Chapter 299 - Power of Nature (1/2)

Chapter 299 Power of Nature

The alliance army consisted mainly of three countries.

One was the AvLee elves. They had the largest number, and the main battle force was about 250,000. Perhaps because the news of the death of the ranger Gelu made the elves feel great sorrow. Furthermore, the Sword of Frost had been taken away, and they had to find a way to take back this important artifact, so the elves could be said to have made a big move.

Next in number was the troops of the kingdom of Bracada. Their main force was about 100,000 troops, but there were more than 300,000 puppet troops following them. Strictly speaking, the kingdom of mages had the most troops, but the combat strength of the puppet troops was not high. If you were to say which country had suffered the most due to the appearance of Demon Osiris, then it was definitely the Bracada. He had destroyed a city in its territory and a fortress and killed many heroes. Even the life and death of the famous Solmyr was still unknown. The Bracadans were determined to annihilate the demon this time.

As for the final force of the alliance army, it was unexpected. It was not the human knights of Erathia but… barbarian forces!

Barbarians, orcs, Stronghold forces, these names were all fine. These orcs with demon bloodlines lived in Ashan, and their way of survival was similar to the dark elves. They operated in clans, but unlike the dark elves, the orcs had a common chief! The chief was equivalent to the king of humanity and allowed the forces of the orcs to unify during war instead of fighting separately.

Don’t think the demons were weak because of being sealed in Sheogh and being forced to live in Eeofol. In fact, in the past thousand years, the various races of Ashan had basically lost more than they won in the wars against the demon invasions. The demons were always the winning side. In most wars in this world, it could be said that the demon race fought against the entire world!

Demons were innately powerful. Not only did they have the talent to grow by devouring souls, but they could also continually summon reinforcements through Gates of the Abyss. It was a race born for destruction. From the moment they discovered this world, all the races in this world had been enduring the flames of war and devastation brought about by demons. Their fear and frustration toward them had almost become a basic instinct engraved into them… At least, it was indeed like this before the birth of the orcs…

In Ashan, orcs had always been recognized as demon hunters. The reason why the mages of Bracada wanted to create these orcs was to resist the demon invasion, the War of the Blood Moon. And the fact was that despite this experiment being inhuman, the practical effects were very good. Their coming to the battlefield was like a tornado sweeping through everything. Unable to use their magic against the savage power of the orcs, the demons were helpless. After inheriting demon bloodlines, and fuelled by the power of their blood rage and united by indivisible bonds of clan-like brotherhood, the orcs turned what was to be the demons’ finest hour into a nightmare of slaughter and rout. Behind the orc shock troops, the nations rallied. Time was now on the side of the alliance, who used it to develop defensive and offensive strategies incorporating their new elite orc forces.

After the orcs joined, the tides of war swung back in the favor of the alliance. This was one of the reasons why the demons had not completely destroyed the world…

The orcs utterly hated the demons. After the orcs joined the war, the demons, boiling in anger, refused to go down alone. They swore that if their legions would not survive in the war, neither would the orcs! Their solution was one of demonic simplicity-with no orc children, there would be no future for the orcs!

This war strategy of severing descendants made the orcs pay an immense price. The demon tactics turned to infiltration and assassination. As their creators drove their orc slaves to the front lines to fight, unprotected orc villages were visited at night by shadowy forms haloed in flames and terror. When the victorious tribes returned to their huts, their future generations and hopes were missing.

Even though the orcs later revolted and broke free from the control of the human mages, the orcs would never forget, would never forgive. They would always view demons as enemies.

The alliance army actually encountered this orc army chance. After the demons established a foothold in Eeofol, it had always made the orcs feel uneasy. Even though the flames of war between the demons and Erathia had temporarily stopped, the orcs were still tirelessly attacking the demon territory. Every once in a while, they would attack Eeofol. Although there were not many troops, they would often reap considerable results.

The leader of the elves was Heroine Gem. When she encountered the orc army, she immediately realized that the orcs would be powerful support. So she stood her ground against the others’ opinions and persuaded the commanding hero of the orc army, Gorshak, to get the orc army to join the alliance army and prepare to wage war against the demons of Eeofol.

The reason it was said that she stood her ground against the other’s opinions was because of the Bracadans. Not only did the orcs hate the demons, but they also hated these mages. The Bracadans had created them not only to deal with the demons but also to use them as slaves. The oppression and enslavement of the mages lasted more than a century…

It was obvious how troublesome it would be for these two forces to be in the same alliance army. But due to the existence of a common enemy in the demons, they could still maintain the internal harmony for the time being. For this, Gem had invested an immense amount of care and effort.

Although the alliance army was powerful, Gem and the other heroes actually did not have much confidence. If they only had to deal with that demon named Osiris, then there was absolutely no problem with the number of troops. But the troublesome thing was that, according to the intelligence, Demon Osiris had successfully met up with the Eeofol demons.

A powerful demon joined Eeofol’s camp, but the demons were low profile during this time, as though they had disappeared.

This situation not only did not reassure the various races of Ashan, but instead, they felt increasingly worried because they could faintly smell the aura of a scheme.

Anyone knew that unless the demons were beaten back to Sheogh, they would absolutely never lie low like this. Their nature did not allow them to do so.