500. First Into Battle
They were here.
Levithus raised his head, turning away from the crimson pillar. His long undulating body swished behind him as he approached the edge of the city. Most of Inor had already been consud by the grand ritual. Every single one of the citys citizens lay dead, re husks used to power the rger. The palace had fallen long ago, and the landscape had mostly changed, bringing plateaus and mountains over from the Netherworld to this desecrated land.
An army of [Legions] stood in waiting. A hundred thousand of them. Mostly fodder. And there were ten thousand [Fiends] and [Changelings] accompanying them, with thousands of Archdemons flying overhead.
This mass of Demons was but a small fraction of the Demon Kings army. Levithus knew that if the true might of Regnorexs forces marched into the Mortal Realm, there would be nothing any Human, Kobold, or Elf could do to stop the rger.
But there was one component missing. The grand ritual, as it was right now, was still incomplete. Levithus shook his head, chuckling. He stared at an engraving on the ground at his tail. Symbols were etched into the white earth. A preparation for the Human army that had co.
The plan might have been expedited, but this was always part of the plan. And the Prival Demon smiled as he knew that it was soon ti for Regnorex to make his entrance to the Mortal Realm.
[Chthonic Agaros - Lvl. 165]
[Archarachne - Lvl 169]
[Archarachne - Lvl. 166]
[Hellabomination - Lvl. 175]
Four Prival Demons. There were four Prival Demons here in Inor. Wild Demons. Creatures akin to monsters even more savage than Centinels. Each of them were at least a hundred feet tall. The [Archarachnes] were the smallest by far, only a hundred feet tall each, but the widest of them all with legs that spanned longer than its body.
The [Chthonic Agaros] was longer in body length, but didnt have the sa wingspan as those giant spiders. It flew in the air with relatively small wings, about half the length of its own body, but sohow it managed to stay hovering there. It was quite literally ten tis the size of a regular [Savage Agarat].
But the largest of them all by far was the [Hellabomination]. It stood there, towering over the [Archarachnes] at its feet. Even when hunched, its head reached the height of the flying [Chthonic Agaros]. It had to be at least five hundred feet tall, with arms that stretched nearly the length of its body, and a pair of bone-like wings that spread out behind it like two long tails.
It almost seed impossible for those wings to carry the wild Prival Demon, but I knew from experience, with my [Wings of the Netherworld], that it was very easily possible.
The Human army slowed as they saw this sight. A susurration swept over them their apprehension evident. They had thought this would be an easy battle. That it would be no different from taking the sub-ritual sites. But they were wrong.
It was going to be the toughest battle yet.
Clayton Skyshredder himself ground to a halt as he took in the [Hellabomination]. It was five whole levels above him if he really was Level 170 as he said. Helena Warshade, Laux Lionfist, and the rest of the Elite adventurers exchanged an uneasy glance. Everyone was uncertain.
Even Mori Gladius or, Belzu seed caught off-guard by this. He clearly wasnt expecting to be faced with an army of wild Demons when he ca here. I wondered what he thought was going to be waiting for us. Perhaps he had thought it would be an army of the Demon Kings forces.
And, sure, there were so [Legions] and [Fiends] gathered here. But it was an army that was hardly as formidable as those wild Demons gathered ahead. Also, it wasnt like there were any other Prival Demons there except for Levithus I hoped.
But what was even worse was the fact that these wild Demons even the wild Prival Demons seed so obedient, standing patiently like guard-dogs over the grand ritual site. They were clearly being controlled by the Archdemons flying around the army of [Legions].
This was a problem.
The one big advantage we often had when taking over the sub-ritual sites was how disorganized the wild Demons being released out of the portal were. The [Archarachne] at Ertos had unleashed so many [Aranea] that had attacked the [Legions] from behind. And in Lunaris and Wilford, the wild Demons were indiscriminately attacking each other as they attacked us.
So this was going to be even more dangerous than the sub-ritual sites by a vast margin. I glanced down at the Human army. I saw the way they hesitated. Their leaders were in conference, discussing whether they should return with a larger and stronger force to deal with the Demons.
