Chapter 39 - Sect Launches a Surprise Attack on the Garrison Troops

“Tutu, why aren’t we together with the joint forces of the seven schools?

Isn’t there a greater chance of survival with more people?” Along the way, they had not encountered any enemies at all; presumably, all the demons nearby had already been summoned to the battlefield, so Lu Hong and his group found their escape relatively easy.

Hearing Lock Fan’s question, Lu Hong looked at him disdainfully, “Rest in place!” After fleeing for most of the day, Lu Hong found a natural cave, and a group of people crawled in to begin recovering their strength.

“Are you stupid?” Lu Hong countered Lock Fan’s question.

“What’s wrong?

Isn’t what I said correct?

There are nearly a hundred teachers of Second Transition professions from the seven academies; isn’t that the greatest guarantee for survival?” At this moment, Lock Fan had no idea that the teachers he was talking about were nearly extinct.

“No matter how strong a Second Transition teacher is, how many demons can they fight off?” Lu Hong felt it was necessary to explain things to this simple-minded person and make the situation clear to the over fifty surviving members of the Spearhead Squad.

Cough cough!

Lu Hong cleared his throat and continued, “There’s no hope of survival with the joint forces; our energy is already greatly depleted.

Once the joint forces are defeated, those who flee slowly will definitely die, and at that time, we would be the first souls to fall into the mouths of demons.”

“Why are the joint forces certain to be defeated?” Lock Fan firmly believed in the invincible power of the teachers.

“Are you an idiot?” Before Lu Hong could speak, a Level 11 thief from the Spearhead Squad couldn’t help but scold, “No matter how strong the Second Transition teachers are, there comes a time when their strength runs out.”

“Yeah, yeah, this student is right.” Lu Hong gave the thief a big thumbs up, “Teachers of Second Transition will act without letting students join the battle, so they don’t have to worry about accidentally harming students with their skills.

But this is exactly a dangerous move because once their strength is depleted, they can’t escape the demons’ enclosure and are just going to be slaughtered.”

“Moreover, the biggest reason I don’t stick with these joint forces is that they lack living forces.

Since the demons’ surprise attack, which profession do you think suffered the most casualties among the seven academies?”

Upon hearing Lu Hong’s question, Lock Fan immediately replied without thinking, “Priests and druids.”

“Right, you know that the most casualties are priests and druids, tell me, how can they afford to wage a war of attrition against a demon army?

An army without the ability to recover is absolutely incapable of defeating a larger enemy, especially one that outnumbers itself by several times.”

“But I still think the tea-…” Lock Fan still believed in the strength of the teachers, but before he could finish his sentence, Lu Hong slapped him on the head.

“Teach your head, have you seen any teachers from Kains Academy join our group?” Lu Hong shouted, awakening everyone around.

“Yeah, the teachers went to guard the rear, but how come we didn’t see them?”

“They’re all dead!” Lu Hong said with a tinge of sorrow, sighing.

“How is that possible?!” The students from the Spearhead Squad simply couldn’t believe it.

“Believe it or not, it’s up to you, but when they stayed behind to block the demon army, they were already prepared to die.” Lu Hong recalled the teachers leading the group, all elite teachers from the academy.

Wait, something’s wrong, these teachers weren’t famous, were they?

Why didn’t Titus come?

And several other well-known teachers from Kains, why didn’t anyone come?

“Tutu!

I want to avenge the teachers!” After thinking it through carefully, gradually believing what Lu Hong said, they clenched their fists and spoke to Lu Hong.

“Revenge?

Against demons?

You don’t even know which demon killed our teachers, what revenge are you talking about?”

“Then we’ll kill all the demons in Hell!” The students from the Spearhead Squad shouted one after another.

“Good spirit!

But do you know how many demons are in just a low-level hell plane?

At least ten billion!

Can you kill them all?”

Ten billion…

Hearing this number, everyone fell silent, indeed they couldn’t be killed.

