Custom Made Demon King

chapter 53: demons need equipment too

Under Roy’s instigation, Xeron’s war of snatching souls began.

To hasten the march, Xeron left a small portion of the army behind and had them escort the siege equipment and slowly catch up. This task was, at Roy’s suggestion, handed to Fat Tiger, who led a group of hellhounds and little demons, to escort this equipment.

Fat Tiger was reluctant to part with Roy and kept rubbing against Roy’s legs. But Roy wanted him to escort the equipment to prevent him from encountering danger. In the coming days, this demon army could encounter the united elven army at any time. Roy was worried that Fat Tiger would be injured on the chaotic battlefield, so he left him behind to catch up slowly.

The effect of increasing the speed of the march was immediate. The AvLee elves had been evacuating the civilians because of demon army invasion. There were scattered villages everywhere, and the elves were evacuating east to the elven capital. Originally, they could have entered the city before the arrival of the demon army, but Xeron’s demon army suddenly sped up. Many of the migrating elves were caught off guard and caught halfway.

If these migrating elves were only snacks, then the encounter with a division of the main elven force on the fourth day was a feast.

This division was led by a druid named Uland. The demon army’s target was the Gold Dragon Queen, and it had even arrogantly sent the elves a letter of challenge. This news had spread among the elves, and druids everywhere were furious. In order to stop the demons from succeeding, they had successively left the cities where they were stationed and rushed to the support of the gold dragons’ nest.

The nest of the Gold Dragon Queen was around fifty kilometers away from the elven capital, Middleham. They were both on the eastern side of the land. Now that Xeron and his troops were also heading in this direction, it was no surprise that they would bump into the withdrawing elven troops.

The force led by Druid Uland was huge and comparable to Xeron’s army. A fierce battle began when both sides met.

In this battle, the high-rank demon Xeron displayed exceptional magical strength. When he encountered small-scale troops, he did not use magic much, but it was impossible not to do so now. If he had let the army fight on their own, even if it won, it would have been at the expense of having the troop numbers severely reduced. So from the beginning of the battle, Xeron, surrounded by troops, raised his scythe. Magic light continuously radiated from the scythe and covered the demon army with enchantments such as Shield, Stone Skin, Fire Shield, Bloodlust Slayer, and Precision.

Roy was naturally enchanted as well. At this moment, he was amazed by Xeron’s magical strength. If Roy used Bloodlust on himself, he would barely be able to fight against Xeron in terms of physical strength alone. But once Xeron’s powerful magic appeared, he could easily take down Roy.

Even for demons, there was a limit to the power of their bodies. But magic was different. Not only could you enchant yourself, but you could also weaken the enemy. This change would result in a huge difference in combat strength. After being enchanted with all kinds of spells, Roy, a low-rank demon, could easily fight against the middle-level elven soldiers.

Druid Uland’s troops not only had dwarfs, wood elves, and silver pegasi but a lot of dendroid guards and unicorns as well!

Unicorns were snow-white horses that were fit and very muscular. On their foreheads was a long, spiral-shaped, and sharp-pointed horn. When these unicorns gathered together to charge, it was quite formidable and daunting. The demon army could be smashed into pieces at any time, so these unicorns became the demon army’s priority to eliminate.

Before the unicorns could gather and charge, Xeron had already cast the Mass Slow on them. Thick, heavy mud appeared at their feet, severely impeding their movement. Using this opportunity, Roy and a group of long-horned demons and evil spirits quickly surrounded and started killing them.