*WHIIIII!* *WHIIIIII!*
The rain started to plummet down from the sky not too long ago, obstructing everyone's vision.
Dwarf 1: What is the situation?
Two dwarves were looking at the situation from a small operating room in an unknown location in the city. One of them had both of his hands pressing on the table, looking through the video images of the Mountain where Meikneonir was. He had fiery red hair and wore a brown apron.
The other dwarf stood behind the red-haired dwarf with folded arms. He appeared to be in his middle ages. His long back hair was braided behind his back, and his white beard also had a couple of braids by the side of it. Unlike the other dwarf, he had a serious disposition, as his brows always locked into a frown.
The dwarf with a serious disposition opened his mouth.
Dwarf 2: The situation be nae good, Drones spotted signs of High levels of Demonic Energy. When measuring it, no doubt they are casting a 10th tier spell on us.
The red-haired dwarf nodded his head in agreement.
Red Haired Dwarf: You're right. If that magic attack hits the mountain, it will be total chaos.
Both dwarves agreed on the fact that if they didn't do anything, it would lead to too many losses.
The red-haired dwarf walked towards the middle of the room where a large yellow beacon stood.
Red-haired Dwarf: Seems like we have nae choice but ta activate tha defensive system.
Dwarf: Go ahead, I've already reported it ta tha Regency Council.
Red Haired Dwarf: Good, I'll start.
*Di! Ding!*
Pressing his hand on the beacon, a defiant yellow hue discharged from the beacon. A glaring red [100%] appeared in the middle of the beacon, and a homing sound soon sounded.
*Ohmmm!*
Before long, a bright yellow light shot towards the sky from the beacon.
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Rushing towards the northern tower, the dwarf responsible for the northern tower, shouted loudly towards his communication device.
Dwarf 3: What!? yer planning on activating tha defensive system this early into tha war!?
*Shuuuum!*
Suddenly a bright light shot towards the sky. Once the light reached a certain point, each of the towers on the walls shook and multiple yellow lights soon shot out as well, converging with the light coming from the beacon, forming a bright yellow ball in the middle of the sky.
Once the lights converged, a thin transparent yellow film started extending from the yellow ball, enveloping the entire mountain.
Dwarf 3: Shit…
Lowering the hand that held the communication device, the Dwarf cursed.
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WHIIIIIII—! WHIIIIIII—!
The sounds of the sirens rang out throughout the whole city as the dwarves quickly closed up shop and hid inside of their homes.
From how unpanicked and organized this was, Vanoss could tell that this wasn't the first time that this had happened.
Moo: Um guys, what's going on?
Regrouping with the others back at the lodgings, the first one to ask was Moo.
Glancing behind him and seeing everyone staring in his direction, Evan brows furrowed tightly.
Vanoss: I'm not too sure, but from what I've heard, it looks like the city will be under siege soon.
Delirious: Under attack? At a time like this??
Evan's words instantly caused the others to groan.
Terroriser: So what do we do now? Should we take cover? Or should we just leave this place?
Vanoss: I'm not even sure myself, but leaving is not an option.
As Technoblade had told Vanoss beforehand, escaping this place was no longer an option.
The end result would just be them against thousands of Demons.
Massaging his throbbing forehead and staring at the others who seemed well-rested, Vanoss cursed out loud.
Vanoss: Ah shit, I still haven't slept yet.
Unlike them, he still had not properly rested as he ran around the whole city ever since arriving here.
His luck sucks ass.
Nogla: So what do you suggest we do?
Vanoss: Ugh, whatever, I don't care anymore.
Once again taking out his sword from his Inventory, Evn put it on his waist and tapped on the bracelet artifact he buyed, the same one Techno showed him.
Then, a holographic map of the city appeared in front of everyone.
Vanoss: Let's just go help out. It'll be good training for us.
Not only that, but it would also raise their reputation amongst the Dwarves.
In any case, he needed this to distract his mind off of the things that Ironwood had told him not too long ago.
Vanoss: Get ready, we're about to move
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Meikneoir was built inside of a large mountain within a massive mountain range.
Blending with the environment; making it harder to spot from a distance, towering walls erected from outside of the mountain.
The walls were divided into two areas, the upper areas where the bigshots were, and the lower areas, where the weaker individuals were.
In order to make up the disparity, built on the lower area were many different defensive structures and artifacts, with Dwarves, Humans, Beastmens, and different other races patrolling around the area.
In general, they only talked amongst their own races and kept to themselves, but the impending attack from the demons sobered everyone up as they all helped each other out.
In contrast to the lower level, the higher level was more restricted for the stronger individuals. One could see from the level of security around the area that was brought towards the higher level, that highly classified meetings were being held there.
???: Oy you over there!
A buff dwarf yelled over to the Group's side. Turning their heads, almost everyone instantly recognized him.
Basically: Ah, it's Eleanore.
Vanoss: Ah shit, not this guy again.
It is the dwarf that they had previously met at the entrance of the city.
Without greeting nor waiting for any of them to reply, Eleanore shouted onto the Magic Communication Device in his hands.
Eleanore: Orimus, I've got some people here who be right for tha job. Quickly come ta pick them up.
Orimus: [Quit shouting ye fucker, I'll be there in a minute.]
Because Eleanore didn't bother lowering the volume of the device, everyone could pretty much hear whatever they were saying.
Eleanore: The fuck did ye say ta me?
