“My Lord, please use more subordinates, I can help here, I can cast some low level sleep magic once more so I can help directly.” She said.
“Alright, I will leave the most of the warriors as well as Morrath at the gate.” Akor said.
Valring nodded and happily began to shout. Akor gathered up the needed troops and material before quickly rushing to the south side of the town and manning the walls.
He had about two thirds of the town’s forces. Along with that he pulled the subordinate village civilians to aid in moving the resources to the wall. The gate would have to battle between the warriors more than likely. But with Morrath there, they would have the edge with the suppression of a Tier 2 demon acting as the head on force.
Akor was only irritated that there was no healing spell or class that he had discovered at least. He hoped there would be a priest class to unlock sooner or later.
ROAR!
After a while, the roars from the surging wave of demons came from the south side of the mountain and coming from a higher side elevation of the mountain, the demons rushed. When the first wave heard the other wave they also roared, knowing that this was a chance and together with the new wave, they formed the second wave of the demon invasion.
“Fire!” Akor roared.
Arrows and magic burst upward aiming at the leading demons. Because of the disadvantage of the elevation, they had to allow the demons to get close. The magic burst and arrows hit the front but not further back but Akor didn’t stop and kept ordering the attacks.
Blood and guts spilled as time went on, the gate ran out of resources and were forced to open the gates while the warriors surged out with Morrath in the lead. The armored demon warriors all surged out like a wave and began a slaughter.
The difference in armor caused a very large difference between wild demons and the demon lord’s demons, even more because the minions got a buff in the territory.
They formed a wall at the gate and the demons pouring out towards them were killed causing the guarding demons to be covered in blood. Thankfully the weapon mastery they gained allowed them to take more damage and suffer fewer casualties.
After another half hour, Akor was finally able to push back the second wave and the demons from the first wave were mostly killed and ran away for good this time while close to half of the second wave survived.
They pulled back to gather up for another push. The damage to the wall on this side was much greater because the ones coming from here had slightly better weapons like spears and slings.
Akor had already lost about 20% of his soldiers while the players were just support for the army working on the walls but never directly in battle.
The second wave pulled back but headed around towards the gate going down the mountain.
With the first wave from the north west and the second from the south, the last wave would be from the west meaning that it would be close to a full on war to enter through the gate.
With three hours passed, the skeleton of the temple was already built but the news of the third wave came. What was shocking wasn’t that it came so quickly but that leading them was actually a dark lord. He was actually very confident and when he was getting close, he made way towards the gate to gain control of the second wave and merge to form a third massive wave on one side.
“All of you! Get all available resources and fast!” Akor roared.
He kept spurring them to pull all the resources as fast as possible while clearing out the corpses as best as possible. If they came from the north, they would have the advantage but he was worried about the number. It will be close to 1,500 demons vs less than 1,000.
Although the previous battles were close to the same numbers, one can’t underestimate a leader. Just like Akor changed the battle style of demons to be closer to humans, a demon leader would clearly control the demons better.
Akor ran to Valring and asked, “Why is a dark lord so close and already found my location?!”
“From the number of demons he is leading, you do not need to worry, my Lord.” Valring said.
“Huh?” Akor blinked confused.
“This is probably a weakling dark lord who was made to run away from the hellish badlands. It is most likely someone with some background but is useless in the competition for power in the hellish badlands.” she said.
“Um… how useless?” Akor asked.
“Most likely he is near your level, my Lord.”
“Huh!? How can a dark lord from the badlands be such low level?” He asked in shock.
"It isn’t too strange, my lord. Dark lords have many concubines, if a child is born with low talent, which is checked through a special magic among the lords, they will toss them away to let them grow in the wild. If they succeed, they will be brought back to become minions of their fathers, if not they will be left abandoned without a care.” She replied.
The cruelty of the demons irritated Akor, but he understood, somewhat, the background of the dark lord. That said, he was worried about the level and abilities that are totally unknown compared to himself.
Valring was not worrying herself because she had total confidence that they would succeed.
The clock on the quest kept progressing and the demons slowly appeared on the northern side yet they didn’t charge like before.
A tall upright figure walked out. The being had a reptile look, but he had black scales and two dragon like horns on his head and spikes going down the spine. He wore bone armor and held a large sword.
“Weakling lord! Goddess Edite warrants your head! I give you last honor! Send your strongest minion to death by the hand of Dark Lord Dogan!” he roared making his voice ring throughout the empty space between the army and the town.
[Demon Kobold Dark Lord Dogan Level 12 360/360]
The name and race quickly appeared in Akor’s eyes but what appeared next made his eyes widen.
