Free Web NovelChapter 2662: Chapter 1795: This Hero Saves Humanity (Lazily Rolling on the Ground)
Why would it be like this!?
Staring blankly at the burst of flames in the distance, Sturk trembled all over, unable to speak. Of course it knew what that place was—that was the Demon King Palace!
It had never imagined something like this would happen, the Demon King Palace had actually come under Attack!
This is a trap!
At this moment Sturk also understood, the enemy’s raid on the execution ground wasn’t because they really wanted to rescue those members of the Royal Family, it was deliberate! As long as they made it clear that the enemy’s plan had succeeded, then Sturk would inevitably shift most of its forces over here! By then, the defenses of the Demon King Palace would surely become hollow!
In other words, it had fallen for the enemy’s scheme!
"Lord Sturk......"
"Attack, attack at once!!"
Hearing its subordinate’s call, Sturk shivered, then hurriedly gave the order.
"We must completely annihilate these Humans, charge! Now!"
Very soon, under Sturk’s orders, the Demon King’s Army launched another assault, but they were beaten back once again. After all, none of them were blind; whatever Sturk could see, they could naturally see as well!
And likewise, those Humans saw it too!
"Long live the Brave Lord!"
"Damn Orcs, your Demon King is finished!"
They hid behind cover, firing as they shouted angrily in this direction, and hearing these Human shouts, the Soldiers of the Demon King’s Army wavered. Orcs weren’t idiots either; putting together this group of Humans’ previous actions with the burst of fire from the direction of the Demon King Palace, how could they not know what had happened?
"Don’t listen to their nonsense!"
Seeing the troops’ morale falter, Sturk also roared loudly.
"This is all the Humans’ schemes and tricks! The Demon King is not so easily defeated by a Hero, think about it, this is the Lord Demon King who once killed the Hero and the Goddess!"
"Hahahaha, so what? In front of the Brave Lord, your Demon King is nothing at all!"
"Your Demon King is already done for! What’s left there now is only a corpse! You lowly Aliens! If you think you can defeat Humans, that’s utterly impossible!"
"Go die, hahahahaha, Humans will surely win!!"
"........."
Sturk clenched its teeth hard. Indeed, this time’s Hero seemed different from the previous ones; at the very least, it had never seen a Hero who could so coldly and ruthlessly send his own companions to their deaths. Not only that, these Humans’ behavior was completely unlike before. Back then they fought relying only on hot blood and courage; once their advantage was crushed they would fall completely into Despair.
But what was this now? Even if we take ten thousand steps back and say the Demon King really was killed, do you think you could escape with your lives? Wouldn’t you still die here? You have no way to enjoy the joy of victory at all, so why are you so excited?
No, the Demon King will not be killed!
Sturk issued the order again, launching another Attack at this group of Humans, but the morale of the Demon King’s Army had plummeted. Clearly, quite a few Orcs among them had begun to worry whether the Demon King had really been taken out. Under such circumstances, the Attack was basically ineffective———no, not only ineffective, they even let the enemy use the chance to break through!
Sturk stared wide-eyed in shock at the battlefield before it. Just now, the Demon King’s Army had been repelled once more. Everyone had already grown accustomed, even numb, to this kind of back-and-forth. Yet to the Demon King’s Army’s surprise, this time the Humans did not choose to fall back and defend; instead, they surged out while the Demon King’s Army was reeling from being beaten back!
"Ooooooh, go die!"
"You lowly Aliens! There is no place for you in this world! The only road ahead for you is death!"
Perhaps because they believed the Demon King had already been killed, the Humans who had been suppressed earlier were now soaring in morale, while the Demon King’s Army’s morale plunged. Not to mention, they had never expected the enemy would really charge out, and were caught completely off guard by this group of Humans, even collapsing outright!
"Those bastards!"
Looking at the collapsing formation, Sturk stamped its feet in fury. It hadn’t expected these Humans to be so devious and despicable, actually taking this opportunity to rush out!
Clearly the Demon King’s Army had the numerical advantage, yet they were still forced open by these Humans, who hacked a bloody path through them, and in the end they could only watch helplessly as the Humans strode away. Although Sturk did issue an order to pursue, but......looking at the Eyes of the Demon King’s Army around it, Sturk knew this was not the time to chase the enemy.
Because for the Demon King’s Army, confirming the Demon King’s safety was more important right now.
There was nothing else it could do.
Sturk let out a sigh. Although the losses this time were severe, as long as the Demon King was safe, they could always do it over again. By then, these Soldiers shouldn’t be as dispirited as they were now.
"Anyway, clean up the battlefield first, and bring in the corpses of those Humans so we can investigate them properly!"
Although the enemy had broken through the blockade, there was no way they could have taken their comrades’ bodies with them. The Demon King’s Army had also killed some Humans earlier. Right now their corpses were still over by the execution ground; if they brought these bodies back, it should at least boost morale a little.
