at them
“You are right. You have nothing to fear. In front of you. I will be the one who stands at the forefront of the vanguard. I am Julian von Reinhardt, the lord of the Western Demon Lord Army!”
In unison, they moved their arms to show me yes.
“My lord!”
“You great lord!”
I raised my voice more.
“So you give death to those filthy beasts! I will stand before your death! Before I, Julian von Reinhardt, fall, your death will never happen!”
They shouted in unison.
“Lord Julian! Lord Julian!”
Seeing that, the eyes of the commanders, including Remiella, also changed.
Instead of the tension and fear of a moment ago. New expectations for me filled their eyes.
I said to Remiel.
“Looks like I don’t have to worry anymore. Remiella. Then stir and come back.”
“His Highness Julian…”
Standing in front of the cold shield. And I cried out again
“The protection of the great Unir will be with you! Charge!”
After a while
The Demon Beast Army’s vanguard collided with the cold shield.
***
The second game in the canyon finally resumed.
The previous first round was a one-sided slaughter of the Demonic Beasts, to the extent that it would be embarrassing to call it a battle.
Fortunately, the existence of a new master that only Remiella knew about.
With the appearance of Yulian, the morale of the soldiers all at once rebounded.
The miserable defeat suffered by Aquarithe’s Demonic Beasts.
For the soldiers, the memories of those days of hell were still lingering in their hearts.
He couldn’t show it, but the feeling was the same for him.
Aitekkia, the general of the western demon army.
He is the 2nd seat of the Western Demon King Army following Remiella. He is, in fact, the one who has reached the pinnacle of the Western Demon King’s army in terms of personal strength.
However, even with the personal power of being an Auror Master. Aitecia was famous for its cold reason. Because that was the characteristic of the white dragon.
However, even such a general Aitekkia trembled with humiliation when he thought of what had happened a few days ago.
I couldn’t even attempt a proper counterattack against the Demon Beast.
And again in this canyon.
The vanguard of the Western Demon King’s Army and the Demon Beast’s army collided.
“Oh My God…”
Now, in the form of Yongin, he soared into the air. He couldn’t believe what was unfolding in front of his eyes.
And the other dragon knights who flew with him did the same.
Inadvertently, they let out a silent voice.
“Yu, His Highness Julian…”
Their new master. The young monarch set himself up as the spearhead in this second match.
The commander-in-chief, Remiella, was absolutely against it.
Aitecia did not object to Yulian’s words.
A young monarch who has risen to the top of the Western Demon Army. It was not good for him to set up a confrontation angle by opposing his opinion from the beginning.
Rather, if you consider the symbolism of Lucifer’s only deficit.
Just the meaning of his direct participation in the vanguard. He did enough to raise the morale of the soldiers.
– Of course, His Highness Julian has already proven his strength by saving us…
Still, most of the soldiers in the headquarters couldn’t actually witness it.
In storms and floods. I barely survived the chaos.
It was like a drowning person who couldn’t properly remember the work of the rescue process.
So, if Yulian is active as the vanguard.
It is an opportunity to inform the 5,000 Western demon kings of the appearance of the new monarch and his presence.
That’s why, unlike Remiella, he didn’t oppose Yulian’s vanguard.
Of course, the fact that Yulian would personally stand in front of the cold shields who were in charge of the selection was a big variable.
He who will become the center of the Western Demon King’s army in the future. He will be in big trouble if he ever loses.
So, Aitekkia was now waiting with a handful of dragon knights not far from the vanguard.
Even if I throw away all of my cold shields. As for the young lord, he had to do whatever he could to save him.
But all that thinking was an illusion.
“Lord Julian! Lord Julian!”
His own thoughts were wrong.
I could feel it through his trembling body. Rather than reason, it was instinct as a swordsman.
“Even… What level do you have to reach to be able to use an aura sword like that?”
One of the High Nights spoke in a frightened voice.
Aitechia, who was mesmerized by his words, also sympathized with him.
‘Aura Sword… Yes. That must have been an Auror sword.’
I looked over there.
All of the cold shields were unharmed. Yulian, who stood at the forefront, was also holding his sword in a normal state.
But the front sight was horrendous.
The Demonic Beasts who charged at the vanguard. According to the messenger, 80% of the vanguard, which had more than half of first-class monsters, turned into pieces of meat.
And the result.
It was the result of Yulian’s single swing of his sword.
The scene passed before Aitekia’s eyes again like an afterimage.
A huge emission of light, as if a new sun was rising from the ground. And the light that engulfed the surrounding space was all Aura.
Normal swordsmanship is, of course, good.
However, swordsmen who have risen to the level extend their swordsmanship to the realm of the face with the aura sword.
‘A little while ago, the lord must have… Dominated the space.’
But Julian was different.
His pure white aura sword. Literally took up space.
Of course, wide-area magic spells are also powerful in a wide space. It was on a different level from that.
The aura sword reached its climax. It surpasses even the power of any high order.
‘Such an aura sword engulfed the space… Literally crushing the beast.’
Although simple in words. He slaughtered over a hundred nearby top-tier demons at once.
Undoubtedly, the level of a grand master.
Even Aitekia, who had lived for several hundred years and was on the verge of becoming an ancient dragon, had never reached. As a swordsman, there is no realm higher than that, the highest realm.
The state of transcendence that only Ustina has reached in the Demon Kingdom. That young lord was definitely within reach.
In the meantime, the remaining 20% of the Demonic Beasts were slain by the cold shield and the knights.
The first battle of the second round. It was a landslide victory for the Western Demon King’s army.
“The Vanguard has won a great victory! Hurry up and inform the headquarters of this news!”
And at another High Night’s words, Aitekkia came to her senses.
“I guess so. If this news spreads, the morale of the soldiers will rise even more.”
He calmly gave instructions to his men.
It seems that his subordinates did not notice his change of heart.
However, Aitekkia was his superior due to his position as a general. He was suppressing himself.
Right now, his blood was boiling due to the great performance of his new master.
‘His Majesty Lucifer. Your Majesty’s son is likely to surpass even Your Majesty.’
Aitekkia, a white dragon that has been evaluated as being cold even in the blood that flows through its body.
Even Techia, such a child, could not suppress the trembling of his body now.
‘His Highness Julian. You are my new lord.’
Julian von Reinhardt.
He stood on this land as the true ruler of the Western Demon King’s Army.
