The Simple Life of Killing Demons - Book 12: Chapter 52

Volume 12 Chapter 52 : The Defense of the Demon Realm (2)

It was a confusing scene. There were countless small red dots lighting up in the dust. Since the dust was still falling, they were like the light of fireflies, twinkling and shining.

Looking at the dense red dots, the spirits could not help but felt a chill in their hearts. That feeling was like a prey being targeted by a predator.

The red light was advancing forward as the dust was falling. Finally, the spirits saw the opposite side clearly.

Wearing black armor and holding various weapons, a demon army of different sizes appeared in front of the spirits.

There were several thousands in number, which was about the same amount as that of spirit soldiers. Logically speaking, the spirits would not be afraid of those demons. Among them, there were no superior demons, but due to the previous battle against the demonic insects, the soldiers had consumed a lot of magic power and stamina. Fighting against demons in that state was not great no matter how they thought about it.

Moreover, the soldiers were a little concerned. Among those that were mixed among the demons, there were creatures that looked like demons, but not. The feeling they give the soldiers was completely different from that of the demons, and the hostility they carried seemed to be heavier.

Skeleton soldiers were at the frontline. Even if such demon’s bodies were scattered around, as long as the bones were not broken, they could be pieced back together. It was the best choice for cannon fodder.

Placed on the second row was the rock demon, with earthy skin and a hard body. Their defense was extremely strong, so they could not be anything better than being a defense.

After that, there were lowly demons and creatures similar to them.

“That’s how it is. They let out a large number of insects that are relatively weak in attack power to reduce our strength, and then leave the most important ones with combat capability at the back… What a great strategy.” Hawke murmured, and then waved his big hand, “Everyone, retreat. I believe that everyone must have noticed the mixed creatures among the demons. Before we know their details, we can’t rush in to fight. We need to recover our magic power for now.”

“Understood!” The soldiers undoubtedly followed Hawke’s instructions.

At that moment, the ground began to shake. After that, a huge beetle-like creature emerged from the ground, forming a hill.

If the previous demonic insects were children and the bigger insects were teenagers, then that one was undoubtedly an adult.

Its whole body was gloomy in color. In the darkness, without those red eyes, it would be difficult to notice its existence.

Eight thighs with barbs gripped the ground firmly, and in front of them were two dull claws. However, no one felt that they were blunt. The appearance of tentacle-like, tangled teeth, sent people chills down their spine. Once bitten, it was believed that bones could be turned into fine powder.

As soon as it appeared, all the monsters crawled towards it.

“As an earth spirit, I only know what is controlling the insects, but I failed to discover such a huge creature hidden underground. What a failure.” Hawke mocked himself. He secretly felt that the enemies who came that time were really unlike usual. Their next battle would be a bitter one.

“General, the soldiers have already retreated, let’s hurry up too.” A spirit officer spoke behind Hawke.

“Yes. Back five kilometers away from the city, there is a mountain road. Ask the defenders to set up an enchantment, and we will stick to our posts.”

“General! We wiped out the bugs by the North gate, but found that there are demon troops behind.” A wind spirit riding a big bird landed in front of Hawke, jumped down, and kneeled.

At that time, another spirit from the South came to report, “General, there are thousands of demon troops in the South, and there are creatures similar to demons among them.”

After the Bell of Defense chimed, there were scouts from East, North, South, all three directions, reporting the appearance of the demonic insects. The West had a tall mountain, which acted as a natural barrier, so no demonic insects were found so far. On the East side, the number of demonic insects was the largest, so Hawke led more soldiers to the East. On the other two sides, two lieutenants were dispatched to meet them.

The two lieutenants have been fighting alongside Hawke for decades, and they were also extremely experienced in combat. They led the soldiers and defeated the creatures, but they did not expect that after them, it turned out to be a demon army. They immediately retreated a distance and sent a messenger to inform Hawke, waiting for Hawke’s order.

“Retreat to the city gate five kilometers away, and we will defend there.”

Compared with the other four big cities, Delza was a town with relatively comprehensive development. There were fields around the town to grow crops. Planting required three major conditions, fertile soil, sunshine, and the most important source of life——Water.

A big river around Delza ran from South to North, just five kilometers away from Delza. Hawke believed that as long as he used the big river well, he would be able to block the footsteps of those demons there, and then gain time to recover his physical strength and magic power. By then, he would have to fight again.