Orimus: [Pah, what be ye gonna do?]
Before long, the man called Orimus arrived. Glaring at Eleanore, he raised his middle finger and flipped him off.
Then, turning his attention towards Team 6, he began to size them up.
Orimus: Mhh, nae bad. This will do for now.
Nudging them to follow him with his two fingers, Team 6 followed Orimus towards the northern gate.
Walking along, he gave the others a brief overview of the wall's defensive structure. The walls had four gates, which were named after the cardinal points. Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western.
The Southern gate, the gate that Team 6 first entered the city, directly faced an expansive forest and was on the opposite side of where the main demon force was. As such, it was supposedly the easiest side to defend.
Orimus, the dwarf that was guiding them, was the one that oversaw the operations on the southern side.
On the other hand, the other two sides, the Eastern, and Western gates, directly faced the other mountain ranges. On normal occasions, those sides would've been the easiest to defend against, however, it had to be noted that there are demons that could fly.
Because of this, the geographical advantage was almost negligent.
Lastly, there was the Northern gate, and that was where most of the demons were coming from. In short, that place was a living hell for whoever was there.
It was also the place where most bigshots resided.
Orimus: What do ye guys specialize in?
Instead of Vanoss answering, it was Marcel who stepped forward and answered.
Basically: Me and my bird friend here were both swordsmans, the guy with green suit is a Meat Shield, the one with a Bycocket is a beast tamer, the pig guy is a COD master, and this guy with the mask is a delusional maniac who laughs of killing his victims.
Delirious: Hey! That's not true.
Wildcat: Delirious, we mostly saw you laugh like a fucking creep the way you kill your enemies. It scared us.
Orimus: Mhhh, noted. That reminds me, what be your ranks?
Vanoss: Oh, we all <A> ranks.
Orimus: Oh? You guys be pretty strong for your age, I'll give ye that.
Orimus pointed towards an area in the distance.
Orimus: You guys see tha area over there, right where tha tower be? go there, an' one o' tha people shou' make arrangements for ye.
The tower he was pointing at was one of many that were along the walls and had windows and doors that individuals could use to either snipe or jump down from above to directly fight the enemies.
It wasn't a terrible spot to snipe, but it was a pretty obvious place, giving away the location of the sniper quite easily.
Vanoss: Alright, guys let's a go!
Nudging the others with his head, Team 6 soon walked towards the middle level where a large group of people with different races stood, judging by the designs of their clothing, they seem to be from different nations.
???: Ah bloody hell, a group of idiots.
???: How can you tell?
???: My father hired so many Adventurers and Mercenaries and I have known most of them and their characters, so I could tell these peasants are no good.
A tall male said as he lazily eyed Team 6. A trace of disdain flashed his eyes before speaking in a commanding tone.
Tall Male: Tell us your Adventurer Party name, abilities and rank.
Vanoss: We are the Banana Bus Squad, My name is Vanoss, the leader, me and my party are all <A> rank and that—
???: Oh that is bullshit.
An Orc at the back suddenly raised his voice, cutting Evan off. His tone sounded quite displeased.
Orc: Never joke about strengths! There is no way a person who's in his 20s is an <A> rank, it took decades to achieve it. We have no use for arrogant, weaklings and liars like you over here. Go tell the dwarves that we can handle this side ourselves. You'll be a hindrance.
Vanoss: No can do.
Ignoring the orc, Vanoss sat down on the ground and proceeded to ignore the orc.
Terroriser, Basically, Delirious, and the others followed his example and also sat next to him.
Wildcat does the same thing but pull out his tongue to the Orc.
Orc: Did you all just ignore me?
The group's behaviour obviously did not sit well with the orc who stood up from his spot and glared in their direction, emitting his menacing intent.
Glancing at him from the side, a trace of disdain flashed across Evan's eyes.
Having been to Site-87, a place filled with many strong and terrifying people, even facing a Sainthood Demigod who has the power to destroy an entire continent in a few hours, the orc before him was a mere joke in Evan's eyes.
With a simple glance, Evan guesses the Orc is somewhere in the <B> rank.
He couldn't even be bothered to argue with him. Let alone the other tall man who looks at them disdainfully.
Judging by his clothing, he looks like a Noble from the Veldarun Empire, but looking so young in his mid 20s, he might be a son of one.
Aside from the two of them, there were more people who had the same feeling, however, they merely gave us a glance before going back to their own thing. It seemed as though they first thought of the group as another arrogant mercenary.
Orc: Hey! Are you deaf? Did you not hear what I said?
The orc slowly approached Evan. A strong aura exuded from his body.
Ignoring him, Vanoss took out a Sensory and a potion from his Inventory.
*Gulp!*
Downing the potion, Evan glanced the Sensor on his hand then towards his friends and said.
Vanoss: Get ready, guys. They will be here aaaaaany second now.
Right now the sun started to set, and darkness slowly enveloped the land. A cold breeze brushed through the forest; the paper-like sound of the leaves fluttering sounded across the area.
The scene was rather tranquil, but everyone standing on top of the northern tower knew that this was the calm before the storm.
*Rustle!*
Soon, the silence was broken by the rustling sounds of the vegetation in the distance.
Stationed at the middle levels of the tower, the group gazed into the distance. There were many black creatures in the distant forest, approaching their direction. Some were flying, whilst others weren't.
