784 Wedding Night Part 1 (1/2)

Marquis Ferdinand was using his alchemy binocular to watch the battle on top of the city wall. His army was within five miles, but beyond that were the Tanggulasi soldiers deployed by the Holy See to cut off the demon army's retreat.

There were pros and cons to the alchemy binocular. The one that Marquis Ferdinand was using allowed him to see seven to eight miles away and was definitely a high-grade equipment. To be more accurate, this was purely a piece of mage equipment. Without the help of a grade-3 mage by his side, all Marquis Ferdinand could see was just blurry images.

”Why are they… coming back?!” Marquis Ferdinand saw the demon army on the retreat and was shocked. The demon army was like a sharp knife that cut through the Tanggulasi army that was trying to stop them.

Nailisi was leading the way. She was ordering the death knights to attack the flanks in order to mess up the enemy's formation, so that the demons could take over and butcher them. This type of battle was meaningless to her since there was nothing to be gained. She was looking for the enemy's holy priests. If they were grade-7 or below, she would engage them in a battle for a while, but if they were above grade-7, it would be wiser to avoid them.

The demon army did not incur too many losses and a battle of such a short duration meant that there was minimal usage of their energy. The demons charged through the enemies and corpses and finally returned back to the city walls of the main part of Sanlian City.

That was when Nailisi finally ordered the demons to stop and guard the city gates, so that heavy-armored knights behind them could enter the city. It was not a common tactic for heavy-armored knights to bring up the rear. In fact, Marquis Ferdinand was already very upset that Nailisi did not seem to care about the fates of the heavy-armored knights. He had to suppress his anger when he saw the demons feasting.

Thousands of demons were devouring the disciples of the Holy See and the armies of the Holy War just outside of the city.

This scene was horrifying. The sounds of killing on the battlefield were drowned out by the chewing sounds of the demons. Each demon had dragged along at least two corpses. Their four yard tall physique allowed them to move with vigor, but that also meant that they used up a lot of energy at the same time. Consuming the enemy was a good option.

What the demons did was to remove the enemy's head first by twisting it off before sucking the blood with their mouth. Then, they would peel off the enemy's armor and clothes before chewing them up. The Tanggulasi soldiers that were pursuing the heavy-armored knights stopped. When they saw the thousands of demons beneath the city wall, there was only fear on their faces.

The people of Bitter Water Prefecture were scared out of their minds as well, but they felt more assured when they saw the demons dragging back a number of corpses of heavy-armored knights and piling them up by the side for the city to manage.

As the army slowly entered the city, the demons' presence was able to stop the Tanggulasi soldiers from wanting to charge through the city gate. They had been scared stiff by the demons. All of them were afraid of becoming the demons' next meal.

Back in Daliang City, Saleen was still unaware of the horrifying things that Nailisi had done as he was busy preparing for his wedding.

At noon on the ninth, the armies of Metatrin City entered Daliang City through the north gate once again. Saleen was seated on a golden chariot that was specially made for the wedding. Eight horses were pulling the chariot and behind them was a regiment in charge of rituals. Behind them was the dragon-slaughtering corp that belonged solely to Saleen.

When the golden chariot pulled into the city, the Bitter Water Prefecture soldiers of Daliang City stood by the sides to welcome them. Saleen was standing on the chariot as an old chariot like this one did not come with a carriage. Behind him were Su and Nicholas. The Bitter Water Prefecture soldiers were cheering and throwing fresh flowers in his direction.

Saleen stood tall in his devil suit with the mask over his face.

The people of Bitter Water Prefecture were genuine and sincere in welcoming Saleen. This marriage represented the union of two wealthy countries. In such times of chaos, the commoners would feel a sense of security only if their countries were powerful enough to protect them from trouble.

After all, the Kingdom of Metatrin was a country that had defeated an expedition of the Holy See.

Luolan had been at war for the past two years and the farmers found it tough to survive. Under Lex's rule, the farmers in Bitter Water Prefecture were able to harvest vegetables and even if war should break out, there would be soldiers to escort them to castles for safety.

Food supplies were never an issue since they had the support of Qin. To the commoners, this was already a huge blessing.

When Saleen's golden chariot passed through the city, naturally there were people of Bitter Water Prefecture amidst the crowd that were on the watch. This was to prevent Saleen from encountering another assassination attempt. The troops toured one round of the city before proceeding to the palace, where the honor guards of Bitter Water Prefecture were waiting to welcome them. The parents of both parties were not present, so the person representing Lex's side was Grand Sorcerer Stephanie.

Saleen had no way of rejecting the ceremony entirely. This version was already a much simplified one. If they followed the Qin traditions, the entire ceremony would have lasted between three to six days. Since Lex was the first in line in her family, it would surely have been six days.

Fortunately, the ceremonies of the fourth dynasty were not too complicated, to the relief of Saleen and Lex.

The troop in charge of rituals on Saleen's side had prepared a total of twenty-four wagons of items for rituals. As the wagons entered the palace, Saleen could only enter the palace that had newly built just for him as he could not meet with Lex yet. On the other hand, the dragon-slaughtering corp could now officially station themselves in the palace to ensure Saleen's safety.

Lex also left her magic tower to prepare for the second day of the wedding ceremony. The ceremony had been simplified as much as possible. She would accept the twenty-four wagons of gifts from the Metatrin Kingdom and reward the officials responsible for delivering them.