What kind of spirits were the most in a city? All they had to do was to look at the city lord to understand. Delza was lightning, wind, water. Speaking of using rivers to resist enemies, water spirits were the best.

Hawke informed the messenger of his thoughts, and they conveyed them. The courier nodded and returned to their teams.

Looking at the demon army again, they all had accelerated their pace due to the spirit soldiers’ retreat.

Numerous fast wind demons even broke out of the team, waving their weapons, and coming towards Hawke and the others.

The huge monster crawling out of the ground also swayed its eight legs and crawled over.

Hawke’s glare grew cold, and the big hand holding the long sword suddenly exerted force. His veins burst out, and he took a deep breath, “Great… landslide!”

Hhong! The dust that had just calmed down flew up again at that moment. The shock wave was like a long earth dragon, charging towards the mountain-like huge monster.

“Bong!” It was like an atomic bomb exploded. As if entering the desert world, the sky was full of dust.

“That big bug must have been dead by now after eating General’s great landslide straight away.” The soldiers turned their heads when they heard the loud noise, and then shouted.

“That’s right, that’s right.” It could be said that Hawke was able to maneuver them more than the city lord, so they all worshipped Hawke like a god.

“Leave, quick.” However, Hawke still had a stern face, as if he could never smile again, he said sharply.

After hearing Hawke’s words, the soldiers were a little puzzled, but soon, they understood what Hawke meant.

A huge shadow ran out from the dust, and the black-shelled demon insect was still intact. It was rushing towards the soldiers, and behind it were the remaining little demonic insects.

“How is that possible?! Did it completely block the general’s landslide and protect its subordinates?” The soldiers were shocked.

“To deal with these bugs, we should use fire. The spirits of the fire element are preparing for a great combination. Remember, dodge as soon as you release it.” The spirit standing next to Hawke, who was about the same age as him, had a role similar to a military advisor. Once he gave orders, all the soldiers of the fire element stopped retreating and lined up in a row. They opened their hands, and put their palms together with their companions side by side. They started chanting the spell.

A large red magic circle loomed in front of them.

The monsters kept crawling forward, but the big monster was the fastest. It was very close to the soldiers who had stopped to release their magic.

Looking at it from a distance before, the soldiers could not see the appearance of the big monster clearly. Now as the monster approached, the ugly appearance shocked them.

“Release!” one of the captain shouted.

The huge flame magic circle spurted raging fire, instantly surrounding the monsters and turned them into a sea of flames. They could hear the ear-piercing screeches of the monsters.

“Did we make it!”

“Don’t be too happy, retreat quickly!”

Just when the fire spirits who had released their combined skills were puzzled, a black shadow rushed out of the sea of flames. Its colorless claws swept across the spirits in front of them.

“Plop, plop.”

Blood flew everywhere, and the eyes of the fire spirits who were swept away widened. They felt like they were flying, then fell to the ground again.

The dust flew up, and they saw their lower body. Although they could see their lower body before, but at that moment, it was different. They were separated from their lower body by a long distance.

Several demonic insects came out of the sea of flames, and the first thing they did was to eat their lower bodies left there. However, the spirits could no longer feel the pain in the lower body.

“Damn it!” The fire spirits, who were lucky enough to be beyond the attack range of the monster’s claws, saw their companions being cut into two pieces. The blood of their companions was still spraying on their armor, which turn their eyes red.

“Ah!!!!” Several fire spirits rushed towards the big monster.

The big demonic bug was hooking and biting a spirit’s thigh. Seeing the fire spirits approaching it from both sides, it thrust its front paws into the ground.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”

Under their feet, black and gloomy thorns sprouted. The thorns were extremely powerful, piercing through the fire spirits completely. They looked like voodoo dolls, which was a horrible scene.

“Scoundrel!!!” Many soldiers behind that saw the incident were about to lose their minds and wanted to fight desperately with the huge monster.

However, they were all stopped by the military advisor, “Everyone probably can defeat it together, but the price we pay is… Don’t forget, there is a demon army behind it. If we lose more combat power because of this, then who will guard our home? Don’t you want to live to see your family again?!”

The military advisor’s words calmed the soldiers. They could not bear to look at their fallen comrades, so they retreated even faster.

Hawke looked at the big demonic monster coldly, and it stared back at him too. However, its mouth did not stop chewing on the fallen spirit’s corpse.

“Just you wait, your head, I will definitely take it down.”

But, things like that did not just happen in Delza…