The atmosphere was heavy, and everyone on the middle level of the tower started to take out their weapons, as they quickly got back to their post, readying themselves for the upcoming battle.
Wildcat: Hell yeah! The battle is about to begin!
*Ti Chi!*
Wildcat: Huh?
Terroriser: Ah, hot damn this is beautiful.
Noticing something on Terroriser's hand, Tyler notices Brian cocking a black artifact resembling a double-barrelled shotgun, but the design looked a bit like some of the older guns that existed back in the past of Earth. Of course, that was only aesthetically. In reality, the gun was far more advanced than any gun that had ever existed on Earth.
More powerful as well as each bullet could penetrate a dozens of Tanks at the same time as if it was butter, and it was just a <B+> rank artifact.
Wildcat: Is that a Magic Gun?
Terroriser: Never seen a magic gun before?
Wildcat: Just earlier today. I first thought this fantasy world will be all swords and magic and shit.
Vanoss: Tyler, there are a lot of genres in this world that make me prefer this over the Internet and Memes.
Wildcat: Bruh that's just insulting!
Basically: Oh, Brian. Just how expensive is the magic gun?
Terroriser: Ah, not that much, just cost almost 7 million Euros, bullets cost 500,000 each, I have buyed more like 20 of them.
Wildcat: So you're saying you buyed with 17 million Euros, wasting much of our cash money?!??!
Terroriser: Of course, according to the Cashier, any cores gained from beasts and monsters could be turned into powder which would in turn function as gunpowder!
Wildcat: But that still doesn't do shit about you wasting our whole life savings!!!
Tall man: By the Gods! All you do is yell at each other! You guys are worse than the other adventurers in my entire life, you guys are more like 60 year olds acting as infants who dropped out of school who are nearly at the end of their lifespan!
The same Noble young man yelled at the group in annoyance.
Wildcat: Hey! Who said you could join in!
Tall Man: I have the right to say to shut you all up! I can't even focus on what I'm doing right now, you people might not have families because they can't raise you!
Nogla: No! That's not true! Me and my friends are a family ourselves, maybe except for you!
Tall Man: Huh? Better keep your oversized mouth checked next time, peasant. You seem to have a death wish.
Nogla: Ohh now, call me oversize mouth one more ti—!
*Rumble!*
All of a sudden, they felt a rumble, don't know what it was, one of the people in the tower noticed something above them.
Random Soldier: What the?
Delirious: TACTICAL NUKE! INCOMING!!
Hearing Delirious' words, looking up, to everyone's horror, a huge object about the size as a Mountain in flames is falling above them.
Random Mage: That's a 10th tier spell, {Meteor Fall}!
Basically: WHAT THE FUCK?! Just who in the world send a fucking Nuke very early in the war?!
Marcel said with slight fear in his face, but he immediately shook his head to focus.
But that still doesn't change the fact that they are about to get nuked!
Just as the meteor was about to make contact on the Mountain, suddenly, as if something invisible in its way, the meteor exploded caused by a yellow translucent force field.
It is the city's Defensive System.
Terroriser: Haha! Oh, I love this place already.
Moo: Yeah, but I am still straight up not having a good feeling about this.
Nogla: Don't worry, Brock. It'll turn around, Stay positive, HIV positive.
After saying that, Vanoss in the background does a doctor impression and says.
Vanoss: Sorry to say this but the test came back. It looks like, 'For HIV', don't worry, STAY POSITIVE.
Evan's words gave off a good laugh from everybody.
Nogla: Haha! Ah, this guys, this guy...
Terroriser: That's a... that's a—
Vanoss: Imagine that, Imagine that, that I woulda, I woulda give a— Oh shit they are coming!
Not before long, everyone spotted the enemy heading towards their direction.
The Battle of Meikneoir has begun.
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(Inside of an Unknown Room in the City)
Braided Haired Dwarf: Shut down tha barriers,
A red-haired dwarf nodded as it walked towards the beacon and placed his hand on it.
[98%]
Was engraved in the middle of the beacon, signifying how much energy it had left after it tanked the 10th tier spell {Meteor Fall}.
*Kru Kuk!*
Soon enough, the moment the red-haired dwarf's hand touched the beacon, the beacon let out a strange noise, and the light that shot upwards slowly started to dim down.
Gazing up towards the hole where the beam shot out, the red-haired dwarf muttered.
Red-haired Dwarf: We've already lost 2% o' tha energy this early into tha war. Man, this is definitely bad.
Braided-haired Dwarf: It is still shou' be fine, my friend. What's really important be that it withstand tha magic attack.
Red-haired Dwarf: Ye think so?
Braided-haired Dwarf: Yeah.
According to him, as long as they did not suffer substantial losses in the battle, and they didn't activate the barrier once again, they'd have a good shot at the war.
Crossing his arms and sitting on a stool, the red-haired dwarf tiredly asked.
Red-haired Dwarf: How many more battles do you think there's gonna be?
*Tap.Tap.Tap.*
Tapping on the table, the braided-haired dwarf thought for a moment before answering truthfully.
Braided-haired Dwarf: I'm nae sure but I do believe that tha war will continue for at least a year.
It wasn't just them that were at war, but the other nations too. Each side had sent some powerful people to help out, but from the looks of it, things wouldn't clear up for at least a while.
Braided-haired Dwarf: Till 'en we shou' do our best ta nae use tha barrier.
The less they used the barrier the more impact it would have during the climax of the war.
