Chapter 259: Facing the Demon King Rigal’s Fortress (P2)
Irina’s question made even Ryan curious; the girls in his group also waited expectantly to see what Ophelia would answer.
’According to the information Alicia gave me, the holy city is called Armenes. I had not considered it even though I went to the tower of Armenes a while ago,’ Ryan thought, remembering the world information Alicia had taught him a couple of days ago.
"Ho." Ophelia let out a long sigh through her nose, seeming to remember very ancient events. She crossed her arms beneath her breasts, highlighting her perfect mature figure.
"That is simply because changing its name was too much of a hassle."
Ophelia smiled with immense arrogance. "Originally, a long time ago, that valuable land also belonged to the damn church. They even had a small coastal city built there called Armenes Bay."
"But that place is separated from the main continent by a lot, with a massive and highly treacherous sea in between. Perhaps those stupid humans thought they would gain ground by invading me from that flank, but the result was the exact opposite," she said with immense pride overflowing in each of her words.
"And when I massacred all their invading troops, I claimed that piece of land for myself and added it to my domains. I kept the human name just to annoy and humiliate the church eternally."
Ophelia pointed vaguely toward the south. "Furthermore, the stone tower points directly toward their holy city. Since its current function is to guard that very maritime border from surprise attacks, it does not bother me at all to keep that ironic name," she explained with total calm and extreme superiority.
At that moment, one of the twins took a step forward with a huge mocking smile drawn on his dark face.
"Although, come to think of it, it now also has a new unofficial name in the army. The guards call it the naked Infernal’s tower."
"Ha ha ha." The rest of the demons behind them began to laugh loudly, enjoying the heavy and humiliating joke toward their companion.
"And I wonder who spread that rumor..." Roxy grumbled.
She remained in her place, covering her face with both hands and making constant gestures of pure embarrassment while her older sister looked at her with deep disapproval.
"Very well, that is enough chatter for today, everyone listen carefully," Ophelia said in a very loud voice, immediately drawing the attention of everyone present and wiping away the laughter in a single stroke.
"My human ally will review the final details of the plan before the attack."
Ryan let out a slight sigh laden with annoyance upon hearing her say that and pass absolutely all the responsibility of speaking in front of the multitude of his army and allies onto him.
’This annoying woman...’ Ryan thought, looking at her out of the corner of his eye with narrowed eyes. ’Well, I do not doubt there are still airheads in this massive army, so it is not bad at all to do a quick review of everything before going to fight.’
Ryan took two steps forward, straightening his posture and letting his cold and highly serious gaze sweep over each of the commanders and soldiers present on the cliff.
"As you must already know from studying the maps," Ryan began with a deep voice that echoed in the white desert. "The demon king Rigal’s immense castle is strategically surrounded by eight massive black stone towers."
"Eight towers where his strongest sentinels usually stand guard. When we are teleported by the power of the portals Ivis took with her, each tactical group will head directly to one of those assigned towers."
Ryan clenched his right fist, emphasizing the brutality of his firm order. "The main purpose is to kill them quickly and prevent them at all costs from interfering in the central combat between Queen Ophelia and the demon king Rigal."
"Each group is carefully thought out and balanced so they can defeat an Abyssal general without problems, but do not be overconfident at all, and fight with all your strength from the first second of visual contact."
Ryan looked toward his own waiting army in silence. "Furthermore, my elven and demi-human soldiers will assist each demonic group, preventing the Principality-rank trash from bothering the main attackers."
Then, Ryan raised his gloved hand and pointed directly at the beautiful, lethal girls formed behind him.
"They will personally take charge of fighting against one of Rigal’s feared dragons, and Ivis will fight the wind dragon alone. Do not forget this for anything in the world. By cutting off the demons’ telepathy, the telepathy Ophelia has with Ivis will also be cut off."
Ryan lowered his hand and gave his final order with a king’s tone. "So... go to the assigned tower, destroy your enemies, and when you win, run to support the teams that have yet to clear their zone. Is that clear!?"
"Yes!" the elves and beastmen in the front shouted, raising their gleaming weapons toward the sky with immense bloodlust and total loyalty.
The strong demons of Morrisen also nodded firmly, slamming their fists against their dark chests in a sign of war.
And his girls, from Alicia to Mirian, also nodded with a smile full of great confidence in their skills.
After finishing clarifying those vital rules of survival, a dense and unsettling silence covered the cliff, but it lasted only a few seconds.
The dark, cold rocky ground of the place suddenly became immensely bright, illuminating the astonished faces of everyone present with a completely blinding magical light.
"It is time," Ophelia murmured, directing her gaze at Ryan’s face with her immense, dark aura of power, ready to kill her greatest rival.
And in a quick blink of an eye. The desert landscape of white sand disappeared completely.
The entire gigantic mixed army, Ryan, and his people were suddenly floating in the cold air. They were now in free fall.
Right in front of them, at a very long distance, they could clearly observe the immense, terrifying structure of the enemy castle and its eight sharp black towers.
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