The Demons Invasion

Not long after the permafrosts ice melted.

Their numbers were uncertain. 100,000? 200,000?

There are so many enemies, enough that the ground doesnt look black! Seven parts enemies, three parts black. I repeat, seven parts enemies, three parts black!

(This this was the source of your confidence, wasnt it? Ars!)

According to the dark elf, if they relinquished their arms and offered provisions, they promised to not bring harm to their civilians nor bring violence to the fort.

It wasnt as though the humans believe them, so they used the three days they were given properly.

However, once the third day passed, they realized that it was all for naught.

A giant

Wooden walls and the like werent even an obstacle for something like it.

The fort fell within the day.

After that, the demon army divided into three forces.

The forces that advanced along the east side of it were stopped by the combined armors of the Magic City and the Sacred City. Rather, they stopped voluntarily.

Coming to that situation, the Magic City used a great magic.

Summoned through a ritual that took many mages, meteors showered down directly upon the demon army.

Ooh!

Azel was calm as he stood among the various officers who where in an uproar on the castle walls.

True, it did injure and kill several thousand. However, for invoking a magic like that, it was merely several thousand.

If it turned into a siege, the city would fall in no time. This was clear to him with his experience from the last time this happened a thousand years before.

What is that?

Although they looked like golems at a glance, they were much too large to be a golem, as well as too agile.

At that moment, Azel knew that the Magic City would fall.

Those few dozen things werent golems. They were robots.

Intercept them!

We cant make it!

The officers were safe due to hurriedly taking shelter. However, the mental shock was massive.

A thousand years, huh

In one thousand years, humans waged wars, brought peace, then fought again. Somewhere inside that cycle, they found time to develop.

However, it was obviously different for the demons. They were fundamentally a civilization created to fight, created for this purpose.

This was no time to assaulted by the sense of defeat. Even if Azel was fine dying here, he couldnt allow the citizens to suffer.

Fortunately or not, the robots did not enter through the walls after destroying them. They simply retreated.

Why? Because Magic City wasnt able to put up a fight. Perhaps only several high ranking mages would be able to, as well as Azel himself.

And their armor. Ordinary weapons very likely wouldnt even be able to leave a scratch on them.

Even if it was the holy sword that Thor used, it wouldnt be able to do its full damage.

Three days later, the main force of the demon army arrived.

It was complete havoc.

Although a female dark elf general named Rei called out, no humans surrendered to the demons.

In the end, only those who had fainted or had lost the ability to fight were taken as captives.

Find the Great Sage! If it is his will, the humans will surrender!

Although there werent many of them in the demon army, it did have human troops.

However, this also ended in failure. The humans emotions were simply too biased against demons.

Seeing that, Rei bit her lips. What was occuring was as her beloved Demon King said would happen.

So from the demons point of view, they had to make them assimilate, even if it was by force.

It was all as he said.

Listen well. I will bring back with the sacred knights and the army that was dispatched to the each. So until then, absolutely do not act rashly. Even if you become a prisoner, I will definitely rescue you.

The Demon King had certainly given those orders to the demons. Assimilating with humans, that was the Demon Kings ideal.

He knew, but right now, Azel had chosen to flee. He had to inform everyone of their enemys strength.

It was unlike one thousand years ago. If they didnt have Dark Dragon Valiss strength, the humans winning this war was likely impossible.

Even while thinking that, Azel danced through the skies, heading first towards the east.

Humans were foolish. This is what Rei believed.

No, she changed her mind.

Initially, he coerced them through force.

And now, he guided the demons through things known as ethics and morality.

Or, perhaps, that was exactly what should be called the authority of the Demon King.

Once the demon army invaded into the city area, they first raided their food stocks.

Therefore, together with procuring food on the march, the demon army thought to introduce an experimental colonization system.

Originally, most goblins were omnivores, as well as orcs. It was common sense to feed a large number of people with grain rather than with meat.

Meanwhile, it was obvious that the human forces stationed in the academy would run out of food sooner or later.

In truth, at that moment, the army that Magic City had sent towards the east as well as the reinforcements from the Sacred City were facing off against a demon army numbering upwards of one hundred thousand on the eastern side of the Sacred Mountain.

In the end, Azel abandoned Magic City.

As they were, there was the danger of getting pincer attacked, so they had no other choice.

The people that had barricaded themselves inside of Magic Citys academy lasted for half of a month.

Those who surrendered werent treated with any particular cruelty and were instead given a thin rice gruel and collected into one place as they were beforehand.

Before long, soldiers that were guards or seriously wounded joined in with them. Once theyd learned that they would receive caring treatment, they found it practically impossible to continue holding their malice.

Even so, as there were many people that had lost loved ones to them, it still took time.

On a certain day, an earl that had survived by chance asked a question to the dark elf that was their commander.

The dark elf first gave her name.

And so Rei then told him of the Demon Kings ideals.

It sounded like a story from a fantasy.

Thats why there were humans among the demon forces as well.

Having lost his son in the war, this was something the earl could appreciate.

On that day, Magic City capitulated in the truest meaning of the word.