The demon servants had already learned a cruel reality through the reactions of the people in the royal capital.
The God of Light was killed by the United Nations—literally killed.
He didn't even have a soul left! There was no possibility of resurrection, he just died like that?!
This was beyond the Demon Servant's expectations... He thought that no matter how powerful the United Nations was, it would take at least more than a month to kill a real god, right
And you tell me... it took less than a day for me to spread the news
Is he dead
"Amazing... It's really too amazing... Damn it... The more this happens, the more I want to turn you into one of our demons..."
The demon servant bit his fingernails nervously and muttered incoherently.
"It seems that they can even use teleportation magic to directly attack the capital within two days... The magic residue barrier of the capital can last for two days, but no matter what, I can't last until May 27th when the magic domain can be fully deployed...
What's more... the regent is a capable person! What if, what if he finds the Demon Realm Heart I set up outside, what if he attacks the heart directly... our demon cause will fail directly!"
The demon servant was well aware that he was facing a dilemma.
Either you find a way to hold on until the 27th and use the complete magic domain to decide the outcome.
Either they should expand the incomplete Demon Realm ahead of time, and then let the incomplete territory of the Roman Empire enter the Demon Realm ahead of time, and gradually transform them into demons while letting the northern tribes take action...
What to do
Time waits for no one - the demon servant gritted his teeth and showed the demon's courage at the critical moment.
He wanted to deploy the Demon Realm ahead of schedule. He admitted that all his plans were messed up by the Regent... But at least, he still had a choice!
"Let these Aresai people be our sacrifices first."
He rushed out of the window and flew high outside.
Along with the actions of the demon servant, the purple light column that once reached the sky appeared again.
But this time, the purple beam of light was not as dazzling as last time.
Chapter 18: 5/5 Demon Realm, Ice Disaster Goes South - 8K
When the purple beam of light rose from the ground again, not only the Aresians who were trapped in the siege noticed the abnormality, but even the Ishugardians who were in high spirits and were about to surround the capital in one go and occupy the Roman capital together with their allies also realized the seriousness of the problem.
The people of Alese instinctively realized that something terrible was about to happen, so they tried to find a way to evacuate in a panic, and even placed a large number of high-pressure steel cylinders at the weakest point of the purple barrier at all costs.
As the high-pressure steel cylinder was artificially detonated, it seemed that the barrier, which had been weakened due to the appearance of the purple light column, was breached. Then the Alese people simply ignored the targets they were supposed to protect and began to rush to leave the palace which might be sealed again at any time.
All the people in Alese had fled, so naturally the remaining smart people in the capital who could run also wanted to run. However, as they ran, they suddenly realized that they seemed to have no way to go.
Thousands of Ares people ran together. They were a powerful army, so it was impossible for them to be in danger from lunatics or bandits along the way.
But what about the few rational people in the capital? They were all alone, and if they ran away, they would be caught and killed by the lunatics in the slums. In order to survive, the only chance for these unfortunate people was to keep up with the retreat of the Alesse people.
"Wait for me, wait for us!"
People shouted in fear in the capital. The lunatics lurking in the capital that had become hell seized every opportunity to attack anyone who was alone.
They would catch their poor victims and eat them alive, or perform more obscene toy tricks on them, but in the end the outcome was inevitable for the victims.
Therefore, those who wanted to run tried frantically to catch up with the Alesse people, and the settlements in the surrounding areas had already started to run as far as they could after discovering the abnormality in the royal capital.
It would probably take the Alesse people several days to hike to the eastern mines and join up with their main force.
On the other side, after noticing the purple pillar of light rising from the ground, the army of Isgard immediately stopped advancing and began to build positions on the nearby hilltops while informing General Pis in the rear of the situation.
The commander on the scene decided that it was best not to try to surround the Roman capital. Even if they wanted to, at least they could not get too close to the Roman capital until they figured out what the purple light column outside the city meant.
General Pease received the news from the front line. But before he could give a new order after thinking, the purple light column changed faster than anyone else.
"What is that?!"
At first, a purple beam of light rose high into the sky, and finally turned into a film that resembled an eggshell - this film had many gaps, and it looked incomplete and very thin.
General Pease realized that this was definitely a serious problem. But just as he asked the front-line troops to retreat immediately through the magic mirror, the film covering half of the sky sank under the sunlight.
