Chapter 508 – 144. New Alliance (3)
“Imperial Army!”
Lantea shouted.
Although I didn’t trust them, I couldn’t form an alliance yet. The Imperial Army sent a messenger to the Southern Demon King Army to make it clear that their enemy was not the Demon King Army, but the Demon Beast Army.
‘Yes. No matter how human they are, the Imperial Army and Southern Caceres Army are now separate. We have to join hands with them.’
In fact, Lantea had long wanted to join hands with the Imperial Army.
However, the southern Demon King’s Army commanders strongly opposed it, so they couldn’t push it.
However, if the imperial army sent reinforcements with sincerity like this time. Commanders who no longer hate humans will lack cause to oppose them.
“No, not the Imperial Army!”
At those words, Lantea was puzzled. It wasn’t the answer I expected.
“Then who are you talking about? Now, all the Demon King’s forces in the south have gathered here. The eastern demon army is concentrated in the eastern part to protect the capital. We won’t be sending troops to raise them…”
“We are the Western Demon Lords! They made the Demon Beast Army retreat!”
And at those words, a great uproar broke out in the meeting room.
“Uh, how? No matter how fast we marched from Drawtail Gorge to Laensti, it would take 15 days! However, only 5 days had passed since the news of the victory was delivered there…”
“It’s definitely the Western Demon King’s Army! Check out their legionnaires! And the Demon King’s flag… Was using Her Majesty Lucifer’s flag as well!”
“Lu, the flag of Her Majesty Lucifer?”
“That’s right! And the white and very dazzling flash of light created by the Western Demon Lord Army instantly turned the entire high-ranking Demon Beast to ashes!”
“Did the Western Demon King’s army have such a great demonic weapon? Wouldn’t it be impossible for General Aitekia?”
Everyone buzzed.
Lantea’s head was also confused. I couldn’t believe the name of the demon king that remained as a legend.
Now, the speed of the Western Demon King’s army was a mystery.
If you use the dark spirit, you can communicate quickly.
Even if he moved immediately after the news of the victory was delivered to the Southern Demon King’s Army, only 7 days had passed.
‘So you’re saying we got here twice as fast?’
I couldn’t believe it.
Demons such as elves and dragons have far superior physical abilities than humans.
Of course, the calculation method of 15 days was the calculation method of the demons.
Common sense makes it unreasonable to proceed with such an unreasonable march.
Even if you jump with full power, even if that speed is possible. The stamina and morale of soldiers on the march are bound to drop dramatically.
‘It wouldn’t be strange if everyone deserted or exhausted themselves…’
However, the victory was reported that the Western Demon King’s Army defeated even the Demon Beast’s army.
No, if you think about it, it was also strange that the Western Demon Lord’s forces won a great victory against Aquarithe’s demon beast forces.
Aquarithe is a dragon that was famous for being particularly strong among ancient dragons.
I couldn’t believe that there was a strong man in the Western Demon King’s Army who could catch the old dragon that became his demon.
‘It’s clear that even Captain Remiel or General Aitekkia can’t defeat Aquarite…’
All the people gathered here felt the same way.
“What the hell… What happened to the Western Demon Lord Army?”
“I heard rumors that someone who called himself the son of His Majesty Lucifer joined them… But were those rumors really true?”
Although the generals shouted. The thing I was most curious about was Lantea.
‘His Majesty Lucifer’s flesh and blood could not be found no matter how hard he tried until now.’
So, the Demon King of the Demon Kingdom remained vacant, and the Senate replaced that role.
Of course, the red dragon Ustina was newly crowned as the Demon King. It was her atmosphere that only her eastern demon lords acknowledged her as her demon lords and her western demon lords did not acknowledge her.
The Southern Demon King’s Army was in a relatively neutral position.
In any case, the meeting could not continue in such a noisy atmosphere as now.
He said to the messenger who stood at a distance.
“Yes. I’ll get it right now In that case, hurry up and deliver the words to the command of the Western Demon King’s Army. I will meet with them as the representative of the Southern Demon King’s Army.”
“All right!”
And after a while
Lantea saw the huge flag they were holding along with the Western Demon Lords.
The Western Demon Lord’s Army was with the new Demon Lord.
***
The situation in the South was dire.
The place where the western demon army joined is the middle point between the headquarters of the southern demon army and the imperial army.
And the area was full of Demonic Beasts.
