"Wu Ya—"
A loud horn sounded on the city wall.
Under the siege of the dense Demon army.
A Northern Lands allied force, fully armed, left the city under the command of General Melshius of the Olt Kingdom of the Northern Lands.
"Holding out for reinforcements is not a good method."
"Only by seeking opportunities to take the initiative and using offense as defense is the key to defeating the enemy."
"So, Melshius, it's decided it will be you."
"Go and kill the enemy's spirit!"
Melshius rode a warhorse clad in blue iron armor.
Walking at the very front of the large army.
What came to mind were the last few words Noorst said at the meeting.
Let himself kill the enemy's spirit?
Don't you know this enemy is the famous Demons general, Revolte!
Melshius gripped the reins tightly, looking at the sword hanging beside his warhorse.
He then looked back at the equally dense human army following behind him.
However.
Perhaps he might not be an opponent for Revolte.
He was born into a family of knights.
From a young age, he received strict training from his family.
Now, he is one of the well-known generals among the major generals of the Northern Lands.
One of the generals whose strength is recognized.
If he were a bit more cautious.
And went up to face Revolte with a hundred percent of his strength.
Even if it wasn't enough, at least it would look like an evenly matched fight on the surface, right?
Melshius calculated.
But a voice pulled him back to reality.
"General Melshius..."
"It's time to issue the challenge."
A personal guard soldier, riding a warhorse, came beside him and leaned down.
He whispered to Melshius.
Issue the challenge?
Melshius woke up as if from a dream.
Looking at the army formation that had already been set up.
The human allied army confronting the Demon army.
He nodded gently.
"I understand."
Melshius drew the sword from his warhorse.
He stared sharply at the opposing Demon army.
The next second, he was seen pulling the reins of his warhorse, riding with his head held high and chest out, pacing forward.
Slowly approaching the center of both armies' formations.
"Clang!"
"Revolte, do you dare fight me!"
Melshius swung the treasured sword in his hand, bringing up gusts of strong wind.
With a commanding gaze, he issued a challenge before the Demon formation.
As long as he defeated Revolte, this Demon King's Army in front of him, no matter how strong, would collapse without being attacked.
A Demon army without a powerful Demons leading them can only be a scattered mess!
"A human general?"
Responding to Melshius was a cold female voice.
As the voice sounded.
A tall figure, taking elegant steps.
Slowly walked out a Demon formation.
It was that female Eye-patch Demon.
At this moment, she was holding a sharp long sword.
Her eyes held disdain as she looked at Melshius, who was riding a warhorse not far in front of her.
"Are you that female Demon under Revolte?"
Melshius dismounted.
At the same time he spoke the question.
He held up the treasured sword in his hand and confronted the Eye-patch Demon.
The reason why the challenge phase exists in the war between humans and the Demons are:
Humans want the Demons to retreat due to the death of their leading strong individual without a large-scale battle occurring.
The Demons wants to refine their combat abilities by fighting human strong individuals, while also preventing human strong individuals from harming weaker Demons during the battle.
It's laughable to say.
The emotionless Demons sometimes appears protective of their own.
In their view, protecting the weaker Demons who have submitted to them seems like a matter of course.
Of course!
The premise is that they have the ability to protect them.
"So many words..." The Eye-patch Demon had no interest in talking more with Melshius.
She raised the sharp sword in both hands and took up an attacking stance.
Revolte's order to her was to get rid of this fly quickly.
And return quickly to continue sitting with him in the military tent.
Saying that the Demon King would be arriving soon.
What to do next, they had to wait for the Demon King's command before making a decision.
Are we starting a life-and-death battle right away?
The wary Melshius saw the Eye-patch Demon take an offensive stance.
Immediately shifted his steps slightly.
His gaze became extremely serious as he stared at the Eye-patch Demon.
Their Mel family's swordsmanship emphasizes using stillness to control movement.
If the enemy doesn't move, I don't move.
If the enemy moves a lot, I move a thousand times!
On the city wall.
Noorst and the other generals looked at the two people on the battlefield who were wary and confronting each other.
Their brows furrowed slightly.
"General Melshius is doing this?"
Someone raised a question.
After all, it was agreed upon when they set out.
To thoroughly kill the Demons' spirit.
Preferably to directly take down the Demons general in one go.
But now?
Revolte hasn't even personally entered the field.
Melshius's opponent is just a personal guard Demon of Revolte!
To think he needs to test this much!
"You wouldn't understand this."
An old general smiled and shook his head slightly.
"This is the subtlety of the Mel family's swordsmanship..."
"As the saying goes, battle is a major event where life and death are wagered."
"As long as there is battle, no one won't be nervous because of the heavy words 'life and death'."
"But the Mel family's swordsmanship uses stillness as movement, successfully solving the problem of people easily revealing flaws due to nervousness."
"They can even achieve using stillness to control all movements, defeating the enemy in one strike!"
"Just wait and see, ho ho."
After the old general finished speaking.
Many generals couldn't help but relax their brows.
All revealing joyful smiles.
After all, the Mel family can be considered a famous general family in the Northern Lands.
Especially Melshius, this young general is even among the famous generals of the Northern Lands.
Seeing it today is better than hearing about it a hundred times.
It turns out they had misunderstood before due to their limited perspective.
Unlike the relief of the crowd.
Noorst, who bore five stars on his shoulder, now had his already furrowed brow even deeper.
Under normal circumstances.
The old general's explanation was naturally without problem.
But regarding people and matters.
Although the Mel family's swordsmanship is like this.
But if one has overwhelming strength.
Why the need to procrastinate?
"Whoosh!"
Melshius was still fully vigilant.
But the next second!
Suddenly, a hurricane was generated as the Eye-patch Demon swung her sword!
It rushed straight towards him at high speed!
Fast!
It was whirlwind sword slash at extreme speed!
But Melshius was naturally not someone to be trifled with!
His eyes suddenly widened.
He actually rolled quickly on the ground with great speed, successfully dodging it!
"Splurt!"
But!
Despite this!
A splash of blood still bloomed on his neck!
"Clang—"
The treasured sword in Melshius's hand fell to the ground.
He tightly clutched his neck.
"Ugh!"
Letting out a dying whimper!
"Splurt—"
However, this could not save his life.
In less than half a second.
In an instant, Melshius felt the strength draining from his body.
After being powerless and half-kneeling for a moment.
He heavily collapsed onto the ground.
"Woo—"
A tragic horn sounded.
After Noorst waved his hand gloomily.
The human allied army, with low morale, withdrew their troops.
And after the Eye-patch Demon took one last look at Melshius's corpse on the ground.
She walked towards the military tent as if nothing had happened.
In fact, the strength gap between the two was not that large.
But because Melshius's vision was disrupted by the suddenly appearing whirlwind Magic.
He just died like that.
Combining Magic and swordsmanship.
Demons of the Demon King's Army.
As expected, every single one of them is a breathtaking genius!
This was Melshius's last thought before he died...