Chapter 444: Demon Army
As several Demonic Humans burned, coupled with the assistance from that thing, the torn spatial rift stabilized into a spatial passage. Although it couldn’t last, it was enough for a group of demons on the other side to rush through.
The first to emerge was a very rare legendary Greater Demon. As a legendary creature, its traversal placed immense pressure on the spatial passage, like trying to cram a behemoth into a narrow path. If not for the Demon flesh and blood serving as lubricant, it might have gotten stuck in the middle. If that happened, even a doctor probably wouldn’t be able to help.
At this moment, seeing that the spatial passage they had worked so hard to open was about to collapse, the Greater Demon acted quickly, tearing apart several demons beside it and throwing them onto the magic circle drawn by Bailey and Johnny as fuel.
The demon flesh and blood, imbued with magic power, stabilized the magic circle, allowing the spatial passage to remain open, which also made the Greater Demon breathe a sigh of relief. If the spatial passage collapsed because of it, it would be summoned back by the Foul Cloud Demon Lord immediately and stuffed under his backside for a thousand years. It would rather die than face such a fate, so it worked very diligently.
The Greater Demon was like an artist using flesh and blood as his medium. With a casual scoop, it tore apart the demons that had just passed through the spatial passage before they could even rejoice, gradually constructing a Demon Gate. Only a complete Demon Gate could support the traversal of beings like the Foul Cloud Demon Lord, and this was no easy task.
Although the Demon Gate was not yet complete, the increasingly stable spatial passage was enough to accommodate ordinary demons passing through. As a result, a massive number of demons gushed out like a blocked sewer suddenly cleared, although there weren’t many high-level demons. However, their sheer number, especially after gathering together, caused the demonic aura to gradually transform into a domain, expanding continuously and instilling fear even in Bailey and Johnny, who had fled far away.
“Damn that bastard who came up with this plan!” The fear in his heart made Bailey curse uncontrollably. Beside him, Johnny was trembling. This was too exciting, even for a Demon Warlock.
“Do you think we did something wrong?” Johnny asked, his voice trembling slightly as he suppressed the panic in his heart.
“Of course we did something wrong, otherwise why would we do something so crazy?” Bailey rubbed his face, grabbed the water pouch filled with liquor from his waist, and took a big gulp. God knows how much psychological pressure he had endured along the way, but he didn’t dare to show the slightest bit of it. Now he finally had a chance to vent, so he said without hesitation.
“We can’t stay in the Northland anymore. Even though we only tore a small opening, that place is no different from the Abyss now. As long as a powerful demon comes over, it won’t be difficult to build a Demon Gate. Maybe it won’t be long before this place becomes a paradise for demons.” Johnny snatched the liquor from Bailey’s hand and took a big gulp, not caring about the liquor spilling on his clothes. He spoke to Bailey with a solemn expression, having apparently suppressed the panic in his heart and no longer appearing so flustered.
“Are you crazy?! We just caused such a big commotion here, and you still want to go north? Do you really think North City is easy to mess with?” Johnny couldn’t help but roar at Bailey, showing how crazy Bailey’s idea was.
“Go north, take a detour to Green Shade City. It is said that there is a road leading to the Underworld there. We’ll go there.” Bailey gritted his teeth and said to Johnny.
“This is our only way out. You don’t think they’ll let us go, do you?” Bailey stared at Johnny with cold eyes, making him gulp involuntarily.
The place where the demons appeared was only two days’ journey from North City, located between North City and Mara City, within the territory. So, although the Faith Network had many loopholes, it still existed. A small number of demons might not be detected, but this number certainly couldn’t be missed.
Under these circumstances, returning to the Northland Noble Alliance, which had most likely set up a dragnet waiting for them, was purely a gamble.
After reaching a consensus, the two who had caused such a big commotion headed straight for Green Shade City, unaware that North City had already been alerted.
“I’m just afraid it won’t be easy. We were able to outsmart those idiotic Demonic Humans, but who can guarantee that no one is scheming against us?” Bailey said with a gloomy face.
“Someone has opened a spatial passage to the Miniature Abyss.” As one of the representative figures of the mystical side of the territory, Ai Mi Er’s words were quite authoritative.
Although there were demons in the Main World, most of them were summoned from the Abyss and were rejected by the Main World, so they couldn’t stay for long. However, these demons were clearly different. Although they were rejected by the Main World, they couldn’t be expelled because they were a part of the Main World, the corrupted part.
The current problem was how to deal with this demon invasion. The territory had already prepared various comprehensive plans. They only needed to find the corresponding one and adjust it according to the current situation.
In fact, as the Divine Shield continued to expand outwards and the territory gathered sufficient intelligence, the answers to many things could be found just by looking around.
The Secret Realm overflow, the disappearance of Academy City, and the fall of the Imperial Capital were the three major events that occurred thirty years ago. Among them, the former site of Academy City, because it gathered too many demons, distorted reality, forming the Miniature Abyss. This was no secret.
When she saw that the Demon Gate had begun to take shape and that the number of demons gathered had already exceeded a thousand, even Maya was shocked because this was already an army, an army composed of demons.
But after thinking about it, Johnny knew that Bailey was right. No one liked to leave loose ends, so the possibility of them being allowed to leave was too low, so low that they didn’t dare to gamble.
Therefore, regarding the source of so many demons that couldn’t be expelled, the Miniature Abyss was the only option.
This made sense, so even Johnny fell silent.
Although they detected a large number of demons appearing in this direction, the actual situation was unclear. Fortunately, the Ranger Regiment that discovered Johnny and the others had reported to the camp in advance. After receiving contact from North City, they didn’t act like headless flies and decisively mobilized nearby Rangers to surround the area. They even mobilized a stationed Border Army from nearby Mara City as an emergency response force. However, the fastest to arrive was still the territory’s specially made One-Eyed Giant Eagle.
After years of modification, this thing had become increasingly sophisticated. It was fast, had excellent vision, could stay in the air for long periods, and possessed multiple functions. It could undertake reconnaissance, communication, and attack tasks for the territory. Therefore, there were always several One-Eyed Giant Eagles circling in the skies above the Northland, ready to be mobilized at any time.
Following the territory’s declaration of war, the border first entered a state of martial law. Guns were loaded, and all external contact, including commerce and tourism, was cut off. At the same time, the Northern Glory Alliance declared a state of war through diplomatic channels.
Next, they mobilized a portion of the Rangers. In addition to maintaining the border blockade, some needed to participate in this demon war, in case any demons escaped to other parts of the territory.
In fact, the Rangers were already at war with the demons and had proven that Divine Bullets were very effective against demons. At the same time, although ordinary bullets also had a killing effect, they could only be fatal through the accumulation of damage. Even if ordinary bullets hit the head or heart of a demon, it was difficult to kill it with one shot. After all, demons were never associated with weakness, and tenacious vitality was their standard feature.