If they used up all the energy now, the shield might fail when it truly mattered.
This was undesirable.
Turning his attention back towards the beacon, the red-haired dwarf solemnly nodded his head.
Red-haired Dwarf: I agree.
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As the battle has now begun, a few seconds later, like a swarm of locusts, the flying demons charged from above. Demons riding onto huge beasts followed from below.
*Rumble!* *Rumble!*
The ground shook, and a cloud of dust appeared in the distance.
*SHIIIIII!*
The next moment, the mages, archers, and many magic casters raised their hands, bows, and magical weapons, the mages' magic circles then soon appeared on the palm of their hands. Before long, both of their spells started raining down from above. Towards the demons in the distance.
*WHIIIM!*
Suddenly, a tremendous spell appeared in the sky. Lingering in the air for a couple of seconds, it soon fell towards the demons in the distance like a meteor.
*BOOOM!*
The ground shook and hundreds of demons died instantly.
Turning their head towards the same Tall man who is responsible for the attack.
Delirious: Damn. That is intense. I felt a bit of pain from that spell, even though it's not directly at me.
It make sense, being an Undead, Holy type spells could harm an undead, but being an <A> rank himself, Holy type spells damage on Delirious is reduced, if its a 1st tier Holy type magic, it doesn't really hurt him.
*Xiu!* *Xiu!* *Xiu!*
On a different note, the magic casters weren't the only long-distance damage dealers, as the dwarves shot the demons from above with an object that resembled a gun.
Although the things they were holding did somewhat resemble guns, they operated differently as they shot projectiles made out of mana.
They were devastating as each shot equaled the life of a demon.
Same as hundreds of Drone-like objects in the sky doing the same thing as the Dwarves were.
Unlike the guns from the Dwarves, these drones contain more firepower and penetration that could kill a <A–> more than 10 shots.
Turning their attention away from them, and gazing below the tower, they found that despite the strong spells and attacks from the army, some of the demons were still managing to infiltrate the place.
They were simply too numerous.
Unfortunately for them, to those that infiltrated, the close-quarters weapon users and Practitioners were already waiting for them at the entrance as they quickly killed them.
Using many of their skills, Martial Arts, Magic weapons, and magic spells on their own, many prevented most of the demons from infiltrating the tower where the weaker army resided.
Because they were so focused on the demons attacking, if a demon infiltrated, they would be left helpless.
*BANG!* *BANG!*
Explosions rang everywhere signalling that the war was in full swing; with both sides slowly starting to accumulate losses.
*WAAAM!*
At that moment, another swarm of demons came with horrifying numbers, as the sea of demons fastly approached the tower, then, like a flock of birds, they mercilessly sped towards where the group were.
*WIIIING!*
At the top of the tower, all sorts of spells and forms of energy beams shot towards the approaching mass of demons.
The land trembled. Black blood that was accompanied by the corpses of the demons poured down from the sky like a storm. The misty black blood enveloped the entire northern area as more and more demons fell towards the ground.
Most shockingly, even though the demons were dying at an alarming rate, they continued to move towards the tower fearlessly.
It was as though they had no sense of death.
Before long, the number of demons had decreased drastically, but the land they covered also increased.
It wasn't long till the huge number of them arrived before the tower.
Vanoss: Shit!
Once they were only a few meters away from us, Evan turned to look at the others and warned them.
Vanoss: They're coming; get ready, you guys! Stay close to each other!
Evan's words were soon drowned out by the whistling sound that arose from the sky as the demons dived down from the sky.
*WHIIIIIM!*
Like black bullets, within seconds, they nearly arrived before them.
Basically: ALRIGHT LET'S DO THIS!!
Nogla: YEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Before everybody knew, Nogla, wearing his full Enchanted Diamond Armor, Elytra, and dual Enchanted Diamond Sword roared on top of his lungs before he flapped his elytra and flew towards the horde of demons at fast speed.
His action caused many people to be completely dumbfounded, even Team 6.
Orc: Hey Human! STOP!!
Tall Man: This mad man! He definitely has a death wish!!
Nogla: HAHAHAHAHA!
Like a maniac, Nogla finally arrives before the swarm of demons in the air.
Basically: That's Nogla for ya 😑
Marcel said, not before long as he pulled out an enchanted Trident. Readying his Elytra, he flew, following his friend for the slaughter.
With the help from the Rain and the enchantment {Riptide} on his Trident, Marcel activates it and flies in a spiral movement and travels at Hypersonic speed, his move kills many demons in his path.
When he returns to normally flying, he then throws the Trident that travels at deadly speed, as it hits one Demon, lightning strikes from the sky and kills not just one but dozens of Demons who are near the Demon that got hit by the Trident that is also enchanted with {Channeling}. Then with the {Royalty} enchantment in it, the Trident returns to Marcel's hands and continues his fight.
Wildcat: Hey, no fair! Let me join the fun!
Delirious: Wait for me!
The two members of Team 6 then used their elytra and flew off, joining with Marcel and Nogla in the battle.
Back to other members of Team 6 in the Tower, as the two sides fought, one of the people is Moo himself who suddenly got surrounded by 10 Demons.
Demon 1: Kekekeke.
But instead of fear Moo was showing, he smiles mysteriously as he waves at the Demons, confusing them a bit.
Moo: Hi…
Suddenly, like a Dark Lord himself, Moo summons many different types of bloodthirsty beasts and monsters, even the Warden itself.
