A week later....
The demon lord and his single unit of soldiers along with the dukes could be seen standing at the border of their next target. It was the very same kingdom that had merged with the royal deserters and their army.
Opposite them stood an army, calling the army large would be an understatement.
The last army the demon obliterated had around fifteen thousand soldiers. So after the merger the demon lord guessed this army would be around forty thousand. But he was wrong, way wrong.
It seemed all the humans finally put their differences aside and completely banned together. This was because the army in front of the demon lord right now numbered over a hundred thousand by quite a bit too.
"Well, this is quite the suprise, even I won't be able to take care of this one alone fast enough....well men, seems your chance to shine has finally come". The demon lord said with a serious expression on his face but the dukes could vaguely see the excitement he was trying to hide in his eyes.
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On the human side, a middle aged man wearing a golden armour with a crown on his head slowly rode his horse in front of the large army. His expression dead serious, unmoved by the disdain displayed by most of the soldiers present.
After arriving in front of the army, he activated his voice amplifying ring all kings had. He is the man who had become the most popular man throughout the week. He is the king of a destroyed nation, the one and only Deserter King!.
"Men!!, I, the Deserter King will lead you in this battle. I know most of you think I'm shameless, and you're correct!!" I am shameless, but my shamelessness was all for this moment. I saw no point in throwing away our lives in an already lost battle. But today!!, today is different!, today we stand together, even if to these monsters we are only drops of water. Let us show them that together, drops of water can form a dam, a river and even an ocean to drown anything in their way. I this shameless deserter king will be the first drop, follow after me and let's drown them all!!".
With the deserter king's heartfelt speech, all the soldiers couldn't help but feel the blood in their bodies running wild with battle lust. They were ready to jump on the demons and rip them apart. Even the two other kings on the battlefield were affected by what their colleague said though they hid it well.
The soldiers started charging at the demons right behind the desert king before they even realised what they were doing.
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"Wow, what a speech, even I feel motivated to fight it out with the demons now!!". The demon lord said with excitement in his eyes which made the demons behind him break a sweat wondering if he was serious.
"Anyway, here they come, men don't be rude by just standing there, charge, show these brave men the respect they deserve!". With that statement the demon lord flew forward aiming at the deserter.
The demons who were around five thousand in number, basically nothing in front of the army opposite them also charged without fear.
Spells started getting tossed from both sides when they got close enough to each other. At the same time the close combat soldiers collided and the battle commenced.