At dawn the next day, when the supreme commander of the garrison of Dano Fortress, a sixtie-year-old one-star warrior of the Demon Empire, Julion, opened his heavy eyes, struggled to get up from the marching bed that had just been lying down for less than two hours, and was pouring a bucket of cold water from a deep well over his head. Suddenly, he saw the closest adjutant beside him, and suddenly pushed open the rough wooden door of his living room and walked in.

"General......" For some reason, the adjutant's tone sounded quite hesitant: "At the entrance of the fortress, there is a reinforcement that has just arrived from the town of Lole. ”

"How many are there?" Without looking up, Julion removed a dry linen cloth from the wall of the plank next to him. Carefully wipe the stagnant water from your body.

"There are not many people, only a normal training camp establishment."

"Have you been identified?"

"I've tested it. They were in possession of sergeant Hecken and a certificate issued by the military department. There will never be any problems with this. Speaking of this, the adjutant's expression suddenly became a little strange: "General, this unit just entered the fortress a few minutes ago. But...... It's a good idea to go and see for yourself. ”

"Oh?"

Julion, who had just put his feet in his fur boots, finally raised his head. He finally noticed the embarrassed look on the adjutant's face that wanted to speak, but stopped talking.

Counting from the time he arrived at Noor Fortress as commander, Julion had spent sixteen years in this difficult mountain pass. The adjutant was his old subordinate. Already quite familiar with each other. In his memory, even with more than 100,000 human troops gathered under the fortress, the adjutant had never shown such a strange expression.

Could it be that there was really something peculiar about the support force that came from Loreux overnight?

When Julion **** walked out of the living room under the guidance of the adjutant. The wide training ground in the center of the Dano Fortress camp was already crowded with thousands of demon soldiers. They huddled around each other, forming an irregular circle of people. And standing in the center of the ring, gathered together by countless surprised eyes, were dozens of demon teenagers lined up neatly. At their feet lay bundles of sharp swords wrapped in animal skins. and human heads threaded with rattan rope and stacked on top of each other.

There was not the slightest commotion from the crowd. The faces of all the onlookers were filled with surprise, shock and excitement that could not be concealed.

The soldiers guarding the fortress were veterans with several years of military experience. In this mountain pass, which borders on human territory, there have been countless fierce battles. It is no exaggeration to say that the garrison of the fortress may not be the best-equipped super elite among the demons. However, they are definitely the most fierce and capable soldiers in the entire empire.

What veterans admire most is people whose military merits and strength are stronger than their own.

The group of teenagers in front of them are obviously just a group of dolls about sixteen or seventeen years old. But the cold arrogance that erupted from them, and the bloody human heads piled up at their feet. All of them are explained: this is not an ordinary group of demon reservists at all. It's a bunch of out-and-out killers.

Carmon stood at the front of the line with an awe-inspiring expression. When the veterans looked at him, a pair of round bulging eyes almost jumped out of their sockets. Suddenly, they discovered that this young man with a long figure, beautiful black hair, and a handsome face was wearing a shining black iron badge on the leather armor on his chest.

"Boy, you're their leader?"

With Issei fierce and thunderous questioning, the crowd of onlookers automatically separated a wide passage to both sides. The tall and burly body of the commander of the fortress also appeared in the middle of the road.

"I'm the lead battalion officer at the Loreer training camp." Seeing this, Song Xiaoye hurriedly bent down and gave a standard military salute. He took out a roll of identification documents from the leather bag on his waist and handed it over with both hands: "According to your request, we have been ordered to come to reinforcements." ”

"The town of Lorer...... I can't see that Heken's lame guy really has a few materials in his hands that can be used as soldiers. ”

Julion, with a meaty face, muttered, pulling open the parchment roll. Suddenly, his eyes widened suddenly, and he stared at the words on the page with a hawk-like gaze. After a long time, he shifted the focus of his gaze back to Carmon in front of him. Frowning slightly, he roared in a thunderous voice: "Boy, are you a black iron warrior? Or an officially appointed squadron leader from the military department? ”

Carmon didn't speak. Just nodded slightly.

"A milky petty officer? Hey, hey, hey! Interesting......"

Julion reached out and stroked a handful of gray beards, walked to the pile of skulls next to him, and spat fiercely: "What is this?" Do you have any toys with you? ”

"Halfway through, we were confronted by a human army lightly armed over the ridge trying to attack the fortress from behind. So he killed them all. What you see is a head cut off from a corpse. If you follow our path, you'll find the headless corpses in a nearby valley. ”

Song Xiaoye's voice was not loud. But it's enough for everyone to hear.

These words caused a burst of exclamations among the veterans who were watching. Even the cold-faced commander of the fortress couldn't help but be faintly moved.