Moo: Go.
Stepping forward, the Warden uses its Sonic boom and kills the demons in front of him, leaving nothing but devastation, raising its Netherite Sword, it roars and charges into battle, followed by other beasts, massacring the demons in sight.
To Terroriser, he saw more than 5 Demons dived towards him from above ready to kill him.
Terroriser: Hasta la vista, motherfuckers!
With a cigarette in his mouth, he held the magic gunshot with one hand and pressed the trigger.
*BOOM!!!*
Accompanied by a thunderous sound, a few dozens of blue balls of energy shot out from the gun, directly aiming for the demons in the distance. Travelling at Hypersonic speed, the blue energies travelled through the air, splitting the rain apart.
Before long, it instantly obliterates the 5 Demons to a bloody pulp.
Terroriser: Bloody hell! <B+> rank, my ass! This shit is broken as FUCK!
*SHIIIING!*
On the other hand, standing next to Terroriser, Vanoss slashed towards every demon that came his way.
Usually, he would've gotten rid of every demon in his vicinity with just a simple movement of his sword.
Unfortunately, he could no longer do that.
At least for now.
When he left Ironwood's workshop and heard his words, Evan realized just how shit his swordsmanship was.
Simply put, Evan could no longer act as he did before.
He needed to change, and what better opportunity than right now?
Right now, staring at his friends in the distance, Evan shrugged his shoulders.
Vanoss: Looks like they don't really need my help…
*SHIIIING!*
Demon: Hiiieek!
In front of Evan, a Demon flew by, raising its hand, the demon cried out and slashed in Evan's direction. Instantly, three tangible energies shot towards him.
Vanoss: Guess it's my turn.
Staring at the incoming demon, raising his sword in his hand, Evan slashed down.
For the past few hours, the battle continues.
*Spurt!*
Retrieving his sword back from the corpse of a demon, Evan looked towards the distance.
About half a day had passed since the start of the battle and as of now, the situation was under control.
Although the first line of defense had been breached multiple times, Team 6 had done an excellent job at keeping the demons from breaching the second line.
Of course, they weren't the only ones standing in the second line of defense, but judging from the body count alone, they were some of the few individuals that had made the most contributions. This was mainly due to the fact that the powerful individuals had not made a move yet.
Vanoss: Hm?
Sensing something, Evan looked towards his right.
Sure enough, a demon was quickly headed in his direction. Before long, it appeared a couple of meters away from him.
Demon: Hieeek!
Sinisterly opening its mouth, the demon let out a screech and viciously slashed in Evan's direction.
*WIIIIIING!*
Staring at the incoming attack, he was completely unfazed. Raising his sword and thrusting it forward, the yellow hue enveloping his sword expanded and contracted rapidly.
*Shuop!*
What came as a result of this was a subtle suction force that altered the direction of the demon's attack. An instant later, gently tapping on the ground with my foot, the ground cracked apart with a 'bang,' and Evan appeared only a few centimeters away from the demon.
The speed at which he moved was so fast that the demon could not react in time. Raising his sword, Evan slashed upwards, cleanly cutting the demon's head off.
*Spurt!*
As black blood sprayed everywhere, the head of the demon quietly rolled in front of Vanoss. Wiping his face, he softly muttered.
Vanoss: Ohh, I'm getting tired right now.
As he says that, more demons appeared in front of him.
With a groan, Vanoss has no choice but to continue.
He just killed, killed, and killed.
Unbeknownst to him, before he knew it, he had lost count of how many demons he had killed, and standing in front of him were two demons surrounded by five two meter size Demons.
These large bulky demons seem almost similar to the monster Vanoss encountered since their arrival in this world but unlike these undead knights he faced before, they look more hellish.
They are known as Hell Knights, unlike their Undead counterparts, they both specialize in defenses and combat level almost similar to a Death Knight and Death Warrior combined.
In fact, these armored demons were summoning minions from these two powerful Demons in the center.
As for the two Demons in the center, two stood out particularly, as a pressure rivalling his exuded from their body.
<A> ranks.
These are definitely at that level, almost the same as Vanoss.
Vanoss: So you guys are supposed to be like commanders of this army, no?
???: You're not wrong, beastmen.
Says the one demon, he is smaller than the huge bulker one beside him, he has features almost similar to a human, pale skin, and bat-like wings on his back.
Avarice: Let me introduce ourselves, the one beside me is Count Indignation, as for me, my name is Count Avarice, which I'm also referred to as an Evil Lord, a member of the Greed Clan, owned by one of the Lords of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Vanoss: Lords of the Seven Deadly Sins?
Avarice: That's right. Our Great Lords and the Royal Servants of the Dark Lord, they are the most—
Vanoss: First and foremost, I have no time for your silly introduction. I don't understand why it's necessary to have a lengthy conversation with your enemy. What? You're gonna insult me? Me, a puny mortal? Well then, I know that conversing with you will bear no fruit and so I'll just kill your minions right here and now.
Evan said with a bored look on his face before stomping his foot on the ground, creating a crater on the ground, his body shot forward with his blade stabbing towards the nearest group of Hell Knights.
Attacking so suddenly and unexpectedly, few of the Hell Knights could not react in time.
Vanoss' sword immediately slash both their heads, causing their heads to fall on the ground. Following this, he changed his sword's angle and direction and slashed vertically, decapitating another Hell Knight.
