Chapter 9: Recapturing Greenland (4)

"Worthless servant, I took you in because I thought you were useful... but to think that you became this useless to us... How dissapointing"

Xaosis said with a light frown on her face while looking down at the naked Zeoticus who was kneeling in front of her. Staring at the ground with a pale complexion on his face.

"X-Xaosis-sama, p-please give me another chance"

He pleaded while gritting his teeth in frustration. Ever since Lucias blacklisted him from the faction. He wasn't able to obtain any more information about the alliance. Significantly decreasing his use and purpose to the True Gods of the opposing army. 

In the years that he was taken in by the invaders of their dimension. He was indulged into the extreme pleasure that Xaosis gave him. Completely corrupting his mind to the point that he'll do anything just to taste that sensation once again. Making him a complete puppet to Xaosis and the True Gods of the opposing army. 

But Lucias was one-step ahead of them and immediately blocked him off from gaining access to the Headquarters of the Forsaken Faction. That's why he relied on rumors circulating the devil faction to supply Xaosis with information.

"Hoh? You? You haven't contributed at all for the last 5 years, Zeoticus Gremory. Are you saying that you still have some worth to- Mn!! Enir I'm talking to him"

She said, while Enir carried her in his arms as he thrusted his large shaft inside of his entrance. Making Xaosis' juice to drip down on the floor while her breast jiggled from Enir's intense pounding.

"Shut up you slut"

He said as he threw her to the floor, making her kneel in front of him with her hips facing him. Making Xaosis frown as he suddenly felt a sharp slap behind her.

"Tch, you're not even that skilled, so why are you acting so arrogant?"

Xaosis said in irritation, ignoring Zeoticus who gulped down his saliva in excitement.

"I'll give you one chance, devil. Give me any useful information about Lucias right now and I'll give you one a chance to taste this"

Xaosis said causing Zeoticus to panic as he tried to recall any information from the alliance. Specifically, the rumors surrounding Lucias.

"H-How about his children? I heard that he extremely values his children"

Zeoticus quickly said, causing both Enir and Xaosis to stop their movements before staring at Zeoticus' direction.

"He had children?"

She asked in surprise causing Zeoticus to quickly nod his head in response.

"Y-Yes, according to my sources. Lucias Frey's children are hidden inside the headquarters of the forsaken faction. I-If you manage to get a hold of them then Lucias Frey might consider surrending to us"

"Hoh? I never knew that he had any children but... I your plan... it might actually help us quite a bit in controlling his movements... You said that they were in the headquarters of the Forsaken Faction, right?"

Xaosis muttered as a sinister smile surfaced on her face while Enir grinned from hearing the news.

"Y-Yes"

Zeoticus said causing Xaosis to look back at the half-naked man behind her with a seductive smirk on her face.

"Call Velos. Tell him, we found a way to weaken, Lucias Frey"

-at a Marquis camp-

"Yo, you done already?"

A demon soldier located at the southern part of their base said towards his companion who threw a severed head to the ground. Licking the blood of his lips with an ecstatic expression on his face.

"Geez, don't just throw around our leftover food everywhere. Do you know how the general would react once he find out your wasting food?"

His companion complained, causing the demon to shrug his shoulder with a casual expression on his face. 

"The general doesn't really give a shit, no matter what we do anyway. Don't be too strict and serious, this is the reason why up until now, you still don't have a mate" 

He said with a large grin plastered on his face. Making his friend sigh with a helpless expression on his face.

"... What do you think?"

His companion suddenly asked with a serious expression on his face.

"About what?"

"You know... the alliance's army that is devastating other camps... Do you think they'll attack ours?"

He asked in an anxious tone, causing his companion to laugh loudly in response.

" Pfft- hahahahaha! Don't be too worried, kid. The army is concentrated at the north, so it would take a few days before they can reach out camp. At that time, we would already know that they are coming at our location so don't piss your pants. We're safe here. The only army is here the weak army attacking the camp a few kilometers away from us. We can easily handle them if we want"

He confidently stated before sitting down on the cold snowy ground. Making his companion relax due to his carefree attitude.

"... Hey... I heard that your wife died in the frontline?"

His companion asked, causing the demon to remain silent. Spreading an awkward silence to their area.

"You... don't have to remind me of that... but... can we really blame the alliance for this?... They're just protecting their land from us after all"

He said, causing his companion to look at him in surprise.

"Oy! If the Marquis hears you sympathizing the enemy, you'll get killed!!"

He warned with a panicked expression on his face, causing his companion to dryly laugh in response.

"... Then let him hear me... It won't be long until the common class demons start a revolt back home... but... honestly we're up against a True God... We'll all get killed if we challenge her ourselves... We need someone like Lucias Frey to back us up, so that we'll be able to stand up a decent fight against her"

He said with a light frown on his face, remembering the scene of how Enir forced many of them to fight against a war that they didn't want. Only the nobility and the poor wholeheartedly agreed to join the war. The middle-class demons remained neutral, but was forced to participate anyway.

