Although all the warriors were exhausted, they still advanced tirelessly with their shields raised.
The elves and golems assisted them in their progress, and their goal was naturally the demon nest in the demon land.
It was undoubtedly a nightmare place.
There were slippery roots everywhere, slippery flesh everywhere, and a huge "mother" demon as big as a hill was in it.
It is a fragile demon, because its only ability is to give birth to countless demon offspring, but as a price, it is very fragile.
Without the assistance of a high-level demon, it couldn't even move on its own, let alone the fact that more than half of its body was buried alive underground thousands of years ago because of the feat of Constantine XII.
All its weaknesses, including the cloaca that breeds demon offspring, were exposed to all the panting Bayerjans and elves. Now the Bayerjans were only one step away from victory.
But they were all stunned. Not only the Byzantines were stunned, but even the elves were stunned.
No other…
Next to the "matrix", there is a pile of corpses made of demon corpses.
All the demon corpses that were not recovered by the Bayerjans during the Thousand Year War are here.
They piled up here, rotted here, and turned into dry bones here, but no demon had ever thought of turning these corpses into food.
The newly bred larvae were still trying to protect the "mother", and the Bayerjans easily crushed the larvae, which were not even as big as their feet, with their big feet.
"These demons... are so scary."
A Bayerjans noble who always had a piece of cloth covering his mouth murmured.
"According to records, there are at least tens of thousands of demon corpses that we were unable to recover...Except for those that fell directly into the underground magma or river biomes, were all other corpses recovered by the demons
How terrifying... If they didn't know "writing" and "language", they would actually be a completely new civilized race..."
"It's all in the past now, mysophobia! We won! Now all that's left is this Matrix!"
"But how do we destroy this mountain-sized thing? Where's the Archmage?!"
"He has passed away with the Eagle Flag veteran. Don't bother this old man who has lived for thousands of years and can finally rest. Come back! We have to find a way ourselves!"
Bayerjans was worried about how to deal with the last high-level demon, and at this time, Yang Hao, who had reunited with Naruga and brought the golems to the nest, was stunned for a moment when he looked at the behemoth in front of him, then clapped his hands and signaled everyone to leave.
Although the Bayerjans were very curious about the identity of this man, they still remembered the antler girl who could summon stone men and those elves very clearly. They looked at each other and finally chose to obey Yang Hao's orders.
After they left for some distance, Yang Hao directly let Naluga control a golem covered with bombs and explosive minerals and rushed into the cloaca of the "mother" demon.
Feeling a foreign object rushing into its body, the "mother" demon kept struggling, and the demon's screams seemed to be heard from the rocks.
But under Naruga's control, the golem just kept moving forward.
Finally, the struggle of the "mother" demon became particularly intense, and Naruga also told Yang Hao that the golem had reached the innermost part. There was no way to go deeper, so what should he do now
“It exploded.”
His Majesty the Regent casually confirmed the death sentence for the "Matrix" demon. Along with the muffled sound coming from the "Matrix" demon's interior and the flames that followed, the golems were blown into countless pieces inside the "Matrix" demon's body and rushed around in the flesh and blood.
Naturally, the "mother" demon was also completely confirmed dead - in the history of the elves, this fragile demon could even be killed by ordinary humans crawling on its head, not to mention withstanding the explosion inside its body.
If the golem made of nearly 1 ton of explosives can't be killed, then Yang Hao can only hope that the elven wizards can use their invincible elven magic to think of a way.
But now…
The war was won.
Yang Hao took a breath. Although he did not participate in the war, judging from the corpses he saw, it was undoubtedly a bloody battle.
There are tens of thousands of confirmed human corpses alone, and these are the corpses that can be identified as human.
(Perhaps the biggest problem next is the revival of Bayer 's.)
He covered his head and thought to himself, while touching the hair of Naluga who was full of expectation to show encouragement, he went back to make his own preparations.
…
After the battle, all the Bayerjans returned to the center of the battlefield and gathered. They cheered and rejoiced at the purple-robed princess standing next to Finn, making her look particularly nervous.
But Yang Hao had already taught her before, so with Fen's help, Princess Purple cast a large-scale tranquilizing spell on herself and the soldiers in front of her, while she calmly issued her first order after becoming Princess Purple again:
"Everyone, count the number of people, count the bodies, and then rest for a while."
"yes-"
The Bayerjans people responded in unison, and then began to carry out orders in batches according to the nobles' instructions.
The soldiers who had been fighting at the front for the longest time sat down on the ground to rest, while those who still had strength and had not fought for too long began to clean up the corpses.