Everything happened so fast that, apart from those two demons, all of the Hell Knights could not react.
Still, that didn't mean that the other two demons stood still.
Indignation: I'll take that little birdie.
The other Count demon beside Count Avarice.
Avarice: Beat it, Count Indignation, I'm the one who interacts with him first, so I'll be the one fighting him.
Indignation: Stop being Greedy, Count Avarice. You know my rank is a bit higher than yours. Know your place.
Avarice: Tch!
Avarice(Thoughts): This is why I should go alone.
As he thought of this, he suddenly heard something yelling, and it kinda sounded… so weird.
???: YEEEEEE!!!
Thanks to their great senses, Indignation summoned a barrier in front, blocking the powerful attack from a human.
Nogla: Oh wonderful! A worthy opponent!
Indignation: Oh, that attack I felt. I'll take that one!
With a roar, the member of the Wrath clan dashed towards Nogla at the speed that is invisible to the eye.
Then, the two began to fight in the sky.
Avarice: Hm… weird.
Vanoss: Yeah, Nogla sometimes interferes out of nowhere, I suppose.
Looking at Vanoss, the Demon ignores what just happened earlier and pulls out its large Scythe and summons a Shadow Demon in front of him.
At that moment, the Shadow demon dashed and reached Vanoss without warning, slashing with its large claws. A whistle arose, and the air split apart.
Vanoss glanced at the incoming attack. Then, glancing at the stronger demon to see if he was going to attack, he took a step back and narrowly dodged the attack.
*WHIIIING!*
He then stepped and stabbed forward towards the shadow demon's head. Unfortunately for Vanoss, the demon reacted extremely quickly; one of its hands grabbed his sword whilst the other slashed in his direction.
This sudden block caught Vanoss off guard; however, that didn't mean that he was helpless. On the contrary, he already knew what to do in a split second.
Letting go of the sword, he bent his body backwards, dodging the attack. Then, coating his feet with a yellow hue, he twisted his torso and kicked the demon right in its chin, sending him flying a couple of meters back.
Shadow Demon: GAH!
Taking advantage of this moment, Vanoss bent down and grabbed his sword that was left on the ground. Then, stomping his foot on the ground, he shot forward and killed the remaining demon.
Avarice did not move an inch from his spot throughout the fight.
Without changing his expression, Vanoss did not waste any time.
He immediately charged over the demon.
Avarice: Haha, as expected of you killing my Shadow clone.
The demon said. What Vanoss learns, the Count ranked demon was very cunning. He didn't observe for entertainment, that will be stupid in the middle of the war. The only reason he didn't move when Vanoss was killing his minions and his Shadow Clone was because he wanted to better understand his opponent.
After having observed Vanoss kill his minions and clone, he finally started to move.
Raising his scythe at lightning fast speed, the Count ranked demon slashes many times; a large red slash filled with Demonic Energy was shot in Evan's direction. Wherever they passed, devastation would be left behind.
Vanoss' expression suddenly sank. Sidestepping, he tried his best to avoid the attacks. However, that didn't mean he was unarmed, as a large slash appeared by the side of his chest.
Vanoss: Khu…!
Red blood dripped down on the ground.
Apathetically staring at the demon opposite, who had a cunning smile on his face, Vanoss exhaled.
Taking out a healing potion from his inventory, he quickly downed it. In seconds, his injuries started to heal.
Eyeing the demon opposite to him, a yellow glow enveloped his body. Stomping on the ground, Vanoss shot forward and raised his sword.
Within seconds he reappeared in front of Avarice who was waiting for him. However, much to the demon's surprise, once Vanoss arrived before him, he stomped his foot on the ground and forcefully pushed his body back.
The sound of bones creaking sounded, and Vanoss' face grimaced in pain.
Avarice: What the?!
Avarice, who had been prepared to strike Vanoss with his large scythe the moment he appeared, was left dumbfounded by Vanoss' sudden actions as his attack missed completely.
Vanoss: Got you.
Vanoss once again raised his sword and slashed down with a smile. It was a simple strike, yet this strike looked terrifying to the demon who was left in an awkward position.
*FWUAP!*
Out of desperation, extending the back of his wings, Avarice flapped them and his body shot back at his full speed. Unfortunately for him, Vanoss' attack still managed to hit him. An arm and a scythe flew in the sky and black blood dripped on the ground.
*Thud!*
Both of the arm and the weapon fell on the ground, not so far from where Vanoss was.
Avarice: Huuuuuuaaak!
Silence descended around the area where Vanoss was. Following this, an enraged scream sounded from above as Avarice pointed at Vanoss.
Avarice: Damn you! Kill him!
His bloodshot eyes glared at him, and tangible bloodlust started exuding from his body. Instantly, hundreds of Hell Knights were summoned endlessly from Avarice while at the same time, the demons within the vicinity all turned their attention towards Vanoss.
We were talking about over 3000 demons or so.
All of them looked at Vanoss with bloodthirsty eyes.
Within a second of Avarice's words, all the demons lunged in Vanoss' direction. To those watching from the tower and in the control room, it looked like a slaughter was about to happen.
However, unbeknownst to them, Vanoss' face remained calm. In the face of the incoming demons, his face remained edgy and unmoving.
Then, something that would leave them at a complete loss for words suddenly happened.
