"We are not wasting any time. Prepare the defences. Use every single body to protect our mages! They are and will be the lifeline of our defence!" The King of Ends decided that it was best to do things themselves. Their numbers might not mean much but they have the brightest and most talented mages in their arsenal.
Not to mention they also have a bag full of elite troops in his hands. Even if they would lose, they should still be able to put up a good fight. After all, Ress had survived and warded off waves of Demons according to patchy intelligence. The King of Ends believed that these Demons might drop something or things that accelerated their growth to the point that they could even fight against those beings that descended from the skies.
He still could not forget the immense far view with the aid of his mages the intense fight that was happening above Ress' skies. Despite the far sight, he could not make out what was exactly going on with Ress and the beings from the skies but to see that it was not just a one sided fight meant that Ress had developed technology or discovered some way to fight against them.
That was also one of the reasons why the King of Ends decided to make Ends the last bastion of the Southern kingdom alliance even though it was selfish move. While his move was to make sure his kingdom had the highest chance of survival, this was to make sure he had all the power in his fingertips working for him. It was not wrong for him to think that in hindsight since he was facing multiple demon hordes.
With the sound of the foghorn announcing the commencement of the assault from the Demon Horde, the soldiers in the front line started to hold their weapons even tighter as they entered the first phase of their defence.
As for the Demons, the orcs had decided to once again send the Demon Rats as the fillers for he knew that they were currently the perfect yardstick against the human defenders. Not only are they quick on their feet but the snow did not deter them due to their small frame and nimble body. Add the mobility gears that they have, they were nigh unstoppable as the vanguard.
It was also to test what kind of tricks the humans were hiding especially when the leaders heard from Jin that the best of the very best were all gathered at this place to attack Ress but never had the balls to do so because of the horde. Therefore, it would be a playground for the 'demons' to understand the current situation and learn new tricks if there were any from the humans.
Sure enough, the moment the Demon Rats entered the range of the human defenders, earthen spikes suddenly emerged from the ground, attempting to stop the Demon Rats from coming any closer. To the Rats, they could not feel a damn thing because of the thick snow that had accumulated for weeks in the winter season.
And that was not the end of the defending mages' trick as those spikes were actually the tip of the fingers of the earthen golems that had been implanted prior to their arrival. Those golems came out as the first line of defence against the Demon Horde. And also, they were not ordinary golems. Most of them were towering over even the largest sized orcs as they slammed their fists down. (From afar it looked as if they were playing together since the slam caused the snow to fly and flutter around.)
Those Demon Rats who were not injured by the Golems decided to ignore them and go through without any care in order to see what the other human mages could think of in order to maintain a suitable distance for the rest of the defenders to work with.
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And true enough, rune inscriptions glowed on the ground so brightly that it shimmered within the thick snow, enabling the Demon Rats to evade them easily. Just that they did not know the consequences of those rune inscription activations as even more beings started to appear from the ground and this time it was not golems but something akin to a summoning process.
Spirits from another plane, world or maybe even from annuals of time from this world, illusory beings emerged from the ground shining brightly and clashing with the Demon Rats as they attempted to pass through.
To the mages' surprise, the Demon Rats were also able to engage against those spirits they had invoked since most Demons do not have the capacity or capability to do so. All they could do was to be either killed by the spirits they called upon or evade their attacks. "Impossible! How could those Rat Demons able to fight toe to toe against our religiously invoked spirits?" One of the priest mages was hounding in disappointment.
"Does that mean those Demon Rats are not just filler demons but high ranking ones? That's the only reason why they can clash with the spirits since they should have such bad compatibility against them that the spirits would be able to kill them without resistance." The other priest mage questioned.
"Are they at least Rank C and above?? Where is the appraisal mage!?" Another shouted as he drank his mana potion to invoke another spirit inscription through remote rune activation.
"They… They are not Rank C at all... Not even close…" The mage who was in charge of appraisal fell to his knees when he saw the numbers and alphabet popping right in front of him. "Not just one out of every ten… It's every single one of them…They are all Rank S and above…" His voice trembled and the priest mages could not believe what they heard.
If he was just some appraisal mage from the streets, they might not have believed him. However, he came from Trin where appraisal was of the utmost importance for trading items. Their speciality was identifying stuff.
So, when he said that they were all S rank and above. The priest mages knew that such news would only bring chaos and havoc within their ranks and the leader decided to shut the appraisal mage's analysis.
"They are C RANKS." He shouted so loudly as if to update the rest of the priest mages who were activating these armoured spirit defenders who ended up clashing against the Demon Rats.
This was not a time for internal discord.
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