She watched as they slowly landed on the ground, now with their heads back up. Their auras lowered to bearable levels as their wings folded into their backs and promptly disappeared.
"On behalf of his Majesty, King [Set], we welcome you all to the Deus Kingdom, Praise be his Majesty!" The captain said with a smile
The lady simply stood watching in complete disbelief at their sudden change of attitude. This was a group that was bent on completely destroying her village, now they were smiling as though they were happy, they surrendered.
"Thank you" She replied as she wiped off the sweat on her forehead
Turning back, she could see her soldiers helping their fellow soldier who had fainted due to the previous encounter. As she looked at them, a deep sense of shame overwhelmed her.
She had refused to surrender simply because she believed her Lion Beastmen could handle whatever lord [Kingsley] through at them but turns out that the lord's troops were just as unmatched as he had described.
"Due to the urgency of the situation, I would like to ask for your assistance in setting up a camp and conquering this entire area, do you accept this mission?" The captain suddenly said in a solemn tone as though this was a sacred situation.
"I will try my best" She answered
"Well then welcome to his Majesty's army" The captain said as they began walking away.
The lady simply stood there and wondered about what just happened, just literally a minute ago, their bloodlust was enough to knockout some of her men but now, they seemed like they normal people one could find in a grocery store.
This rapid change didn't bode well with her, it was uncanny and no matter how she thought about it. She saw no reason for them to let her go. Seeing that they had disappeared into the woods around them, she quickly turned to her men and led them into the territory.
"My Lord, are we really going to assist them in conquering the area?" one of her soldiers, a beastman she had taken as an adviser asked
"Do we look like we have a choice? Also tell your men to not let their guard down, just because they seemed happy that we surrendered doesn't mean they are actually happy" She replied
"As you wish, my lord"
While the lady tried to wrap her head around what had just transpired in her territory. In another village far, far away, a being could be seen standing over the corpse of hundreds of creatures.
Two piles could be seen in the village, one, a pile of bodies that almost matched the buildings in the vicinity in height and the other a small hill of heads that were neatly stacked on each other.
In between said piles, a young man could be seen, floating in the air with his body covered in blood. His expression dark and his eyes empty, hope was no longer a necessary feeling.
"I still dont understand why his majesty tells us to be careful around you all" the being said as its tail wrapped itself around the man's neck and pulled him down and closer to it.
"You're just an infant" The being said as it examined the man in her grasp
"Captain, Lord Viktor says not to play with the victim, order them to surrender or kill them off" another being said
The two beings possessed many human-like qualities however, their ram-like horns, wings and tail differentiated them from humanity. The two stood at a height of about eight feet tall and possessed strength unimaginable.
"But i haven't even done anything yet" the archdemon complained
"Those are the orders sir, force them to surrender or you kill them" The other archdemon said as he turned back and began walking away.
Nothing that happened there was his concern, his duty was simply to help the other archdemons set up the Torii and establish a camp here to be used for future conquering and battles.
"So, will you surrender or accept death?" The Archdemon asked completely irritated and annoyed at the actions he would have to take.
"I... surren...." The man began only to have his head flying off his body
"Thank his majesty, he chose death" The Archdemon said
All his teammates saw this but ignored and rather laughed at the lord's naivety. Why would they let him go, his majesty will still receive what he wanted either way so him, being alive didn't exactly change anything.
It was obvious that in all parts of the large forest, the Deus army were doing as they were told though in ways they found befitting.
Meanwhile back in the territory, Kingsley along with a few of the other lords strong enough to stomach the eventual loss of Human life could be seen inside the command room.
"Your majesty are you truly sure that this is the best method of conquering the region?" one of the lords asked clearly uncomfortable with seeing the dead of a fellow human.
Not only did they have to watch another human die, they had also seen as the demons tortured the young man and even when he chose to surrender, the demons had still killed him nonetheless.
"Don't waste your time with such arguments, when he offered them the chance to surrender, did they accept... rather they called us weak-willed slaves amongst other things... we are in a world were death is most common, they should be prepared for it"
"So you prefer that they be slaughtered like animals?" The Governor argued
"Of course not, but i am saying that they practically wished for it when they rejected his multiple offers, also it could also be counted as his bad luck, why didn't he face the Archangels, they gently coerced that lady to surrender"
"You call that gently, they almost killed her and her entire army with only their aura, if she didn't surrender, her death would have been the most humiliating one ever"
"Enough!"
A loud voice was heard as silence reigned and they all turned towards its source, Kingsley.
"Now i cant exactly say that i am happy to watch my soldiers torture someone, a human for that matter however, they signed up for it when they refused to surrender... I don't know what you expected when i gave them the permission to attack human villages"
Kingsley said while forcing back his need to vomit. Yes, like the governor, he too didn't like the scene that they had just witnessed but it was bound to happen whether they knew it or not.
It was a war not a quarrel, people were bound to die and above all, the unlucky ones would meet the sadistic archdemons whose very nature made it impossible for him to prevent them from performing such acts.
They were beings of war but unlike their counterpart, the Archangels. Archdemons were a sadistic bunch and embodied the brutal side of war. The Archangels were protectors and saviours but the Archdemons were well... demons, their purpose is to simply cause anarchy.
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