With his eyes locked on Avarice, Vanoss' let out his entire mana intent in the air, showing a huge mana flow about the size of a large building.
An <A> rank.
Being lower levels, all the demons that were lunging towards his direction stopped, seemingly as though they are not allowed to go any further.
It's not out of fear but out of instinct.
But it only took a few seconds for them to control their instincts fully.
But that's too late for that.
*SHIIIING!*
Unsheathing his Netherite sword from the scabbard, Vanoss did not even bother looking at the demons besides him and ran towards Avarice in the distance who had trouble taking his eyes away from him.
While Vanoss travels at Hypersonic speed, the scene shows as if Vanoss moves normally.
Avarice: Shit!
Gazing at Vanoss, who was moving in his direction, the Count ranked Demon took a step back.
Even though it was not completely helpless, the other demons aren't fast enough to fully control themselves and attack Vanoss who was going at his full speed, nevertheless, he was injured and his speed is currently reduced by the injury he has.
Soon Vanoss stopped in front of the demon. Raising his sword, he said.
Vanoss: Well… any last words.
Avarice: Wai—!
Vanoss: I guess that is it.
Avarice: Wait! Not ye—
Vanoss: Nope! Ain't listening!
Without wasting time, Vanoss slashed down.and ready to kill the Demon.
However…
*VUAAAAM!*
It was then that a grim pressure suddenly enveloped the battlefield.
Glancing towards the distance, a dark and orange humanoid figure stood in the air with its four wings wide open. The moment the humanoid figure appeared, Vanoss instantly knew that things were about to become serious.
Behind the humanoid figure, the moon shone brightly, enveloping the humanoid figure and enhancing its features.
The whole battlefield soon came at a standstill and everyone turned their attention towards the sky.
Avarice: Hahaha! Foolish mortal! Looks like our Lord has finally shown up!
The General of the army of demons it leads, judging by the power intent it produces, it's definitely a Marquess-ranked Demon, similar to a Transcendence Demigod.
While it seems hopeless for everyone and the battle has the favor for the demons, Vanoss has other minds.
Vanoss: Technically… you're not the only one who had the upper hand here. There is actually one thing you guys didn't know of.
Avarice: What?
Vanoss: We have the Blade.
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Somewhere in the sky, the battle between the Count ranked demon members of the Wrath clan fighting against Team 6's foolish member.
Indignation: You do know that I'm the one who cast {Meteor Fall}?
Nogla: No ._.
Indignation: I'll say, even if you're not that intelligent, you seem quite strong.
Nogla: Actually, I'm not that strong as some of my friends, I'm also a professional fighter from that one show on N*ckelodeon!
Indignation: Hm, whatever. Marquess Ladramalech has arrived. I should waste my time on playing with weaklings.
Without wasting time, Indignation flapped his large wings and flew at deadly speeds and punched Nogla enough to kill him.
Nogla's body fell lifelessly towards the battlefield below.
Indignation: Hm, this will do…
Flapping his wings, Indignation was about to fly away, but before that someone spoke behind him.
Nogla: Next you'll say "What the!? I have punched him with my full strength! Why isn't he dead!?
Indignation: What the!? I have punched him with my full strength! Why isn't he dea—... HUH?!?!
The Demon's eyes widened. Not just how he survive his attack, but how did he know exactly what he is going to say next!?
Nogla: I think it's time for me to reveal how I survive your attack. Behold! My new power!
Suddenly, something big came out of Nogla's body, a figure like a ghost. And what made it look weird is that it resembles a Dog with a gigachad-like body.
Nogla: STANDO POWA!!!
Indignation: A Stand?
Nogla: Yes, a Stand. A Stand is a manifestation of a person's life energy. It presents as a figure that is hovering over or near the user! And I named my Stand…
…Cupcake!
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*Rumble!*
The ground suddenly shook. Many people turn their heads and staring towards the distance, where the sound came from, many of them soon spotted two figures standing in the sky face to face with each other.
One figure resembled a Pig Beastmen, while the other was the same demon from before. The Marquis ranked one.
Basically: Wait, Is that Technoblade?
Upon closer look, he first thought it was Wildcat but further inspection, Marcel realized that the figure was non-other than Technoblade!
Wildcat: Holy shit! He is him!!
*BOOOM!*
A strong gale suddenly brushed past the two.
This came as a result of Technoblade and the demon releasing their aura in the sky.
The already oppressive air became even more oppressive, and the colors orange and pink suddenly enveloped the sky.
Soon, the two majestic auras clashed together.
*BOOOM!*
With the two attack collided, a ferocious shockwaves appeared in the sky.
The residual mana that spread from the shockwaves enveloped the entire battlefield.
*BANG!*
This exchange had been going on for about a few minutes now, and it had started to become progressively stronger. Both sides were still not going all out as they were gauging each other and buying time for those fighting below. Whenever the situation shifted for one side, the other would quickly interfere to return the balance.
Technoblade: Man, the last time I saw you, you were a random Baron ranked Demon, Dante.
Demon: For the last time stop calling me Dante! Even its 2000 years, you still didn't change. I thought you suppose to die like the other 6 with you!
The Marquis ranked demon yelled as it stared at Technoblade with his eyes filled with rage and hatred.
He is a Marquess ranked Demon, one of the strongest members and royal servents of one of the Lords of the Seven Deadly Sins in the Wrath Clan.
Technoblade: Well… you do look like him.
