The Demon Armys Swift Advance

After putting the Magic City under their umbrella, the demon army next set their sights on the Holy City.

It was a city that even now still believed in the gods that had existed in this world, spreading their doctrine and instructing divine magic.

Of course, this was the only city that was incompatible to demons. An inescapable battle awaited there.

Practically all of the demon armys one million troops headed to capture the city.

It looks like humans turned into an even more barbaric race than ourselves at some point.

Muttering as such, Rei commenced the armys attack.

Palans ramparts were unlike the Magic Citys at a full twenty meters tall. Even their installations were improved.

The problem occurred before the second days sun rose.

The culprits behind the acts were completely unknown. There were no eyewitnesses. However, despite it being so late at night, the temples upper echelons were forced to decide on a new deployment.

Another assassination happened, but this time it was on the priests in the temples upper echelons.

The second days battle occurred as those in the city viewed everyone else in suspicion.

Nevertheless, Palan received great damages.

And so the dreaded second days night fell.

Once again, several senior officials were assassinated. Moreover, ministers were among them this time.

In siege warfare, defeat was decided the moment their will broke.

Their defeat was decided on the morning of the fourth day.

Needless to say, this was a message that said no matter who the target was, they could kill them at any time.

Thus, Palans management chose to surrender.

The soldiers on the front line did not like that decision.

However, they too lost the will to fight by the fifth day.

All the way to the end, the specifics on the assassin(s) couldnt be figured out.

Surely, no one would ever have thought that it was caused by a harmless peddler theyd become familiar with.

Palan was forced to relinquish their arms and the Magic Citys troops that were dispatched here and fought together with Palan were allowed to return home.

Like this, Palan, a city that boasted its holiness, fell into the demons possession in just a short six days.

However, Rei did not attempt putting demons inside the city. She knew about the thing known as public sentiment.

They didnt touch the temples that were used to worship the many idols, however. Palins residents would want to spend time there after losing the towns ramparts.

The demon armys advance did not stop there.

Currently, Casalia and Lemdrias troops were marching to restore the lost public order.

This was to be the place that the demons would have their first decisive battle.

Meanwhile, in the eastern part of the continent.

First off, the demons had never attempted to make a move against Oomori Woods. This was due to a direct order theyd received beforehand by the Demon King.

They had a mutual noninterference with the elves, similar to the relationship the elves had with humans.

Istria didnt have the stamina left to fight against the demon army in the first place.

As demi-humans were obviously included among those slaves, for Istria, cooperating with demons wasnt much of a hard decision.

The Istrian king formally recognized the emigration of demons onto his territory, forming a de facto alliance. In this aspect, they were similar to Ogress.

The country in the southern part of the continent behaved as though it were someone elses problem at first.

They remembered that, other than the imperial capital and the eastern island, almost every human on the continent had perished.

Due to their merchants banks having a fallout, the southern Krasli was in such a miserable state that it couldnt even mobilize its army. The humans side didnt know that this was caused by a plan carried out by the demon king over the course of years.

Despite their longtime war against Lemdria, The Seven City Alliance in the south-east decided to support them. Organizing their armies was difficult, but they mainly took charge of logistical support in the end.

Thus, the preparation for the decisive battle was completed. On the human side, Lemdria and Casalias armies each reached 500,000, with 100,000 reinforcements from the south and 100,000 from the small to medium sized nations armies, making a total of 1,200,000.

The commander-in-chief was Lemdrias Prince, Ryuke Sion. Despite being a twenty-one year old youth, he had proved himself by conquering a castle that the his deceased father, King Ryuke Hollyn, was unable to. [2]

So he set up a simple strategy: Lemdrias army would battle against their enemies from the front while Casalia and the other armies surround them.

The decisive battle would be carried out in a land named Falsas.

Meanwhile, in Black Cats headquarters that was in Lemdrias capital city, there was a meeting that had been held countless times occurring once again.

YamatoSaint Emperor Ryuke Shifakaspoke. If this was the usual, it would have been the final say on the matter.

Thor asked a question loaded with various meanings.

If Ars brings the thing he used in that battle, the result would be the same. Rather, both armies would be damaged by stray hits.

Even the normally taciturn Alvis interjected.

Twelve hundred years prior, he had led the surviving human race from the Dragon Wing Continent to this one. He was another Great Sage.

Shifakas eyes looked as though hed already given up on everything.

Even the usually energetic Shana was low-spirited in this situation.

His fingers woven together, Shifaka stated a fact.

Perhaps more than ten times the current demon army remained in the demons territory.

This was true.

The humans defeat in this battle was decided the moment that they lost the Golden Dragon Clarice.

Azel already knew most of the reason why, but he couldnt help but ask.

His words were the words of the only human to have made it through a Great Collapse among them, any objections to it werent permitted.

So we couldnt decide on anything in the end?

I will go to meet Queen Ryuke Riana.

Azel, please accompany me. If possible, I would like to bring Dragonslayer Carla into our group.

Breast to breast with the Demon King, the Saint Emperor hadnt given up. He was the human farthest away from giving up in the world.

His comrades could see a certain sparkle dwelling within his aged eyes.