Chapter 697 - Releasing the Darkness, The Raging Demons and The Legras Army (1/2)
Day 151 - 11:40 PM - Mountain Farming Village, Barangay Mabini, Municipality of Viga, Catanduanes
At the center of the clearing, the Demons began to rampage. Being empowered by their Lord, it became more difficult for the Spirits and Elementals to hold them back.
That was why the next phase of the plan started.
The number of individuals fighting under Diwata Iraya's banner was already small. A loss of single life from their forces would be heavy. They could not afford it.
Thus, as the Demons reached the forest, the Yasaws appeared to take the Spirits and Elementals to retreat.
By the time the Demons entered the forests, ready to commit slaughter, not a single soul was present. Instead, strange vines enveloped the forest floor, crawling and twisting up their limbs. The strange vines began to constrict anything it caught. Even in their empowered state, the weaker Demons had no way of getting free from their constraints. Even the stronger ones were struggling.
It was not surprising. These vines were made by Dryads and were empowered by Diwata Iraya.
Most Diwatas were born of nature, and Diwata Iraya was not an exception. Her abilities had the most compatibility with plants and trees. With Diwata Iraya empowering the Dryads, their vines became as strong as thick steel tubes.
Being constricted by vines as hard as steel was not easy to escape from. It was even for the Demons.
The weaker Demons, the ones forcefully turned from humans using the rituals, fell after the vines twisted their bodies into mush.
As for the stronger ones, like the Flesh Beasts, the vines could only constrict them. Once the Demons were safely secured, it was only when some warriors would appear to end their lives if they could.
Unfortunately, not just any warrior would be able to end the lives of the Flesh Beasts. That was how troublesome these giant flesh monsters were.
Aside from Diwata Iraya, only one person could kill these monsters. Surprisingly, it was the cursed armor Morlkil. With a great sword in its hand, Morlkill rushed towards the Flesh Beasts and beheaded them in one swing of its weapon.
The loud clanging sound of Morlkil's body did not matter. The most important thing was among the warriors under Diwata Iraya. Morlkil was one of the strongest.
***
While the Flesh Beasts were being eliminated by the combined efforts of Mark, Mei, Diwata Iraya, and Morlkil, Mark's declaration finally reached the Lord of Demons.
Muggur's body turned into an ethereal state and formed a mist avatar that he used to meet Mark and Mei. Upon the destruction of his avatar, Muggur was forced to return to his real body.
With a gasp and frown, Muggur relayed Mark's words.
”How absurd,” Legra remarked after hearing Muggur's report. ”Demons working together with Spirits and Elementals to eliminate us? And just with the two of them? Something must be wrong with their heads.”Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click <a href=”#'s-army_52772988562494964”>#'s-army_52772988562494964</a> for visiting.
”Old hag, you better not underestimate them,” Muggur replied with a frown. ”Ogon was killed by that Demon you're calling crazy.”
Hearing that, Legra frowned. Ogon was one of her closest partners, and his sudden death was something she disliked.
”You two, it's not the time to argue,” Lord Seis spoke while smiling sinisterly. ”I don't care what they are, but since they are working with the enemy, we will make sure to make them face the consequences!”
At this point, Lord Seis took a deep breath.
”Legra. Time for you to move. Muggur, take the Flame Demon with you.”
”IT IS TIME!” Lord Seis roared. ”TURN THIS WHOLE PLACE INTO OUR HUNTING GROUND!”
As the shout of the Lord of Demons permeated into everyone's ears, the already dark night began to grown even darker.
Dark thick clouds began to appear in the sky, circling sinisterly as if it was going to summon a cyclone.
It was not only the sky. A dark knee-high mist began to spread, covering the ground like a flood.
The Demons roared loudly. The mist they stood on made them far stronger than before. However, it seemed that most of them lost their sanity. Without receiving any order, they left the side of their Lord, rushing towards the forest.
Unlike the weaker Demons, these ones were way faster. In a blink of an eye, they were already inside the forest, even overtaking the spreading mist. The Yasaws were unable to react fast enough to make everyone escape.
Finally, since the start of this encounter, several lives of Spirits and Elementals were taken away.
However, it was only the start.
Legra raised her tool. It was an old wooden staff that looked like twisted vines. It was dyed with blood. And instead of a gem on the tip, it had a skull of a newborn infant.
She raised the staff and began to chant inaudible words.
Then, the earth began to shake.
A gigantic worm as thick as a bus and as long as a train rose up from the ground. It had a wide gaping mouth that was more than enough to swallow a small vehicle whole.
BAM!
With a loud and strong tremor, the body of the worm slammed to the ground before it opened its mouth.
Then, a group of a few hundred dog-sized worms and insects rushed out of the worm's mouth. However, that was not all. There were also dozens of Small Demons, which appeared to be infants, crawling on all fours.
Tiyanaks. They were Demonic remnants of babies buried without any holy rites performed on its burial.
Fast and agile, the Demonic Babies rushed out of the worm's mouth and sought their prey. And with the knee-high mist on the ground, these Tiyanaks were basically invisible to everyone as they moved.
Aside from Legra, Muggur also made his move.
With the Flame Demon, he began to assist the constricted Demons inside the forest. With the lava-like flames of the Flame Demon, the vines of the Dryads were burned to ashes.
***
”Tsk. They are going all out now.”
Mark clicked his tongue.
He did not expect that someone within the ranks of the Demons to be able to summon a giant worm. Mark noticed that he could not detect any mental fluctuations from the insects. However, the Tiyanaks did have some. If the worm had been here all this time, Mark would definitely detect those little Demons.
Nonetheless, Mark was sure that this gigantic thing just appeared out of nowhere.
Furthermore, there was this black mist on the ground. It gave an eerie feeling even for Mark. It was very likely that anyone that touched this mist would lose their minds.