Chapter 10: Recapturing Greenland (5)

"Are you sure about this decision of yours, Lucias?"

The 'creator' asked while watching Lucias from her realm sit down on the ground with a casual expression on his face. Like he got everything under control.

"Did you already forget what I'm capable of, 'creator'?"

He asked with a confident smile on his face while both Restia and Est took the form of a gauntlet on both of his hands. Making the 'creator' worried since it seemed like Lucias is planning on fighting them with his own fists.

"Don't worry, I don't plan on fighting them in close-quarter combat. I'll get overwhelmed with their numbers after all. You can say that... I'm just going to engage in close-quarter combat if ever they get close to me"

He said before he noticed thousands of presence suddenly entering his senses, causing him to grin before stretching out his right hand in front of him.

"[Unseal]"

He whispered to himself, causing 3 of the 9 rings that he was wearing to crumble into pieces. Making both Restia and Est shiver from the sudden increase in Lucias' strength.

"Since I have no one beside me here... I don't need to hold a significant amount of my strength back"

He said as he finally saw several figures walking towards the path that he was on. Making him slowly stand up from the ground before he stretched his body to prepare for an extremely long fight.

"[Domain Activation: Destruction]"

He casted, causing an extremely large magic circle with a radius of 50 kilometers with him as the center. Making the demons marching towards the Duke camp stop before looking towards a single man standing in front of them.

"[Flame Essence: Hellfire]"

He said, causing his surroundings to burn with vicious jet-black flames. Frightening the demons who cautiously stared in his direction.

"Who are yo..."

He asked but stopped as he watched a large ball of jet-black flames fly in their direction. Making him panic but was far too late to react due to the fast acceleration of the fireball aimed in his direction.

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!'

The demons that were with the fireball all screamed in pain as their bodies were slowly scorched by the ominous flames. Making the rest of the demons immediately move away from them as the black flames slowly spread around them.

"H-HELP ME!!!"

The burning demons pleaded as they felt their skin and muscles burn with excruciating pain. Making the mages immediately cast water magic to kill the fire but to their surprise. The fire kept burning as long as its catalyst or fuel isn't still burned to cinders.

"EVERYONE GO INTO FORMATION!!"

The commander of the army shouted, causing all of the demon soldiers to wake up from their daze. Immediately getting into formation with the ones bearing the large shields standing in the front while the mages and archers stood behind the formation.

"It's just one person!! Prepare to attack!!"

He said as large amounts of flames were fired at his rear phalanx, burning all of them to ash along with the entire area. Making the demon soldiers gulp their saliva in fear.

"Shit! ATTACK HIM!!"

The commander shouted, causing all of them to scream as they swallowed all of their fears and attacked the one person standing in front of them in a confident manner.

"Idiots"

Lucias muttered before stomping his right foot forward, causing a large wave of black flames to spread in front of him. Burning the feet of many soldiers at the front of the formation, slowing them down completely before he waves his hand in front of him. Launching a blade of black flames towards the torso of the enemy. 

Making them scream in extreme pain as they rolled on the ground in hopes of putting off the fire burning their bodies.

"Don't be afraid!!! We outnumber him by more than 40,000. Keep on charging!"

Their commander shouted, causing all of the demon soldiers to stare at Lucias in extreme fear before advancing. Completely ignoring their burning allies on the ground as they quickly charged in Lucias' direction.

Lucias watched as they recklessly charged in his direction, causing him to snap his finger. Creating a small explosion of flames at a random location in front of him. KIlling dozens of demons at once before started repeating this action several times. Quickly chipping down their numbers as the horrid smell of burning flesh spread throughout the entire field. 

"MAGES!!! FIRE ANY SPELLS IN HIS DIRECTION!!!"

The commander shouted, causing thousands of different attack spells to rain down on Lucias who immediately reacted by erecting a [Magic Nullification] barrier around him. Completely blocking their attack as he continued to burn all the advancing demons with the look of extreme fear and dread visible in their eyes.

"[Ice Essence: Crimson Ice]"

He said before tapping his left foot on the ground, causing thousands of blood-red spikes of ice to form around him. Skewering hundreds of demons at once as the ice slowly infiltrated their bodies. Freezing all of their internal organs before making their way up to their brain.

"DIE!!!"

One of the soldiers who managed to come close to him shouted as he swung his sword at Lucias. Making him shift his body to the side to dodge his attack. He then grabbed the demon's army as he delivered a powerful knee at his stomach. Rupturing his organs from the inside due to the immense force that Lucias placed in his attack.

"This is going to be fun"

-with Morgan-

"We're being attacked!!"

A soldier from the Duke camp behind Lucias' location, shouted, alerting all of the soldiers of the camp while the 3 armies attacked them from the front and the sides. Making many of the patrols panic as a little girl with her face covered with a blue mask charged in their direction.

"Lancelot, don't cause too much trouble"

Morgan warned as she watched Lancelot stabbed a demon on patrol before quickly turning her own body to block an attack from another demon behind her. She then quickly punched him in the stomach before the blade hidden inside her gauntlet was released. Stabbing the demon through his stomach as Lancelot sliced his upper body into two.

