357 Four-Fifths in an Instan (1/2)

Yale and Ronragruk were standing in the air seeing the incoming army.

Neither of them wanted a war, but since they were being attacked, they didn't plan to beg for piety either.

The tribe had been surrounded by a lot of complex formations and traps, and given the difficulties of the terrain, the defending party had the advantage.

However, since the other party dared to attack, it was clear that they had confidence in obtaining results, so no one dared to underestimate them.

”All of you have no way to escape. If you surrender now, you might live as our slaves. Especially you Ronragruk, I always wanted a dragon as a mount.”

The man who shouted from ahead of the army was the birdman ancestor who was hiding his true level and seemed to be just a peak Law Master.

”Is that bastard again... He had always been asking for trouble, but he never reached this extent...”

Ronragruk recognized the other party and needed to admit that had prepared very well.

Before that day, Ronragruk didn't feel a deep grudge towards the birdman ancestor.

It was true that both could be considered old enemies, but those kinds of struggles were typical in the western continent, so as long one didn't suffer great loses it was difficult to end in a war involving entire factions.

The birdman ancestor had never suffered a great loss due to his relationship with Ronragruk, except that his pride was hurt for always being inferior to him.

In fact, all the birdmen felt an inferiority complex towards the Dragon Race.

Although except Ronragruk they weren't true dragons, just by being allowed to be called like that was a great honor and was easy to obtain the respect of others.

The birdmen were humanoid with wing-like arms that they used to fly, bird-like claws on their feet, and something similar to pecks in their mouths. The rest of them looked similar to the humans, but they felt that needing flapping their arms to fly instead of having the wings in the back like the Dragon Race was far too humiliating.

It wasn't the fault of the Dragon Race that they were like that, but the birdmen were known to be narrow-minded and were looked down by a lot of intelligent species due to that fact and that they acted more like heartless monsters than intelligent beings.

”You should be the leader of the army. I am Yale, the new Demon Lord. I have been residing here temporally and wanted to know the reason for this war.”

Yale didn't hope that the other party would go back on his intentions of war, but if they decided to at least let him off for fear of angering the divine beasts of the western continent, Yale could manage to save some people before returning to help.

There was no way Yale could take Ronragruk with him but saving his friends and the young talents before starting the battle would already be a small victory.

”Demon Lord?”

The birdman ancestor seemed shocked by Yale's declaration, but he easily confirmed that the bloodline Yale was emitting was indeed enough to be called Demon Lord by the beasts in his army.

”To think that a new Demon Lord has appeared... You seem quite young, and your power is barely at the Sage Rank. Are you on a trip to improve yourself or something like that?”

Yale had advanced to the Sage Rank recently and only managed to reach the 1-star Sage Rank some hours before the army appeared at their sight.

”Indeed, I have stopped here for some business, and I was about to leave when I saw your army.”

Yale was really about to leave soon after the marriage of Shirk and Driwna. The method for improving bloodlines was already established, and there was no need for Yale to do it personally anymore. Yale's group had stopped there for a lot of time, so if the war hadn't happened, they would already be making plans to depart.

”I don't want to provoke the divine beasts of the continent, so... I think that I need to kill you before they notice what I am doing. I don't know what kind of beast you are, but any divine beast will work well as my mount.”

The birdman ancestor started to laugh. From the moment he saw Yale's beautiful wings on his back, he had decided to kill him. Moreover, since the birdman ancestor was already a Law God, he didn't fear the divine beasts unless a new Demon Lord appeared, and he felt lucky to have found him before he matured.

”Don't worry. I will end conquering this whole continent one day, and all the divine beasts would be my servants. You don't need to fear to be alone.”