Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 697: Fall of Erlendara
The battlefield of Erlendara.
As a large number of demon armies poured in.
The Old Ones’ Retainer Legion, which had the upper hand, gradually showed signs of weakness.
However, they were still barely holding on by absorbing the flesh and blood of demons to recover themselves through constant fighting.
But when two Legendary-grade demons crawled out of the abyss.
The balance of the battlefield was finally broken.
The Legendary-grade Balrog felt the subspace fluctuation the moment it emerged from the teleportation gate.
It drew its sword and slashed towards the sky.
“Clang—”
As a scarlet sword energy flashed.
A crack in space was torn open.
Vaguely, one could see people fighting inside, with bursts of thunderous roars echoing.
It grinned ferociously and slashed out again, and the void suddenly twisted and trembled violently.
After a while, the subspace completely shattered, and the Hell Three-Headed Dog and the Beast King, who were bound within, were freed.
Simonnet was a bit stunned. How did the subspace he had meticulously set up shatter?
When he landed with a light feather spell and felt the fluctuation of the four Legendary-grade beings on the Orc side, he finally realized what was happening.
“The Abyss sent so much power all at once? Aren’t they afraid of provoking a war between gods?”
Simonnet’s usually placid face finally showed some panic. He hadn’t expected such a reckless act from the Abyss. If the number of Abyss demons surging into the material plane exceeded a certain threshold, it would alert the Divine Realm and cause angels to be dispatched to hunt down the demons.
However, Simonnet was unaware that.
At this moment, the angels were watching the spectacle through the Holy Light Horn.
They had indeed noticed the fluctuations from the Abyss, but so what?
Could they still mess things up with two goddesses present?
Besides, these demons were at least a bunch of unfortunate tools, to be dealt with after they were used. They naturally wouldn’t intervene.
“Morrigan, Getho? Why are you here?”
The Legendary-grade Hell Three-Headed Dog was clearly surprised that two colleagues had also come out. Was Sotan, the master, planning to directly counter-attack the material plane by unleashing all his forces?
“You cannot fathom the master’s thoughts!”
The Balrog was the strongest, and it usually didn’t show any respect to the Hell Three-Headed Dog when speaking, always maintaining an aggressive demeanor. This, however, temporarily dispelled the Hell Three-Headed Dog’s doubts.
“The master wants us to eliminate Kalun’s army and continue attacking other cities. Don’t ask for more!”
The Hell Three-Headed Dog, Sagana, unaware that the Abyss Lord was dead, quickly agreed and followed the snake demon towards Simonnet. Two Legendaries against one Legendary, with two other Legendaries watching from the sidelines, it was difficult to lose this fight.
Even with Simonnet’s strength, he was no match for so many Legendaries. He was quickly killed by their combined efforts, but before dying, he had already transmitted the information to the Royal Capital.
As one of the Old Ones’ Retainers, he faced each of his deaths with equanimity. After all, he could achieve eternal life in his master’s Land of Truth, so death was not frightening.
In less than an hour.
Erlendara fell completely.
The instigator of the attack, the Beast King Kulkul, still hadn’t figured out what was going on?
“So, are you two lords here to help me attack Kalun?”
“That’s right.”
The Legendary-grade Balrog, Morrigan, nodded and added, “And the master said that Getho and I are to follow your orders completely.”
Looking at the two terrifying Legendary-grade demons, the Beast King Kulkul felt a surge of emotion.
Lord Sotan truly considered him important!
He was merely a minor Legendary.
What had he done to deserve this?
“I will not fail the expectations of Lord Sotan, and I will definitely capture Kalun!” Kulkul declared loudly, chest puffed out.
Morrigan and Getho exchanged a strange look at Kulkul, but ultimately said nothing.
After the fall of Erlendara, the combined Orc and Demon army quickly occupied the surrounding city walls. Under Kulkul’s leadership, they killed the surviving soldiers and began a bloody purge of the entire city.
Orcs needed food, and demons also craved delicious souls. The humans of Erlendara undoubtedly provided both perfectly.
But to Kulkul’s astonishment, he couldn’t find a single human in the vast Erlendara!
His Orc subordinates and the demons were already starving and crying out. They had been fighting for a day and a night, and if they didn’t eat and vent their desires soon, it would likely affect the morale of the Orc and Demon legions.
“Even if these humans evacuated, they couldn’t have gone too far!”
Kulkul stood on top of the empty central castle, glaring fiercely at the deserted Erlendara.
“Send out some troops to search the nearby outskirts! Oh, and have you searched Erlendara’s underground?” Kulkul turned and asked his adjutant sternly.
“Reporting, my lord. We have already searched the underground, but found no underground tunnels or spaces.”
The adjutant’s face was also grim.
After finally conquering Erlendara, it turned out to be an empty city.
Many Orcs found this fact unacceptable.
They vented their anger by attacking the walls and statues in the city.
The result was, of course, mutual destruction.
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Underground of Erlendara.
Blitz could clearly sense every team of Orc and Demon coalition forces searching overhead.
This underground space was less than ten meters from the surface. Even if ordinary Orcs couldn’t sense the presence of humans, some of the searching teams included Champion Level demons. Demons were most sensitive to the souls of living beings, so how could they not detect so many Residents of Erlendara ten meters underground?
“My lord, what is the situation outside? Did we win?”
“I heard that the kingdom’s main army came. How could those Orcs and demons be a match for them?”
“That’s right.”
Facing the inquiries of his subjects, Blitz’s face was filled with gloom.
“I’m sorry, everyone. Erlendara is now filled with demons and orcs. Lord Simonnet has probably been killed. Based on the number of demons I can currently observe, there are hundreds of thousands. The Royal main force was not defeated by the Orcs, but by the demons from the Abyss.”
This statement immediately caused an uproar.
“How is that possible? That’s the kingdom’s Royal main force!”
“Lord Blitz has no reason to lie to us. What should we do now?”
The large number of residents of Erlendara crammed into this underground space was undoubtedly torturous. There was no water or food, and the surrounding temperature was continuously rising. Some frail civilians had already fainted from lack of oxygen, and newborn infants were in even greater peril.
Blitz didn’t know what to do either.
He was unaware that two goddesses had tampered with the entire underground space.
Ruo Yi had interfered with the flow of time on the surface of Erlendara’s underground, while Loli had erased the life aura of all the residents of Erlendara.
This way, even demons who were extremely sensitive to souls couldn’t detect their presence.
