The two armies clashed as the immortal legion took the brunt of the attack while the players and monsters arrived right after. The monsters immediately killed hundreds of weaker demons as the combined force of 500 monsters that were charging without a care in the world was too much for the demons to take on, especially since there were a bunch of Tier II and even some Tier I demons mixed there.
Even though there were only a couple of hundred Tier I demons in the entire army, the ones that were present were nothing but cannon fodder, hell, they were even less than that for the players and monsters.
The demons quickly realized what was going on as the monsters paved the way through the ranks and joined forces to fight against them while the players, who had great teamwork and were divided in large groups that had multiple smaller groups in them, worked together in order to defeat the enemy.
That was the biggest advantage the players had, compared to the demon, monsters, and Tank's immortal army, they had fought together for a long time and teams would often join forces to take down the more powerful enemies, leading to them possessing great teamwork that allowed them to take down more powerful enemies than they were.
The demons, although often being grouped together for patrol and similar cases, never really fought as a team. Even the teams that were formed in order to hunt and increase their level simply fought the same as when they were alone, charging in and using their power to its maximum in order to kill the enemy.
The only benefit they had from teaming up was the fact their firepower was increased, nothing more.
When fighting against the players, the difference showed as the players all knew each other's strengths and weaknesses and filled the holes each of them had, making them much stronger as a team compared to being alone.
For each human the demons killed, they would lose multiple of their own, which was very bad considering the fact the total number of demons was about 30% larger than the combined three armies.
The immortal legion fought with some teamwork as well. The four generals were people that had fought alongside Tank and many armies before commanding armies themselves, which meant they had great capabilities and knew how to utilize their soldiers well.
The only problem was the fact that they didn't have enough time to train their troops in the other realm as they were constantly fighting against others in order to improve themselves, and even when they weren't launching an attack, they would often be attacked by others, leading to many of their soldiers to die and them getting new ones later on.
That meant that most of the army was constantly changing and training them was difficult as those that would learn things would later die and would be replaced by a fresh batch of new soldiers that had no idea what tactics they were using.
The immortal army used some basic tactics that the four generals had taught them, which gave them a slight advantage, but nothing like what the players that had fought side-by-side for months had.
The immortal army was one that cared not about death either as most of the beings that existed in the realm where they were simply existed to fight and die, rarely would there be some that had ambitions and wanted to break through the boundaries of the realm.
Each of the four generals that were under Tank was one of such beings, and they had come across multiple such beings in the realm as well, most of which they slaughtered, while some joined them, every single one became loyal to Tank later on, which meant that they were immortal and could be resurrected each time they perished, allowing them to wield greater strength compared to the other soldiers.
The army had their powerhouses, and they were locked in battle against the powerful demons, the four generals as well were fighting against the peak Tier III demons and were doing their best to defeat them.
As for Reign and the others, they had immediately clashed with the Tier IV demons at the very back of the armies. Reign immediately attacked the high-grade Tier IV demon that had previously been giving the speech while Wolf and Shadow attacked the other high-grade Tier IV.
Wolf's powerful sword and fierce flames allowed him to easily damage even the high-grade Tier IV, while Shadow's great speed, corrosion, and control skills that his ability gave him were a good match with Wolf.
Laura attacked a mid-grade Tier IV demon, and thanks to the fact that she was a demon hunter, her many skills were boosted against the demon, making her, someone that didn't battle that much and was weaker in a head-on clash compared to the others, enough to stop the mid-grade and battle against him proficiently.
Beast let out Spirit and Blackie while his other monsters were helping out the players. Even though none of the other beasts had managed to evolve, almost all of them were peak Tier III beings, which was a great help to the armies.
With Blackie and Spirit taking charge and Beast using his bow from a distance, they clashed with a mid-grade and battled ferociously against him. All the others did the same, each of them picking a demon of the same realm and fighting against him while M'azgara's monsters battled together against the other low-grade Tier IV demons. With their superior numbers, they were able to fight fairly against the demons who had 25 Tier IV combatants.
The sounds of battle and the shaking of the earth that occurred as a side-effect of the battle against Tier IV beings disrupted even the armies a bit, but they were no slouches either.
With many Tier III beings in the armies, the power they could explode with was immense, with many of them being able to destroy the ground and level a small hill. The many defensive skills that both sides used were incredibly important as each spell the Tier III mages who were at the back used was enough to kill tens and even hundreds of combatants.
Each side tried eliminating the long-range attackers and the mages first, while the healers have left alone thanks to the fact the demons had no such units as their own regenerative powers were higher compared to the humans.
Spells exploded against large shields and domes that covered a portion of the battlefield while the melee combatants were locked in a fierce battle, with people dying every single second.
The demon Reign was fighting against used a mace and shield, while his wings allowed him to move around and dodge most of Reign's attacks. With his wings, he possessed a great advantage against Reign who was forced to stay on the ground, and the demon didn't forget to constantly remind Reign of that and bait him into attacking him.
Even though Reign was incredibly fast, the demon was a grade above him and his speed was similar to his, not to mention that his maneuverability was higher thanks to the wings. Each time Reign tried attacking the demon by launching himself into the air, he was either blocked or his blow was evaded, which left him open for a counterattack.
The demons didn't only use melee attacks and were able to blast Reign from a distance by using his demonic energy, most of the time using it in crude ways and simply gathering it into a ball that would explode upon impact.
Reign answered his attacks with his own long-range attacks, and even though he was not very proficient when it came to such attacks, he was still able to put some more pressure on the demon and make him move around, expending more energy than normal.
"Both close and long-range capabilities, impressive, unfortunately, you specialize in close-range attacks, which means I am the one with the greater advantage here, not to mention the fact that I am a grade above you, human." The demon said before glancing at the armies and smirking at Reign.
Reign's eyes opened wide as he saw what the demon was about to do. It was like an unwritten rule to leave the armies alone to battle, but since the demons were losing the battle, it was only natural that the Tier IVs would try to balance the fight.
Even though only minutes had passed since the battle started, the demon army lost over a thousand demons while the Tier IV demons were all locked up in battle, none of them able to get away in order to help. It was only this demon, alongside 3 more that had wings, and unfortunately for them, he was the only one that was somewhat free as one was fighting against Beast who fought using his bow, while the other two were battling against equally troublesome enemies and had to focus on their battles.
The demon gathered energy into his hand, creating a large ball of demonic energy that was about 2 meters in diameter before launching it at the players army, forcing Reign to quickly jump in its path to block it.
Boom!
A large explosion took place high in the air as Reign collided with the ball of energy and was sent flying back, some blood spilling out of his mouth.
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