Watching the Bayerjans people moving their own corpses to one side and the demon's corpse to the other side, Theresa opened her mouth and her heart ached.
Finn at the side sighed softly: "They sacrificed a lot of people. But it seems that they are not going to destroy the demon's body directly on the spot... I heard that the Bayerjans seem to have developed some technology using the demons - this will be the foundation of your success, Theresa."
"Should I really be happy about this? Many of them died, and those who died were the people of Bayeljas."
Theresa turned around and looked at Finn. She had not yet adapted to the change in her identity.
In response, Finn just smiled and shook his head: "They survived, their city can appear in the sun, and they don't have to worry about soldiers turning into demons because of the corruption of the demonic disaster while they are sleeping. Isn't this something worth being happy about?"
"Well… "
"My mages have gone off to provide healing to those who are clearly corrupted. Theresa. You will have to adjust to your new status... Ah, he is back."
Finn pursed her lips in anger, while Theresa immediately turned her face away and pretended to be serious, not wanting Yang Hao, who was walking back from a distance, to see her nervousness and anxiety.
She didn't want to disappoint Yang Hao. But could she really hide this from him
…
The Bayerjans counted the bodies and survivors faster than expected. The elves helped them move the bodies, but they were not as fast as they were.
With the help of a noble, Princess Purple finally understood how many people were lost in this decisive battle.
Archimedes, the great wizard of Bayezid and close friend of Constantine XII, died in battle. All he left to the world was the blood-red gem in Naluga's hand.
The Eagle Flag Legion was completely wiped out, including the veteran Lucas. Now, there is no Eagle Flag veteran left alive in the Bayerzans Empire, but there are still many survivors who are called "hunters" and use exotic weapons.
In addition, ordinary conscripts and regular troops also suffered heavy casualties. Overall, the Bayerjans sent out 100,000 troops in this battle, but now there are less than 50,000 left alive.
It can be said that if the elves had not come down, even if the battle was won, Bayerjans would not be far from being destroyed.
Because the 100,000 people they attacked were the last young and middle-aged labor force in Constantinople. Now in Constantinople there are either women and children, or seriously injured soldiers and old men who cannot fight at all. Once these young and middle-aged men are wiped out, the old, weak and sick people left in the city will not be able to survive until next year.
Fortunately, this time Bayer Jans still left behind less than 50,000 seeds and hope.
Watching the Bayerjans who had rested well begin to neatly dismantle the still usable equipment from their fallen comrades, and then watching them begin to reorganize, even Yang Hao, who was used to big scenes, felt ashamed to face these brave warriors.
However, all the Bayerjans were waiting for the Purple Princess's order. With half of the legion commanders killed in the high-level demons' raid, the only theoretically highest commander of the Bayerjans was the Purple Princess, Theresa Justiniana, who had descended from the sky.
Faced with the expectations and eagerness of her people, Princess Purple just took a deep breath and said, let's go home.
Before Constantinople could be lifted to the ground, Theresa still had things to do. Theresa had to make sure that Constantinople was now allowed to be lifted to the ground, she had to confirm the condition of the city, and more importantly, she needed to prepare the residents of the city to face the sun.
Rashly raising the city to the ground would only cause unnecessary panic. Moreover, no one could guarantee whether people who were not prepared for the sun could withstand the sun's rays. If the situation was really unacceptable, Theresa at least needed to ensure that everyone stayed in the house before raising the city to give them some room for buffer.
Her order was responded by the Bayerzhan people. All the Bayerzhan people surrounded the purple-robed princess's team and sang the Bayerzhan military song loudly. The ancient language lingered in the ears of Yang Hao and others.
"They didn't seem to have any problem with me standing next to you."
Taking advantage of the opportunity to hurry on the road, Yang Hao, holding the casualty statistics report in his hand, smiled at Theresa beside him.
"And he didn't have any thoughts about me holding Princess Purple's hand."
"snort."
In response, Princess Purple just snorted dully. Knowing that she was in a very bad mood because of the casualties of the Bayerzans, Yang Hao did not mean to tease her.
He just gently held Theresa's hand. Under the jealous gaze of Finn on his right side, who looked like he was saying "put the report aside right now", he smiled and decided to leave Finn alone for the time being.
With the addition of elves and golems, although the main force of the Bayerjans Empire was nearly half less than before the departure, they also brought the seeds of hope back to the city.
After about two hours of slow march, the Bayezids returned home.
The walls of Constantinople were filled with women longing for the return of their fathers, sons, and brothers and sisters.
They cried as they looked at the army which had shrunk by half. They were delighted that half of the army had returned. When they saw the purple princess and her team surrounded by the army appear at the forefront of the army, everyone burst into tears.
