Chapter 53
Under Roy’s instigation, Xeron’s war of snatching souls began.
To hasten the march, Xeron left a small portion of the army behind and had them escort the siege equipment and slowly catch up. This task was, at Roy’s suggestion, handed to Fat Tiger, who led a group of hellhounds and little demons, to escort this equipment.
Fat Tiger was reluctant to part with Roy and kept rubbing against Roy’s legs. But Roy wanted him to escort the equipment to prevent him from encountering danger. In the coming days, this demon army could encounter the united elven army at any time. Roy was worried that Fat Tiger would be injured on the chaotic battlefield, so he left him behind to catch up slowly.
The effect of increasing the speed of the march was immediate. The AvLee elves had been evacuating the civilians because of demon army invasion. There were scattered villages everywhere, and the elves were evacuating east to the elven capital. Originally, they could have entered the city before the arrival of the demon army, but Xeron’s demon army suddenly sped up. Many of the migrating elves were caught off guard and caught halfway.
If these migrating elves were only snacks, then the encounter with a division of the main elven force on the fourth day was a feast.
This division was led by a druid named Uland. The demon army’s target was the Gold Dragon Queen, and it had even arrogantly sent the elves a letter of challenge. This news had spread among the elves, and druids everywhere were furious. In order to stop the demons from succeeding, they had successively left the cities where they were stationed and rushed to the support of the gold dragons’ nest.
The nest of the Gold Dragon Queen was around fifty kilometers away from the elven capital, Middleham. They were both on the eastern side of the land. Now that Xeron and his troops were also heading in this direction, it was no surprise that they would bump into the withdrawing elven troops.
The force led by Druid Uland was huge and comparable to Xeron’s army. A fierce battle began when both sides met.
In this battle, the high-rank demon Xeron displayed exceptional magical strength. When he encountered small-scale troops, he did not use magic much, but it was impossible not to do so now. If he had let the army fight on their own, even if it won, it would have been at the expense of having the troop numbers severely reduced. So from the beginning of the battle, Xeron, surrounded by troops, raised his scythe. Magic light continuously radiated from the scythe and covered the demon army with enchantments such as Shield, Stone Skin, Fire Shield, Bloodlust Slayer, and Precision.
Roy was naturally enchanted as well. At this moment, he was amazed by Xeron’s magical strength. If Roy used Bloodlust on himself, he would barely be able to fight against Xeron in terms of physical strength alone. But once Xeron’s powerful magic appeared, he could easily take down Roy.
Even for demons, there was a limit to the power of their bodies. But magic was different. Not only could you enchant yourself, but you could also weaken the enemy. This change would result in a huge difference in combat strength. After being enchanted with all kinds of spells, Roy, a low-rank demon, could easily fight against the middle-level elven soldiers.
Druid Uland’s troops not only had dwarfs, wood elves, and silver pegasi but a lot of dendroid guards and unicorns as well!
Unicorns were snow-white horses that were fit and very muscular. On their foreheads was a long, spiral-shaped, and sharp-pointed horn. When these unicorns gathered together to charge, it was quite formidable and daunting. The demon army could be smashed into pieces at any time, so these unicorns became the demon army’s priority to eliminate.
Before the unicorns could gather and charge, Xeron had already cast the Mass Slow on them. Thick, heavy mud appeared at their feet, severely impeding their movement. Using this opportunity, Roy and a group of long-horned demons and evil spirits quickly surrounded and started killing them.
Roy was battling a unicorn that was emitting an aura that was… pure, making Roy, a demon, very uncomfortable. After all, in the legends, unicorns were holy creatures and restrained demons. As such, Roy was extremely careful from the beginning. Although the unicorn could not charge, it could still drive its head and use its horn to attack. Roy was much taller and naturally had much larger areas where he could be injured, making it easier for the horn to pierce him.
However, when the real fighting began, Roy realized that this unicorn was just that…
When Roy attempted to attack this unicorn from the side, he was knocked down by its horn. However, Roy had the Stone Skin and Shield spells that Xeron had cast, as well as the air wall condensed by his Psychokinesis to cushion the impact, so only his chest felt a little stuffiness!
Roy’s confidence increased dramatically. He extended his tail, clamping the unicorn’s back, and pressed both his hands on its neck and pushed hard, causing the unicorn to topple!
The unicorn screeched upon falling. A few hundred kilograms hit the ground heavily, creating a loud thud. When it was waving its four hooves and trying to get back up, Roy’s right claw pierced its neck.
Bright red blood stained the pure white fur. Roy gave the unicorn no chance to fight back, piercing his claws in and out to kill it.
In a battle of life and death, there was no room for mercy…
After the unicorn died, a soul quickly floated out. However, the size of this soul was pathetically small!
It was a legendary creature, but its soul had nothing unique about it. The size and quality of a soul were not related to the strength of a creature, but to its spiritual wisdom. Although unicorns were holy, these kinds of creatures were very simple-minded. They were more like wild animals than intelligent creatures, so it was not at all surprising that their souls were small.
But to Roy, no matter how small mosquitos were, they were also meat. On this kind of chaotic battlefield, it was a very good opportunity for him to obtain souls, so he did not let this soul go. After quickly storing it in the system, Roy immediately went to the next target.
On the battlefield, it could be said that Xeron’s magic completely suppressed Druid Uland. As an elf, Uland loved nature and peace and was thus intrinsically different from demons like Xeron. High-rank demons like Xeron loved to fight and kill, and their practical use of magic was far beyond Uland’s. Although Uland was trying his best to use magic to help his own troops, both the quality and quantity of his magic were incomparable to Xeron’s.
Xeron’s enchantments covered a much larger area than what Uland’s could, the spells lasted much longer, and even his casting speed was faster. Like this, how could Uland be Xeron’s match?
Despite both sides having similar numbers at the beginning, the disadvantages of the elves began to show slowly as time passed. The demon army had many magical enchantments, resulting in stronger military might. Often, a demon could kill two, three, or even more elves. Even the dendroid guards with thick skin died one after another under the demons’ siege.
Uland was not stupid. After realizing he could not win, he worked to preserve his troops as much as possible. He stopped casting support magic and began summoning Fire Walls non-stop to try separating the two sides.
As the fires raged on the battlefield, Uland began gathering his troops, preparing to escape.
Xeron was certainly not willing to let Uland escape, so he frequently shot Chain Lightning at Uland’s remaining troops. However, Chain Lightning could not distinguish between the enemy and his troops. If they were too close, he might strike them as well.
Roy was walking around the battlefield and snatching souls while Xeron was not paying attention. As a result, a Chain Lightning suddenly jumped over and hit him.
The lightning was too fast. By the time Roy saw it, it was already too late to avoid. He was left paralyzed by that strike!
Fortunately, this Chain Lightning was not very powerful at the end of the jumps, so he was only paralyzed instead of charred like the elves who were just struck. Even so, Roy could not move for a while. If not for Uland gathering his army to withdraw, his paralyzation meant that he would have been attacked.
After a while, Roy could finally start moving a little. He gritted his teeth and quickly began collecting souls again.
Roy had already thought about it before. In this magical world, he was certain it was necessary to get a piece of anti-magic equipment. After being struck by that Chain Lightning, he felt that it was even more urgent now.
Soon, as long as he collected sufficient souls, he could implement his plans…