Chapter 421
"The opposite side?" Ian furrowed his brows slightly.
Valten answered instead of Diana. "The territory of Inaskurgl borders the southeast of Sol Bryn. It's quite a distance from here."
His bright yellow eyes, which had been scanning the corpses, returned to Ian. "The area up north from here belongs to the Dharmaraja. Only Akihatara's minions have occasionally set foot here. At least, until now."
Only then did Ian understand why Valten had been so deeply troubled earlier, too preoccupied to even notice him approaching. They had discovered traces of an enemy that had no reason to be here. And with clear signs of a fierce battle, it was no wonder his mind had been racing.
"So the war between the archdemons has begun." It was Lucia who finally spoke.
Ian nodded. "Most likely. And judging by this, its minions are winning." Ian glanced briefly at Lucia as she surveyed the area. "To have pushed this far north."
"I'm noticing it now. Most of the dead here are Dharmaraja's followers," said Lucia, her eyes carefully taking in the scattered corpses around them. "They were overwhelmingly outmatched. If the enemy kept sweeping through like this... Some of Dharmaraja's minions must have slipped away during the process."
"The demons must've brought those stragglers with them." Picking up on her words, Ian recalled his vision back in Drag Velga. As expected, the demons' war had already begun back then.
No matter how I think about it, it feels like it started later in the game.
The changes and chaotic ripples he had created after crossing the Wall must have affected them in some way. As always, he had sped up a great tide that would have inevitably occurred sooner or later.
"Dharmaraja's forces must be retreating. Even now."