Volume 1, Chapter 59

Not far to the south of Fort Garros.

After learning that the Abyssal Demons had begun their assault on Fort Garros, Marquis Xiumu had hurriedly led the elite forces of Windward City, five thousand members of the Blizzard Knight Order, charging toward the fortress in a grand procession atop their warhorses! As they drew closer to their destination, troops arriving from other fortresses began to merge into Marquis Xiumu’s ranks one after another.

Several dozen minutes later, the army behind Marquis Xiumu had reached eighty thousand! A massive force was now marching toward Fort Garros with overwhelming momentum.

However, the disciplined and powerful army behind him did not bring Xiumu even the slightest bit of peace of mind at this moment.

If it were an ordinary Abyssal Demon invasion, Xiumu would undoubtedly have enough confidence to use this force to drive the demons away! However, the situation this time was clearly different! Judging from the sheer power of that previous explosion, there was a terrifying existence of the demon king tier among the Abyssal Demons attacking Fort Garros!

Facing such an existence, even with tens of thousands of soldiers and two saint tier powerhouses at his back, Xiumu had no confidence in repelling the enemy.

But at this point, he had no other choice. If he did not move to block the Abyssal Demons, the consequences would be unimaginable once those monsters drove straight in and spread southward!!

As the army continued to advance, Xiumu’s heart grew increasingly heavy.

‘Martial Skill – Void Cleave!!’

Vigorously swinging the greatsword in his hand,

With the assistance of red saint tier battle aura, Xiumu launched an attack brimming with killing intent.

With one strike, he instantly slew five Abyssal Demons charging toward him! The other members of the Blizzard Knight Order at the front of the charge also easily cut down nine more Abyssal Demons through perfect coordination!

Looking at the massive corpses of these dozen or so Abyssal Demons,

Xiumu couldn’t help but catch his breath.

Since Abyssal Demons had appeared here…

‘Then that means Fort Garros is likely doomed.’

Though he had already anticipated this, seeing the Abyssal Demons actually break through the defensive line was still difficult for Xiumu to accept, and he could only clench his teeth tightly.

Just then, the commander of the Blizzard Knight Order, Sikta, quickly rode his red-hoofed warhorse to Xiumu’s side.

“Lord Marquis, there is news from the Imperial Family.”

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What?!

Upon hearing this, Xiumu’s face immediately flared with excitement, and he hurriedly asked:

“The Imperial Family sent news??! Is it the reinforcements?! Have they arrived?!”

Seeing the Marquis so excited, Sikta sighed with some embarrassment.

“I’m sorry, Lord Marquis. There are no reinforcements. They are temporarily unable to arrive due to a large-scale avalanche in Jialing Valley.”

“W-What?! Are you kidding me?!”

“My apologies, Lord Marquis, but it is true. However, the Imperial Family has sent other instructions.”

“No reinforcements, yet they give instructions? Heh…”

Xiumu let out a look of disdain and a cold laugh.

Clearly, this border Marquis was not satisfied with the current Imperial Family of the Snownight Empire.

“So, what kind of damn instructions are they?”

“The Imperial Family wants us to hold the line south of the Anqi Mountains and not let the Abyssal Demons break through. As for Fort Garros and the Abyssal Demons in that vicinity, the Imperial Family told us to ignore them for the time being.”

!?!

“What? Ignore them? What the hell does that mean?” Xiumu couldn’t help but cry out in shock.

“They said they will resolve the situation with the Abyssal Demons there by launching Magic Fission Bombs.”

?!

Upon hearing this, Xiumu’s expression changed drastically as he looked at Sikta in disbelief.

“You mean the weapon developed by the Crown Prince?”

“Y-Yes. It seems the Imperial Family wants to use the battlefield here as an experiment.” Sikta nodded slightly, his own face turning grim.

“Does the Imperial Family not know that Ashurmos’s Chosen Maiden is also there? By doing this, aren’t they afraid of a fallout with the Ashurmos Church and the Red Lotus Leaf Empire?!”

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“Lord Marquis, I have already told them.”

“And the Imperial Family still hasn’t changed its mind?”

“No, they haven’t.”

“…”

In an instant, Xiumu stood frozen in place, slightly at a loss.

If the Imperial Family intended to use Magic Fission Bombs, given the power of those things, their army indeed should not continue forward; once caught in the blast, the consequences would be catastrophic. But if they only guarded the Anqi Mountains to eliminate the demons invading the south? Wouldn’t that be the same as directly abandoning the soldiers and people of Fort Garros?!

