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"RAGHHHHH!!"

Warrior's battle cry clamours the canvas of blood.

The demons' onslaught bases through thousands of troops.

Parts of the main army rush to Rena's territory.
"Pass the order! Everyone at the backline, stomp your feet in quick intervals!" Rena says.

*STOMP* *STOMP*

Thousands of steps tremble. Mother nature shivers

Skunges stop in place and shake in confusion. It jumps, moving haphazardly.

"Fuck! What's happening?!" a demon riding a skunge says. Their advantage turns against them. The disorientation allowed Rena's subordinate to overpower the attacking force quickly.

Skunge does not have eyes or ears, the sense it relies on is "touch". It sends out a strong vibration wave to ascertain its location. Interrupt that vibration and it sends them into a perplexed state.

On the other hand, it requires a lot of people to "interrupt" the wave. This strategy isn't viable when alone.

Rena turns to Radz. Radz uses sheer power to destroy the invaders. One swing of his large sword emitted a shockwave capable of blasting out the mass of land around him.

"Radz, I will pass command to you," she says and leaps away.

"What?! So suddenly?!" Radz cries out. "Where are you going?"

Rena ignores Radz and jumps ahead.

She arrives at the main defence fending off the hordes. Cannons and catapults fire at every attempt, raining the battle with explosive firepower.

On the wall surrounding Ikas, rows of marksman shoot continuously providing as much cover as possible.

A large burly man wearing huge chunks of armour commands the troops. He can take on four enemies at once by efficiently defending and attacking with his large shield and sword.

"Sir Aldan!" Rena jumps to the large burly man.

Aldan cuts down two demons at once and turns to Rena. "You are the...rising star Rena? Why are you here? Go back to your position!"

A beast pounces at Rena, and without looking, Rena slashes the beast in two. "Where is Marte?"

"What do you mean?" Aldan says. "He is..."

Aldan looks back and notices Marte gone along with some other executives.
"What..." He mumbles. "Did they...abandon us?"

In the midst dilemma, evil arises and steals their attention.

A few flying demons look down upon the battlefield.

"Alright~ that's enough sacrifices to gauge their strength, bring the big guys in!" says one of the demons soaring.

"Big guys?" Rena says.

A wave of cries befalls the battlefield. Much larger demons, beastman, and monsters emerge from the snowy white dust.

"So what we fought was a warm-up huh..." Aldan says. "Get back to your position, we will find Marte later."

Rena nods and leaves.

Aldan notices the confidence of his soldiers plummeting.
"Do not fret! We are the empire's greatest warriors! Victory will be in our hands! JAGEN!"

"JAGEN!"

Following Aldan's lead, the soldiers charge toward the invaders.

A demon attacks Rena. Rena ducks to avoid a slash and thrust her sword at his chest. However, the demon barely blocked that and is pushed back.

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