"Lucias Frey hates our guts... We won't even have a chance to talk to him before he kills us"

"I guess that's true"

His companion said causing a young man watching them from above a small hill to smile in amusement.

"This is interesting... Relay my orders to everyone... Leave those two demons alive... I want to have a talk with them... and don't hold back, kill as many as you please"

Zhuge Liang ordered, causing the assassin standing guard by his side to nod his head before disappearing from his original position. Leaving Zhuge Liang on top of the small hill together with his lieutenants.

"... I always wanted to see how the assassin division of the faction is truly capable of"

He muttered while staring at the thousands of demons from different classes and ranks merrily talked to each other in a relaxed manner. LIke they were extremely confident that no enemies would attack them tonight.

"Do it"

Zhuge Liang ordered, causing a human mage behind him to raise his staff in the air. Firing an explosive spell to the sky to divert the attention of the demons from the incoming assassins.

"Hey... do you feel that?"

One of the demon soldier asked as his instincts acted up, causing him, along with several other demons to feel a sudden spike in mana in the air. Making all of the raise their guard up as a sudden explosion occured above them. Taking all of their attention away from the assassins who succesfully entered the camp.

"ENEM-"

One of the soldiers tried to shout to alert everyone but was silently killed as a dagger neatly sliced his throat open. Not giving him a chance to finish his sentence as the soldiers around him all unknowningly died from their spot as their body fell on the snowy ground.

"W-where-"

Another demon said as he quickly looked around him, watching how his allies all fell one by one without knowing how they were even killed. Making him shiver in fear and panick as he quickly raised his sword up in the air to defend himself.

"W-Who's attacking us!?"

He shouted before seeing the last soldier close to him die of unknown cause, causing him to shriek in fear as he hurriedly tried to ran away.

"D-Don't tell me that the Hassans are here !?!?"

He shouted as he ran away at full speed, abandoning his weapon while he tried his best to survive.

"B-But they were suppose to be in South Korea! Why are they here !?"

He muttered before suddenly falling to the ground as the screams of his comrades echoed from the camp that he abandoned.

"Shit, I tripped, I-I need to hurry up!"

He muttered as he tried moving his legs, but to his surprise, once he started to move his limbs. It felt like it hit nothing but air.

"W-What-"

He muttered as he turned his head to look back, causing him to see his own severed legs a few meters away from his location while his blood drenched the dirty snow on the ground.

"M-My legs... b-but it suppose to heal- ACK!!!!"

He grunted in pain as a sharp knife stabbed him at his back. Piercing through his chest while a lone woman wearing a skin tight clothes suddenly appeared above him.

"P-Please... d-don't kill... me... I-I'm a Baron I can give-"

He pleaded but was immediately cut off by the woman who stabbed him in the face another dagger from her right hand. Killing him without hesitation nor mercy with a cold and ruthless expression on her face. ust like all assassins at the faction. The main reason why many lower-ranked demons feared the assassin division of the Forsaken Faction.

"Mages! Raise your staffs!"

Zhuge Liang shouted from outside the enemy camp, causing thousands of screams to devour the entire region as 100,000 soldiers suddenly appear from beneath the snow, completely surrounding them, and giving them no chance to escape.

"BURN THE CAMP!!"

Zhuge Liang ordered. Making the hundreds of mages in his army to raise their staffs in the air as numerous magic circle appeared above them, causing all of the assassins in the camp to immediately spread out to not get caught in the explosion.

"[Meteorite]!!"

They all casted, causing hundreds of small flaming balls of rocks to appear in the air, before raining down on the entire camp. Burning of their tents and supplies, while the impact itself destroyed the land of the area. 

"TRAMPLE THEM ALL!!"

Zhuge Liang shouted in an extremely loud voice. Making all of the soldiers in his army to scream in unison before charging at the destroyed camp to kill any remaining survivors.

"R-Raise your weapons and protect me!!!"

The Marquis shouted in fear while looking at the large amount of infantry running at their location. Making many of the demon soldiers to hesitate before finally raising their weapons in front of them. Preparing to ward them off while the Marquis tried to escape through the backline of his own army.

"AGHH!!!!"

One of the alliance soldier shouted as he stabbed the knife attached to the muzzle of his rifle to the head of the demon before firing several round inside his brain. 

"Don't waste ammuniation and just kill them in close quarter combat! We still need that ammo to take care of the camp where the 6th army is located!!"

He stated while watching his soldiers easily trample through the army of demon soldiers protecting the Marquis. Easily breaking their formation since the assassins have already killed the stonger ones of the opposing army. Leaving low to middle class demons fighting the elite soldiers of the alliance.

"W-We surrender!"

The middle-class demons shouted as they raised their arms in the air, but was instantly killed due to merciless genocide of the alliance army.

"They're surrendering their lives to us! Grant them their wish and leave none of them alive!"

