The Lemdria Campaign

The battle between Lemdria and the demon army had advanced as expected.

But even that was one of Prince Sions strategies.

So even though the demons were continuing to win their battles, they themselves were being driven into a corner.

A scorched earth strategy is it

There was also another reason for his groanthe demon army did have a weakness.

A Machine Gods core was called a magic core, something made to be even more pure than a magic crystal. Filling it with so much mana took an equally frightening amount of labor and effort. Taking into account the Great Collapse that would be arriving soon after this, he wanted to preserve their strength.

Couldnt we just assassinate Prince Sion?

It wouldnt work. Prince Sion has strong guards surrounding him, as well as he himself being quite skilled.

Yeah, but theres another problem. Well all be in trouble if we cant finish this battle by the Great Collapse and ruin our worlds fighting strength.

This was another one of the demon armys weaknesses.

This was a fatal weakness for them.

They had to make plays for decisive battles against troops that held the home ground advantage.

This strategy was something their kind had proactively decided on, the crown prince only halfheartedly supporting it.

Meanwhile, the demons battles towards Casalia were going overwhelmingly in their favor.

It could be said that through Ogress alliance with the demon army, the demons logistics division had less work to do.

Although Serge was complaining, he understood just how important his role was.

Ogress sympathizing with the demons had dealt Casalia a major, shocking blow.

The repeated defeats had broken the spirit of Casalias leaders.

However, it wasnt something that held any disadvantages towards Casalia, so it didnt detract much from the royal familys dignity.

But seriously, are you alright with those conditions?

The condition for peace was that Casalia would cede its wilderness to the demons. It was the same as what had happened with Ogress.

But Asuka simply laughed in response.

They were going for colonization. Although it was difficult to actually do in practice, it appears theyd had success with it in the Demonlands.

Besides that, theyd also been successful at various agricultural methods that even held merits for humanity.

Thinking about it, they were beginning to even scratch at the surface of modern agricultural techniques. Theyd even be able to improve the crops breeds through using magic over the course of a millennia.

And it was even easier than that by using Harutos understanding of science.

There were huge movements even in Lemdria.

This was the result of Harutos long-time infiltration and, as far as Lemdria was concerned, was an unexpected smack to the face.

Although it wasnt as though a war between Krasli and Lemdria would begin immediately, it was necessary for Lemdria to send its forces to the south.

An alliance of cities to the east of Lemdria sat and watched all of this play out.

Although it wasnt as though theyd counted too much on those cities, since they had to separate their military yet again to defend their east, Lemdria was forced into a dilemma.

And then the demon armys invasion began.

Theyd had to devote a number of their troops to their supply train, but they still totaled a hundred thousand strong.

Above all, the Demon King stood with them at the forefront.

These two forces clashed in an expanse of vast plains.

The result was an atrocity.

Having knowledge of contemporary warfare and holding air superiority, the demon army made the best use of its magic-specialized races and clashed head-on.

The Machine Gods freely landing within Lemdrias formations easily broke apart and decimated any attempts to make a comeback.

Like this, Lemdrias greatest war potential was defeated.

Lemdrias war potential, its Royal Capital included, still remained. But as to whether or not it could win against the gathered demon army was something that King Ryuke Hollyn was skeptical of.

Even Prince Ryuke Sion had been defeated. He realized that the level of their tactical prowess was simply too different.

A messenger arrived from the demon army.

They had to give the former empires territory that had become a wasteland to the demons. That was all.

This caused a rather heated discussion in their court, but when they tried thinking about it calmly, they truly only had a single choice.

Like this, the humans greatest nation, Lemdria Kingdom, was forced into coexistence with the demons.

So its over

Falling back into the sofa, she looked at the papers. Carla and Guinevere were sitting on either side of her.

Guinevere asked. Ria gave her the explanation shed gotten from Asuka.

The Millenniums war between humans and demons would come to a close with this. And although there was still postwar processing to deal with, it was still something rather troublesome to deal with.

Carla muttered. This was the end of the Millennium. Next would be the real trial, the Great Collapse.

It was simply too abstract. Even with Serges knowledge, it was still ambiguous.

But what was definitely was that the real thing had yet to come.

Several days later, a messenger from the demons arrived in Maneshs court.

It was Asuka, someone theyd already grown familiar with. She was visiting the castle as an official envoy.

Seeing the contents of the documents shed brought, Ria was astonished.

Why is it going to be held in the castle of a country you just recently fought rather than in the former empires territory?

Thats why His Majesty is amazing. If hed said to meet in a place under our control, those cowardly humans wouldnt come now would they?

Even so, the time for the meeting was incredibly soon.

Wow, thats soon.

Its because the Great Collapse will happen soon.

So, naturally, the boundary between worlds grew fuzzy. They would collide before long.

Nodding, Ria said shed go.

The Great Collapse.

A ghastly era that not even the war-loving Ria could comprehend was about to come knocking.