Reinforcements Arrive

The cannon and mage attack had caught the demon army unaware. In their arrogance, they didn't construct an array.

Missiles tore through their camp, destruction which they'd yet to experience.

"CHARGE!!!" Will yelled as he cast his exit ramp.

Seeing the fresh Fermion Army charging the Qhosnir Army felt a weight leave their shoulders.

Goro looked at Will and his rage bubbled to the service. He left his post in front of the pontoon bridge to chase his enemy.

Will had no idea Goro was the former Albanian lord be bested at Korce and he looked nothing like his former human self.

As Goro charged, Marshall vont Valdez and Master Sergeant Timothy had positioned their marine rifle battalion.

"Ready."

"Aim."

"Fire.

Commanded Marshall vont Valdez ordered the first wave to fire. To the Qhosnir and Demon, Armies surprise this new, never seen weapon, pierced through Goro like he was paper.

As the first wave reloaded, the second wave fired stopping Goro's charge. But Goro was a stout monster with thick skin. A few holes through his body weren't enough to kill him.

Yet he was scared and attempted to run away, except for the two rock spikes that traveled from the group up his cafe muscle.

Will unsheathed his sword Heavily Malice and in one swipe separated Goro's head from his neck.

Seeing the shocking display, the tired Qhosnir Army was mightily impressed.

"Form up! Get in back in line you fool. Those near the bridge quickly retrieve the dead," General Yue of Fei commanded.

The general wanted to get his army out of the way. Compared to a single battalion, he knew his army was too battered and shaken to provide any meaningful help.

Thanks to the demon's bridge construction, Will could feel the river silt floating around the river.

Feeling the earth particles Will cast [Meteor] and an enflamed metal ball destroyed the two pontoon bridges.

"Yeah!" cheered the Qhosnir Army watching the demons for the first time being pushed back.

Between Will's magic and the rifles, the remaining demons were quickly dispatched within an hour.

Yet, to their utter shock, instead of resting and celebrating their win, the Fermion Army began pressing their attack against the demons.

Casting [Rock Wall], Will built a sturdy beam bridge across the wide river, just large enough for a caravel to cross under and between the beams.

All that time Will constructed, attacked, and defended. The marine battalion continued to fire sporadically killing a few bold demons.

What took the demons half a day, took Will two hours. Like the demons, he didn't connect the bridge to the western river bank, but rather cast a [Mantle Array] to protect the bridge.

The marine rifle battalion didn't do much damage to the demon army but acted more like fleas on their back.

With the demons off the western river bank, and constantly attacking the demons with cannons, magic, and bullets; the rest of the Allied Army could safely land.

"I'm here to pay my respects to Emperor Gaozong of Song," King Roland said humbly.

"I am Chancellor Lü of Yihao, I've sent men to retrieve the emperor from the battlefield. Please enjoy our comfort, until his imperial majesty returns," the chancellor lied.

After greeting King Roland, Chancellor Lü of Yihao went behind the tent where he just momentarily dragged the emperor out and began slapping him.

"Wake up!" the chancellor repeated slapping the snoring emperor across the face.

"Stop hitting me!" Emperor Gaozong pleaded.

After the chancellor stopped, he looked around and saw his troops in formation.

"So, we're still waiting for the demons to arrive. They must've had some complications on their end if we're still waiting," said Emperor Gaozong.

"You fool, you slept through the whole battle. The peace of our troops is due to the Great Eastern Empire reinforcements. Get up, King Roland from the Kingdom of Fermion is sitting in your tent. Go inside quickly and greet him," Chancellor Lü of Yihao urged.

"About time those do— Why did you slap me? I told you to stop," asked Emperor Gaozong.

King Roland is two meters away, be diplomatic. He just save our army!" instructed Chancellor Lü of Yihao.

Watching this afar was embarrassing for Spymaster Major Qin of Hui, but even more embarrassing was that neither the emperor nor chancellor saw King Roland's spies listening in on their conversation.

Only he could see the black hair, pale white middle-aged man with two knives at his sides, observing them from a hole in the back of the tent.

Spymaster Major Qin of Hui would've attacked if the assassin showed any aggression towards the emperor, but he simply watched emotionlessly.

