Chapter 400: The Demon Attack - 3
The moment Asmodea appeared, she took control of the entire inner court, her crimson vines swirling to form a pool of blood. With closed eyes and elegant movements, she led the other women as if in command.
"Velvet, please help Duke Qwass, Sister, can you support the elves fighting the trolls."
In the past, Liana used to be someone who remained quiet due to her curse. When growing up, it was always her sister, or aunt, who would take action for the kingdom.
However, that didn't mean she didn't hold concerns and ideas to improve the kingdom.
Her dark lashes fluttered, gazing across the grim battlefield covered in blood, bodies, and battle.
What could a feeble princess have done?
When she couldn't leave her room in the fear of collapsing.
"Alice, please support me, keep those hobgoblins and orcs away from me. I hate their stench, and our beloved lord might get jealous."
Hehe~ ♡♡
Velvet and the other demons looked at the princess with a sense of confusion. From the moment Liana became Asmodea and transformed, she rarely returned to her human form. Your journey continues at empire
'No, we were tricked.'
Velvet narrowed her eyes before showing an amused smirk and dashed toward the damaged wall.
'Maybe, she only transforms full for him.'
The difference she spoke of was the current transformation was something none of them saw before Velvet and Vinea turned away filled with jealous, their chests filled with a dull ache, realising that this was Asmodea's first full transformation.
This was at least the first time that their group witnessed it.
A crown of bloody roses, beautiful feathered wings without a speck of dirt or dust on them, while her other features started matching Asmodeus, as if wanting to mimic him.
"Aki, Fuuka support Vinea and Lumina. I know you are there, crush the ones in the tunnels."
Different from Velvet with the title of Demon Queen, the Demon Princess Asmodea carried a heavy and powerful aura. Her words carried a commanding and elegant voice, pointing towards a group of goblins that were assaulting a group of knights.
"Perish!"
A single word was enough to create a massive explosion that left behind an enormous crater. The power of her spell was enough to make a vast area of the inner court, much of the outer wall, collapse.
Much like Asmodeus who used blood as a medium for his magic, Asmodea used her roses, red as blood.
A group of orcs and trolls who were trying to advance to the inner court were immediately crushed under the falling rocks. The knights and elves who had just fought the goblins could only watch in horror.
The sheer amount of Mana she displayed was something that they would not be able to achieve even if they worked together.
"Sister…"
The sudden and unexpected intervention from the Demon Princess caused everyone, from the elves, humans, knights to even the beast people, to stop for a moment.
"Hurry, Asmodea has bought us some time!" Velvet scolded Vinea who gazed back at her sister, and the sight of dozens of bloodthirsty rose vines penetrating the walls and bodies of fallen goblins, sucking them dry.
Even though they were their enemies, the scene of the goblins being crushed by rocks, or sucked dry by the roses, was horrifying, causing many to lose their appetite. The knights who just got saved by her looked at her in horror.
It was something she couldn't believe the gentle and feeble Liana of the past could do.
"When did she become so strong?"
Velvet gazed at Vinea who seemed to be startled by the cruel nature of her sister.
"The moment she met him. Just like us." Her words paused when she watched the sight of an orc twisted, bones snapped and then tossed like a boulder into another, killing both.
"However, Liana gave him everything and never looked back, even for a moment."
Asmodea revealed her cruel and dark nature to the world for the first time. In the past, she held back, keeping this power only for her beloved king's eyes, but this time she would rather not see what he built collapse. She thus abandoned her pride and revealed her true strength.
'I may not be a martial genius, but when it comes to magic. I will not lose!' Her heart racing, a twisted smile on her face, as her vines pumped the blood from each body, forming a pool of blood beneath her feet.
Maybe in the future she would be known as a bloodsucking rose, or a vampire, but she didn't care.
"He called my magic beautiful."
Hehe~ ♡♡
The battlefield transformed almost immediately.
Gone were the screaming knights and despair, now a twisted yet beautiful voice and laugh commanding from a pool of death.
The sight of an angel-like woman standing atop a mountain of crushed and blood-drained bodies was something that shocked even empress Ar'Sarina. The sight was horrifying, yet no one dared to stop her, or maybe they realised only 'he' could.