Abandoning the people of his own territory?!

For a moment, Xiumu found it hard to accept and painfully clenched his fists.

Furthermore, even though he wasn’t particularly fond of that Chosen Maiden, she was still an existence highly valued by the Ashurmos Church. If something were to happen to her…

Sigh…

Those guys in the Imperial Family! What on earth are they thinking!!

Xiumu couldn’t help but roar in his heart.

However, right at that moment,

“Whoosh!!”

Accompanying a white meteor streaking across the sky, a towering sense of pressure lunged down from above, instantly making Xiumu and the soldiers behind him tremble! This aura, which caused a sense of dread to sprout within their very souls, made Xiumu’s expression shift violently.

He immediately looked up at the sky!

‘Th-That is?!’

Watching that white light streak toward Fort Garros and feeling that surging holy magic power, Marquis Xiumu couldn’t help but gasp. His weathered face was now dominated by gravity and trepidation.

This situation was becoming more and more complicated now…

On the other side,

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At Fort Garros,

Li Mo, whose head had taken a direct hit from Kosov’s self-destruction and the explosion of the magic stone energy, wasn’t injured, but she still felt a bit uncomfortable. She couldn’t help but shake her massive head and lift a wolf paw to rub her face.

After all, the explosion had made her a bit itchy.

After that, Li Mo continued to cast her gaze into the interior of Fort Garros, trying to find her mother’s figure within this hellish sea of fire.

However, because Yumo had completely hidden her presence to conceal her identity from the female lead, Li Mo couldn’t actually find her mother within these vast ruins for a while, which made the giant wolf increasingly anxious.

‘Mother, where are you, wuuuu~. You wouldn’t… you wouldn’t really be angry and ignore me, would you, wuwuwuwu?’

That kind of thing…

I don’t want that!!

Li Mo’s heart was now filled with unease and fear.

She was just like a naughty child who had done something wrong and feared being abandoned by her parents.

In a moment of impulse to eliminate the female lead, Li Mo had directly fired the ‘Annihilation Cannon’ at Fort Garros. However, after firing, a constant stream of regret had flooded her heart. She wanted to eliminate the female lead, but she didn’t want to make her mother angry; her inner state was quite complex.

Wuwuwu…

If I had known, I would have discussed it with Li Yu before acting, wuwu.

Little sister is smarter; she should have had a better way, right?

However, regret was obviously useless now.

What Li Mo wanted to do now was find Yumo as soon as possible and then use a frenzy of acting cute and spoiled to seek forgiveness.

However, after sensing for a while, Li Mo failed to find Yumo’s figure, but she instead noticed that silver silhouette currently fighting the Divine Punishment Holy Church!?

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What?! That woman isn’t dead yet?!

Did… did mother step in to protect her?!

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The moment she noticed Mengxi, a startling coldness and killing intent erupted in the snow-white giant wolf’s eyes. The crimson Shadow Essence within her body became restless, and the terrifying aura leaking out made the surrounding Abyssal Demons instinctively tremble. The surviving defenders were even more directly suppressed by this aura, making it difficult for them to move.

Those with weaker strength even fainted on the spot.

And as for what it meant to faint in front of an Abyssal Demon, it likely went without saying.

‘Should I… attack again?!’

Li Mo couldn’t help but think so in her heart.

Mother doesn’t seem to be near the Chosen Maiden right now; if I act, I should be able to kill her.

But in case mother is nearby, I’m afraid not only will I fail to kill the female lead, but I will also make mother completely disappointed in me…

‘What should I do, wuwuwu~’

The giant wolf’s heart was filled with hesitation.

However, just as her attention was entirely focused on the silver-haired girl due to her internal conflict, a white meteor violently charged from the horizon at an unfathomable speed! The white light, which suddenly intruded into her sensory domain, startled Li Mo.

She looked up into the sky in bewilderment.

?!!

‘This is?!’

Before she could make any reaction, the white meteor suddenly flashed right in front of Li Mo! As the white light dissipated, a white-haired girl wearing a black military dress appeared in Li Mo’s field of vision.

“Good afternoon, Snow Devourer~”

At the same moment the voice entered her ears, the white-haired girl’s iron fist, enveloped in vast holy magic, suddenly swung out! A single punch slammed into Li Mo’s head!

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