Marquess Demon: You're really full of nonsense. Just die already!
The Demon glared at Technonlade. His hand that held onto the large broadsword filled with strong Demonic Energy, he then vanished and appeared before Technoblade and swung downward at unprecedented speed.
The large red broadsword whirled around, releasing waves of pressuring wind sounds as Demonic Energy surrounds the sword like a whirlpool of death.
*WIIIIIING!*
Seeing the Demon's swift and ferocious attack, Technoblade's lip curved upwards. Finally, he let out a cold laugh, and a ferocious aura suddenly sprang out from its body and easily blocked the sword with his own.
A powerful shockwave that launch many demons and anyone, it includes creating a huge cloud of dust.
And just as the black cloud of smoke obscured the Demon's vision for a few seconds, he sensed Technoblade flying towards him.
Instinctively, he tries to attack again but suddenly, Technoblade immediately held his blade when he was out of the smoke, the huge amount of Demonic Energy in the blade somehow unfazed by it as he continues to attack him.
Blocking the attack with his wings, the Marquess Demon sends out his demonic energy into a shockwave, pushing Technoblade from him.
Technoblade: Not close enough, baby! Technoblade never dies!
Shouting, he kicked the air and went to the Demon in a split second.
Marquess Demon: You're truly one annoying mortal.
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As the two beings continued their onslaught, Nogla and Indignation started to float up into the air from the forces they were creating. Nogla, hadn't moved from his spot, his Stands and the Count rank demon fighting each other.
Indignation placed his hands on his waist and laughed.
Indignation: I seen enough. It seems your 'Stand' isn't strong afterall, but I'm still satisfied. So, let's be rid of you! I've learned from my past. I will not show mercy, simply kill you quickly! Now, my true power!
{Time Stop!}
Then, the world around him turned to negative through a ripple effect before returning to a muted normal world. Everything was still, save for the Demon. He smiled and moved towards Nogla.
As he was a few meters from him, the Demon raised his humongous hand to strike at Nogla that couldn't fight back.
Indignation: Our battle will end here. Farewell!
As the Demon was about to decapitate him, the camera zoomed to Nogla's hand as it twitched.
It wasn't go unnoticed by Indignation as he saw the motion and jumped back. That shouldn't be possible.
Indignation: Did he just…
The demon was in shock, unable to believe what he was seeing, but then immediately realized this was a stupid question.
Indignation: Right. Anyone who mastered 10th tier spells has a way to counter Time-based magic.
Looking back at Nogla, right to his eyes who still filled with color.
Indignation: Can he see me, or did his hand move subconsciously? Tsh… Time's up.
As his words faded, the world returned to normal as the spell hit its limits. When time moved forward again, Indignation was behind Nogla. Nogla turned to face the Demon with a stupid glare.
Indignation: Can you see me?
Nogla: Uuuuuhhhhhhh...
Indignation: I said could you see me, Human?!
Nogla: Who knows? I have no idea what you're talking about :/
Saying this, Nogla's magic aura flared, his Spiritual Guardian allowing him to fly back down toward the ground. As he approached a tower, his Stand Cupcake appeared again and righted his course to fly along the battlefield.
Indignation flaps his huge wings and followed after him.
Indignation: It doesn't matter! If you can move in my realm of stopped time, then let's see you move!
Saying this, he went off into a manic laugh,
Indignation: Now, human! I shall see just how powerful you are and strong I have become! 30 seconds in a world beyond time! Let's see you just try to move!
{Zarudo! Tamare Tokiya!}
The world shifted to a muted for again. The Count rank Demon had 30 seconds and was gaining time with each use. He closed the distance between the two and looked to Nogla's hand. It twitched again as he approached. Then, he moved his hand closer to Nogla, causing another twitch.
Indignation: Kekeke... HAHAHAHAHA!!! Clever, human.
He raised his hand up to find a small magnet on his wrist.
Indignation: When we were exchanging blows, you snuck this onto my arm.
He then removed the magnet from.his wrist and had it fly to its counterpart on Nogla's wrist.
The Demon few back and around for momentum.
Indignation: You had me fooled, but if you're using a trick like this, it means you truly can't move in stopped time. You only added a few seconds to your life! Now! Die, human!
As he raised its hand for a strike, the camera moved to Nogla's hand, which regained color and moved slightly. His Stand, Cupcake was free to move just long enough to counterattack.
At unprecedented speed, the Stand's fist embedded into the Demon's durable stomach that could withstand powerful Legendary class weapons, the fist impaled the stomach before it ripped it apart.
Indignation: What?!
The Count ranked Demon shouted out in pain.
Indignation: Damn it! He can move. Only for a moment, but he can move! The magnet wasn't to make me think he could move, it was to think he couldn't to lure me in!
As time moved forward again, the Demon flew through the air and into the battlefield below.
Nogla: Never mess an idiot with big brain :P
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Vanoss: This is enough for today.
Avarice: Wait! Wait! There is on—!
*SHUA!*
Cutting the Demon off, Vanoss slashed, and a head flew off.
*Spurt!*
After killing him, Vanoss was beyond exhausted, after fighting an hour against one Count Demon, he is so tired, he saw Nogla beating that bulky Demon with his new ability {Soul Guardian}, his friends dealing the other demons, and the Marquess Demon Technoblade fought alongside with the other remaining demons had retreated from the battle because they know they are loosing.
Well, just like that, the battle has ended.