“We can walk out of Hell alive and safe, without letting down the sacrifice of the teachers.” Lu Hong patted Lock Fan on the shoulder.

“Don’t worry, follow me.

I’ll do my best to lead you in killing Hell Demons, and hold out until the day the Hell Portal is reopened.” Lu Hong was truly tired; while recovering his Fighting Spirit, he still had to do ideological work with these fifty-plus people.

Wasn’t Lock Fan supposed to be the leader before coming to Hell?

After all this time, why was he the one who had to handle everything?

This useless chicken!

As for the hope in the hearts of all those struggling to survive in Hell—the Imperial forces—were at this moment engaged in a fierce battle.

When the Empire took control of the Hell Portal, the Hell Cultists were already unhappy.

They carefully planned a plot and, by sacrificing a remote and concealed stronghold, successfully managed to draw away Danni.

Afterward, they launched the surprise attack on the Hell Portal, and it so happened that the escaping students and teachers from Kains Academy collided with the great battle between the Imperial forces and the Hell Cultists.

Luckily, as Nono was the Princess of the Empire, as soon as the Hell Portal was attacked, a Knight escort team rushed over and, under Nono’s orders, safely evacuated all the students from Kains Academy from the battlefield.

“We must retake the Hell Portal as soon as possible!” Nono beseeched General Quiquette, the highest-ranking officer present.

“Don’t worry, Your Highness, we will do our utmost to retake the Hell Portal!” General Quiquette followed up, “Your Highness, it’s too dangerous here, you better leave with Prince Fidel.”

“No!

I am waiting here for Tutu Kuru to come out!” Nono would not agree, her beloved Lu Hong was still trapped in Hell, how could she just run away?

She knew she should have joined the Spearhead Squad back then!

“Your Highness!

Please don’t be rash!

We can’t guarantee your safety!” General Quiquette had just spoken when a Hell meteorite crashed toward the Imperial camp.

“Defend!” The Imperial soldiers shouted as a group of Second Transition Knights’ Holy Light Shields formed an impassable barrier, blocking the impact.

Then came countless Hell meteorites, one after another, which, after being blocked by the Knights’ Holy Light Shields, quickly fused into giant fire beings, over thirty meters tall, continuously assaulting the defense of the Knight squads.

“We can’t hold on anymore!” The captain of the Knight squad shouted, and no sooner had he spoken when the Ice Mage squad began summoning Ice Elementals with Magic Power to combat these fire giants.

“I wonder how long you can hold out!” Under the command of the leader of the Hell Sect, more Hell Meteorites were summoned, continuously attacking the Empire’s army.

At the same time, members of the Hell Sect launched their attacks in an attempt to annihilate the soldiers stationed at the Hell’s Rift.

“Nono, General Kui is right; we’re not helping at all by staying here, we’re just wasting the army’s manpower to protect us,” Fidel, looking anxious at the state of the battle, also persuaded Nono.

“Woof woof woof!” The dog joined in trying to persuade Nono; however, without Lu Hong present, no one could understand what it was saying.

Our dog was simply following Nono around; Lu Hong had long since arranged for the dog to protect Nono with all its might, but seeing that the battlefield was filled exclusively with Level 11 professionals, the dog had no confidence in keeping Nono safe and therefore also wanted Nono to leave quickly.

“What are you barking for!” Nono kicked the dog irritably.

“Woof woof woof!

Woof woof woof!” The dog cursed, but still, no one understood.

“Not good!” General Kui Kote saw the Hell Sect’s camp summoning a Demonic Dragon at the rear and his face instantly paled, “Princess Nono, Lord Fidel, I can’t take care of you anymore.

One last time!

Please leave the battlefield immediately!”

After that, he motioned for his trusted aides to quickly approach the summoned Demonic Dragon.

Speaking of this Demonic Dragon, it was quite formidable, with strength at Level 9, and, with no Third Transition professionals on the entire battlefield, no one could stand against it.