The Demon Kobold Dark Lord Dogan has challenged Demon Lord Akor to a battle of honor. This battle is promoted by the gods of war and battle of the world and when the challenge is accepted you will send participants that are agreed upon by the two sides.
When one side is defeated, they will be cursed and weakened while morale will be dropped. The winning side will be blessed with a blessing of the gods of war and gods of battle.
If the challenge is rejected, gods can curse and bless the side of their choice, be warned.
Looking at the warning, Akor looked at the dark lord. He called Valring for advice.
“My Lord, this is great news, this dark lord is very arrogant to use the challenge of honor. The two participants are completely protected in a space where they battle but if either side attacks, the challenge is destroyed and the side attacking will be cursed for breaking the honor of the two who are battling.” She said.
“That is true but I am not a good close range fighter.” Akor said.
“That is true but Morrath is.” She replied.
“Wasn’t he weakened because he surrendered to us?” Akor asked.
“His mana was greatly weakened and the amount he possesses is much less than his level and stats but he can still use skills of the warrior class because they are all simple skills.” She said.
Akor frowned before calling Morrath, “Are you certain you can kill that Lord?” He asked.
They were standing on the wall and the giant imp looked at the dark lord and snorted. “Gra!” he grunted while nodding.
With 410 hp, it was clear he had a high constitution and strength stat.
“Alright, I will leave this to you.” Akor said and turned to the dark lord. "I accept, my warrior is known as Morrath!” Akor shouted.
ROAR!
Morrath roared and jumped off the wall and slammed on the ground pulling out his axe what was amazing was that a 10kg log next to him was picked up with one hand as he walked towards the dark lord.
Demon Lord Akor has accepted the battle of honor, the honor battlefield has been formed.
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bsp; Giant imp Morrath will battle on behalf of Demon Lord Akor against Dark Lord Dogan.
Suddenly a large domed light formed around the two and all the wounds on Morrath were healed for the battle. The damage on the armor was gone and there was no damage on his large body left.
“Weakling shall die!” Dogan shouted and rushed at Morrath.
The giant imp snorted and slammed his axe into the ground and roared before he grabbed the log with both hands and spun before aiming the flat side and putting his force into it, he threw the entire log like a spear flying towards the dark lord.
Such an obvious attack did not phase him and he jumped out of the way while Morrath picked up his axe and ran. He was slow like a tank which worried Akor. This was his major weakness that Akor had not been able to eliminate yet, his speed was very low.
When the two were about to meet they both swung their heavy weapons.
BANG!
Edite’s Curse has taken effect against your champion. Your champion has weakened by 10%.
Morrath was suddenly pushed back when his strength weakened taking everyone by surprise.
“Weak!” Dogan roared as he swung.
Morrath wasn’t going to wait to be hit though, and he used his great axe as a shield.
Ding!
He was pushed back one step but at the same time he planted his foot on the ground and when he took the next hit, he pushed his axe to the side parrying the sword causing it to smash the ground.
His eyes shone with a savage light and suddenly kicked out with all his anger. “RAHHH!”
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[Demon Kobold Dark Lord Dogan Level 12 354/360]
Because he did not attack with the weapon, only his strength was calculated. The result was a weak attack, but it had the effect Morrath wanted, he made the dark lord step back.
The giant imp raised his axe and loudly roared as he swung down.
Dogan quickly raised his sword but the downward swing had falling momentum and slammed into the demon kobold forcing his legs to bend.
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[Demon Kobold Dark Lord Dogan Level 12 339/360]
“WORM, BEGONE!” he shouted and burst a red glow and pushed off the axe and kicked Morrath’s abdomen.
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[Giant Imp Morrath Level 11 408/410]
The high constitution and extra armor on the giant imp made him have a high defense.
Still the force is sufficiently transmitted making him stumble backwards. Following it the dark lord swung and slash the sword on Morrath’s chest.
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[Giant Imp Morrath Level 11 400/410]
Morrath stumbled back even more making the enemy demons cheer for their master.
Being off balance, Dogan didn’t let up and struck three more times making Morrath take a step back each time before he stumbled on a log.
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[Giant Imp Morrath Level 11 376/410]
“Weak! Weak! Wea… arg!”
Suddenly a large block of wood slammed into his face from below.
- 10
[Demon Kobold Dark Lord Dogan Level 12 329/360]
This wood wasn’t a simple piece of wood but a log that Morrath randomly gripped and swung.
He lifted himself up as quick as possible and swung the log once more striking the dark lord in the front of the face.
-10 stun
[Demon Kobold Dark Lord Dogan Level 12 319/360]
“RAHHH!”
What happened next caused both sides to freeze as Morrath swung the log at the dark lord’s legs sweeping him off the ground before literally beating him with a heavy 20kg log ruthlessly causing fangs, and blood to splatter all over.