But the Demons didnt move. They remained stationary, simply waiting for us to attack. I narrowed my eyes for a mont, wondering what their plan was. I closed my eyes and whispered.
[Manifestation of the Old Gods].
And my vision of everything expanded. Thanks to [Passive - True Divinity], I could now use my Divine Skills without forcing myself to draw from my Divine Essence. It wasnt like my Grand Skill which gave a temporary boost to all my Stats, but I could use my divinity without any consequence.
Just like Mori Gladius. Although, he had [Partial Divinity] or sothing.
I saw everything with [Manifestation of the Old Gods]. My senses went beyond just what I could see before . My hearing grew more discerning. I didnt just hear the clamor and chatter of the Human army, I could make out the individual voices and conversations down below.
What do we do?
Were all going to die
How are we supposed to take down those Prival Demons!
It wasnt just the common soldier or adventurer who was worried. I overheard Clayton Skyshredder briefly discussing turning back with Helena Warshade via a [ssage] spell.
Daniel pursed his lips, and Edithe tightly held onto Hadrians hand. The Vampires Demon Slayers didnt look so keen on doing any slaying today. I looked past them. Beyond just the gathering of Humans.
My gaze swept over the hordes of Demons, peering into the heart of the grand ritual itself. A massive figure waited right before the crimson pillar. A long serpentine creature. Levithus himself.
I saw the Prival Demon standing there, right before a vast inert ritual circle. He was sneering his gaze fixed onto the approaching Human army. I frowned, seeing the way he just peered at us. I didnt know what he was planning, but I saw the sigils beneath him. The symbols that clearly were waiting to be activated. He had sothing planned, and we couldnt just back down now.
My vision swept back past the wild Prival Demons, over the army of [Legions, through the murmuring Humans, then back to . I saw myself floating over the coalition of Humankind. Six wings at my back. [Angels Wings].
I was a Lesser God. Soone who had ascended before an audience of a hundred thousand. And my divinity had been witnessed all across the Inoria Empire when my clones took to the skies.
Even if I wasnt a [Hero], nor was I the Champion of the Human Lands, and neither was I the highest-leveled [Mage], I still saw the way the Human army looked at . There was so reverence there. After all, most of them had heard my na at this point.
I was Salvos. They might have heard of after Silvergrove, or they might have heard of after the Plaguelands. Maybe they heard of after I left the Bloodied Gulf, or after I defeated Belzu in the Motharis Mountain Range. They might have even only heard of when I ascended.
But they had heard of . And I knew that many of them looked up to literally and figuratively. Whatever Levithus was planning I couldnt let it happen. We couldnt just retreat when we had already co so far. There was no more waiting.
This war ended today.
And I was going to do everything I could to ensure that happened. Even if it ant being the first one to charge into battle. So I flew ahead
Beneath , heads turned. Faces raised to watch as I shot forward, propelled by my six wings. Clayton Skyshredder narrowed his eyes as I zipped ahead of the army, uncaring that I was alone. He looked almost suspicious of what I was doing. And so did Helena Warshade.
I was pretty sure they thought I was switching sides now. But others were more taken by surprise. My companions, specifically, stared wide-eyed as I fellow ahead.
Salvos!
Daniel called out. Edithe glanced around in a panic.
We need to help her
What is she doing?
Saffron furrowed her brows. But I soared on. The army of Demons saw approaching. The Archdemons flying ahead moved to intercept . [Fiends] down below began to hurl spells my way. The [Hellabomination] moved. The [Archarachnes] shrieked. The [Chthonic Agaros] flew forward.
And as the barrage of magic flew at , I laughed and raised a hand.
[My Flas Shall Burn Until Eternity Ends]. [Divine Essence of the Angelic Devil Princess]. [Salvo of Vanity]. And [The Call of Armageddon].
I grinned, unleashing a salvo of Skills in a single mont. And as my clones winked into existence around , I clashed with the army of Demons all by myselves, explosions filling the sky.
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