Volume 8, Chapter 6 – Preparations for the Great War

The world Father loved.

To me, it was also the world I loved.

But even though Father protected this world with such wholehearted effort, Father still, through the power of time under his control, saw a future in which this world would be destroyed.

“The world has its end.”

This was the conclusion Father reached after observing that future.

After all, Father possessed the ability to peer into the long river of time, yet could not influence a future that had not arrived.

Just like how the future Father could communicate with the present Father and make preparations in advance, the destruction of the world would only be delayed, that was all.

And the destruction that was destined to come was still destined to destroy.

But… for a Father who loved the entire world so much, this was a future he was unwilling to see.

“Since you let me see such a future, then there must still be a chance for it to continue. Even if it’s only the slightest possibility, I will make it happen.”

Back then, Father said those words to me in an exceptionally firm tone.

And back then, I instead felt an incomparably deep panic because of Father’s words.

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Yes.

At that time, I should have noticed.

Father loved this world more than he loved me, his daughter.

More accurately… in order to save this world’s future, Father could even choose to give me up, using me to save this world he loved so dearly…

……

When time came to the second day, Tianyin brought as many Half-beast troops as she could mobilize from all of Dawn and arrived at the Northern Fortress.

After meeting up with Fisiel, Tianyin understood this time just how thorny the situation Dawn was facing had become.

According to the analysis Samael and Tianyin had made before, the Abyssal Lord would very likely march on the Northern Fortress after the demon army gathered to a certain extent.

But what Tianyin did not expect was that when she had just arrived at the Northern Fortress, Inferno’s demon army was already at the gates, already camping not far from the Northern Fortress.

“Hoo… looks like I came just in time…”

Standing atop the walls of the Northern Fortress, Tianyin looked into the distance at the seemingly unending demon encampment, and her cute little face also rarely showed a tightly drawn expression.

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Beside Tianyin, Fisiel, as the person in charge of the Northern Fortress, also watched the demon camp in the distance with a serious expression.

“My lord. Just from the numbers alone, the demon army looks to be above a million. And if nothing unexpected happens, this is only Inferno’s vanguard.”

As a Paladin, even though Fisiel had not dealt with demons before, Fisiel had once looked through some records in ancient texts about Inferno invasions.

And according to what those texts recorded, Inferno’s demons were practically all soldiers. Every member of Inferno was a qualified warrior.

And because of the demons’ chaotic evil nature, demons were generally fearless in the face of death, the more they fought the braver they became, like beings akin to undead that did not fear death.

And just from the fact that every single Inferno demon was a qualified warrior, Inferno’s army numbers almost completely crushed the army numbers of all other factions.

And in the past, wars that resisted Inferno invasions only managed to defeat Inferno by joining together. And this time, even with Fisiel being so confident, she did not believe that relying on Dawn’s army alone could stop Inferno’s demon horde.

“What’s wrong, Fisiel, you look like you have something on your mind?”

Fisiel’s worry was something Tianyin, who controlled the power of Lust, could sense with ease.

However, Tianyin did not directly soothe Fisiel’s worry, instead planning to use a more tactful way to ease the worry in Fisiel’s heart.

And with that, a roundabout approach was very suitable.

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“My lord… I just, I’m a little worried about whether the Northern Fortress can withstand Inferno’s attack later…”

“Mmh… I understand why you’d think that.”

Tianyin nodded in understanding.

“But whether we can defend it or not is hard to say, since you can’t be sure what the future will be like either, right? And besides, I’m here now, aren’t I? With me here, even if the demon army comes with another million, they’ll only be coming to die.”

Tianyin’s body was the very petite type.

But this incomparably petite Tianyin said, in an exceptionally firm and serious tone, that “even if another million comes, they’ll only be coming to die”.

Without a doubt, words like that were very imposing.

At the very least, after Tianyin finished saying that, Fisiel’s previously worried mood eased by quite a bit.

“Just now I disappointed my lord. At a time like this, as the commander-in-chief, I shouldn’t show a negative state before the war even begins, and instead, I should use a positive attitude to inspire morale…”

Fisiel’s worried heart was smoothed over by Tianyin’s simple sentence. Not only that, Fisiel also drew an inference from it, and quickly understood just how foolish her previous mental state had been.

“Mm… it’s good that you understand. There’s no need to blame yourself right now, next we still have to make preparations to defend against the demons’ attack.”

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“Yes!”

With a wave of Tianyin’s little hand, the entire Northern Fortress began reinforcing the defenses of the walls. Not only that, countless defensive materials were transported onto the walls.

While the Northern Fortress prepared for the coming defensive battle, within the demon camp stretching over a hundred kilometers in the distance, in the rear, countless demons were continuously rushing over from behind the Kingdom.

Of course, aside from those demons who had just arrived to join the army, the vast majority of demons were also beginning preparations for the siege weapons needed to attack the Northern Fortress.

Speaking of this, some people might be confused, why didn’t these demons just choose to fly over the Northern Fortress and then directly attack Dawn’s hinterland?

Of course, the answer to this question was very simple.

First, the Northern Fortress was the only connection point between the Kingdom and Dawn, and after that there simply was no place that could lead into Dawn.

Second, the overwhelming majority of demons did not have flight under their control. And on top of the Northern Fortress, an anti-flight magic array had also been set up. So even for those demons that could fly, flying over the Northern Fortress was a very difficult and unrewarding approach.

So, the safest method was to advance steadily. Directly taking down the Northern Fortress was much simpler than other flashy methods.

Moreover, for demons with a naturally brutal disposition, war was the collision of blood against blood. And a straightforward battlefield was the battlefield these demons loved most, the battlefield they longed for most.