The southern part of the Demon Kingdom is a granary.
That’s why the population of demons residing there was higher than in other places in the Demon Kingdom.
Although it shares a border with Caceres in the southern part of the Empire. That’s why there are many Southern Demon King’s forces stationed here.
But this place has become hell.
Everywhere he went, the corpses of demons were full.
And the monsters were constantly devouring and destroying the corpse.
“It is a terrible sight.”
Aitecia also drool.
It seems that Duke Pedro’s Caceres army has trampled on the whole area.
When I recently contacted the headquarters of the Southern Demon King’s Army. The main force of the Caceres Army, including the Sentiac Knights, is in the eastern part of the Demon Kingdom. I heard you left for the capital.
Duke Pedro left the magic beast army here instead.
“That’s why the damage seems to have increased.”
Remiel also had a dark expression.
This place suffered great damage from the Caceres army. In that state, even the Demon Beasts remain and commit massacres.
Even if the Demonic Beasts were driven out, the restoration of the southern region did not seem easy.
I felt anger welling up in the depths of my heart.
‘Pedro…’
The Knights of Sentiac and Cáceres were famous for their brutality.
Even long before Duke Pedro fell and became an apostle of Knoia.
Even in the era of the Great War against the Demons 20 years ago, they were notorious.
In fact, the fierce resentment and hatred that the demons have toward humans was because of the people of Caceres.
In the Caceres army, where most of the elite had already become demons, each and every soldier was like a blood-mad slayer.
“Even Aquarite’s Demonic Beasts weren’t this cruel.”
Remiella was right.
Demon Beast Islands in Western Lamiar. Aquarithe’s Demon Beasts were equally savage and cruel.
In the traces of the Confederate army now, I felt a very terrible will to annihilate.
The evil spirit of Knoia, a demon who hates humans to the extreme, seemed to permeate this place as it is.
While looking around the battlefield. A crater appeared as if a huge explosion had occurred.
Its destructive power was like that of an ancient dragon’s breath. I read the magic power remaining around him.
It was a trace of destruction created by an aura, not magic. Probably swept away by that aura, a large number of demonic soldiers were annihilated.
If the aura could produce the same power as the ancient dragon’s breath. Undoubtedly, the level of a grand master. It must have been Duke Pedro’s work.
‘Pedro. And Knoia…’
I imprinted this horrific scene clearly in my eyes.
And as the agent of the two main gods. I swore that I would never let them live.
First of all, together with the Western Demon King’s Army, he has defeated some of the Demon Beast’s forces that were aiming for Laensti Castle.
On the battlefield, I drew Unir’s last name, who appeases the souls of the dead.
Grabbing the horse’s reins, he shouted at the soldiers.
“We won a little while ago, but the Demonic Beast Forces remaining in the area are still alive and well! Don’t let your guard down!”
At those words, the soldiers of the Western Demon King’s Army all paid attention to me.
“But don’t be afraid! As long as I, Unir’s apostle Julian von Reinhardt, will return to the ground as a corpse, it must be that monster army! I urge you to annihilate the Demon Beast Army in the name of the new Demon King!”
Waaaaa-
The soldiers shouted in unison.
Witnessing such a gruesome scene, the morale of the soldiers would naturally go down. I deliberately inspired the soldiers of the Western Demon King Army.
‘And these must be the new light.’
If only I had remained on this hellish battlefield. The morale of the Southern Demon King’s army stationed in Laenstee is at its worst.
To inspire their morale too.
I had to believe that the Western Demon King’s army under my command was stronger than any other soldiers.
And I also thought of the imperial army stationed in the near future.
‘I’ll have to hurry up and meet them too.’
After a while A messenger arrived from them.
I had a meeting with Lantea, the head of the Southern Demon King’s Army.
***
Lantea, a high elf and lord of Laensti.
He couldn’t stop his astonishment in a field barracks.
“I, I, you really are His Majesty Lucifer’s son!”
Unknowingly, he got down on one knee.
A handsome young man stood in front of him.
And his face was very similar to the one Lantea remembered.
Among the high elves, the most free high elf.
And Lucifer, the ruthless demon king who was feared beyond the high elves and even the ancient dragons.
‘I can’t deny it.’
Although its appearance can be disguised through magic.
Lantea was a famous wizard. He is the one in charge of the Southern Demon King’s Army. He was a great mage who reached the 7th tier.
