BXBX NOVEL Chapter 158 The Demon Conquest (1)
Some time earlier, shortly before the start of the attack on the Central Area of the Human Continent, 8th Floor of the Tower.
The forces of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe and its allies under the command of the 5th Prince of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe, Kairon, were concentrating on the borders of the Central Area and the Eastern Area of the Human Continent, as the attack was imminent and it was only matter of days before the hordes of demons would depart to conquer the Central Area of the Human Continent.
5th Prince of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe, Kairon was a young-looking man with tanned skin, golden eyes and typical golden horns sprouting over his head. He had shoulder-length jet-black hair and wore and ornamental armor in the classical fashion of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe.
Like the other members of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe, his appearance was humanoid and he was considered very handsome by the standards of many species, as this was something akin to the genetic trait of transcendental beauty among some of the demon species.
"Your Highness, everything is ready and we can start the march on the Central Area within five or six hour."
Stated the much older-looking demons to his side, who was a personal butler of the 5th Prince and one of many servants whom the 5th Prince took with him to the 8th Floor of the Tower. He was currently in the tent of the 5th Prince as he was reporting the situation in the army.
After he said his piece, 5th Prince Kairon just nodded before dismissing the old demon, as he continued to do what he was doing, which was fucking one of his concubines that he brought with him to the 8th Floor of the Tower.
Of course, it was clear that Prince Kairon was not interested in anything else aside from the merits that he could obtain by achieving victory by defeating the Human Brotherhood and securing the Floor for the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe, and the death of his half-brother, 7th Prince of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe Kisrith gave him the perfect opportunity.
Meanwhile, Prince Kairon was having his fun, and some of the Generals who were in charge of their armies, were not having the best time. Many of them realized that this was essentially a suicide mission for the average soldiers because the scouts confirmed that the entire defensive line around the Central Area was heavily fortified.
Not only fortified but countless magetech weaponry installations were sighed, including heavy artilleries, some Towers or other engines of magetech warmachine that were eye-striking even from a distance of several kilometers. This signified that the Avalon Kingdom supplied the Human Brotherhood with these things.
And another thing that this signified was that the human were very well prepared for any possible intrusion into the Central Continent and the defenders would fight every lost meter with their very own lives.
Of course, all of the generals knew that they would be able to breach the defenses of humans, but at the same time, they would need to sacrifice large parts of their armies to do so. Of course, the Prince wanted to hear nothing for that, and why would he?
He didn't care for the state of the army and cared only for the results and making the achievements that he could present to his father, the Patriarch Angol and that he avenged the assassination of his brother.
Of course, some of the smarter people knew that this would probably result in Prince Karion getting exiled at best because the Patriarch won't be too thrilled at sending such a high number of soldiers to their death for nothing because this would do more damage than achievements.
When the old demon, who was the personal butler of the 5th Prince, left the tent, he was stopped by several of the high-ranking military officials of the Tribes and factions that were direct vassals of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe, so their position was even worse than other because they didn't have the power to say not to the Prince of their league.
"So?"
Questioned one of the demons, who looked like an enormous humanoid bear, standing at the height of more than 4 meters and clad in plated armor. He was a member of one of the minor demon species that didn't even have tribe, but he was a renowned general from the Demon Realm, so he was chosen to command one of the wings in the formation that would be attacking the Central Area.
"Nothing... the Prince wants to have the assault done as soon as possible. As expected, he sees only easy merit in conquering the 8th Floor for the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe as soon as possible while completely ignoring everything else."
Answered the butler with tired sight because after this assault failed or succeeded, it would not matter, and most probably, his master would be executed or exiled. Either way, he was done because the damage would be tremendous to the army based on the defenses that the Human Brotherhood prepared through the support of the Avalon Kingdom.
But alas, the competition between the children of the Patriarch for the position of the Heir Apparent was brutal, and after the exploits of the 3rd Princess who managed to bring down the entire Middle World to the fold, or the 1st Prince who led the army and annihilated entire demon tribe that refused to bent a knee to them, the competition got even worse.
Prince Karion wanted to obtain achievement for annihilating the Human Brotherhood, not matter how pitiful it would be, but since the Human Brotherhood was faction supported by the Avalonians, he could get some significant merits from that. So it was still something and for someone like him, who didn't have anything of significant importance to his name, this could be the great start on how to compete against his siblings.
