The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 210 The Primal Demon and the Fearful Demon
It is now the middle of the 31st year of the Empire, and the Abyss invasion has been going on for more than half a year.

During this time, Princess Lia frequently traveled between Eldoron and the Elven Royal Court.

With Elian's permission, the Sun Elf princess studied a great deal of demonology in Eldoron, learned about the characteristics of various demons, and brought back some of the precious books and teaching materials to the Elven royal court.

She also witnessed firsthand the ways the Eldorian legends fought against demons three times, and recorded these valuable images for the elven spellcasters to study.

To the Sun Elves, this princess, who had previously been denounced as a "traitor" by the king, had now become their savior.

She brought back the most valuable demonological knowledge for this war, and she negotiated the import agreement for cold iron weapons with Eldoron, which prevented many cities of the elves, especially the sun elves, from falling completely under the attack of the demon army, allowing them to survive.

Even now, the newly appointed Sun Elf King Elf Sunshine's prestige within his tribe is far less than that of his sister who once "betrayed" him.

The high-ranking members of the ten major Sun Elf families couldn't help but feel fortunate about this:
"Fortunately, Princess Lia had already befriended the humans of Eldoron."

"Otherwise, with so many legendary warriors missing, our Sun Elf race would probably have completely declined, becoming one of the few elven subspecies like the Wood Elves, Winged Elves, and Dark Elves."

Even with Princess Lia bringing back knowledge more precious than gold, and a small quantity of Cold Iron weapons purchased at high prices from Eldoron, the Elven Royal Court's situation worsened day by day.

There was no other way; the elven kingdom was vast, with a population of tens of millions, and their limited military strength had far too many towns to protect…

Thinking of this, Princess Lia's expression couldn't help but darken.

Temporarily forgetting the chaotic thoughts in her mind, Leah brought her thoughts back to reality and asked General Thor beside her:

"So, do you need my help to hold off that Balrog?"

During this period, the battles Princess Lia watched were mostly high-level matches involving legendary Eldoran warriors.

This is the first time that Blackrock Fortress has been so weakly defended and without any legendary warriors.

On the other side is a demon army of over ten thousand, led by Balor the Balrog!
"Need help?"

General Saul said rather calmly:
"His Majesty Elion has instructed that Princess Lia is a guest. She needs to conserve her limited magic to protect her own country and there is no need for her to waste it on us."

"If Your Highness Lia really wants to help, you can use only some low-level spells to reduce the cost."

"Leave the dangerous task of facing the enemy's strongest to us."

Seeing General Thor's resolute attitude, Princess Leah didn't say much, but simply watched the battle silently from the sidelines, gazing at the dark, surging tide of demons.

She was determined that if the human forces were under great pressure, she would help them out of both compassion and reason, regardless of her own exhaustion!
As one of the best among the novice legends, Lia was certain that she was no less powerful than the enemy's strongest Balor Flame Demon.

Of course, because the Balrog's magic and elemental resistances were so high, Lia wasn't confident she could kill it...

Boom boom boom boom boom.

A massive army of demons surged forth!

"Kill!"

"Eating human flesh and blood."

"This is the material plane. Even if we die, we can regenerate our flesh and blood in the bottomless abyss!"

The demons had ferocious expressions, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.

—As monsters born chaotic, evil, and insane, demons have a deep-seated desire for battle and slaughter, and the fact that "demons who die in the material plane will be reborn in the abyss" amplifies their fearlessness.

This is what the elven soldiers saw as the most terrifying aspect of the demon tide after the abyss invasion.

On the other side were a group of crazy, warlike, and fearless thugs whose minds were filled with nothing but killing.

It's completely different from the goblins, giants, dwarves, and the like I've fought before!

"Fight."

On the city wall, several human commanders waved their robes, ordering their cannon fodder subordinates to their deaths: "Go!"

"Archers and melee fighters, stop these demons!"