A lieutenant from the Forsaken Faction shouted as he stabbed a demon soldier with his sword. Making all of the demon's to look at them with terror visible within their eyes like they were looking at a bunch of beast who knew nothing but to kill.

"After everyone is killed! Gather everyone and form a rectangular formation! We will immediately advance to the next camp!"

-with Barghest-

"Don't let them reoganize their position at the walls! Immediately charge at them and take over the walls!!"

She shouted while raising her large sword and pointing it at the top of the walls of the opposing base. Making all of her soldiers to rise up from the ground as the human soldiers with close-ranged classes all charge at the gates of the wall while it was open.

"Close the gates!!! Immediately close the gates!!"

The demons at the top of the wall all ordered, causing the demons beneath the wall to push the gates with all of their strength to prevent them from entering the camp. While 2 demons above the gates pulled long chains connected to the gate to aid the soldiers on the ground in closing the gates.

"Snipers!"

Xenovia shouted at the gunners who were left behind. Making some of them switch their targets to the 2 at the top of the gate. Firing a single shot towards their foreheads. Successfully kiling them as a small hole was blown on their head while their body fell from the top of the walls.

"Support the advancing army!"

A lieutenant from the human army said as the gunners and mages that were left behind all fired at will to the demons on top of the wall. Blocking their attempts to top Barghest from entering their camp.

"Marquis! What should we do?"

A demon soldier located at the farthest part of the wall not visible to the alliance army asked. Making the Marquis beside him to frown as he watched both Xenovia and Barghest attack the gates at full force. Completely opening the gate as the demons behind it flew towards the walls due to the immense force that transfered to their bodies.

"Buy enough time until reinforcements from the Duke arrived!!"

He shouted while amplifying his voice with mana so that all of his troops were able to hear his orders.

"Reinforcements?"

Barghest muttered with a frown on her face before looking back at her army to give them another other, since she knew that it would be impossible for them to face another army that came from a stronger camp.

"Burn the camp and kill as many as you can!! We'll immediately retreat before their reinforcements arrive!"

She loudly ordered causing all of her men to nod their heads before entering the camp. Easily penetrating through their line of defense as several corpses fell down from the walls due to the continuous attacks of the army outside.

"B-Block-"

A demon soldier carrying a large shield said but died as Irina slice his head open with her thin and sharp holy sword. Making the demon's below the wall to become pale as they saw the grotesque death of their fallen ally.

"[Ignition]"

Some of the magic swordsmen at the back casted, causing flames to light up the entire area as it slowly spread throughout the entire enemy camp. Sabotaging their food supplies. All while they made sure that the alliance's army would have a path to take to escape without getting caught by the fire.

"Mages! Stop the fire from spreading!!"

The marquis ordered causing the ages in front of him to raise their right hand in the air. Creating several magic circles while their numbers continued to deplete due their constant efforts to block the attacking army from reaching their camp.

"Get out of my way!"

Barghest shouted as she swung her large flaming sword sideways, causing flames to engulf the soldiers at the front of the army. All while screams of pain, desperation, and dread echoed throughout the entire camp as piles of body slowly started accumulating from the ground. Most coming from the opposing army.

"Keep blocking them and protect the Marquis!!"

The higher ranked officials at the back of the army shouted. Making the soldiers at the front to bite their lips as they resigned to their own deaths since it was impossible to completely block the two gorilla like swordsman at the front. Which are Xenovia and Barghest, who continously killed many of their soldiers without stop.

"Where is the reinforcements and why are they not here!? They should've recieved the message a day ago!!"

-with ???-

"I-I need to return... and report this to the duke..."

A lone demon said in a desperate and hurried tone while he ran back to the Duke camp. Holding his waist due to the large injury that he suffered from the sudden ambush that his army experienced.

"It's so cold..."

He muttered ashe felt the cold snow and wind pass through our touch his already cold body due to losing to much blood from the previous fight. Even though they should've easily recovered from the injury, they couldn't due to the special inscription that Lucias engraved on his army's weapon that was made specifically to deal with the demons' terrfying rate of regeneration.

"I... I need to..."

He muttered while panting heavily, not noticing the blood red arrow that was fired at his direction.

"I... want to... go home"

He said before the arrow pierced through his skull and through the eye located between his eyebrows.

"Bullseye"

A young and beautiful maiden with long curly red hair said with a smile on her face, all while her temporary army was helping burning all of the supplies and bodies of the demons that they ambushed a while ago.

"Tristan, is it? We should go, now"

Rias said with a serious expression on her face. Making her look at her with a teasing smile on her face.

"Why are you in a hurry? Master told us to leave him and support the 2nd army in attacking the Duke. That tells us how confident he really is in his abilities to face them alone"

She said. Making Rias helplessly sigh before glancing at the east where Lucias left to, alone without a single soldier in his command.

"I hope that's really the case... but still, let's go. I want to finish this as soon as possible"

"Tch, you're no fun at all"