The stun stat is a very fearsome thing that few people want to experience because in a battle, one second is enough to change the battle. Stun is mostly achieved by skills or by striking the head of the target physically. Morrath only aimed at the head so it could be seen that with so much striking, there was little way for the dark lord to react after he was struck with the first hit.
“Ahahaha! See my Lord, you have no worries at all with such an inherent berserker like Morrath!” Valring laughed.
Finally Morrath beat the dark lord to death.
Your side has won the battle of honor. The human and dwarf god of war has appreciated your champion and has temporarily removed Edite’s curse from your side and has blessed your warriors with 15% improvement to all physical stats for the remains of the war.
All enemies are weakened by 15% and all morale has hit the lowest level.
Akor’s eyes shined, “Open the gates and attack!” Akor roared.
Such a large improvement and restriction to both sides made Akor want to end this before anything else happened.
Both NPCs and players surged out in their own demon wave.
Because of the drop in morale, the demons instantly gave up and began to retreat under the advance of the demon army.
That said, Akor did not allow them to leave so far.
After they ran for a kilometer, he had them return because the enemy was only retreating and not attacking.
He returned and found Morrath over Dogan’s corpse.
On the ground was the armor of the dark lord and some other items. A skill scroll and a pouch of coin was also there.
Berserk
A skill which can be activated after being hit. When activated, it will increase the strength of the user depending on how much damage they receive.
Duration: 1 minute
Cooldown: 10 minutes
This was a good last ditch warrior skill for a large war when many fronts are against you. It would improve the warrior’s strength the lower their health. Thankfully this skill, which was the red glow that Dogan was covered in, didn’t defend against status effects like stunning. Because of this Morrath was able to win because he kept stunning his opponent.
“Let’s go back in.” He said.
The giant imp snorted and walked in slowly while dragging his axe.
Akor had the minions collect all the available items from the dead demons if there was anything left and for them to remain on the defense until the time was completely up.
Just because he beat the dark lord, he didn’t know if the demons would return so he was going to stay on guard until this quest was complete.
Chapter 9
Time ticked slowly and Akor sent out more imps to scout. During the remaining time there were just some tiny groups compared to the first waves that came.
Because they were small in number, the army directly surged out and eradicated them all leaving none to escape like the final big wave.
When the clock finally struck 6 hours, the entire temple shone and a beam of light surged into the air. Then a loud rumbling spread throughout the ground and the altar near the lord's house released a powerful light beam as well. Lastly, from far off three more lights were seen.
After they all appeared, they stayed for several seconds before the altar lights surged down and burst into the ground and a direct glowing blue line formed from the altar to the temple.
The first one connected quickly, but it took a few minutes for three more lights to pass through the ground and connect as well. When it finally did so a powerful, warm light surged outwards covering all the town before fading.
Ding!
God Quest: Complete
Proof of Faith
You have build a temple for your patron god and proven your faith by making the god enter a half awakened state.
Reward:
10% increase in god’s faith for god quest
Improved god blessing
Opens nation pantheon
You have completed a temple with Pyarus, Demon God of Education as the primary god. The effort to make this temple has generated 10% of the faith needed to awaken Pyarus and has pushed him beyond 50% officially making him enter a half awakened state. He can now exert more force with his abilities.
Because this god is now in a half awakened state, you c
an only obtain a stronger blessing produced by restoring his power.
Because this temple is your territory’s first temple, and it is located in the capital. It has automatically been set as the central temple of your nation where all the faith of your territory’s gods gather.
Blessing of the God of Education
You and your people are blessed by Pyarus.
+2.0% improvement in learning any skill from a proper skill trainer.
+2.0% improvement in leveling skills of any type as long as there is a master or teacher instructing.
+5.0% improvement to all demon race residents ability of learning new things.
+5.0% improvement to all demon race residents abilities if they learned from a proper school or center of education.
Due to entering a half awakened state. Pyarus is now more conscious of the demons current potential, habits and abilities as well as basic society knowledge.
Through Pyarus, you can now learn common knowledge through priests of his faith who possess a high enough intelligence and affinity to connect with him.
You can now establish a religious order in Pyarus’ name. You can also build his special building, [Religious School], to give a location demons can learn basic knowledge and skills as well as train their intelligence.
The string of messages came after the light show finished and all the world seemed to go silent. The clouds had parted because of the lights showing the evening sky. Soon the demons cheered at the success.
Akor sighed because he was mentally exhausted from the tense fighting. Although it didn’t last long, he knew it was only a prelude to the troubles he would face. To find a dark lord was the biggest surprise, really.
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