Chapter 55.1
We’re starting the new arc! Arc 6: Gije Fortress, Demon Nation
Orc Hero Story
The Demon Nation. It was located beyond the Argardia Valley and two more mountains.
Bash and his companion left the Succubus Nation, walked up the Argardia Valley after the flood subsided, and entered the country. Although they were entering illegally, they left a note at the border, so they thought they would be safe. A snowy field stretched before Bash and Zell. People called it the Lesser Snowfield.
The Lesser Snowfield used to be an uninhabited area. Covered in snow most of the year, it was a barren land where no grass or trees grew.
Shortly after Demon King Gediguz ascended to the throne, the demons established a fortress there. Neither humans, elves, nor even the demons under direct control knew the importance of it. What Gediguz, the Demon King, had in mind when he set his eyes on it was unknown. In any case, from a strategic standpoint, it was not a very significant base.
It wasn’t until after Gediguz’s fall that the base became useful. After his death, the demons were in terrible condition. Under the strong attack from the Four Races Alliance, the battlefront kept retreating, and eventually, even the capital fell. The demons were driven out of their former lands and fled to this place. There, the fortress built by Gediguz gained great importance. The fortress, blocked by canyons and mountains, was surprisingly strong in defense and had no reason to be aggressively attacked since it lacked strategic value. The terrain was not conducive to an offensive. The leaders of the four races believed they couldn’t do anything if they prepared their army at the only bridge over the Argadia Valley. In fact, the demons no longer had the power to push back the front. The war ended when they and the Four Races Alliance clashed in the Argardia Valley and the Lesser Snowfield.
The demons were then confined to the snowy fields. Only a few of the higher species could enter and exit the area to carry out certain diplomacy, but the other demons were forbidden to leave. The only point of entry and exit was a single bridge over the Argadia Valley. The four races had built a fortress there, guarded by an elite force, and anyone who wished to enter or leave the land was subject to strict control. The demons were as isolated as the succubi, if not more so.
Nowadays, few people visited the demons. But Bash and Zell were doing so now, two veteran warriors.