Because of that, he ignored the protocols and plans that the military advisors prepared, and everything was happening under the sight of the Legendary Level powerhouses that were observing the happenings on the 8th Floor.
Naturally outside of the Floor, there were countless Legendary Level Professionals not only from the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe but also from the entire Demon Council who were attentively watching everything that their forces were doing on the 8th Floor, judging and most importantly, remembering everything and everyone.
"So be it... in the end there was nothing else to expect."
The Generals sighed, but they didn't care too much. They didn't care about the soldiers' lives, but they cared about what would happen to them when they returned home with such high losses. Many of them feared for their own lives that they would be executed because some of the smaller tribes were sending the majority of their fighting force to the 8th Floor and its loss would be catastrophic for not just one tribe or species.
After all of them dispersed, the old butler looked high in the sky, as he was sure that some Legendaries of the Demon Tribes were observing this, but they couldn't intervene because it was not their place to do so. Still, he was aware that the 5th Prince would not meet a good end if he ever returned home because Patriarch Angol would be enraged hearing what his son was doing on the 8th Floor.
Meanwhile, the ones from the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe were indeed watching this as they grith their teeth in anger because the thing that the 5th Prince Kairon was doing the whole time he was on the 8th Floor of the Tower was going against all orders of the Patriarch gave him when he was sent to the 8th Floor to lead the troops at this place.
On top of that, he also created a huge mess with the Star Demon Tribe the Lineage of Grand Duke Vassago and the Moon Demon Tribe the Lineage of Grand Duke Agares, who were the two strongest Demon Tribes after the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe the Lineage of Grand Emperor Bael.
Among the demon races descended from the 72 Daemon Pillars, one of the primary factions within the Abyss, which was one of the strongest and most powerful Higher Dimensional Worlds, these three were the strongest of the Demon Tribes.
Their combined might was only a tad lower than that of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe, not to mention that Prince Kairon was forcing a lot of people into this suicide victory mission because the victory would come with a high price.
Ad as the Legendaries of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe were angry at the development and already reported every step of the 5th Prince Kairon to the Patriarch, the Legendaries of other Tribes and Races, especially Star Demon and Moon Demon Legendaries were gleaming with happiness at the development of the situation.
The political situation within the Demon Council was very fragile and even though they were a faction in truth they were not. Demons acted as faction only when they faced a foreign enemy that seeked to destroy them all; aside from that, they only cared about themselves and their own benefits.
The forces of the other Tribes and Races were advancing on the other regions, exactly according to the plans which were devised by the military experts of the Demon Tribes, something that even the 5th Prince Kairon was supposed to adhere to, until he decided otherwise.
Right now, they were preparing to attack the Southern Area of the Human Continent, as that one was the least defended and fortified because it served the sole purpose of housing the majority of the population of the Human Continent.
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When the morning sun's first rays shone the next day, the machinery of the demon army under the leaders of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe started moving with the thunderous roar of the war. Every demon greeted the new day with the thirst for blood and human flesh as the war was coming and they would destroy their hated enemy.
The next day, the troops of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe and other demon tribes under the orders of the 5th Prince of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe, Kairon, attacked the positions of the Human Brotherhood that were defending that Central Area of the Human Continent.
They were attacking the fortifications along the borders between the Eastern and Western Areas of the Human Continent. It was a heavily fortified and militarized line of several kilometers, which was armed to tooth, filled with countless fortresses, watchtowers, entire armies of soldiers were stationed there and countless traps prepared for the invaders.
When they were close to the position of the Humans, suddenly everyone heard the explosions as the magetech artilleries of the Human Brotherhood started shooting their rounds at them, with each blow being especially devastating, comparable to at least 6th Level Spells.
Having such firepower on their side only boosted up the morale of the human army and some of the more experienced and knowledgeable demons became nervous at the entire situation because they were aware of the fact that this would be far more problematic than they initially have thought.
The good thing for the demon army was the fact, that they were able to react very fast to the situation at hand and deploy some defensive measures against the ongoing bombardment. The bad thing was that, even though they had deployed some defensive measures, it was clearly not enough because they couldn't cover the entire area of their army and there were still a lot of places for the humans to shoot at.
Still, the demons continued further and further, despite suffering tremendous losses with each passing meter. For the demons, the losses of their soldiers were nothing more and nothing less than just numbers that could be replenished at any moment, so they didn't really care about the losses that their forces were sustained from the human defenders as they pressed for further attack and advanced more and more into the human territory.