Chapter 231 – Great War
Demons, elves, dwarves, humans.
The great war involving almost all races living on the western continent has finally begun.
The first battle of this record-breaking war took place on the Plains of Desmond, a wide neutral zone between the Doom Land, the land of the demons, and Alfheim, the land of the elves.
“All armies ready for battle!”
Under the orders of the legion commander, who was entrusted with full authority to Archon Mayer Griffith, Equites, who commands a legion of about 10,000 people, and the white chiefs under him move in an orderly manner with his soldiers.
Its appearance resembled a single colony, and such three-dimensional movement was possible thanks to Elven Wood’s advanced military service system.
The 30-year military service obligation that all elves of the appropriate age must fulfill is long enough to turn even elves who have never lifted a bow before into seasoned rangers.
Even though it had been a long time since they had been discharged from the military, the traces of the 30 years of formal training they had received were naturally ingrained in their bodies, and they shone even in sudden combat like this.
As infantrymen wearing gladiuses and great shields advanced with long spears, the wizards in the rear prepared long-range magic.
Elves who received the blessing of the World Tree were close to the spirits of the four major elements, so unlike humans, they were able to use powerful elemental magic with very little effort.
“Shoot!!”
When the commander gives a signal by swinging his sword, a magic corps of hundreds of elf wizards fires magic all at once.
The fiery arrows flying across the sky were like a scene from a myth.
Overwhelming firepower projection that only the elves, known as the lords of magic, can show.
Kwaaaaa!!
It was truly a bloody task for the demon and dwarf allied forces opposing them.
“Deploy a mana concentration barrier in the sky!”
“Clench your teeth and hold on to your seat!”
“If you think it’s dangerous, go into the trench!”
As field commanders gave different orders, the soldiers who followed them were confused, but thanks to the excellent performance of the mana concentration barrier prepared by the dwarves, it did not result in significant damage.
Eventually, when the rain of fire from the sky stopped, the combined forces of the demons and dwarves opened fire, as if repaying the onslaught from before.
However, most shells or magic did not cause much damage as they were shot down or destroyed in the middle.
After exchanging long-distance attacks with each other, they narrow the distance and engage in full-scale close combat.
“Sigh!”
As the Equites, dressed in colorful armor made with magical weapons, charged in with their spears, a considerable number of beastmen from the Demon King’s army rushed in with their claws out, as if to counter them.
“Kyaooooo!”
Its appearance resembles that of a wild beast, and when no one could attack the armored Equites, only the beastmen of the great forest bravely charged in.
“Kaaaaak!”
“Do not retreat! Fight with the mindset that even if you die here, you will be my companion!”
An elf suffering from a decapitated head, a joiner suffering from broken wings, an elf shedding tears of blood from having his eyes pulled out, an orc with no head left but only his body.
An elf with his right arm and ear cut off, a demon with his proud horn and left leg cut off, an elf with his stomach pierced and his internal organs spilling out, and an imp who was trampled on by a golem and turned to mush.
“How dare you! My friend!”
“Die! Die!”
It didn’t take long for the Desmond Plain, which was originally covered with green grass, to turn into a living hell full of blood and the smell of gunpowder.
***
Haha! Dance harder! My lovely servants!”
Every time the scarecrow wearing the crow mask swings his bony arms and staff, those who once died rise again, denying death and blaming the living.
And the dead are not allowed to rest by the resurrected undead and immediately become companions and roam the battlefield.
An army of undead whose numbers are endlessly increasing, like a rat destroying its young.
True to its name, Mephisto (spreader), the demon-possessed scarecrow was spreading death everywhere.
“That guy has a bad taste again.”
Kwasik!
In the midst of the fight, Nick Iron muttered as he released a sniping spell aimed at him with the chrome shield that transformed his right arm.
“If you have time to look away, kill at least one more guy.”
Nick Iron responded indifferently to the point made by Walter, who was fighting right next to him, by blowing a hole in the body of another elf with a jousting spear that had been modified with his left hand.
“I’m sorry, I have a very wide view of the battlefield.”
‘Full body chrome golem’ Nick Iron.
His other nickname is Wizard Killer.