"Boy, do you think I'm a fool?" Suddenly, Julion picked up a muddy head from the ground, approached Carmon, and said with a strange smile: "There are at least two thousand human heads here. Even if you could use one as ten, you would never be able to kill so many people at once. Hey, hey, hey! Go ahead! Where did you get these heads? Want to take the risk of leading the ...... Little doll, believe it or not, I'm going to chop you all down and boil them all into broth now? ”

"I poisoned the water they were drinking." Song Xiaoye turned his face sideways, avoiding the foaming stars that spewed out of the other party's mouth, and replied slowly: "Of course, it won't take much effort to kill a group of poisoned people. ”

As he spoke, he took out a human head from his leather bag that had sealed the wound with salt: "This is the commander of that army. ”

"Pull ...... It's razina! ”

Seeing this, the adjutant standing next to him exclaimed: "General, look." It's Razina, it's Razina, the border guard of the human Theo Kingdom stationed opposite our fortress! ”

Julion did not speak. After carefully examining the skull in his hand for a while, he squatted down and carefully looked at the bundle of well-made weapons placed on the ground. After a long time, he turned around and patted Carmon on the shoulder. He shouted loudly, "Good job, boy. Hahahaha! How's that, did it scare you just now? ”

Carmon smiled and shook his head. Just as he was about to reply, he heard a sharp shout from the towering tower of the city wall in the distance: "Everyone is on alert, the enemy is attacking!" ”

In an instant, all the demon soldiers standing around the clearing grabbed their weapons and rushed towards the stairs of the city wall that were blocking the mountain pass.

"Hell! Can't these damn humans stop for a while? ”

Annoyed, Julion scratched the messy hair on his head and turned to leave. was stopped by Song Xiaoye: "General, please give us a task!" ”

"You guys?"

Looking at this group of children who were not more than one-third of their age, the faces of the old generals with white beards suddenly appeared with an unprecedented solemnity: "You are reserve soldiers, and you have just arrived." Just let me stay here and have a good rest, and I won't run around anywhere. ”

"But ......"

"Remember! That's an order! With a loud shout, the faint kindness on the old man's face was completely concealed. In its place, there is unquestionable majesty.

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The Dano Fortress is actually a long and narrow strip of passage. Cliffs as smooth as mirrors are located at the left and right ends of the valley. A thick city wall tens of meters high and densely packed with heavy stones was like a blue-gray barrier, stuck in the middle of the valley.

When Julion put on his armor and ascended to the head of the city. The narrow valley in front of me, which was less than 100 meters wide, was already densely packed with human soldiers. In their hands they all carried small round shields and short swords. In addition to the heavy steel helmet on his head, only a binding leather armor on his chest could protect the vital points. Because of this, the exposed arm and leg joints can maximize their original role.

"There were 5,000 of them...... All are light infantry. General, it seems, they are determined to win. Looking at the phalanx of human infantry advancing in the distance, the adjutant standing behind him shook his head gently.

"So what?" The arrogant old general slowly drew the sword at his waist. He shouted viciously: "We have an absolute geographical advantage. How many of these guys come, how many die! ”

"But it's a blessing. If it weren't for this reserve in Lore, I'm afraid we'd be in the back of the enemy by now. Whenever he thinks of this, the adjutant will always break out in a cold sweat.

"Hey, hey, hey! Said yes. These little bunnies actually used poison to kill more than 2,000 human elites. It's so beautiful that people can't say anything. It's up to you to write this military report. Hey! That kid named Song Xiaoye...... Lao Tzu likes it! ”

Before he could finish speaking, Julion had already strode up to the wall where the arrows were flying. I heard a thunderous roar suddenly erupt from his mouth: "Give me all the hard work." Make soup with these humans at night. The more you kill, the more soup you will have at night! Listen clearly to Lao Tzu, that is the freshest human flesh! ”

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The narrow terrain of the Dano Valley restricted the movement of a large number of troops. Because of this, the lack of attack surface makes it impossible for the warring parties to invest much at once. The only way to replenish the casualties of each attacking team is to replenish them one by one.

For the demon garrison, which is obviously inferior in numbers, this is their biggest advantage.

The lightly armed human infantrymen carried simple wooden ladders and rushed all the way to the bottom of the wall. I had just secured the bottom of the wooden ladder and was about to climb up the handrail. But it was smashed into a meatloaf by a boulder that was thrown from the city and weighed more than hundreds of catties.

Locust-like arrows flew out densely from the demon archers behind the city walls. It was like a terrible storm of death, slamming into the soldiers rushing forward in the valley. They tore through the soft skin of the people, cracking horrific holes in the otherwise smooth muscles of the blood-spattered surface. Let the sharp iron arrows burrow into it unhindered, gnawing at the fragile entrails with impunity. Completely turn a living body into a humanoid hedgehog that can never move.

Forward, perhaps, will die.

Retreat, and the overseers who follow behind will also cut off their own heads.

With no choice, among the human infantry who gritted their teeth and fought desperately, there were finally a few brave men who were not afraid of death, and skillfully climbed the city wall along the wooden ladder. Killing the red-eyed, they slashed the demon soldiers around them who were caught off guard. With the follow-up of the latecomers, a not very strong position was soon created. They relied on it to the death, waiting for their comrades to rush up and completely occupy this seemingly impregnable fortress.

"Reserves, follow Lao Tzu!"

