Adrosiean stood at the front looking down at the human alliance army from afar with indifferent. From his vision, the human soldiers seemed like tiny ants marching towards the forest.
Behind Adrosiean was an army made up of Crimson Cross members. They were holding crude weapons like axes, maces and swords with excitement in their eyes.
As members of the largest demonic cult in the kingdom, they were not helpless. In addition with Adrosiean's demonification, the Crimson Cross demonic humans had more than enough strength to fight back against the kingdom's army.
Currently, Adrosiean was in his human form and concealing his demonic aura. He was blended among the cult members and looked like a normal cultist. He had no intentions to fight the incoming battle personally.
Showing himself was simply too risky. The reason was not because of the enemy's strength but because Adrosiean did not want to let the world to know of his location. If the world found out that he was here, he would be in huge trouble.
The nations would never allow his existence. There was no doubt that Adrosiean would get besieged by countless waves of armies.
After all Adrosiean was a demon lord, a common enemy of the entire world. Moreover, the guardian conclave's prophecy made the situation far worse. They basically branded Adrosiean as the worst villain in history.
Adrosiean would not mind if this was in the past when he was at his peak. However, currently Adrosiean did not dare to fight the whole world by himself. After all Adrosiean was very weak now compared to before.
He was lacking in everything. Adrosiean did not even have a proper base as his headquarters. Without a defensive base, even he would have a hard time defending against the whole world.
In the past, even if Adrosiean could not win against the combined strength of a world, he could at least preserve his life if he had his own proper defensive base.
Adrosiean might be extremely powerful with his two mythical items but he clearly knew that he was not invincible.
Adrosiean could not possibly win against the forces of the entire world by himself. Adrosiean knew he would only become a classic demon lord in fantasy stories who will later defeated by a bunch of heroes.
Adrosiean's undead legion was not in it's peak state because of the ambush from another guild. If Adrosiean had to fight against Neraras in his current state, he would certainly lose without question.
Adrosiean smiled nostalgically. He reminded of the times when he was just a weak player when he started playing Rise of the Worlds.
Adrosiean had to be careful at his every decisions and he had to tried his best even for getting a single low rank item. It was his hardest yet most thrilling experiences in his gaming history.
"The current situation still isn't as bad as those times."
Adrosiean's gaze fall onto the human alliance army that surrounding the forest. Most of the human soldiers were low rank and quite weak.
They were normal bottom tier soldiers, no different from the ones Adrosiean had seen before in Cernoth kingdom.
The Astenora Empire's army was not that powerful either. They did not send out their main army and this was only a small division. The majority of them were normal soldiers.
Of cause, Adrosiean understood the reason. To the two nations, this was just eliminating a pesky demonic cult. Sending this many soldiers was already a lot in their eyes.
However, Adrosiean sensed the knight at the front of the alliance army was radiating quite a powerful aura compared to others.
His shining armor also seemed different from the other soldiers. He clearly looked different from Crenoth kingdom nor Astenora Empire.
"Is he from the Solarstras Empire?"
Adrosiean's eyes lit up. Considering the Astenora Empire's army was with the Crenoth kingdom's army, this was not an impossible possibility.
Adrosiean remembered the information that the Crimson Cross leader gave him. It was about the elite knights from Solarstras Empire, the solar knights.
"Is he a solar knight? He is on a completely different level than others. His equipments doesn't seem to be normal either."
Adrosiean evaluated. Considering the aura the solar knight was giving off. This was quite a surprise for him.
Adrosiean had thought that this world was a low level world after seeing the soldiers from Crenoth kingdom. But it seemed that was not the case. Thankfully he was careful and did not arrogantly reveal himself in the kingdom.
"No wonder they are recognized as the most powerful elite troops in the continent. This is my first time seeing someone equipped with full gear of equipments since I got here."
_ _ _ _ _
Several days ago,
At the continental meeting, the king of Crenoth kingdom glanced at the magic projections of the leaders of the nations. All the kings of the kingdoms could be seen through each magic projections.
However the emperors of the two strongest nations on the continent were not present. Instead, they only sent their representatives for this meeting. Even the Astenora Empire who initiated this meeting only sent a representative.
The king of Crenoth kingdom was not surprised. The emperors were always like this. They were high and mighty and rarely appeared in public.
"You must all know the reason why we called this continental meeting."
The representative of the Astenora Empire said. The various kings nodded.
"As we all know, according to the prophecy, a demon lord had descended into this world."
"The demon lord had already descended? I thought it was the future prophecy."
One of the kings said in puzzlement.
"We have confirmed the prophecy. The demon lord had already descended."
The representative of the Solarstras Empire replied. Hearing it, the various kings had different expressions, mostly grave and fearful.
"Now, with the demonic invasion incoming, the humanity is at risk. The Astenora Empire suggest uniting the power of the continent through alliance to survive the demonic invasion."
