NOVEL NEXT Chapter 220
The thousands of demons on the battlefield thought they would be crushed by the powerful shockwave that hit them all, but when the wave reached them and then continued on its course, they realized that a demonic barrier had protected them all.
The cheers of the demon soldiers were immediate, cheering their powerful general and their pious marquis.
The demons' morale was sky-high, and the marquisate's commanders did not hesitate to continue their attack.
The human army was also unharmed the moment a fearsome projection of an ancient, cylindrical tower several stories high appeared, seemingly rising to the sky and beyond.
In the beautiful white hands of Lenard Trismegistus was a necklace with seven diamonds, five of which were blue and two of which were gray and cracked.
"A human relic," Mart concluded as he felt the great amount of energy possessed by each blue diamond.
At that moment, one of the blue diamonds was shining, and Mart could feel an immense power coming from the shining diamond, a power that was under the control of Lenard Trismegistus.
Both Lenard and Mart knew that nothing would remain alive in the vicinity if they fought each other, but they could find no reason not to do so. They both considered each other a great threat to the other's plans.
Only high-ranking individuals, both demons and humans, sweated in the face of the tense and intimidating situation.
Lenard raised his hands toward the demonic army, and at that moment, three figures dressed in hoods and robes as black as night leaped into the attack.
They were "Cracklers" in the seventh rank (mid-level), who were under the direct command of the founding leader of Inquisiderian. Each of them carried ominous demonic weapons created from the remains of demons.
Commander Fercan Sester, a demon with white hair and dark skin, dressed in an elegant black and red uniform, carried two swords on either side of his waist and had a blue stone on his forehead. He wielded one of his swords and launched himself into battle against one of the Cracklers.
Argantes Sidel was a demon wielding a heavy axe, about 390 years old, who had lived his entire life in the Sevec marquisate. The one eyed demon, with thick grayish skin and standing almost three meters tall, was of the demonic cyclops lineage and was the second to face another of the "Cracklers."
Although his level was low compared to the "Crackling One," the newly appointed commander Sitan Bokar attacked alongside two other deputy commanders, Asfent Fenderiac and Denfer Delioz. They were three demons in the sixth rank (midpoint) against a Crackling One in the seventh rank (midpoint).
The human battles began to cause chaos on the battlefield, at which point the second force of the marquisate, the mercenary army led by Teraz Sevec, attacked.
The humans were feeling the pressure.
Alden Milariant assessed the battlefield; the situation was not so disadvantageous, so he ordered the rest of his men to attack and joined the fight.
When both forces seemed to have gathered all their resources and soldiers on the fierce battlefield.
Two "founders" appeared next to Lenard, one was the elderly Samsart Detali and Ivan Biretel. Both were powerful humans with powers equivalent to the seventh rank (mid-level).
"Are you threatening me?" thought Mart when he saw that the two humans who had appeared beside Lenard were not attacking.
At that moment, a beautiful demon woman with dark blue hair, black eyes, white horns, and snow-white skin appeared beside Mart.
She was Iristel, whose appearance had changed due to the "mask of the faker."
"Three demons in the eighth rank. But that female demon has stable power. She must be the leader of the demons. A Believer?" Lenard tried to discover the identity of the new demon who appeared next to Mart.
Seeing the demon woman with power in the eighth rank (maximum point), Lenard considered the possibility of fighting both Mart and Iristel.
But the result would be the death of almost everyone present.
While both were thinking, the number of dead on the battlefield increased.
Balac's red sword had broken, and he was now using "Rubilac." Both he and the powerful warrior he was facing had distanced themselves from the battlefield.
On the battlefield, the cracklers were engaged in intense combat with the commanders of the marquisate.
The soldiers' military formations were breaking down, and death was imminent.
At that point, the battle was at a stalemate. If Balac Sevec defeated his rival, the balance could tip in favor of the demons.
"My goal is to recover the territories lost by the marquisate. And to build a strong demonic territory. A warning that will prevent humans from invading the demons and destroying them," Mart looked at Lenard from a distance, then exclaimed in a firm and solemn tone:
"I want the lands and resources that were taken from my marquisate and the Duchy of Ertrael. If you refuse, I will fight you to the death. You are one of those who conspired with the Cudernics. I can be sure of that now that I have seen your subordinates' weapons. But if you lose, I will not hesitate to exterminate as many humans as I can to recover everything you took from the demons in the war."
Just as he finished speaking, Mart took out his "Existential Staff," a powerful artifact in itself.
Lenard Trismegisto understood that Mart's words were not a simple deception.
Lenard's power began to rise, and the ground began to shake.
"System..." Mart was about to activate a "capital trait" card.
At that moment, two imperial paladins appeared, wearing silver armor with golden symbols and white capes on their backs. They were warriors in the seventh spiritual core (low level), one of whom, with a respectful attitude, handed Lenard a scroll.
Lenard opened it and read it; it was a message from the empire's minister of war.
Rasgar Relvin indicated in the scroll that, by order of the emperor, negotiations were necessary.
For Emperor Richard, the appearance of so many eighth-rank demons was a danger to the empire. Above all, the demon that was willing to fight Lenard Trismegistus.