There was no way that Lantea could be fooled by disguise magic.
And the magic that comes from Julian. Undoubtedly, he resembled Lucifer, the demon king he served.
Yulian nodded his head and accepted the greeting.
Although he was a very young man. Even receiving such a polite greeting made me feel dignified.
The figure was that of a complete monarch.
Standing next to him was Remielado, the knight commander of the Royal Knights. And Aitekiado, the general of the Western Demon King’s Army.
He was sending a look of respect toward that Julian.
“I am Julian von Reinhardt, the son of Lucifer, the ruthless demon lord. As the new Demon King of the Demon Kingdom, following his will, Count Lantea of the South. Welcome you.”
And at those words, Lantea’s body trembled.
‘Reinhardt…’
I couldn’t have known its meaning.
There is only one family in Island that uses the surname of Reinhardt.
The family of Wilhelm von Reinhardt, the lion prince and owner of Essenmund, the northern part of Island.
So, the young monarch in front of me. It was a confession about his own lineage.
Lantea felt an unspoken pressure.
The current demon king of the Demon Kingdom is the red dragon Ustina.
In fact, her ascension to the Demon King was not approved by the Senate.
The golden dragon Cecilia, who was from her distant clan and was from the Demon Lords. The fact that the senate forced Cecilia to sign a contract with the demon grand duke was exposed.
Ustina had purged most of the elders of the Senate.
So the lords of the south and the Demon King’s army were in trouble.
Although he served Lucifer as his monarch. When he was absent, the will of the senate was followed.
Still, most of the lords agreed that they should follow Ustina.
Lucifer disappeared without leaving a heir.
‘But that bloodline… Was passed on through a woman from the Reinhardt family.’
I also guessed Julian’s biological mother.
Of course, the lineage of the Reinhardt family continued from Wilhelm to Saint Agnes.
It means that Agnes and Lucifer, the demon lord, made a bond.
‘The bloodline… Was very complicated. Still, in terms of legitimacy… The young monarch in front of me is ahead of me.’
Lucifer is the only demon king who gathered power to himself at once in the Demon Kingdom, which had a strong feudal tendency.
Beyond a simple demon king.
The fact that he used the title of Majesty, which is equivalent to the Imperial Emperor.
This is because Lucifer was an absolute power unprecedented in the history of the Demon Kingdom.
And he even put the conquest of the empire, which had never been successful as a demon kingdom, right in front of his eyes.
‘Still… Countless demons remember that great name.’
So, the human lineage flows.
It was not a big deal that the blood of the margrave, who was once the most powerful enemy of the Demon Kingdom, flowed.
The most important thing to the Demon Kingdom.
That the only son of that great demon king now exists.
And if the contents of the victory news I heard from the messenger of the Western Demon King Army a few days ago are all true.
That Julian von Reinhardt had already awakened as a dragon.
No, he was a transcendentalist who had awakened as an old dragon long ago beyond that realm.
‘Couldn’t it be… The huge white flash the messenger saw… And the white fire that burned that many demons were created by that young monarch!’
Lantea’s body trembled again.
It was not simply a political position.
As a single demon. As a high elven high lord. He had an intuition about who the true Demon King of the Demon Kingdom was.
Lantea opened her mouth again, responding to Yulian’s welcome.
“Thank you for the welcome from the great demon king, His Highness Julian.”
Lantea represents the Southern Demon Lord’s Army. That means that the Southern Demon King’s Army will also serve Yulian as its monarch.
Yulian calmly nodded his head.
And he said
“Time is running out. If Duke Pedro’s Caceres army had already marched to the capital, Yecares, he could not guarantee the future of the Ma Kingdom. So, all the demon army gathered here will quickly defeat the demon army and head to the capital.”
“I understand, Your Highness!”
Soon, Lantea is another force stationed here in Laenstee. He thought of the reinforcements of the imperial army.
At that moment, the new master spoke as if he had read his thoughts.
“And I will speak directly with the Imperial Army who came here. Because I intend to make them true allies of the Demon King’s army.”
At those words, Lantea raised her head and looked into the eyes of her young lord.
‘Imperial forces… Can become true allies of our demon army?’
There was no lie in those blue eyes.
A few hours later
Just as he said, Julian headed to the headquarters of the Imperial Army unit with the supreme commander of the Western Demon Army and Lantea.