The Astenora Empire's representative said with a smile. The kings looked at each other.
"We will have to think about it."
The leaders of the nations did not immediately give an answer. They said they will think about it but everyone knew it was the same as rejection.
Astenora Empire had a bad reputation among the kingdoms. Their ambitions were known by all nations.
Even now, the Astenora Empire was surpassing and weakening the nearby kingdoms like Crenoth kingdom using many underhanded ways.
The representative of the Astenora Empire was not surprised. He was just testing the waters. He knew it would not be easy.
"We should first eliminate the demon remnants starting from the demon worshippers. Since the news of the demon lord descent, the demon remnants are getting unrest.
Their threat will only become bigger as time passed. The Astenora Empire is willing to send our troops to help you eliminate the demon remnants in your nations."
It was a logical excuse. Although the kingdoms were not weak, they won't have time to deal with the hidden danger quickly by themselves. It was even more for the weakened kingdoms like Crenoth kingdom.
Although the offer was tempting, the kingdoms did not dare to allow the Astenora Empire army enter their lands.
It was the same as inviting a wolf into their homes. Who knows what they will do secretly in the guise eliminating the demon remnants.
If Astenora Empire took root inside their kingdoms with it's troops, it would no doubt become a larger threat than the demons themselves.
The kings knew that the ambitious Astenora Empire wanted to make use of the external threat to swallow them slowly.
The leaders of the nations were not fools to not see the Astenora Empire's ulterior motives. The discussions went back and forth for a long time without much results.
At this moment, the magic projection of the Solarstras Empire flickered as a new image appeared.
It was a tall man wearing full plated golden armor and held a golden hammer with a long handle. He sat upon the majestic golden sun throne with upright posture.
This was the current ruler of the most powerful nation on the continent. He was known as the solar emperor, a man who possessed the highest power and authority in the whole continent.
"The Solarstras Empire will deploy the solar knights to destroy the demon remnants."
The solar emperor spoke plainly. Everyone was shocked. The Solarstras Empire rarely do anything significant in the past decades.
The empire ignore the affairs on the continent and stayed aloof without care. Nevertheless, the Solarstras Empire was still considered the strongest nation in the continent.
"I also suggest we form an alliance, a united crusade against the demons. The Solarstras Empire will do it's best to defend the humanity from the demonic invasion. You have my word."
The solar emperor continued. His tone was firm and powerful. After the initial shock, the various kings lost in deep thought.
"I thank the solar emperor for the support. The Crenoth kingdom will cooperate with the Solarstras Empire to drive out the demons."
The king of Crenoth kingdom was the first to agreed. He needed the power of the Solarstras Empire to defend his kingdom from the Astenora Empire's ambitions.
With the Crenoth kingdom at the lead, most of the nations agreed to join the Solarstras Empire's alliance one after another.
The Solarstras Empire was different from the Astenora Empire. Astenora Empire had always been ambitious and never gave up a chance on expanding their territories.
Compared to the Astenora Empire, the Solarstras Empire was more respected and trustworthy to the other nations.
The representative of the Astenora Empire had an ugly expression. With the way this was going, the Solarstras Empire would eventually become the leader of the alliance. It would be the same as the leader of the continent.
Of cause, this would only be a loose alliance. The kingdoms won't obey anything the Solarstras Empire said but the title itself was more than enough.
Astenora Empire's initial goal was to become the leader of the alliance. With that title, Astenora Empire would have an excuse to deploy and arrange their troops inside the other nations. By then, they could spread their influence and slowly take control of the nations from the inside.
However, with Solarstras Empire stepping in, Astenora Empire did not have any chances left. Astenora Empire was weaker than the Solarstras Empire in terms of military strength.
It was not a baseless assumption. In the past, Astenora Empire had challenged and fought the Solarstras Empire to become the strongest nation in the continent.
The two empires were evenly matched at the beginning but when the Solarstras Empire sent out the solar knights, the situation changed.
The armies of Astenora Empire were no match for solar knights and the Astenora Empire faced a crushing defeat in their war against the Solarstras Empire.
Astenora Empire also possessed their own elite troops and trump cards but they were pale in comparison to the Solarstras Empire's. If Astenora Empire said that they did not fear the Solarstras Empire, it would be a lie.
Astenora Empire had been strengthening their forces for a long time but they still did not have the confidence to fight against the Solarstras Empire again.
With the Solarstras Empire at the lead, the alliance against the demons was formed. The alliance was called the Solar Alliance with the Solarstras Empire as the alliance leader.
"From today, I, the emperor of Solarstras Empire hereby announce the founding of the Solar Alliance. Long live the alliance!"
"Long live the alliance!"
"Long live the alliance!"
Many humans nations in the continent joined the Solar Alliance including the four kingdoms alliance members. This might be the largest human alliance in the history of Alixena continent.
However, Astenora Empire was not part of it.