Natalie was just about to enjoy her little fun game with Emily when…
The human army had once again surrounded the entire fortress.
All kinds of magic were crashing against the fortress walls.
Due to the overwhelming disparity in troop numbers, the Demon Race was caught somewhat off guard by the sudden assault.
After all, the demons hadn’t expected the humans—who had just been repelled by the Demon King and the Drake units a few hours ago—to launch another attack so quickly!
Any normal commander, after learning of the Demon King and the Drake units’ firepower, would have considered retreating.
But unfortunately, the commander leading this human assault clearly couldn’t be considered normal.
“I told you! Pride goes before a fall! The Demon Race, after repelling us, has become arrogant! They will definitely let their guard down. If we attack now, we can catch them completely unprepared! Hahaha, don’t you agree, Brave One?”
After boasting, the Marshal turned to look at Hadia, who was standing beside him.
Hadia and the other generals had truly tried their hardest to persuade the Marshal not to attack.
After all, even if they could gain the upper hand against ordinary demons, once the Demon King and Drake units were deployed, the humans would definitely suffer losses!
But the Marshal forcefully suppressed all these arguments.
Then, using the absolute authority granted to him by the Imperial King, he compelled the generals to lead their troops into battle!
It was precisely because of the Marshal’s stubbornness that things had come to this.
Due to her own position, Hadia truly couldn’t utter the word “retreat.”
The Saintess was still in the Demon King’s hands.
If Hadia advocated for retreat, her reputation as the Brave One would be completely ruined.
She would definitely be saddled with the title of “Cowardly Brave One”!
No one would stand with her to fight the Demon Race in the future!
In order to unite all of humanity to confront the Demon King going forward…
Hadia had to maintain her influence as the Brave One.
Although the generals also sided with Hadia, the Brave One, and wanted to retreat…
Faced with the Imperial King’s authorization, they could only obediently attack!
After all, if they disobeyed the Marshal’s orders, all of them would be executed as deserters.
Seeing Hadia’s silent expression, the Marshal smugly assumed she was speechless, unable to refute his words.
In the Marshal’s view, his plan was truly flawless!
They already held the numerical advantage in troops!
There was absolutely no need to be timid because of the existence of the Drake units and the Demon King.
Of course, the Marshal had also arranged forces to counter the Drakes and the Demon King according to his own plan.
This was also the reason Hadia wasn’t on the battlefield and remained by the Marshal’s side.
Behind Hadia stood over a dozen top-tier experts.
Hadia could tell that the strength of these experts was not inferior to that of Bena and Ivuna, the two members of the Brave One’s party.
As for the Drakes, the Marshal had already gathered all the Griffins from the army!
As soon as the Demon Race dared to deploy Drakes, he would immediately send out the Griffin army to shoot them down!
Flawless.
That was the Marshal’s self-assessment of this operation.
The Marshal couldn’t even think of a reason why he would lose to the Demon King.
Of course, if they were facing a normal enemy, the Marshal’s arrangements wouldn’t be a problem.
But the enemy we’re facing is that Demon King…
Hadia silently complained in her heart.
But Hadia herself couldn’t be too harsh on this smug Marshal before her!
After all, in the past, when she led the Brave One’s party to subjugate the Demon King, she had been just like this.
She had arrogantly believed that the Brave One’s party alone could defeat the Demon King! But the final result was the Brave One’s party being effortlessly defeated by the Demon King!
She could only flee the Demon King’s castle in a panic with the help of Emily, the Saintess.
Hadia knew very well that if, before she led the Brave One’s party to subjugate the Demon King, someone had appeared and said, “Don’t go, you’ll lose!”
She would most likely have just dismissed that person as someone scared out of their wits by the Demon King.
As the saying goes, people teaching people never works; experience teaching people, once is enough.
The current Marshal was the past Hadia.
Before this Marshal was thoroughly beaten by the Demon King, it was impossible for him to realize what kind of enemy he had provoked.
I really hope fewer people die…
That was Hadia’s only hope now.
*
“Demon King, why isn’t she coming yet!”
While the fortress walls were constantly being bombarded by human magic…
Daphiel, who had climbed onto the wall to join the defense line, complained in confusion.
After all, Daphiel didn’t believe that such obvious explosions could go unheard by Natalie!
Under normal circumstances, she should have rushed over immediately to stop the human invasion!
“Lady Daphiel!”
Just as Daphiel was puzzled, a soldier ran over in a panic.
That soldier was naturally the one Daphiel had sent to inquire about Natalie’s situation.
“What’s the news?!”
“The Demon King told me to get lost… said she has important business to attend to!”
“What?! What business could be more important than repelling an invasion?!”
Although she shouted this, Daphiel actually understood very well that the “important business” Natalie mentioned was probably related to Emily.
“Honestly, it seems Miss Airodi’s advice went in one ear and out the other for the Demon King!”
Just as Daphiel muttered this to herself, Airodi also arrived on the wall with Karlina.
“My apologies, it seems I failed.”
“No, it’s not Miss Airodi’s fault. The top priority now is to figure out how to repel the human invasion.”
“Should I go, meow?”
Hearing Daphiel’s words, Karlina raised her greatsword and asked.
“So far, the Brave One hasn’t appeared… but even if she does show up, the three of us should be able to handle it, right…”
Of course, defeating a full-health Brave One with just three Demon King executives was rather unlikely.
But stalling her shouldn’t be a problem.
And they still had the Drake units on their side.
Even without Natalie, the Demon King, the combat power was still in favor of the Demon Race!
And so far, Hadia, the Brave One, had not yet entered the battlefield.
Daphiel understood she must be wary of Natalie, the invincible Demon King.
Otherwise, Hadia would definitely be the first one to join the battle!
Even if the Demon King doesn’t personally take the field, she can still tie down the most dangerous Brave One…
Could it be that the Demon King realized this and is being so leisurely?
The truth was indeed so…
Natalie was confident that Hadia, the Brave One, wouldn’t dare act recklessly, which was why she dared to stay in the room playing that dangerous little game with Emily.
No matter how much Natalie was captivated by Emily’s “charms,” she wouldn’t just stand by and watch Daphiel, Karlina, and Airodi, the three executives, die at the hands of the Brave One.
Daphiel was one thing.
But Airodi was treated like a sister by Natalie, and Karlina was her pet.
“Shouldn’t we go call the Demon King?”
Hearing Daphiel’s words, Airodi asked this key question.
“No need. Going would just be a waste of time. If the Demon King truly doesn’t want to act, no one can persuade her! After we repel the human invasion, I’ll go give the Demon King a piece of my mind. The defense line can’t do without the three of us executives right now.”
“It seems that’s the only way.”
After hearing Daphiel’s words, Airodi could only agree with her.
And so, the three executives leaped off the fortress wall and joined the battlefield.