Naruga controlled the golem she had created and walked at the back of the team. The elves sat on the golems, closed their eyes and waited for the decisive battle to begin.
At 4 a.m. on January 1, they passed through the passage where a fierce battle had taken place, passed the bodies of two demons, and soon after, encountered the demon's interception force.
The demons did not know the real target of this army. Led by a dozen high-level demons, the surging demonic disaster was rushing towards the shield wall of the Bayerzas Empire.
Chapter 10: The Sacrifice of the Archmage, Princess Purple and Her Caesar 8K -3
When the main force of the Bayerjans Empire passed through the passage with countless stone statues and arrived at the pass that provided a direct view of the entire Demon Land, they found that the demons were already prepared to fight back.
The demons have not yet figured out the true purpose of the Byerjans. They think that the Byerjans are about to launch a final attack on their hive, so a large number of high-level demons led by their young and larvae appeared on the battlefield.
They advanced slowly relying on the terrain of the Demon Land. According to the observation of Archimedes, the great wizard of Bayerzas, the demons came out in full force this time: eighteen high-level demons appeared on the battlefield at the same time, and among these eighteen high-level demons, five were particularly strong and out of tune with the other demons.
That should be the devil's trump card - they also left behind the last well-fed and best-equipped troop for the decisive battle, just like the Bayerjans, but the difference is that the high-level devils are too strong.
"Ms. Naruga, please retreat with the elves to the most secluded place."
The great wizard turned around and spoke to the chief of the Ling tribe beside him.
"Don't let the demons see you - the demons are not beasts, they are smart and know what it means when the elves and the Ling people appear underground.
They will figure out our true target and then set up positions around the elevator square to inflict heavy casualties on us. So please retreat immediately, do not attack, and do not advance, until the signal is given, do not act rashly. "
The chief of the Ling tribe was stunned for a moment, then nodded and left the front row with the elves and golems.
Just after they left, the archmage raised the staff in his hand and slammed it against the solid ground. Then all the ordinary troops of Bayerzas stopped and made way for the Eagle Flag troops holding the Eagle Flag in the rear.
Among the 100,000-strong army, there are about 30,000 Eagle Flag soldiers and hunter stragglers. They are the big guys who can solve really big problems.
Of course, after they set out, it also means that the remaining 70,000 regular troops are completely ordinary soldiers, and they will have to use their flesh and blood to fight against the demons that follow.
But this is better than letting 70,000 regular soldiers die at the hands of these 18 high-level demons—
The Archmage of Bayerjans murmured as he watched the nobles lead the Eagle Flag Brigade to set up various facilities hidden in the pass, barely turning the pass into a small camp fortress. He knew that the sacrifices of those vanguards were not in vain.
This camp fortress can ensure the safety of the regular army's rear and provide long-range fire support at A Zi's most critical moment.
Those tall war machines can shoot at the demon army unscrupulously under the cover of the fortress, but before that, they must deal with the five most powerful high-level demons that are twenty to thirty meters tall.
The Archmage of Bayerjans could tell the abilities of those demons just by looking at them.
Perhaps it was a plague of corruption and assimilation, perhaps it was lightning that ignored insulation, perhaps it was a magical meteorite that fell from the sky, or perhaps it was the "air" itself -
Those high-level demons had all kinds of hideous faces, but in the eyes of the great wizard, these demons were far less terrifying than the "Nobles" and "Titans" that Constantine XII faced back then.
They were nobles among the high-level demons who could truly shape the terrain. They were truly terrifying demons. The demons and the Bayerjans now underground were at best the remnants of that period.
It was like the last ten-year-old urchins from two huge families were fighting each other with furniture. Compared to that time, their current war could even be described as just playing house...
It's a pity that even a trivial war is too cruel for the current Bayer empire.
"Eagle Flags, the time has come for us to sacrifice ourselves."
The Archmage murmured. This war is bound to kill many people. Rather than letting the young people who represent the new era die, it is better to let these old men who are destined to not keep up with the surface era go first.
Rather than letting the demons kill all the Bayerjans until only old men are left, it is better for the Bayerjans to leave behind the last spark of fire and young men.
He ordered the Eagle Flag Battalion to line up in front of the camp fortress. He ordered the war machines to be assembled immediately in the camp, as the regular army would need their support next.
Then, at the moment when the demon wave hit the Eagle Flag's shield wall and rain of javelins, the archmage standing alone at the rear of the position raised his staff and began to release his magic.
The magic that Archmage Bayerjans was going to cast required a long period of chanting and preparation. The Eagle Flag was his elite troops and also a bait to buy him time.
They are tempting high-level demons to release terrifying conceptual magic, because in this way, the archmage can take the opportunity to absorb their magic power, speed up the release of his own magic, and further weaken the strength of the high-level demons after the magic is released.
This is a magic created by Archimedes. It consumes a lot of energy and can only be used once in a lifetime.
Because of this, while he was arguing loudly and gathering magic power and his staff, Archimedes was watching the Eagle Flag Legion below, which was silently dying but never retreating. He watched the children, whom he had cared for like children, die in an organized manner at the acid of high-level demons, meteorites, or lightning. He watched many of them suffocate to death because the air was sucked away, or burst into balloons because of excessive air being pumped in.