The owner of an unconventional defensive ability that nullifies all magic below the 4th level and drastically reduces the power of magic above that level.
Especially for elves, who tend to rely heavily on magic, regardless of whether they are commoners or nobles, Nick Iron, who has strong magic resistance, was a natural enemy.
Geek! Geek!
Nick Iron’s body, which was once a knight walking on two legs, is transformed into a four-legged one.
This is the centaur form that was previously shown in the One-Week War.
He took the lives of the elves with a bow and arrow made by changing his arms, and spoke to the lion beast whose whole body was dyed red.
“Walter, wouldn’t you like to make a bet with me?”
“What bet?”
“Why don’t we decide fairly who kills more elves?”
“What do you plan on betting?”
“Grant the other person one wish.”
“That’s not bad.”
Crispy!
When Walter, who had blown up the head of an elf soldier, agreed to his proposal, Nick Iron nodded and started counting.
“Then let’s start now.”
If you don’t want to lose, stay alert.
***
While three out of the four Heavenly Kings were increasing their kill count in their own way, here was the last person.
It is called Heavenly Demon Dragon Gabriel.
Because of his beautiful appearance, he was a blue-haired dragon who was recently nicknamed Gabriel the Angel of Destruction.
“Seup… “
With a short breath, the inner energy rising from the dantian travels through the blood vessels of the entire body.
Immediately after, Gabriel brought his left foot, which was raised high, down strongly towards the ground.
Boom!!
Pacheonmu (破天舞) 1st meal
‘Sura Advent (修羅修羅)’
Although it was only a single stomp, the aftermath of this attack was tremendous.
Unable to withstand her overwhelming presence, the elf, who was relatively weak in mind and body, began to collapse as if a thread had broken.
Since it is a technique that does not discriminate between enemies and enemies, it could cause damage to allies if done incorrectly, but Gabriel solved this shortcoming by jumping into the enemy camp single-handedly.
“Hi!”
Terrified elf soldiers attacked Gabriel from all directions, but the overwhelming defense power of the dragon scale made it so that Gabriel could not even blink an eye from most attacks.
Haha! Everyone attack!”
Demon King Nero was lost in thought as he watched Gabriel through his eyes.
‘Why isn’t it moving?’
According to the information gathered so far, the leader of the enemy army, Mayer Griffith, was not a fool to throw himself into an unwinnable fight.
However, looking at the aspects of the fight shown so far, the Demon King’s army had a slight advantage in the battle, even though the elves were by no means lacking in power.
So she was even more puzzled.
‘Where is the main force?’
The Archon Guard made up of Equites, led by Septentrion.
The most important armed groups are invisible.
It was right then.
Huiiiiik─
The sound of a long whistle echoed throughout the battlefield.
Elf soldiers in the midst of a fight prick their ears and look up at the sky.
The Demon Lord’s army also reacted to such strange behavior.
Partz tsch tsk!
The air is howling.
Any living creature could not help but notice that sight.
That there is something amazing outside the sky.
Eventually-
Flash!
Even though it was broad daylight, something like a star twinkled overhead.
What that meant, the Demon Lord did not know.
However, if Kaldrashu, a modern-day person, had seen it, he would have said this.
It’s called a ‘satellite weapon.’
Coo coo coo!
The iron pillar that fell from outside the sky broke through the atmosphere and burned red.
It is said, God’s thunderbolt.
A spear that never goes astray.
‘Gungnir’
“Thank God.”
The one word someone muttered was immediately drowned out by the tremendous explosion of Gungnir that fell to the ground.
***
On this day, it was the Demon King’s army, not the Elven army, that retreated first after suffering serious damage in the large-scale revolution that took place on the Desmond Plain.
‘Gungnir’, a satellite orbital bomber that can only be operated by a majority of the Septentrions, a group of 7th-rank magicians.
This weapon, which has a destructive power almost equivalent to that of Meteor Strike, an 8th rank magic, caused great damage to the Demon King’s army with a single attack, and the Four Heavenly Kings Mephisto and Nick Iron were unable to avoid this attack and died on the spot, causing the Demon King to be killed on the spot. There will be a big vacuum in the chain of command in the military for a while.
