Chapter 646 - The Enemy Doesn’t Seem Strong (1/2)
As the players pressed on their conquest in the Realm of Devils, the devils naturally reacted.
The devils had always been invaders to the main plane, yet this time, the professionals from the main plane had invaded their realm and even conquered several breeding cities. The news had spread in the Realm of Devils.
Paimon, as one of the leaders of the Realm of Devils, was under a lot of pressure, mostly from other Demon Gods, who all mocked and laughed at him.
There was a mental communication network among the Demon Gods that allowed them to talk in real time, although the consumption of the network was quite high as they were far away from each other.
“Paimon, it’s your turn to send subordinates to the main plane for fun. You activated the magic array, but why didn’t your troops break in? Instead, they let human beings in. What are you up to?”
That was an old and majestic voice.
“Something is seriously wrong about our enemy. I have a bad feeling.” Paimon’s voice echoed in the special space in the Realm of Devils. “Judas, do you want to come over and help?”
“Haha. Forget it, I don’t want to get involved in your business.”
“Should I participate?” A crisp and pleasant female voice cut in. “I’m very interested in the human beings who dare to break into the Realm of Devils.”
“Phoenix, why have you turned into a woman again?” Paimon found it amusing. “You won the Power of Gender Transformation from me just to be a woman?”
Unlike Gender Shift, which could only change one’s sex physically but not their soul, the Power of Gender Transformation could change someone’s body and heart into a female’s.
Phoenix was an out-and-out woman at this moment.
“It’s fun to be a woman.” Phoenix giggled as perkily as a young girl. “I intend to roam the human world in my new identity and check on my descendants. Since the portal is on and I have to cross your territory, I can help if you need me.”
Paimon sounded suspicious. “Haven’t you always been a protector of human beings? Why are you willing to help me deal with them?”
“I am a woman right now, and women are capricious.”
Paimon thought it through after a moment.
His Power of Gender Transformation had negative effects. It was essentially chaotic divine power and could affect one’s mind, not to mention that it was hard to figure out what was on a woman’s mind in the first place.
Now that Phoenix had completely become a woman, these changes were only natural. “Okay,” said Paimon. “The human beings on my territory are Golden Sons. They seem to be from an alien world. According to what I’ve learned, they can be resurrected after death!”
“Is the Life Goddess on their side?”
“Not just her, but the Nether God too. Earlier, signs of the Nether God appeared on my territory. She claimed a thousand of my subjects’ souls and made it impossible for them to be reborn in the Realm of Gods. It’s such a huge loss.”
Under normal circumstances, devils wouldn’t reach the Netherworld after death. They would be deprived of their memories and reborn in the Realm of Devils.
The Realm of Devils had its own reincarnation system.
However, it was a different matter if their souls were collected by the Nether God.
The Nether God was very interested in the souls of the devils, but nobody knew why she collected them.
In any case, the souls of those devils never appeared again.
On the other hand, it was very hard for a new soul to be generated in the Realm of Devils.
“I’m even more interested,” said Phoenix with a smile. “As it happens, I need someone to give me a ride to the main plane.”
“Fine, you can come here,” said Paimon. “You can also test how strong those human beings are for me.”
“Heh. I’m on my way.”
The mental conversation ended. Although only three Demon Gods spoke, the others were aware of their talk.
Paimon, after thinking for a moment, sent an army of about a hundred thousand devils to the human beings’ occupation to work with Phoenix.
That was exactly the scene that Roland and the others were seeing. A long black line stretched out on the red land at a distance from left to right, occupying the center of their vision. There was also a dark cloud in the sky.
That was the devils’ air forces, made of gargoyles, succubi, and other winged devils.
There were about twenty thousand of them.
Looking at the army of devils that was pressing close, Roland turned around and asked Solisa, “How many men do we have right now?”
“About thirty thousand.” Solisa heaved a sigh. “The players are distributed in different parts of the main plane. It takes time for them to arrive. Also, many of them are more inclined to reach above level sight before they come here, or they would be dwarfed by the devils in stats.”
Thirty thousand.
Considering a head-on clash, it would be possible to win the battle with the previous casualty rate.
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But the problem was that nobody knew the overall strength of this troop of devils.
It was like how wolves and huskies looked similar and strong, but their intelligence and combat ability weren’t on the same level at all.
Nobody could tell if the hundred thousand devils would be wolves from the north. Therefore, it wouldn’t be a rational choice to fight them head-on.
“Let’s fight a guerrilla war and make use of the classical guerrilla war theories.”
Everybody nodded.
That was the right thing to do. Only idiots would charge at the enemy when they were terribly outnumbered.
“Then we’ll harass their left flank.” Solisa spoke out first. “I think we’ll be able to hold back five thousand devils.”
Everybody looked at her with admiration after she said that. It was truly unusual for a soft and cute girl to shoulder responsibility first. Besides, holding back five thousand enemies with only a hundred companions was itself a crazy task. “Then we’ll distract them in the middle lane.” Moogle shouldered the responsibility of a major guild.
“We’ll take the right flank.”
“We’ll assist Fatter Cat in the middle lane.”
“We’ll help the Phoenix Guild on the left flank.”
Very soon, all the guilds confirmed their mission. Then, the leaders of all the thirty guilds looked at Roland.
Because Schuck had returned to the Temple of Light to prepare for the crusade, Roland was responsible for F6 at this moment.
Under everybody’s watch, Roland said casually, “You fend them off first. I’ll perform my ult when the moment comes.”
Those game veterans immediately realized what Roland meant.
That was the end of the battle meeting.
The enemy would be at their door if they continued talking
Then, all the guilds set off from their temporary camps in three lines.
Thirty thousand people were a lot. They seemed rather overwhelming too.
Nevertheless, they couldn’t compare to the devils, which were more than a hundred thousand strong.
The players had gone straight to battle without any tricks now that they had decided on their strategy. The devils should’ve been confident with their large numbers, but Ryan was quite ill at ease.
From far away, he already saw that the enemies were coming at him in three lines. He frowned all the time, because he didn’t find the Mage who gave him quite a headache.
The Mage that opened a spatial crevice with one slash of his blade.
According to logic, he should stay and postpone the battle until he located the threat.
But unfortunately, he wasn’t the commander this time.