The gentle smile was gone, now a wide, distorted smile with her wings spreading to her sides. Each feather was crimson, matching the blood that oozed from them, for she didn't care for the blood that stained her.
"Constrict!"
Asmodea watched the battlefield like a hawk, crushing the monsters who tried to ambush Aki and the knights supporting Vinea.
Meanwhile, outside the walls, after the elves killed the troll. Duke Qwass and his small group of twenty knights looked on the brink of collapse. Until suddenly, the clicking of heels echoed through the noisy battlefield following the sudden collapse of another wall.
"Duke, you don't need to fight so hard. Take a moment to rest."
"T-The Violet Witch?!"
"Oh my, what an old nickname, I've been called Violet, Scarlet, and even the Raven crone. Fufu." Velvet spoke with an elegant voice. A fan covered her mouth, as if hiding her emotions. "The princess ordered me to help."
Duke Qwass turned to the battlefield. The moment she said princess, a flash of red appeared, crushing a troll who was charging toward them. "The princess is fighting? Vinea?" The Duke, who didn't look like the gentle and charming young man he once was, looked like an exhausted old man.
"No, Liana. She is commanding the battle now."
"What?!" Of course, Duke Qwass was shocked. No one in the capital or kingdom realised Liana's true power or skills.
Velvet gazed back, the bloody vines thrashing about to create more space between them and the other enemies, bringing a smile to the lips. "She really shocked us all, that girl hid her talents for so long."
As the two talked, the knights and elves watched from afar. Their gazes filled with confusion as they tried to make sense of it all. How could this happen? Why was this happening?
A moment earlier, their outpost was in danger, yet with the advent of a few women, all demons the elven outpost should be fiercely against, and they saved them without a question.
It was a moment that would forever change the course of history.
"Your Highness?"
Velvet couldn't help but gasp at the sight of Asmodea's transformation before grasping her hands together.
'No wonder he was so desperate to protect her.'
The sudden appearance of these powerful demons caused the orcs and goblins to back off for a moment. The sudden silence that fell across the battlefield allowed Duke Qwass and his group of twenty knights to take a moment of rest.
"Liana is a genius when it comes to magic, no. I think I underestimated her. She is more like Asmodeus, a prodigy."
Velvet's words brought a sense of surprise to everyone.
They knew she was a powerful witch, who excelled in physical enhancement, once called a genius herself, and for her to call the youngest princess a prodigy made Duke Qwass accept the situation easier.
"On your feet, Duke, the true enemy will follow."
Velvet's eyes fixated on the distant forest.
Darkness lingered in the depths, which made her skin tingle.
She could feel something watching her, constantly waiting for a moment of weakness.
"Take your men inside and have Princess Liana, Vinea and Alice head in this direction.
The Duke and his knights couldn't understand what she meant, as the forest was still and peaceful.
"I sense it, the trolls and orcs aren't attacking. They are holding back, almost as if waiting. However, their fighting spirit has not faded. Even with Liana's magic crushing half their forces."
Duke Qwass looked around, noticing that there were still many of them left.
"I think I know what you mean, is there something else in the forest."
Immediately after he spoke, he jumped back, falling down, with both eyes dilated.
"W-What was that?!"
A pair of pale eyes.
Darkness that no light could penetrate.
An existence that shattered his will to fight back.
"V-Velvet?"
The witch stepped forward, and stood in front of the Duke, her eyes jittering and slightly dilated. "Duke, take your men and flee into the walls. Hurry, you must flee, NOW!"
Ba-Dump!
Velvet, Alice, Sarina, even Asmodeus suddenly felt their hearts pulsate, a strange sensation similar to when Asmodeus transformed, but this feeling didn't bring joy or delight, but dread and terror.
Their eyes gazed towards the forest, once silver.
"When did the forest become black, why are the leaves dying so fast?" An elven knight muttered to himself before the ground suddenly trembled as a deep thud echoed, one after the other.
Something was coming closer.
A colossal figure appeared on the horizon, pushing through the trees, with two massive white eyes, and a distorted face.
"It's her!"
"The Demon Queen…"
Many knights on Qwass's side were from the north, facing that monster almost destroyed their minds and now as it appeared, their will to fight crumbled.