There was no trace of sadness on Archimedes' face. Over the past thousands of years, he had seen countless children die in tragic circumstances.
A warrior who died fighting the devil.
Citizens who would rather starve to death than eat the corpses of their fellow citizens.
The seriously injured died due to lack of medicine and inability to receive proper treatment.
Babies who were transformed into aliens at birth due to the corruption of demons and had to be dealt with on the spot, and their heartbroken mothers and fathers.
Archimedes saw many tragedies of his people when he released his magic.
He saw heartbroken parents picking up swords to fight the devil, he saw the seriously injured giving up their medicine to the wounded who could still be saved at the last moment, he saw the citizens, after being starved to death, pointing at the fields of the mushroom farm with trembling hands and saying, "Bury him there."
He saw countless Bayerjans who had survived to this day because of their sacrifices.
He saw the warriors snatching equipment from the demons at all costs just to prevent new soldiers from having to go to the battlefield with sticks. He saw those patients infected by the demonic corruption plague hang themselves before becoming demons. He saw a lot, but the archmage could do nothing for them.
Constantinople’s resources could not support tens of millions of people, or even, in theory, the current million people - but thanks to the sacrifices of the victims, they have persisted to this day.
He recalled the words of the late emperor. It was an extremely cruel order given to Constantine XII when he and his armored knights rushed towards the noble demon, the terrifying existence called "the ruling demon".
"Live! Archimedes, live with our people! Live with them underground! Until our last princess appears, until they can return to the surface with their heads held high - my most loyal friend... Please forgive me, but they need you!"
Because of this order, Archimedes has persisted until now.
He used the devil's blood to transform his body. He tried his best to resist the will of the devil's nest. Now he is as dry as a dead branch, and his will has been burned out.
But in the end, he was like all the Bayerjans, he regarded the prophecy of the late emperor as the last hope... the last hope of the Bayerjans Empire.
Archimedes' final wish.
"Oh, the Twelfth... Have I done well? Do I have the dignity to face you now? My warrior... my friend, my emperor."
Archimedes shouted. In front of him, the 30,000 men of the Eagle Banner Legion had been wiped out in less than ten minutes.
Although they posed some threat to the demon wave and killed several weak high-level demons, the five strong high-level demons were like gods of war, moving in unrestrained ways and slaughtering the lives of the warriors wantonly.
Archimedes knew the time had come.
He took one last look at his children and at the automated machinery that had been assembled in the camp.
Once upon a time, the war machines of the Bayerzans Empire were capable of leveling a mountain, but now their remaining automatons can only launch countless javelins.
But this is enough.
The Bayezids still have hope and seeds.
He could meet the late emperor again in hell with his head held high.
In a trance, the Archmage of Bayerjans released the last magic of his life.
The magic power burned his body, and his remaining blood was splashed into the sky. He gradually turned into dust like a sand statue blown by a strong wind.
Before his staff condensed into a scarlet gem, before his consciousness collapsed and the blood in the sky pounced on the high-level demon.
He saw the scene in hell where Constantine XII was leaning against his horse and waving to him.
"I am coming."
Archimedes smiled.
His blood was spilled on the bodies of all high-level demons. This blood, which contained the essence of a great wizard's magic power for thousands of years, was a complete "plague" to the demons.
Just like when humans are corrupted, they become weak and unable to cast magic, or even just fall to the ground and die before they can transform into demons.
Archimedes' blood had a disastrous effect on high-level demons. All high-level demons temporarily lost their special abilities the moment they came into contact with his blood.
Countless steam burst out from their body surfaces, and they lost their balance while wailing in the high temperature and severe pain.
Countless pustules and unhealable scars appeared on their bodies, and those larvae and larvae that accidentally came into contact with blood died suddenly on the battlefield.
But just like this, it is still not enough to kill these high-level demons - because Archimedes' final magic can only make them lose their special abilities and temporarily lose their ability to fight! But how to kill these tall demons still depends on the efforts of the warriors!
The remaining 5,000 Eagle Flag Legion soldiers and the scattered soldiers armed with exotic weapons rushed forward, and the first to bear the brunt was Lucas, the flag officer of the Second Eagle Flag Legion.
He screamed and jumped up, leaping onto the body of a high-level demon with countless tentacles and limbs, and then stabbed at the demon's weak points.
He lost his special abilities and his body began to spasm uncontrollably due to the influence of the blood.
The high-level demons wailed and tried to shake off the Eagle Flag soldiers who were like ants on their bodies, but instead their defenses were broken through bit by bit by those elite veterans using daggers or exotic weapons.
Just like Lingchi, the veterans and stragglers of the Eagle Flag Legion cut open the flesh of the high-level demons. Some even stabbed directly into the demon's mouth and attacked the demon's weaknesses from the inside out.
With their best efforts, all the high-level demons affected by the blood of Archimedes were quickly killed.
