Chapter 216 – The Northern Front 5 (2/2)
Attacking the empty nest was an ideal plan.
They just had to attack the nest, not capture all the Demon Kings. It was enough to make them wary.
Of course, there was a purpose to doing this.
The fact that he was trying to take advantage of an empty nest would attract their attention, making them focus on Woohyuk’s every movement.
“Anyway, it means that we can have an all-out war if they’re gathered together, right? From their point of view, they’ll think the odds are right.”
“That’s what I think as well since, ultimately, Aleister is behind the Demon King Alliance.”
Aleister was a troublesome thorn in Woohyuk’s side in many ways.
When Woohyuk and his party were talking about Aleister, a ferocious cry came from afar.
“Kyah-Ahhhhhhhhh!”
It was a flock of black crows.
It was said that Lilith’s followers resided in this area.
“Is it a witch? I don’t think Alice would raise anything like that…”
“We won’t know until we check. Brynhildr, take care of them.”
“Please leave it to me.”
Dogfighting was the exclusive specialty of Brynhildr, a Valkyrie.
She flapped her white wings, flew towards the oncoming flock, and struck all the black crows down in an instant. Seeing this unfold, Sieg mentioned,
“My wife seems to be the most beautiful when fighting in the sky. It feels like I’m seeing a graceful swan.”
“… It must be great to be married to such a strong and pretty woman. I’m just a playing thing when someone gets bored.”
“Have you already eaten all the chocolate balls, Helena? If you eat so many sweets, you’ll gain a lot of weight,” Woohyuk mentioned offhandedly.
“I’m referring to you, you unrefined man. If you make fun of a woman’s weight, don’t you know it’s sexual harassment?”
Woohyuk and his party relaxedly waited for Brynhildr.
After a while, Brynhildr grabbed a stunned, live black crow, and brought it to the group.
“I kept this one alive just in case. The other person is probably still watching us from afar.”
“That’s probably the case. Amon, find out who the black crow shares its vision with.”
“… Okay.”
The 7th ranked Demon King could do that easily.
Amon looked into the black crow’s red eyes and gritted his teeth.
“It’s relaying its vision to Aleister. He told the crow to try and find the Holy Lady of Prophecy.”
“Where is he now?”
“Seeing that he’s beside Alice the Queen of Thorns, it looks like the eastern region.”
At least he wasn’t with the Demon King Alliance.
Woohyuk nodded and filled the fortress he just took over with undead forces.
“Aleister is up to something, but it would be better to aim for the Demon King Alliance for now.”
Besides, now was a great opportunity to fill several empty seats in Lemegeton, as the Demon Kings were gathered together.
As Woohyuk led his party and headed northwest, numerous swarms of bats appeared in the air.
“What is it this time? Shall we go and subdue them?” Brynhildr asked.
“They are on our side, Brynhildr. They are vampires, the true rulers of the night.”
Woohyuk had previously ordered Hong Yuri to bring reinforcements.
Seeing that they arrived earlier than expected, it seems that they didn’t face any hardships on the way.
After waiting for a while, Hong Yuri showed up in front of them with the vampires in tow.
“Nice to see you again, Woohyuk. You don’t seem to have many forces with you?”
“If I summon them all, I’ll have much more than your side, so don’t worry.”
“Yes, yes. The blizzard is no joke. If I were a human, I would have died from freezing.”
Hong Yuri chatted joyfully as if it was nice to meet Woohyuk after a long time away from each other.
Her chatter went into one ear and out the other before he asked,
“How far have you developed? How far can you wield the Power of Blood?”
“Quite a lot. The great thing about being a vampire is that the more blood I absorb, the faster I develop. I can now control the Blood Vortex ability quite well.”
Her title was the Blood Queen, but it didn’t make sense to possess this title if she had was at the same level as the other vampires.
After hearing her explanation, Woohyuk summoned Astaroth,
“Hand over the power of Nosferatu to Hong Yuri.”
“… Master, are you serious? That’s my main skill.”
“You’ll get another skill later anyway.”
When Woohyuk met him in the past, Astaroth didn’t attack with blood or strengthen his weapons using the power of blood.
In other words, Astaroth replaced his main skill with better skills.
As Woohyuk ordered, Astaroth sighed and laid his hand on Hong Yuri’s exposed shoulder.
Afterward, bloody energy was transmitted to Hong Yuri, and blood cells bloomed in the air.
“Kyah!”
The skill wasn’t a big deal to Woohyuk, but it would help Hong Yuri in many ways.
Hong Yuri was excited and tried to manipulate the newly gained blood power from one place to another.
“Wow! It’s so cute! This skill will be quite useful when taking care of a large swarm of mediocre enemies.”
“Since you’re the Blood Queen, you’ll be able to use the skill better than Astaroth.”
He hadn’t mentioned it to her yet, but he was thinking of using Hong Yuri appropriately when invading the eastern areas later on.
Soon afterward, when she summoned back her blood skill, Woohyuk set off for his next destination.
“But why can’t I see any Demon Kings here in the western region? You mentioned a Demon King Alliance, so I was firmly prepared for a battle.”
“We’ve found that they’re all gathered in the direction we are going now. It’s definitely an unexpected move by them.”
“Ugh. So, you’re going to fight them all at the same time?”
Hong Yuri had not yet had the experience of fighting head-on with a Demon King.
As she anxiously asked, Woohyuk replied in a calming voice,
“Even if you can’t fight the Demon Kings we’ll face right now, you’re more than capable of taking on Amii or Volak. You can easily defeat Dantalion right now.”
“Oh, aren’t they the ones who invaded the Rhine Kingdom last time? It’s amazing to know that I’ve grown that much.”
“Don’t be complacent. I developed enough to seal Amon, the 7th ranked Demon King.”
“… Chet.”
Hong Yuri frowned and stuck out her tongue.
Right as their conversation was concluding, the sky suddenly turned black, revealing an abyss gap in the sky.
Woohyuk’s party stopped moving and immediately got into battle positions.
“It looks like they’ve decided to make the first move.”