The grasslands outside of Wolf City were engulfed in flames from the battle as the demonic army rushed in like floodwaters. The skies were covered with so many flying-type demonic beings that they basically turned day into night.
As the city did not have any defensive structures, the demonic beings’ advance into the city was exceptionally smooth-sailing. The Wolf Tribe had not recovered from their loss of more than a million soldiers and thus there were only about three hundred thousand troops stationed to guard Wolf City.
In the face of millions of demonic beings, the Wolfmen were practically helpless. Other than the Wolfmen soldiers, the common Wolfmen began to flee for their lives as the aura that emanated from the demonic beings was far too terrifying. The sound of their footsteps alone caused the ground to tremble constantly.
Bella and Lisha rode on their Bone White Warhorses and advanced into the Wolf City while being escorted by a large team of Death Knights. Wolf City was actually Bella’s nickname for the city. Since she did not understand the Beastman language and the official name of the city was written in their language, Bella had no choice but to call it Wolf City for conveniences’ sake.
“Lisha, you’re finally back…”
“Older Sister, what do you mean I’m finally back… she and I share the same memories. I realized that ever since I came to your duchy, our memories have begun to sync up.”
Every so often, a golden flicker would flash across Lisha’s blue irises, causing her to look like the Demonic Dragon Emperor Alisha. She was currently wearing the Dark Dragon Knight’s armor, which looked exactly like a Dragon Knight’s armor except for the ornamental black dragon on it.
These were all demonic beings, and there was nothing wrong with wearing a Dragon Knight’s armor. Since Lisha, unlike President Maria and the others, did not share the same morals, she did not mind blending in. Bella did not wear the Holy Knight’s armor and instead chose to wear a Death Knight’s designated armor. To differentiate herself from the other Death Knights, Bella specially wore a crown and did not put on a helmet.
“Hmm… if that’s the case, Lisha, will Alisha be able to feel it when I kiss you in the future? Also…”
“Older Sister Bella… get your mind out of the gutter. Don’t get ahead of yourself. If you really wish to find out, then ask her yourself!”
Lisha pouted, a little too embarrassed to look at Bella. The Demonic Dragon Emperor Alisha must have been truly aroused. Otherwise, their memories would not have synced. To prevent Bella from going too far, Lisha did not tell her about this. Instead, she planned to let Bella ask Alisha directly.
Bella knew her limits and did not continue to question Lisha. She still did not fully understand the theory behind why her dorm mates would be able to turn dark and decided to simply stop at teasing.
Suddenly, a few arrows flew in Bella’s direction. It was no wonder that they would target her, with that ostentatious crown on her head. However, the arrows that the Wolfmen had were of poor quality and Bella’s Death Knight’s armor could only be damaged by weapons that had been enhanced by radiant magic.
Those few arrows barely made a single scratch on the armor before bouncing off it. At the sight of their Demon King being attacked, the demonic beings were uncharacteristically furious and charged in the direction which the arrows came from without even waiting for Bella’s orders.
The Beastmen that had attacked Bella had been taking aim from atop a watchtower that was immediately turned to rubble when Bella’s Death Knights unleashed their fury on it. In addition, the demonic beings continued to shoot various arrows at the towers in a maddened frenzy not unlike a swarm of angry wasps.
The watchtower could not withstand the vicious attack and collapsed almost immediately, killing most of the attackers. Out of the corner of her eye, the ever-observant Bella saw a familiar figure with hair as white as snow. It could not have been anyone else.
“Your Majesty, your servant deserves to die. We shall destroy every single high rise building in sight!”
“It’s fine. Do as you wish. By the way, find me a change of clothes.”
The Death Knights surrounding Bella were about to plead for their Demon King’s forgiveness. Instead, she did not take it to heart at all and simply requested for a set of new clothes.
“Older Sister Bella, didn’t you wear this the last time… don’t tell me that you’re thinking of doing something naughty again.”
“Younger Sister Lisha, what kind of look is that? After all, I am a demon king and it is perfectly natural for me to do immoral things!”
“That makes sense. Alright then, you naughty older sister, I will take command of your army in the meantime.”
“No need for that. I will still be here to lead my troops. I have other plans for her.”
Bella simply brushed off Lisha’s look of suspicion. No matter what, she would not truly despise Bella. At most Lisha would only feel ridiculed.
Bella put on her new black clothes and continued to command her army in battle. She had already sent her experts to follow Tania instead.
The White Wolf Princess Tania moved gingerly among the rubble as poisonous arrows had pierced into her right forearm and leg. She had been part of the Wolfman strike team that attacked Bella earlier.
As she was rather far away, Tania could not tell that Bella was a human girl. All she could see was that there was a leader within the Death Knights that wore a unique crown. In the beginning, she had thought that her target was merely a team leader who was wearing the crown for the sake of having fun.
Little did she know that it was the head of the entire army and this last attack had cost Tania her entire team. Tania tried to ignore the searing pain in her forearm and leg as she began to make her way back to guard Wolf City’s grand hall with her life.
The arrows used by the demonic beings were extremely toxic. Unless given the appropriate treatment in time, once shot, the injured would likely end up losing their limbs. However, this was a wartime emergency and Tania could care less. She gritted her teeth and continued to move slowly towards the palace.
As Tania still had the dark ring on her finger, the demonic beings around her did not attack her at all. She desperately wished to help her fellow soldiers as they were being mercilessly slaughtered by the demonic beings, but she was already in such severe pain that she could barely move. She was in no position to even save herself, let alone anyone else!
Before Tania could reach the palace, she realized that the palace gates were slowly closing. Wolf City had its own defense mechanisms set in place within the infrastructure. A shallow moat had been dug around the palace and the palace gate was designed with a drawbridge.
“No way, they’re closing the gates already? What about the soldiers fighting outside?”
The oldest son of the Wolf Tribe’s leader, Harrington, had ordered for the gates to be closed. He would rather sacrifice the safety of his fellow soldiers outside who were still fighting a bloody battle than to allow the demonic beings to infiltrate and attack the palace. The soldiers outside would be left as cannon fodder.
Harrington had even planned to give up on Tania. Although he was her older brother, he did not have a sister complex. The Beastmen’s preference of males over females was even more prominent than the humans. Furthermore, there was the problem of the perception of beauty. In Harrington’s eyes, Tania was clearly an ugly female, which lowered the value of saving her even more.
“Harrington… Older Brother, don’t pull up the doors just yet. There are still so many of our people left out here!”
Tania did not care about her tiff with Harrington anymore and had even called him her older brother, despite her unwillingness. There were still many other Wolfman soldiers behind her that were still retreating towards the palace. If Harrington were to close the gates, they would have nowhere to go.
The fact that his younger sister, who always had a bone to pick with him, had finally called him brother, triggered a little compassion in Harrington’s heart and filled him with an inexplicable warmth. Just as he was about to retract his order and lower the drawbridge, a large group of black shadows speeding towards the palace immediately destroyed any thoughts of saving his younger sister.
With the Wolf King’s palace as their target, a large team of Death Knights was charging towards it from a distance. Based on their estimated speed, if the gates were to be lowered, they would rush right into the palace. Taking his safety into consideration, Harrington turned to leave, abandoning Tania in his wake.
“You coward. I was wrong about you…”
As Tania turned around, she paled at the sight of thousands of Death Knights charging towards her. Many Wolfman soldiers had been knocked to the ground and trampled to death by the stampede of Death Knights.
The charging knights were basically all-consuming. In this critical moment, Tania forgot that she actually still had the mysterious black ring and the demonic beings would not touch her at all. Being shot by the poisonous arrows was simply a fluke.
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