A high-level demon was freed from the influence of the blood after five minutes. It tried to use its ability to shock the densely packed veterans again, but after a series of shocks, it was pierced through the knee by dense javelins fired by the automatic machine in the fortress of the camp in the distance, and then fell to the ground helplessly, unable to get up because of the countless charred corpses on its body.
There are no other demons that can help it stand up...
It killed the last five thousand veterans, leaving less than a thousand. As for the remaining thousand veterans, it could only stare with its five pairs of purple-blue eyes wide open, watching them rush forward stepping on the charred corpses...
The final scream.
The last high-level demon died.
Now there are only the last ten high-level demons guarding the Demon Land - but the elite of the Bayerjans Empire, their proud Eagle Flag Legion, has also been almost wiped out.
Watching the remaining demons retreat back to the demon land for defense, and looking at the elevator square, he realized that it would take at least half an hour for the remaining regular troops to form a shield wall with sufficient depth.
The remaining veterans looked at each other and said, "We must make the demons think that we are about to launch a fierce attack on their lair!"
They cannot let the demons realize the true goal of the Bayerjans Empire, they cannot let the demons seize the positions, they must stop the demons in the demon land to buy time for the subsequent regular army.
So isn’t it easy to understand what we should do now
The last Eagle Flag Brigade formed the final square formation. They shouted the military song of Bayerjans and approached the mother nest of the demon land under the roar of fear and anxiety of the demons in the distance!
The demons have gathered a large number of forces around the mother nest. They will also stop the advancement of the Bayerzans at all costs... But this is exactly what the Eagle Banner Legion wants.
The Eagle Banner Legion forced the demons into their lairs and forced them to guard their lairs through death marches.
And in the back, with the sound of horns, Naruga and the elves knew that the next decisive battle was about to begin.
They followed the remaining 70,000 regular troops out of the camp fortress and headed towards the elevator square marked in the plan.
Before the elevator descends, they have to eliminate as many demon roots as possible around the square. More importantly, they have to establish their position before the last high-level demon in the demon's lair realizes the problem.
"Run! Everyone, run! We are about to win!" The commanders of the legion roared, "Set up a shield wall immediately after arriving at the designated location! Archers must not be exposed to the demons' sight! Run, fire your cannons!"
Nalujia did not see the figure of Archimedes, nor did she see his body. She only found a blood-like gem where Archimedes once stood.
Feeling the strong magic inside, Naruga understood something. She returned to the team, and when the Eagle Flag Brigade was completely destroyed in the distance, she ordered the golems to rush to the most vulnerable places in front of the shield wall to guard, and used the magic in the gem to cast her own magic.
As the soldiers and elves with rifles looked on in confusion, she used stone and earth to build a tough "net" covered with barbs or blades in front of the shield wall.
She designed three "stone nets" in a row, and at this time, the demons looked at the shield wall standing in front of the elevator square, and they finally realized something...
These Bayerjans, want to lower the elevator?! Those stone giants were something the demons had never seen before, but they knew all about those long-eared people holding strange weapons!
It's an elf! It's the elves who released strategic magic at will in ancient times. The Bayerjans have come into contact with the elves, which means that the next people to come down from the elevator will be the elf reinforcements!
These Bayerjans must be killed before they destroy the roots that entangle the elevator plaza... and before the giant elevator descends!
The high-level demon guarding the mother nest also gave up his duties at this moment.
They knew very well that if the elves on the surface really descended directly, the balance of combat power would be completely broken and the demons would have no way out.
They led the last larvae and larvae in the nest to attack the shield wall of the Bayerjans, and at this moment, the war machines in the pass fortress opened fire again after replenishing ammunition.
No one noticed the sound of these war machines during the fierce battle before, but now it sounds like the crisp sound of a music box ringing one after another.
Countless javelins pierced through the bodies of ordinary demons from the flanks. Under the effect of mechanical force, the long and thick javelins could often penetrate multiple demons at once.
Some high-level demons tried to launch an attack on the fortress of the Bayerjans and directly attack their flanks and rear, but the Bayerjans cleared the roots much faster than they imagined!
As a last resort, the high-level demons could only bite the bullet and try to break through the Bayerjans' defense line head-on.
But just as the larvae and larvae in the front were about to come into contact with the Bayerjans, the high-level demon saw countless offspring suddenly stop on the way to reunion.
What is that? !
It was the "stone net" set up by Naruga that stopped the demons' charge!
These tough stone nets can absorb the impact of the demon's charge by deforming, and the barbs and stone knives on them can be stuck firmly in the demon's body.
Perhaps these stone nets do not pose much threat to high-level demons, but when facing small larvae and larvae, they can actually delay the demons' progress.
The charge was stopped. The demons had never seen these things before, so for the time being they could only let the larger young ones launch the charge.
The Byzantines had never seen anything like this before, but that didn't stop them from cheering and being happy about it, which boosted their morale.
Facing the various magic and acid sprayed by the larvae, the morale of the young soldiers was boosted and they shouted—
"Shield wall! Shield wall!"
They raised their shields high to resist the long-range attacks of the demons, and then in the next moment, the soldiers with worn shields immediately replaced their comrades in the rear.