And so, the demons, their eyes bloodshot with excitement, their minds filled with a bloodlust, ready to tear human throats apart and anticipate hearing their prey's screams and cries of agony, saw their enemy clearly—

Squads of skeleton archers drew their bows on the city walls.

A volley of arrows was fired, raining down like a storm.

Thousands of half-dragon zombies, wielding spears, formed a neat line behind the moat, using their bodies to create a defensive line to block the demon army.

When the demons saw what their main enemy looked like, they were dumbfounded.

what?
Didn't Lord Latour say before that this is a human fortress?
I think humans don't look like that!
These enemies don't look like they'd scream or cry.
This army of tens of thousands of demons consisted mostly of manes and drages. Manes were slightly weaker than professional demons, while drages were at the level of low-level professionals.

These cannon fodder demons, driven by violence by higher-level demons, have no choice but to charge forward out of their instinctive fear of higher-level demons, while constantly watching out for the rain of arrows overhead.

clap clap.

In an instant, the cannon fodder demons in the front row and the undead legion were locked in a fierce battle.

Above, General Thor and his men noticed that the demon army's morale had indeed plummeted when they encountered a real enemy, which was not surprising at all.

When it comes to being fearless of death, our soldiers are even more fearless than you!

Behind the cannon fodder demons, hundreds of mid- to high-ranking demons, including Shadow Demons and Floros, watched as the cannon fodder in front of them died needlessly, completely indifferent to their lives.
"Let these cannon fodder weaken the enemy's strength, then we'll go in."

"Anyway, these low-intelligence Primal Demons and Cowardly Demons are everywhere in the Abyss. You can easily catch a whole bunch of them."

At this moment, the six-armed serpent demon general, possessing the upper body of a human woman and the lower body of a giant serpent, and wielding a longsword in each of his six arms, keenly observed the battle situation and suddenly his expression tightened:
"Wait a minute, something's not right. Our cannon fodder legion seems to have suffered heavy losses."

"These undead are using cold iron weapons, cold iron that is effective against demons!"

—Cold Iron weapons can ignore the demon's "physical damage reduction" property!
Suddenly, the zombies formed a neat formation, and their long, cold iron spears thrust out simultaneously, piercing through the demons in front of them.

These lowly demons, still harboring dreams of slaughtering humans, were killed before they even saw a human's face.

Hu Hu Hu.

A pale green mist emanated from each of the cowardly demons, which was the core extraordinary ability of these low-level demons.

——【Stinky Cloud Technique】!
However, these foul-smelling, toxic clouds of mist clearly had no effect on the zombies.

Another volley of cold iron arrows swept in, causing heavy casualties.

According to demonologists, the overall combat strength of the Fearful Demons is comparable to that of low-level warriors and mages. However, this is mainly due to their signature [Stinky Cloud Spell], as well as their physical damage reduction as demons, resistance to elemental energies such as fire, cold, and lightning, immunity to toxins, and other traits.

With these characteristics ineffective, the combat power of the Fear Demon is no match for a well-trained professional; it is nothing more than a weak grunt!

……

"So many cold iron arrows, just shooting them like that for free?"

Looking at the rain of cold iron arrows from above the city wall, Lia felt a pang of heartache.

The Elven royal army currently possesses only a small number of cold iron weapons. Half of these were purchased at high prices from Eldoron after the war began.

Only elite troops composed of professionals and captains are qualified to be equipped with this weapon that can subdue demons, or to use more expensive magical weapons, but they must use them sparingly.

The hundreds of thousands of low-ranking elf soldiers and militia who did not reach the level of "formal warrior professionals" could only use ordinary iron tools.

But in Eldoron, the entire army was already equipped with Cold Iron weapons, and there were plenty of spares in the warehouses. This made Leah feel somewhat heartbroken.

The largest cold iron mine on the continent today once belonged to the Elven Kingdom!
(End of this chapter)