[Mountainous Pathway]
Everything happened in a snap of the moment, no one was even expecting that something like that would happen
With just one swing of an harbinger axe had disintigrated the whole mountain and turned it into a flat platue
Not only was it able to destroy the mountain, it also was able to successfully destroy the campsite by taking off the very foundation of it
Alduin was widely shocked by everything that happened that it turned him into a mute for a moment, not only him but also the other soldiers and especially Xyrus himself, they couldn't even comprehend such devastating attack
As the mountain got disintigrated the whole Beastman army fell into the flat platue that was artificially made by Hepta the one responsible for it's destruction
As they fell not only will they be able to crash down, they will also have a hard time dodging the falling debris of the former mountain and escape the situation of being crushed underneath the rubble
Due to it few soldiers survived the fall and even fewer units survived the falling debris, this in turn caused panic and destruction on the Beastman army side
Of course such situation also did occur on Alduin as he fell and needed to dodge the falling debris just to avoid being crushed underneath
The destruction of the enemy's campsite however raises the morale of the demon soldiers that are fighting on the ground which stunned the other Frontline soldiers
Right after that series of cries could be heard across the battlefield
"Wahhhhh!!!!!"
"Let's go!!!!"
"For the Demon king!!!"
"Long live the Demon king!!!"
"Long live the Demon king!!!"
"Long live the Demon king!!!"
With raised fervor the demons fought even harder than their prior performance and even managed to breakthrough the enemy's defences
As one of the ogre raises his arm and swept the troops below him, another kijin sneaked up below him and casted black flame unto the enemy
"Destroy them!!!"
With that shout the demons flooded the opened defences and started attacking their backliners which caused more deaths than usual
As Alduin stood up and tried to process everything that happened so far, Hepta the perpetrator herself started to come closer and stood in front the dazed hero and it's own army
"Just what?... . . Such magic is inconceivable!"
Just when they were in shock Xyrus opened his mouth to comment upon it's situation, apparently he still couldn't accept that such destruction was caused by a single person
Staring right at Hepta from eye to eye, Alduin couldn't help but state
"You... . . You truly surprises me!... . . I didn't expect you to pull up a fast one on me"
"Fast one?... . . I believe I only did what I considered natural in a war, it's only normal for myself to give it my all right?" Asked Hepta
Hearing that Alduin easily agreed on that and drop his current weapons, as he dropped them he did another fighting style and a naginata started forming in his hand
With a spin of his naginata Alduin immediately crouched down and lunched himself directly towards Hepta
With a simple thrust from Alduin's naginata, Hepta immediately raises her harbinger to its side to protect it from the attack, unfortunately the former upon entering her zone immediately stepped to the ground with his left foot and kicked her to the sides with his right, completely rooting Hepta of her feet
As she stumbles for a few rolls, she tightly gripped her harbinger and smashed the ground in front of her to cause everything from it's debris to fly up and provide cover for her
Not hesitating at all Alduin bravely enters it's attacking range and attacked Hepta again by rapid spear thrust
Seeing this Hepta efficiently blocked or parry his every attack and countered with another huge swing completely sending him back for a few miles
As Alduin landed firmly unto the ground Hepta spoke up
"I'll show you why I'm considered as one of the four vassals inspite of my race and gender!"
As she said that she tapped the but of her harbinger unto the ground which made a huge black Mana engulfed her whole body and raises the pressure on its surrounding area
The pressure however completely stunned both Alduin and the army that it made them all stare at the source of such Mana
For quite a while when the Mana dissipated, Alduin's eyes opened wide in shocked as he couldn't even comprehend the scale of his own enemy and caused her to grow in strength just like it was nothing
The other soldiers however completely stood still, some even were pissed on their pants just by being in it's presence, Xyrus however wasn't fairing any better as he stumbled unto his butt and shook from head to toe
With such reaction Alduin can easily guess that Xyrus the hero's only close companion, was actually scared to it's wits end
"Hepta Purgatory Form!!!"
As the Mana dissipated Hepta's one exposed body was suddenly covered up with black and hard purgatory armor from head to toe, from it's horn on her helmet, to its striking edges on it's body with it's finer details, one could easily deduct that such armor really brought out everything they have
"Now arise and witness as how I will easily destroy everyone here!!!"
From that condescending tone from her, Xyrus immediately snapped out from his daze and commanded the soldiers to concentrate it's forces against Hepta
For him the number one priority in this situation was to immediately get rid of the riot of the problem
"Kill her! Archers aim! Knights charge! Mages provide cover fire!!!" He commanded in a loud voice
Followingly he also raises his arm and conjured a magic circle and casted a water dragon to assault Hepta
"Die Demon!!!" He shouted
As the spell made its way towards Hepta however, series of explosions intercepted its way completely failing it's objective as multitudes of demons and other allied monsters comes up and supported Hepta
"Protect her lady!"
"Kill all the enemies!"
"To the front! The one who gives me the head of the hero will be promoted!!!"