The inside of the purple film was not as transparent as General Pease had imagined. It blocked most of the sunlight, and the entire interior was filled with poisonous purple mist.
The plants and animals within the area covered by the film began to decay at an incredible speed, and even the stones began to change into strange and twisted creations.
General Pease looked at everything that happened in front of him in amazement. It was not until the film completely covered the land in front of the command post that he suddenly realized a problem:
The vanguard troops that broke through the enemy town's defenses are still near the Roman capital? !
"Did you hear that?! Evacuate quickly, evacuate quickly!"
Pis shouted in panic at the mirror. He ordered the soldiers around him to make a hole in the film in front, but found that no matter what weapons he used, it would not have any effect.
General Pease's exclamation fell on deaf ears.
"Can you hear me?! Damn it—our people are still in there!"
Weapons slashing against the thin film barrier only made surprisingly crisp sounds, bullets even bounced off the barrier, and even the dragon's breath of fire did not cause any damage.
This thin film that separates the core area of the central Roman Empire from the surrounding lands is like an indestructible barrier. Ishgard's current weapons cannot pose any effective threat to it!
The soldiers looked breathlessly at the purple barrier in front of them that exuded an ominous aura, and at this moment, General Pies suddenly remembered something.
He thought about the many gaps in the film when he looked up from below. He realized that since he couldn't tear a gap in the film, he could at least find a gap in the film itself, and then go in from there to bring his troops out!
“Damn it… Cavalry, cavalry! Immediately search for a gap in the surroundings, and then do everything you can to contact the friendly forces inside!
This is no longer our Isgard's business. Immediately send someone to contact the Khutot Khanate and the United Nations to inform them of the current situation! And this thing doesn't even distinguish between friend and foe?! Are the Romans all fucking crazy?! "
General Pease was sweating profusely.
He realized that the Romans seemed to have detonated a serious bomb.
These lunatics didn't even spare themselves. How could these outsiders have an advantage over the Romans in the choice of self-destruction
He just stood there, watching his soldiers panicking as they tried to find an entrance to the barrier.
And it was at this moment that he suddenly thought of the Sirens...
Sirens can transform inorganic matter into pure flesh and blood.
This barrier doesn't seem to be made up of pure magic. In other words...
"Send the Sirens over here."
General Pis swallowed hard. While the Isgardians were in a panic because of the appearance of the purple barrier, the Isgardian army was trying to evacuate from the barrier, which was called the "Demon Realm" by the demon servants.
The besieged troops in front of General Piss also saw the gap in the barrier. They consciously tried to find the location of the natural gap in the barrier, but while searching for the gap, they found that the existence inside the barrier began to change rapidly...
The Isgardians seemed normal, but the Romans in some Roman towns had undergone horrifying changes.
"Hey... what is that?"
The colonial soldiers' eyes widened. In the purple curtain, everything began to become confusing in the spreading sour mist.
Indistinct buds of flesh began to grow on the ground. They grew like vines, clinging to anything they could climb, and the Romans seemed to have become the target of those buds of flesh.
Under the gaze of the soldiers, those Romans who were also terrified and trying to escape were targeted by the meat buds.
He couldn't even offer help. The Roman who was climbed by the flesh buds turned into a monster while screaming.
If Yang Hao were here, he would probably be able to clearly see the process of the Romans turning into monsters, just like the transformations in some bizarre movies on Earth.
First, the flesh and skin were torn apart, and then the internal organs were transformed into even more grotesque products under the action of granulation tissue.
Eyes larger than human heads gazed greedily at the expensive-looking personal belongings of the Ishgard warriors, and the bloody mouth torn open from its stomach emitted bursts of gurgling sounds.
Except for a very small number of Romans and babies, most of the Romans turned into sticky monsters under the watchful eyes of the soldiers.
Their eyes widened, their teeth chattering. They had never seen anything like it, but their bodies' fearful instincts told them what the Romans had become.
"Devil... Devil?!"
The soldiers screamed and pointed their guns at the Romans who had turned into demons and the Romans who had not mutated.
The sound of gunfire continued. Bullets created countless bloody flowers on the bodies of Romans and demons. Countless bodies lost their vitality and fell to the ground, but more bizarre ghosts and monsters were crawling on the ground.