Now that the reinforcements were landing, Spymaster Major Qin of Hui knew better than to attack a temporary ally.

"Welcome King Roland, by the gods I am pleased to meet you, I am Emperor Gaozong," said the emperor greeting the king informally.

"Greetings of peace be upon you too," King Roland bowed. "Shall we meet for the Supreme Allied Commander to arrive?"

The emperor and chancellor understood the meaning behind the king's rhetorical question.

"We shall," the emperor said resigning himself.

"My chamberlain Bryson is constructing my tent now. I do hope I can impose?" King Roland asked with a smile.

Meanwhile, on the battlefield, the Allied Army was taking position up behind the marine battalion. 30,000 troops formed a line as the demons had once done. They all waited patiently for the imperial Allied Infantry Commander to arrive.

The tall handsome man arrived with the three sages.

The Allied Infantry Commander nodded to Will to commence the attack.

Will finished the bridge, the mantle array pushing the demons back.

Will was the first to walk across the bridge and touch the western river bank. He jammed Heavenly Malice into the ground and caste [Ground Wave] and a tsunami of earth erupted crushing the demons closest to the array.

Next up was Sage Thaddeus to cast [Dragon's Breath]. The spell traveled 6-meters in 180-degree arc roasting demons.

The 6-meter gap, created the space for three rifle volleys before the Allied Infantry Commander issued the "charge!"

While Will recovered his mana, he watched as Sage Ming, Einstein, and Abulafia grand-scale fire, lava, water, and ice.

The sages stood next to Will, as the Allied Army streamed out in mass. Not even now did the HMS Nike stop its cannon fire. The demons were completely overwhelmed by the varied attacks.

This time a battle horn sounded from the Allied Army directing the troops into a specific formation and which direction to travel. Those ten days on the Azures Island were not put to waste.

Will knew if things went well, he would not hear their battle horn again until the end of the battle. And he did not need any more encouragement than that.

"HAAA." The Allied Army shouted as countless men charged toward the now surprised demonic army.

If one side was filled with excitement, then the other was as quiet as a graveyard.

Without an array, the demons knew that they would not win this battle.

At this point, it was merely fear of Lord Bilal and his commanders' death threats keeping the demons in line.

The sounds of swords and spears clashing with shields could be heard across the line as the two armies finally met.

To Lord Bilal's surprise, the reinforcements forces maintained their formation admirably.

He would've thought the reinforcements were still exhausted and scared to have this much of an impact.

"Good I like a challenge. I canning wait until the despair sets in," said the demon lord as he grinned eerily from ear to ear.

After recovering his mana, Will and Nisha raced for the center front lines, where the fighting would the heaviest.

When Nisha and Will arrived, they saw the Allied Army being pushed back. It took three men to kill a single demon.

Will rushed ahead, using his sword like a panther's claw he cleaved a demon in half with a single swipe.

He and Nisha bolstered the front line, killing demons, trolls, and goblins. After advancing to grandmaster rank, their combat was even more deadly than when they fought at Korce.

Not willing to let his disciple have all the fun, Elder Thaddeus left the rear and joined Will at the front.

Archimedes and Elder Thaddeus had not had much fun for a century. Their blood lust returned, they smiled and laughed as they were wantonly killed.

"Master, let's see who kills more?" Will joked.

"I accept," Elder Thaddeus said picking up the pace.

Not one to lose, Will's eyes flickered with gold as he let lose himself. Archimedes and Nisha not be left out, agreed as well. The four competed amongst each other for the most kills.

Even the demons thought those four were demons because their blood lust was too great. They began to fear those four, as they massacred the demons. Moreover, they'd shamelessly steal each other's kills for points.

Will cast [Dragon Slash] killing 66 demons, only for Elder Thaddeus to cast [Dragon's Breath] and kill 75. Only for Archimedes to cast [Claw] and slit 20 throats while Nisha cast [Roar] and blow the eardrums of 35 demons.

Both demons and soldiers marveled and were terrified by the what they saw. It was gruesome, but at the time miraculous. That people and demons alike had trouble looking away.