Chapter 271: The Night Reaper
The Supreme Commander Demon Lord glanced at the Sword Emperor and gritted his teeth.
He obviously understood what had happened.
The humiliation he felt overwhelmed him to the point that he almost lost his reasoning and wanted to attack him, but he held back.
As a demon from the Kingdom of Endless War, they had developed self-restraint, all for the sake of winning the war.
He understood that, at present, he was no match for the Sword Emperor, but soon...
In the future.
Give me a hundred years, and I will cut your head off.
The Supreme Commander Demon Lord swore to himself as he glared at the Sword Emperor.
The Sword Emperor vanished, as if he did not put the Demon Lords in his eyes at all.
The Supreme Commander Demon Lord growled in anger and smashed a Greater Demon beside him with his bare fists.
The Greater Demon could not withstand the strength and died instantly.
The Supreme Commander Demon Lord shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Every single one of you is useless!
Useless! Incompetent products of the Kingdom!
We have surpassed them in numbers.
We possess greater strength against those meager creatures.
We are born for war.
But we lost!
Because all of you are useless!"
The Greater Demons, including the Demon Lords, lowered their heads.
Malveris, on the other hand, peeked at Max and finally recalled that he had encountered him before by using a human as his seed.
In other words, he knew Max earlier than any other demon in the present.
A chill ran down his spine when he perceived the gaze of the Supreme Commander Demon Lord landing on him, and he bowed deeply...
He had decided to kneel.
He heaved a sigh of relief when he perceived the Supreme Commander Demon Lord’s gaze leaving him.
At the same time, he clenched his fists and recalled Max’s image, which had been embedded deeply in his mind.
Max and his Radiant Knights had already grown to a level that could threaten him.
He regretted not taking immediate action to take care of him.
Tsk. Soon, this Empire will face the wrath of the Kingdom of Endless War.
I doubt this won’t catch the Demon Sovereign’s interest.
Even when they lost the war, Malveris remained optimistic when it came to the future of the Empire.
𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
It would inevitably face its destruction soon.
Perhaps in ten years or twenty years.
For Malveris, after having a thorough understanding of the Kingdom of Endless War’s capabilities, he was certain that it could devour the Empire even when it was protected by a human deity.
He had chosen the Kingdom of Endless War for a reason.
As Malveris continued to suffer from the Supreme Commander Demon Lord’s wrath through his curses and frequent physical abuse alongside the other demons, the humans on the other side were celebrating their victory.
In the end, there were 3,500 Demon Hunters left, with 1,500 Demon Hunters lost throughout the duration of the war.
The Imperial Army, on the other hand, lost multiple times that amount.
A staggering 10,000 Imperial Soldiers and officers, half of them being players.
With, of course, some having received special recognition throughout the duration of the war.
Especially Rhayne.
As for Julian and the others, they barely earned any merits.
At the moment, they were walking closer to Max, catching Rhayne’s attention.
For some reason, Julian and the others appeared to be smiling, especially Julian’s party members, seemingly eager to interact with Max.
Max noticed their presence and simply cast a glance at them before deciding to recall his Radiant Knights.
He was thoroughly exhausted and couldn’t be bothered to entertain Julian and his party members.
Max had already decided to ignore them.
At the same time, he whistled for his war horse, and the male war horse enthusiastically galloped toward him, arriving by his side.
Just in time, Julian and his party members arrived at a certain distance from him.
Exactly when Max had recalled all his Radiant Knights.
Julian’s peak C-rank Knight suddenly drew his sword and bolted toward Max at a rapid speed.
Julian’s peak C-rank Sniper fired multiple arrows imbued with different types of elements toward Max.
Julian cast spells one after another.
Being a peak C-rank Elementalist, his spells were naturally destructive.
At the same time, a C-rank Enchanter enchanted every single one of them, strengthening their offensive attacks and spells one after another.
From a distance, it appeared that Max had been taken by surprise, seemingly unable to react to their swift ambush.
In the first place, who would expect an Imperial Soldier to attack their fellow human who had participated in the war against demons?
The Sword Emperor, even from a distance, was so stunned that he only watched the attacks bolting toward Max.
Max, on the other hand, cast a glance at them before looking away.
Just as the Knight arrived behind him and swung his sword, the Holy Knight suddenly appeared and easily blocked him.
The Knight was taken aback by the force of the Holy Knight’s divine sword, instantly sending him flying backward.
At the same time, the arrows and spells were easily dispersed by the Holy Knight’s divine sword.
The Holy Knight stared coldly at Julian, knowing that he was clearly the leader behind the ambush.
However, he noticed Julian’s indifferent gaze suddenly forming a smirk.
Just then, he perceived the presence of a Night Reaper, a B-rank Assassin, arriving above them.
He quickly turned around and saw that he was too late.
The Night Reaper’s dagger was swiftly heading toward Max’s head.
The dagger was about to slice Max in half when a rapier, as brilliant as his divine sword, parried the dagger at its point.
The rapier was not only swift and precise but powerful enough to pierce through the Night Reaper’s dagger.
The Holy Knight saw it clearly—the Night Reaper’s eyes widened as he hastily vanished.
The Night Reaper was nowhere to be found. His presence had completely disappeared.
As though he had never appeared in the first place...