Soon, watching the bodies of the Romans twist into ever more grotesque demons, the soldiers of Isgard soon realized.
It is better to protect the non-mutated Romans and let them leave here than to let them die.
At least by doing this, the number of demons will not increase further.
"Monster, monster, ahhhh!"
The sound of gunfire continued.
Near the royal capital, the evacuating Ishgard colonial army was shrouded in fog and lost its direction of retreat. They could only bite the bullet and grope their way out in a world where great environmental changes had occurred.
Before they left, they discovered something unusual about the Roman capital, but faced with a city that was beginning to be eroded by flesh granulations and twisted, disgusting organs, as well as the crazy screams coming from the city, everyone lost the courage to move forward.
The magic mirror has completely lost its effect here, and any long-distance communication using magic can only hear some strange heartbeat sounds.
In desperation, the on-site commander could only choose to communicate using a code system composed of luminous mirrors, but in an area where the fog was getting thicker, what use was a simple flashlight
Compared to this...
The commander on the scene discovered that, seemingly because they were too close to the capital... they all had some kind of illness to varying degrees.
…
The colonial army of Isgard was evacuating at a rapid speed, and the Alessi people were moving towards the outside of the barrier like crazy.
The road from the Roman Empire capital to the eastern mines is a straight road. They don't need to worry about going in the wrong direction, but they need to worry about what kind of enemies they will face.
“Hurry, hurry up—what the hell?! Isn’t that the camp of the Imperial Knights who escaped earlier?! What the hell has it become now?!”
When they fled to an intersection, they ran into the camp left behind by the Imperial Knights who had fled earlier led by Knight Robert.
A fierce battle is now taking place in this garrison, and the Imperial Knights are struggling to fight against the people they once protected but have now turned into demons.
The people of Ares knew that now was not the time to consider previous conflicts. In order to avoid being completely eliminated, the people of Ares chose to help the Imperial Knights when they had no choice.
Puff, puff, puff—
The sound of an air gun firing was heard, and smooth lead bullets or steel balls were shot towards the grotesque monster at high speed.
These projectiles might not be able to cause much damage to the demons, but hindering their movements has achieved the goal of the Ares.
With the help of the Aresians, the Imperial Knights finally had enough energy to defeat the demons.
The commander of Arese thought that instead of everyone fighting each other and waiting to die together, it would be better to find a way to cooperate and escape first.
So he asked Knight Robert to meet him immediately, but he did not wait for Knight Robert, but waited for another knight instead.
"Knight Commander Robert has been escorting some of our people to seek shelter in the eastern mines a few days ago! Those who are left here are the newcomers from nearby... What is going on in the capital? What happened?"
The knight captain asked breathlessly, causing the Alessi people to curse a few times:
"I was just wondering what you guys are doing?! What kind of mutually destructive means are you using?! It's ok to drag us down with you, but you're not even going to let your own people go?!"
"But the problem is that we don't know what this thing is! And the Roman royal family doesn't have this kind of secret technique! Where does the Roman royal family get a magician now!?"
"Then what's going on?!"
The people above stared at each other in amazement. Finally, after they all looked at the purple light column rising near the capital, they realized that the problem must be under the light column outside the capital.
But who has the courage to investigate now
The Imperial Knights and the Aresians were speechless. In the end, they chose to cooperate temporarily. After the Imperial Knights sorted out the baggage in the camp, they continued to move eastward.
On their way, they passed through many independent towns and villages. In order to avoid encountering the devil again, they chose to go around the main road;
But in the thick fog, without the ability to observe landmarks to gain a sense of direction, could they really find their way out
Maybe...
“Woo… Woo… Ah…”
But first they have to get past the Roman refugees who have transformed into monsters and are blocking their way.
…
In the Roman capital.
The demon servant sighed as he watched everything that happened in the city. If nothing unexpected happened, the city would be completely assimilated into a demon's nest in a few days.
A young demon mother will develop and grow based on this mother nest, and the humans inside will become the nourishment of new demons or the mother nest.
The Romans turned into demons faster than even the demon servants imagined.
Perhaps it was because they had lost the protection of the gods, or perhaps it was because the Romans were more suitable to be demons than the demons...