"Shit! Focus your attacks on their commander!!!"

The captain ordered in a loud voice, causing the soldiers to look at him in confusion.

"W-Who should we attack-"

"The girl who is arrogantly walking at the front, you dimwits! Attack her so they'll lose their chain of commands!!"

He furiously shouted. Making all of his men focus their attacks on Morgan who walked towards them with an indifferent and stoic expression on her face.

"How conceited"

Morgan muttered before stabbing her spear to the ground, causing a small rift to appear behind the captain. Stabbing him with a replica of the head of her spear through his head. Making the patrols frown before looking at Morgan who still had the same indifferent expression on her face. Looking at them like they were ants that she could easily kill.

"YOU BITCH!!"

One of the soldiers shouted as he recklessly charged at Morgan's direction with a vicious expression on his face. Making Morgan frown, causing her to raise her spear up in the air as red particles suddenly came out of each and every soldier's body before being absorbed by the spear in her hands.

Slowly their bodies started to lose their strength as their bodies started to become pale and skinny, causing many of them to collapse as they lost all life essence in their bodies.

"W-What kind of magic was that?"

The soldiers asked out in fear, shaken from the unknown spell that Morgan did that drained the life from their allies' bodies.

"How weak"

She said before raising her hand up in the air, causing the clouds above the sky to form an empty circle inside of it. Making the officials inside their tents to frown as they felt a sudden spike in mana above their camps.

"This should be enough"

She muttered before a gigantic spear of concentrated lime-colored mana suddenly descended from the sky. Crashing down on the camp as a massive explosion occurred at the center. Destroying a large portion of the camp while killing many demons at the center. 

"Don't you think that that's a bit overkill?"

Grayfia said before a large formation of sharp ice came out of the ground and stabbed several demons at once. 

"Why are you two so rushed?"

She asked while looking at the mess that both heroic spirits created.

"My husband is currently risking his life to buy us time. I can't just sit around and let that happen... I think you also feel the same, Grayfia"

She said as she glared in Grayfia's direction with killing intent visible in her eyes.

"My husband already has far too many women beside him. I'll forgive him just this once but I don't want more to be added to that number"

She warned. Making a certain woman in the realm of creation to frown from her words.

"Even I can't stop it... I would like to see your attempts... I wonder which one falls first... you or Lucias"

She said while both Hanna and her 5-year-old daughter, Calliope, watched the gruesome scene without a change in their expression. Like they were already used to seeing such things in the past.

"... Mama, shouldn't we go help Papa?"

Calliope asked, looking up to her mother with upturned eyes.

"I wish we could sweety, but... let us trust your father in handling this, alright?"

-With the 6th army-

"Commander... It looks like they finally let their guards down"

A scout from the 6th army reported while looking at the demons at the walls of the camp. Making the human commander look at the camp in front of them with a serious expression on his face.

"Snipers, kill the guards at the siege towers. Mages, I trust that you all can build a bridge up the wall for us"

He said, causing his men to nod their heads as they prepared to fulfill his commands. Positioning themselves at a higher ground where they could get a better aim and angle to get rid of the soldiers patrolling the top of the walls.

"Focus, and don't let your mana leak from your bodies. We can't afford to let them know our position"

He said. While the snipers that all positioned themselves at a slightly higher ground aimed their rifles at the demons in the towers. Predicting the bullet's trajectory due to the strong winds present in their location. 

"..."

They all remained silent as they all focused their attention on their targets. Slowly pulling the trigger of their rifles as they got a good aim, but immediately stopped as they suddenly saw the demon's head disappear from its body. Confusing all of them as they watched the demon soldiers on top of the wall all get killed one by one in silence. To the point that the other guards beneath the wall couldn't detect anything wrong.

"... What's going on?"

One of them asked themselves in confusion as they themselves couldn't see anything or anyone attacking the demons at the top of the wall.

"Commander, someone opened the gates for us"

One of the soldiers said as all of them watched the tall gates of the walls open, giving them a path to enter and besiege the camp. 

"... Those monsters are at it again... I feel like we're just cannon fodders for the alliance..."

The commander said with a sigh while all of the human soldiers behind him nodded their heads in agreement.

"Ready your weapons. We're entering the city"

He ordered. Making all of his soldiers check their equipment for any faults before preparing to charge at the enemy camp. 

"Now!! Run inside before they close the gate!!!!"

He shouted, causing all of his men to rise up from the ground and immediately run inside the camp with their weapons in hand. While another wave of cheers echoed from behind the camp. Indicating that they were not attacking it alone. 

This completely blocked two of the gates of the camp, giving the demons no chance of escaping being slaughtered at both sides.

"Took those guys long enough"

Zhuge Liang muttered in dissatisfaction while watching the two armies besiege the camp at both sides from the top of a small hill close to the enemy camp. A one-sided slaughter due to the enormous number of advantages that they had against the soldiers of the enemy camp.

"One more camp down... we only have 2 more days left until reinforcements arrive. It's getting pretty exhausting dealing with this guys for 3 days straight"