The Demonic Dragon’s resistance to magic was astonishingly high, and from the moment it was summoned, it brought about the Empire army’s doomsday.

General Kui Kote knew he couldn’t defeat it, but he would still fight.

Not for anything else but to try and delay the Demonic Dragon’s advance, so that more people might have a chance to escape.

“Third Battalion will cover our retreat, everyone else evacuate quickly!” General Kui Kote apologised to the soldiers of the Third Battalion with a sorrowful face, “I’m sorry for your sacrifice.”

“We swear to protect the Empire’s glory to the death!” Soldiers of the Third Battalion placed their right fists over their chests, ready to face death without fear, and shouted in unison.

“Good!

We will protect the Empire’s glory together!” General Kui Kote, as if infected by the same fervor, lifted his sword to the sky, “Holy Light!

I am willing to sacrifice everything to save your children!”

“We are willing to go together!” Kui Kote’s trusted aides, all uniformed Holy Knights, now knelt on the ground, holding their swords and chanting in unison.

“The Demonic Dragon, kill them all!” The leader of the Hell Sect, Aude, watched Kui Kote’s performance with cold eyes.

The Demonic Dragon, upon receiving the order, let out an angry roar and spewed out a stream of green dragon breath like a torrent bursting its banks.

“Protect the General!” The soldiers of the Third Battalion hurriedly called out, each activating their defensive skills in an attempt to block the dragon breath.

“How naive!” Aude shook his head, looking down disdainfully at the Empire army’s futile defense.

Indeed, the Level 9 Demonic Dragon’s breath was not something that these Level 11 professional soldiers could withstand.

The power of the dragon breath was too strong for them, and in an instant, it tore apart the defense of the Third Battalion.

“Protect the General!” The Third Battalion didn’t give up; since their skills couldn’t block it, they would use their bodies!

With the fastest speed, the soldiers of the Third Battalion joined hands to form a thick wall of men, firmly standing in front of General Kui Kote, and then the dragon breath followed.

A powerful dragon breath slammed into the wall of men, and when the green smoke cleared, the 800 soldiers of the Third Battalion had all turned to char.

Seeing its dragon breath blocked, the Demonic Dragon was unhappy, its hundred-meter body rushing forth, heading straight for General Kui Kote.

“I will not let your sacrifices be in vain!” General Kui Kote shouted with tears in his eyes!

As the skill chanting finished, a ray of Holy Light descended from heaven, enveloping Kui Kote and his trusted aides.

Bathed in the Holy Light, the bodies of Kui Kote and his trusted aides gradually melted away; this was the Second Transition joint skill of the Holy Knights, sacrificing themselves in exchange for the hope of salvation.

The Demonic Dragon was large but fast.

It reached the territory bathed in Holy Light in an instant, ready to swallow the glowing form of Kui Kote and the others in one gulp.

But at that moment, a fist over ten meters wide condensed within the ball of light and fiercely flung the Demonic Dragon away!

Roar!

The Demonic Dragon flipped over, furious.

The light orb slowly took shape, and the lives of Kui Kote and the hundreds of trusted aides were exchanged for a colossal Holy Giant over a hundred meters tall, with a pair of white wings on its back.

“Double-winged Angel?” Aude seemed to be nostalgic for these wings, surely he must have witnessed such a sacrificial summoning before.

“Summoned by you all, I will fulfill your wishes!” The deep voice of the Double-winged Angel echoed across the open fields, spreading its wings, and the power of the Holy Light pierced through the dark clouds to the land below.

Under the shine of the Holy Light, the Hell Sect’s followers who were chasing the Empire’s army wailed as if they were being scorched.

“All followers retreat!

Demonic Dragon, kill him!”

Under Aude’s command, the Demonic Dragon’s wings flapped, slowly ascending into the air, diving towards the Double-winged Angel.

“Filthy creature, you must be purged!” The Double-winged Angel grasped into the air with its right hand, and countless Holy Lights converged to form a long spear, which met the Demonic Dragon head-on.