Amid the women's sobs and cheers of joy, the gates of Constantinople opened.
The soldiers returned home, and Theresa finally returned home too.
She walked on the strange yet familiar city streets. She passed through the Golden Gate, and subconsciously sighed in her heart: she had only seen the grandeur of the Golden Gate in books before. Now, she finally returned home through this gate.
In the distance, outside the Purple Palace which was more than three-quarters damaged, the elders and nobles who remained in the palace knelt on the ground waiting for an audience with the Purple Princess.
"Look up... Who is the top person in charge here now?"
Princess Purple asked the kneeling elder standing in front of her. Facing Princess Purple's question, the elder raised his head and said:
"If you, the honorable Princess Purple, have not seen Archimedes, then I am the highest person in charge in Constantinople now."
"Collate all the statistics of Constantinople now. I need it to prepare for the next ascent."
"Please rest assured, honorable Princess Purple - we are always counting the population and materials. Please wait for a moment."
The nobles welcomed Theresa back to the Purple Palace. In the badly damaged palace, Theresa sat on her throne for the first time.
The audience hall of the Purple Palace seemed to be a carefully maintained place. Although the throne looked very old due to thousands of years of history, one could still see the purple elements belonging to the Purple Royal Family on the seat.
She just sat there waiting, Yang Hao and Naluga stood beside her, while Fen- seemed to be angry and left with the great wizards.
There was no one around, and the nearest palace guard was dozens of meters away - Princess Purple muttered softly that she was really not used to it.
"Then you have to try to get used to it. This is the path you have chosen, Theresa." Yang Hao comforted her, "Don't worry. Their fanatical loyalty to you is even stronger than the fanatical belief of the followers of the God of Light in the God of Light - don't worry, they won't blame you too much."
“But I’m worried I’m not doing a good job…”
"Okay my little kitty, I'll help you."
Nalujia shrugged and muttered that she hadn't been on the surface for a while. Why were the love talks between Yang Hao and Theresa becoming more and more explicit
During their brief moment of relaxation, the elder brought over the statistics of population and materials. But before the elder handed the report to Theresa, Theresa said:
"Give him the statistics - he will be the Caesar and Basilius of the future empire. You must respect him as you would me."
The elder was stunned for a moment, and followed the purple-clothed princess's gaze. He realized that this man wearing clothes with an elven aura actually had such an important status.
In an instant, the elder put away his confusion: after all, Princess Purple has lived outside for many years, has her own engagement, and has her own life, which is very normal.
Therefore, he calmly handed the report in his hand to Yang Hao, and did not forget to add:
"If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, respected Princess Purple, and future Basilius."
Yang Hao nodded and just looked at the report written in ancient characters in his hand.
In order to allow Yang Hao to read the contents smoothly, Theresa released a stronger word magic for him. With the help of the word magic, Yang Hao looked at the report in his hand, and his heart sank little by little.
The entire Constantinople had a population of 920,000 before the expedition. Excluding the more than 50,000 people who had died in the battle, he decided to take the round number, which is 870,000.
Of these 870,000 people, excluding approximately 20,000 rare elderly people, there are only 850,000 left.
If we do not include children under ten years old, there are only 700,000 people left among these 850,000 people.
Among these 700,000 people, how many are young and middle-aged men
There are now less than 50,000 people returning from the battlefield.
And how many women are there at the same time
200,000 people…
Among the remaining 450,000 people between the ages of 10 and 16—although the Bayer Empire has already regarded this group of people as "adults", in short, for Yang Hao, this place with a male to female ratio of nearly 5 to 1... What the hell is he going to do? !
5 to 1! It’s almost 6 to 1! This includes teenagers under 16 years old!
What can he say? Apart from the fact that the number 5 is occupied by the female side, this is simply the beginning of a hellish reconstruction of the empire.
Not only that, but Constantinople’s food reserves were exceptionally low.
Although the elders have taken into account the output of the mushroom garden, Constantinople's food supply can probably only last until February this year.
In other words, if Theresa had not chosen to return to Bayer Johannes, even if Bayer Johannes could have won a resounding victory, they would have been in an extremely dangerous situation due to the famine in February, and might even have been destroyed.
It can be said that in a sense, this is even more difficult to deal with than the large number of tribes before the founding of the Roman Empire.
At least the tribesmen had their own stable food supply and a stable ratio of men to women. Yang Hao was not fighting alone, but had his sworn brother...
But what can I say? This time he is not fighting alone.
Theresa will try her best, and Finn will help her - although the beginning is very difficult, after all, there is still a chance.
He sighed and handed the report to the elder.