As the demons flooded the platue, the army however deducted that the Frontline was broken through and it's only a matter of time until they fall
With the will to survive two sides clashed again on top of the platue and engaged a bloody battle
Alduin the Beastman wolf Hero however clicked his tongue as he dodge the primary attack of a demon and beheaded it with a swing, followed that he had to also consistently dodge the atta KS from it's mages and keeps it's distance
Dropping it's naginata he immediately held out and conjured a missile launcher and launched multiple missiles on the different places where the enemy clumps together
With that series of attacks caused explosions to round up
However this back up has provided Hepta to finish the spell she's currently working on and successfully activating it
Soon as the magic circle glowed, a huge black demonic looking door appeared and suddenly creaked open showing the complete red scenery of its insides that look like hell
"Gates of Hades!!!"
When Hepta exclaimed that the door immediately shined black light and started spouting out huge giant sized creepy looking demons one by one that soon the platue was filled with six huge demons that easily killed anything that is close to it
Seeing it's troops being killed and eaten by this huge monsters, Alduin gave a final thrust to one of its huge demon and killed it completely as he shouted back to Xyrus
"Fall back!!! We're completely outmatched here!"
Hearing that Xyrus immediately relayed his thoughts and signaled for the army to fall back at once
"Retreat! I repeat retreat!!! We are completely outmatched retreat!"
With his thought relayed throughout the army Alduin immediately cleaned off his weapon and killed more enemy on his path as he glanced at the black suited armor from afar as he clicked his tongue
"Damn it!" He cursed
With a thought of sending a parking gift towards his opponent, Alduin immediately turned around and quickly conjured a huge object on his arm
Soon a huge column appeared and opened its tips showing off its huge muzzle, after that energy started to form from it's tips as he aimed at Hepta
"Adamantine Cannon!!!"
With a proclamation Alduin completely shot a huge ray of laser straight at the enemy that decimated a lot of it's forces including some of it giant sized demons along the way
Hepta however wielded her harbinger and bravely confronted the attack by blocking it with a spin of it's harbinger
Upon collision Hepta slid off the ground for a mile as the ground beneath her feet immediately cracked and buried her feet
Soon a huge explosion rung out that blew some of the monsters and demons away
As the smoke was cleared the Beastman army and it's hero was nowhere to be found, thus they deducted that they completely bailed on them which disappointed Hepta clearly
"Well that was anti-climatic... . . that means we won and he's still alive... . . Welp whatever since he survived that means we will fight again, and maybe by that time he has something new to show me" shrugged Hepta as he faced the demon army again and proclaimed their victory further improving the army's morale
"Huzzah!!!"
"For the demon king!"
"For the demon king!"
"Long live the Demon king!!!"
"Long live the Demon king!!!"
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[Thick forest]
As soon the Beastman army fled from the Demon's, they were constantly in the move and finally found trees and cover from afar after a long day in the hot wife open wilderness
As the army stationed on the forest entrance, Alduin leaned back on the tree as he exhaled out of exhaustion, not only was his stamina depleted but also his Mana was depleted from his constant weapon changing
The last attack however completely drained him, but this didn't bother him cause after some few rest he will regain his stamina back
Soon the surviving commanders approached both him and Xyrus who seated near him and planned to discuss their next action
"Firstly! How many of us survived?" Asked Alduin
"Not many!... . . I presume about 300 soldiers were left and if we put aside the heavily injured it would be around 120 light injured soldiers" reported by one of the commander
"Not much eh!" Commented Xyrus
Soon Alduin spread out a map that was handed to him and said
"We are going back to the kingdom and replenish our army, since we lost 700 good men from this battle, we should need atleast more men to handle the incoming army" he said
After that he pointed at the map
"It is said here that there is a lot town right at this area" he pointed at the spot of the port town
"We will send some soldier over there to talk with the Lord and asked for his help on this matter by sending a few delegations o er that area, following which the main force would return back to the kingdom" he added
"But wouldn't that showcased us as losers on the battle? It will plummet the morale of the citizens" some commander pointed out
"If that was the case then tell him or her, if we all die who would protect them? That will shut them for sure"
"But the vassal... . . Hepta The Ghoul Queen... . ." Said Xyrus
"No worries I've got a present for her next time" said Alduin
"Present?" Asked the others
"Yes! By that time I'm going to rain down on her the most dangerous weapon of mankind... . . A nuke"
Since this was a new term everyone showed a confused look as they listened to Alduin, soon the talk went smoothly and he ordered some men to form a delegation towards a port town and atleast by chance receive help from it fantasy current navy
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After that fateful battle few days have passed forming a week
After a week on the sea a silhoutte of a ship entered the horizon as new powerhouse entered the country that is currently in war with the demons
Soon this certain person will at some point get tied it's fate to meet with the Ghoul Queen and the Beastman hero
And that certain person is also the reason for the current situation of the empire, and the sudden interest of a certain Archdemon