Seeing this, Julion, who was guarding the middle of the city wall, roared angrily and led a group of elite guards around him to pounce towards the gap that had fallen. The steel sword wielded in his hand was so powerful that it split a human soldier in half from head to toe on the spot. Flying blood and brains splattered, clumps of inexplicable color on his gray beard.

"Kill them all! Throw these guys down to me! ”

The bravery that erupted from the old man's body completely stunned the human soldiers. They felt that they were not standing in front of them at all with the same kind of creatures that looked like them. Instead, he wears a human skin, but on the inside, he is a legendary hellish demon who likes to gnaw bones and suck the marrow.

They, they were originally demons.

When a group of demon soldiers slashed at them with weapons in their hands, and some even picked up the minced meat that fell from the ground and chewed it wantonly. The bloodless human soldier only felt himself trembling all over. I can't muster any courage to resist anymore.

"Whoa————

Suddenly, a stone flew from a distance, shattering the head of a demon soldier who was slashing with a knife.

", then, what's that?"

The reaction of the commander of the fortress was quick. He immediately picked up a shield left by a human soldier from the ground and held it high, protecting his head and chest. Through the gap in the edge of the round shield, he was shocked to find that about a hundred meters away from the city wall, several strangely shaped wooden machines were erected. Directly above each machine, there is a flat net bag made of thick rope and about half a meter wide. Every time the net is launched, the large and small rubble piled up in it will be smashed into the city like a torrential rain.

"Get out of the way!"

With a low roar, Julion felt himself slammed to the ground by a sudden force. When he shook his dusty head and got up again, he couldn't help but subconsciously shudder.

The place where he had just stood had been replaced by a large stone tens of centimeters square. The edges of the stone were hard and sharp, and they had sunk deep into the ground. Around it, a piece of cyan wall tiles had been smashed into powder by hard force.

"That's a stone thrower. A combat device that can attack from a distance. ”

Song Xiaoye's shot was very timely. If it weren't for that pounce, I'm afraid Julion would have been smashed into a sloppy body of soft flesh by the boulder that fell from the volley.

He didn't care to explain too much, he got up from the ground, and held his short sword diagonally with his backhand. With a ghostly figure, he quickly rushed towards a human soldier who had just climbed to the top of the city. Before the other party had time to react, he swung his sword and pierced the fragile throat.

The human commander has very clever timing of his attack. As soon as the long-range strike of the catapult passed, the infantry under the waiting wall also began to climb up the wooden ladder that had been erected. Unexpectedly, a new force that had just rushed out of the fortress turned this seemingly possible glimmer of victory into a dull darkness.

Ninety-seven teenagers from the Loreer training camp, armed with the simplest light round shields and short swords, rushed into the human infantry like a pack of fierce and hungry wolves. They don't do any grappling with their opponents at all. Instead, he flashed behind or sideways with agility, stabbing a seemingly unremarkable, but crucial and deadly sword from the most unexpected place.

There were hundreds of human soldiers who climbed to the top of the city. However, with their numerical superiority, they could only huddle together like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. This kind of play has long gone beyond their previous thinking concepts. Who would have imagined that these demons who are fighting against themselves do not use fixed slashes and horizontal slashes at all. Instead, it is slippery like a loach, and it specializes in attacking from behind and from the side where it cannot be defended. It's ...... It's just despicable!

Soon, at the head of Dano Fortress, there was no longer a single human soldier in sight. Thousands of corpses were stacked on the surface of the wide walls. At first glance, it seems that this strong fortress built in the valley has been artificially raised by a certain level.

"These little guys, really, really, are amazing!"

A veteran soldier armed with a steel axe swallowed a mouthful of dry and sticky saliva, and with an incredible expression on his face, he looked straight at the group of bloodied teenagers in front of him.

Not only him, but all the people who saw that scene were also full of indescribable horror and shock in their eyes.

How many of those human infantrymen were killed? Three hundred? Four hundred? No, no, no, definitely more than five hundred.

In other words, those who died under the sword of these young men were opponents who were more than five times as many as them.

If it's one-on-one, there's not much to say. However, they attacked at the same time, not giving each other any respite. That feeling...... It's like a pack of rampaging lions, slaughtering a flock of weak sheep. Less than the figure of a human soldier. Thousands of corpses were stacked on the surface of the wide walls. At first glance, it seems that this strong fortress built in the valley has been artificially raised by a certain level.

"These little guys, really, really, are amazing!"

A veteran soldier armed with a steel axe swallowed a mouthful of dry and sticky saliva, and with an incredible expression on his face, he looked straight at the group of bloodied teenagers in front of him.

Not only him, but all the people who saw that scene were also full of indescribable horror and shock in their eyes.

How many of those human infantrymen were killed? Three hundred? Four hundred? No, no, no, definitely more than five hundred.

In other words, those who died under the sword of these young men were opponents who were more than five times as many as them.

If it's one-on-one, there's not much to say. However, they attacked at the same time, not giving each other any respite. That feeling...... It's like a pack of rampaging lions, slaughtering a flock of weak sheep.