A Demon's Journey

Five months have passed since the dramatic war between the Glerian Kingdom, the Sinyalian Kingdom, and the Lamhilhan Theocracy.

The soldiers of the Glerian Kingdom had fought many different races. They fought angels, demons, and even other humans.

The warriors and civilians were eagerly anticipating the end of this war. This war had taken their closest friends, family members, and made their lives very difficult. Prices skyrocketed, and most families couldn't even afford food. They had to sell their house and other important heirlooms just to survive a bit longer.

All of them were relieved as the war concluded and the Sinyalian Kingdom took over the Glerian Kingdom's territory.

After taking over the Glerian Kingdom's territory, David Valliadis' first order was to offer free food to all its residents.

In reality, this was to obtain public support. Many citizens guessed David's motive, but they were still very grateful to him.

After a few months of taking over the Glerian Kingdom's territory, the Sinyalian Kingdom lost most of its territory to the Principality of Aseca, Republic of Raleroma, and Alinginian Kingdom.

However, David and his council had expected this. Thus, they had already relocated most of their valuables and artifacts from those sites.

Well, they did lose a bit. They lost some mines. Fortunately, the mines they lost provided raw materials for some common materials.

In any case, the Sinyalian Kingdom's new territory was comprised more of the old Glerian Kingdom rather than its original territory.

But this didn't matter much as the Sinyalian Kingdom offered up basic amenities at a cheap rate, while quickly restructuring the economy.

In terms of handling economy and internal matters, the Sinyalian Kingdom was much superior to the Glerian Kingdom.

The Sinyalian Kingdom's borders with the Lamhilhan Theocracy were a little heated. This was because the Lamhilhan Theocracy was trying to secretly infiltrate the Sinyalian Kingdom's territory.

Three groups from the Lamhilhan Theocracy infiltrating the Sinyalian Kingdom's territory had already been caught. This put the entire Sinyalian Kingdom on high alert as there was no way to know just how many people had successfully infiltrated the Sinyalian Kingdom.

However, this kind of situation was quite normal. In fact, the soldiers and even the citizens were used to it.

Today was different, though.

A group of soldiers were patrolling around the borders of the Sinyalian Kingdom and the Lamhilhan Theocracy with impassive looks.

All of them were very attentive of their surroundings. Suddenly, they felt the ground shake.

"…What is going is?" The group captain wondered as he tried to maintain his balance. The soldiers of his group weren't so lucky, though. They fell down, while staring in the northern direction.

The Northern Direction meant that this strange tremor was originating from within the Sinyalian Kingdom's territory.

The group captain quickly contacted the soldiers on the watchtower through his Voice Transmission Stone Array and asked them, "What do you see?"

"…Captain, it's a massive dust cloud. And its headed for us at an incredible speed!" The soldier spoke while keeping his eyes on that dust cloud.

The trees blocked his vision and prevented him from seeing just who was creating this dust cloud.

Meanwhile, the group captain asked the soldier, "Is this an army from the capital?"

Although he asked this question, the group captain felt that it was highly unlikely that the capital would send a large army without informing him.

"…No…This isn't an army. T-These are beasts! So many beasts!" The soldier cried out with a terrified expression.

"What? Beasts? How many beasts are there? And what is their strength?" The group captain asked with a startled tone.

The Voice Transmission Stone suddenly stopped working. The group captain tried to contact that soldier again but received no response.

The group captain tried to contact other soldiers who were stationed near the watch tower. However, no one responded.

The group captain had a bad feeling about this. He instantly contacted the border camp nearby, "Get everyone on the double. We need to fight beasts. Their numbers are unknown, but I believe there are hundreds of them, with a possibility of a Beast Lord among them. Request for reinforcements from the nearby camps."

"Yes, sir!" The Lieutenant shouted in response.

The group captain led his team back to the camp, while the Lieutenant organized all the troops and charged out of the camp.

The Group Captain soon met up with the Lieutenant and the troops.

"I received information from our soldiers on watchtowers that many beasts are heading towards us! There could be hundreds of beasts. Be ready to fight with your lives on the line!" The group captain shouted.

His soldiers responded deafeningly, "Yes, sir!"

At that moment, the Lieutenant spoke out, "Sir, we have already survived a dangerous battle against the Celestials and the Demons. We can definitely deal with these beasts."

These words raised the morale of the troops while the group captain nodded affirmatively.

"Still, do not bite more than you can chew. Leave the Beast Lord to me! Just make sure to deal with the other beasts!" The group captain ordered sternly.

"Yes, sir!" All the soldiers spoke in unison.

Soon, the ground beneath them began to shake. This was the same magnitude that the group captain and his team had felt when they were patrolling earlier.

However, the tremors became more intense, and the troops who had earlier maintained high morale were now filled with misgivings.

"H-Hundreds of beasts shouldn't be able to create such a strong tremor…" A soldier spoke out with a feeble tone.

Another soldier answered with a slightly confident tone, "…Maybe it's the work of an Earth Elemental Beast."

Even the group captain had his doubts about the situation. He felt that the situation was much more serious than he had earlier imagined.

Soon, the beasts were in view. The group captain saw a white fox leading a horde of beasts. There was a young woman sat atop that white fox.

The group captain focused his gaze on the horde of beasts and knitted his brows as he couldn't see an end of these beasts.

A soldier exclaimed with a terrified tone, "These are not hundreds, but thousands of beasts!"

Morale of the entire battalion plummeted immediately.

There were barely 700 soldiers including two 5 Star Warriors in this battalion. They were ill prepared to face thousands of monsters!

The group captain had a stern expression, but he didn't give up hope. He tried to raise the spirit of his troops by shouting, "We must not lose hope. The reinforcements from the nearby camps will arrive soon. We must ensure to hold our ground!"

Just as the group captain was prepared to deal with this incoming Beast Horde, the white fox in the front changed its path.

The entire beast horde ignored the troops in front and followed after that white fox.

The group captain and his entire battalion was relieved to see this. They naturally didn't wish to fight this beast horde.

The group captain kept his eyes on that woman seated atop the white fox. As he gazed ahead, the group captain understood that this woman wanted to breach the borders and enter the Lamhilhan Theocracy.

Trying to stop this woman here meant fighting these thousands of beasts. The group captain certainly didn't want his personal battalion to be massacred here.

Thus, the group captain decided to let Tiana pass through the border from his side and reach the Lamhilhan Theocracy.

In any case, it was a good thing for the Sinyalian Kingdom that so many beasts were leaving the nearby forests. The Sinyalian Kingdom could now subjugate the remaining beasts in those forests and create more routes.

This would greatly enhance the trade and provide mobility to the troops. Moreover, the forests were full of rare herbs and minerals. The Sinyalian Kingdom could acquire them without much effort.