This time, none of the Orcs objected to Sturk’s order. Clearly, in their view, cleaning up the battlefield was safer than going after that terrifying group of Humans......to be honest, Sturk was thinking the same.
But very soon, it received an unexpected bit of good news.
"My lord, there’s still a living Human here! She says she knows what happened at the Demon King Palace, but she wants you to come speak with her personally!"
"Oh?"
Hearing his subordinate’s report, Sturk instantly perked up and hurried toward the battlefield. He really hadn’t expected such a pleasant surprise—if they could capture a live one and interrogate her, they might find out where these Humans had come from and how they’d ended up like this!
With that in mind, Sturk quickly walked over. When he entered the battlefield, he saw a woman sitting beside her companions’ corpses, a small knife clutched in her hand as she stared at them coldly. Sensing the woman’s gaze, Sturk felt something was off. Normally, a Human woman surrounded by so many Orcs would be terrified, maybe even scared to the point of breaking down.
Yet the way this woman stared at them was filled with a fervor like a bloodthirsty beast, like a predator looking at an endless number of prey.
"Surrender, woman. You have nowhere to run."
Sturk of course knew why this woman couldn’t escape. Her legs had been broken by Orcs in the earlier battle. Although her companions had pulled her back from the brink at the time, without her two legs, there was no way she could flee with them.
"Your companions have already abandoned you. Are you still planning to resist?"
"Haah, you’re right. In my current state, I can’t even move. Being abandoned is only natural—that’s exactly why I’m still here."
The woman let out a cold laugh. Was it resentment at being abandoned by her companions?
"Enough. I heard you know what happened in the Demon King Palace?"
"That’s right. You want to know how the Demon King Palace was destroyed?"
The woman’s smile grew brighter and brighter, and seeing that expression, a very ominous premonition rose in Sturk’s heart.
"Talk!"
"It’s simple... but I’m not good at explaining, so... why don’t you try it for yourselves and find out?"
As she spoke, the woman’s right hand suddenly grabbed hold of something.
"Stop her!"
In that instant, Sturk seemed to sense instinctively that something bad was about to happen. He roared and lunged forward—but he was already too late.
A dazzling burst of fire appeared before Sturk’s Eyes, and then all he felt was scorching heat and blinding light that burned even his flesh to cinders. In that moment, his body, along with his Soul, seemed to be seared and devoured by that terrifying blaze—and then his consciousness vanished completely.
"Booooom————————!!"
The sound of the explosion roared up into the sky.
Everyone stopped in their tracks and turned, silently watching the pillar of light and blazing fire shooting toward the heavens in the distance. Then they raised their hands and gave a salute.
"May her Soul return to the Tribunal and be with us."
Another man murmured softly, then issued the order.
"Let’s keep moving."
For Lisetta, this had been an adventure that left a deep impression, but in her view, the Demon King had already been defeated, so things should have been over.
However...
"What do you mean it’s not over yet?"
"That’s a stupid question."
Duanmu Huai ignored the panting Goddess following behind him and kept walking forward on his own.
"You really think that just because the Demon King is dead, the Humans in this world can beat the Demon King’s Army as they are now?"
"This..."
Lisetta was at a loss for words. Indeed, even though they’d defeated the Demon King, the world was still occupied by Orcs. They had rescued some Humans, but in front of the Orcs, those people were just a drop in the bucket. In the past, once you killed the Demon King, everything was fine, but that was because those worlds still had stable national systems. In this world, the Human forces had already been completely wiped out. Obviously, under these circumstances, even if you simply killed the Demon King, it would be very difficult for the Humans to organize themselves and then wipe out the Demon King’s Army.
"If you think that once the Demon King is dead everything’s sunshine and rainbows, then you can get lost."
Duanmu Huai’s tone was cold and indifferent.
"Ah, right, there are still the Four Heavenly Kings. We have to take out the Demon King’s Four Heavenly Kings underlings..."
"You’re an idiot."
Duanmu Huai once again cut Lisetta off.
"People say long hair, short brains, but this is the first time I’ve seen a moron as dumb as a paramecium like you. And you call yourself a Goddess? Looks like the Unified Divine Realm’s Gods really are easy to get into."
"Y-you... what’s that supposed to mean! Then you tell me what’s actually going on!"
"If you can’t figure it out, then go think on your own. I’ve got a lot to do and no patience to waste on this kind of pointless crap with you."
Duanmu Huai was truly fed up with this brain-dead idiot. If you don’t understand, then don’t pretend you do. A Goddess like this is supposed to save the world? What a joke. It looked like he would have to factor this into his future plans as well. After all, if he got his hands on the Unified Divine Realm and these Deities were too stupid, they’d only add unnecessary risks and complications to the Tribunal’s operations.
