Chapter 268: Accumulated Exhaustion

When the Greater Demons inevitably entered Max’s domain, Max immediately commanded the Warriors to charge and attack them.

Helena led the charge. She was the most powerful among the Warriors, including Darius, after receiving the Captain position.

It was why she had fought fiercely against Darius for the Captain position, as the Captain appointment granted benefits that turned them into greedy individuals.

The benefits were most evident in their Warrior, Hector.

After gaining the Captain position, Helena worked even harder to gain the approval of those Warriors who had not voted for her, even Darius.

With her leading the charge and Darius keeping up behind her, they struck their greatswords and greataxes against the Greater Demons who had survived the light arrows and light magic spells.

The battle raged similarly to the previous night.

It truly appeared that the Supreme Commander Demon Lord had already exhausted his means and could only rely on luck.

That was what Max believed.

And he was not far from the truth.

The Supreme Commander Demon Lord could not retreat.

There was only another way for the war to continue.

Either the Demon Lord of Wrath personally came, or another force from another Demon Lord decided to aid the Supreme Commander Demon Lord.

Worst of all, there was a possibility of an Archdemon appearing to suppress the Sword Emperor.

Max was already aware of how the Sword Emperor had suppressed the Supreme Commander Demon Lord without even having to pull out his sword.

But if an Archdemon appeared...

Everything would change.

Unless the Sword Emperor was a truly capable individual, fighting against an Archdemon alone was considered suicide.

Simply because demons did not fight fair.

After an hour of battle, with the Quasi-Demon Lord remaining on the backline, another appeared.

The main reason the Supreme Commander Demon Lord did not send them all at once was particularly because of the Sword Emperor.

In fact, when he sent them all at once in different directions, the Sword Emperor would always manage to appear and annihilate the Quasi-Demon Lord before the humans engaging it could be completely annihilated.

Hence, the Supreme Commander Demon Lord changed his approach and decided to complete his mission in the first place.

To kill the human behind Varkhaz’s death.

The Supreme Commander Demon Lord had been so desperate since then that Max could perceive his desperation and understand his last attempt.

At the same time, he gave an assurance to Seraphina that before long, they would be able to reclaim the piece of the lost territory of the Empire.

And peace would return, allowing the citizens who had evacuated to return to their hometowns, albeit they would definitely be unrecognizable compared to before due to the changes that had occurred.

Watching two Quasi-Demon Lords about to target Max, the latter received a call from the High General, asking for assistance, but he politely rejected him.

The High General did not force Max, and the latter simply shoved the communication device aside after rejecting the High General and prepared for a battle against the Quasi-Demon Lord.

After an hour had passed, another Quasi-Demon Lord appeared.

In the end, Max was forced to stop holding back and take down a Quasi-Demon Lord, with Fiora ending its life.

Afterward, before the third Quasi-Demon Lord arrived with its own legion, Max and his Radiant Knights took down the second Quasi-Demon Lord, with Fiora going all out.

Max exhausted half of his mana points but only refilled half of them in return.

There were still many hours left before dawn, and Max’s mana core had already been depleted by a quarter.

But he managed to refill it all by taking down the remnants of the Greater Demons under the two Quasi-Demon Lords.

Hours passed, and when it was midnight, Max and his Radiant Knights had already taken down eight Quasi-Demon Lords.

It was unprecedented.

Although Max’s Radiant Knights appeared to possess personalities and characteristics closer to humans, whenever they fought, they simply appeared like machines.

A robot, perhaps, was a better description for them.

The Demon Hunters’ morale never wavered.

They could keep up with Max and his Radiant Knights.

Even Seraphina was awestruck as time passed.

Like the others, she felt exhausted, especially mentally, witnessing a Demon Hunter die not because he was weak, but due to Seraphina’s carelessness, as she believed.

She even appeared to ignore the projectiles bolting toward her and instead cast Sacred Aegis on the Demon Hunters in the distance, who were facing a terrifying attack from a Greater Demon.

The Holy Knight, at first, believed that Seraphina simply trusted that he would immediately protect her. But over time, he noticed that Seraphina was unbothered about herself at all.

The Holy Knight felt his heart sting and could only work harder by defending Seraphina against the threats that were going toward her.

Especially when the peak Greater Demons decided to shift their attention toward her, noticing that she was the biggest factor preventing them from breaking through to the Demon Hunters.

Hence, the Holy Knight was forced to go all out just to protect Seraphina, who was equally working as hard as him.

Similar situations unfolded among the other Demon Hunters, especially those from the western and eastern parts of the Southern Province.

They might have been trying to conceal their exhaustion, but it was clear from their faces.

They even began to notice that their mistakes had become far too frequent lately, but they could not afford a self-assessment in the middle of the war.

It was inevitable.

For the past month, they had been fighting against demons every night.

It was precisely what the Supreme Commander Demon Lord had intended in the first place.

Watching the humans finally grow tired while every demon fighting against them remained invigorated made him certain that the humans would at least suffer a huge loss before they were forced to retreat.

In fact, over the past week, the Demon Hunters had lost half a thousand members, with the latter appearing to be filled with vigor and their morale bolstered, but the effects of the war had left a heavy toll on them...