The Amber Sword

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The Abyss(6)

The demonic invasion quickly became the most urgent problem at hand. Everyone understood the weight of this report.

Wood hoped that the princess could release the captives of the Holy Cathedral of Fire and allow Konolia’s fleet to at least recover some fighting capacity in order to cope with the following war with the demons. However, Brendel did not immediately respond to this request. Time was tight, but it did not mean that he needed to hand over his previous victories in battle.

The war took a break and both sides needed a rest. It was impossible that the demons would immediately appear in front of them. These creatures from the Sulfur River would be hindered from moving under the heavy rain. Even in the worst-case scenario, he would still have more than ten hours to negotiate with Kirrlutz.

Brendel’s request was very simple but it was also very demanding.

The Northern Army Coalition should return all the captives belonging to the princess, including His Royal Highness the Little Prince.

After that, the Holy Cathedral of Fire had to bear all the losses from the war, because Brendel determined that the northern nobles had initiated the war under their instigation. He did not care if it was true or not.

This included cash and trade compensation agreements.

This was Brendel’s goal.

Under the protection of the knights, the princess, and Count Audine, Brendel climbed up through the rain to the highest peak which was closest to Ampere Seale and then looked down from the top of the mountain. The port was completely dark, which was one of the worst signs. He raised his head and saw some dark clouds coming from the north. He then realized that they were all Eagle Demons. They were close relatives of Sirens, but were expelled during the Kalano War and later hid in the underground world.

Brendel put down his binoculars and could not help but gasp. He looked back and Her Royal Highness Princess was paid. Indeed, as Wood had expected, Ampere Seale’s port already had an army from Jorgendy Ridge.

The three people were silent.

“Those don’t seem to be demons?” Asked Her Royal Highness Princess.

Brendel nodded. He glanced at the two and found that they did not seem to realize what was happening over there. There were demons mixed in with Jorgendy Ridge’s army. This was not a good sign.

Cavemen were not the only residents of the underground world. However, most surface residents referred to all of them as cavemen. Few of them could actually distinguish the relationship between the demons and other forces of Jorgendy Ridge. So it was reasonable that they would refer to it in such a way.

Brendel knew that Jorgendy Ridge was actually a general name. The underground was complicated and it was where many places were connected. For instance, The Wild Mushroom, The Eternal Dark Abyss, and the demon’s habitat of the Sulfur River were actually at the bottom-most layer in the inner world, isolated by the Vaunte’s Elemental Boundaries. They were first discovered by the Dark Elves, who built a city on the lava field, called the Tip of Scorching Heat. Due to the impact of the Darkness Magic, the city’s high-ranking aristocrats soon became corrupted, breaking the seal of the Elemental Boundaries. The demons broke out from the seal, and hence the dark elves’ empire disappeared.

Since then, the dark elves retreated to The Eternal Dark Abyss to defend themselves. The demons immediately conquered the land and became one of the aborigines in the underground world. However, the underground residents were hostile to each other. It was impossible for the Jorgendy Ridge Empire which was controlled by the Black Dragon to yield to the demons. So, how could the two races get along?

Brendel remembered that in Jorgendy Ridge’s first invasion to the surface world in history, it had lasted until the beginning of the second century, which was after the second War of The Black Roses. That was the third chapter of the game, Eternal Darkness.

Is it some unknown changes that took place in the underground world? It isn’t possible though. Brendel did not think that the history he had changed had affected Jorgendy Ridge so quickly. Halran Gaia was already enough of a coincidence.

No matter what, the real problems still needed to be solved.

“Mr. Brendel, what should we do now?” Princess Gryphine asked. The Eagle Demons in the sky were numbered as many as the dark clouds. She never had thought that such a large army would gather around Ampere within just a day. The number of demons on the ground was so overwhelming that even Anthony’s army together with the Northern Coalition Army could not withstand it.

Brendel looked at the scene, silent for a moment.

“I don’t have a good idea either.”

“Mr. Brendel, even you have no solution…?” Princess Gryphine could hardly speak.

Brendel nodded his head. All For One’s skill was really out of his expectations. The demon army was almost bigger than the army of Holy Cathedral of Fire and the Northern Coalition Army combined. And he was unable to launch another cycle of Paradise of Adversity any time soon.

To call out the Grimoire of Life, Adversity Wooden Horse, and all the preceding cycles, he had to accumulate elements for a considerable amount of time. It couldn’t even be considered for at least a week.

He pursed his lips, his head full of mixed thoughts about the current situation.