Dragon’s Bloodline

After putting the Magic City under their umbrella, the demon army next set their sights on the Holy City.

Holy City Palan.

It was a city that even now still believed in the gods that had existed in this world, spreading their doctrine and instructing divine magic.

Of course, this was the only city that was incompatible to demons. An inescapable battle awaited there.

Practically all of the demon armys one million troops headed to capture the city.

People who converted from the Magic City to being part of the demon army were sent out to advise for capitulation just to make sure, but they were sent back with naught but their necks.

It looks like humans turned into an even more barbaric race than ourselves at some point.

Muttering as such, Rei commenced the armys attack.

Palans ramparts were unlike the Magic Citys at a full twenty meters tall. Even their installations were improved.

Even their attacks with the giant races were prevented by magic defenses. Most of the first day saw only the demon army sustaining damage.

The problem occurred before the second days sun rose.

The holy knights that commended each of the units were assassinated en masse.

The culprits behind the acts were completely unknown. There were no eyewitnesses. However, despite it being so late at night, the temples upper echelons were forced to decide on a new deployment.

And then the second problem occurred.

Another assassination happened, but this time it was on the priests in the temples upper echelons.

The second days battle occurred as those in the city viewed everyone else in suspicion.

The demon armys attack was much more calm compared to the first days. It was as though they were feeling around for weak points.

Nevertheless, Palan received great damages.

This was due to the quickly chosen commanders being unable to give appropriate orders.

And so the dreaded second days night fell.

Once again, several senior officials were assassinated. Moreover, ministers were among them this time.

In siege warfare, defeat was decided the moment their will broke.

In that sense, Palan hadnt lost until the afternoon of the third day.

Their defeat was decided on the morning of the fourth day.

A dagger was stabbed into the chest of a high priest that had been heavily guarded by strict security.

Needless to say, this was a message that said no matter who the target was, they could kill them at any time.

Thus, Palans management chose to surrender.

The soldiers on the front line did not like that decision.

Even if theyd taken some damage, the walls were still fully intact. Theyd lost a few commanders, sure, but they still had plenty of people.

However, they too lost the will to fight by the fifth day.

The holy knights that had been commanding them until just the day before greatly decreased in numbers.

All the way to the end, the specifics on the assassin(s) couldnt be figured out.

Surely, no one would ever have thought that it was caused by a harmless peddler theyd become familiar with.

Palan was forced to relinquish their arms and the Magic Citys troops that were dispatched here and fought together with Palan were allowed to return home.

The holy knights were obviously isolated. It was decided that their freedom would be deprived for a short while.

Like this, Palan, a city that boasted its holiness, fell into the demons possession in just a short six days.

However, Rei did not attempt putting demons inside the city. She knew about the thing known as public sentiment.

As for what she did do, she destroyed their ramparts, as well as completely opening their gates.

They didnt touch the temples that were used to worship the many idols, however. Palins residents would want to spend time there after losing the towns ramparts.

The demon armys advance did not stop there.

Leaving around half of their fighting strengththeir inferior troopsthere to stand by for security measures, the remaining elites were directed towards the center of the continent, the location that was once the empire.

Currently, Casalia and Lemdrias troops were marching to restore the lost public order.

This was to be the place that the demons would have their first decisive battle.

Meanwhile, in the eastern part of the continent.

In a certain meaning, Ogress was enveloped in peace.

First off, the demons had never attempted to make a move against Oomori Woods. This was due to a direct order theyd received beforehand by the Demon King.

They had a mutual noninterference with the elves, similar to the relationship the elves had with humans.

Istria didnt have the stamina left to fight against the demon army in the first place.

With their ten years of civil war finally coming to a close, the new king set the liberation of slavery as one of his policies.

As demi-humans were obviously included among those slaves, for Istria, cooperating with demons wasnt much of a hard decision.

Rather, the demon territorys farming methods quickly revived their devastated lands, but that was a story for another time.

The Istrian king formally recognized the emigration of demons onto his territory, forming a de facto alliance. In this aspect, they were similar to Ogress.

The country in the southern part of the continent behaved as though it were someone elses problem at first.

However, they heard about the Magic Citys capitulation and the Holy Citys surrender and began to recall the legends of the previous Millennium.

They remembered that, other than the imperial capital and the eastern island, almost every human on the continent had perished.

In the southwest part of the continent, Labra existed only in name at this point. The great houses heads that had protected it decided to give reinforcements to the humans side.[1]

Due to their merchants banks having a fallout, the southern Krasli was in such a miserable state that it couldnt even mobilize its army. The humans side didnt know that this was caused by a plan carried out by the demon king over the course of years.

Despite their longtime war against Lemdria, The Seven City Alliance in the south-east decided to support them. Organizing their armies was difficult, but they mainly took charge of logistical support in the end.

Thus, the preparation for the decisive battle was completed. On the human side, Lemdria and Casalias armies each reached 500,000, with 100,000 reinforcements from the south and 100,000 from the small to medium sized nations armies, making a total of 1,200,000.

Meanwhile, in Black Cats headquarters that was in Lemdrias capital city, there was a meeting that had been held countless times occurring once again.

We shall remain observers in this war.

YamatoSaint Emperor Ryuke Shifakaspoke. If this was the usual, it would have been the final say on the matter.

Are you sure?

Thor asked a question loaded with various meanings.

Shifaka nodded.

If Ars brings the thing he used in that battle, the result would be the same. Rather, both armies would be damaged by stray hits.

Mou, did you give on up trying to avoid the Great Collapse?

Even the normally taciturn Alvis interjected.

Twelve hundred years prior, he had led the surviving human race from the Dragon Wing Continent to this one. He was another Great Sage.

I havent given up. However, there is nothing we can do in the current situation.

Shifakas eyes looked as though hed already given up on everything.

If it was just a head on fight, I think the human side would win if I used explosion magic, but

Even the usually energetic Shana was low-spirited in this situation.

This was true.

There were 1,000,000 demon troops. However, given the extreme fighting strength of the various demon races, most of them should be suitable for combat.

The humans defeat in this battle was decided the moment that they lost the Golden Dragon Clarice.

What about Valis? She fought for the humans before.

Azel already knew most of the reason why, but he couldnt help but ask.

Clarice has been lost. If we lose Valis as well, we will not make it through the Great Collapse. We can not have her make a move.

His words were the words of the only human to have made it through a Great Collapse among them, any objections to it werent permitted.

So we couldnt decide on anything in the end?

Thor sighed. However, Shifaka shook his head.

I will go to meet Queen Ryuke Riana.

Shifaka usually wouldnt make any moves himself, so his statement was quite something.

Azel, please accompany me. If possible, I would like to bring Dragonslayer Carla into our group.

Right, Shifaka hadnt given up.

Breast to breast with the Demon King, the Saint Emperor hadnt given up. He was the human farthest away from giving up in the world.

And well talk with Kuoh as well. I dont believe that Oomori Woods alone will make it through this situation safely, after all.

His comrades could see a certain sparkle dwelling within his aged eyes.

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