Chapter 280
The battle that began with the morning light entered a lull around noon. With the sound of the horn, the demons halted their advance and looked down from the ridge upon them.
They still seemed grotesquely numerous. Under the shade of the forest, their gaze felt sinister.
Even as they sensed their gaze fully, the soldiers stood panting, barely able to hold up their failing legs. Humans are not designed for fighting. The stress of the battlefield and the fear of death quickly erode a person’s stamina.
It is simply a matter of forgetting their exhaustion while their lives hang by a thread. The combat endurance of an ordinary person who cannot become a superhuman is not very long.
“What is the damage report?”
“During the retreat of the second line, twenty percent of the troops were swept away. Other losses are not as severe as expected.”
“That’s to be expected. They could only throw goblins at us.”
Most of the demons were nocturnal. More precisely, they were not suited for the bright surface environment.
The Demon Realm is dark and gloomy all year round. The sky in the Demon Realm is thick with gray clouds, even at midday.