On the other side, Demon King Antipa also received a support request from Noam.
“After preparing for so long, Noam still can’t take down those humans?”
Antipa sat on a throne covered in the hides of unknown animals, lightly tapping his fingers on the armrest of the throne, his face as still as stagnant water.
“It was just about to break through the human camp, but a Saintess suddenly appeared at their rear. Ever since that Saintess entered the battlefield, Noam’s command has seemingly lost its effect.”
A soldier knelt on the ground, introducing the current battlefield situation to Noam.
“Moreover, the humans seem to have discovered that the Demon God Offspring and those humans corrupted by divine blood cannot stray too far from Noam’s command post, so they are continuously retracting their front lines, concentrating their forces to defend the camp. Now, relying on their cannon firepower, they have already reached a stalemate in the Golden Spike Plains. Noam wants to take this opportunity to completely eliminate the resistance forces of Graywhite Territory, so he refuses to retreat and sent me to ask Your Majesty for help.”
Antipa nodded, standing up to look out at the howling north wind.
In order to study the flesh of these Demon Gods, Antipa even gave up enjoying life in the Surde mining area and instead took command from this bitter cold place.
Noam’s decision was not a big problem; he had been continuously concentrating the population towards the Golden Spike Plains to maximize combat power and wipe out the living forces of Graywhite Territory.
As long as Graywhite Territory is defeated, relying on the flesh of the Demon Gods in hand, Antipa could guarantee that the Demon Clan could occupy a large area of the Northern Border in a short time. At that time, the Demon Clan would be completely liberated from the shackles of the Eternal Frozen Land.
Graywhite Territory’s rise was too rapid, completely disrupting the original plans of the Demon Clan. Moreover, Antipa was also quite concerned about the technology of Graywhite Territory; just the magic-powered train made Antipa feel quite uneasy.
To be honest, the Bloodline Magic of the Demon Clan has both advantages and disadvantages. Although Antipa outwardly claimed that the Demon Clan is a magical race like the Elves, the difference is that, due to Bloodline Magic, the magical skills of the Demon Clan are not very proficient, and there is a severe lack of talents like Alchemists and Rune Masters.
After all, it’s quite difficult to ask a Demon who is born to only use one type of magic to understand and integrate the principles of magical operation; the majority of the Demon Clan only knows one type of magic, and the proportion of Demons who can learn other types of magic is far less than that of professionals among humans.
But initially, Antipa did not care; the Demons who could use Bloodline Magic were nobler than humans, and Antipa genuinely thought so at first.
This is the arrogance and ignorance of the Demon Clan at their core, but isn’t it also their inherent inferiority? Precisely because they have never defeated humans, they can only use this kind of mental victory to comfort themselves, forcibly emphasizing that they are nobler than humans.
Antipa originally also looked down upon Alchemists and Rune Masters, thinking that even if the Demon Clan only knew Bloodline Magic, so what? They could still beat humans? If they were high-ranked, Antipa might have looked a bit closer.
But the emergence of Graywhite Territory completely changed Antipa’s view, and by the time Antipa came to his senses, he intended to win over the technical professionals among humans, only to find that real technical experts looked down on the Demon Clan, and the first choice of scattered technical professionals was also Graywhite Territory.
So Antipa changed his strategy. Since the technical Demons can’t figure it out themselves, couldn’t he just rob it from others? After all, throughout history, the Demon Clan has come this way. Once humans decline or they defeat them, they could go rob humans’ belongings.
As long as they defeat Graywhite Territory, they can use public opinion and large-scale exploitation to acquire financial assets and attract those technical professionals among humans, taking them in as dogs, while also seizing Graywhite Territory’s ready-made technology. In just two generations, it would become theirs.
These ideas would definitely be impossible to realize without the flesh of the Demon Gods.
But before that, they must defeat the resistance forces of Graywhite Territory first; only by winning against the resistance forces and weakening Graywhite Territory could they seize the opportunity. Thus, Antipa’s initial instructions to Noam were to defeat and weaken the armies of Graywhite Territory.
As long as they directly crush the resistance army of Graywhite Territory, they could just rush in and, ideally, steal the technology of that magic-powered train.
Noam’s decision was correct; he had been fulfilling Antipa’s instructions all along.
At this moment, the soldier still kneeling continued to report, “Your Majesty, not only that, there seems to be a strange potion among the human army. When the Demon God Offspring come into contact with it, there is a brief suspension, and they briefly lose connection with Noam’s command.”
“However, the supply of these potions doesn’t seem to be very abundant.”
The soldier further reported some situations on the battlefield, causing Antipa to fully understand the current situation.
“Since the potion is not abundant, there’s no need to worry. Although our research on the flesh of the Demon Gods is also quite limited, potions that can resist the Demon God Offspring cannot be produced on a large scale.”
“I have understood the situation. Have that Governor Doug prepare, and be careful not to accidentally kill him; he is still useful. After we win, we will need a puppet to help us rule over the regions occupied by humans. For now, let him continue to open the route for supporting us; I will arrange troops for support.”
Command after command was issued from the luxurious palace built by Antipa. Whether they could truly defeat the resistance forces of Graywhite Territory was crucial for the Demon Clan. Even some Demons who had retreated from the battlefield for various reasons were brought back, including Daniel.
At present, Daniel was making his way to the battlefield of the Golden Spike Plains via the path he was immensely familiar with.
Most of the Demons along the way were relatively optimistic. After all, they had already received the battle report that the human army of Graywhite Territory had suffered a rout and had entered a phase of stubborn resistance. All they needed to do was reach the front lines and deliver the final blow to those weak humans.
The leading Demon Commander even excitedly promised the soldiers at the start of the march that they would end the battle before winter, and by then everyone could enjoy a cozy winter in human territory.
This made the Demons exceedingly excited, and there was laughter and conversation all the way.
So did Daniel. Although he was constantly mocked by the surrounding Demons and referred to as the brainless Daniel, he no longer minded at all, even acting as a clown to entertain his comrades.
Although Daniel was only responsible for logistics and battlefield communications, and did not have the qualifications to consume the flesh of the Demon Gods, returning to the battlefield was a good thing for him; there was never a shortage of opportunities to make contributions on the battlefield.
Honestly, Daniel found it a bit strange how those humans were able to stop the great Demon God Offspring, but so what? Daniel had learned about the power of the Demon God Offspring; even that terrifying Sisterhood he once fantasized about would probably not be able to defeat the Demon God Offspring.
Daniel even felt grateful to those humans who were desperately resisting, as they provided him with an opportunity to achieve merit; as long as he accomplished something, he could completely rid himself of that horrifying fantasy of the Sisterhood.
