Chapter 823: A Critical Attack (II) (1/2)
Long Haochen said, “There’s less than two days left until the three days that the Demon God Emperor gave us is up. I think he’s also paying attention to the battles there. Even if the news doesn’t get to him as quickly as us, the difference in speed will be negligent. Let’s leave him happy for a while. He’ll probably think we don’t know about the situations there and we’ll be completely bewildered by the attacks on the Southeastern Fort and Myriad Beasts Mountain Pass.”
Long Tianyin sighed, “It’s a pity that we’ve used up far too many resources this time. However, as long as we can turn the tides with this war and defeat the humans, anything is worth it. I’m not worried about the Southeastern Fort and Myriad Beasts Mountain Pass. The most crucial aspect is still the Demon God Emperor. Haochen, are you really confident that you can deal with the Demon God Emperor’s attacks?”
Long Haochen smiled, but he did not answer his grandfather. Was he really confident? Of course he had confidence, but how could he know whether he actually could before they had fought? According to Ye Xiaolei’s analysis of the Demon God Emperor, he had no chance at all. Of course, that was not accounting for Haoyue. Haoyue was his greatest trump card. Long Haochen would not play this card unless he had completely run out of choices, because Haoyue’s appearance would definitely make the Demon God Emperor go crazy.”
“Cai’er, do be careful,” Long Haochen patted Cai’er’s hands. Cai’er smiled, “Don’t worry, I’ll be right back.”
With that, she turned around a left silently.
Wang Yuanyuan smiled bitterly, “If it weren’t for the limited quota, I should have gone as well. I’m just too unqualified to be the temple head of the Warrior Temple.”
Long Haochen chuckled, “Don’t say that. The final, decisive battle will happen where. What we are facing is the most terrifying force of the demons. There’ll be plenty of opportunities for you to come into play.
Outside the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass, the demon encampment.
“Your majesty, Samigina’s already reached the Southeastern Fort with his army. He has immediately launched an attack on the Southeastern Fort,” the Moon Demon God Agares reported the most recent news to the Demon God Emperor.
The Moon Demon God lay on his side on his bed and smiled indifferently, “He sure is in a hurry! Though, it’s not an issue that we suffer slightly larger losses.”
Agares obviously understood the Demon God Emperor, “Your majesty, should we increase the pressure on the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass?”
The Demon God Emperor shook his head as he smiled, “There’s no hurry. The ones that should be in a hurry should be the humans. I want to play a game with Long Haochen. Only a slow conquest is interesting. If I don’t obliterate his confidence and belief, he won’t yield to me. The humans have already been building up for six thousand years, so it’s time for them to hand over a few things. Pass on my order to Samigina and Marbas. No matter what they do, they have to charge into the Temple Union as quickly as possible and attack the Holy City.”
“Yes.”
Agares answered politely, before turning around and leaving the camp quickly.
Outside the Demon God Emperor’s tent, Agares frowned and thought to himself, this time, the humans really might have no chance. His majesty is using a thorough plan.
A day later, the Southeastern Fort.
All of the walls of the Southeastern Fort had basically been dyed different colours by blood. There were many traces of destruction on the walls. Fortunately, the walls were still sturdy enough and protected by magic arrays. While it was covered within thousands of holes on the surface, its interior was still sturdy.
The battle had already lasted a day and a night. Samigina had mobilised his demon army like a madman, sending waves after waves of attacks. He did not give the Southeastern Fort a single moment to catch their breaths.
The army of five hundred thousand rotated through battle. After the attacks of the first wave ended, the second wave would immediately follow up. During the past twenty-four hours, apart from the slip up which dealt a heavy blow to the Demonic Eye Soldiers and Berserk Demons, the demons still seemed to possess a crushing advantage. Although they were constantly repelled by the Southeastern Fort, the fort suffer many losses as well, while its resistance seemed to grow weaker. If it were not for the army of knights that had charged out of the city numerous times, their losses probably would have been greater.
However, the demons suffered tremendous losses as well. They did not bring any cannon fodder in their attack this time, as they were all elites. According to their data, sixty thousand demons had died in battle, which only demonstrated how fierce their attacks had been. Although the humans did not suffer as great a loss as the demons, they still lost around half that number.
The most that died were actually the shield warriors that possessed the strongest defence. Most of them had died when they protected the mages, summoners and priests.
The shield warriors used their shields and their lives to protect the magic users. As a result, while the eight thousand magic users did suffer some wounds, very few died in battle, only three hundred at most. On such a vicious battlefield, this was nothing short of a miracle!