NOVPUBChapter 302: Chapter 280: A Deadly Battle with the Abyss Demon! _2
“Isn’t it obvious? It must be that guy Duke Ward, I can’t believe he actually sold his soul to the Abyss Demon!”
Amang Cardan was indignant and looked as if he wanted to personally take a sword and chop down Duke Ward.
“I don’t think so!”
Anna stood on the balcony of the high floors in the Ice Castle Palace, closely observing the movements of the Snow Bear Legion and Snow Eagle Army.
“What’s wrong?”
Gilberto asked, this elder was now somewhat at a loss and could only pin his hopes on Anna.
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“Looking at Duke Ward’s movements, he seems to be guarding against the Abyss Demon too.”
Anna pointed to Duke Ward’s army formed in battle array in front of the Space Rift and said solemnly,
“If Duke Ward really allied with the Abyss Demon, he should be attacking the Ice Castle Palace directly by now!”
“…Indeed.”
The military minister also came to realize, stroking his round chin and said, without any shame for being outperformed in his domain by Anna.
“Let’s wait and see, we’ll talk later.”
Anna, leaning on the windowsill, spoke gravely.
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As the various forces harbored their own thoughts, the “Demon’s Gate” finally stabilized.
That huge Space Rift stopped its squirming, with ominous black-red currents swirling incessantly above this haunting scar of the world, completely opening under everyone’s gaze.
As the first Little Timid Demon appeared, the endless darkness behind the “Demon’s Gate” surged violently, and more and more demons emerged from the Space Rift.
Flower Demons with wings like bizarre birds,
Frenzy Demons as huge as hills,
Judge Demons, bulging like wild boars,
Charmingly voluptuous Enchanting Demons,
Six-Armed Snake Demons wielding six sharp blades,
Balrog Flame Demons covered in flames,
and there were countless more demons with aquatic features like fish fins and gills of unknown types!
Lis even spotted a few Demon Hunting Spiders among them,
these beings that hunt demons in the Endless Abyss, natural enemies of the Tanari Demons, now appearing alongside these demons.
Was this the work of the Abyss Prince?
Lis was quite startled and focused his attention on the battlefield’s conditions.
These demons, upon arriving through the “Demon’s Gate” into this world, shuddered all over, their auras weakening significantly almost instantaneously.
This was the suppression from the Gaia World towards these chaotic creatures!
For creatures born from the Endless Abyss, the Gaia World was quite repellant, and its restrictions and suppressions were omnipresent.
Only two scenarios could avoid this, the first being the region deeply tainted with Abyss Breath; there, the Abyss Demons would not be suppressed by the Gaia World in the presence of Abyss Breath.
The second scenario was for the intelligent demons to stealthily inhabit within the Gaia World, who, through prolonged adaptation, could gradually escape this restriction.
None of the demons emerging from the “Abyss Gate” belonged to these scenarios, hence they were suppressed immediately, their ferocious fierceness significantly diminished.
Mostly Gold Rank Balrog Flame Demons and Six-Armed Snake Demons were left with only Gold Early Stage strength.
Silver Rank Enchanting Demons, Frenzy Demons, Judge Demons, Flower Demons, etc., seemed to retain only half of their strength.
As for the weakest Little Timid Demons, the suppression was not that significant.
Almost a hundred demons surged out from the Space Rift instantly, followed by a tide-like flood of more demons.
Seeing these fierce and ferocious Abyss Demons for the first time, even the most elite Snow Bear Army soldiers had a hint of panic in their eyes, but they quickly regrouped under their leader’s command.
“Charge!”
With the attack command issued, the Snow Bear Army’s spearhead directly collided with these Abyss Demons.
Little Timid Demons, charging frantically at the forefront, were instantly turned into mincemeat under the charge of the bear, while the stronger Frenzy and Flower Demons behind them were confronted by the soldiers’ squads formed.
Snow Eagle Soldiers did not choose to clash head-on with the demon army, instead, they chose to hover around the battlefield, waiting for the opportunity to ambush the enemy with bows and arrows and daggers.
The demons killed by their hands were more numerous than others.
As for those Gold Rank Balrog Flame Demons and Six-Armed Snake Demons, they were held back by the powerful individuals from Duke Ward’s side.
Cries of attack, roars, even the sound of flesh tearing was clear to the ear; everyone on Duke Ward’s side was bravely resisting the invasion of the Abyss Demons.
Initially hesitant, once Duke Ward saw the Abyss Demons for the first time, after seeing their bloodthirsty and greedy gazes, he understood.
These were enemies of everyone in Ice Peak City, and they must be pushed back into the Abyss, even if it costs their lives.
Turning his regrets about previously wanting to collaborate with the Abyss Envoy into strength, Duke Ward took up the Longsword and led the charge towards a Six-Armed Snake Demon.
Under Duke Ward’s leadership, the Nobles, all the soldiers fought desperately, entangling with these demons.
And these demons emerging from the “Abyss Gate” were somewhat strange, seemingly possessing neither intelligence nor fear, just charging forward, the dark murky Abyss Blood spraying over the soil of Ice Peak City.
This fierce and brutal scene was much more frenzied than the earlier battlefield where the Snow Eagle Army and City Guard Army fought.
Lis, watching the battlefield unfold in front of him, although Duke Ward’s side was fighting desperately, sadly, due to being in the city, they couldn’t utilize the collective charge’s power of the Snow Bear Army, and various battle formations and tactics could not be deployed, leaving them no choice but to desperately fight the demons.
